Here's the next chapter of the racing story I've been neglecting (sorry about that)! Anyway, enjoy!
"And it looks like a good start to a race so far!" Lila smiled as she noted the racers.
"Indeed. So far, Tucker on Cool Ride is in the lead... but not for very long!" Mr. Simmons said as Helga started to pass the car Tucker was in. "Because Helga in Helga's Angels seems to be passing the car, where Tucker is now in second place."
Indeed, on the racetrack, Helga sped past Tucker's car as she gave a smirk. "Hmph. Easy!"
Tucker frowned as he waved his fist right at Helga as he tried to speed up.
"Well, it looks like Helga's a surefire way to win..." Lila smiled as she turned towards another car. "Looks like Stinky in the Mauve Avenger is giving it his all as he is trying to get a good pass... but he's getting a little slow doing it..."
"Maybe he's just being cautious, saving the best driver for last..." Mr. Simmons said as she saw Nadine rear bumping Tucker's car, helping it. "Oh, it seems Nadine of 'Stylish Power' is helping out Tucker in the race..."
"Hey, Tuck!" Nadine said as she drove her go-kart alongside Tucker's as she threw a little glue solvent. "Controls sticking? I hear glue solvent can unstick anything."
Tucker paused as he put a few squirts on the controls of the car as he tried the wheel. "Oh, it works! Thanks, Butterfly!"
"Anytime!" Nadine gave a giggle.
Rhonda and Curly groaned from the Pit Stop side as Rhonda yelled, "Nadine, stop helping-slash-flirting with the competition! We have a race to win!"
"Come on, man!" Gerald yelled as Sid shook his head. "You can play catch-up with your girlfriend later! Look, even the Mauve Avenger is passing you!"
Arnold and Eugene began to cheer as Phoebe and Harold noticed Helga stopping near the road. Helga gave a smirk as she went out of the car pretty quickly as Phoebe raised an eyebrow. "What is she doing?"
Over at the racetrack, Helga began happily setting up some glue on the tracks as she gave a happy hum. Lila and Mr. Simmons noticed as Lila asked, "Is what Helga doing legal?"
"I think she wants to ensure her victory by... cheating, I guess, though why she doesn't just drive off and continue in the lead is beyond me." Mr. Simmons said. "Maybe she's trying to do it in a... special way?"
"...even though it's cheating she's doing that?" Lila raised an eyebrow.
"Right..." Mr. Simmons sighed as Helga laughed.
Helga gave a slight chuckle as she gave a smirk and jumped in her go-kart and backed into some bushes.
"...okay, those bushes weren't there when we examined the whole track a few minutes ago!" Lila pointed out.
"Uh-oh, here comes the other racers..." Mr. Simmons said as they noted the unhappy faces on the racers. "And it seems they noticed the glue."
"Helga, we just saw you spilling the glue on the road!" Nadine groaned as she looked at the glue.
"No you didn't." Helga's voice called.
"We see you and your car hiding behind a bush." Tucker frowned as he and Nadine looked straight at Helga's eyes.
"Uh..." Helga paused... then started driving off as she yelled, "No, you don't!"
Nadine groaned as Tucker got out of the car and sprayed some of the glue solvent on the glue covered road. "There we go!"
"Thanks, Tuck!" Nadine waved as she drove off. By the time Tucker got back in the go-kart, Stinky in the Mauve Avenger passed him. Tucker groaned as he shifted his gears a bit before starting to drive off.
"It seems that Nadine is catching up to Helga really quick... and... the line for the first lap is right there and... by a nose, it's Nadine in Stylish Power!" Mr. Simmons gave an announcement as Nadine in her go-kart edged over Helga in Helga's Angels as both cars went to the Pit Stop area. "As they go to the Pit Stop for damage fixing and driver switches, it looks like Stinky in the Mauve Avenger is just ending his first lap and coming in.
"You're doing good, Stinky!" Arnold smiled as Stinky got out of the car. "Third place so far. Okay, Eugene, you're next."
"Golly, thanks, Arnold!" Eugene said as he went in the car.
"Remember, just keep your eyes on the road!" Arnold advised him.
With the Helga's Angels participants, as Tucker's go-kart went to join Gerald and Sid, Phoebe had a lot to complain to Helga.
"Okay, Helga, I know I'm not supposed to question your motives, but I'm questioning them now! What the heck was that?" Phoebe asked.
"Just wanted to insure our win." Helga smiled.
"But... but you stopped to spill glue on the tracks and waited! You can't do that!" Harold complained.
"Hey, nothing in the rule book says that, now, does it? Hey, tubby, take the wheel, and wait until we give the signal to stop!" Helga ordered as Harold got in the car.
"What?" Phoebe asked.
"Come with me, Phoebe." Helga said as she lead Phoebe away as Harold kept an eye on the light to go.
With Stylin' Power, Nadine got out of the car as Curly got in.
"Okay, my turn to drive!" Curly laughed. "Don't you worry, I'll be in the lead before you know it!"
"I don't know about Helga, though." Nadine said. "Curly, you may want to keep a close eye in front and behind you... in case Helga's team tries to pull another trick..."
"Don't worry!" Curly smirked. "My eyes are peeled!"
"Oh, that's really disgusting, Curly!" Rhonda rolled her eyes.
Over at the Cool Ride team, Tucker got out as Gerald got behind the wheel. "Okay, man, you may have been distracted by Nadine's beauty, but fortunately, I'm here to make sure we win, man!"
"Sorry about that." Tucker blushed a bit as he looked towards Nadine. "But I can't help it. Nadine is like, a beautiful angel that fell from the sky..."
Sid scoffed and rolled his eyes as he said, "I still don't get what you see in that frog-hating weirdo..."
"Okay, all drivers have been changed, and now they're off again!" Mr. Simmons said. "Here we go with another lap of the race!"
"And there goes Helga and Phoebe alongside the tracks as it seems Helga is up to some dirty trick..." Lila said in suspicion as Helga and Phoebe were quickly running off to the ground. "Just what it is, I don't know..."
And that's the third chapter of this fic! How did you like it? Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks!