Author notes:And now it's time for the 12th chapter of the story and the conclusion of the third race. Is Buttercup really dead? Find out now! I do not own Ed Edd n Eddy, Johnny Bravo, PowerPuff Girls, Code Named Kids Next Door, Billy and Mandy, Freakazoid, Samurai Jack, Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends, Courage The Cowardly Dog, and Dexter's Laboratory, they belong to their respected owners. I also do not own any of the tracks or the challenges, they belong to Naughty Dog's Jak X, although I do own the vehicles, except for Freakazoid's Freakmobile.
Chapter 12: Act 1: Third Race:Part Two.
Last Time:
Just then the same driver who was bullying the group came back and bumped right into Buttercup, harder this time. This caused her to swerve like crazy, so far as to go to the left side of the bridge, and for her to fall off the bridge! This made Eddy and the two PowerPuff Girls to gasp.
"Oops, did I do that?" the driver said as he passed up Eddy and the two PowerPuff Girls.
"Hey, she may have been annoying, but she didn't deserve that!" Eddy said as the driver passed him up.
"Oh well, should have moved out the way," the driver said.
"Why you!" Eddy said as he began chasing the driver. "Your dead!
Now:
The Metal and Seaport Race Track...
Eddy was chasing the driver full speed at the bridge that curved left with his machine gun,shooting at him like crazy, bullets flying at him but kept missing. Every single bullet that Eddy threw at him, and every bullet that kept missing, kept him getting angrier and angrier. I mean, why would someone would want to plunge a little girl to her death, and be so cold blooded? It may be a race for the big prize money and all, but that man had no right to actually kill a little girl like that. Blossom and Bubbles were behind Eddy, trying to tell him something, but Eddy was to busy shooting at the guy with anger on the bridge that curved left.
"Hold still, you cold blooded killer!" Eddy said angrily.
"Ha, what are you going to do, pipsqueak?" the driver said. After a few more bullets, some of them actually hit the drivers car, causing him to get mad a little. "All right kid, you want to play with the big boys?" the driver said as he turned his car around, but was still driving forward, like someone from Speed Racer. The driver then began to shoot at Eddy, Eddy having a difficult time dodging the bullets. "Your dead kid!" would be the drivers final words as another car came out of nowhere and bumped right into the driver, hard.
The driver started to swerve, still shooting his machine gun due to him spiraling out of control, and leaped off the bridge. Anyone on the track could hear his screams as he fell to his watery doom.
"Who?" Eddy said, looking at the green car which he was familiar with. It was Buttercup. "Wha-I though you fell of the bridge?" Eddy said.
"Are you forgetting that I'm a superhero?" Buttercup said with a smirk on her face. "I can fly, shorty."
"That is what we were trying to tell you," Blossom said, "But you were to busy shooting at the guy."
"Yeah, you were like 'you killed Buttercup, your going to pay! Your going to pay'" Bubbles said in a childish manner.
"Oh, right, I forgot that you could fly," Eddy said.
"You were worried about me? Aww, that's cute," Buttercup said in a fake manner.
Eddy was embarrassed, he completely forgot that the PowerPuff Girls could fly. I guess I was to blinded by rage, he thought. Eddy then quickly changed the subject. "Come on, we've got to get to that finish line!" he said as he started to gain speed.
Eddy and the PowerPuff Girls then crossed the bridge, and were now headed to another bridge curving right.
"What are with these bridges?" Eddy said.
"This is a seaport strip track combined with the metal track that Freakazoid was on, so of course theirs gonna be a lot of bridges," Blossom informed him.
"Okay, but why do they curve in different directions?" Eddy asked as a matter of fact.
"Probably just to make the track more interesting, like what they did with the trains," Blossom said. "If we stay at the right side of the bridge, we'll be fine." she informed them.
"Hey Eddy, I betcha a quarter you can't cross the bridge before me," Buttercup said.
Eddy looked at Buttercup with a bring it on type of look. "Please, you would eat my dust." Eddy said.
"That sounds like a challenge!" Buttercup said.
"Your on!" Eddy said as they both accelerated their cars.
