Author notes:Man, this story is just getting longer and longer eh? Well, hopefully I'll be able to finish it soon. Originally, the challenge was going to be in the last chapter, but I'm going to try and not split up my challenge in two more parts, I'd rather have it in one part. That's what I'm going to do from now on. That way I can save me some chapters to make more room, plus, the ideas that popped up in my head yesterday were pretty good, so I might as well put them on that chapter.
It's strange how an idea can pop in your head just like that huh? Well, I hope these good ideas will keep coming. Now to respond to recent reviews.
theinsanitymaster:I'm glad you like the idea of me making my original ideas. Thanks!
The Ghost Reviewer:Yes, the mystery keeps piling up, don't it? And trust me, Grim is going isn't going to go through this challenge just like that. Oh, and sorry, your OC won't be in this chapter, I couldn't find any room. I'll try and post your OC on the next chapter.
PRIVATE Corp:I still have no idea how you know what I'm trying to do here. PRIVATE Corp, you should really be a real writer if that's the case. As a matter of fact, can you PM me and tell me how you know what I'm going to do, and tell me what you think you know, as I am very curious how you know.
Now with that out of the way, let's continue! I do now own Ed, Edd, n Eddy, Johnny Bravo, PowerPuff Girls, Code Name 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 24:Checkpoint Challenge
The clouds were dull today, as if it was going to rain. But according to the forecast, it wasn't going to rain. The dullness of the clouds made the area around the racing track feel pretty dark, like something evil is about to happen. Little did the people who came to watch the race know, that the scenery was really representing evil in every way, as a challenger of today's competition represented every thing evil.
The Eds were in the stands, waiting for the challenge to start. But their minds weren't fully on the challenge. No, their minds thought back to the event they just witnessed. That big bright light and a voice that said, soon, their torment will be freed. The Eds were trying to decipher this message in their heads, trying to get a clear view as to what this message means. Does it have any significance with the emerald, is it something that could bring harm to others. This, and all other theory's, were circling the Ed boys heads.
Meanwhile at the starting line, drivers were getting ready for the challenge by tuning up their cars. Out of all these drivers, one of them was more out of place. This driver has crab-like claws, red skin, pointed ears, a hooked nose, yellow eyes and a long, curled beard, wearing makeup, a woman's red jacket and skirt with pink tulle at the collar and hemline, and black, thigh-high, spike-heeled hooker boots.
This strange person was leaning on his car with his claws folded up to his chest. His car was pretty big and tall, with the front bumper big, with red devil like horns on top of it. Their were also spikes on the wheels of the car. The color of this car was red, with flames embed on it, while the bottom was plain black. This strange looking person looked over to the outside of the track, where the fans were ready for the excitement to happen. Next to the stands was a person that the strange man was familiar with. This person was wearing a cloak over his body, concealing his face as well. The strange looking person walked over to this man outside of the stands.
When he confronted him, he said, in a strange monotone, "So, came to see me blow off the competition?"
The face of the cloaked figure showed no emotion when the strange person was talking to him. "No, I came here to see something else," he replied to the strange looking man.
"Oh, and what might that be?"
"You don't need to worry about that, all you need to worry about is winning this challenge."
Him looked at him with vaguely, as if to say, I know that you're up to something, you can't fool me. "Of course I'm going to win, after all, I am the number one rookie in the whole competition."
"Yeah well, just don't take to your head," the cloak figure said as he started to leave.
The strange looking person decided to speak his thoughts to the cloaked figure. "You know you can't fool me, theirs more to this competition then the prize money is there? Maybe that emerald...?"
The cloak figure stopped in his tracks, with nothing but calmness in his body. You swear that he was a statue the way he stopped. "Maybe so, maybe not." he replied.
With that said the cloak figure left the racing track, as swift as a ghost. You would have also swear that he was. The strange looking person didn't quite knew what this man was planning, or his intentions. All he knew was that him, an evil tyrant monkey, and a pink bear hillbilly got a letter from him to come and compete for in DEATHRACE, a competition where you will definitely have to risk your life. While winning challenges, the group of the monkey, the pink bear, and this devil looking person decided to take the emerald for themselves after this season was done. After all, everybody else on this cloak guy's team is thinking the same thing.
