The Great BMX Race

So sorry this took so long. I honestly kept meaning to finish this earlier but things kept jumping in the way.

hope you enjoy!

The vehicle traversing the desert was interesting to say the least. It was an old bathtub attached to a bike frame. It looked as though it would fall apart at any second, but it held together quite well. But the most important part was that it serves it's purpose: to carry four persons across the sand.

Pac and Gamer sat on the bike frame, pedalling away. Willow was in the bathtub, watching with glee as Kirby, precariously dangling from the shower head, performed all sorts of flips and tricks. He landed a particularly tricky looking flip and landed precariously on the hot tap, saying "Ta-da!"

Willow clapped with delight, and Gamer, who had craned his neck back to look, also let out a "wow!"

They had yet to realise they were being watched.

The moment they did realise, Gamer had to duck to narrowly avoid a ball of fire aimed for his face.

"Yowzers!"

"Holy ravioli!"

Pac, who was at the wheel, swerved this way and that, trying to dodge the now full-on wave of fire headed straight for them. He did so quite successfully, but when he slammed on the brakes, Kirby, who was hanging on to the shower head for dear life, was flung into the empty sky.

"Kiiirby!" Willow called.

Kirby landed in the bright yellow sand only a metre away from the being who had been spitting fireballs at him and his friends.

"Ch-charizard?"

Charizard stamped both of his feet angrily.

"You owe me sixty gold coins, gumball," he growled.

"But he can't pay you!" Willow shouted, out of breath from having to run over. "Mewtwo took all our money!"

"Well," Charizard said, "maybe you can win the jackpot prize in the BMX race this afternoon." He then motioned to a poster(which was stuck to a cactus) saying that there was indeed a BMX race that afternoon, beginning at three o'clock on the dot.

"Wow!" Pac said, he and Gamer coming up behind Willow, "convenient!"

When three o'clock rolled around and Pac and Gamer were waiting at the starting line as the only ones there, they got a little too gleeful.

"Hehe, maybe we scared them off!" Gamer said happily.

"Yeah, they probably didn't want to-" Pac cut himself off after turning around and noticing a billowing clouds is dust behind them. Out of the dust drive the three other competitors.

Leading the charge was Captain Falcon in a low rider, his eyes gleaming as he smiled evilly.

Next to him, sitting atop a high seat flanked by a Spiny on either side, was Lakitu. His mask was pulled down further than normal to make him seem more determined but instead made his face look more squashed than usual.

Last, but certainly not least, was Skull Kid. His bike was wobbling all over the road because he was more focused on laughing about how he was going to make the Retro Bros eat his dust.

"On second thought," Gamer said shakily, "they scared me off!"

The trio arrived at the starting line.

"Well well well," Captain Falcon began, "look what we have here. Forgotten your training wheels, have you?"

Then he, Lakitu and Skull Kid collapsed into fits of laughter. He laughed so hard that he fell off his bike and hit the ground with a comically loud "OUCH!"

By the time he picked himself up off the ground, Pac and Gamer had already taken off in a cloud of dust, and were already halfway up the hill.

Captain Falcon hopped back on his bike and shouted "After 'em!"

With the squeals of the pedals, they were off.

High up in the hilltop lookout, Willow and Kirby were watching through binoculars and cheering loudly.

Kirby was balancing precariously on the edge of the wall and holding his binoculars with one hand. "They're so far ahead! I sure hope nothing goes wrong!"

Willow scoffed. "Oh please! There's only one person who could stop them now and he's probably miles aw-" Willow stopped as she saw a familiar someone out the corner of her eye.

"Mewtwo?!" What's he doing here?"

Kirby frowned. "Something's not right, princess."

"You're right. Let's go and investigate."

Down in the bowels of the track, Mewtwo had set up a makeshift tent to shield him from the blazing heat of the sun. He now paced back and forth inside this tent, barking out orders to a walkie talkie.

"...so when those two old-school fools reach Dead Man's Corner, nail them!" He cackled.

Willow and Kirby stood behind a rock, listening to every word.

"Another one of Mewtwo's schemes! I should have known!" Willow declared angrily.

"He knew the Retro Bros would enter the face to save me from Charizard!" Kirby said.

"Come on!" Willow urged, starting to break into a run, "we've got to warn them!"

Pac and Gamer had just reached the top of a hill and started to race down the other side at breakneck speeds.

Behind him, Pac heard a gagging noise.

"You okay Gamer?"

Gamer groaned. "I'd feel better if we went back and got my stomach!"

A little ways ahead, Willow and Kirby reached the road, panting and gasping for air. But there was no time to rest, because the Retro Bros were approaching rapidly.

The two waved their arms around screaming "STOP! STOP!" It was fruitless. The bikers zoomed right past and down the track.

"Have they got dust in their ears?" Willow said, out of breath.

"They don't even have ears!" Kirby said. He turned around and froze. "But what about them?!"

The trio of Mewtwo's co-conspirators descended upon them so quickly that Willow only had time to gulp in horror.

Several miles away Pac spotted a building and yelled "Pasta pit stop!" He braked right outside the building. The delicious smell of cooking pasta greeted the two racers.

"But Pac, what about the race?" Gamer asked, a little concerned.

"Pshh, we've got this race in the bag!" Pac exclaimed and pedalled into the restaurant.

Down by the makeshift tent, Willow and Kirby were wound tightly in a huge red sleeping snake while Mewtwo laughed at their futile attempt to stop Pac and Gamer.