"Wait you two!" Bubbles said, shouting at them.
"It's no use Bubbles, don't waste your breath," Blossom informed her. "Let's just catch up with them before-" before Blossom could say the next letter, a missile exploded next to her, causing for her to swerve, bumping Bubbles a little off to the side. The driver who launched the missile passed them up, which was the brown haired driver from before.
"Sorry girls, but that million dollars prize money is just a step away!" the brown haired driver said as he went to the bridge. Blossom and Bubbles started speeding up until they were on the right side of the curvy bridge, trying to pass up the brown haired driver. Due to their short cars, they were pretty fast, able to catch up to the brown haired driver with ease. Before the brown haired driver could say anything, another driver from behind started shooting at the brown haired driver, some bullets actually penetrated him. The brown haired drivers car started taking some damage as he kept driving forward. He was looking around frantically for the shield button. When he found it, he pressed it and a green shield popped up around him, causing the bullets to be useless The driver behind him then did the same thing as a shield popped up around him as he started to speed up, only this shield was bigger.
"Your going to regret getting in my way," the driver said in a deep, samurai like voice. The voice reminded Blossom and Bubbles of one of those samurai movies, when the samurai is confronting the bad guys for his destiny. The samurai like driver then bumped right into the brown haired driver, causing him to swerve and forcing him to hit the brakes, also causing Blossom, Bubbles, and the samurai driver to pass him up. Blossom looked at the samurai driver. He had a mask on, so she couldn't see his face, nor could she see anything else, because his body was in darkness due to his car. Speaking of his car, his cars was totally black, no other color at all, also their was complete darkness in his car, making him look like a creature from the dark.
"You girls are not going to get in my way either," the driver with the mask said.
"No no, were just passing by," Bubbles said.
"Sorry, but I'm going to have to kill you both now," the driver said as his machine gun pointed at Bubbles. He then started shooting at the little girl, which she dodged with ease. Bubbles then switched from the laser like gun to a machine gun and started firing at the driver. Unfortunately the masked driver still had the shield on, making the bullets useless. The masked driver then bumped into Bubbles, causing her to swerve to the left, which almost caused her to fall off the bridge if she hadn't gained control of her car first.
"Let's see how you like this," Blossom said as she fired the laser at the man. The laser was pink, the same color as Blossom herself. The laser hit the shield dead on, with little damage. "No way." Blossom said. The masked driver then started firing at Blossom, some of the bullets penetrating her car, and causing her to swerve to the left side of the bridge. Unfortunately for her, she wasn't able to gain control of her car in time, and fell off the bridge.
"That's one down, one to go," the masked driver said as he pointed the machine gun at Bubbles. He then started shooting at her, Bubbles dodging the bullets with ease, until one bullet penetrated her side bumper. She was so distracted by it that the other bullets started penetrating Bubbles car, causing her to swerve. The masked driver kept shooting at her until he ran out of bullets. He then switched the machine gun with a missile, and pointed it at Bubbles. He launched it right at Bubbles, causing an explosion to occur. "So much for them...wait, what the-"
When the smoke cleared from the explosion, Bubbles car was nowhere to be seen, not even parts of her car, nor parts of her body, which the masked driver expected.
"Now it's out turn!" both Blossom and Bubbles said. They were behind the masked driver, with their laser guns at the ready.
"No way, you fell off the bridge, and you," the masked driver said.
Blossom smiled, so did Bubbles. "Maybe you didn't notice mister, but we're superheroes, we can fly," Blossom explain to him.
"I guess you didn't notice that I flew before the missile could even hit me," Bubbles said as they both charged their lasers.
The masked driver still had a surprised look on his face, but quickly retained his features. "So what, your still going to die." he said as his car went backwards, but was still driving forward. He then fired another missile at the girls, hitting them directly, causing an explosion. "That should...what?"
