Sonic Riders

By: BabylonianShadows93

One

Somewhere high in the night sky, an airship was flying over the mountains. In the airship, a fourteen-year-old forest-green bird sat on a chair in one of the larger rooms, staring at a crystal blue box. He had about four spiked feathers with a darker color green at the tips, some white feathers on his chest, the same dark green at the end of his wrists that was shaped like a flame, and sky-blue eyes. He wore white gloves with red cuffs and red boots with a single, black stripe down the middle. A pair of silver goggles with yellow-green lenses were stapped on his forehead. His name was Jet the Hawk and he was the leader of a gang if bandits called the Babylon Rouges.

Eversince he received it, Jet had been trying to reveal the mysteries of the control box. He first took hold of it when his father gave it to him when he passed away. He told him to protect that box with his life because it would bring great treasures when the time is right. Jet has been doing the very thing for at least seven years.

What could it be for? Jet thought. I don't even know why I'm protecting it! He kept on thinking about it until he heard the door open with a loud thud! A large nineteen-year-old albatross barged in. He had three feathers that draped on his back, on his chest were a large patch of white feathers and the rest of his body was gray, the same colored gray was at the end of his wrists that, like Jet, were shaped like flames, and red eyes with black behind it. He wore yellow gloves with gray bracelets and black shoes with a single, yellow stripe across the top of them. A pair of yellow goggles with really small lenses were strapped around his forehead. His name was Storm the Albatross and he was Jet's right-hand man.

Storm ran into the room and crashed into Jet's desk, causing the green hawk to fall off of his chair. " Ow...my neck! " Jet managed to choke out as he rubbed his neck. " I really need to get a lock for that door... " He looked up at Storm. " Please, Storm. You really need to stop knocking me over everytime you're excited-- "

" Hey, Boss! " Storm yelled as he started to bang on the desk. " We've got some major trouble! "

" Storm! At least learn to knock before entering a room. " An eighteen-year-old swallow walked into the room. She had two purple feathers that draped behind her back like two long ponytails, a darker shade of purple were at the tips of the feathers, the rest of her body was purple, she also had purple flames at the end of her wrists and aqua-blue eyes. She wore a white strapless top, a of white bell-bottom pants with the same, purple flames. She also wore white gloves with yellow bracelets and red shoes with white stripes at each side. She wore a bandana over her head and had large, circular sunglasses with yellow lenses over it and around her neck was a necklace with a large red bead on it. Her name was Wave the Swallow, the Babylons' technical expert, and Jet's crush.

" Well, Wave, he is Storm. He can be so rude when he wants to. " A fourteen-year-old falcon followed Wave into the room. She had, like Wave two coffee brown feathers with black spots draped over her back, but they only reached to her shoulders, the rest of her body was also coffee brown, she too had brown flames around her wrists and jade green eyes. She wore a black spaghetti strap that was long enough to look like a short dress, a pair of black bell bottoms with blood red flames on the bottom. She also wore black shoes with a red stripe ontop of each shoe and white gloves with yellow bracelets. A pair of small sunglasses with dark red rims and black lenses were on her forehead. Her name was Rain the Falcon, brains of the Babylons, and Wave's best friend.

Storm turned around to face the two bird girls, shrugged, and turned back to face Jet. The gray albatross noticed the control box on Jet's desk. " What's this? " Storm asked as he grabbed the tiny box. He examined the box carefully. " Oh, is this... "

" Yeah... " Jet finished Storm's sentence as he peeked behind the desk. " that's when I took over things for my father. "

" So, " Wave said. " is this the key to the fabled Babylon Garden? "

" I wonder..." Rain said. " Could it be true? Could our anscestors have left behind hidden treasure that's just waiting to be discovered? "

Jet nodded in agreement.

" Hmm..." Wave walked up to Storm and reached for the box. Storm pulled it away just in time.

" Uh-uh! If you get your greasy little hands on this, you'll probably use it in some crazy experiment of yours! "

" That's true, " Rain chuckled. Wave glared at her.

" Oh c'mon! I just want to look at it! " Wave pleaded, but Storm didn't believe her.

" You always say you only want this or that! " Strom said. " Remember the teachings of our ancestors, ' Be careful what you ask for, ultimately you'll only get three, true wishes. "

Jet, getting really annoyed by their argument finally flipped his lid. " Oh, be quiet! "

Wave and Strom froze at the precise moment.

" Why'd you burst in here anyway? " Jet demanded.

" Well...uh..." Storm studdered. "...an egg...head? Egg...salad?...no..."

