The Sonic Files II: Extreme Gear to the Extreme!
A/N: This is the sequal to The Sonic Files and for those who haven't read it, I should warn you it has a lot of mature content. Thankfully for you, this one doesn't. Maybe some mature references, but that's about it. Thanks for reading.
Chapter 1: Grinding to a New Start
POV: James the Hedgehog.
I opened my eyes and held my head. It ached throbbing. I sighed and looked at the sky. I sat up and saw a weird, brightly colored board. The main part of the board was pink, with yellow and silver high-lights. I looked it over as I got to my feet.
"Oh, thank god you're okay!" I heard a voice call. I turned and saw a girl hover over to my side. She was wore a weird pink and aqua helmet that had protective glass covering her eyes and nose, which were hidden from the lens's refection. Her blond hair stuck out the back of the helmet. She was dressed in a sleeveless pink dress with no sleeves, but her arms were covered by long aquamarine sleeves that passed her hands, but weren't attached to her dress' shoulders. Her pants were also aquamarine and she wore pink sock-like shoes. I noticed the jet pack on her back; that must have been how she hovered. "You were knocked out on the side walk when I got here, so I went to get help, but there was no pay phone and no one would come see" she explained. I shrugged at her.
"Its fine" I assured her. She smiled sweetly at me then giggled.
"Where are your clothes?" she giggled. I looked down and saw that all I was wearing were a pair of gloves and weird looking shoes. I shook my head.
"I have no idea, but I got fur, so I'll be fine" I started "So, what's this board thing?" I asked her pointing out the pink board. She looked at it and giggled picking it up.
"It's my Extreme Gear, silly" she teased sticking her tongue out. I smirked at her.
"Don't stick it out unless you're going to use it" I joked. She blushed faintly and looked away hiding her face behind the board.
"You're silly" she giggled "what's your name cutie?" she asked playfully. I felt a slight blush cross my face.
"James, James the Hedgehog" I introduced myself.
"I'm Trina, Trina Robotnik!" she smiled. I blinked as that name hit me. Robotnik, it sounded familiar.
"Robotnik?" I asked her puzzled.
"Well, I'm not really a Robotnik, but I don't have any real parents, so I look up to him like a dad" she explained. I guessed Robotnik was someone famous, as the name registered, but didn't give me any data.
"So, what is this board for?" I asked "travel?"
"No," she giggled "you race with it" she explained. I looked at it confused. She looked me up and down "Hey, why don't I take you back to my garage and we can make you a board?" she asked. I shrugged and she tossed the board into the air. She jumped on it like someone riding a surf board and grabbed my arm. Before I could react the board shot off and we zoomed down the road. The speed was amazingly swift and I couldn't make out the shapes of anything I say. As if in the blink of an eye I realized we had stopped. She had let go of my arm and was now starring at me. "Cool shoes" she said. I looked down and saw I wasn't on her board, but in fact floating above the ground. My shoes were shooting fire out of them, causing me to hover.
"WOW!" I jumped in surprise. Soon the fire vanished and I dropped to the ground. I looked back at her and she was laughing at me.
"You're silly" she teased "Didn't know your own shoes could do that?" she teased. I stuck my tongue out at her and shut my eyes. I opened them to see her pressing her tongue against mine. I jumped back in surprise and fell over. She just started laughing at me again and waved a finger at me "Hey, you said not to stick it out unless you wanted to use it" she teased some more. I grumbled and got up brushing myself off.
"So this is where you're going to make my board?" I asked her annoyed. She giggled and nodded leading me inside. She led me to a room full of weird mechanical parts.
"Alright, well let's see, how do you want your board?" she asked "Fast as lightning, strong as an ox, or as graceful as a swan?" she asked. I looked at her and thought. I guessed power was where I wanted to start.
"Strong and fast" I explained. She nodded and soon took off throwing parts together. I was about to turn and go explore so she could build, but was soon stopped.
"DONE!!" she announced. I turned and she held up a blue board with red, silver and yellow high-lights. She handed it to me and smiled "Try it" she exclaimed. She took me outside and hopped onto her board. I did as she did and suddenly saw a strap go over each of my feet keeping them in place.
"What are-" I started.
"To keep you on your board, you can take them off anytime, but I put them there since you've never used a gear before" she smiled. I blushed and looked away.
"Just tell me how to start this thing…" I grumbled.
"Just activate those shoes of yours" she giggled as she soared off. I grumbled and focused on the shoes and soon I felt their fire light and then the roaring speed of the wind rushing past me as I went flying down the road.
