Chapter 2: The Road to the Rally

"Lincoln, Nebraska: Latitude 40' 48' n, Longitude 96' 40' W"

Mike and his groups took the next flight to Lincoln, Nebraska, where the tryouts for the rally are happening. The gang got off the plane at the Lincoln Airport where the tryouts are happening, some of them is a bit excited.
"Yeah, hello, Lincoln," Gwen cheers on eagerly.
The four looks puzzled to see Owen, Audrey and her crew in the fat boy's truck, using cables to carry Mike's plane. Owen honks his horn while calling out, "Hey guys and gal!"
Once Mike, Gwen and Cameron got into the truck, the gang heads through the airport; Audrey frowns in concern as she remarks, "Honestly, I got no idea why you all talked be into coming to this."
"Awww, come on, Audrey!" Mike remarks to Audrey with a light chuckle.
"Just relax, Mike will be fine." Joshua said to Audrey making her shake her head. She wishes that the woman got his confidence...lack of the 'over' part.
"Check that out." Vinny said with a smile as the gang saw pilots doing work on their planes, preparing themselves for flight or the tryouts.
"Ooooh, nice and dirty," The Mole exclaims eagerly as he glances at some of the dirty parts being put into the hood.
"Whoa, I cannot believe it!" Owen exclaims as he checks out an airport, "A Red Tail P-51!"
"That's nothing! It's a Sea Fury!" Cameron exclaims as the boy points to an airplane nearby. "It's like living a dream."
The gang looks up in time to see a bi-plane flying up high. Joshua remarks with a laugh, "Check that out, everyone!"
As the biplane zooms passed the group, Mike, Cameron and Gwen exclaims at once, "Wow!"
"Geez, this is going to be one tough competition." Gwen said in concern, glancing at the tough places. "I just hope Mike is up to it."
"He trained hard, I'm sure Mike will be fine." Cameron said. Though upon noting Audrey's skeptic look, he adds nervously, "Well, fine is overrated; Heh heh."
"Ladies and gentlemen! May I have your attention, please?" A voice calls out. The crowd turns to two figures holding mics. The competition is getting closer to beginning. "Kindly direct your attention to the heavens above to give a warm welcome to our special guests." Everyone saw a green stream come coming from a green jet that passes by, "The Prince and Princess of Propellers! When these two are speeding, they are so speeding!"
"Make sure to get my good side, fellows." The other figure said with a smirk. Cameraman soon begins snapping photos as the jet zooms around before landing. The duo of the hour is about to reveal themselves.
"When these two are grinning, they are definitely winning. The ones and only..."
Once the jet screeches down to a stop, two figures, a boy and a girl, came out, smirking. One of them remarks, "Scott!"
"And Courtney," The girl calls out. Fireworks shot out as the crowd cheers. They know of these two, big time celebrities in the airplane world!
"You are caught in the riptide! Yeah! Thanks for coming out." Scott laughs. A few folks coughs from the smoke as they passed by the group, wanting to take pictures. "Right, who wants a picture? Okay, one at a time!"
"Get my good side."
"Well, got to say with that self-promotion, at least those two are modest." Audrey remarks dryly yet amused as to how Scott and Courtney is getting their attention.
"So who are those two?" Joshua ask Mike, Owen, Gwen and Cameron curiously.
"Oooh, that's Scott and Courtney." Cameron explains with a smile. "Two of the biggest plane racing champions ever!"
"They are captain of Team RPX." Owen remarks excitedly. "They also call them..."
The trio of boys spoke in a sing-songy like voice, "The Green Tornadoes; OOOOOOOOHHHHH!!"
"Say, wasn't Courtney your best friend?" Vinny ask Gwen, realizing something. It's true. The Goth girl used to be best friends with Courtney.
"Yeah, but then she went famous. We haven't spoken since then." Gwen remarks dryly to Vinny, "All that fame really gone to her head."
"Oh yeah, but isn't she awesome? Ha ha ha," Owen laughs madly while smirking a bit. He then points to three dog anthro like critters speaking with Scott and Courtney, "And those guys?"
"Yeah, they are Big Time, Bouncer and Burger." Mike remarks with a sly grin of anticipation.
The trio of boys begins speaking in a sing-songy like voice once more, "The Beagle Boys."
"Yeah! They are world class racers."
"I don't know, they used to be world class burglars until it was said that they begin working for the two on community service." Audrey explains to her friends seriously. "That and those Beagle Boys used to be one dog until they were separated at birth."
