Author's note
Here it is, folks, the final chapter. Here we go!

Chapter 10: The Final Leg-frontation

The time has come the next day. It's the final leg of the big rally which is back to New York. Only one pilot can win this and be crowned champion!
As flyers and their navigators head to the finishing line, Jet's voice is heard, "Folks, here we are from Mexico and here they come." In the studio, the hawk grins as he continues, "This is the big one, folks; the final leg back to New York!"
Some mechanics in the lot were fixing a wing when they stopped, gasping in shock upon seeing something. One of them yells, "Whoa, look!"
Sure enough, a familiar plane passes by, one of the guys fails to see that the flame from his blowtorch was burning another's cap until he noticed, yelping and quickly putting the flame out. His partner turns with the blowtorch guy shrugs, not seeing what he did wrong.
Rob 64, Owen, Audrey's crew, Jack and Audrey herself came over to the shiny newish plane. All that work that they did to fix Mike's vehicle up had paid off.
The windows open up, showing Mike and his pals in new clothes. Audrey smiles as she spoke, "We will see you three in New York."
"Hey, thanks, guys." Mike said, happy for all the support that his pals had given him, Cameron and Gwen.
"You will thank us by kicking Scott off his championship butt once and for all!" Joshua exclaims with a smirk. Time for Scott to go down once and for all!
Mike nod as he and his pals depart in their plane. Owen cheers on wildly, "Oh yeah! It's dusting time!"
"Mordo la vista, baby," Rob 64 exclaims eagerly, cheering on Mike's group.
Peppy watch on from nearby, Jack smiles as he spoke, "Lad, you must hand it to him. Mike never gives up and neither does his friends."
"I know." Peppy said with a sigh. If only he took the same advice himself and never gives up...
"Come on, Owen, guys, we got a jet to catch." Audrey said to her friends with a smile. She and the others got to get back to the states in time to see the final leg's conclusion.
"Oh yeah, New York City, finish line, here we come!" Owen cheers on wildly and in determination.
Most of the group departs, preparing to head off to catch their plane to New York. Of course, all but the depressed Peppy who just stood there. The hare couldn't bring himself to go and see the conclusion. Not after what he revealed to Mike, Gwen and Cameron that broke their faith in him.
"Hey, Peppy," Rob 64 ask Peppy as he came up to him. "You ready to go?"
"No...perhaps it's for the best that I don't." Peppy said to Rob 64 with a sad sigh.
"What do...oh, yes, okay; you sure about that?"
"I am."
Rob 64 looks sad but nod in understanding as he leaves the sighing Peppy. The hare just wouldn't feel right about going to the finishing line...but another reason is that he got a mysterious message, asking him to keep an eye on Scott, Courtney and their group.
At the starting area, the crowd looks amazed as Mike's plane arrived, much to the notice of some of the flyers participating. One of them cheers, "Mike, Gwen! Cameron!"
"Yeah, they're back, both of them are back!" A woman cheers on eagerly. The crowd is excited for the flyer that all has been watching and his friends returning for the final leg.
Scott, drinking soda from his cup, spits his drink out upon seeing Mike's group. He yells out, "You got to be kidding me!"
"They got their plane fixed!" Courtney exclaims in shock...or what appears to be shock. It looks like she's secretly smiling.
The Beagles looks shocked as well. Bouncer remarks, "Whoa!"
"Who's the new guy?" Burger asks in confusion, apparently not recognizing Mike and his pals in their new plane.
"It's the crop duster and his bum pals!" Big Time explains to Burger in annoyance.
"What, another one?"
"Same ones, doofus," Bouncer scowl as he hits his brother in annoyance. Why must Burger be so darn dense?
"Oh, shut it you losers!" Scott scowls angrily as he shoves his pals aside. "Move aside, come on!"
Scott and Courtney walks up to Mike's plane, the good guys spot them both. The girl in amazement spoke up, "Well, well. I didn't think you guys would come back after your 'accident' in the last leg."
"Courtney; thanks for the words." Cameron said sternly before glaring at Scott. "Scott, we can't prove it but we know that you send your boys to break our radio!"
"Oh, what? Bolting on some new junk parts could change who you are? Get over it!" Scott scoffs to Mike's group as if thinking that they're messing with. He sniffs Mike and taunts, "Heck, I can still smell the farm filth on ya!"