The masked driver looked as the smoke cleared from the explosion, that the two silhouettes, Blossom and Bubbles no doubt, were still driving without a scratch of their car. "How-" before the masked driver could finish his sentence, he found his answer as to how the two girls survived the impact. Their was a shield around them. The smoke then cleared clearly, and Blossom and Bubbles shot the lasers together at the same time, which caused them to join together. This new laser color was pink and light blue, the same color as Blossom and Bubbles. The laser impacted the masked drivers car, and exploded on impact. Their was smoke around the masked drivers car.
"Do you think that will work?" Bubbles asked her sister.
"Of course!" Blossom said. When the smoke cleared, the masked drivers car was swerving like crazy. Apparently the masked driver still had his shield around him, which was gone due to the lasers, but also caused the masked drivers car to swerve with an incredible force, until he swerved off the bridge. The two sisters could hear his scream from below, and they also heard a splash, indicating that the masked driver wasn't going to be a problem for them anymore.
"I wonder why that guy was wearing a mask?" Bubbles said.
"I don't know, but I do know that we should catch up to Buttercup and Eddy, just to make sure their all right," Blossom said.
"Okay!" Bubbles said in that usual childish manner. They both sped off up ahead, leaving the curvy right bridge beyond them.
Up ahead Buttercup was driving with a smile on her face, probably because she beat Eddy in the race on whoever would crossed the bridge first. Eddy, on the other hand, had a frown on his face, ready for Buttercup to start teasing him. They were now driving on another bridge that curved right, with the seaport scenery still in contact. Buttercup was the first one to speak.
"You owe me five bucks shorty," Buttercup said teasingly at Eddy.
Eddy looked at Buttercup like she was crazy. "What? You said a quarter!" Eddy stated, remembering the bet they made.
"I changed my mind," Buttercup said simply.
"You can't change your mind about that, forget it!" Eddy said, pouting like a child.
Buttercup just laughed at him. "That's not funny!" Eddy said, still pouting.
"It is funny when you act like a little girl!" Buttercup said, still laughing.
Eddy gritted his teeth. "Okay then, how about this? Whoever wins this race has to give the winner five bucks, for real," Eddy stated.
"Okay then, if I win I get to bully you everyday," Buttercup said
Eddy then looked at Buttercup like she was crazy. "What kind of agreement is that?" Eddy said.
"What, are you scared?" Buttercup asked with a daring smile on her face.
"Of course not, let's do this!" Eddy said as he accelerated his speed. Buttercup did the same with Eddy by her side. Somehow Blossom and Bubbles managed to finally reach them.
"What took you so long?" Buttercup asked.
"Your not giving us time to catch up, we had to fight a driver by ourselves!" Bubbles complained.
"Sorry, I'm busy beating shorty here," Buttercup said with a smile.
"But I'm taller then you!" Eddy said.
"Yeah, but for your age, you should be a lot taller," Buttercup implied.
"I agree, your 'this' tiny compared to how you should be," Bubbles said, using her fingerless hand to show how tiny Eddy is.
"Whatever," Eddy said. "All I know is that I'm gonna win this race!" Eddy exclaimed.
"No, I'm going to in this race pipsqueak," Buttercup said.
"No, it is I who's gonna win this race!" the brown haired driver said.
"Where did you come from?" Eddy asked.
"From my mother, where else?" the brown haired driver said, laughing. "Get it?"
Their was a grasshopper chirping sound while the PowerPuff Girls and Eddy were silent. "Tough crowd." the brown haired driver said.
Just then the PowerPuff Girls, Eddy, and the brown haired driver suddenly started to slide off the bridge, headed for a watery doom. Well, just Eddy and the brown haired driver, because the PowerPuff Girls could fly.
"What's with this stupid bridge?" Eddy said, steering his wheel to the left.
"The direction of the curve of the bridge changed. Get on the left side Eddy!" Blossom told Eddy. Eddy did what Blossom said, as well as the brown haired driver.
"Sorry guys, but I'm gonna win this race," the brown haired driver said as he switched his missile to a machine gun. Before he could shoot at anybody, another driver behind him shot a laser gun at him, causing him to swerve. He barely managed to gain control of his car before he would plummet to his death. "Who did that?" the brown haired driver said.
"I did! Mojo-Jojo!" said the monkey.
