The Orca Car's Dastardly Secret

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Tristina groaned, holding her side. a few bullets had grazed her hip and shoulder, but her mind remained intact.

"Alright," she growled, holding onto the windshield of the Mitsubishi as Tails drew closer.

"Tails, keep the car in its blind spot. I'm not sure how many more of my 'landings' the roof will take. Sonic, start wailing on the car. make as much of the gold intravenous system as visible as possible. I'll distract the driver. Let's go!"

making a few spare 'canceling knives' for herself, Tristina was soon back where she had been on the side of the car, making her way towards the cab.

This has to be the craziest thing Ive ever done Tristina thought as she, holding onto the air exhaust vents for support, smashed her body into the passenger side window.

"Unless you two want to end up 6 feet under," Tristina growled, pulling her useless legs into the cab. "Beach this whale...NOW!"

Tristina then raised a glowing hand as the cars steering column and controls began to glow..." before I do it for you." Tristina continued in a monotonous voice.

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"LOOK OUT!!!" Sonic screamed.

Tristina then realized that one of the car's crew members was looking down at her from a port on the side of the car with a sniper rifle.

She ducked just in time before a bullet came whizzing past her.

"I'd better take care of this dolt before I can stop the car! He'll kill me if I take my eyes off him!!" Tristina thought to herself.

Another bullet came whizzing past the spinning tire Tristina hid behind.

That's when she heard announcements coming from a loudspeaker, followed by an audience cheering.

It was the finish line.

"AND THE TWO REMAINING CARS ARE DARTING FOR THE FINISH LINE! MILES 'TAILS' PROWER'S MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION IS IN FIRST PLACE! NO, THE ORCA CAR IS IN FIRST PLACE!! NO, THEY'RE NECK AND NECK.......

AND IT'S AN ABSOLUTE TIE!!!!!!!!!"

Everyone cheered and confetti was thrown into the air. But that's when the audience began to calm down. Something felt wrong all of a sudden.

"It might just be the momentum considering the speed at which both cars have been moving for so long, " said the announcer, "but it seems like NEITHER car is slowing down! In fact, I can see that the Orca Car is actually beginning to go faster!"

Tristina aimed her pulse device towards the sniper, narrowly missing a third shot from him. "Take this!" Tristina muttered as she pulled off a shot. The sniper was hit and fell out of the car to his immediate death upon contact with the road below.

By now, Tristina realized that they were in the middle of a giant city, and disabling the car's steering here could cause catastrophic damage. She knew now that getting into the car and wrestling her way to the steering wheel would be her best bet at taking the giant metal monster down. With the car getting closer and closer to the cargo docks (where there was a cargo ship waiting for the Orca Car to transport it out of Japan) Tristina had to find a way to get on board the car from where she was.

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manually hooking her legs under one goons seat, Tristina grabbed onto the steering wheel.

keeping one hand on the steering wheel, Tristina -in an act similar to a mobile hedgehog - reached her other hand behind her.

then manually pulled one leg forward and pressed it on the brake (using her weight as leverage) as hard as she could.

"Sorry boys. shows over" Tristina growled, karate chopping the co-pilot into unconsciousness as sirens approached the Orca car.

pulling her remaining leg from under the unconscious pilot, Tristina heard a click as she felt the muzzle of a laser gun be pressed into her quills.

"We're getting this haul to our bo-"

within a blink of an eye, the driver was disarmed as Tristina held one of her knives to his throat. "I'd break off your deal with Eggman. you lose."

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Suddenly, there was a giant BUMP. Everyone was thrown to the floor. The Orca Car had driven off the road and into the harbor, and no one was in control of it.

Tristina got up and looked out the windshield to see a giant oil tank straight ahead of them. "Time to bail!" she thought. The computerized hedgehog jumped out of the car just in time before it slammed into the oil tank and burst into flames.

Sonic and Tails pulled their Mitsubishi up next to Tristina. Sonic was the first to get out.

"Are you okay??" Sonic asked.

"Yeah, I'm okay." Tristina said.

The three of them turned and looked at the burning goliath. As they watched it, they noticed something.