POV: Jenn the Hedgehog
I decided I was bored of trying to get a job at this place and decided to go on the hunt for James. I got up off the stool and thanked her for her time. I walked out of the bar and started down the side walk. On my way back to my house, I noticed a bunch of people coming my way, but by the time I turned to run, I got knocked in the back of the head and blacked out.
When I woke up there was a bunch of weird people standing over me. From what I could see there was a green hawk, a pinkish purple swallow, a grey albatross and some other hedgehogs and other animals. I rubbed my eyes and slowly sat up,
"Where am I? Who am I? and who are you guys?" I pointed at the three birds. The green hawk chuckled and took my hand,
"I my dear lady am Jet the Hawk…this is Wave the Swallow and the idiot over there is Storm the Albatross..." he smirked, motioning to them one at a time. I shook my head and got up,
"Alright then…I don't know who any of you people are…so I'm gonna just go wherever and let you do whatever you were doing" I replied, walking away. I felt a hand grasp my wrist and I turned around, noticing the green hawk holding onto it,
"Hey, where are you going? You didn't give me a chance to say sorry for running into you like that…" he blushed a little. I looked at him oddly,
"Running into me? What in the world are you talking about?" I said to him. He looked at me weirdly,
"Yea…I ran into you and knocked you out. And to answer your question, Sonic told me your name is Jenn the Hedgehog" he explained. I thought for a moment and shook my head,
"That name doesn't ring a bell to me" I replied honestly. They looked at me as if I was an alien,
"Alright then. Well, we'll call you Raine the Hedgehog, okay?" the hedgehog named Sonic said. I shrugged and pulled away from Jet and turned away again,
"Okay then. I'll be on my way now. Nice meeting you Sonic and Jet" I waved at them and walked off. I made my way over to a bar and went inside. All I noticed was there was only males in this bar and they were mostly all standing together. I shrugged and sat down at the bar. The bartender looked like someone I knew. He had long red hair and had spikes on his fists. I ordered a strawberry daiquiri and sipped it thoughtfully. After a while I finally realized who he was. I turned and smiled at him, "Hey Knuckles, how are you doing?" I asked him. He turned and smirked at me,
"Not bad, not bad. How are you doing Jenn?" he asked me. I looked at him weirdly,
"My names not Jenn…my names Raine…" I said to him. He frowned and shrugged,
"Alright, how are you doing Raine?" he asked me again. I smiled at him,
"Not bad…so why is there only guys in this bar anyways?" I asked him. He blushed and chuckled nervously,
"It's a gay bar…and there's a karaoke over there" he motioned towards the stage. When I looked over, I noticed Jet over there singing some weird song:
"Do I attract you? Do I repulse you with my queasy smile? Am I too dirty? Am I too flirty? Do I like what you like? I could be wholesome, I could be loathsome…" when he was done the song he bowed and I noticed the screen said Grace Kelly by Mika, so I assumed that was the song he sang. I chuckled and walked over to the stage as he was walking down,
"Nice singing there Jet, don't quit your day job" I teased, crossing my arms over my chest. He jumped a little, a large blush spreading across his face,
"I was uhh…you never heard anything, got it?" he warned me. I shrugged,
"I won't tell anyone if you do me a favor" I grinned. He gulped and crossed his arms over his chest,
"What's that favor?" he asked me. I thought for a moment, then smirked at him,
"Teach me how to use one of those board things" I pointed towards the board he was holding in his hand. He looked at it, then nodded,
"Deal, but first we need to get you a board. Is there any board shops around here?" he asked me. I looked at him oddly,
"How in the world should I know? I don't even know where I am…" I replied. He nodded, then held out a hand to me,
"Alright then. Come with me and we'll find you a board shop to get you a board, okay?" he smirked at me. I shrugged and took his hand, letting him lead me to the board shop.
When we got there, there was no one there. We decided to wait around in case someone showed up.
POV: James the Hedgehog
I held the board under my arm storming down the road. Trina was following me holding her board.
"Oh come on, it was your first time, you'll get better" she insisted. I sighed remembering how she had showed me how to start the board, but never how to stop, which led to me crashing into several walls, half of which I broke through running into some people, one building I smashed through was a funeral home, which is where I finally stopped. I had apologized and left storming down the street with Trina constantly apologizing forgetting to tell me how to stop the board.
"It's not just the fact I couldn't stop, it's the fact that stuff kept picking at my eyes and the wind hit my neck hard, making my head spin" I explained agitated. She sighed and run in front of me, walking backwards so she was facing me.
