The Orca Car's Dastardly Secret

[OctaScratchRock]

Note: This roleplay is not set in the SatAM universe, but in the normal Sonic The Hedgehog universe set in the real world (our universe). You know, the Sonic canon portrayed by the Sonic video games and Sonic X. Any original characters you have from the SatAM universe can indeed be brought into the real world for this roleplay, however.

Japan was the world's headquarters for automobile racing. The nation had given birth to Toyota, Mazda, Honda, Nissan, Suzuki, Daihatsu, ASL, Mitsubishi, Subaru, and much more. So it only made sense that this year's No-Limit 1500 Kilometer Race would be held in Japan. The race would stretch across the nation, from north to south. And of course, this race was called the "No-Limit race" for a reason: There were NO restrictions or limitations on what kinds of cars could enter the competition. None at all.

Basically, if it was a car, and if it could drive, it was eligible to enter the race.

It was only natural that Sonic The Hedgehog would want to enter the race, along with his close friends. "We'll win this for sure," Sonic told Tails. The car they brought was a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, one of the fastest and most high tech racing cars in the entire world. Sonic was certain that with the help of Tails and his newer friend Tristina that they could win.

Suddenly, the ground beneath them began to shake. "It's an earthquake!!" Sonic said.

"No, it isn't." said Tails. "I sense something much worse."

Suddenly, a giant machine of more than 200 yards of length drove into view. The vehicle was so large, it towered above the other vehicles by two car lengths! It was black in color, had red tinted windows, and its front end resembled a scowling face. It was so long, its body resembled a train; as in, it was made up of lots of train-like joints along its long body.

"That car is over 200 yards long!" Sonic shouted.

"An Orca Car...." Tristina said to herself.

The gigantic machine stopped alongside the other cars at the starting line.

A few minutes later, the announcer spoke.

"And now, each entering car shall be inspected!"

Teams of inspectors came out of the pits and began to have looks at the cars.

"Why are they inspecting the cars?" Sonic asked. "I thought ANY kind of car was allowed in this race!"

Suddenly, a voice came from behind Sonic. "There's a good reason for the inspection."

Sonic swirled his head around to see Blaze The Cat. She was apparently leading the inspection.

"What's the big issue?" asked Tristina curiously.

"Allow me to explain." said Blaze. "Last week, fifty million dollars worth of gold bars were stolen from the National Bank of Japan. Right now, police are suspecting that someone in the race might be trying to smuggle said gold out of Japan using the race as coverup. The inspectors are looking for the gold in any of the cars. There won't be time for us to do this once the race begins, so we'd better do it now!"

Sonic held his glove up to his chin. "Well, that makes sense, since the finish line is at the coast. They'd want to use the race to get away from law enforcement."

Tristina, however, was puzzled. "But fifty million dollars would mean a LOT of gold! It would take a pretty big vehicle to take it all in one trip!" she said.

Blaze nodded. "However, the bank robbers are clever, and they may have found some sort of way to make the gold bars smaller, or at least a way to make the gold bars seem smaller."

A bit later, Sonic's Mitsubishi Evolution passed the inspection as it carried no gold.

Eventually, Blaze got around to having the teams inspect the gigantic car.

"We got nothin' ta hide!" its driver said. "Look around all ya want!"

Blaze looked up at the giant machine.

"This car looks way too big for the race!" Blaze said. "It just doesn't seem fair to me!"

"Well, it is fair!" said the Orca Car's co-driver. "Tha rules sed dat ANY kind a' car could entah!"

The Orca Car's driver let Blaze into the massive machine. As Blaze looked around, the Orca Car's driver began to share some information about the car.

"The main engine has 7,500 horsepower! Also, each wheel has its own extra engine, each of them producing 2,000 horsepower. Altogether, the Orca Car is driven by 30,000 horsepower!"

Blaze shuddered. "I wonder how much gasoline this thing consumes, given those numbers!" she though to herself.

The Orca Car's driver went on. "Our maximum cruising speed is 700 kilometers per hour, no matter what the terrain is. Not to mention, the brakes are powerful electromagnetic units which can stop the car in a heartbeat. And if anything goes wrong during the race, we're fine, because we've got a whole army of trained mechanics on board this monster who could fix anything that could break!"

Blaze and her team looked and looked, but found no gold anywhere. They left the Orca Car and called the inspection off after having found no stolen gold in any of the cars.

Sonic, Tails, and Tristina quickly hopped into their Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution after hearing the announcement that the race was beginning.

[tiff15]

OOC: I wasn't expecting to be in this one, but I guess I'll give it a shot.

"There must be a massive computer somewhere near the car of that engine, unless the driver was just boasting." Tristina said, holding up her hands. "Dont worry about my wheelchair Sonic." said Tristina, thier hair whipping around them. "Tails recall function still works. I can call it to me from anywhere." "Cool." said Sonic, nodding. Tristina closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and opening her eyes before allowing them to fade from view.