"Ha ha ha! Oh yeah, you know what? I finally get it!" Mike laughs at Scott as if realizing something about his rival. "You're scared of getting beat by a crop duster pilot and his friends!"
"Right, very obviously coming from a dirt farming cheater," Gwen taunts Scott, much to the villain's anger.
"What," Scott yells furiously. He got more upset when Courtney laughs at the joke that Gwen just made.
"Yeah, I've read your bio. You used to farm dirt from what I found out. Who's being a hypocrite, huh?"
"Well, check six because I'm coming." Mike said in confidence. He and his pals leave, they are determined to do whatever it takes to beat Scott once and for all.
Scott saw the crowd staring, causing him to snap angrily, "And what are you idiots looking at?!"
"Nothing, nothing," A man said quickly, deciding to leave before Scott gets very ugly.
"Sorry." Another man said as the crowd quickly left, not wanting to deal with Scott any more than usual.
Scott growls then turns to the laughing Courtney, snapping, "Stop laughing! What your former doofus of a friend wasn't funny!"
"Sorry, but it was funny!" Courtney remarks as the Beagle Boys came over to their boss. "Come on, look,. Gwen and her friends deserved to be here; perhaps we should let them win for once?"
"No! We are going to end this once and for all!"
"Yeah," Burger exclaims eagerly, much to Courtney's secret worry.
"Right, about time," Big Time laughs sinisterly. It's time to put an end to this race...by taking Mike and his pals right out of the picture.
"Right, this is going to be fun, right boys?" Bouncer asks his brothers who laughs evilly. They're going to put Mike's group out of commission...and maybe out of their misery...once and for all!
Unknown to the group, Peppy was watching what Scott and his pals were saying in worry, saying, "No..."
Peppy frowns in determination. He can't let Scott win and take his friends out of commission!

"Leg 7: Mexico > New York"

As we see the map for the final leg of the race, Jet's voice continues, "This one is about speed and willingness to give it all. The first one to cut the ribbon in New York will take home the trophy and the glory!"
A referee rose the green flag at the starting noise. Once the beeping sound meaning 'go' is heard, he waves it, yelling, "Ya!" Scott and Courtney took off in their plane since they're the first to cross the finish line in the previous leg.
"And we're off as the first flyers take to the air!"
The next flags flew off with Big Time going next, then Burger and Bouncer. As they wait for their turn, Soarin' and Rainbow begins saying romantic things to one another, wishing good luck to each other.
"I will wait for you at the finish line, my winged angel." Soarin' remarks to Rainbow with a smile.
"No wait, I will be waiting for you!" Rainbow giggles to Soarin'; "My beloveable superhero with goggles."
"Rainbow painted domino."
"My Little Big Hero."
Soarin' continues with a chuckle, "My Feathery Heroine."
"Lover with a Singer Voice," Rainbow adds with a giggle.
"Sweet Cheeks!"
"Honey bunch!"
Soon the flag waves with the referee calling out, "Ya!" The two lovers blew kisses then takes off quickly. The referee wave more flags, causing the other planes to take out into the sky as the final leg begins.
"Okay, the rest of field is off and running but one." Jet's voice spoke as we see Mike, Gwen and Cameron arriving in their own plane. "Even though Mike and his pals didn't complete the previous leg, the race officials had ruled that their radio had been tampered with. And thus, they are allowed to compete but they are given a severe time penalty."
"You ready, Mike?" Gwen asks Mike with a look of determination.
"You betcha," Mike said with a smirk as he put his goggles over his face. Despite the severe time penalty, the boy and his pals are determined to win this race once and for all.
"Let's go for it!" Cameron exclaims in determination.
The crowd cheers, preparing themselves for the countdown while yelling, "Dies, nueve, ocho, siete, ses, cinco, quarto, tres, dos, uno!"
Soon the counter reaches 0 before the flag waves. The crowd cheers wildly as Mike's plane took off after the racers, zooming fast as they chases after them. It will be tough for them to make it up ahead but it can be possible.
"And there they go! Wow, I haven't seen anyone coming back from far behind so far!" Jet's voice adds. The screen shows the race results that has Mike, Cameron and Gwen in last place. "It will take both horsepower and willpower for those three to stand a chance now!"
The racers continue flying high but once again, Mike and his pals continue to fly low, going through the canyon and through the mountains.
Up above, Homer was passing Zoey and Trent then spots Mike, Gwen and Cameron passing by himw below. He smiles while calling out, "Woo-hoo! Good show, you three!"
The results continue being shown with Mike's group reaching 6th place. Up above, Soarin' and Rainbow spots the duo ahead, much to their delight. The brief results now shots Mike's group now in 4th place. They just need to pass Scott, Courtney and the Beagles to make it up ahead.
In the desert area as the bad guys are still ahead, almost to New York, Big Time just happens to look back and yelps in alarm, "Err, boss?"
"What is it?" Courtney asks Big Time as Scott frowns a bit.
"Don't look now but they're here."
Scott, Courtney and their goons looks back. There's Mike, Cameron and Gwen coming up from behind and fast. The head boss knew that he and his pals are now out of camera range and no one else is around. That means they can get away with what to do next without any consequences.
"Okay, we're out of camera range now." Scott said sinisterly, much to Courtney's concern as she appears to now be talking into a phone. "You know what to do now..."
"Yeah," Big Time remarks to Scott with an evil grin.
"But can you tell me again? I wasn't listening the first time." Burger admits to Scott sheepishly.
"Take those two losers out once and for all! No more messes up!" Scott snaps to the Beagle Boys. He turns to Courtney still on her phone, adding, "And Courtney? Get off the phone! We're racing!"
Courtney nods as she quickly hangs up her phone. At least what the girl has done should change things around.
The villains quickly go around the canyon side and came behind Mike's plane. Bouncer smirks evilly while taunting, "Hey, you dopes!"
"Time to plow the fields," Burger laughs evilly as the bad guys surround Mike's plane, preparing on downing it once and for all.
Scott nudges Mike's planes while laughing, "Looks like you're out of airspace, morons!"
Mike's plane was pushed by one of the Beagles' planes, causing it to knock cactuses onto the plane itself, cracking the window and making the duo scream in alarm and almost pain.
"CACTI," Cameron exclaims, dodging the needles. The heroes are going to get slaughtered out here!
But as if from out of nowhere, something zooms down, almost knocking the foes off course; Scott snaps angrily, "Hey! Who's the wise guy?!'
"Who's that?!" Courtney asks in confusion or so it seems, wondering who just entered the field. It isn't a racing plane and can't be that one of the race officials has arrived already!
Mike and his pals on the other hand gasp as they recognized a familiar Arwing with an old hare in it, "Peppy?"
"Okay, boys, pull up!" Peppy's voice exclaims over the radio. Mike and his pals saw that they are about to collide into a pillar!
"Whoa!"
The planes quickly went to different sides while the trio's planes pulled up, going through the cracks. That was a close one!
"Are in in Townsville Springs or something?" Gwen asks confused as if recognizing the area around somehow.
"Peppy; you're flying!" Mike gasps in amazement while looking up. After so many years, Peppy is flying in his Arwing again, despite vowing to never do so again.
Peppy just chuckles as he said, "Oh, I was hoping you would noticed. Listen up, I got Scott and Courtney. You deal with the Beagles."
"Got it."
Mike and his pals zoom through the area with the Beagles in hot pursuit. Cameron w3aits a moment then shouts, "Mike, go down now!"
Mike nods then goes downward, to the edge of the cliffs. As the mad dog fight in the air continues, Peppy arrives with Scott and Courtney trailing. He calls out, "They are on your six, kids. You must lose them."
"What do you think we're doing?!" Gwen snaps at Peppy as the trio's plane continues to twirl a bit.
"I can't shake them, Peppy!" Mike groans a bit, looking worried. Those Beagles are coming in fast!
"Pull hard right, I will break left and take on Scott and Courtney." Peppy advises Mike on what to do. "Use the rocks."
"Roger that!"
"Do a barrel roll!" Cameron exclaims eagerly, though his pals look at him oddly. "What?'
Quickly, Mike's group zooms around quickly. Big Time yelps as his plane begins to lose control after colliding with a rock, "Whoa, whoa, look out!"
Eventually, the planes with the Beagles inside crashes into one another, trapping them in place; Mike's group cheers on, "Yeah; Ooooooh!"