"Wow, I wish I was separated at birth." The Mole remarks with a smile of anticipation, dreaming of being separated at birth.
Joshua chuckles a bit, remarking, "Mole, face it. You probably were without knowing it."
"You know, those guys are going to be tough to be." Gwen said to Mike seriously, "Scott and Courtney of course."
"Right, but I gotta try my best." Mike remarks in determination. He can't let two hotshot racers discouraged without Scott and Courtney even trying.
In the plane booth, a mouse announcer named Mickey smiles as he spoke to the crowd, "Ha ha, okay, folks! This is the last of the four time travels being held worldwide." It's show time. Mike glances at the competitors gathering while waiting. "Today's qualifying round is one lap around the pylons. The top 5 finishers while qualify for the Wings around the Globe Rally."
The crowd cheers wildly as Mickey laughs, "Ha ha ha; Yeah," The mouse motions to the first competitor who is waiting for anything, "Well, Dagur the Deranged, you're up! "The Viking spits to the ground, got into his plane and starts it up. "Yuck. Nasty!"
Regardless, Dagur begins flying as he touches the line on the cone balloons. The timer starts, only the first five times will move on to the rally itself.
"And he's through the start gate!" Mickey exclaims with a nod. As Dagur's plane goes through the course, the mouse reminds the crowd, "Remember: the racers must pass through the blue pylons on the horizontal and around the red ones on the knife-edge."
Dagur's plane turns while Mickey continues commentating on the pilot's performance, "Yeah! He's coming back to Gate 3." The plane twirls around quickly as it continues on, "Nicely done, Dagur! He is setting himself up a little high through the blue pylons here. Ha ha. He's lining up for the quadro."
Now the plane goes through the quadruple turn, going around it as Mickey continues onward, "Wow, now he's taking a hard right with a 270 degree high-G turn! Wow; Back all the way around, whoo; cleanly through, look at ya."
As Mike's group watch on, the leader grins as he said, "That guy's good."
"Yeah too good," Gwen remarks in suspicion while noting Dagur's performance, "He sounds too good to me."
"Folks, it doesn't get any better than that! Right, good speed! Lining up for the 3-pylon chicane! Amazing pitch control! Smooth, fast, and clean too!" Mickey comments. The mouse watches the final turn on his TV as Dagur's plane begins to fly high, "Now Dagur is in the final turn, into the half-Cuban, pulling an aggressive 9.2. Gs. He is attacking that climb! Gosh! That's some speed!' Soon the plane turns straight while going to the finish line, "Ha ha! He's coming out of the Cuban 8 at the end of a fantastic first run, folks!" Soon Dagur heads through the red line. A scoreboard shows his results. "Wow; A 0.24.16; one good and maybe tough time for the other racers to try beating!"

The rest of the tryouts has some contestants either managing to make it or blowing it, even literally! One pilot is seen going through the course as everyone else watches.
"Fast, tight through the pylons! Oh, he got a great pace going here, folks! He's just half a second behind." Mickey comments on the pilot's performance. Suddenly an engine is heard bursting, forcing the plane to land. "Yikes! Engine failure!"
"Oh!" The crowd cringes at this. And that pilot came so close!
"Out of the race; see ya later!"
"Yikes." Cameron said as he and the others watch on. That is not a pretty sight at all!

Another pilot is trying in the sky with Mike watching anxiously.
"Great performance so, folk; Watch the clock here." Mickey comments on this pilot's performance. Mike looks worried. How will he beat these guys? There're probably professionals!

Soon more flyers made some results while another one manages to beat out Dagur's time. But not everyone is a winner.
"Can't wait; He's lining up for the Blue Gate." Mickey comment on another flyer trying out...that is until he crashes right into a cone balloon, "Oh no! He did not! That is a major penalty!"
Soon another lane lands as the pilot's results are shown. Mickey shakes his head as he comments, "Sorry, pal. Eighth place," This cause the pilot to groans a bit. So close!

Soon it comes down to the next few contestants. The next pilot now took his turn. Mickey comments during this, "Now that's fast; coming out the Cuban 8."
Mike looks concerned. His turn is coming up. He saw Owen filling his plane up, saying, "Okay! Your plane is ready and filled up!"
"Okay, kid, you're up." A man spoke to Mike, informing him that it is now his turn.
Audrey got the wing ready. She sighs while speaking to Mike, "Okay, you're good and tight. All set...though I wish you didn't have to do this."