"Listen, I can get you some gear to fix that, I promise, just give it another try after we get you set up, please?" she asked with a childish tone. I was about to say no, but she hugged me, crying into my chest "Please?" she pleaded. I looked around and saw a few people stop and stare at me. I felt a blush cross my face as I started to sweet.
"Alright, alright, let's just-" before I could finish she pulled herself away and grabbed my arm.
"YAY!! Come on!" she cheered rushing down the road, my feet air born and barely keeping hold of my board. We finally got to her garage, only to see some weird people waiting at her door. I looked over and saw it was a pink hedgehog and green hawk. I sighed as Trina walked over. "Hey, who are you guys?"
"I'm Raine the hedgehog" the pink one introduced "And this is Jet, the hawk" she explained. Trina nodded.
"What can I do for you? I own this here shop" she explained.
"I want to get this gal here a board" Jet announced. Trina bit her lip.
"Sorry, I just sold my last board" she explained "I'm dreadfully sorry" she added.
"Well can you make her one? I'll pay you good money" Jet presented. Trina shook her head.
"I'm sorry, I used the last of my parts" she repeated "I should have a new shipment next week" she assured him.
"Okay, I guess I'll let her borrow my board" he explained. Trina nodded as they left the shop. She sighed and looked around.
"Alright, so we need to find you some equipment" she started. She put her hands on her hips as she looked around. She started digging through a pile of weird looking clothes. She tossed me a set of silver goggles. I put on and looked around. I lifted them and saw that they dimmed the light and made my vision poorer then it already was. I was about to say something when she threw a scarf at me. It was pure white. I threw it on and looked at her.
"I don't know how this stuff is going to help?" I asked. She giggled at me and I realized I looked ridiculous. I sighed and glared at her.
"I'm sorry" she insisted "You just look so cute and with a scarf just like Eggman's" she teased. I grumbled and she walked over and gave me a hug "I hope you're not mad at me" she said sweetly. Now that I wasn't being watched I gently pushed her off. She smiled at me and nudged her head towards the door "Want to go try it out?" she teased. I sighed and nodded as we jogged outside. Trina and eye hopped onto our boards and road off down the road. The goggles and scarf helped, but I couldn't help feeling weird.
POV: Jet the Hawk
I walked out of the board shop feeling a little bit uneasy. Was I really going to let someone I didn't even know use my board? Well there's another option. I could always ask Wave to make her a board, but if I ask her, the girl might open her big mouth and tell Wave about what happened. I suppose I could trust her with my board, I mean, what real damage could she do to it? I sighed and walked over to her, handing her the board,
"Ok. First off, to take off you throw the board in the air and jump on it, okay?" I said to her. She nodded and took the board from my hands, throwing it up in the air and jumping onto it, immediately going forward really quickly. All I could see is a jet of green light shoot off down the road and a scream that sounded like:
"HOW DO YOU STOP THIS THING?!!" I chuckled and shook my head. When I looked over again, I caught glimpse of Wave and Storm coming her way. My eyes widened and I ran after her,
"WATCH OUT!" by the time I got there, Wave and Raine had run into each other, sending the boards flying. I stopped and stood over them, "You okay girls?" I asked them, trying to contain my laughter. I saw Wave glaring at me in the corner of my eye and I stopped,
"Who is this girl and why does she have YOUR board?" she asked me, fuming. I stood back, holding my hands out in front of me,
"I was only trying to do something nice for once. I mean I was just minding my own business at the ga-I mean I was just minding my own business at the bar" I explained. Storm spoke up after my comment,
"Hey! I was the gay bar last week and I saw you there singing karaoke…I was there because I suspected you to be there for some reason" he explained. Wave turned to me and I saw flames in her eyes,
"GAY BAR?! Why in the world would you be in a GAY BAR?! You better have a good explanation for this Mr. Jet the Hawk and YOU" she turned to Storm, "What did you do with Storm?" she glared. He stood back a little,
"I was hanging out a lot with Big the Cat lately, okay?" he tried to explain. She shook her head and picked up her board,
"Come on Storm, we don't need people like him…" she threw up her board and zoomed off. Storm quietly followed behind her, leaving me with the girl. I sighed and looked at her,
"Well, it's just you and me, huh?" I smirked slightly, helping her off the ground. She nodded and held my hand,
"Can we go back to training?" she asked me. I nodded and picked up my board, handing it back to her.
POV: "Raine" the Hedgehog
I eventually got the hang of this stupid board. After that incident, Jet didn't seem to be acting like himself. I kind of felt bad for the guy. I mean, his friends left him because he was singing at a bar, what's wrong with that? I sighed and came back with the board,
"Here you go…thanks for letting me use it" I smiled, kissing his cheek, causing him to blush, "You want to go get something to eat?" I asked him. He nodded and headed towards the restaurant near us. We sat down at the table and ordered our food. Out of the corner of my eye, I could make out a black hedgehog with blue streaks. I blinked and looked over at him,
"Hey you, have I seen you before?" I asked him. He looked at me oddly and shook his head,
"No I haven't…" he turned back to his food. I also noticed he had a couple of glasses of some brown substance and a large amount of food, weird. I shrugged and continued talking to him,
"My name is Raine the hedgehog by the way" I introduced myself. He looked back at me and raised a brow,
"Mine's Dimethos…why are you randomly talking to me anyways?" he asked me. I shrugged,
"I saw you sitting by yourself so I figured you needed someone to talk to" I explained to him. He shrugged and took a gulp of his drink that I could now make out that it was chocolate milk,
"I'm always by myself most of the time so it doesn't really matter. Well, not all the time. My daughter is sometimes with me, but right now she's at home with her mom, so yea" he said. I nodded and turned back to my food,
"Nice talking to you Dimethos…I'll see you around I guess" I said to him, smiling at Jet. Jet looked at me, and then looked away, concentrating on his food. I frowned and took his hand, "Are you okay Jet?" I asked him. He shook his head, looking up at me,
"My friends ditched me because of something I couldn't control. It's not my fault I like to sing, okay? It's the only place in town that was open for karaoke…" he had tears forming in his eyes and he put his hands over his face. I got up and went over to him, putting an arm comfortingly around his shoulders,
"Don't cry Jet…it's alright…you still have me" I comforted him. He looked at me, tears staining his face,
"Can we go somewhere else so we could talk?" he asked me, trying to hide his eyes from the other people at the restaurant. I nodded and got the waiter to put our food in doggy bags and I paid, taking Jet by the hand and leading him to a quiet park. He sat down on the bench and put his face in his hands, sobbing silently. I frowned and put an arm around him, comforting him. When he was done crying, he wrapped his arms around me and held me tightly, "At least you understand me. Now you're the only person that actually cares about me…I really appreciate that. It's almost night time…do you have a place to stay?" he asked me. I frowned,
"I don't know if I do…all I remember is getting knocked out, but I don't remember who I am, where I am or who everyone else is…" I explained to him. He nodded and wiped his eyes,
"I have somewhere for you to stay…if you want to I can show you. Not even Wave or Storm knows where it is…" he got up, holding out his hand. I took his hand and got onto his board, holding onto him tightly. We sped off towards some weird area I've never seen before. It was a desert-like area with a lot of sand and pillars.
When we finally landed it was an area that looked like a cave. When we went it there was bed with red sheets in one corner, a bunch of boards leaning against the wall and a bunch of other treasures. I walked over to the boards and caught a glimpse of a nice board that was dark blue with gold trimmings. I touched it and turned to Jet,
"Hey Jet…do you think this could be my board?" I asked him. He turned and looked at me,
"Sure if you could find the manual to fix the thing. I haven't a clue where it is. Maybe Wave has it, but I'd rather not talk to her. She's on my bad list right now" he turned and went back to what he was doing. I picked up the board and tapped him on the shoulder,
"Do you know where Wave would be right now?" I asked him. He looked back at me,
"Probably off pillaging something like she always is. We are Babylonian Rogues after all..." he smirked. I giggled and hugged him,
"I'll be right back…I'm gonna go try to find Wave to see if she has the manual" I told him. He looked at me sourly and lay down on his bed. I walked outside and noticed a couple of people zooming by. I assumed they were racing so I followed them and saw Wave near the end. I grabbed onto her board and put my feet on my board, trailing behind her. When we were near the end of the race, I suddenly slipped and went flying through the finish line.
When I finally stopped, the announcer came up to me and shook my hand, "Congratulations on coming in first place in the World Grand Prix" he explained, holding out a board and a trophy, "You win this lovely trophy and this magnificent board called the Turbo-Star" he grinned. I smiled and blushed a little,
"Uh, thanks. I wasn't in the race, but sure" I took the board and the trophy from him. I felt a hand come down on my shoulder and was briskly turned around,
"What do you think your doing coming in here and stealing my first place when you weren't even in the race?" Wave asked. I blushed and looked down,
"I'm sorry…I didn't mean to. I was just trying to get your attention and wanted to ask you if you had the manual to this board" I held up the dark blue board. She frowned,
"Well don't do it again, got it? And for that manual…" she searched herself and pulled out a dark blue book, "here you go…now get out of my sight" she warned. I nodded and ran off towards Jet's secret base.