"That's going to leave a mark." Bouncer groans a bit then yelps as the rocks hit the grass that hit the Beagles' heads afterwards. "Ouch!"
During this time, Peppy works on dodging the furious Scott who is chasing him. Courtney on the other hand didn't do a thing to help as she just hangs on to safety and to her own sake.
Peppy then twirls his Arwing a bit and soon ends up behind Scott, who yells out in shock, "What the heck?!"
The two planes twirl a bit, avoiding the cliff edges. Peppy smirks as he remarks, "Say hello to the Warsaw Windmill!" The hare then uses one of his Arwing's wings to smack right into the opponent's, causing Scott and Courtney to twirl a bit.
"Whoa, hey! You're crazy!"
"Yeah, but you're good!" Courtney calls out to Peppy, giving a compliment to the hare.
"Yeah, you got that right." Peppy remarks with a proud smirk. After so many years, he still got it; A while later, he reunites with his friends and smile, "Mike; Gwen, Cameron; You three okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." Mike said to Peppy with a smile. It's great to see his mentor here and flying in his Arwing once again.
"Pretty good for a crop duster pilot."
"Yeah? And not bad for an old timer hare whose doesn't fly but manages to take three new flyers like Cream, Toad and Twitchy under your paw like a homeschool teacher."
"Is that so?" Peppy ask Mike in amusement as if challenging him. "Well, true, I am old but I am not afraid of heights."
"Oh, yeah, okay!" Mike laughs in amusement. Peppy got him with that one.
Suddenly without warning, Scott's plane zooms by and uses his wing to hit Peppy's Arwing tail, shocking the four as they yell out, "NOOOOOO!!"
"Ha ha ha! Why else are they called 'Sky Slycers'?" Scott taunts evilly as he and Courtney zooms away from the four. The girl with him crosses her arms, looking upset over what he did.
"Oh man!" Mike groans as he, Peppy, Gwen and Cameron look at the broken tail on the Arwing. Peppy won't be able to help at this state.
"You okay?" Gwen asks Peppy in worry.
"What, you kidding? I'm great." Peppy assures Gwen with a chuckle. Yeah, his Arwing took damage but it's great to be flying again!
"But your tail..." Mike begins to speak, looking concerned.
"I'll live, go get them, boy! Go on!"
Mike and his pals look reluctant but then zoom off to resume the race; Peppy's right. He has done his work, now it's up to them to finish the race once and for all.

Scott is now near a river as Mike's group does their best to catch up. Moltres's voice is heard, "We are now in the final stretch folks."
We see the map that shows the colors of Mike and his pals against Scott and Courtney on their way to New York. Jet's voice remarks, "You got it, Moltres. And ever since leaving the Deadstick Desert, Scott and Courtney has maintained a lead."
At the woods, Mike's group flies through a storm that arrives. As the trio frowns at their opponents, Gwen mumbles, "Courtney, I'm sorry but you and your so-called boyfriend are going down."
In New York, Mickey was standing with an official, the two are using binoculars. The mouse asks the official, "Any sign of them?"
"Nothing yet," The official said with a grunt.
The racers continue zooming through the storm, dodging the radio antennas up ahead. Once they came together, Scott looks alarmed upon seeing the other plane, yelling, "What the...?!"
"Hi there," Cameron chuckles a bit. Scott just snarls as he zooms in at full speed. "Ha! We are so going to beat your clock, dirt farmer!"
"Yeah, time we finish this!" Mike exclaims in determination. The boy grunts, trying to get his plane to zoom faster. But to his shock, the plane itself begins to go slower, allowing Scott and Courtney to go faster. Mike panics while yelling, "Come on, no, not now! Come on, come on; come on!"
Gwen looks stunned as she checks out the torque, saying, "Not good. It's on 'red'; you're pushing it like Audrey has warned you."
"No!"
It doesn't look good for our heroes...but then a raise of hope shines on them...along with some light that appears out of the sky clearing up.
Mike and his Pals looks up as the head pilot remember what Peppy has told him, "Tails winds like nothing you’ve ever flown."
"Yeah, roger that, Peppy," Mike said with a nod. He knew what he himself must do now.
Mike begins to fly upward in the plane, much to his pals' shock. Gwen asks, "Mike, what are you doing?!"