"Break a leg, kid, though not literally huh?" Vinny remarks to Mike without saying 'good luck' to jinx it. Mike sighs, nodding as he gets into his plane. He himself will need all the good luck that he could get!
"Folks, it has been a wonderful day here at the airport and we got one competitor last!" Mickey announces to the crowd happily.
"Okay, this is it." Mike said in determination.
"From Pilotwash Junction, the Big Boom!"
"'Big Boom'," Audrey ask Gwen, Cameron and Cameron in disbelief. That's the best nickname that Mike's friends could give him?
"Yeah, awesome Call Sign huh?" Owen responds to Audrey proudly, "My idea!"
"Yeah, figures."
Mike smiles as he drives his plane right into the area, lying in his chair eagerly. Of course, when Mickey and the crowd saw him, they look rather confused or disbelief. This cannot be 'the Big Boom'. What is tis?
"Hey, kid! You in the ag-plane! Landscaping was yesterday!" Mickey calls out to Mike with a frown. "Get off the runaway. We're racing here!"
"What? Oh, come on!" Mike exclaims to Mickey in disbelief. This mouse doesn't even know that he's the last contestant?
"Second call for the Big Boom!"
"No, wait! No!"
Mickey, still not realizing who's talking to, continues calling out, "Okay, looking for..."
"Hey! I'm the Big Boom, mouse boy!" Mike exclaims to the mouse. Mickey looks at him in disbelief. This dust cropper is 'the Big Boom'?
"Wait, you're the Big Boom? You're pulling my leg, right?"
"Yes and no. As n, yes, I'm the Big Boom and no, I ain't pulling your leg!"
"Gee, kid, not to be mean or anything...but you in a crop dusting plane? What's going on here? Is anyone going to fly today?" Mickey asks in disbelief while some folks in the crowd and the other pilots just laugh at this dumb idea of a joke. "Wow, your mom must have had high hopes for you. Sorry, but your plane is built for seed, not speed"
"Hey, come on, give him a chance!" Gwen calls out to Mickey while frowning. Isn't anyone going to give Mike any support besides his friends?
"Oh, you got to be kidding me." Scott remarks to Courtney and the beagles in amusement. "That farmer boy is trying to race here?"
"Ha ha ha ha. Seriously, especially with a prop that small," Big Time ask his fellow beagles with a cruel laugh in agreement.
Bouncer nods as he adds while motioning at Owen and his truck, "Maybe the bum races that leak, rundown truck run by fat boy over there."
"Hey, watch what you're calling 'leaky'!" Owen snaps at Bouncer, offended by the crack towards his truck. "I'll leak on you I you don't check your intake!"
Owen was about to charge at Bouncer and the rest of the Beagles, only for Audrey to hold him back, saying, "Owen, calm down. Don't lower yourself to their level."
"Right, those goons aren't worth it." Joshua remarks to Owen in agreement, though half of him agrees with his POV of beating up the Beagle Boys for the cruel remarks as well.
"Go on Mi...I mean Big Boom! Ha ha ha," The Mole calls out to Mike, supporting his friend.
Some of the crowd is still a bit skeptic. One of them comments, "Gee, who is that guy?"
"Are you honestly going to try out?" Another crowd member remarks to Mike tauntingly.
"A crop duster," Scott ask Courtney in disbelief. "Can you believe anything so ridiculous?"
"I don't know. My former friend Gwen is on his side." Courtney said, realizing her former fried Gwen from before the former's pilot days. "Perhaps she knows something we don't."
"Yeah, that kid is a loser!"
"Hey, the cornfield is that way!" A reporter known as Braeburn taunts at Mike who tries his best to ignore the taunting and the cruel remarks. These people just don't believe that he could do it.
"Yeah, nice of ya to take the day off just to lose," A worker jokes at Mike. The crowd continues chuckling cruelly as Mike turns his airplane on. He'll show them.
"Come on, Mike! Show them what a crop duster like you can do!" Owen cheers on Mike in determination.
Mickey shrugs a bit. If Mike wants to give this his all, who is he to stop him? The mouse continues commentating as usual, "Okay, it's going to be a tall order for him to knock Dagur out of fifth place."
Soon Mike's plane takes off into the sky. A concerned Gwen asks Cameron, "You think he could to do it?"
"I can only hope he doesn't crashes." Cameron remarks in concern, hoping that Mike would at least survive this whole ordeal.