"Attention drivers, the challenge is about to start, please get into your positions," the announcer Blitz announced.
Upon hearing this announcement, the strange looking person walked back to his car, getting ready for the challenge ahead. When he was walking back to his car, eyes were following his movements, and it wasn't completely because of his strange appearance. It was because of his racing status. So far this person has never lost a single challenge yet, making other people scared of him. Every person that this guy confronts on a racing track is quickly killed in a flash. No wonder why no one wanted to be around him.
The Grim Reaper, Numbuh 3, or Kuki Sanban, and Numbuh 4, or Wally Beetles, was watching this person with strangeness.
"Who in the world is that strange looking creep?" Wally asked.
"I don't know, but he sure looks funny," Kuki said.
"I've heard of that guy before," Grim said. "The PowerPuff Girls mentioned him. His name is Him, a villain from their hometown."
"His name is Him? That's weird," Kuki commented.
"He's the top rookie of DEATHRACE so far, he has the number one kills and never lost a single challenge," Grim said. "Oh great, we're going up against an evil madman. My nerves can't handle this."
"Well I don't care how tough he is, theirs no way he's going to beat my car," Wally said, patting newly made car with pride.
"I just hope we don't have to face him during this challenge," Grim commented.
"I agree, that guy looks scary," Kuki said.
"Attention drivers, the challenge is now about to start. If your not in your positions, then now is the time to do so," Blitz announced.
"Well, let's get this over with," Grim said dully.
Grim, Kuki, and Wally got into their vehicles and drove into their positions in the starting line. Right next to Wally was the evil villain that Grim talked about, Him. All the other drivers were lined up as well, with a total of 12 drivers. The racing track had sort of an ancient theme to it. Their were nothing but ruined buildings everywhere; it all felt like it was all from ancient history. Their were also dead grass to the side of some buildings. But despite the ancient appearance, it still looked like a racing track, with a long and stretchy road ahead of the starting line.
"So, where are these checkpoints?" Wally asked Grim.
"Well according to the rules, we have to find them," Grim replied.
"Oh, well that's just great."
The announcer, Blitz, noted that Him, the devil looking person, was also competing in the challenge.
"Look here fans, we have the top rookie competing today, the evil, the mysterious, Him!" Blitz said excitedly.
The crowd started to boo for Him. Him just shrugged this off, knowing that the crowd was going to do that when they saw him. He didn't mind at all, after all, he made a lot of people lose a lot of money.
"Well, according to the fans, it looks like Him is not one of their favorites," Blitz said. "After all, this guy has never lost a single challenge yet."
"Hey, guys?" Kuki said over to Grim and Wally. "Are you sure we can beat this guy?"
"I'm not that sure, I'm not a mind reader you know," Grim said.
"You need to have more confidence Numbuh 3. And besides, if we lose this challenge, Father might be one step ahead of us to rule the world! Wally implied to her.
Wally did have a point. The image of Father taking over the world wasn't such a good thing to think even think about.
"Okay, let's do this!" Kuki said, gripping her hand to her steering wheel. "I'm ready now!"
"That's the spirit!" Wally said.
"It looks like the challenge is about to start ladies and gentleman. I can't wait to see when Him crosses that finish line!" Blitz said.
The staring light was now on top of the starting line, which shinned red, making the drivers rev their engines. The drivers revved their engines more when the light shinned yellow. And when the light shinned green, the drivers were off, going to the straight path that was ahead.
"A good start for the drivers. It appears that Him is already taking an early lead," Blitz announced.
The road looked like it would go on forever in ones person's eyes. But in reality the road wasn't that long, just looked like it. At the end of this road were three four separate paths, and beyond one of these paths is the first checkpoint, and another path, the finish line. Like Blitz said, Him was in front of the 12 drivers, the 12 drivers trying to pass him up. Wally, Grim, and Kuki sped up and passed up the drivers, until they were behind Him.
