Cartoon Network X Hot Wheels Universe: Chapter 7

That evening, at the HWTF...

The team finally got back to the base and entered one of the warehouses. They suddenly began to hear thumps and clanging somewhere. "No, no, no, no-OW!" A familiar voice said. This voice was familiar enough to make everyone surprised. "Alex?!" Jake yelled. Suddenly, Tailpipe came out and suddenly hit a wall. "OW! Man, I need flying lessons." Tailpipe said with Alex's voice. "Alex? Is that you?" Jordan asked Tailpipe. "Oh, hey guys. This isn't technically Alex, this is just a memory of him." 

"How did you-?" Claire tried to say. "He uploaded his memories in my head. And because he was afraid he would die sometime. So, here I am." There was an uneasy silence. "Well...at least you're still with us...buddy." Jake said. "Thanks, man." "Alex" said. "Where's Razor?" Mark asked. "Dunno. Haven't heard from him ever since last night." Another uneasy silence. Then Jake began to go to his car and got in. "Where are you going?" Claire asked. "I think I know where he is." Jake said. He then drove out of the facility perimeter and into the desert.

Jake then began to think about all of the things about his dad and Razor as he drove through the desert. They both have something in common. Their driving style, the same kind of attitude, in fact, Razor nearly had everything in common with Andrew Burner. Then Jake thought of something. What if Razor not only had the same things that Jake's dad had in common? What if he's...no...it couldn't be possible. Unless... Jake accelerated faster through the desert and hit the road back to his old town, Bellwood.

Jake drove to the old Bellwood racing circuit, it was where Andrew died. Or did he? At the parking lot, there was Razor's RocketFire. He looked through the stands throughout the circuit and found no one. He silently sneaked through the locker rooms, trying not to get caught by the guards that are patrolling the halls. He entered many rooms to find anything but the whole thing was empty. He ran through the halls looking through the cracks on the doors and then stopped at one. He looked through carefully and sure enough, there was Razor, and he had his helmet off but he looked like he was praying as his head was down and was facing the wall in front of him. He looked bald, just like Andrew. He then looked up and put on his helmet. He stood up and slowly turned to the door. This made Jake back away quickly, hoping he didn't get caught. "I know you're there Jake." Razor's deep voice said. Jake breathed out and he slowly entered the room and faced Razor. "What're you doing here?" Razor asked. "I was gonna ask you the same thing. But now it all makes sense to me." Jake said. Razor stood silent. "You seem to know a lot about me. You knew this was where my dad died. You had the same skills like him, you had the same attitude like him. You drive just like him." Razor slowly turned away. "I don't know what you're talking about." He said. "Come on, Razor. Why don't you just prove it, right now? Just tell me. Are you really my dad?" Razor then turned back to him. They both started at each other in silence and then Razor reached for his helmet. He slowly lifted it off his head and revealed his face.
His true identity.
Razor, the mysterious driver, was Jake Burner's once thought to be dead father, Andrew.
Tears ran down Jake's eyes and he suddenly bear hugged his once thought to be dead father and he hugged back as well. It took about after ten seconds that they released their grip from each other. "What really happened to you?" Jake asked as tears rushed down his cheeks.

As Andrew explained what happened to him, a pair of guards were walking toward the room they were like zombies.

"My car was armed with remote control and a bomb. I was hoping I would get Dave Blackwell for all of that crap he made us get into. But I guess he praised to God that time. After the whole thing was all over worldwide, I knew I should go to hiding. That was when I found this road in the middle of the desert that lead to this huge city, that was said that was built 45 years ago." Andrew explained. "Hot Wheels City." Jake said. "Yeah, I met Darius, about a week later after I got reputation from winning races, in my new car and when I got my new identity. Razor. Then I realised that there was a threat to the city, that wants to destroy the city and their cars. Marcus and his drones." 

"Well, we can't just keep standing here doing nothing now. We gotta fight back. So do you. No more hiding." 

"Not anymore." They heard the door open and turned to see the two guards at the door. "Oh, hey, uh...this isn't what it looks like but-" Jake was interrupted as one of the guards' head was suddenly blown off from it's neck, which was actually a drone in disguise. Jake turned to see his dad holding a black and red four barrelled pump action shattergun. He pumped it and fired at the other drone's head. "Let's get out of here." Andrew said. He grabbed his helmet and put it on as he and his son ran out and got out of the building. "How did they know we we're here?" Jake asked. "They must've followed you this whole time." Andrew said. They suddenly found several drones surrounding them. They armed their chainsaw blades from their forearms. Jake and Andrew pulled out their blades and prepared for battle. Jake aimed his sword forward, twisted the throttle and did his "Rocket Stab" and penetrated through three drones. He then twisted the throttle again and lifted the sword upwards, slicing open the drones' upper torsos. Andrew used his two large machetes and ran through two drones, while pointing his machetes left and right, cutting off the upper chests as he ran. He then stopped right in front of a drone and sliced off it's arms and he swiftly cut through the rest of it's body. A drone that was charging up to Andrew lifted it's chainsaw upwards and swung it down toward Andrew but was blocked from behind by Andrew. He then swung his right machete to the drone behind him but the drone dodged it and charged it's left blade at Andrew but was swept away by his left machete as he spun around and used his right machete again to slice off it's left arm and then it's head. Jake swung his sword at three drones in line and twisted the throttle. The powerful chainsaw blade brutally cut through their bodies and Jake twirled around from the force of the power. He then impaled another drone and spun around, using the drone as a mace to bash all of the other drones around him. The drone through Jake's blade crumbled into pieces as he hit the very last drone. One last drone was barely functioning, until Andrew stomped on it's head, crushing it. They got to their cars and drove away from Bellwood and back to the desert. 

As they raced through the Salt Flats, three RD-10's came out of nowhere and chased after into Jake and Andrew. "Headhunters." Jake said. Then another group of drones came out of hiding in RD-01's about a mile in front of them. "They're not alone." Andrew said. The RD-01's started ramming into Jake while the RD-10's were slamming into Andrew. An RD-10 then moved up to Jake to his right. "On your right!" Andrew called out through the radio. Jake looked to his right and saw the RD-10. It then raced up a ramp shaped rock and jumped over Jake as he went past it. As it landed it turned to Jake and raced up to ram him but Jake hit forward and Andrew rammed into the RD-10, which made it spin out of control. "Wing right." Andrew said. He turned a near right and led the RD-10's. "Flying in!" Jake said. Jake did a near right as well and right barrel rolled over an RD-01 and landed at it's right side and slammed into an RD-10. "Lead 'em." Andrew said. Jake drove further and the RD-10's followed after him. "Here you go." Jake said. Andrew then moved up and started ramming into the drones, making them crash. More and more RD vehicles came coming out of nowhere. "Man, there's too many of them! We're not gonna make it." Jake said. "YEEEEE-HAAAAAWWW!!" Someone yelled through a megaphone. A red '10 Toyota Tundra came out of nowhere and rammed into an RD-01. It was Steve. "SURPRISE!" He yelled. "Wasn't expecting you to come here!" Jake said through the radio. "What's going on Steve?" Andrew asked. "Andrew? Is that you?" 

"That's right." An RD-10 rammed into Steve. He picked up a molotov. "FIRE IN THE HOLE!" Steve yelled. He threw the molotov at the RD-10 and it erupted into flames. He then pulled a lever and it launched multiple molotov cocktails out of the back tray. They created a large wall of fire. It caused the drones to swerve around and crash or leave them open to be rammed into. Jake, Andrew and Steve slammed into every last drone that were chasing them and continued racing back to the Hot Wheels Test Facility. "Thanks a bunch, Steve!" Jake said. "No problem! Just doin' my job. YEEE-HAAW!" Steve yelled as he then drove away from Jake and Andrew.

The Firestorm and RocketFire entered the warehouse where everyone was having their free time, such as playing games and such. They turned to see the two cars and Jake and Andrew (who still has his helmet on) coming out of them. "Where have you been? You were gone for an hour." Claire asked Jake. "We just got into a bit of trouble with some drones, that's all. And...one more thing." Jake said as he turned to Andrew. He then took off his helmet to show everyone his real identity, leaving them surprised. "No. Way." Claire said. "You're alive?" Jordan asked. "But the car...and the explosion...and everything!" Mark tried to say. "Long story short." Andrew said. The screen then came up with something. It was a call from someone. There was Jake's dragon insignia but black and red, which must mean it must be Darius. He came up on screen. "Razor, you there?" Darius asked. "It's Andrew now." Andrew said. "What? You mean..." Jake walked up next to Andrew. "You? You're that kid's dad?" Darius asked. "That's right." Jake said. "Whatever. Look we need you to get here ASAP. We got a problem. A really big problem."

At the open sea outside Hot Wheels City, the whole place began to rumble and suddenly, a gigantic city then rose upon the surface, which was way bigger than Hot Wheels City It was surrounded by a large red energy dome, to shield any water from rushing down through the buildings. But this wasn't a city that was rising, it was a gigantic fortress. The fortress of the drones. Marcus' fortress. Multiple bridges built themselves onto the city streets, connecting to the fortress. Marcus watched over the rising of his fortress on his throne. 

At a cliff, Team Cartoon Network watched over the rising fortress coming up from the sea. "That's one big castle." James said. "It's not a castle nimrod, it's a fortress." Claire pointed out. "With Marcus inside it." Jake said. "So it's finally come to this. Marcus finally showed up for his arrival and take over the world." Jordan said. "Not unless we stop him." Mark said. "To them, this is just a place. But to us, this is our home." Andrew said. "Guys, I know Marcus is gonna take all of this world, but running straight in there is suicide. He's got an army 100 times more than we have. How are we gonna beat that?" Gwen Tennyson said. Jake stood silent. "I...I dunno." He said. "What do you mean you don't know? You gotta think up of something!" Ben Tennyson said. "I can't! I just can't." There was an uneasy silence. "Well...we're screwed." Gumball Watterson said. "We'll ride with you, Burner." Someone said. Everyone turned to see Darius and his team, the Hot Wheels Elite. "At least until we kill that son of a gun." Darius said. "We're all in." Someone else said. They turned to see Kreig Velocity, Steve Torque and Ray Baja and their teams. "If this is about saving our home and the world, we're in." Kreig said. "We would never give in for our home." Steve said. Multiple other drivers with weapons and cars came up to join into a crowd, no...an army. "Thanks guys. All of you." Jake said. He then turned to Alex, with his new robot body. "Alex?" 

"This is gonna be the craziest thing ever...but you can count me in." Alex said. "Alright, LET'S DO THIS!!" Jake yelled to everyone. 

"FOR CARTOON NETWORK AND HOT WHEELS CITY!!!" Everyone cheered out. Once the sun goes down, the final fight begins.