Author notes:So far so good, thanks for the hits guys. Also, like I said last chapter, I'm going to respond from your reviews, so and the reviews I'm going to respond to are the recent ones. Now for the story, the way I'm doing this, like the last chapter, is that people will get eliminated, and the reason why I'm doing this is because of two reasons. One, I don't have a problem keeping up with the characters, but it would just be easier for me to keep writing the story. And two, I wanted there to be lessons in the story about friendship, so every character that will be eliminated, a life lesson will be learned. Today's chapter, like I said last chapter, will have more action. Also, it will be about Samurai Jack. So I hope you all enjoy! 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.
Chapter 22:Act 1:Fifth Race.
2100 Haven City Building Garage...
It was crowded in 2100 Haven City Building Garage. The cloaked figure's racing team were fixing their cars from previous damage in other challenges. Everyone expected Carl Shocker, the nerd who was good at cars, to come and repair them, since he wasn't good for anything else. But today, he wasn't here, and that made the team mad.
"Where in the world is that guy?" Lee said, irritated. "He should have been her by now."
"Yes, my car is completely thrashed from that race earlier, and yet Shocker isn't here," Katz, the tall red cat who always liked to scam people said.
"You know, the last time I read, cats aren't supposed to talk," Terrance, the 13 year old, less intelligent, with freckles on his face and buck tooth.
"How many times do I have to tell you, I came from a gentleman's club, where the people taught me how to speak and-"
"Yeah yeah yeah, I don't care anymore," Terrance said, interrupting the conversation.
Before the anthropomorphic cat could say anything else, the entrance to the garage opened, and the cloaked figure came in, his tall, figurative all hiding behind a cloak.
"Hey, mysterious man, where is that nerdy boy Carl?" The Lobe asked.
"Yes, I need him in order to repair my vehicle," Mojo complained.
"Yeah, where is he?" Lee asked.
"Carl won't be joining us anymore," the cloaked figure said.
"What do you mean, did he go to one of those nerd convictions?" Lobe asked jokingly.
"No, he's thrown out of the competition now due to some circumstances he did," the cloaked figure replied.
Father then looked up from his sitting spot, being silent the whole time waiting for the geek to show up and repair little damages to his car. "By circumstances, you mean Carl planting a bomb on his chest and threatening to blow up the stadium." Father explained.
"Yes," the cloaked figure simply replied.
"I always knew the guy was a little loony," Lee said.
"Well, then who will fix our cars now when there damaged?" Mandark asked.
"We have more people here on our team that can surely repair our vehicles and place some more modifications on them," the cloaked figure explained.
"You mean more deadly weapons?" Mojo asked. The cloaked figure shook his head yes. "True, I can place more deadly weapons then that kid combined. Okay, I'll do it."
"Good, then everything will go on as usual," the cloaked figure said.
"Speaking of usual, when is this competition going to be over?" May asked.
"There are four acts in this competition, and after a few more challenges, we'll be in Act 2 soon," the cloaked figure explained.
"Wow, time sure flies when you shoot people in a racing track," the mad vet said.
"That was a very weird comment," Katz said.
"Anyway, I'll be in my study doing some things. Mojo, fix up everyone car and modify them," the cloaked figure said as he walked out of the garage without a response from the monkey.
"Sometimes that guy is really rude," the she devil Him said, who decides to compete in the competition with Mojo.
"Yes, but we might as well stay with him, in order to obtain the Paramount Emerald," Mojo explained.
"How do we even know the thing is real?" Marie complied.
"Well, we saw it on TV, and the thing looks real to me," Lee replied.
"And shiny," May added.
"That beautiful gem will look so pretty on me," Him said dreamily as he looked up.
"I don't think the prettiest jewelry in the world would make you look pretty!" Marie said as she snickered.
Marie's comment made Hims eyes grow red. "WHAT WAS THAT YOU LITTLE BRAT?" he exclaimed.
"You heard me, or are those pointy ears just for show," Marie said snickering again.
"Heh, good one Marie," May said.
"WHY I OUGHTA-" Him began.
"What, you wanna fight?" Marie said daringly.
"Enough! I will not have this foolishness! Didn't the guy in the cloak tell us that we have to work together?" Mojo asked.
"Yeah, the ugly monkey's right," Lee implied.
"Exactly...hey, who are you calling ugly monkey?" Mojo asked.