Rain smacked the albatross on the back of his head to make him shut-up.

" Someone called Eggman wants to speak to you. " Rain explained.

Storm pushed the falcon away before she could say anything else.

" He told me that he has an interesting proposition for you. " Storm added.

Rain tried to push Storm. " Stop interrupting--"

" KNOCK IT OFF!! " Jet yelled once again. He sighed. " I really need a new team..."

" Ahem..." A voice came from the door. " am I interrupting anything? " Dr. Eggman walked into the room.

" So then, " Jet stood up. " I heard you wanted to see me? "

" Are you Jet, the legendary rogue? " Eggman asked. " Your reputation precedes you. I've heard so much about your infamous group--"

" Enough! " Jet interupted. " What do you want?! "

" Well, now, I heard a rumor, a rumor that you have the key to the Babylon Gardens. Now, could this be true? " He looked at Storm who quickly his the key behind his back.

" Huh? " Jet said, pretending not to know what he was talking about. " What's this key? "

Eggman laughed. " 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..." He walked towards Jet and whispered something in his ear.

" Heh, so let me get this straight, we need to collect all these Chaos Emeralds, right? "

Eggman nodded in agreement.

" Sounds easy. "

" You really think so, eh? "

" What do you mean" Are you saying the Babylon Rouge aren't capable of stealing some puny emeralds?! "

" No, of course not! But...have you seen these character before? " He pressed some buttons on on of his gloves' cuffs and a picture of four hedgehogs. One blue, one black, one white, and one yellow. " They are called Sonic, Shadow, Silver, and Roy and said to be the fastest creatures on Earth. I've had many dreadful encounters with these pests. "

" Hmph..." Jet grunted as he sat down. " they may be the fastest creatures on the ground..." He turned around to face his green airboard the Wind Chasre." but in the air, with me and my Extreme Gear, they're just a joke! "

Somewhere in Future City, Sonic, Shadow and Silver were looking for a Chaos Emerald with a Chaos Emerald that they already had.

" I think the Chaos Emerald is around here, " Silver explained as he walked around.

" Well, " Shadow said as he crossed his arms over his chest. " Where is it? "

" I don't know, " Silver answered. " the signal is very weak right now. "

They were interrupted by a loud crash.

" Mm? " Sonic turned around in time to see four figures crashing out of a building. One of them, Jet, had a glowing object.

" Those guys have the Chaos Emerald! " Shadow yelled as he pointed at them flying away.

" Alright! Now we're talkin'! " Sonic ran towards the Babylons.

" Sonic! " Silver ran after the blue hedgehog. " Wait for us! "

Shadow rolled his eyes. " Idiots..." He ran after his hedgehog friends.

Using his super speed, Sonic managed to get infront of the Babylons, but Jet managed to swirve around him. Sonic stood and watched him in amazement and didn't see Rain behind him, ready to attack.

A yellow ball of light flew down from a skscraper and knocked down the falcon. " Better watch your back, Sonic 'cause I won't always watch it for you. "

Sonic turned around and saw a yellow hedgehog. " Thanks, Roy! "

Roy rolled his eyes and blew on his hair that blocked one of his eyes. " Whatever..."

Rain managed to stand up and jumped on her board. She quickly followed the rest of her team.

Storm flew over Silver and tried to snatch the Chaos Emerald from his hands when Roy appeared out of nowhere (probably by using Chaos Control) and punched the albatross.

" Ugh! " Storm fell off his board, but hitched a ride from Wave before he fell onto the ground.

Silver ran up to Shadow and noticed a weird symbol on Storm's board.

Roy turned around in time to see the Babylons fly away. " Shit! "

Sonic stared at where they were last seen and then, without warining, grabbed Strom's board and jumps on it to chase the theives. He quickly swirves around police cars, then Wave and Rain, until he is right next to Jet. He bumps Jet's airboard then swirves until he's infront of the hawk.

" Huh...not bad! " Jet commented.

Sonic turned his head to smirk at him, only to find that the hawk is gone. " What the--?! " Sonic looked up and saw Jet crashing down on him, making the hedgehog fall of the board. Jet quickly grabs the board and flew off.

" Hmph! So you're supposed to be the fastest thing alive?! What a joke! " Jet flew away with Wave, Storm, and Rain right behind him.

The rest of his friends arrived only to see that the theives had escaped. Shadow and Roy walked up to Sonic and helped him up.

" You okay, Sonic? " Silver asked.

" I guess so, " Sonic looked ahead to were the Babylons were last seen. " Whoa! New competition! "