"Mojo-Jojo!" all three PowerPuff Girls said together.
"How in the world did you catch up with us?" Blossom asked.
"It was simple, I just crushed anyone who was in my way, and them I caught up with you," Mojo explained. "Now I will destroy you girls, and finally be able to rule the world with the Paramount Emerald in my hands!" Mojo said.
"I don't think so monkey breath!" Buttercup said.
"Oh, but I think so, now to destroy you!" Mojo said as he began firing his laser at the PowerPuff Girls. The girls dodged them with ease though. "Grr, my aiming is bad today, I should have played more video games." the monkey said. He then switched the laser gun to missiles, three of them, and shot them all to the PowerPuff Girls. The three missiles caused three explosions, which the PowerPuff Girls managed to dodge.
"I'll take care of this guy!" Eddy said as he released oil behind his car. Mojo managed to dodge the oil. Instead, the oil reached the brown haired driver, who's car was swerving due to the oil. He then hit the brakes, causing Mojo, the PowerPuff Girls, and Eddy to pass him up with ease.
"I must be unlucky today," the brown haired driver said.
"Ha! Is that the best you've got shorty?" Mojo said to Eddy.
"No, I've got this you stupid monkey!" Eddy said as he released bombs from the back of his compartment. The bombs exploded as they hit the ground, causing Mojo to have a hard time dodging them. He swerved to the right, which was bad because in that part of the bridge he could fall to a watery doom. He did just that, screaming curses as he fell to the water.
"So much for monkey breath!" Eddy said.
"Wow Eddy, that was cool!" Buttercup said.
Eddy looked at her with a strange look. "Thanks, but why are you admiring me now?" Eddy said.
Buttercup then smiled. "You didn't let me finish, I meant to say that was cool, for a dork," Buttercup teased.
"Just who do you think you are kid?" Eddy said.
"The girl who's gonna beat you!" Buttercup said as she accelerated her speed and went ahead of Eddy.
"In your dreams!" Eddy said as he to started accelerating his speed.
"Those two are never gonna get along, are they?" Bubbles asked.
"Actually, I think that Buttercup..." Blossom began.
"What?" Bubbles asked.
"Oh nothing, never mind," Blossom said. "Let's catch up to them before we lose them again."
"Okay!" Bubbles said cheerfully as they accelerated forward. Surprisingly Buttercup and Eddy were somehow way past the other two sisters, not that far, but far enough. They were both out of the bridge and were now headed for a ramp.
"I bet I can jump that ramp higher then you!" Buttercup said.
"Oh yeah?" Eddy said as they both hit the ramp at the same time, causing them both to jump at the same airborne. They then landed on metal and were now headed for another bridge. "See, I got higher then you!"
"In your dreams, I was obviously higher then you!" Buttercup exclaimed.
"We'll see when we see the uh...uh..." Eddy trailed off.
"The video recorder in case of close finishes?" Buttercup said.
"Yeah, what you said!" Eddy said. Buttercup then started to laugh, and Eddy couldn't help but to laugh to at his own stupidity.
"Your all right for a pipsqueak," Buttercup commented.
"And your all right for a brat," Eddy said. Buttercup then smiled a sweet smile at Eddy. She then started to blush a little. "Why is your face all red?" Eddy asked.
"Well, Eddy, I need to tell you something," Buttercup said, looking like she's trying to find the right words.
Eddy looked at her strangely. This girl could be another Sarah, Eddy thought. "What?"
Buttercup was still blushing, looking at the road, heading for another bridge. For a few minutes, she was silent, her face red, trying to find the right words to form out of her mouth, even though Eddy knew what she was gonna say. It's so obvious, Eddy thought, rolling his eyes.
After a few minutes, she said "I-" but that was the only thing that came out of her mouth, for she gasped. Eddy's car exploded into debris, and Eddy, who somehow saw it coming, bailed out of the car. Though it didn't matter, because the explosion was to great, that it forced Eddy to fly to the side of the road, half of his shirt disappeared, and blood coming from his left arm. Buttercup drove to the side of the road and got out of her car immediately. She looked at Eddy's motionless body, he was not moving at all! Buttercup then quickly got Eddy in her car and got herself in the car as well.