"What do you think? I gotta win this race, no matter what."
"But you're scared of heights!" Cameron points out to Mike in amazement. His pal is actually going to face his fear to win?
"Hey, I must do what it takes, even if I gotta race my fears to do so." Mike said laughing a bit as he took the controls. The boy became nervous however, "Oh man, what am I even doing?"
The gang continues flying upward. If Mike could get above the storm, he will have a chance in winning this race and beating Scott and Courtney once and for all. But the boy's nerve is failing and fast.
"Don't look down, don't look down, don't look down...man, don't look down." Mike mumbles to himself. But of course, he looks down and gasps, seeing himself too high (at least in his vision) and begins to pant in fear, "Gah! Guys! I'm looking down!"
"Mike!" Gwen exclaims as she slaps the boy to snap him out of it. "Pull yourself together, you can do this! Believe in yourself!"
Mike gulps and nods. If Gwen insists that he can do it, perhaps the boy should. Mike gasps and closes his eyes, flying upward. it was a moment but he opens his eyes and find himself and his pals flying above the clouds, zooming at the high clouds.
The trio scream a bit but Mike kept the plane steady, smiling while he said, "Oh yeah!"
"You did it, Mike!" Cameron exclaims, hugging Mike eagerly. His friend has finally conquered his fear of heights!
"I did it; Yahoo!"
"Do a barrel roll!"
The gang laughs as Mike flew his plane high, twirling in a barrel roll. After so long, the fear of heights has indeed been conquered.
Scott, unaware of what's going on is still down below, seeing the Statue of Liberty. He chuckles evilly, "Finally, another gold medal for me...err, I meant us, Courtney. Yeah," The villain passes the statue in determination to win. There's no way that Mike can beat him now!
Of course, up above, the good guys look and saw him heading to the finish line. Gwen exclaims, "There he is."
"Okay, time to eat our dust." Mike said in determination. He flew his plane upside, heading downward. If what Owen said about Scott is true, that's the only strategy that Mike needs to win this!
At the finish line, Moltres watch from the blimp saying, "Looks like it's another inevitable win for Scott and Courtney..." But the crowd looks surprised as a familiar plane is heading down, following the other plane. "Wait, hang on! It's Mike, Gwen and Cameron!"
"Yeah," The girls in the crowd cheers on wildly. Scott smirks, thinking that the crowd is cheering him on.
"Yeah, go!" The boys exclaims, cheering on Mike and his pals into beating Scott and Courtney once and for all. The plane got near Scott who didn't seem to notice what's going on as he goes near the finish line, ready to win once and for all.
"Here they come, down the stretch." Moltres said as both planes are getting near the finish line. "It’s close, folks. It's going to be anyone's race at this point."
Just then Scott smirks as he turns sideways, turning to the crowd saying, "Okay! Make sure to get my good side, okay?"
"There it is, Mike, the opportunity, go for it!" Cameron exclaims quickly. This is the opening that the trio was looking for: Scott is showing off to the media to get his photos taken while about to cross the finish line.
Quickly, Mike's plane passed by Scott as he poses for the camera...as the crowd cheers for Mike, Gwen and Cameron. It didn't take long for the villain to see what's in front of him, much to his shock.
"What?! No! Courtney, shoot them down!" Scott exclaims frantically. But he saw that no one else is in the plane with him, "Courtney?!"
And thus it happens: the trio crosses the finish line and breaks the tape, cheering, "YES; WHOOOOOOAAAAA!!!!!!"
The screen board shows the words 'Mike, Gwen and Cameron' wins as the audience cheers with fireworks shooting out into the sky. The trio did it, they have beaten Scott!
"Yes, I knew they would win!" A random citizen from Townsville Springs exclaimed eagerly.
"They've done it, yes, they've done it!" Jet is heard shouting wildly.
"IDIOTS," Scott yells out angrily. He can't beat it, the champion lost and Courtney appears to have bailed on him! Unfortunately, the villain was so focused over this that he fails to see until it's too late that Scott is beginning to pass the latrines and car repairs. "NO!"
Scott screams as he crashes into the port-a-toilets, causing stuff to splatter all over him. One person saw what's happening before covering himself from an oncoming splash. That's not a pretty sight!