"Accessing subject: Orca's computer systems now. Information: power and fuel consumption." Tristina reported.

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As the race began, everyone took off and set out for the road. The Orca Car seemed to set itself behind everyone else, slowing down a little bit.

It was only when they left the city that the Orca Car began to show aggressiveness. It began ramming other cars off the road like crazy, showing no mercy. But that's when a train crossing showed up ahead.

The Orca Car drove straight across without noticing the crossing guard light flashing. The inevitable collision between the oncoming train and the Orca Car came with a bash! The Orca Car was merely pushed aside and scratched a little. The train, however, was completely derailed and destroyed.

The engineer crawled out of the wreckage of the train. "Is that contraption supposed to be an automobile!?" he exclaimed.

The army of mechanics quickly exited the Orca Car and painted over the scratches. With that job done, they hurried back on board and the Orca Car took off.

Sonic was a bit puzzled. "Why did they waste valuable race time to stop and paint over scratches? They could have finished the race with a scratched car!"

Tails wondered. "I was thinking the same thing. It's almost as if they're trying to cover something up."

Tails then looked over to Tristina. "You done hacking their system? Maybe you can get some information."

[tiff15]

Tristina nodded, then bowed her head to let her eyes fade back in.

"The owner wasn't lying about its capabilities," she said finally.

"7,5000 horsepower main engine, 2,000 horsepower backup engines behind each wheel." Tristina shook her head.

"Eggman himself would salivate at that type of power. What I did find was this odd almost vein-like system going through the entire car."

"what is it?" asked Tails. Tristina shook her head.

"that's just it. it's not labeled! there's nothing in the onboard schematics even suggesting a use. its just...there. It's completely opaque too. I couldn't see what was running through the pipes like I can the fuel line and circuitry. whatever it is, there's a lot of it, and given the Orcha car size, that's saying something."

[OctaScratchRock]

The Orca Car continued to smash and bash all the other racers until it was the very last car in the race except for Team Sonic's Mitsubishi.
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Meanwhile inside the Orca Car, a light began to flash on the dashboard.

"That's our alert system." said the co-driver. "Someone tried to hack our systems. And that red Mitsubishi behind us is the only other car left in the race, so we know it had to have been them."

"Should I send a warnin' to Cruncha?" the driver asked.

"Yeah." replied the co-driver.

Therefore, the Orca Car radioed a report to the other side of the planet, somewhere in the USA, to the Orca Car's owner: the notorious Cruncher Block.

Block was a businessman and con-artist. He was extremely clever and had committed several massive robberies internationally without being caught. He thought he was going to be safe for this one, too, until he got the call from his massive car.

"What? Someone tried to hack you??" Cruncher said.

"Yea. We dunno wat dey gonna do next!" said the Orca Car's driver.

"Listen to me, you bums!!" Cruncher Block said to them. "You gotta stay in the race no matter what, because it's the ONLY POSSIBLE WAY you'll be able to carry that 50 million bucks of gold bars out of Japan!"

[tiff15]

"Huh?"

Tristina turned to see the orca car bearing down on them. "Uh, Tails? we've got company" Looking in his rearview mirror, Tails yelped to see the massive grill of the orca car taking up his entire view. Tails shrieked and struggled to control the car as the orca car nudged them.

"He's trying to run us over!" Sonic declared.

"Tails, anything in the rules of the race about self-defense?"

"Yeah. so long as no permanent harm or death occurs to the driver, anything goes!"

"Cool. Sonic, think you can get me onto the hood of our car?"

Sonic nodded, took Tristina into his arms, and rushed onto the Mitsubishi's roof. "This will do perfectly." said Tristina, raising both hands. "what'cha gonna do, Tiff?" Sonic asked.

"tell you in a minute..." Tristina replied in a semi monotone voice, a light blue transparent keyboard appearing at her fingertips as she typed.

after a few minutes, several buzz bombers flew out from the orca car and began to swarm towards the Mitsubishi.

"Sonic, take care of the buzz bombers. I'll lower myself into the Mistubishi when I'm done!"

Sonic nodded and curled into his signature buzz saw, smashing any buzz bombers that came near them. the orca car mercilessly ran over the robots remains as they fell. suddenly, the car began to unexpectedly slow. it was only slight, though, so barely any slowdown was noticed. "Got it!" Tristina cried, lowering her useless legs into the open rear window of Tail's car.

"What did you do?"

"tweaked the fuel intake instructions on the Orca cars main engine. they're now pumping 40% less fuel to the main engine than they were before!"

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Sonic was relieved. "We're safe for the moment being." he said.

