Chapter 16: Licortwist's Plan
After an hour, Hannah, Mindy, Mark, Mike, and Tammy were finished building the time machine. Hannah turned to the others.
"Okay, now we need to flag down Licortwist and ask him about our next objective." Hannah said.
Mindy, Mark, Mike, and Tammy nodded, and Mark walked up to the button. He removed the cover from the button, which shimmered in the light, showing off it's red hue. After a second of thought, Mark placed his hand on top of it and pressed firmly down onto it. There was a slight delay before it lit up, lighting the room with a red glow. There was a soft call of alarms in the distance, but after a short bout, they were hushed. Silence took over, before the five of them heard footsteps. Not long after, there was a knock on the door.
"Guys?" Licortwist asked from the other side.
"Come in." Mindy replied.
There was a click, before the door opened and Licortwist walked in.
"I see that your done with the time machine?" Licortwist asked.
Mike nodded.
"Yes, all done." Mike replied." He then asked "Now, can you explain why we even built the time machine? You said everything would be explained later.".
"Ah, yes, of course. Follow me to my throne room, and I'll explain everything there." Licortwist replied.
Hannah, Mindy, Mark, Mike, and Tammy nodded.
"Alright." Mark said.
Licortwist left the room, the Forgotten racers accompanying him. They followed him around the various bends of the castle until they came to a throne room. Licortwist let them in before stepping in and walking over to the other side of the throne room, where he had the licorice pieces grab five chairs and carry them over to the Forgotten racers. They sat down in the chairs, while Licortwist sat down in a throne, which faced across from them.
"Now, let's get down to business. You all recall me asking you to build the time machine, correct?" Licortwist asked.
"Correct." Hannah, Mindy, Mark, Mike, and Tammy replied in unison.
"Okay, alright. Recently, I've read up on the Sugar Rush racers pasts in order to get an idea of what they were, since I was never part of them. And as I did, I learned that they were friends with a group of people called the Rugrats in the past." Licortwist explained. He then asked "You following?".
Hannah, Mindy, Mark, Mike, and Tammy nodded.
"Yes, we're still with you." Hannah replied.
Licortwist nodded.
"Okay, good. After I found that out, I did some more research and found out that one of the Sugar Rush racers, Candi, is descended from two of the Rugrats, a man named Peter and a woman named Kimi. So, here's what we're going to do. We're going to use the time machine to go back to their time and destroy Peter and Kimi, so that way, Candi doesn't exist, which means that one Sugar Rush racer would be out of the way. Then we'll come back to this time and finish off the other racers." Licortwist explained.
Hannah, Mindy, Mark, Mike, and Tammy nodded.
"That sounds great. When will we go through with the plan?" Tammy asked.
"In a little bit. Right now, I have to talk to someone. When I'm done, we'll get ready." Licortwist replied.
The five Forgotten racers nodded, and Licortwist motioned for them to leave the throne room. Once they were gone, Licortwist took out a newspaper ad that he had clipped out from a newspaper that he had found while waiting for Hannah, Mindy, Mark, Mike, and Tammy to finish with the time machine.
"Mercenary for hire! Whole sale murder, knifing, annihilation, extermination, do in's, whack jobs, can do it all! Skilled. Appointment only." the ad read.
Procuring a phone, Licortwist dialed a number that was featured on the ad and then held the device to his ear, waiting for the receiver to pick up. Eventually, someone answered the phone.
"What is it?" the person asked.
Licortwist smirked.
"Mister Stryker, my name is Licortwist Hothead. I want to recruit you for a project of mine." Licortwist replied.