"Well, it looks like Him is still in the lead, and Wally is right behind Him. Wait a minute, it looks like Wally is going to attack!" Blitz announced.
Wally pressed a button in his car. A gun reveled itself on top of his car and starting firing at Him. Him saw this through his rear view mirror and just smiled. The bullets of Wally's gun hit Him dead on.
"Hah, how do you like that...what?" Wally exclaimed.
Surprisingly their was not even a single scratch on Hims car.
"Oh please, do you think that little toy can stop me?" Him said with his usual dark monotone.
"Okay, how about this?"
Wally pressed another button and this time a missile replaced the machine gun. Wally launched to Him.
"Let's see he tries to dod-what the?"
Him dodged the missile by simply moving to the side, leading the missile to explode in front of him, causing some dusts to fly around and a smoke arousing from the ground. Him passed this up and so did Wally. Grim and Kuki followed behind.
"It's really heating up down there ladies and gentleman, but it looks like Him is not taking even the slightest of damage," Blitz said.
"Man, those guys are going to have a tough time," Eddy commented.
"Yes, after all, Him is the number one top rookie driver of the season, according to Blitz. The only way their going to beat him is if they use a strategy," Edd commented.
"Yeah well, knowing Numbuh 4, that's going to be quite hard," Eddy commented, knowing Wally's low IQ.
Back on the track, the drivers were now near the separating paths, with Him still in the lead and Wally right on the side of him. Him managed to get a good look at Wally.
"Hmph, do you really think that a little punk kid like you could beat me?" Him asked.
"Hey, who are you calling a punk you freak show?" Wally replied.
Him replied to Wally by bumping his car into him, causing Wally to take the left path out of the four paths. Him took the same path as Wally, having a feeling that the first checkpoint is there. Kuki and Grim noticed that Wally was taking the left path.
"Come one Numbuh 3, let's follow him," Grim said. "I don't think he can take Him on his own."
Kuki and Grim followed Wally and Him, hoping that the first checkpoint was beyond this path. A lot of the other drivers took this path as well.
"Well, it seems that most of the drivers are going on the right path," Blitz announced.
On this path, the road pretty much looks the same, with ruined buildings and dead grass. It was a pretty simple track for anyone can drive at.
Also on this path, Wally and Him were battling it out, with Him winning. Him just kept bumping into Wally, causing him to swerve. Every time Him would bump into him, Wally would always hit the brakes and quickly catch up with the evil devil, only with the same results. Wally also had a few injuries, nothing to serious, just little scratches on his face, nothing he could handle.
"Hmph, how pathetic. All I just have to do is bump into you and you will take damage," Him said. "I don't even have to use any weapons."
"You'll eat those words ugly!" Wally said as he used another missile. But this guy is tough, none of my weapons are working.
Him dodged the missile with ease, causing it to explode on one of the ancient buildings. Kuki, Grim, and another driver barely dodged the explosion. Grim and Kuki were fighting off this driver, with the driver using a machine gun to shoot at the two. Grim released strange weapon on top of his car. This car was a machine gun, but instead of bullets, little sharp pieces of bones started to fly out of it. The bones scratched the paint of the drivers car. One of the bones crashed through the front window of the car, hitting the driver's eye. This caused him to scream in pain, and for him to crash into a building.
"Whoa, that was one great move from Grim ladies and gentleman!" Blitz said.
"Wow Grim, that was some nice aim!" Kuki exclaimed.
"Actually, that was an accident," Grim replied embarrassingly
Kuki tried to hold her laugh, which turned to snickering.
"It looks like Him and Wally have just crossed one of the three checkpoint!" Blitz said.
Kuki and Grim looked ahead to see that Blitz was right. The two were still fighting over the lead, bumping into each other constantly. It wasn't long before Grim and Kuki crossed the finish line was well, and were on to the second checkpoint.