Mike's plane zooms off, hitting the laser to start the record. As the timer starts, Mickey calls out, "And he's off! The boy is starting a little conservative."
"Oh yeah, this's going to be rich." Scott remarks to his girlfriend in amusement. He would be surprised if this Mike kid would even impress this crowd than make it to the Top Five.
"193 miles per hour," Mickey comments. Mike's plane zooms onward as he passes Gate 2. "He's into Gate 2, clean through the horizontal." The plane twirls as his wing hits the ground partially "Yikes, he's practically mowing the lawn! Hey, come to my house when you can, kid. Ha ha ha! Ahem, at the first split, he's a full second behind Dagur."
Mike continues going through the course. His friends watch on, hoping that their friend will be able to make it. The crowd, even Mickey, is getting impressed at Mike's determination. This kid is giving it his all!
"That's a lot of time to make up here but this guy's aggressive." Mickey remarks in amusement. "Now he's making that hard 270-degree high G-turn; Whoo!"
"Yeah, that's it, buddy!" Owen cheers on his friend eagerly. Everyone watches Mike's performance. Even those who once mocked him look amazed and/or shocked at what he's doing.
"Setting himself up; Left vertical turn; Lining up for the 3-pylon chicane. This kid's gaining speed! Now he's only a half a second behind Dagur and this kid is closing rapidly."
Scott looks stunned at what he's watching here. This farmer boy is really good! Soon Mike's plane goes up into the air as Gwen and Cameron cheers him on willy, "All right, yeah!"
"Now he's back on that stick. Up he goes!" Mikey exclaims in amazement by Mike's performance "Only two-tenths of a second behind Dagur!"
"Yeah, come on! You can do it, Mike!" Joshua cheers on Mike wildly. He could actually do it and beat out Dagur for the fifth slot!
"Yeah, yeah, beat the Deranged one!" The Mole cheers on Mike. The rest of the boy's group cheers on their friend in anticipation.
"It’s going to be close." Mickey said as he observes Mike's plane twirls a bit.
"He's going to do it, guys. I just know he will." Owen said to the others excitedly. Soon, Mike's tryout is done as his plane hit the finish line laser.
"Wow! What a finish, folks! That's what you call flying!"
The crowd that used to mock Mike is now cheering for him as his plane lands on the ground. Cameron cheers on, "Yeah; Way to go, dust master!"
Mike pants a bit, sweating as he got out of his plane. At least the crowd stopped mocking him; Now to see if he has succeeded o not.
"Oh right!" Owen laughs as he slaps Mike right on his back. "That's what we're talking about."
Everyone look at the results, waiting to see what will happen now. They were shown as Mickey announces, "Big Boom, the official time is 1 minute, 24.26 seconds." To the group's disappointment the top five shows Mike's fake name in sixth place, "Sixth place; Shame, but a close one, folk."
"Oh man! You mean after all that, we lost?" Gwen asks her friends in disappointment; All that training and Mike ends up in sixth place.
"Aw, man." Mike groans while looking down in disappointment as well. So close too.
"Well, folks, that wraps up the trials for the Wings Around the Globe rally." Mickey announces, bringing the trials to a close.
"Well, it was good while it lasted, Mike." Cameron said, wanting to cheer his friend up. "To be honest, I thought we were going to get in too."
Just then Dagur came to the group, fixing his helmet while saying to Mike, "Hey pal. Sixth place isn't anything to be ashamed of. That is one heck of a run you did there."
"Yeah, thank." Mike said half-heartedly. His friends look at him, feeling depressed.
It will take a miracle for something to happen to Mike now.

A while later, the gang returns to Pilotwash Junction to do what they normally do; Especially Mike who sadly continues dusting the crop fields, looking more sullen. He has high hopes in making it into the rally...now the boy got nothing.
At the flight school, Peppy watch Mike through his binoculars then glances at a saddened Rob 64. Even the hare felt sorry for the boy whose dreams were dashed thanks to being in sixth place. It seems nothing will cheer Mike up now.
That is until the miracle I mentioned soon arrives. On the outskirts of town, a truck is heading towards it, hitting a bump in the road. A familiar mouse is heard shouting, "Ouch! Hey, come on. At least let me drive if you're going to do that!"
During this time, Owen was filling up a fire truck being pulled by a Charizard. Once he's done, Owen announces, "Okay, there you go. Topped off and ready, Charizard!" As the Pokémon leaves, the truck chose that time to show up.
