Here's the next chapter of this fic! Anyway, enjoy!
Nearby the garages, Lila was smiling as she was holding a microphone, ready to give out the commentary.
"Hello, and welcome to our next race. Gosh, it's ever so wonderful that our competition is out and about, working on the race, preparing for anything that comes their way!" Lila said as she was walking around the separate areas to see the four teams working on their go-karts. "In this race, it'll be a thirty lap race with two pit stop breaks. Options to change drivers between each pit stop is allowed, as long as the person has at least an experience in directing go-karts. Anyway, we have the important four teams competing for the cup. Let's take a look, shall we?"
Lila smiled as she looked over to see Nadine, Rhonda and Curly getting their go-kart up and working. "First, we have team number one, Nadine Robinson, Curly Gammelthorpe and Rhonda Lloyd driving in their car, Stylish Power!"
"What?" Nadine frowned as she turned to Rhonda. "That's not what we named our car."
"I know, but my name was so perfect!" Rhonda said. "I even told Curly to agree with it. You'd be surprised he'd be willing to do anything."
"True that!" Curly laughed.
"Back to work, Curly! We are going to get the perfect cart built!" Rhonda said as Curly gave a Rimmer salute.
Lila smiled as she turned to the camera. "Looks like the team is busy, working hard! Good to see great teamwork..."
"Hey, hold it still, lardo!" Helga's voice was heard as Lila turned to see the next team.
"Ah, here we see Helga Pataki, Harold Berman, and Phoebe Heyerdahl working on their car, Helga's Angel!" Lila smiled as Harold was pushing a weight in the car as Phoebe and Helga were grabbing it.
"Work for that Mr. Nutty bar, Harold! We need that win!" Helga said as she got the weight inside.
"Fine, fine..." Harold rolled his eyes.
"How are we doing, Pheebs?" Helga asked as she turned to Phoebe.
"Well, if my calculations are correct, and they're never wrong, we should have pretty much the fastest car in the course..." Phoebe said.
"Great to hear!" Helga said as she peered from behind. "Phoebe, hand me my straw and wadded paper, would you?"
"Handing!" Phoebe chirped happily while handing Helga the straw and wadded paper. Helga smirked as she did a spitball on the next door over.
"Helga..." Arnold was heard sighing as Lila went over to the next team in line.
"Here's the Mauve Avenger, a classic from the last race." Lila smiled. "And held by their team, Stinky Peterson, Eugene Horowitz and Arnold... Arnold, uh..."
Helga walked over to Lila and whispered in Lila's ear. Lila's eyes widened. "Really? That's his last name? I never would have guessed!"
"Okay, I think I got it down!" Arnold smiled as he looked around at Stinky and Eugene. "Here's the plan... Stinky, you do the first ten laps, and when we get to the Pit Stop, we'll switch around..."
"Oh, will I get to drive?" Eugene asked.
"Of course... in the next ten laps, then I'll take the last ten." Arnold smiled.
"Gee, Arnold, that's great!" Eugene said. "I won't let you down!"
"Oh, uh, Eugene, I think I left my soda inside, could you get it for me?" Arnold asked.
"Sure!" Eugene smiled as he skipped off.
As soon as Eugene left, Stinky grabbed Arnold and yelled at him, "Are you crazy, Arnold? We'll be in last place! And Eugene will crash the car!"
"Don't worry... I have a plan." Arnold said. "I've been looking at Eugene's track record from the past few years and... let's just say if we can make the right arrangements, we'll make sure we have a win secured!"
"Well, for our lives and sake, you better hope it works." Stinky said.
Lila shook her head as she said, "Well, it looks like the team of Mauve Avenger is working out strategies... let's move on to our final team... who is driving their car, Cool Ride! And who is this team?"
Lila smiled as she walked towards Sid, Gerald and Tucker's garage area as Tucker was setting up a black car with flames. "Why, none other than Gerald Johanssen, Sid Gifaldi and Tucker Wittenburg. Now, Sid was originally a member of the Mauve Avenger team, but it looks like he's doing his own thing now..."
"Okay, Tuck! You sure you got everything?" Gerald said as Tucker got out from under the car.
"Everything's all wired and ready to go!" Tucker gave a thumbs up.
"Great!" Gerald said, turning to Sid. "Sid, you ready to do the driving on the last ten laps?"
"Don't you know it!" Sid smirked. "I've been waiting to drive for a long time!"
"Just don't go all crazy and we'll be fine." Gerald said. "Tucker, got the fuel all in?"
"I think everything is in working order." Tucker said as he turned the go-kart and it started up.
Gerald smirked. "Yeah, I think we're ready..."
Pretty soon, the first four racers were getting their go-karts to the starting line... Tucker Wittenberg on Cool Ride, Nadine Robinson on Stylish Power, Helga on Helga's Angel and Stinky on Mauve Avenger.
"Looks like our first four racers are on the starting line and ready to go." Lila said.
Nadine turned to Tucker and gave a little smile towards him. "Hey, good luck Tuck."
"You too, Butterfly." Tucker smiled back towards Nadine.
"Oh, please..." Helga rolled her eyes. "This is a competition... you're supposed to take it seriously! Who doesn't take these things seriously?"
Over near the pit stop areas, Rhonda was curling up as she relaxed, turning to Curly as she said, "Wake me when it's my turn to drive."
Curly just shook his head.
Everyone was waiting eagerly as the race lights blinked on.
Lila gave a smile as she waved the flag... and the light turned green, causing all four go-karts to get going, smoke being kicked up.
Rhonda, awoke as she breathed in the dust and coughed. "ACK! That is disgusting!"
Curly just sighed and shook his head.
Lila smiled as she looked at her watch. "Oh, that reminds me, I need to get up to the booth! Just so I can get some commentating done and out of the way!"
With that, Lila ran right to the upstairs booth as everyone was cheering for the four racers. Lila got settled in as she smiled, "Well, let's get ourselves started, shall we, Mr. Simmons?"
Sitting right next to her was PS 118's best fourth grade teacher, known as Mr. Simmons. He gave a smile as he said, "We are ready to go, Lila, and what a tremendous start we are having!"
"I know..." Lila giggled as both of them turned to the track. "Let's watch these racers go!"
There's the second chapter! How'd you like it? Bets are still on, folks, make your bets as the races begin! Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest!