Cartoon Network X Hot Wheels Universe: Chapter 8

At Marcus' fortress, thousands of drones were being created for a full scale assault at the two cities. "Drones! The hour of our victory at hand! Soon, we will destroy these two cities and their precious cars, then the world will bow down to us in their serenity! The world will be ours!" Marcus yelled to his Drones. The Drones then cheered for their leader until there were faint engine sounds coming from the main gate. 

Everyone turned to the gate and suddenly it was burst open and thousands of Hot Wheels cars raced inside and rammed their way through the Drones, while most of them got in their vehicles and fought back. It was Team Cartoon Network and all of the other gangs in HW City that were in the Hot Wheels cars while the Legendary Pokemon, Bakugan, Duel Monsters and Bit-Beasts flew from above and began to fight some of the bigger drones. Jake and most of the team rammed through the army toward the tower, where Marcus is. Marcus then stomped away from the balcony in anger.

Jake fired as many missiles he can at the drones to clear the way, while Claire used her pulse cannons to do the same, along with everyone else but Mark was doing most of the damage as he kept on crunching and running over everything he saw that was a drone. Jake thought everything was going well but he didn't realise that hundreds of drones were following him and his team. "Man, they're catching up!" Jake said through the radio. "We'll take care of them! Just keep going!" Vert ordered the team through the radio. The entire team turned around toward the following army behind them while Jake, Andrew, Claire, Jordan, Mark and James kept going.

Meanwhile, Marcus was walking toward the Ultra Mech while worker bots were adding the finishing touches. "Prepare the Ultra Mech." He ordered. "But sir, this is just a prototype. We haven't tested it yet!" One of the drones said. "I don't care. Prepare the Mech." Marcus entered the control centre, which is in the head.

As everyone was fighting, the ground started to shake and then a gigantic mechanical hand reached out from the ground and the Ultra Mech rose from the ground. Everything crumbled down into rubble as the giant drone rose from the ground. It was about the size of a Mechtogan! Most of the good guys decided to go for the mech but they weren't making a dent as a red shield was surrounding it. The chest opened up and a red light emitted from it. It started to extract cars up towards it and the got destroyed along with the drivers. Even Marcus' own drones. It then turned to see Jake and his friends. Through the head, Marcus aimed all the weapons toward them. Lasers covered all over them and thousands of projectiles rocketed straight towards them. Jake and the others then split up so that Marcus wouldn't get them all at once. The red beam emitted from the chest of the Mech. "Don't get in the light!" Andrew yelled through the radio. Mark tried to use his missiles to penetrate through the shield but it didn't work. Everyone else tried to use their weapons as well but didn't work. "Nothing's working!" Jordan said. Mark then fired a missile into the open chest and when it exploded, it suddenly reacted to the damage. Jake foresaw it and thought about an idea. "That's it! Everybody aim for the chest when it's open and fire straight into it!" Jake ordered through the radio. "Okay, what now?" Claire asked. "Just do it!" Everyone did what Jake ordered and it was working. The Mech was sparking and was heavily damaged. But it suddenly roared out loudly and thousands of missiles launched into the air and they exploded everywhere, taking out nearly everything around it. Alex checked through calculations about the damages. "We can't take much more of this!" He said. "Then give us a way out!" Jake said. "Found one! There's a passage tunnel that leads back to Hot Wheels City. If we make it, we're home free." Everyone then regrouped with Jake and started to race toward the large tunnel. Marcus then aimed at the entire group and prepared to fire everything he has. He then pulled the trigger and every missile launched out of the mech but they weren't quick enough as everyone entered the tunnel and the missiles only hit the edges. Marcus yelled loudly in frustration as the entire team escaped. 

