Race Around the World

The following day, all the racers refilled their gas tanks, lined up, and waited for Lacey to shoot off the starting pistol so they could resume the race. Once she did, all the racers continued the race and raced off to Las Vegas. The Confetti Convertible is in the lead and heard someone beeping their horn at them. Valerie looked out her window and said, "What's that?" Valerie saw The Staticcycle, The Catcycle, and The Flamecycle right behind them through her side window. Valerie said, "Oh no, it's those bikers." Valerie hit the gas and made The Confetti Convertible go faster. Chris said, "They're speeding up." Hillery said, "Come on, let's burn rubber." Hillery, Chris, and James all did a wheelie while Timi, Joseph, and Sam held onto them. Then they set their motorcycles down, drove on two wheels again, and saw they were headed right for a curved road. The Confetti Convertible, Staticcycle, Catcycle, and Flamecycle made a left turn. The Confetti Convertible then made a right turn, as did The Staticcycle, The Catcycle, and The Flamecycle. Then they all made another left turn, another right turn, and The Staticcycle, The Catcycle, and The Flamecycle caught up with The Confetti Convertible. Then, Team Confetti speeded up their car and ditched the bikers. Hillery said, "Valerie isn't taking her eyes off the road." James said, "She's an excellent driver." Timi said, "We've got to drive past them." Chris said, "There's no way we can do that." Sam said, "We could try passing them on the opposite side of the road." Joseph said, "Ok, there is one way we could do that."

The Staticcycle, The Catcycle, and The Flamecycle drove into the right lane while The Confetti Convertible was in the left lane. Team Confetti looked out their window and saw what the motorcycle gang was trying to do. Valerie said, "Nobody's passing us." The Confetti Convertible drove into the right lane with the bikers so they couldn't pass them. Then, the bikers drove into the left lane, and so did The Confetti Convertible. The bikers then went into the right lane, and so did The Confetti Convertible. Timi said, "This is hopeless." The bikers kept chasing The Confetti Convertible. Then they saw they were headed right for a canyon wall, so they quickly drove their motorcycles to the right, raced between the two canyon walls with The Confetti Convertible, and raced behind them. Then The Confetti Convertible ditched them, and the bikers got mad.

Timi said, "Well, so much for that plan." James said, "We've got to get them to stop." Chris said, "Too bad there aren't any traps on this track." Sam said, "What do you mean?" Chris said, "Because then they'd have to stop so that they could avoid the trap." Hillery said, "Chris, that's brilliant." Chris said, "It is?" Hillery said, "Yep, I've got an idea. Follow me." Team Static, Cat, and Flame ditched The Confetti Convertible with a satisfied smirk. Once Team Confetti saw them leaving, they thought the bikers were giving up and that they would win. Valerie said, "They're giving up. It looks like we're going to win this race."

Later, Team Confetti drove further up the track and saw a giant spider web. Then they stopped their car, and everyone behind them passed them. Lacey looked at their TV screen and saw Serena and Valerie standing there. Lacey said, "What's this? Team Confetti has stopped; the entire field has passed them; what a pity." Then everyone drove up to the giant spider web, got caught in it, and it shot them back like a giant slingshot. Then, the entire field flew behind The Confetti Convertible and fell behind, while Team Confetti started their car again and drove off. Then the bikers came out from hiding, saying, "Hillery." Hillery said, "Sorry, I thought that giant web would work." Joseph said, "I did, too. But you missed your target."

The Confetti Convertible started running out of gas, then drove to the nearest gas station. Valerie said, "Just in time." Then, the bikers walked their motorcycles up to the same gas station. James said, "I can't believe we all ran out of gas." Chris said, "Now we'll never catch The Confetti Convertible." Hillery said, "Yes, we will. We'll give our motorcycles tune-ups to help them go faster. Then we'll catch The Confetti Convertible for sure." Joseph said, "I hope they're not too far ahead." Sam said, "Don't worry, Joseph, they're probably closer than we think." While getting gas, Team Confetti and the bikers turned around, saw each other, and screamed. The bikers all said, "Team Confetti." Serena and Valerie both said, "Bikers." Timi said, "We can catch them. Let's ride." Then, everyone paid for their gas and ran back to their vehicles.

Serena and Valerie returned to their car and drove away from the bikers. Then, the bikers got back on their motorcycles and chased after them. Team Confetti looked behind them and saw the bikers chasing them. Serena said, "Oh no, they're right behind us. Maybe we can lose them in Colorado. We're approaching it now." Team Confetti and the bikers drove into Colorado and kept up the chase. Serena looked out the side window and saw the bikers still chasing them. Serena said, "Guess not." Serena looked to her left and saw another road. Serena said, "Cut through here." The Confetti Convertible made a left turn, and the bikers stopped. Chris said, "They must be taking a shortcut." Hillery said, "Let's ride." The bikers went down the same road as The Confetti Convertible, but the other racers just headed straight down the same route they were on when they got into Colorado. Lacey said, "What's this? The other racers have taken the home stretch through town while The Confetti Convertible and the biker gang have taken a different route through the desert and towards the mountains."

Team Confetti looked out their side window and saw the bikers chasing them. Serena said, "The bikers, faster, Valerie." Serena went faster and jumped on a small hill in the road. Hillery said, "Faster, bikers." The Catcycle did a wheelie while Team Static and Team Flame drove on two wheels. Timi said, "We're gaining on them." Sam saw a canyon in the road and said, "Watch out." Serena and Valerie screamed and turned left to avoid falling into the canyon. Then the bikers made a right turn and kept switching sides of the road with The Confetti Convertible until The Confetti Convertible was racing on the canyon's right side. The bikers were riding on the left side of the canyon. James pointed to the other side of the canyon and said, "Now they're over there." Hillery said, "We got to keep up with them." Then Serena and Valerie saw a sign for Utah and only had one more state to cross until they reached Nevada.

Valerie said, "There's Utah; we're almost to Las Vegas. Those bikers will never catch us now." Then Timi beeped her horn and said, "Hey, Serena and Valerie." Team Confetti looked out their window and saw the bikers speeding ahead. Timi said, "See ya." Then the bikers went faster, ditched The Confetti Convertible, and made it to Utah before they did. Then, all four of them drove back onto the road with the other racers and saw they were close behind, so the bikers hit the gas on their motorcycles and took 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.