"Eddy, are you okay?" Buttercup asked. Eddy just sat at the passenger seat, laying perfectly still like a statue. That worried Buttercup. She quickly got back to the racing track to find out who did this. When she drove a few meters, she found out who. It was Mojo-Jojo!
"Heh, surprised to see me eh? Luckily I installed a flying system. You girls would have been wise to hear a splash, but you didn't, did you?" Mojo said. Buttercup didn't say anything, just looked at the roak ahead of her with a mean look on her face. Suddenly, Blossom and Bubbles managed to catch up to Buttercup. They also saw the drive in front of her.
"Mojo, I should have known that you would still be alive!" Blossom said.
"But of course, what kind of heroes you would be if you didn't have an arch enemy?" Mojo said.
"Hey, where's Eddy?" Bubbles said, looking for Eddy.
"You mean that short boy? Oh don't you worry, he's in a better place now," Mojo said, grinning.
"No...you couldn't have!" Blossom said.
"Oh but I have, even though I was aiming for Buttercup. Like I said, I should have played more video games," Mojo said.
Mojo and the PowerPuff Girls were now at the bridge that curved left.
"Now I shall do the same with you, PowerPuff Girls!" Mojo said.
"Come on Buttercup, let's teach Mojo a lesson...Buttercup?" Blossom said, looking at the sad girl in her car. Beside her lay Eddy's motionless body at the passenger seat. "Buttercup...what-"
"YOU'LL PAY MOJO!" Buttercup said as she shot a laser beam at him. Surprisingly, the laser beam had no effect, even though Mojo didn't have a shield. Mojo laughed.
"You won't be able to lay a scratch in my car!" Mojo said.
"We'll see about that!" Buttercup said as she rushed to Mojo's side. Mojo then shot a laser at Buttercup, which she couldn't dodge in time as the laser was faster, and hit her full time. She swerved to the other side of the bridge and fell off of it. Bubbles then started shooting her laser at Mojo, but it was no use as the laser just bounced off his car. Mojo then fired his laser at Bubbles, which she didn't dodge in time and swerved off the bridge as well. Only Blossom was left.
"Ha! I upgraded my car to be laser proof, so your petty weapons have no effect on me!" Mojo said as he shot a laser at Blossom. Blossom, as well, swerved off the bridge. "I did it, I did it! I've finally gotten rid of those pesky PowerPuff Girls! Now I'll win this race with ease!" Mojo said as he kept driving.
Mojo left the bridge and was now headed toward a metal cave. "I have a feeling that beyond that cave is the finish line!" Mojo said proudly as he drove to the cave. Before he did, he somehow felt uneasy, a feeling saying he wasn't finished yet, but he didn't know why. Just before he was about to enter the cave, three cars behind him followed him into it. When Mojo was inside the cave, their was metal all around. With all types of colors all around.
"Yep, just smooth sailing from here on out," Mojo said.
"You really think so Mojo?" a voice said from behind him. It was Blossom.
"You really thought you got rid of us so easily?" Bubbles said.
"Your going to pay for what you did to Eddy!" Buttercup said as the three girls were behind Mojo.
"You'll be joining him soon enough. Take this!" Mojo said as he unleashed a bunch of bombs in the back of his car. The bombs exploded on the PowerPuff Girls. "Their, that will-huh?" Mojo said as the three girls were speeding up on him.
"Prepare yourself Mojo!" all three girls said together.
"You may have beaten us singly," Buttercup said.
"And I must admit, you beat us good!" Bubbles said.
"But together, were unstoppable!" Blossom said as all three of them started to charge their lasers at the same time.
"Ha! I already told you that this car is laser proof!" Mojo said.
"This isn't no ordinary laser, it's our bonds together!" all three girls said together. "Fire!" they all said as the three laser combined to make a mixture of green, light blue, and pink together and went towards Mojo. The laser hit it's target. The result was a massive explosion, which made Mojo's car turn into debris, with Mojo flying out of it. He landed on the hard metal, and due to this, he was knocked out.