Back with Wally and Grim, Wally was having an even tougher time with Him then he imagined. Their were scratches and bruises on him, and all Him was doing was bumping into him. The two took another path to the left, which led to the second checkpoint.
"It looks like Him is beating Wally with sheer strength from his car. And I am not surprised, after all, his car body is tough," Blitz said.
"Why don't you just give up already, you know it's useless," Him said.
"No...way, I won't lose and let Father has his way!" Wally exclaimed.
Him sighed with boredom. "Listen, I don't know who you are, but-"
Before Him could finish his sentence, an explosion occurred right between Wally and Him, which caused the two to swerve separately. Him quickly hit the brakes before he could crash into a nearby building, and Wally did the same.
"Who dares to shoot at me!" Him said in an angry voice.
"That's me!" the cheerful voice of Kuki said.
"Numbuh 3!"
Kuki and Grim managed to catch up to Wally. The second checkpoint was right in front of them as well.
"It looks like you could use some help," Grim said.
"Please, I could have taken this guy myself!" Wally exclaimed.
"Stop acting tough Numbuh 4, you know you would have been toast if I didn't shoot that missile at Him!" Kuki exclaimed.
"Um, guys, THIS IS NOT THE TIME-"
Before Grim could finish his statement, Him shot a missile like weapon at Grim, which exploded next to him, causing him to swerve. Before Grim's bones were going to scatter everywhere, he hit the brakes. He then continued to drive to catch up with Wally and Kuki. After Grim got attacked, Wally and Kuki prepared to face of Him, as they passed the second checkpoint.
"The second checkpoint has been passed, and Him is still in the lead! But can Wally and Kuki change that?" Blitz said.
"I highly doubt that," Him said as he unleashed another missile at the two.
Kuki and Wally dodged it. Wally started shooting bullets at Him, with no damage to his car what so ever. Wally then switched to a missile, and fired at Him, which Him dodged easily. The missile instead impacted on the a building, causing a big hole to form on it.
"Hey look, I think that hole in that building leads to the last checkpoint easier!" Kuki exclaimed.
"How can you tell?" Wally asked.
"Well, the last checkpoint is at the end of that track!" Kuki said.
Wally squinted his eyes to see that Kuki was right. Him decided to take this advantage.
"Well then, I guess this makes it more easy for me to win. Thanks for the shortcut!" Him said as he drove through the hole.
"I don't think so!" Wally said as he drove right behind Him.
Kuki followed as well. Wally was now right in the side of Him, trying to get in front of him.
"Let's see how you like this!" Wally said as he unleashed his last missile to Him.
Like before, Him dodged the missile with ease, the missile impacting on another building, causing a great explosion on it, leaving a hole.
"Fool, don't you see how weak you are?" Him said. "I don't see how your not dead yet."
This made Wally mad. He doesn't like to be called weak.
"I'll show you!" Wally exclaimed as he prepared to bump into Him, besides Hims car being bigger then his.
Behind the two, Kuki saw through Hims rear view mirror that Him had a smile on his face. She also saw that Him pressed a big red button in his car, and that something was appearing on top of Hims car. Kuki knew immediately that Him was luring Wally into a trap.
"Numbuh 4, don't-!"
But it was to late as the weapon appeared on top of Hims car. The weapon was some kind of red whip, with a red electricity surge through it. Whatever this whip was, it latched itself to Wally, wrapping itself onto Wally's car.
"What in the world is AAH!" Wally hollered in pain.
The red whip, with the red electricity surged through it, starting shocking Wally's car, also causing the circuits in his car to go bad. What's more, Wally was feeling the shock from the whip as well. He started screaming in pain, as the whip of electricity grew more and more.
"Do you like my new weapon, I call if the Death Whip. It sends electricity bolts to your car, and yourself," Him said evilly.
"Why..you...AARGH!" Wally said in pain.
"Soon, you will die with a bunch of bolts surging right through your brain!"
"This looks like the end for Wally Beetles ladies and gentleman, as Him has Wally...wait a minuter, what's this?" Blitz announced.