"I don't see any other-" Lee began.
"Enough," Father simply said. Father had a cool recollection about him, appearing not the least bit concerned about the arguing villains. "Mojo, my car needs tuning if you please." he said with his arms cross.
"Fine," Mojo uttered. Mojo also uttered something about "those three brat", implying to the Kankers.
Mojo got a screwdriver from a toll box, a little mini cart and got under Father's car and started working on it. "Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna take a nap." Father said as he walked out of the garage. During the course of the competition, Father has been laid back, just doing nothing but his challenges, which he easily wins with ease. It wasn't long before Mojo got through with Father's car, and is now moving to the next...
1901 Haven City Building
Inside the comfy room of 1901, the crazy characters from around the world are relaxing, with one less team member, but it didn't matter to them, they all knew that Johnny tried his best, and that was all that matter. Now, the Eds were watching TV, seeing the past events of what's bee happening this season. The short Ed, Eddy, was missing though, as well as Buttercup. Knowing those two, they were probably arguing somewhere. Everyone was talking over the past experience they have been going through this season, except for Jack. The samurai was meditating in a corner of the room. While he was meditating, he was having horrible visions of his hometown, China, being slaved by the evil demon Aku. Jack's eyes tightened as he had this visions.
In the visions, Chinese people were wearing nothing but worn out dirty robes, pushing various carts and some of them getting whipped by people in red robes. Except, these weren't people, they were robots, created by the evil demon Aku, sending them to slave over the Chinese people. Some of the Chinese were even naked, getting whipped for drinking water because they were tired over the hard work. And throughout all this, the evil demon Aku was laughing. His eyes were cold, as if he was enjoying seeing these people working for him. And then-
"Give me back my money you little brat!" the voice of Eddy said.
Soon the door swung opened and a green blur rushed out, with Eddy following behind.
"Make me pipsqueak!" the voice of Buttercup said.
The two were zooming across the room like crazy, Eddy chasing Buttercup with Buttercup constantly teasing him.
"Give it back!" Eddy said.
"No!" Buttercup replied to him.
Jack gave an annoyed sigh. Why am I with these people again? Jack thought.
"Will you two stop zooming across the room like that?" Josh said to them.
"No way, I love seeing these two argue, it's fun and exciting! I wonder if Eddy is going to catch her this time?" Freakazoid said in wonderment.
"I'm so excited I can't breath," Cosgrove said, though his speech doesn't sound like it.
Billy then pointed a finger at the two chasing each other. "Oh, oh, I think Eddy has her!" Billy implied.
Eddy almost grabbed Buttercup by the feet, but Buttercup quickly swift up and made Eddy fall flat on his face.
"Oh, so close!" Freakazoid implied.
As both Freakazoid and Billy started laughing, the other team members were laughing to. They were not laughing at Eddy though, they were just laughing how the two keep goofing of this. Eddy then got up and started giving chase again. The only person that wasn't laughing was Jack. He couldn't understand why these people were goofing of like this. He walked out of the building quietly, with nobody noticing, except for Edd.
"I wonder why those two are mad t each other?" Bubbles wondered.
"Well, there's only one way to find out," Blossom said.
Blossom flew up and put her hand in front of her, stopping Buttercup and Eddy's chase.
"Aww, I wanted to see the rest of it," Freakazoid said in an annoying tone.
"My excitement just went away," Cosgrove said dully.
"You sure don't sound like it buddy," Grim implied.
"Okay, what are you two arguing about now?" Blossom asked.
"She stole the money I earned!" Eddy said, pouting like a child.
"Earned? You scammed people out of there money!" Buttercup said.
"Eddy, is this true?" Edd asked.
"It wasn't a scam Double D, it was just the betting system on this season's race," Eddy explained to them.
"You mean illegal betting?" Blossom asked.
Eddy then looked around nervously. "Well...maybe," Eddy said.
"That's why I took the money," Buttercup said to Blossom. She then turned to Eddy. "It's illegal."
"She's right Eddy, illegal betting is very bad," Edd said.
"Fine, I'll bring the money back, your right Double D," Eddy said.
"Well, it looks like the pipsqueak is finally learning something," Buttercup said teasingly.
"Yeah Eddy, your lucky you've got a girlfriend to look after you!" Bubble sad teasingly.
Buttercup's face suddenly blushed red. "Shut up Bubbles!" Buttercup said.
"See, it's true, look how red her face is!" Bubbles said giggling.
"Your face is about to be red in a few seconds!" Buttercup said as she started chasing Bubbles, flying around the room, flashes of green and light blue zooming across the room like crazy.
Everyone in the room started to laugh at this. Even Blossom was giggling over the foolishness. Edd noticed Jack walking out of the building, and went outside as well to see what was up. When he walked out of the building, the laughter of the team that could still be heard, Edd could see people walking around the district, trying to get to various locations. Cars movng about in random directions, and Jack walking to the cafe across the street. Edd followed him there. When he got inside, Jack ordered some water and got a seat at a nearby table. Edd took the same seat just across from him. Jack made no movements, even knowing that Edd was there.
"What is the matter Jack?" Edd asked politely.
Jack looked out the window of the cafe. "Nothing." he replied.
"Oh," was all Edd said.
For a few moments, the two were in silence, Jack staring out the window, and Edd looking at him, trying to find something to say. It was obvious that something was troubling Jack. When Edd was about to say something, he was a little surprise when Jack spoke first.
"Is Eddy always like that?" Jack asked.
"Oh no, he used to scam people out of his money, but he doesn't do that anymore," Edd told him.
"Really? He was in illegal betting," Jack told him.
"Yes well, some things will never change," Edd replied.
The two laughed a little, which surprised Edd, because Jack didn't laugh much. After laughing a bit, Jack retained a serious face, as if Edd didn't even share the joke with him.
"I need to go back to my hometown," Jack said.
"You mean China?" Edd asked.
Jack nodded. "It's just...I have a bad feeling that my home might be in trouble, and I would feel very bad if something happened," Jack explained.
Edd nodded. He already knows Jacks history. "Well, aren't you happy being here Jack?" Edd asked. He didn't know why he asked that question, it just popped in his head.
"It is just, everyone is to lively here. Shouldn't everyone on the team be more serious about the situation that they are in?" Jack asked.
"Well Jack, it's true that our lives are on the line, but it's good to have fun while we are in these dangerous times. We don't all have to be serious," Edd explained.
"I don't know about that," Jack said. "I mean, your all playing around while the world could be at stake," Jack said as he looked out into the window again, probably thinking about China again.
Before Edd could say anything, the door to the cafe opened, and Eddy came to the sitting place Edd and Jack were.
"I was looking for you guys! We've got a race coming up!" Eddy exclaimed. "Your in it to Jack."
Jack nodded and got up from his table. He then walked out of the cafe, even though his order didn't come in yet, and went straight to the building's garage.
"What's with him?" Eddy asked.
Right then Edd wish he could feel Jack's pain. Edd doesn't know what it's like for his hometown to be in danger, especially with his love ones being in danger. He wished though.
"Just missing his hometown," Edd replied...
Gate number 23...
"Oh boy this is exciting! I can't wait to show off my moves out there!" Freakazoid implied.
"Me to, I'm gonna wipe the floor with everyone!" Eddy said.
"Well then, let's just hope we get through this race unharmed," Edd said.
The five people who were competing in today's race were Ed, Edd, Eddy, Freakazoid, and Jack (I'm sure you guys no by now what there cars look like, right?). Jack, on the other hand, wasn't very excited to race. He was still thinking about his home, still being invaded by the evil Aku.
"You know Jack, if your sad, you can just sing a song. That always cheers me up," Freakazoid said with a smile.
"I'd rather not," Jack replied.
"Well then I'll sing for you!" Freakazoid said.
Freakazoid let out a big gasp, but before lyrics can come out of his mouth, the gate opened, telling the drivers that it was time to race. "Shoot, I hate it when the author does stuff like this," Freakazoid said.
The four teammates drove out of the gate, with cheers from the crowds at the stands. They were mostly cheering for Edd, since he's one of the best rookie drivers out there.
"Ladies and gentleman, we have an exciting race for all of you as one of the best rookies are competing today!" the announcer said.
"That's right Bob, rookies like Eddward, a.k.a, Double D. We also have the robot droids, about four of them," the other announcer said.
When Jack heard this, he looked to his right to find four of Aku's robot droids, the same robot droids that turned into one gigantic droid and tried to kill Jack. Tho robot droids had serious faces as they stared back at Jack. Who knows, they might have been smiling on the inside, because they were ready to get rid of Jack, like their master commanded. Their were other drivers to the left as well, looking ready for the race.
"Well Bob, it looks like the drivers are ready to start. The track here today is interesting, a prehistoric theme," the other announcer said.
The four heroes looked straight, and they could see that in front of them was a hallway with a bronze rooftop, and wooden walls on the side that looked like they came from the prehistoric age.
"Well, enough jibber jabber, let's get this show on the road!" the announcer Bob said.
Suddenly a racing light shinned red on top of the starting line. The drivers started to rev their engines. And then the light shinned yellow, and the drivers started revving their engines more. And when the light shinned green, the drivers were off, except for Ed. He had his car in brake again.
"Whoops," he said as he put his car in drive.
The fans started to cheer as the drivers raced to the finish line with accelerated speed.
"What a great start for the drivers, except for Ed though," Bob said.
"I wonder who's gonna win this one. Let's find out ladies and gentleman," the other announcer said.
Edd, Eddy, Jack, and Freakazoid were driving at accelerated speed, passing some of the other drivers with ease. The robot droids, however, have caught up to all of them. They were all behind the group.
"We can't fail Aku again, or this time he will dismantle us," one of the droids said.
"I agree, let's hurry up and take him out!" another one of the droids said.
The droids started firing at Jack, not worrying about the other three teammates. The robot droids cars were as bronze as the rooftop, had a more tougher built then last time, and with a heavy loaded machine gun at the top, which bullets were blazing out like crazy at Jack. Jack tries to swerve away from the bullets, but it was hopeless as all the robot droids were all shooting at the same time at Jack, making it impossible for him to avoid them.
"Looks like Jack needs our OOF!" Freakazoid grunted as a red and black car from behind hit him in the back. The impact made Freakazoid swerve up; he had no other choice but to hit the brakes. Doing this, Freakazoid came to an immediate stop, causing the other drivers to pass him up. "Why is the author putting me through so much turmoil?" Freakazoid wondered.
Meanwhile Jack was having a rough time dodging the bullets from the droids, with some of them leaving bullet holes on the sides of Jack's car.
"Eddy, Jack needs our help!" Edd exclaimed.
"Leave it to me!" Eddy exclaimed.
Eddy drove close to Jack, causing him to absorb some bullets as well. Eddy then pressed a button inside his car, and a shield popped up around him and Jack.
"Good, while Eddy protects Jack from any attacks, I'll attack the droids!" Edd said.
Edd slowed down so the droids could be at the side of him. When they were, Edd used his machine gun and fired at one of the droids. Unfortunately, the bullets reflected back to Edd.
"Luckily Mojo installed this bulletproof armor for us," one of the robot droids said.
"Looks like I've got to get rid of their shield first," Edd said.
"The drivers are now exiting the hall, and are going outside. If I were some of the drivers, I would steer clear of that big metal wall in front of them," Bob said.
Like he just said, there was a big metal wall in front of the exit out of the hallway. The drivers would have to steer right in order to avoid it, which some of the drivers didn't manage, causing their cars to explode on impact. Eddy, Edd, Ed, and Jack noticed the wall in front, and made a quick steer right to avoid it, as well as the robot droids.
"Well, that was close. Good thing the announcer said that was coming," Eddy said.
"Which he wasn't," the other announcer said. "According to the DEATHTACE staff, they were supposed to figure that one by themselves."
"Oops, my bad," Bob said. "I hope I don't get fired for that." he said the last part to himself.
Meanwhile the drivers were outside, and a big metal wall that prevents escape was on the right side of the drivers. The drivers had to turn left on a curvy track way, and when they did, another one of those huge metal walls was on the left side, preventing escape.
"What's the status on the drivers so far Jim?" Bob asked.
"Things are getting pretty nasty here Bob, already five people car's have been destroyed, and it looks like the rookie Edd is having a heck of a time with those robot droids," Jim said.
Jim was right. The droids kept shooting at Edd, trying to get to Jack, there real target.
"Man, we're getting creamed here!" Eddy exclaimed, dodging some bullets that just buzzed past his rear bumper.
"If only there were some way to stop them from shooting, at least for one minute," Edd said.
"Yo Jack, you mind helping us here?" Eddy asked.
"I'm having a rough time myself!" Jack said as he dodged a couple of bullets.
