Striker has a brother? Who would have thought of it? No doubt, this muscular piece of shit was out for revenge and blood, probably Stolas' blood (if he knows it was Stolas that killed off his sibling). This guy looked more intimidating and scary than his own deceased brother. One reason was because he looked more muscular than Striker was, and a little taller for an imp hybrid. "OK, if you wanna kill Cody, you will have to go through me, fuckwad." Loona said, unsheathing her claws."
"Relax, pretty lady." said Slasher with a small chuckle. "I just came here to race, that's all. With my own mount." a large pig bigger than Chop and pretty much bigger than the pigs on Millie's family farm altogether. He had some spikes on his back, but the spikes were built similar to a xenomorph, where the spikes were a little similar to wings, and his skin was black with fire tattoos on the sides of his torso. His . "Meet Grinder. My pride and joy."
This so-called boar let out a monstrous grunt and blew out a large breath from his snout that was powerful enough to breath on Cody and his friends. "Whoa." Tex said. "That's quite a pig you have." Moxxie and Millie looked a little scared of this demonic porcine creature, but the beast had his eyes on Moxxie in particular. Maybe he wanted to eat the male imp as either his breakfast, lunch, or dinner, whichever would come first. By the looks of his two tusks, this pig might have razor sharp teeth, almost as powerful as a crocodile or a hippo.
"Ooh, looks like Grinder has a liking for you, little man." said Slasher. "Your meat in particular."
"Over my dead body." Millie snarled.
"Like i said before, I am here to race, nothing else. And maybe kill y'all for the death of my brother." he sounded more sinister this time.
"What? We didn't kill him." said Tex
"Yeah, Stolas did." Blitzo blurted out
"BLITZO!" Loona, Cody, Moxxie, Millie, and Tex snapped at him.
"What? it's true."
"Well, in that case, I can just kill him instead." Slasher changed his mind.
"No! I won't let you hurt Stolas!" said Blitzo. "He may be a pervert and a creeper, but he deserves a life of happiness. You don't know the kind of shitty life he has been through."
"Oh boo hoo, he has my deepest sympathies then." Said Slasher in a sarcastic voice. "Life and afterlife is both unfair so he might as well get used to it for fuck sake."
"OK, ok, easy people. There will be no fighting in this ranch." Joe tried to intervene by getting in between the two sides. "If you wanna settle this, we will settle this with a race."
"Are you a bounty hunter or a mercenary?" Asked Moxxie
"That I am, but better than my brother. Unlike him, I do know how to get the job done, and I never hold back like he would do. Watch."
He suddenly grabbed Joe and broke his right arm with his two hands without ease.
"Joe!" Lin exclaimed.
"Daddy!" Millie and Sallie Mae exclaimed with them and their mother coming to Joe's aid. "Daddy, are you ok?" Said Millie
"Argh! My arm." Joe grunted. He tried moving it, but it made him scream in pain. "I think it's broken. Agh!"
"You will pay for that, you son of a bitch!" Millie said. She was stopped by Moxxie before she could do anything foolish against him.
"Millie calm down! Calm down!" Said her husband
"Don't worry Millie, I'll get him for you." Tex cracked his knuckles. "We all know who'll win this fight."
"Ah ah Ah!" Slasher said. "I wouldn't pick a fight with me if I were you, dog boy."
"Thanks to you, you made one of our best racers unable to compete!" Said Lin.
Cody looked surprised by all of this and looked at Chop, witnessing all of this with him. Joe was a racer in this event? Thanks to Slasher breaking his arm without ease, he wouldn't be able to compete. He can see the look of shock and heartbreak on Millie and Sallie Mae's faces looking like Joe was killed instead of injured.
This dude was a real nasty piece of work, probably worse than his brother was. Cody hated seeing his friends being emotionally shattered by something so tragic, even if Joe wasn't going to die. "I'll race you." Cody blurted out, trying to sound brave.
Everyone looked at him in shock. "What?" They all said in unison. Slasher was also surprised by this, but began to laugh.
"Yeah, if you got him out of the race, then I'm filling in for him. No one hurts Millie and Sallie Mae like that. It's bad enough I lost my parents, but I'm not gonna let Millie lose a family member either!"
"Cody, what are you doing?" Loona sounded frantic.
"Helping the race go on and not let anyone else get hurt, Loona. Go ahead and laugh at me, Slasher, but I will race against you." Cody said
"Well, you got spunk. And I like that." Slasher sounded amused. Once again he laughed at this boy trying to sound like a man. "Very well. It will be fun watching you cry to your mommy after this is done. But I would back done if I were you. This is not for lighthearted squirts like yourself."
"Cody, don't do this." Loona said. "You could die out there."
"She's right." Said Moxxie. "It's not worth it. You'll get killed in this race."
"But he is cheating. Stolas is in danger by this guy and I have to save him." Cody said. "Loona, I know how shocked you are and I understand if you will ground me for this after, but I am not going to let him kill Stolas." He walked up to Slasher with a hardened look on his face
"Huh. You talk big for a kid your age. Pick your piggy and when the rage starts, we end this. And let me say this, I am gonna enjoy mopping up the floor with you, boy."
"May the best demon or human win." Cody tried to sound brave again.
"Oh don't worry." Slasher chortled. "This demon will. Heh Heh Heh. Come on, Grinder, we need to get ready for the race." He patted his pigs' back as they both walked away.
"Cody, this is crazy!" Loona said. "Entering a dangerous race against a dangerous bounty hunter, putting yourself in the biggest risk of your life? Honestly!"