Kuki starts shooting off bullets at Him rapidly, with no results. Him looked at Kuki through his rear view mirror.
"Fool, can't you see that-"
Before Him could finish his sentence, Kuki unleashed a missile at Him, knowing that Him couldn't dodge it unless he moves out of the way, which would cause the whip to separate from Wally. But sadly, that is not how it went as Kuki planned. Him pressed another button in his car. A red shield appeared around him, causing the missile to explode on the shield, but causing no damage to Him. Him laughed at Kuki's attempts.
"Do you really think that you can save your friend? How can you with you being so weak?" Him said.
"Let go of him, your killing him!" Kuki screamed at Him, tears almost flowing out of her eyes, as she sees her best friend dying.
Wally noticed Kuki almost crying. "It's...all right...Numbuh 3...go...to the finish line...you can't...let Father win!" Wally said encouragingly.
"No, I won't away and let your die!" Kuki exclaimed as she started to drive straight into the whip.
"Wait! Numbuh...3...don't!" Wally exclaimed.
But it was to late as Kuki drove straight into the whip, in hopes of breaking it and setting Wally fee. But that didn't go well, as surge of electricity starts to shock her into submission.
Kuki started screaming in pain. Luckily for Wally the whip could only hold one person, so Wally was set free from the whips grasp, but now Kuki was suffering. Him started to laugh even more.
"This is hilarious, I hope someone else do something entertaining!" he exclaimed.
In this crazy world that we live in, people go through pain everyday. And no, not the pain that you would get when you scratch your knee, or the pain of getting shot with a gun, but the pain of seeing your friend getting hurt, the pain of seeing someone you love so is dying right in front of your eyes. It is a horrible feeling. It's like your heart just stopped, and your brain getting shut down. This was the pain that Wally was feeling, seeing Kuki getting hurt, for trying to protect him.
"Numbuh 3, hang in there!" Wally said as he started shooting bullets at the whip, hoping that it would at least do some damage.
But to no avail, the whip wouldn't break. Wally then switched to the missiles, firing it at the whip, this time. But like last time, Him developed a shield, this time around the whip, causing the missile to be completely useless as an explosion occurred in the middle of Him and the now hurting Kuki. Wally slammed his fist into the wheel, wishing that it was him still around that whip and not Kuki.
"Oh please, how can you protect someone when your so weak?" Him asked. "Oh well, I guess your little friend here will just have to die."
"Shut up!" Wally screamed at Him.
Wally decided to bump into Him, thinking that the electrifying whip would somehow be disturbed, and let go of Kuki. But when he got close to Him, the evil devil used a shield before Wally could even touch him. Wally impacted on the shield rather then Him himself, causing him to bounce back and crash into a building.
The Eds saw this through the big TV monitor.
"Oh my, how horrible!" Edd exclaimed.
"Come on Numbuh 4, your supposed to be tougher then this...!" Eddy said through his teeth, hoping that he would continue driving.
"Well, it looks like that's the end for...wait a minute, it looks like Wally is still going to put up a fight!" Blitz announced.
Sure enough, Wally kept driving, despite his car taking a lot of damage. He started to drive to Him in rage, rage for making fun of him, rage for calling him weak...rage for hurting his friend! Wally tried again to bump into Him, giving his car full speed in order to attack Him.
"You don't know when to give up, do you?" Him stated as he opened his shield again.
This time, with the added force of Wally speeding up, he took the full impact from the shield, and again crashed into another building, hard this time. By this time, Kuki's scream started to die down, like a drowning cat.
"Oh no, it appeared that Numbuh 4 hit the wall so hard that his car is smoking!" Edd exclaimed.
Sure enough, Wally's car was now smoking, and was unable to move. Wally himself couldn't move: his body was completely paralyzed due to taking such a serious crash. Their was also blood gushing down his head.
"Well, it looks like that's the end of Wally Beetles," Blitz said.
"That was a serious crash, I hope that Numbuh 4 is all right," Edd said.
