The Accelerated World of Gumball Racing!
Chapter 8: The End is Near
After going through several more realms, the racers gained more and more Accelechargers, fighting against the Silencers and the Drones. The end looked to be near. All the Racers were extremely excited, proud, and confident of themselves.
One night, after a racing realm, everyone was minding their own business.
The Teku were getting their dinner. A few of the metal maniacs and mechanics were working on their cars. The Elmorians were talking. Nolo and Karma were making out with each other, in their sleeping quarters. It was a fairly normal night for the Acceleracers. Until one racer would disturb the peace.
Markie Wylde walked to the main area/garage of the Acceledrome, and began talking to Tork.
Markie: Alright, Tork, I challenge you!
Tork was busy working on his car, Hollowback. He looked up from the hood of his vehicle, still holding a wrench.
Tork: Excuse me?
Markie: I challenge you, for the leadership of the Maniacs! A race!
Tork: Markie, you've got to be kidding me. You can't just decide a leader, based on who wins a race. It's more than just about who wins-
Markie: Is that a no, you COWARD?! Too scared to get your ass whooped, by ME?!
Taro: Markie, you aren't leadership material.
Markie: And who says?!
"Porkchop" Riggs: We all do.
Monkey: No offense Wylde, but, you wouldn't make a very good leader-
Markie: EXCUSE ME!?
Markie started walking towards Monkey, about to pound him.
Monkey closed his eyes, and held his hands up to his face, ready to face the pain.
Markie was hit from behind, and fell face-first onto the floor.
Kurt: Markie, you need to know your place.
Markie stood up, and clenched his fists.
Markie: Kurt, you have no idea how long I've been waiting for this. Let's finish this now, traitor.
Kurt: Little brother, I'm not going to fight you-
Kurt was met by a swift punch in the face, by Markie. Kurt knew, that the time for reasoning was over. He swiftly kicked Markie in the gut, stunning him, then tried to punch him in the face, but Markie quickly grabbed his arm, turned him around, and smashed him on the door of Tork's car. Next, Kurt kicked Markie in the groin, then turned and performed a roundhouse kick, which was blocked/deflected by Markie's fists.
Tork grabbed a hold of Markie, with Porkchop grabbing a hold of Kurt, to keep them from attacking each other.
Suddenly, alarms started ringing, and the Wheel of Power began to turn.
Markie: Enough! Kurt, we settle this, in the realm!
Kurt: For once, I agree.
Tesla: Racers, the latest realm is opening! The Neon-Pipeline realm! The following racers may enter:
Gumball Watterson
Gabriel Garcia
Markie Wylde
Kurt Wylde
Nolo Passaro
Tork Maddox
Diesel "Porkchop" Riggs
Monkey McKlurg
Taro Kitano
Karma Eiss
The Racers quickly got into their cars, started their engines, then accelerated onto the red track, in turns, twists, and spirals, into the portal at 300 mph.
The portal opened into what appeared to be an outer-space environment, but, directly in front of the portal, was a large,gray, neon-pipeline, that all the cars accelerated/jumped inside.
The racers drove down the Pipeline, which split into different turns/entrances.
Tesla: You must all split up, to find the portal!
Lani: What if they all lead to the portal, just in different ways?
The racers took their pipes. Inside the pipes, were completely random gaps, in the ceiling, bottom, and sides. The Racers were forced to jump over, or drive around the Gaps, to stay inside the Pipelines.
A few racers worked together, while others, such as Markie and Kurt, were fiercely going head to head, cursing, and fighting.
Next, after the random gaps, came ramps. Ramps would continuosly pop up all over the pipeline. The ramps faced two main directions. The racers would have to use the ramps to drive, or jump over or around ramps that faced the opposite direction, to avoid crashing.
Nolo: WOAH! Look out!
Nolo had to use his jump jets to jump over a set of opposite-facing jump jets, while Karma boosted over a ramp that led in the correct direction.
Karma: Nice jump, Nolo.
Nolo: Thanks!
Meanwhile, the Metal Maniacs weren't as agile as the Teku, so they had to slow down a little, to avoid the ramps, get lucky, or crash/slide against them.
Tork: That was close.
Tork's Hollowback slid against a ramp, almost forcing him to crash.
Eventually, the people noticed, that the track was getting continuosly smaller, and racing drones and silencers appeared behind everyone.
In a barrage of energy blasts, explosions, and grappling hooks, the teammates had to evade the drones, and boost down the pipeline. One driver wasn't so lucky.
Markie's vehicle was struck on both sides by Silencer cars, that just materialized, and his car was shocked with an EMP blast, disabling his car.
Kurt: Markie! No!
Kurt turned his car around, and came back to rescue Markie. But, he was too late.
A smoke bomb was deployed, and Markie and the 2 silencers were gone.
Kurt: Fuck you Silencers!
Over a period of a half-hour, the Acceleracers sped down Pipe-lines, in different directions, while evading or fighting against drones or silencers.
Once they reached the end of the portal, they found that a Silencer, again, had received the Accelecharger. They all returned back to the Acceledrome, filled with frustration.
Gumball: I can't believe this!
Gabe: You're not the only one.
Kurt: They got the Accelecharger, AND my brother!
*Kurt angrily walked up to Dr. Tesla*
Kurt: Dr. Tesla, I don't care what you say, we are going to rescue Markie.
Dr. Tesla: Kurt, for once, I agree with you. Go do your business.
Kurt: You're serious?
Dr. Tesla: Very much. We need all the help we can get.
Kurt: I will need the support of everyone else.
Dr. Tesla: We need to hunt for the Accelechargers, Kurt-
Kurt: I think we have enough, Tesla. We just need to rescue my brother, and stop this once and for all. You said it yourself, we are close to being done.
Tesla: I don't know that for sure, we may still be a long-ways away-
Kurt: Tell me the truth, old man.
A feeling of tension and awkward silence hung in the air, as Tesla sighed and admitted the truth.
Tesla: We only have 1 realm left. Then, it all comes down to what happens after that. That's the truth.
Kurt: I'm getting the others together. We need a plan.
Kurt walked out of the communications room, and started a meeting with the other racers.