SONIC RIDERS

Disclaimer: I do not own the sonic characters, just the OC's

Chapter One: New Competition

Over two months have passed since Shadow used the power of the chaos emeralds to destroy the Black Comet and the Black Arms. After Shadow learned of his origins from Black Doom, he put it all behind him and destroyed the alien leader. Now that the world was safe, it was slowing returning to its original state. But while the world on the ground was being restored, a sinister plot was being created in the sky.

Above a few mountains, a large airship was flying over it. Behind the airship, Eggman was flying his Eggmobile (finally found out the name). Inside the captain's room, a young bird was sitting in a chair, staring at a crystal box. The bird was a 14 year-old emerald colored hawk that had five large feather spikes sticking out of the back of his head, a patch of white feathers on his chest and a darker emerald shade on his wrist that was shaped like a flame. He wore white gloves with red and black cuffs held by a metal loop, red, white and black boots and a pair of white goggles with yellow lenses. He was Jet the Hawk, leader of the Babylon Rogues.

Ever since he could remember, Jet had been trying to figure out the secrets of the crystal box. Jet received the crystal box from his father after he left for an unknown reason. Jet's father originally promised he would return to him over seven years ago, but he never did. After being presumed dead, Jet took his fathers place as the leader. The crystal box was said to be passed down to the leaders of the Babylon Rogues and would unlock great treasures. "There has to be some secret to this box." Jet thought.

As Jet continued to think, loud foot steps were heard outside his door. The door burst open, which surprised jet and caused him to fall back in chair. "Oh, my head." Jet said as he stood up to look over his desk. Standing in front of the door was a large 19 year-old bird. The bird was a grey albatross that had three spiked feathers sticking out of the back of his head, white feathers covering his entire front side and darker grey shade feathers shaped like a flame. He wore tan glove with a metal loop, black and white sneaker with yellow straps, small beige goggles and a tribal necklace. He was Storm the Albatross, Jet's right-hand man.

Storm ran in frantically into the room and proceeded to bang on the desk like a madman. "Boss, we have a major problem!" Storm yelled. "Storm! At least learn to knock before you enter a room." A stern voice came from the door. The two birds looked over to see a 15 year-old (I know she is really 18, but try to work with me) female bird enter the room. The bird was a purple swallow with two large feathers that draped down her back and a darker shade of purple feathers shaped like a flame. She wore white gloves with tan loops, red boots, golden lenses sunglasses, white trousers with purple flames, a white top, a red circular jewel necklace and a white bandana. She was Wave the Swallow, the Babylon Rogue's chief mechanic and Jet's secret crush.

Jet and Wave have known each other long before they have ever knew Storm. The reason for this was because their fathers worked together in the previous generation of Babylon Rogues. Jet has always considered Wave a friend until lately, he has been feeling these strange emotions whenever she was around. Jet was snapped out of his Wave trance when he heard Storm's voice. "Is this what I think it is?" Storm asked. Jet looked at Storm and saw that he was holding the crystal box. "Yeah. That's when I took over things for my father." Jet said. "So this is the fabled key to Babylon Garden?" Wave asked. Jet nodded his head to answer Wave's question

"So it's true? Could our ancestors have left behind hidden treasure that's just waiting to be discovered?" Storm asked. Jet nodded his hand again. Wave tries to reach for the crystal box until Storm pulls it away. "Uh-uh! If you get your greasy little hands on this, you'll probably use it in some crazy experiment of yours!" Storm exclaimed. "Oh, come on; I only want to look at it." Wave complains, but Storm still wouldn't surrender the box. "You always say you ONLY want this or that! Remember the teachings of our ancestors, "Be careful what you ask for, ultimately you'll only get three true wishes." Storm said.

At this point, Jet was clearly annoyed by Storm and Wave's argument. "Oh, be quiet! Why'd you burst in here anyway!?" Jet demanded. Upon hearing Jet's yell, Storm and Wave stopped their fight and faced Jet. "Well, uh, an egg head? Egg, salad? No?!" Storm said confused. Wave grabbed his beak to shut him up and answered for him. "Someone called Dr. Eggman wants to speak with you." Wave explained. Storm pushes Wave away and yells "Hey! I wanted to say that!" "Well then, do it right next time!" Wave yelled back. "Uh...am I interrupting something?" A voice asked from the door.