"From the Eds and Jack current position, it looks like their cornered," Jim announced.
Jim was right. The Eds and Jack were having a hard time avoiding the bullets from the droids, and even some bullets coming on impact.
"It looks like it's the end for them," Bob said.
"Won't somebody HELP US?" Eddy exclaimed.
"Okay, okay, geez, you didn't have to yell," said a familiar voice. The Eds and Jack looked at there rear view mirrors and saw a familiar blue car coming straight towards them with a cannon type weapon on the top. "That's right, Freakazoid is here to save the day!"
"Geez, what took ya?" Eddy asked.
"It is futile, our mission is to eliminate Jack; nothing will stop us from fulfilling our tasks," one of the robot droids said. "In order of-"
Freakazoid let out a yawn. "Yeah yeah yeah, eat my cannon!" Freakazoid said as he blasted the cannon, and when he did, a blue electric type laser flown out of it, going straight towards the robot droids with an incredible speed.
The droids barely dodged it, but in dodging the laser, they also stopped shooting at the Eds and Jack.
"Thattaboy Freakazoid!" Eddy said.
Freakazoid drove to the side of Eddy's car and gave him a thumbs up.
"Nice move by Freakazoid, though if I were them I wouldn't celebrate just yet, the droid are going to attack again!" Bob said.
The five heroes looked in their rear view mirrors, and Bob was right. The droids were about to shoot off another round of bullets.
"What do we do now?" Ed asked.
"It looks like the drivers are now heading towards the ramp," Jim said.
"That's right Jim, the racers now have to go through a cave," Bob said.
"A cave?" Eddy said.
"Maybe we could use that to our advantage. While the droids are charging their weapons, I can scan their weal points in order to get rid of their shield," Edd said.
"Okay then Double D, we'll go with that!" Eddy said.
The three Eds, Jack, and Freakazoid jumped the ramp, which they were in the air for a few seconds. When they landed, they drove right through the cave, with the droids quickly following.
"We must not let them escape, or else Aku will dismantle us!" one of the droids said.
The other droids agreed, and accelerated their speed as they drove in the cave. Meanwhile, as the droids were behind the heroes, their weapons almost charged up, Edd's computer was scanning for weal points on the shield.
"Our weapons are charged now. Get ready Jack!" one of the four droids said.
"Double D, I hate to sound really rude right now, but could you please hurry up?" Freakazoid said.
"Wait, the computer's done scanning!" Edd exclaimed.
Weak points:The shields are not fire resistance. The computer said.
"What the heck is that supposed to mean?" Eddy asked.
"It means that if we throw fire on the shield, they will blow up," Edd explained.
"I guess a missile will...hey, where did they go?" Eddy said.
The group looked in their rear view mirrors to see that the droids and Jack were gone.
"That's not good, Jack must be fighting them be himself," Edd said.
"Well, he can take care of himself," Eddy reassured him.
Before Edd could reply to Eddy (It looked like he wasn't sure that Jack could handle himself) a missile just barely missed him from the side. From behind, a random driver, with a big car and a missile on top, bronze, ans with spikes on it, was right on the heroes tails.
"Uh oh Bob, if I'm not mistaken, that's Rick Killer, the person who won the competition two years before the last competition," Jim said.
"And it looks like he had his sight on the Eds," Bob said.
And it was true, Rick blasted another missile at Edd, Edd just barely dodging it.
"Hey, what's your problem bud?" Eddy said.
"You guys are in my way, so get lost!" Rick said as he unleashed another missile at the group.
The four heroes barely dodged the incoming missile, as the person named Rick continues to unleash missiles at the four heroes.
Meanwhile Jack had a mad face as he swings a big sword on top of his car at the droids. The sword is similar to Glorious club, only the weapon was a sword. If the droids had faces, then they would be smiling right now.
It's not true...it's not true! Jack kept saying in his head...
Author notes:Okay, bare with me here, the next chapter will be better. It's just that I'm more of the type of person to write drama stories instead of action stories, so in other words, this is my first time doing an action story. Anyway, even though this story is action, I've thrown in some drama here and there, like May and Terrance, for example. Don't worry, eventually I'll get better at this. As for Jack's and Glorious weapon, there weapons are on top of there car, and it is also double in size, and they can also swing it on there targets, in case anyone didn't get it. And remember, if you want to make a guest appearance, just PM me. Until next time! R&R!