"I know how disappointed you are, but Stolas is in trouble. And no one hurts Millie like that. I don't want any more people to get hurt.
"Kid, listen, you don't have to do this." Even Joe tried to talk him out of this.
"I want to do this, Joe. This guy needs to go down.
"I really hope you get out of this, Cody. Please, just get out of there alive." Loona urged. She felt like crying just seeing that Cody was about to be in the race of his life.
"Do you even know what porker you will ride on?" Asked Blitzo.
"Chop."
"What? He never won a race before." Said Loona.
"Didn't you hear what Joe said about him?"
"Well I can't kill for trying." Said Cody. "I feel like Chop speaks to me for the race."
And so the race was about to begin and the crowds were waiting for it to start already. Stolas was one of the audience members and Octavia. Verosika and her crew were watching as well for the fun of it.
Loona was sitting on the top bench and looking nervous about what her adopted brother will get himself in to. Vortex was there to comfort her and tell her everything will be OK. Cody was in Chop now and he was ready to do this race.
"Heh, look at this pipsqueak." Said a cowboy imp. "Why don't you go play in the playground or something, shorty."
Cody just ignored him. He was right next to Slasher and Grinder. "You know," said Slasher. "There's no shame in giving up. This race isn't for brats like you."
"But I wanna save my friend."
"I still like your spunk, little man. I can still commend you for that. Too bad this race will be your last. And you can't be serious; Chop is your mount? He's the biggest loser."
"He is a regular animal!" Cody shouted
"Watch your tone." Slasher frowned.
"Alright. The annual pig race is a go!" Wally Wackford announced, who was the announcer for this event. "I say I say I say, good luck to all of y'all, and no doubt, Slasher will be the champion once again like he always is."
"I love my public." Slasher gloated.
"Let the race begin!"
As soon as the starter's pistol fired, the race was on, and Cody was feeling the fast motion against his body as Chop was running in a fast pace
Rusty Cage by Johnny Cash plays
The roads were not easy to trend, for it was a dirt trail and there were some forks on the road like; some spiky urchin plants, but Chop managed to jump over them.
"You're gonna die here, kid!" Slasher said
"No I won't!" Cody retorted as he was catching up to him.
The track was about a few miles long and Cody found something that he was glad to have found. Slasher pulled out a pistol and began shooting at one of the racers until he was dead.
"Hey! That's cheating!" Cody said
"This is Hell, boy! No rules say you can't cheat in these kind of races."
Then he had Grinder bump one of the competitor pigs into a nearby mud hole, and that racer was also covered in mud.
Deep down, Cody realized that this wasn't a good idea after all. But, he technically signed his own death warrant, so he had to live with it... if he survives this of course.
"Why is Cody in there?" Said Verosika in the crowd.
"He is trying to help Stolas' kinky ass and defending Millie's dads' honor." Loona said
"And you let him in it?" Asked the Succubus pop star
"we tried talking him out of it, believe me." Said Blitzo. "But he was persistent about it." Everyone looked on at the race, and they were worried about the kid's safety.
Cody was holding on to Chop and trying so hard not to fall off the demon pig. This Slasher will do anything to win, even if it means cheating or going against the rules (even if this race doesn't have that many rules at all). One by one, the racers were being blown up by some mines Slasher planted to knock out the competition, or butted to the sides until they were radically off-course from the racetrack.
The boy gulped, knowing the kind of person Slasher was, even if he just met him. Until finally, there were only two in this race left; him, and Striker's brother.
Little did Cody know that Slasher had something devious planned in the race. Before it began, he planted a sticky bomb under the bridge to make sure only he and Grinder were the only ones to make it across. When he and Cody were close enough, he pulled out a switch and pushed button with his thumb.
The bridge exploded and Cody looked more terrified. No. No, he needed to win and make sure that Slasher wouldn't win. This kind of cheating would still not be tolerated in any way. But he wondered if this was the end of the line for him. There was no way Chop could jump all the way from the gorge to the other side. Or; so the boy thought.
"Nice knowing you, kid!" Slasher called, cackling in his believed victory. Grinder made a terrific jump and, to Slasher's surprise, Cody and Chop also made the jump. He could hardly believe it. "What?!" He said in shock. "No? This is impossible!"
Cody himself could hardly believe what just happened. Chop actually made the jump? Yes, he made it. Now Slasher got his first shock, and he was worried that this kid might win after all. "I'm going to win, Slasher!" Cody called out
"Bah! You're just a naive kid." The demon shrugged off. "This is no place for you!"
"Then why did I make a jump like that? Cody retorted
"That was just lucky, Cody. But now, your luck has just ran out!" Slasher pulled out one last trick up his sleeve; he pulled out a knife and tried slashing Cody with it, but the kid dodged every slice and the kid pulled out a thick ear of corn from his pocket that Joe gave him to snack on for later.
Grinder looked at the corn and couldn't get his eyes off the juicy vegetable. Cody knew that pigs liked corn and he threw it into a mud pile, making Grinder squeal in joy and run into the mud pile to get it, making Slasher scream as he had just lost control of his pig steed. The way Slasher fell into the mud hole was both extreme and comical at the same time as he was now covered in mud.
At last, Cody made it to the finish line and he heard the roar of the crowd as he and Chop were victorious in this event. The boy felt like crying tears of joy, for her had never won a race before. All his friends went up to him and Loona gave him a hug showing how proud she was of him. "You did it!" Said Loona
Then the kid felt himself being gently lifted by Tex and was sitting on his left shoulder. "I did it!" He shouted in triumph. Yes, unexpectedly, Cody win the race.
