Speed Racer: TNG S2 E6

## Plot

Conor has put a firewall over the tear in the virtual track, but if the bad guys created it in the first place, then they'll override the firewall eventually. Lucy and Speed want to tell Spritle about it before they confront Jared and Jesse, but X tells them that Spritle will shut down the track, no one will be able to race, and the rest of the student body will blame them for it. They can't risk another break in though. Sure enough, Spritle shuts down the track until the tear can be fixed. They know that the bad guys are after the Mach 6 and have stolen Annalise's car. The only clue they have is their logo, which is an arrow that looks like a lightning bolt. Spritle forbids them from investigating. He shuts down the track for the rest of the week, and all of the other students hate the gang. Aniskov tells them that they've been invited to race at the Alpha Academy against the Alpha racers, so they have to be prepared. To beat your enemy, you must know your enemy. Their star racers are Perry L. Parker, Unis Turn, and some guy who is only known as Alpha Leader. Annalise says that Alpha is fast, but he's laying into the throttle, which causes too much wheel spin on turns. Conor has finished Annalise's new car. Speed gets a call from his dad. X still has issues with him, and asks for his number. He tells them that it's too dangerous, because the organization might track their calls. His sources told him that there's been suspicious activity at the Alpha school, so he called to warn them. It turns out that the headmaster of the school is the cowboy guy from the organization, but only we the audience know that. He introduces them to their best racers, and their tech genius, Sally Gadgets. Perry and Unis are rude to Speed and can't wait for their team to beat him, but Alpha is nice, which Lucy notices, but Speed thinks he might be hiding something. X thinks he's just paranoid because of what their dad said. Speed and Conor notice that Unis's blue car looks just like Annalise's, and decide to investigate. Conor will do recon while everyone else is at the track. Speed tells Lucy just before the race starts. He starts hitting Unis's car to prove that the school's bad. Lucy tells him to stop, because he can't afford to break the Mach 6, since Conor isn't there to fix it. Speed continues hitting Unis's car. The paint job is scratched off, revealing that it's red, just like Annalise's car. Conor and Chim-Chim find a room with a virtual track, even though the Racer Academy is the only school that has one. After the race, Speed tells Annalise that Unis's car is really hers, the Spoiled Brat. Why would anyone name their car that? Every other time someone said that on the show, I thought they were referring to Annalise herself, not her car. Conor calls Speed and tells him about the virtual track. It has the same signature as their track, which means it could be connected to theirs. However, he and Chim-Chim are caught by a guard. Speed asks to talk to Lucy alone, but she's busy talking to Alpha. He tells her that the school stole Annalise's car and Conor's in trouble. Alpha thinks it's a misunderstanding and offers his help. Lucy thinks it's a good idea because he knows the school, but Speed doesn't trust anyone there. They find Chim-Chim, who leads them to Conor and the bad guy. Suddenly, the Alpha team, X, and Annalise come in and see the commotion. Alpha and X catch the bad guy, who is unmasked to reveal that they're Sally. She claims that she was just giving their rivals a hard time, and Conor tells them that she attacked him after he found their virtual track. Alpha says they don't have a virtual track. Conor tries to prove it by showing them where it is, but it's gone. Speed believes him. Lucy says they might want to report this to Headmaster Mustache, unaware that he's part of the shadow organization. He apologizes for Sally's behavior, but insists it was just the result of an overzealous rivalry. Conor says they broke into their school and stole a car, but Sprtile says they don't know that for sure. If it really is Annalise's car, then they'll give it back to her. Speed Senior shows up at the Racer Academy and tells the kids that the Alpha Academy wants them to think it was just a school rivalry. They're a part of something bigger, but he doesn't know what yet. There's more to the Mach 6 than they realize, and he needs the kids to find out what the bad guys are after. He's going back underground to investigate the school. If it is a cover up, then they and the Alpha students are in danger. Alpha brings up what they said about the virtual track to the headmaster, who tells him not to worry about something he doesn't understand. He dismisses the others and asks Sally to stay behind. The shadow woman is very disappointed in her. This is just her latest in a long string of failures, filled with many warnings. Sally is being sent to the village.