The Rogues looked to the door to see Eggman enter through it. "So then, I heard you wanted to see me." Jet began. "Are you Jet, the legendary Rogue? Your reputation precedes you. I've heard so much about your infamous group." Eggman flattered. Jet was not falling for Eggmans flattery and demanded "Enough! What do you want?" "Well now, I heard a rumor... a rumor that you have the key to Babylon Garden. Now, could this be true?" Eggman said as he stared at the crystal box in Storm's hand. Storm saw Eggman staring at the crystal box and hid it behind his back, hoping he didn't see it.

"Huh? What's this key?" Jet asked, playing dumb. "Really now, you don't have to be so distrusting... Were you aware of this? I imagine not, yet. The key to Babylon Garden is..." Eggman trailed off as he whispered the rest to jet. "Heh. So let me get this straight; we just need to collect all these Chaos Emeralds, right?" Jet asked. Eggman nodded. "Sounds easy." Jet said "You think so?" Eggman asked. "What do you mean? Are you saying the Babylon Rogues aren't capable of stealing some puny emeralds?" Jet asked angrily

"No, of course not. But... have you seen these characters before?" Eggman asked as he pressed a few buttons on a small device. The device then shows a picture of Sonic, Shadow and Mach together. "They are called Sonic, Shadow and Mach and they are said to be the fastest creatures on Earth. I've had many, many dreadful encounters with these pests." Eggman said. "Hmph. They may be the fastest creatures on the ground, but in the air, with me and my Extreme Gear, they are just jokes." Jet said as he eyed a small green board leaning on the wall.

In a place called metal city, Shadow and Sonic were searching the city with the yellow chaos emerald. After the whole 'Black Doom incident' Shadow had officially become a part of the Sonic Gang and Sonic's best friend. "Tell me again. Why are we looking for the chaos emeralds?" Sonic asked. "Because, if we find them now. Then we won't have to find them later, when the world is in danger." Shadow explained. "I could be doing something better, right now" Sonic said. Shadow knew that Sonic really wanted to go find Amy. She has been missing for three months and has still not been found.

"Don't worry, Sonic. You'll have plenty of time to find your girlfriend when we're done." Shadow said. Sonic's face quickly turned red when he heard that Shadow called Amy his girlfriend. "She is not my girlfriend. She's just a friend." Sonic quickly said. "Than why is your face red?" Shadow asked with a wicked smile. At that point, Sonic's face was so red; you would think he was Knuckles. But Sonic was saved when the heard a loud crash coming from one of the buildings.

Sonic and Shadow looked at the direction of the crash and saw Jet, Wave and Storm crashing through the building windows on some kind of airboards. Since it was night time and there were hardly any lights in the city area, Sonic or Shadow couldn't see who they were. Shadow then noticed that the chaos emerald he was holding began to glowing. "Those guys must have the chaos emerald." Shadow said. The three thieves landed on the ground and tried to escape from the police cars following close behind. "All right! Now were talking!" Sonic yelled as he chased the thieves, leaving Shadow behind. "That idiot." Shadow said as he chased after Sonic and the thieves.

Sonic used his super speed to get in front of them, but Jet just swerved past him. Sonic watched him ride away as Storm rode up behind him. Before Storm was able to hit him, Mach came out of nowhere and kicked Storm off his board. Storm was able to grab onto Wave's board and hitch a ride with her. "You better watch your back." Mach said. "Thanks, Mach." Sonic said. Shadow had managed to catch up to Sonic and hit him over the head. "What was that for?" Sonic asked as he rubbed the spot on his head. "For not being careful, idiot." Shadow replied. Shadow then noticed the board on the ground and found lamp insignia on it.

"Hey! They're getting away!" Mach shouted as he pointed to the fleeing thieves. Sonic quickly grabs the stray board and jumps on it to chase them down. Sonic weaved past the police cars and Wave and Storm until he was riding next to Jet. Sonic then swerves in front of Jet to cut him off. "Not bad." Jet said. Sonic looks back to see that jet had disappeared. "What the?" Sonic asked himself. Sonic then hears a sound from above and looks up to see Jet before he throttles down on him with incredible speed. Sonic was knocked off the board and the board was grabbed in midair by Jet as he rode away.

"And you're supposed to be the fastest thing alive? What a joke." Jet said before disappearing with Wave and Storm following close behind. Shadow and Mach had arrived too late to catch the thieves and decided to help Sonic back to his feet. Shadow grabbed the injured hedgehog by his arm and allowed him to lean on his shoulder. "Sonic, are you all right?" Mach asked. "Never better." Sonic replied. Sonic took one last look down the road that the Babylon Rogues had escaped from and said "Finally, new competition."

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