"You-you lying double-crosser!" Willow yelled, furious.

"I try, princess. I try." Mewtwo said calmly before picking up his walkie talkie and saying "get ready and go on my command."

The trio had long since surpassed their prey at the restaurant, and were now lying in wait behind a large rock on Dead Man's Corner. They could hear them approaching.

Pax patted his stomach affectionately. "Now that's what I call a meal!"

"And that's what I call ten meals." Gamer muttered. They continued to approach the Corner. They had no idea who was waiting for them.

Mewtwo looked up and shouted "Now!"

Immediately the trio emerged from behind the rock and charged at full speed.

Pac was caught completely off guard. The front wheel of their bike began to wobble violently. Just when he thought he got it back under control, the wheel caught in a stone and the bike plunged over the edge of the cliff.

"Nooo!" Willow cried.

"We're dooooomed!" Gamer screamed.

"No we're not!" Pac stated. He reached into his toolbox and pulled out a game controller. Twirling the cord like a lasso, he swung it up and around. It hooked around the giant rock. Their descent came to an abrupt halt.

"Now I know why it's a gamer's best friend," Gamer said.

Up on the cliff, the trio were laughing about the poor little old-school boys who fell to their deaths. They nearly choked on their own spit when they saw them ride by them, perfectly fine.

Down below, Willow shouted with joy. "Hurray, they made it!"

"WHAT?!" Mewtwo bellowed.

"She said, they made it!" Kirby said.

"Unbelievable!" Mewtwo grabbed his walkie talkie. "Initiate phase two!"

"Got it, boss!" Captain Falcon answered. He then reached down and pulled a lever. Instantly an engine roared to life, bringing more speed and power to the bike. He then zoomed down the track. Lakitu and Skull Kid did the same.

Meanwhile, Willow had managed to squeeze one arm out of the snake, then the other, then the rest of her body. She silently pulled Kirby out and the two of them made a break for it.

The snake, still dozing, wound itself tighter and tighter around nothing until it woke up with a start and smacked its head against the tent supports.

The commotion caused Mewtwo to turn around and realise both prisoners were escaping. He spied a glimpse of pink through the rocks. He pointed at three Stalfos standing idly by and roared "They're getting away! After them!"

The Stalfos instantly turned and ran into the rocks at the same time, causing them to crumple into a pile of bones. Mewtwo sighed. "Why do I have to do everything myself?"

Meanwhile Willow and Kirby had picked up a bike laying nearby and were pedalling frantically to warn their friends of Mewtwo's scheme.

Out on the open track, Pac and Gamer were pedalling as fast as they could. Yet Pac still had time to check his face on the mirror of his toolbox. It was lucky he did, because otherwise he never would have seen the reflection of approaching danger until it was too late.

Pac suddenly turned sharply, just as a Bob-Om landed and exploded to their left.

"Holy cow!" Gamer was startled.

"Anyone for a game of ride-and-die?" Captain Falcon called before he threw another Bob-Om.

That one only barely missed the pair.

Skull Kid laughed evilly before he threw his projectile weapon: a rock-shaped object. Pac and Gamer ducked as it sailed over their heads.

They didn't see it explode into little shards when it hit the ground because they were too busy taunting Skull Kid for having bad aim.

The wheels ran over the shards and both tired deflated due to the holes that were ripped in them.

"Now what do we do? Call a tow truck?" Gamer said bitterly.

"An ambulance would memory appropriate," Captain Falcon pulled up in front of them with a Bob-Om in one hand.

Gamer gulped. Pac said cheerfully, "don't worry, it's two on one! We can take him!"

Captain Falcon was soon joined by Skull Kid.

Pac nodded. "Okay, now it's a fair fight." He didn't need to turn around to know that Lakitu and the Spinies had just showed up. He looked at Gamer. "There's only one way out of this."

Gamer understood. Together they grabbed the bike and spun it around so fast it created a miniature dust storm that was just big enough to obscure everyone's vision.

"Hey, what the-"Captain Falcon exclaimed.

"Where are they?" Lakitu asked.

By the time the dust cleared away, Pac and Gamer had ran down the hill and taken refuge in a vegetable garden. They reemerged with their arms full of zucchini and succotash.

Gamer selected the biggest zucchini and hurled it at Lakitu. It hit one of the Spinies and it fell off its seat. The other two bikers were faced with a barrage of vegetables so fierce they couldn't fight through it. After only three minutes, they all limped off, injured.

"Well, since we're the only ones left, it looks like we win the race by default." Pac said happily.

"It wasn't my fault!" Gamer said. At that moment Willow and Kirby pedalled over. Their faces were red and covered in sweat.

"Stop...don't...Mewtwo…" Willow managed to get out.

"Mewtwo? He's behind this? I knew it!" Pac said.

"Speaking of Mewtwo…" Kirby began.

Everyone turned to see Mewtwo sitting atop a bike, glaring angrily at the four.

"You! You should have ended up at the bottom of the Corner! You always have to go and mess up all of my pl-" Mewtwo stopped as he was struck in the face with a succotash. A zucchini thudded against his chest. He let out a yell of pain as he turned around on his bike and cycled away while trying to simultaneously dodge the incoming vegetables.

Pac, Gamer, Willow and Kirby all stood together in the vegetable patch and laughed at his cowardice. For being the Diabolical King, he sure couldn't survive a rain of vegetables!