Episode Twelve
The End of Axem Fast
On the last episode, JKI and Axem Moonlight fought forcefully in the ninth battle.  Moonlight, who seemed handicapped by the light of day, was able to Stun JKI long enough for a finishing Moonlit Shadow Ball.  Immediately after, the crime syndicate led by Axem Great Water rudely interrupted with a hot air balloon, announcing an attack on the tournament!  What is their plan of attack?  Stay tuned and find out.

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Axem Great Water�s laugh blares from the balloon�s speakers.


A GREAT WATER:  MWAHAHA!  The only thing you will do is run around in panic!

FAST:  Axem Fast wants you to leave at once.

Fast takes a sip of hot tea to keep calm.

A GREAT ICE:  Leave?!  Why don�t you say please, Mr. President?

Fast takes another sip of tea.

FAST:  Axem Fast will have Axem Great Water leave, either in peace or pieces.

A GREAT FIRE:  Now you�re threatening us!?  You�re dumber than I thought!

The contestant�s rush out from the Contestant�s Building.

MAGNUM:  They�re all psycho.  It�s the only way to explain their behavior.

B GREAT WATER:  Why don�t you say it to my face, Wheels?

MAGNUM:  I just did!

FAST:  Axem Fast wants to know what Great Water�s motives are.

B GREAT FIRE:  Yeah, what are our motives?

A GREAT WATER:  Isn�t it obvious?

RAIN:  No.  That�s why they�re asking.

A GREAT WATER:  It�s simple!  We just want whatever �secret prize� you have for the tournament winner, and we�ll defeat anyone in our path!  It�s probably some powerful upgrade like last tournament�s Axe Polish!

FAST:  (thinking) Axem Fast doesn�t think these guys will leave.

Fast takes a sip of tea before he starts yelling.

FAST:  Axem Fast wants you to know you�re outnumbered.

CONTESTANTS:  That�s right!

A GREAT FIRE:  Wow, you people are dumber than I thought!  Again!  As a team, it doesn�t matter if you have twelve or twelve million fighters to do battle with us!

A GREAT WATER:  And just to let you know, Mr. President, we�ve already made the first move.

FAST:  Axem Fast wants to know what you did.

A GREAT WATER:  Well for one, you�re not drinking tea.  It may be yellow, but it came from a certain monkey.

Fast immediately spits out his tea.

COBALT:  You guys are sick.  Why would you do such a thing?

RAIN:  Not only were you drinking monkey waste, but that had a special surprise in it as well!

FAST:  Axem Fast wants to know what you did!

RAIN:  That drink had a special poison in it as well!  Whatever ingests that poison will turn to stone in about 3 hours!

The Audience gasps.

AUDIENCE:  There goes this tournament.

A GREAT WATER:  Luckily for you, Mr. President, an antidote does exist!

He holds up a small tube with green liquid in it.

A GREAT WATER:  But it will only be given to you after we receive the tournament prizes.

FAST:  Axem Fast thinks you�re all lying!

B GREAT WATER:  Well why would we go through all the trouble of getting an antidote to a disease no one has?

MIDNIGHT BLUE:  It all goes back to Magnum�s psycho theory.

FAST:  Axem Fast says, �What the-�

Fast�s body starts to shiver.

Axem Great Water smiles.

A GREAT WATER:  So it begins.

Fast�s body starts to shiver more violently.

FAST:  Axem Fast says, �AHH!�

His body stops shivering suddenly.  He then looks around to see what happened to his body.

FAST:  Axem Fast�is turning to stone.

Already, one of his fingers have turned rock-hard.

Laughs are then heard out of the loudspeakers of the balloon.

A GREAT WATER:  So you�ve become a believer!  And I believe you will cave in and give those prizes over.

FAST:  Axem Fast says, �Forget it!�

Fast�s body shivers again and another finger turns to stone.

FAST:  Axem Fast says, �Grr��

A GREAT WATER:  We�ll be back in 170 minutes!  That leaves only ten minutes before you completely turn to stone!  I expect our prizes on a silver platter or else Axem Fast will be�Axem Stone!  Now Great Fires, let�s get out of this dump!

Two large streams of fire blare from the balloon�s left side, allowing them to zoom to the right and out of sight.

Fast collapses to the ground.

FAST:  Axem Fast�does not want to be a goner!

Our contestants walk up to the VIP seats.

ILLUSION:  Stop you�re whining!  We just have to find a different antidote!

JKI:  But�where?

MOONLIGHT:  Yeah, let�s hear it Illusion.

ILLUSION:  Um�

STRIFE:  Merlon!

EVERYONE:  HUH?

STRIFE:  Merlon should know all kinds of magic, so he might know a thing or two about potions.

SNOW:  Wow, Strife.  You actually came up with a good idea!

STRIFE:  Heh, thanks.

Strife thinks for a second.

STRIFE:  Hey, wait a minute�

ELITE:  So how are we going to get to Toad Town and back in a little less than 3 hours?

FAST:  Axem Fast may be turning to stone, but he is still fast!

Fast zips off to Toad Town.