Back on the racing track, Him has passed the third checkpoint, and was now heading for the finish line, with Kuki still being trapped in the whip. Kuki was completely unable to scream, her body couldn't move a bit. At first Him thought she was dead, but, looking at the rear view mirror, he could see that she was still alive.
"Hmph, I don't see why you should still be alive. I wonder how much more your body can take?" Him said.
Kuki ignored Him's comment. Right now, her thoughts were on her friend, Wally Beetles. Even though she has 60 bolts of electricity going through her body, she knew that Wally would save him from this torment. She just knew...
After all, Wally and Kuki are friends...Numbuh 4, I know...
Please...please...don't let Kuki die...I'm begging you please...God...please...give me the strength to help her! Wally screamed this in his head, but his lips were sealed. She's my friend...I care about her...you can't let...
How much do you care for her? a mysterious voice said inside of Wally's head.
What, who's there?
How much do you care for your friend?
I care about her a lot, me and Numbuh 3 knew each other for a long time...we're friends!
Do you really care for her, or you sure?
Of course I'm sure, she's my...my...
Then I shall grant you the power to protect her, but before I do, remember this:always protect the one you love, and good things will happen to you.
Hey, who said anything about love? Huh, I feel strange now.
Suddenly, a big white light surrounded the crash sight where Wally was...
"Well, it looks like Him is going to win another one ladies and gentleman," Blitz said.
Him was close to the finish line now, with no one to stop him.
"Well, this was pretty easy, as for you..." Him said, referring to the now unconsciousness Kuki. "I think I'll throw you away, now, since you'll be dead soon!"
"If you throw her away I swear that you will regret it!" the voice of Wally said.
"Whoa, what a surprise ladies and gentleman, Wally Beetles is still alive! And...what? His car is good as new, and it's even...shining?" Blitz said.
It was true, Wally's car was shining with pure light for some strange reason. And he was heading straight to Him, hoping to bump into him and release Kuki.
"Hmph, I don't how you survive, but your effort is useless," Him said. "The girl is already dead!"
Despite saying the words that he was afraid of, Wally kept going at Him, about to get ready to impact him.
"Fine then, you still want to die? Then let's see how you like to crash again!" Him exclaimed.
Him opened his big red shield again.
"This is bad ladies and gentleman, I don't know if Wally can take another hit from that thing!" Blitz said.
When Wally impacted on the shield, surprisingly, the shield broke into little tiny pieces. Him was flabbergast at how a little punk like Wally could break his shield...
"Well...it doesn't matter. Go ahead and try to hit me, but my car is made of nothing but pure steel, it will take a lot to-"
Before Him could finish his sentence, Wally bumped right into Him, hard, causing him to not only swerve, but actually send him flying and crashing into a building. Blitz, the announcer, was surprised by this.
"A-amazing ladies and gentleman! Him, who has never lost a single challenge, and never even got hurt for that matter, has actually taken a fall!" Blitz announced.
The crowd was cheering for Wally now. After all, the crowd was now going to get it's money worth. Because of Him crashing into a building, the whip let loose of Kuki. Her car was completely smoking, due to the amount of electricity that was surged through it. By this time, Wally crossed the finish line, and the crowd started to cheer for him even more.
"What an amazing win! I-I can't believe what I'm seeing here!"
After Wally crossed the finish line, he got out of his car and immediately ran towards Kuki's car. By this time, the light that was shining in Wally's car disappeared. If Wally would have stuck around by his car, he would have heard a voice that said, Yes, true friendship...if only...
When Wally got to Kuki's car, he immediately got her out, despite the car being hot from the electricity. He pulled Kuki out of the vehicle desperately, in hopes that she would still be alive. The three Eds also got down from the stands to see how the cheerful girl was doing. When they got there, they saw Wally holding Kuki in his hands, shaking her to wake her up from her unconsiouncesness.
"Kuki, Kuki, wake up!" Wally said desperately.
"Perhaps we should call the hospital," Edd said. "It looks like she's taken quite a shock from that whip."