As everyone was driving into the dark tunnel, Jake suddenly stopped. This caused everyone to stop as well. "Uh, Jake? How about a little forward action? We might wanna go that away." Alex said. "Yeah, Jake we can come back for Marcus. We'll be safe." Claire said through the radio. "No. With that Ultra Mech out there, no one is safe." Jake said. "Yeah." Alex agreed. He then gave a sad look. Jake then lifted the glass hatch and pushed Alex out. "See ya buddy." Jake said as he shut the glass hatch. "Looks like this is the end of the road." He shifted to reverse and started to drive back to the entrance. "It's been one hell of a ride boy." Jake said as he patted the dash board of his Firestorm. He finally got out of the tunnel and a red beam enveloped around the Firestorm and began to be dragged toward the Ultra Mech. Marcus chuckled evilly. "Come to papa." He said. Jake's sad look then changed into a smile. He suddenly engaged the NITROX and hit the gas hard. Thanks to the rocket like engine it bursted into an insane 500 MPH like a rocket and rammed right through the Ultra Mech's chest and bursted through the other side. This disengaged the mech's shields, weapons and movement systems, making it vulnerable to destroy. Everyone drove out of the tunnel and launched out all their weapons and powerful attacks at the gigantic mech's open chest, which caused a giant explosion, which sent every part of the mech flying everywhere. All of the drones deactivated and fell apart as the mech's parts fell to the ground like meteorites. Everyone cheered in victory as the entire army has fallen. Jake drove up to his team and got out to regroup with them. Claire suddenly hugged him tightly in relief. She suddenly knew what she was doing and stopped hugging Jake, looking a little embarrassed. "I...sorry. It's just..." She tried to explain. "It's okay." Jake said back. Jake, Claire, Jordan, Mark and James did a fist bump in victory. The cheering stopped as there was a sudden noise from the fallen head of the Ultra Mech. Everyone turned to see smoke puffing out on the top of the head and suddenly, a black and red RD-09 with black CM6 wheels, red tires, a laser cannon, machine guns and red neon launches out and lands to the ground. Everyone looked at the RD-09 and the driver was none other than Marcus. "This isn't over." He said. He hit the gas and drove away. Jake then ran to his Firestorm and got in.

As Marcus drove in the streets in his RD-09, some one shunted him from behind. It was Jake in his Firestorm. He fired his gatling guns to destroy Marcus' nanoshell. Marcus hit the brakes and crashed Jake into the back of his RD-09, which left a big dent to Jake's nanoshell. He then turned to the left side of the RD-09 and slammed him. Marcus hit him back and both of their nanoshells were destroyed. "Time for you to die!" Marcus yelled to Jake. He slammed him again, which left a giant crack on the glass hatch of the Firestorm and left the right side skirt hanging. "I don't think so!" Jake yelled back to Marcus. He slammed him back, leaving a big dent on the right door of the RD-09 and the right side skirt of the Firestorm fell off. They reached to the canyon and drifted through tight corners. They both rammed each other individually and countlessly while trying not to fall to their death. Marcus brought out a shotgun and broke the left window of his RD-09 with the butt end of the shotgun and then fired it at the crack of the glass hatch of the Firestorm, which the broke a large open hole. Marcus prepared to fire again but Jake quickly brought out his assault rifle and shot the shotgun out of Marcus' hand and watched as the shotgun was left on the road. He kept on firing at the front of the RD-09. Some of the bullets damaged the systems, including the respawn system. Some sparks emitted from the dash board of the RD-09, as Marcus shielded his face from them. It caused him to skid and lose control a bit, but he managed to gain mobility but was behind Jake. Marcus then rammed him and Jake was an inch away from a nearby drop, as he skidded from the impact. Marcus then slammed Jake off an edge, which led him to a big jump. Marcus drifted around a corner and Jake suddenly landed right in front of him. The two of them reached to the bridge, where they're leaving the island. They continued bashing each other until Marcus rammed Jake to the right back corner of his Firestorm and he then skidded and Marcus pinned him to his side from the front. They made a jump and Jake then tumbled and crashed multiple times, making the Firestorm into a complete wreck. It stopped tumbling right side up. Jake tried to start the engine but it stalled at every attempt. "No, no, no, no, no, NO, DON'T DO THIS!" Jake yelled. He found Marcus right next to him and prepared to fire his laser cannon as it charged up. Jake then braced for impact, knowing he would die. But a sudden W16 engine sound with its supercharger screaming erupted. Jake and Marcus turned to see Jake's dad, Andrew racing toward Marcus and then T-boned him just about as Marcus fired his laser cannon and hit one of the support beams holding the bridge up. Andrew stopped and Marcus' RD-09 tumbled, making it a complete wreck. It stopped tumbling and looked completely destroyed. Andrew got out of his RocketFire and ran to the Firestorm to see if his son was okay. He lifted the glass hatch to see Jake holding his arm, which has a big bruise and saw blood streaming down his head. "Hey, you're gonna be alright." Andrew said. He helped Jake out of the car as Jake stumbled a bit, struggling to stand up. Suddenly, Marcus' RD-09 was thrown toward Andrew and Jake as they turn to see it flying towards them. Andrew shoved Jake out of the way and then he jumped out of the way as well. The RD-09 then exploded as it hit the ground. Jake and Andrew turn to see what threw it and it was Marcus, with scratches and he was sparking pretty badly. Which means... His eyes were lit up red and suddenly his human body the broke apart, revealing HE was a drone as well! He looked like an elite Drone but his head had horn like spikes and blades shot out of his back as he roared. Andrew brought out his two machetes and ran toward Marcus to fight but was knocked back by a powerful punch. Marcus then stomped toward Jake and picked him up by the throat. "LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN SURVIVE THIS." Marcus said with a demonic like voice. His right arm transformed into a chainsaw and revved it up. Jake brought out his chainsaw sword and slashed to Marcus' neck but it got stuck by the side of it and Jake tried to charge it but it kept on stalling. "THIS IS THE END OF THE ROAD FOR YOU." Marcus said again. Jake kept on twisting the throttle of his sword as Marcus slowly revved his chainsaw toward Jake's neck. Suddenly, Andrew threw one of his machetes at Marcus' chainsaw arm, which caused it to jam. Jake then pulled the hilt of the sword, twisted it and pushed it back in and the sword then supercharged. The chainsaw finally engaged and sparks were flying everywhere as the blade slowly cut through Marcus' neck as he screamed in pain. The head then came flying off as Jake fully cut through Marcus' neck and Jake slipped out of the dead robots grip, holding onto his neck, restraining the pain. He saw Marcus still functioning, as he's beginning to get up. Jake then quickly impaled Marcus with his sword and twisted the throttle and engaged the chainsaw. He never stopped until the red lights on Marcus were turned off, symbolising his death. The head was still functioning and it weakly said: "I...CANNOT...DIE...I...AM...A GOD..." Marcus spoke no more. He pulled the sword out of Marcus' "corpse" and slid it back onto his back. He ran to his injured dad to see if he was okay. He was. The two of them turn to see the Cartoon Network team racing toward them. They stopped when they reached the Burners and got out of their vehicles. They all reunited and everyone was relieved that Jake and Andrew were okay. Claire hugged Jake once again and this time she didn't stop.