The car's frame was melting!

It melted down and down, slowly but surely, until they could see the metal.

IT WAS GOLD! Melted gold bubbled all over the place.

Sonic's ears shot up as he began to realize everything. "I get it now!" he said. "The car WASN'T carrying the gold. The car itself WAS the gold! They built the gold right into the car's frame and simply painted over it!"

Tails smiled. "That must be why they took the time to paint over the scratches when that train ran into them!" he said.

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"So that's the end of the Orca car." sighed Tristina, wringing out her quills.

"Shame. It DID have some impressive schematics. Ah, here we are!" Tristina looked up the hill they had gone over to find Tristina's wheelchair faithfully flying towards them.

Once Tristina was settled, she looked up to see the two bodies of the Orca car's drivers wash ashore. wheeling over, Tristina felt one mans neck.

"Sonic, these guys are still alive!" Tristina called

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Sonic began to wonder as the fire raged around them.

"Should we rescue them?" Sonic asked.

Tails looked over at Tristina. "You got us this far." Tails said. "I'm leaving that decision to you."

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"Tails, is the pontoon function you built for my wheelchair still functioning?" Tristina asked, looking around her chair. Tails ran to the back and opened the back panel. "Yeah." he called. "the key should be just above the turbo boost button."

"Im going to activate it. push me into the water, and I'll save the Orca pit crew. Sonic, get Blaze and fill her in on everything thats happened. by the time I get back, she should have the police in tow..

Tristina activated the pontoons, which erupted like a large 3 man raft with Tristina at the helm. using the super speed in her arms, Tristina used a piece of the Orca wreckage and made her way towards the struggling survivors.

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"HOLY SWEET JESUS AND MARY CHRIST!" One of the Orca Car's crew exclaimed. "THEY'RE COMIN' TA KILL US!"

All of them began to wonder wether or not to jump into the flames around them or face whatever death the incoming hedgehog may have had for them..... Of course, none of them knew that said hedgehog was their savior.

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"Hold on there, folks!" Tristina cried after hearing the shout of the crew. Tristina then plucked a few souls away from the fire by using mechanical arms on the back of her wheelchair.

"HOLY SWEET JESUS AND MARY CHRIST!" One of the Orca Car's crew exclaimed. "THEY'RE COMIN' TA KILL US!"

"NO IM NOT!" Tristina cried, holding up her hands. "Regardless of what you've done, if you want to live, climb on in!" Tristina added, depositing the people she had saved from the fire into the boat.

"GUYS! SHE'S TRYING TO SAVE US! SHE'S..." one of the crew members screamed as something from the Orca car exploded, sending a huge wave of water that engulfed them all.

doing her best to keep from capsizing, Tristina used the robotic claws on the back of her wheelchair along with the joystick to fish out more crew members.

Meanwhile, back on shore, Sonic returned with Blaze and plethora of cops. "Whats the situation with the Orca car?" Blaze asked.

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Sonic began to explain.

"You see, the Orca Car wasn't CARRYING the gold. The Orca Car itself WAS the gold! They built the gold right into the fabric of the vehicle and simply painted over it."

Blaze was impressed at the criminals' clever trick, but knew what had to be done. "You almost can't be mad at them, that was so clever of them." said Blaze.

Tails stood. "While you and the cops take care of the crooks," he said, "let's not forget that the Orca Car was disqualified for its criminal intentions. Thus, WE are the WINNERS of the No-Limit National Race!"

Later, Sonic, Tails, and Tristina stood on the winner's circle, and were handed their trophy by Blaze. Suddenly, Blaze felt someone tug on her coat. She looked down to see Cream the Rabbit and her chao, Cheese, looking up at her.

"Some people get awards and some people get nothing at all." said Cream.

Tails leaned in at Blaze. "They're jealous. Maybe they won't be so sour if you give them a little something."

Blaze nodded and handed them a little bowl.

"We were hoping for candy." said Cream.

"Well, then why don't you stick your hand in?" asked Blaze.

Cream and Cheese reached into the bowl. It was full of sweets. The two children smiled and tore into it as everyone laughed.

THE END