Hal Needham is the director of the Cannonball Run films. So he is the guy that owns it. I own only the original characters. No money is being made from this so enjoy.

Chapter 3: The race begins

Jack and Megan were sitting in his car. Jack was looking through binoculars to read the license plate numbers of all of the Cannonballers. Megan was writing them down.

"Okay, here is the next one." Jack said as he read the license plate numbers for the Fusion. The Fusion took off down the road at high speeds. "I think that's the last of them. Now let's go to the polce station and arrest these guys."

Jack's car, a Mercedes Benz begins to drive away, only to make a close call with the ambulence that Joe and Dominic are driving. The Benz swerved and crashed into a telephone pole. The ambulence stopped and the two men got out. They only helped Megan out of the car and into the ambulence. Leaving Jack in the driver's seat, screaming for help.

"California here we come..." a drunk Dr. Ian sang. "Back where I something something..."

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Mr. X pulls into a gas station. He then grabs a shotgun that he stole from a couple of cops they ran into. The prisoners out numbered the two police officers and stole their uniforms and guns. Mr. X hoped the disguise of two cops on a prisoner transfer wouldn't arouse suspicion. He hands the shotgun to a muscular and tall man with no hair.

"Here you go 'Goliath'." Mr. X said. Merrick 'Goliath' Hawk was in prison for murder. The guy broke the necks of his ex-girlfriend and her current boyfriend, after Goliath found out about the affair. He got the name for his large size, as he's about seven feet tall and all muscle. The two got out and entered the store. The cashier knew something wasn't right and stepped on the secret button on the floor. Which triggered a silent alarm. Mr. X walked up to Goliath and said "I'm going to call my boss and update him on the situation. Don't worry about paying for our stuff. The guy behind the counter is expendable anyway."

Mr. X smiled and walked out. He went up to the payphone beside him and pulled out two quarters that he stole from the two cops. He picks up the receiver and dials a number. He only waited two seconds before Danny answered. "Hello?"

"Danny its me. We're at a gas station in Arizona. We're close to the next state though." Mr. X said.

"Good work." Danny said. "I hope you thought of a disguise. With you and your group all over the news and s---."

"Oh we have..." Mr. X was interrupted by two shotgun blasts. Goliath walks out of the store with snacks and a smoking shotgun. Two police cars came in afterward. Goliath was able to put the snacks into the van on his seat. Then he cocks the shotgun.

"Just go." he said. "I'll hold these pigs off."

"Gotta go. One of my guys just wasted the cashier and the pigs are here." Mr. X hung up and climbed into the driver's seat. "I won't forget this Goliath."

The van drove away and Goliath was about to fire on the cops. Only to get shot several times in the chest, but it didn't kill him. He had stolen the cop's bullet proof vests too. Unfortunately Goliath was hit in the throat by a bullet and laid on the ground dying as cops tried to shoot the van. Only the van was far away.

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The Fusion drove along the highway in Illinois. Tim was at the wheel while listening to his Initial D Best Selection CD on the stereo. "Running in the 90's" by Max Coveri was playing and Tim was singing along. Melissa was asleep in the back. Jarod was navigating but was interrupted by his cell phone. "Hello? What?"

Tim knew this was bad. He waited until Jarod was done talking. "What was that?"

"Mr. X escaped from prison with a few other prisoners. One of them was shot and kill in a gas station in Arizona. Looks like we have to catch up to them if we're going to arrest them."

"Yeah, but also remember that some Cannonballers have been stopped and arrested already. It seems someone is trying to stop this Cannonball."

"Son't worry. I know the DEA won't let us down." Jarod said. "If we get pulled over and arrested, then my boss will straighten things out. Everything will be fine. Trust me."

"I only hope you're right." Tim said.

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Jade and Taiki stopped at a gas station in Tennesse. Both got out of the Eclipse. Taiki went to buy some food and drink, while Jade went to the restroom. They also forgot to lock their doors.

Minutes later they walked back out and got back in. When Taiki started the car up, a man wearing all black popped out of the backseat and pointed a gun at Taiki's head.

"Just stay quite and do as I tell you sushi breath." the man said. "We're going for a little ride."

Taiki has no fear and doesn't fear this man. He just simply looked in the rearview mirror and said "Oh we're going for a ride alright."

Taiki sset the car into drive and then slammed on the gas. The Eclipse sped foward and then the back end started to drift in a circle. All the while the man in the backseat screamed and cried for it to end. Obviously the man in the backseat isn't used to Japanese drift racing. Eventually a cop car pulls into the gas station. The two cops get out and walk toward the car, which stops drifting. One of the officers knocks on the driver's side window.

"What the hell are you doing?" the cop asked. Taiki and Jade looked into the backseat. Confused the cop looked into the back and saw the man sucking on his thumb while curled into a fetus position.

"Please take me away officer." the man said pleading. "At least I don't have to go to the bathroom."

Taiki, Jade and the two cops looked horrified.

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Bill and Carl ran into each other in a drive in restaurant. Both are sitting in Carl's STR4 as they eat their orders.

"So why are you in the Cannonball Run?" Bill asked.

"To prove that I'm not soem rookie street racer and to get my Mustang back from Danny Cruger." Carl said.

"Wait, the drug runner Danny Cruger?"

"I guess so." Carl said as he shoved more fries into his mouth.

"If he's here then that must mean he's using the Cannonball to deliver drugs somewhere in California."

"One, that is IF he's running drugs to California." Carl said. "Two is where he's going to drop them off."

"Well I did see Danny with a African-American male wearing red clothing. I think he may be in a street gang. Know of any gangs that wear red?"

"Yeah the New York Bloods. Plus I've reconized that same black guy from mug shots on the news. That is Tryone "T-Bone" Walker. He is known for his favorite cut of beef, the t-bone cut steak."

"You think we should notify J.J. about this yet?"

"No Bill." Carl said. "Not yet. Let's wait until they do something really stupid before we stop him."

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The 300C drove up to the side of the H2. Fenderbaum yelled to the girls "Hey we want to give you our blessing!"

It was apparent that the preacher disguise wasn't fooling Amanda and Sandra, but they pulled over anyway. The 300C stopped behind the H2 as the two women got out of their car.

"Why should we believe you?" Amanda said. "You're just using this as a racing gimmick."

"Oh come on!" Fenderbaum said.

While Fenderbaum was stalling the two female soldiers, Blake snuck up beside the H2 and slashed the back right tire. Once that was done he moved over to the back left tire and signaled Fenderbaum to get into the car. He did so and then they took off. Annoyed, Amanda and Sandra just got into the car and drove off. They finally realized the tired was slahsed when Amanda didn't have much control over the swerving.

"Let's stop here and find out what is wrong." Amanda said. Once they got out of the H2, Sandra walked up to the flat tire and saw that Blake slashed it with a switch blade.

"That bastard." Sandra said. "You were right Amanda. They were only using the preacher thing as a gimmick. Looks like they slashed the tire instead of blessing our vehicle.