"Oh, show right now! This is crazy!" Mickey snaps angrily. The truck came to a screech halt before a door opens, revealing the mouse getting out with a frown. In sarcasm, he adds, "Why not go back, feller?! I think you actually missed a pothole!" Mickey slaps the truck in anger, coughing a bit. "You got to be the worst ever; the worst delivery person to ever make a delivery!"
As Mickey grumbles and came up to Owen, Joshua appears, asking, "Yeah, can I help you?"
"Please tell me this is Pilotwash Junction. I went through a nightmare of a ride just to get here."
"Oh, you got the right place." Owen said with a smile. "And I know you. You're the mouse who announces the tryouts for the race rally."
"Thanks for noticing. Anyway, finally I'm here." Mickey said, sighing in relief. "Do you know how hard it is to finish this place? You aren't even on the map and I thought Townsville Springs was hard to find one time before Tommy Pickles came across it!"
"Right, pretty drive though, right?" Joshua asks Mickey with a chuckle.
"Right, especially if you're looking at dirt and corn." Mickey sighs as he looks at a clipboard. "Okay, I'm not here on vaca, I'm here on business. I'm looking for a Big Boom."
"Uh, who," Owen ask Mickey in concern. He knows that 'Big Boom' is Mike's call name/nickname but the fat boy is worried that his friend may be in trouble.
"Big Boom, the Big Boom. That boy who participated in and made it in sixth place at the tryouts the other day."
"Oh ha ha ha ha ha...uh, no, doesn't ring a bell. Got a photo?"
"Oh right. I got one right here." Mickey remark sarcastically, then he snaps, "No, I don't have one! I got documentation which says that the Big Moon lives right here in Pilotwash Junction."
"Oh, whoa, yeah, wait a minute! Okay, uh..." Owen said, in pretend ponder. He continues, "Errr, no, gosh, I..."
Just then, Mike, Gwen and Cameron shows up, the pilot spoke up, "Hey, I'm the Big Boom."
"And we're his friends Cameron and Gwen." Cameron said with a nod while Gwen watches on.
"Oh right! Big Boom, right here, that's right!" Owen remarks to Mickey in pretend realization. Motioning to Mike, he adds, "Right, I knew I'd remember! There he is, strutting on over here."
"Right, but you actually mispronounce it slightly." Mike said to Mickey with a sigh. If the mouse came here to congratulate him despite making it in sixth place; may as well break the news to him.
"Oh really?" Mickey ask Mike, arching an eyebrow at this.
"Yeah, it's actually pronounced 'Mike'."
"AKA Chester AKA Svetlana AKA Vito AKA Manitoba Smith AKA Mal," Gwen explains, counting off some names. Mickey gave an odd look to her. "He used to have a Multiple Personality Disorder."
"Okay then, Mike." Mickey said with a frown at the name, especially his MPD ones.
"Right, it's Canadian as far as I know." Mike said to Mickey, rubbing the back on his head.
"Yeah...and I'm Disney."
"Well, that sounds cool considering you look like something a cartoonist make up." Cameron laughs a bit, but stops as Mickey frowns at him. "Sorry, bad joke?"
"Nah, I heard that a lot, it got boring." Mickey remarks a bit. He sniffs Mike then almost gags from the stench. "Whoa! Gosh, in the name of Walt Disney, what is that smell?!"
"It's Vita-minamulch." Gwen explains dryly to Mickey.
"Vita-mina-what-now?"
Jack chose that time to pass by, explaining eagerly, "It's the finest-smelling stuff this side of the Mississippi, lad! Original, creamy and chunky style!" The pirate sniffs and grins, "Aye. Smell that? Yeah, it's like bad fish and Sunday dinner. I really love it, I love it." As he laughs, Jack begins to sing while leaving, "I got some minamulch, yeah! I got some minamulch, yeah!"
As Jack leaves, Mickey gave an uneasy look to the others, saying, "I think that pirate breathe in too much of that stuff. You know that, right?"
"Yeah," Mike's group remarks with nods. That Jack Sparrow is an odd one indeed.
"Anyway...'Mike', are you family with the racing fuel additive, nitro methane? Or even steroids used by athletes?"
"Steroids; Oh yeah, heard of that stuff but never used it." Owen remarks with a shrug of innocence. "I also know of the nitro stuff! Zip juice for vehicles, go-go punch! That stuff is awesome while steroids can mess up your vision and slur your speech."