MAGNUM:  I�m going to laugh if one of his legs turn to stone while he�s running.

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Five minutes later�


Fast zips in with Merlon on his shoulders.

STRIFE:  Fast!  What took so long!

EVERYONE ELSE:  �

STRIFE:  What?

JK ACID:  (Ignoring Strife) Merlon, are you able to make an antidote for Fast?

Merlon smacks JK Acid on the head with two fingers.

JK ACID:  Ow!

MERLON:  Be quiet!  I will make an antidote�

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Half an hour later�

Merlon holds a cup of purple liquid.

MERLON:  Fast, you must drink every last drop.

FAST:  Axem Fast thinks this will be the second most disgusting thing he will drink today.

Fast takes the cup and drinks down every last drop.

He sticks out his tongue in disgust

FAST:  Axem Fast thinks that ties for first.

Everyone else stares at Fast.

FAST:  Axem Fast wants to know what Merlon screwed up.

JKI:  It�s nothing; just don�t look in a mirror.

FAST:  ?

Fast rushes to a bathroom and sees himself in a mirror.  His flesh has become green and scaly like a lizard.

FAST:  Axem Fast says, �AHH!�

JKI:  (shaking his head) I told him not to look in the mirror!

FAST:  Axem Fast will now become a stone lizard!

MERLON:  Well don�t look at me�

Fast grabs a piece of the skin and is able to rip it right off without pain.

FAST:  Axem Fast says, ���

MERLON:  See!  No problem!  Reptiles shed their skin!

Fast peels off the rest of the scaly skin.

TETRA:  So�did the antidote work?

Fast shivers again and his whole hand turns to stone.

TETRA:  Guess not.

MERLON:  Don�t worry.  I will make another antidote�

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Another half hour later�


Merlon walks toward Fast with a squirt bottle.

Fast already has both his arms and feet turned to stone.

MERLON:  I will now apply this to your hand.  This may sting�

Merlon presses the squirt button and flames burst toward Fast�s hand.

FAST:  Axem Fast says, �AHH!�

Fast goes flying back into a wall.

FAST:  Axem Fast doesn�t want anymore antidotes�

ILLUSION:  At least from Merlon.

They team up to kick Merlon all the way back to Toad Town.

MAGNUM:  Blast it!  I don�t have any feet!

FAST:  Axem Fast might just have to give the prizes away�

MAGNUM:  NOOO!!!  I only have two more wins and I become the king!

MOONLIGHT:  Rats.  No Queendom for me.

ILLUSION:  (thinking) I wonder if Merlon�s antidote worked�

Fast�s nose turns to stone.

ILLUSION:  (thinking) Oh.

SNOW:  We have to do something!  We don�t want a boulder for a president!

MAGNUM and MIDNIGHT BLUE:  (thinking) I do!

SNOW:  We just have to think of something�

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A minute before Axem Great Water�s gang arrives�


Our contestants are walking toward the arena carrying a heavy trunk with the prizes.

STRIFE:  Any bright ideas, Snow?

SNOW:  Not at all.

STRIFE:  (thinking) And he�s supposed to be a robot that can think�

FAST:  Axem Fast does not want you to give up the prizes!

Fast is in a chair, for both his legs and his torso have turned to stone.

ELITE:  Quiet, Fast.  This is for your own good.

FAST:  (thinking) Axem Fast wants to know where that blasted Jamey went!

Jamey rushes up to him.

JAMEY:  The Audience is going to kill me!  What the heck am I supposed to do?

MIDNIGHT BLUE:  Get hit by some more Coke bottles, will ya?

JAMEY:�Okay!

Jamey rushes out.

COBALT:  Hey everyone!  Look!

Axem Great Water�s balloon is back.

Axems Great Water, Great Fire, Great Ice, and Rain with Bob-ombs Great Fire and Great Water jump out onto the arena.

A GREAT WATER:  It�s prize time!

Our contestants and Fast on a wheel chair walk on the arena.

A GREAT FIRE:  So where are the prizes?

FAST:  Axem Fast will never hand them over!

Everyone quickly covers his mouth.

A GREAT ICE:  Is that so?  Well no antidote.

He takes out the glass tube of green liquid and slams it on the ground, spilling the antidote everywhere.

EVERYONE:  NOO!

RAIN:  And Fast�s time is almost up.  He will completely turn to stone, cutting off the funding of the tournament!

B GREAT FIRE:  But we�re not happy with your uncooperative attitude.  We shall fight you �heroes� to the graveyard!

B GREAT ICE:  (There�s nothing else to say) Um�BWAHAHA!

Fast struggles to sit up in the wheelchair.

FAST:  (shivering) Axem Fast�wants you to know�

Already, his head is turning to stone as well.

FAST:  �your gang�will never�defeat all twelve!

At the end of his sentence, Fast turned completely to stone.

A GREAT WATER:  Fool.  If he had given into our demands, he wouldn�t be in his current condition.  And for our last act, we shall battle and defeat all twelve of you!

END OF EPISODE TWELVE

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NOTE FROM AUTHOR:  Most of this episode was based on and episode Jackie Chan Adventures, including a bunch of lines.
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