The next day...

Everyone at Hot Wheels City was celebrating over their victory against Marcus and his drone army, along with the Cartoon Network team. "So, I guess that's that." Claire said. The team was at the cliff side with the Hot Wheels Elite. "I guess so." Jordan said. "You think there's more drivers out there to meet?" Mark asked. "Maybe." James said. "And we'll always be ready for anything else." Jake said. Darius and his team began to head back to their cars. "Hey, Darius." Jake called out. Darius stopped and turned to see Jake. "Y'know one day, I'll come for you." 

"For once, I like to see you try." Darius said as turned back and got in his 4Ward Speed, with everyone else in his team in their vehicles. The CN Team watched them drive back into the city. "So...what do we do now?" Spinner Cortez asked. Jake turned to look at the cars and then his dad. "Hey, dad. You think you can still hold up for one more race?" Jake asked. "Think about it, no interruptions, no turning back, no wagers, just you, me, Claire, Jordan, James and Mark, once and for all." Andrew turned to see his RocketFire, Jake's Firestorm, Claire's Mazda Furai, Jordan's Drift King, James' Twin Mill III and Mark's Team Hot Wheels "Firestorm", then back to his son. "You sure you can handle the disappointment?" Andrew asked. "I dunno. You?" Andrew smiled. "Alright, Jake. Let's see what you got." Jake smiled and then looked back at the sight of Hot Wheels City.

At Hot Wheels City, Jake, Andrew, Claire, Jordan, Mark and James were at a starting point with tons of people cheering on. "And we got back for what we do best." They revved their engines loudly. Jake then got a call. It was Alex. "Guys! Where have you been? We need you to bring those cars back to the facility for analysis! When we said to take them for a test drive, we didn't mean to race them all around Hot Wheels City! Jake! Did you hear me?! We need to get those cars ba-" Jake shut off the call and focused back to the road. "There's just one little thing I need to take care of..." The light went green and everyone hit the gas. Everyone blasted off the line but Jake and Andrew then blasted further away from everyone else. They were racing through the streets over 400 MPH and gunned for the finish line.