"It is also illegal to use in races, especially using nitro methane in vehicles." Mickey explains to Owen, making some of the others yelp a bit.
"Right, totally illegal." Gwen remarks a bit, rolling her eyes.
"Err, wouldn't know what it looks like." Owen said sheepishly, whistling a bit.
"Wait, hang on. You aren't accusing Mike of using steroids or that substance stuff, are you?" Cameron ask Mike in worry, fearing that his friend could be in trouble for the allege use of the mentioned illegal stuff.
"No, but one of the competitors in the tryouts did." Mickey explains to Mike's group sternly. "The nitro substance was found in the tank of the qualifier for fifth-place Dagur the Deranged. Also, certain drug tests reveal him to be using steroids on the day of the tryouts. Illegal fuel and steroid intake is a nasty combination which leads to an automatic DQ. Rules state that when that happens, the racer that is in a rank behind that disqualified racer moves up."
"Wait, hang on." Mike spoke in a stunned sort of way but also getting hopeful. "Does this mean..."
"You got it. He's out; you're in; Congratulations, Mike."
The trio gasps in surprise and excitement. Cameron asks Mike eagerly, "You're in?!"
"Yeah, I guess." Mike answers Cameron with a smile while nodding. He couldn't believe it!
Owen ponders a bit, then exclaims in realization, "YAHOO! HE'S IN!" The fat boy turns to everyone else, including Audrey and the rest of the crew, "Hey, everyone! You aren't going to believe this in a million years, but do so now! Mike is in!" The crowd gasps and cheers. Audrey is shocked. Mike actually made it?! "Yeah, Mikey is in the race!"
"Whoa, you hear that, Audrey?" Vinny ask Audrey, grinning at the good news. "He's in!"
"Wait, are you serious?" Audrey asks Vinny in disbelief. She thought that Mike wouldn't make it but he did?!
"Yeah, all right, Mike!" Rob 64 cheers as he and the others go over to congratulate Mike for his success in making it into the rally.
"Yeah, all right! You made it!" The Mole laughs madly, slapping Mike on the back wildly.
Audrey smiles a bit, shaking her head while saying, "Well, at least don't do anything crazy, okay? Fly safe." She as a friend would want to at least support Mike in this crazy race he's in.
"Oh, another thing, Mike. Find yourself a navigator, Mike. You will need one and it's mandatory." Mickey said, remembering another important rule. "Also, you can bring in extra help if you wish."
"No prob." Mike said eagerly as he turns to Cameron and Gwen. "So how about it, guys? Wanna join me on this one?"
"Only if I get to be navigator," Cameron chuckles as he hugs Mike, accepting his invite to join him on the race.
"Hey, we're in this together, Mike." Gwen said to Mike with a smile. She wouldn't miss helping Mike in this race for the world.
"Man, it's going to be awesome." Owen remarks to Mike eagerly. "You're going to cross a lot of oceans, thousands of miles wide, freezing your butt off one day."
"And burning it off on the next," Rob 64 said with a smile.
"Wait, huh?" Mike asks in alarm by what Owen and Rob 64 just saying. Cameron and Gwen notices their pal's worried look as the ones that alarmed him continue on.
"Oh, and crazy hurricanes," Owen remarks eagerly, worrying Mike out some more.
"Cyclones too," Rob 64 remarks, not realizing that he's scaring Mike out some more.
"Typhoons," The Mole laughs, joining in on the fun, not seeing Gwen and Cameron signaling him, Owen and Rob 64 to stop; what they're saying is starting to scare poor Mike.
"Monsoons!"
"Tornadoes," Owen exclaims with a laugh of excitement.
"Let's not forget the sandstorms!" Rob 64 remarks, making Mike sweat a bit like mad.
"Gale force winds, ha ha ha!" The Mole laughs devilishly, causing Mike to get dizzy now.
"Yeah! Woo-hoo," Some of the crowd cheers on...but stop as Mike faints to the ground, unconscious by the dangers of flight that he's hearing.
"Not helping, guys, not helping." Gwen remarks to the others in annoyance.

Author's note
All right, Mike is in the Wings around the Globe Rally, but is he ready to face the dangers? In the next chapter, the boy is finally trained by Peppy Hare to participate but will he be able to be ready in time? Read, review and suggest.

Dagur the Deranged is one of the bad guys in the Dreamworks' Dragons TV series.

Braeburn is Applejack's cousin from 'My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'.