The crowd cheers wildly as did the folks from Townsville Springs. Moltres's voice exclaims, "From last to first...." As the Pokémon continues, folks from all over the planet as well as the navy cheers for the new rally champion and his pals, "From obscurity to immortality, the world of racing will never forget this day for a long time."
"You betcha, for the first time ever, a crop duster pilot has won the Wings Around the Globe Rally!" Jet is heard cheering eagerly.
"Yes, all right, Mike, yeah!" Soarin' is heard cheering. He and the other pilots land their planes. They all saw Mike winning the race and while the other pilots didn't win it, at least it isn't that jerk Scott.
"All right, awesome, Mike," Rainbow exclaims to Mike eagerly.
"You kick his butt, boys! Woo-hoo," Homer cheers on wildly. Zoey and Trent laughs, proud of Mike and Zoey's success.
The crowd gathers around Mike's group as they leave their plane. Owen cheers on, "Oh yeah, sweet! That's how to pass!"
"You did it!" Audrey exclaims as she hugs Mike, Gwen and Cameron, happy for their win.
"You did it, you won it!" The Mole laughs eagerly to his pals.
"Yeah, we all did it!" Gwen remarks to her friends with a smile. This isn't just Mike, Gwen and Cameron's win; this is a win for everyone who helped the trio make it to the end.
"Right, couldn't have done it without ya Audrey." Mike remarks to Audrey with a nod.
"Yeah, I know." Audrey remarks with a smile, approving of that comment for her.
"Hey, Owen; Good tip about that cheating Scott leaning to the cameras, showing off his ego," Cameron remarked to Owen with a smile. The fat boy's tip was able to help Mike take the lead without Scott realizing it until it was too late. "Thanks."
"Actually, someone gave me the video tape and told me to look at it. But anything for my pals," Owen said to Cameron right back with a smile.
"Well done, Mike." Zoey said to Mike with a blush.
"Right, you too, Gwen," Trent remarks to Gwen, making her smile at his comment.
"The world got a new champion...as do Trent and I."
"Thanks, Zoey. For everything," Mike remarks to Zoey, smiling back to the girl that he loves once more.
"Aww, stop staring you two and kiss already!" Cameron teases his pals, making them laugh as Mike kisses Zoey with Gwen kissing Gwen, the media cheers on while taking pictures.
"Hey, lads and lass; never doubted you for a sec." Jack remarks to Mike, Gwen and Cameron in amusement.
"What about..."
"Don't push it, Cameron, please."
Suddenly a horn is heard honking as everyone saw three familiar voices in their vehicle approaching. Ed exclaims, "Hey Mike, Gwen; Cameron!"
"Ed, Edd and Eddy," The trio exclaims in surprise upon seeing their fans from Germany right here.
"Hoorah," Eddy exclaims as he and his pals got out of their car to congratulate their racer.
"What are you doing here?" Mike asks the trio with a smile. It's great to see Ed, Edd n' Eddy after their help in Germany.
"We came to watch you win the race of course." Edd explains to Mike's group with a smile. "You are an inspiration to all of us."
"'All of us'?" Mike's group ask confused, wondering what Edd meant.
"Yep! All of us who want to do more than just be what we were born for."
Edd points to everyone on who cheers wildly with the folks from Townspille Springs waving a bit. Some of them are the students for the flying school. Twitchy explains, "The reason why we took flying lessons from Peppy is because we wanted to be more than what we normally were and both you, Mike, and Fuzzy Lumpkins were our inspiration."
"Whoa!" Mike exclaims with a thoughtful smile. "Thanks, guys!"
Everyone soon got a laugh as a filth-covered Scott is being hauled away with his plane covered in black gunk. Mickey smirks while mocking, "Whoa! Hey Scott Stinks! Yeah, you got a new name, that's some supersonic sewer sauce. And I thought Vita-stink-a-bunch was bad enough but that's nothing on you! Wow, you're nasty; Nastilicious!"
"Ugh, where's Courtney?!" Scott demands angrily. Suddenly he saw a familiar girl appearing near him, removing her parachute. "Courtney! Why did you bailed out?!"
