MPC 78C: Second Blood (Finished)

Running into Sal isn't Dante's idea of a good time. The best thing about living out in the Digital World was staying away from people like her. Dante certainly doesn't want any trouble with the law over some chocolate eggs of all things. Dante notices Wormmon choking and picks him up, squeezing the Worm King against his chest in an attempt to perform the Heimlich maneuver. Wormmon starts coughing up some cheap plastic toys.

"Ah, thanks Dante. I guess they really are dangerous."
"Only for small children and those with the mind of one."
"You're both going to have to come down to the station with me. I'm arresting you for smuggling illegal goodies!"

Sal raises her baton and starts smacking Dante in the ribs. Wormmon comes to the rescue by leaping off the bar onto Sal's face. The park ranger flails around sightless, swinging her baton aimlessly and smashing several bottles on the counter. Sal manages to pry Wormmon off and tosses him into the jukebox. The song "How Do I Live" starts playing. Sal goes to hit Dante with the baton, but Dante grabs her wrist. The two lock arms and start pushing each other, knocking over a table.

Sal knees Dante in the gut and he loses his grip. Sal decks Dante in the head with the hilt of the baton, then grabs him by the arm and slams him onto the ground.

"Damn it, I don't wanna get my ass kicked to this song!" Sal gets down and places the baton across Dante's throat. Dante raises his legs up and wraps them around Sal's waist, pulling her off. As Sal tumbles backwards, Dante gets to his feet and takes a few deep breaths. Sal brandishes her baton, giving Dante a sinister look.

"Dante, catch!" Wormmon tosses Dante a tray from the counter. Dante catches the tray and uses it as a shield as Sal swings wildly.

"What the hell, Sal? Calm down!" Dante continues blocking, but then Sal lands a quick kick to the kidneys. Sal grabs Dante and tosses him up onto the counter, sliding him down the bar and crash landing into the jukebox, which stops the music.

"You leave Dante alone, you crazy broad!" Sal takes out a taser and zaps Wormmon, electrocuting the Worm King. Sal grabs Dante by the arm and pulls him up, slamming him down on the counter with his arm twisted behind his back. She places handcuffs around one of his wrists. Sal pats down Dante and takes his Digivice out of his pocket. She confiscates Dante's Digivice and the choco eggs.

"Pick him up! I'm taking you downtown."
"Wormmon! Are you alright? Damn it, Sal. What the hell kind of park ranger acts like this?!" Dante picks up Wormmon, and Sal escorts them outside. Dante sees a white golf cart with lights and sirens.
"Get in my squad car!"
"Squad car? That is a golf cart!"
"Shut up, Dante! Move it!"

Sal womanhandles Dante over to the cart and handcuffs the other side to one of the poles. As Sal is starting up the engine, Wormmon shoots a ball of silk in her face. Dante grabs onto the poles of the cart and lifts his legs up, booting Sal off of the cart. Wormmon gets in the driver seat and the cart takes off. Sal gets up and snarls as they drive off.

"Calling for backup! We've got a 133 7 blocks westbound of the station. Send in everything we've got!"

Another cart shows up and Sal gets on, forcing the driver over and chases off after the duo. Dante finds himself chained to a golf cart driven by a Digimon who can't make it one lap in Digi Kart 8000 without crashing, pursued by a woman who is basically 100% rage. It wasn't the most thrilling chase scene given the mediocre speed of the carts. Wormmon "zooms" down the road, weaving out of the way of hilarious obstacles like glass panels and crates of chickens and watermelons, as one does during a chase. Dante clings onto the cart for dear life as Wormmon takes a hard turn and the cart spins out, sideswiping a green van full of crime solving hippies.

"Like, watch where you're going, you freaky little bug!"
"Shut up, Shaggy knockoff! We're doing a First Blood ripoff, not a Scooby Doo ripoff."

Sal is hot in pursuit. Wormmon floors it and they take off down the road. They reach a dead end with an incline.

"Do you know what I'm thinking?"
"Don't jump it. We're not going to jump it. Don't say jump it!"
"Let's jump it!"
"Noooooooo!"

The cart goes off the cliff and plummets towards the ground below. Sal comes to a stop and bangs the dashboard in frustration.

"Damn it! You can't hide forever, Dante! I'll find you, even if it's just your lifeless carcass!"

Did Dante and Wormmon survive the fall? Did this turn into a Thelma and Louise ripoff? What is Sal willing to do to capture Dante?
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WC: 840