Tails looked over at Tristina.

"I think there's something suspicious about the Orca Car by now." Tails said. "Tristina, I need you to do me a favor. Send Blaze a message telling her to investigate the Orca Car at the mid-race checkpoint, if she can get over there fast enough!"

[tiff15]

Tristina gave Tails a salute, then added "Okay Tails, but you're gonna owe me for this one" with a wink. Tristina sat up, took a deep breath, exhaled, and opened her eyes. raising her hands, Tristina's eyes faded from view as she began to type.

Meanwhile, back at the Orca car, one of the drivers had noticed Tristina. "That girl...somehow, she's the one that's been messin' with the car's engine. Should we tell the boss?." "Yeah. she might be worth more to 'im than she is to us." said the second driver, already dialing the number...

[OctaScratchRock]

Once Blaze recieved her message, she immediately set out for the airport to catch the next plane out. Only, there was a problem.

"What do you mean, that was the last plane to the south!?" Blaze demanded.

"Well, unless you can sprout wings and fly there yourself, you're gonna have to wait until our next flight leaves tomorrow morning!" said the man at the front desk.

"Oh, YEAH?" Blaze snorted. "Well, what's that big thing sitting out there!? And don't you DARE tell me it's a bird!!!"

"I'm sorry, ma'am, but that plane is privately owned. It belongs to Cruncher Block."

Octavia spun her head.

She began to think.

That's when the idea hit her.

She sneaked aboard Cruncher's plane just before it took off.

Cruncher wanted his pilot to help him keep an eye on the race, just in case.

Meanwhile, Sonic noticed that the Orca Car was beginning to catch up. "Uh oh..." Sonic muttered.

*SLAM*

The Orca Car rammed the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution hard and sent it sailing over the cliffside. Tails drove the tough Japanese rally car down the rockside, hoping to escape. That's when the Orca Car steered hard and drove straight through the guardrail, chasing after them.

Thick forest lay ahead, but Tails had a plan. Tails pressed a button on the dashboard, and a pair of rotary saws stuck out of the front of the car. Tree by tree, the Lancer cleared a path through the forest!

"We should be safe now." said Sonic. "The path we're making will be much too narrow for them to follow us on."

That's when Sonic felt the urge to shout "Me and my big mouth!" when the Orca Car simply rammed its way through the trees, showing it didn't need a path at all.

"Hold on, I've gotta find some way to stop that monster!" Tails said.

He spun the Mitsubishi around and floored it back towards the Orca Car.

"I'm gonna try to rip his tires off!" Tails said.

The car dove towards the massive evil contraption with its rotary saws spinning and successfully cut one of the tires free. It flew off of the giant vehicle and sailed into oblivion. Tails spun around and attempted to hit another blow at the tires, but this time the Orca Car's crew were ready. They dodged Tails' attack and gave their own ram to the Lancer, sending it spinning out. The three of them screamed as their car hurtled through the air and into an icy lake.

The Orca Car came to a stop. While the army of mechanics got to work replacing the missing tire, the driver and co-driver had themselves a look at the lake.

It was as still as glass.

"Call Cruncha Blahk. Tell 'am we sent 'am ta tha bottam a' Lake Icy Chill!!"

And with that, they took off.

The amazing Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution is a car that can do many things, but can it keep Tristina, Tails, and Sonic safe from the depths of this icy northern lake, and if so, will they be able to escape the ORCA CAR?

[tiff15]

"Time to call in my backup," Tristina said, pressing a button on her bracelet which sent a tracking signal to her wheelchair.

"Tails, permission to take control of the car?" Tristina asked.

"Granted!" Tails cried as Sonic (still being afraid of water) began to panic.

"Accessing core engine and enabling backup protocols."

after a few moments, a glowing light blue shield surrounded the Mistubishi. Suddenly, a light on Tristina's bracelet flashed. Tristina, while maintaining the shield, pointed one palm to the back of the car. Tails and Sonic gave a start as they felt something begin to pull them towards the surface. as the car was pulled from the lake, Sonic and Tails turned to see it was Tristina's wheelchair with a winch beneath hauling them.

"Thanks again, Tails, for installing those industrial-strength towing cables and winch beneath my wheelchair. I figured they would come in handy." Tristina said, smirking as she released the shield.

[OctaScratchRock]

Blaze sat quietly in the cargo bay of Cruncher Block's private plane. She had no idea what to expect or what she was going to hear.

That's when she heard chatter going on above her in the passenger compartment.

"I always get hungry when I'm up to skullduggery! Gimmie a sandwich!"

It was Cruncher Block's voice. Now she knew something was up.

[tiff15]

As Blaze continued to listen, it turned out that Cruncher Block was living up to his name.

Blaze's ears perked up as the phone rang.