Courtney however frowns as she throws the parachute at Scott, hitting him in the face. The girl remarks, "For your information, 'Scott Stinks', it was I who gave Mike and his pals the strategy needed to beat you, using your ego against you. I also called Peppy to asked him to watch us because I knew you would try something as well as me phoning him about where you are. And finally...I quit! In both being your navigator AND your girlfriend, creep!"
"Also, Scott, even if you have crossed the finish line first, you're disqualified anyway as the rules state that you must cross with a navigator." Mickey remarks to Scott who groans as he was dragged away. "Now go home and wash up...twice!" Some of the group chuckled. "Whoa!"
Gwen chuckles as Courtney came up to her, "You actually broke up with Scott and helped us without knowing it?"
"Yeah...I'm sorry for how I reacted...as well as letting fame get to my head." Courtney said to Gwen meekly. "Can we be friends again?"
"Courtney, I waited all this time for you to ask that!"
Gwen and Courtney hugs, reconfirming their now restored friendship. As the others laugh, someone points to the sky, asking, "Who's that guy?"
Everyone looks up and gasps in amazement. There's Peppy in his Arwing flying by, despite his tail being broken off by Scott before. The crowd smiles while some look amazement as he lands his flying vessel. Peppy Hare is flying once again!
Mike, Gwen and Cameron walks up to Peppy who got out of his Arwing. They all smile as the main three said, "Thanks, Peppy." The trio was thanking his pal for all his help, especially when the hare got back into his Arwing and flew again after so long.
Peppy smiles saying, "Awww, don't thank me. To tell you the truth, I learned a lot more from you three than you ever did from me."
The trio smile warmly to their mentor as the crowd gathers, cheering to them all. It was a great day for racing big time.

"USS Zauriel, Nimitz Class: CVN 81: Somewhere in the North Pacific"

Time has passed since the race has been won. The USS Zauriel is preparing for another mission, especially with some of its new members and a old returning one.
As pilots took off in their planes, a whistle is heard as four familiar figures Navy pilot outfits came to the deck. Zauriel called out, "All right, attention on deck; Victory!"
The crowd saluted while saying, "Victory!"
"Yeah, an honor to be here," The soldier known as...Peppy spoke with a smile while saluting; After the race was over, the hare, refilled with hope and confidence, decided to return to his post on the USS Zauriel. The crew was happy for him to come back, especially since Mike, Gwen and Cameron enlisted as new members of Star Fox.
"Hook them up." A worker orders as the planes are hooked up the trio's plane and Arwing which they all got into. The pilots adjust their wings while Cameron holds the map, ready to navigate for Mike.
As the engines started with the backer being lifted, Mike spoke to Peppy with a smile, "You all ready, wingman?"
"Roger that." Peppy remarks with a slight chuckle. It's good to be back.
"3 honorary Star Fox team members." Yao chuckles in his own planes, giving a thumbs up to Mike's group. "So how does that feel, guys?"
"Feels great," Cameron remarks to Yao right back with a smile.
"Yeah, Trent is really supporting me in this." Gwen said with a smile, knowing that her boyfriend Trent is supporting her decision to be in Star Fox.
"And awesome," Mike exclaims with a smile at the experience. First a race rally champion, now a honorary member of Star Fox!
"Back in the saddle again, right Peppy?" Ling ask Peppy with a laugh.
Peppy smirks while answering Ling right back, "Well, I got to be honest. When I did this the last time, they didn't have these fancy toys."
"Nothing to it," Chien Po said with a smile to Peppy. "All they do is hooks you up, nod to the shooter then hang on."
"Yeah and here they go!" Gwen laughs as the shooter salute. The worker soon motions to the catapult shooter, causing all the planes to be sent flying into the air.
"WHOOOO, YEAH," Peppy cheers on wildly as he flies his Arwing through the air with ease.
"Hey, last one back to Pilotwash buys!" Mike exclaims to Peppy with a smirk as the friends flew through the guy, planning on hitting home once the mission is done.
"Ha! You're on, rookie!"
The four friends flew away from the navy ship together, Mike, Gwen and Cameron cheers on wildly. They have done it, fulfilling Mike's dream and determination. There's more to these guys' story but that's for next time.

The End

"Mike, Gwen & Cameron will be back in JusSonic's Planes: Fire & Rescue"

Author's note
Wow! I'm so glad to get this done. Thanks to the folks who read this and probably supported me over time. Read and review, folks.