Speed Racer: TNG S2 E9

## Plot

Okay, so in the previous two episodes, we met another member of the shadow organization, Mr. Pinkyring. He and his security goons were able to get a scan of the Mach 6, but Speed got it back, and the kids learned that there was a missing part to the car's engine shaped like an hourglass. Conor tried to figure it out, but that resulted in a time vortex reeking havoc on the school, so Speed drove into the vortex and used the jump to go back in time and tell Conor not to mess with the missing part. The shadow organization want the Mach 6 because of its potential time travel capabilities. Also, Zile and Stan were released from jail. Their sentence was changed to house arrest with community service at the school. While discussing the time travel stuff with the others, Speed gets another call from his dad, but it keeps cutting out, and he eventually loses reception. They were only able to make out the words Alpha Academy. They think he needs them there, but he was actually warning them to stay away. Lucy points out that the message was full of static, so they can't be sure what he was saying, but the others are on Speed's side, so she comes along to make sure they don't hurt themselves. There's guards at the entrance. Lucy says they should've thought this out before rushing in. X says they'll improvise. He wants to knock the guards out, but Speed says they just need to get their hands on some uniforms. They're able to get student uniforms from Unis, Perry, and another guy when they ambush them. Chim-Chim has fake IDs for them. Speed, X, and Annalise will go inside while Lucy and Conor feed them Intel through earpieces. Once they get past the guard, Lucy tells them to look for secret passageways. They overhear that Alpha is supposed to be preparing for a big race, and he was summoned to the headmaster's office to receive an award for last week's racing invitational. X thinks their dad sent them another false lead, and says he's just as bad at being a spy as he is at being a father. He leaves. Lucy thinks they should abort the mission and head back. She thinks they're all going to get caught. Speed turns off his earpiece. X enters the race that he heard Alpha talking about. Annalise and Speed head down to the track to make sure he doesn't do anything stupid. The headmaster doesn't see him anywhere on the academy roster, and he'll recognize Speed and Annalise. Meanwhile, Unis, Perry, and the other guy free themselves and head back to the school. Speed tries to distract the headmaster with food, but then X pulls off a crazy move to win the race. The students and headmaster recognize him, and he's surrounded. He gets back to his car, and everyone drives after him. Every exit is blocked off, so Speed and Annalise head into the basement. X uses his chameleon mode to pretend to be a guard trying to block off an exit. Speed and Annalise find a secret lab. Whoever the guys are, they're really interested in the Mach 6, and there's no doubt now that Alpha Academy is behind it. They're caught… by Speed Senior, who tells them that he's undercover, and he was trying to warn them to stay away. Alpha Academy is owned and operated by the shadow committee as a cover for something called Project Hourglass. They're trying to make their own missing piece, but no one knows why it's so important to them. Speed Senior leads them to an exit, and they reluctantly say goodbye again. While heading back home, Lucy tells Speed that he and Annalise make a great team. He makes it clear that he has zero romantic feelings for her, and when he asks Lucy why she cares, she claims that there's no reason. They hope that Speed Senior can sabotage the hourglass project before it's too late.