"Kuki..."Wally said, not listening to Edd's comment. "If only...I was there for you..."
"What...was that Wally?" Kuki said, opening her eyes slowly, regaining consciousness again.
This gladdened Wally's heart to see her friend her safe. "Kuki, your alive!" he said, squeezing Kuki tight.
"Aww shucks Wally, I didn't know you cared that much!" Kuki said, blushing a little.
"Yes, it would appear that Wally likes you more then you think Kuki," Edd said, snickering a little.
Wally let go of Kuki to face the smart Ed. "What's that supposed to mean?" he said.
Kuki started laughing a little to, because she knew what Edd was talking about. It's pretty obvious that Wally has a huge crush on her.
"What?" he asked annoyingly.
"Oh, nothing," Eddy said. "Just glad your girlfriend's safe."
Wally and Kuki started blushing madly now. "She's not my-"
"Yeah yeah, whatever, we all heard it before," Eddy said.
Before Wally could reply to Eddy's statement, Edd said to him, "Hey Wally, how come your car repaired so quickly, and what was with that light around it?"
"Oh, that."
Wally started explaining about the voice he heard, how he somehow revived and repaired his car, as if some sort of magic.
"You must be dreaming Numbuh 4," Kuki said.
"It's true, I swear!" Wally replied.
"Hmm, a voice..." Edd said.
"What is it Double D?" Eddy asked.
"Tell me Numbuh 4, did this voice had sort of a Spanish accent?" the smart Ed asked.
"Now that you mention it, it was sort a Spanish accent," Wally recalled.
"Then that must be the same voice we heard!" Edd said, referring to the voice that the three of them heard in while looking around the track.
"Huh? What voice?" Wally asked.
"We'll explain it to you once your done with your interviews. It looks like the cameraman are here to snag an interview with you guys."
The sports reporter started asking Wally and Kuki some questions, mostly about the race and some on how they beat Him.
"Well, you couldn't wait for an old bag of bones could you?" the voice of Grim said, who just so happened to finish the challenge in 3rd place. "Oh, their doing interviews." he said, seeing that Wally and Kuki were busy.
"Where have you been Grim?" Eddy asked.
"Where have I been? I've been busy busting my butt to cross the finish line!" he exclaimed.
"Well, at least you got 3rd place," Edd reassured him.
"Yeah, I guess," Grim replied. "You know, I didn't see that Him guy around, I wonder where he went?"
Meanwhile, not to far from the racing track, Him was grumbling words to himself as he picks up scatter pieces of his now broken car, thanks to the act of Wally.
"Well, your first lost for the season. I'm sure you must be very disappointed," the voice of the cloaked figure said.
Him turned around to find him crossing his arms coolly. "Who asked you?" he said angrily.
"No need to get angry, after all,it's only your first lost, you'll make it up in do time," he said.
"Whatever!" he said more angrily still. "Why the heck are you still lounging around?"
The cloak figure turned around and started walking in the direction of 2100 Haven City Building. "Someone will be here shortly to fix your car, and bring you to the building." he said as he continued walking.
"You still didn't answer my question," Him said smartly.
"Research," the cloak figure replied.
"Research?" Him asked.
"Yes, and it appears that I was right, yet again..."
Author notes:Well, this is the end of this chapter, and just what exactly is the cloak figure talking about when he said that he was right again? Looks like mystery's are still piling up here eh? Oh, and sorry for not putting some of the OC's that I was supposed to put in this chapter. But I'm sure that I can find room for you in the next chapter, okay?
Also, it appears that I'm not giving the characters development here it seems. Well, the next act will surely change that, the characters their will surely go through a development change for sure. Trust me, I have it all planned out for the development of all of the characters, and it will show in the next act, trust me.
Speaking of the next act, the next challenge will be the final race of this act, and we will be moving on to Act II. Man, 16 challenge for just one act? Yeah well, since I already have 16 challenges for one act, I'll guess I'll just have to oblige it all into the rest of the acts, it only seems fair.
Now with that said, be sure to R&R!