"Yes?" he asked gruffly. "You what?"

more silence as the man on the other end.

"You idiot! Eggman is paying us top dollar for those two hedgehogs alive, and you go and send 'em into the drink??"

More silence.

"alright. I'm on my way to the mid-race checkpoint now. we'll deal with Eggman after. I just hope he'll pay us for getting rid of the hedgehogs for him."

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"Tristina, we're catching up the Orca!" Tails cried over the roar of his Mistubishi's engine.

"Stay in its blindspot for now. I'm gonna check out what they're hiding." Tristina said gripping Tail's shoulder before opening the side door.

raising her hand, Tristina's eyes disappeared as a claw came out of one of the side panels of the car. it began to glow blue as it reached for the car, then shuddered and went for Tristina.

"Tiff!" Sonic called.

"alarm unnecessary Sonic. possession activated. claws new target is me."

"Tiff says she made the claw grab her instead of the car!" Tails (who knew Sonic didnt understand computer speak) explained as the claw brought Tristina closer to the side of the Orca.

Tristina's eyes faded back in as the claw continued to hold her. "Okay big guy," Tristina said, placing her palm on the Orca's side. "Let's see what your hiding under that fresh coat of paint."

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But before Tristina could detect anything under the Orca's paintwork, it zapped her with a controlled burst of electricity! She fell back onto the Mitsubishi Lancer's hood, and was pulled in by Sonic.

"What just happened to you!?" Sonic asked.

"I think they could detect my presence and electrocuted me...." Tiff replied.

Meanwhile, up front, the Orca Car's drivers were relaxed and ready for the mid-race checkpoint. That's when a furious call from Cruncher Block startled them.

"LISTEN, YOU DIRTY RATS! I ORDERED YOU TO TAKE CARE OF 'EM! WHAT WENT WRONG!?"

"Nothin'!" the Orca Car's driver replied. "We took care of 'em! Dere at de bottom a' Lake Icy Chill! Dat's were dey are!"

"OH, YEAH!? Look behind ya, and DON'T YOU TELL ME THEY'RE GHOSTS!"

The Orca Car's driver had a peek in the rear view.

There was a red Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution on their tail.

"AH, DERE GHOSTS!" the Orca Car's driver exclaimed.

[tiff15]

"Get 'em ya mugs, and remember! Eggman wants both hedgehogs alive!"
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"Hoo boy." Tristina groaned, shaking her head to clear it. Tristina then looked at her palm to see, amongst the scorched skin, a fleck of gold. "Tiff, look!" Sonic called as buzz bombers began swarming from the orca car. amidst the hedgehog shaped scorch marks on the side were slivers of gold.

"Sonic, Toss me up there again!" Tristina called, pulling herself to the side.

"but Tiff...youll be..."

"If they fry me, I'll fry 'em right back," said Tristina, quickly crafting a see-through throwing knife and showing it to Sonic. "The Golds in that car. if they make it to the border, we lose much more than a race. Take care of those buzz heads, and I'll handle the rest."

picking up Tristina, the hedgehog tossed her towards the car. grabbing onto one of the exhaust shafts on the side of the car, Tristina used the incredible strength in her arms to make her way towards where she had been. as she felt the electricity build up yet again, Tristina slammed her knife to where she knew the conductors to be and smirked as it died down. crafting another knife, Tristina tucked it into her belt and continued towards the cab of the car.

OOC: I did a quick google search, and it turns out Gold conducts electricity far better than copper. people tend to use copper more because its cheaper.

[OctaScratchRock]

Suddenly, a machine gun popped out of the side of the Orca Car and shot Tristina straight in the hip. She lost her balance and fell straight back onto the Mitsubishi.

"TRISTINA!!!" Sonic and Tails shouted in unison.

The Orca Car drove off, faster than imaginable.

Meanwhile ahead, the mid-race checkpoint stood. The Orca Car came to a squealing halt, and its driver peeked out the window.

"Somebody mark our time." He ordered.

Quickly, someone rushed out of the stands and stamped their time.

Cruncher Block's plane had just landed nearby to see his prized Orca Car in action, and Blaze had sneaked off and to the checkpoint. Suddenly, she made a scene announcing her presence.

"EVERYONE, IT'S PRINCESS BLAZE THE CAT OF THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL FAMILY!"

Everyone shut up and looked.

"I'm ordering a THUROGH inspection of the Orca Car! New evidence has come to light!!"

Men in suits walked out of the crowd and began to approach the car.

Suddenly, the Orca Car slammed on the throttle before anyone could get on board.

"THEY'RE RESISITING ARREST!! SOMEONE CATCH THAT THING!!" Blaze ordered.

Sonic, Tails and Tristina blew past in their Lancer Evolution.

"You heard Blaze." said Sonic. "Let's catch him before it's too late!"