"We did it!" the three girls said together as they zoomed past the debris and out of the cave. When they did, they saw a ramp in front of him.
"Should we jump it?" Bubbles asked.
"Looks like no other way," Blossom said as the three girls jumped the ramp. When they landed, the scenery was changed back to metal, and in front of them their were stands with crowds in them, and the finish line was right in front of them. Blossom crossed it first, followed by Bubbles, and then Buttercup. The fans cheered for them, and the three girls got out of their cars and waved at the people on the stands, except for Buttercup, she was looking sad, probably because of Eddy. The two girls comforted her.
"Let's take him to the hospital," Blossom said...
Haven City Hospital...
Eddy was in bed, still not saying anything. The doctor said that Eddy's arm is damaged, and his head had severed a concussion, and the doctors also explained that they don't know when he'll wake up. Buttercup was beside his bedside, and Edd and Ed were also in the room, wishing the best for his friend. Kevin was the first one to speak.
"Man, Eds, are you sure you want to keep competing in this competition? I mean, it's to dangerous," Kevin said.
"Yeah, aren't you all worried that your lives are in stake, just for money and a trophy, and for an emerald?" Nazz asked.
"We have to, it's for the sake of the entire world that the emerald doesn't fall for the wrong hand," Edd implied to them.
"But what about your own lives Ed boys?" Rolf asked.
"I hate to say it, but our lives don't mean anything right now," Edd said.
"Double D, how can you say something like that?" Nazz said, even though she knew it was true. In fact, everyone in the room agreed, their lives don't matter, especially to the whole world. Edd didn't responded, because he knew that in Nazz's mind that she knew the answer to that. The doctor came in with a usual clipboard.
"Eddy needs some rest," the doctor said.
"We understand," Edd said as they left the room, along with Buttercup...
1901 Haven City Building...
Everyone knew that Eddy was in the hospital, and everyone visited him, hoping for the best for him. Even Josh came and visited him one day. Everyone was talking among themselves, some about their challenges, some about their daily lives, and some about Eddy being in the hospital. Today, Edd was talking with Buttercup.
"How was your day, did you fight crime with your sisters?" Edd asked politely.
"Yeah, as usual. Do you know how Eddy's doing?" Buttercup asked a little desperately.
"I haven't been hearing any news," Edd informed her.
"Oh," Buttercup said a little sadly.
Edd tried to cheer her up. "Which, could be a good thing!" Edd said. I hope.
"You know...I was about to tell Eddy..." Buttercup began.
"Yes, tell Eddy what?" Edd asked.
Buttercup started to blush. Should she really say it. She might as well, Eddy could be...No, she didn't want to think about it. But she still might as well tell the truth. Here goes, Buttercup thought. "I had-"
Before Buttercup could finish her sentence, the door opened. Everyone looked to see Eddy in an arm cast. The Eds, the PowerPuff Girls, Freakazoid, Johnny, and Billy went up to him first.
"Hey guys, whats up?" Eddy said. Edd was the first to speak.
"What's up? How come the hospital didn't call us that you were coming?" Edd asked.
"I told them not to, I wanted it to be a surprise so...Surprise!" Eddy said.
The group started to laugh, glad to have their friend back.
"By the way Eddy, Buttercup wanted to tell you something," Edd said.
Buttercup started to blush. "Really, what?" Eddy asked with a smile.
Buttercup gave Eddy a nervous smile. After a while, she stopped blushing and said, "I wanted to tell you that I beat you in the race, and that I get to torture you for this whole season!" Buttercup said as she flew off laughing.
Eddy and some of the people around him had his jaw dropped.
"I wonder what that was about?" Edd said.
Eddy smiled, because he knew what Buttercup really wanted to say. "You know guys, Buttercup isn't such a brat after all."
Author notes: I know that this chapter is better then the last one, I'm sure of it. Anyway, I hoped you enjoyed, and sorry for not giving that cameo appearance to that person, but I'm going to show them again soon. Until next time! R&R!