POV: James the Hedgehog
I looked up at the night sky. After my little race with Trina, which she won, we came back to her garage. She had headed to bed. I decided to stay up awhile longer. I looked out at the night sky and wondered why I couldn't remember anything. I looked through my gloves and found a small box. It was full of patches and was labeled 'If you don't want to forget, wear one of these, change once every ten years.' I sighed and placed the patch on my crest of fur, seeing as it was under my scarf, no one would notice. I stood up, putting the box back in my glove and took out my board. I dropped it in front of me and dropped down the side of the building. I hopped onto my board and rode down. I let the board carry me down the building and then rode down the road. I looked around the city; it looked nice, the bright stars glittering in the night sky. I sighed and wondered if I had seen this all before. I shrugged and kept going. I thought about what I could remember and what I had learned. This Trina girl had come to my rescue. She was a bit slow and childish, but also playful, which I found a tad attractive. I felt the blush go across my face as I pictured her in my mind. The mystery behind that helmet of hers made her seem all the more attractive. I quickly shook my head getting the image out of my head. I realized I had been picturing her for awhile as I was now in a weird looking dessert. I sailed above the sand and looked across the sky. I kept going and noticed a small cavern, so I quietly hopped my board and strolled into it. I looked around and saw lots of gold and a few boards on one wall. I also saw someone in a bed across the room. I walked over and saw it was Jet, reading a book. I guess he didn't hear me come in since he didn't say a thing. I walked over and peeked over his shoulder silently. He was reading something in a different language.
"What are you reading?" I asked silently.
"Sunset Paradise…" he replied, seeming unaware that I was now in the room. I was about to ask him another question when he suddenly jumped "WHAA!!!" he fell off his bed in shock, so I stepped back as he got to his feet "Who are you and why are you here?" he boomed.
"That's a very good question" I heard a voice repeat. I turned to the entrance and saw Raine standing there with her hands on her hips, floating on her board "How did you find this place?" she question.
"I stumbled across this place by mistake" I shrugged "Your buddy here was reading and didn't seem to notice me so I just asked what he was reading" I insisted. She glared at me as Jet kicked the book under his bed. "Why are you hiding the book?" I asked him. A blush crossed his face as Jenn looked over at him.
"What were you reading Jet?" she asked walking over.
"Uhh, nothing, nothing at all" he insisted, blushing badly as Raine bent over and picked up the book. She skimmed through it and suddenly her face went from calm, to steaming red. I decided then to boot it. As I rode my board out of the small cave I heard Raine yell
"WHY YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I quickly zoomed back to Trina's garage as the sun started to rise.
POV: Jet the Hawk
I slowly backed up and tripped over the bed, falling onto it. I put my hands out in front of me, "Whoa, whoa. Calm down Jenn I mean Raine, I can explain!" I tried to explain to her. I saw her face turn from extremely mad to mad,
"What's your explanation then?" she asked me. I sat up on the bed and patted beside me. She sat down beside me, her eyes boring into me like lasers. I sighed and took her hands,
"I was looking up stuff for us, okay?" I told her. She looked at me and her expression turned back to normal,
"Okay. I'm sorry I over reacted, but we're not even going out so why are you even thinking about that stuff?" she asked me. I blushed and looked away,
"I mean, umm. I mean if we go out sometime you know?" I tried to explain. She giggled and hugged me,
"Your so cute when you blush you know that?" she said to me. I blushed even more, burying my head in her shoulder.
POV: "Raine" the Hedgehog
I held Jet closely to me and sighed happily. At least I had someone I could talk to although I couldn't remember who I was. The only other thing I could remember faintly was a hedgehog with red streaks that I use to love. He looked oddly like the one I saw, but I wasn't sure if it was him. I noticed Jet had fallen asleep on my arm, so I decided to let him sleep and get some fresh air. I gently laid him down on the bed and got up, taking my board with me. I sat down on the sand and flipped through the pages of the manual in what little light that was left in the sky.
While I was reading the manual, I noticed two lights zoom by in front of me and felt wind through my hair. I looked up and saw two falcons zooming past me. One had long pink feathers with light pink tips and the other had dark blue feathers with light blue tips. I blinked and stood up, "HEY YOU!" I yelled at them. They turned around and came over to me,
"What?" the girl asked, crossing her arms over her chest. The male put an arm around the female falcon,
"Yea, what?" he asked. I laughed nervously, feeling them staring at me,
"Do any of you know how to read this stuff? I don't understand the language" I told them. The guy chuckled and took the book, flipping through it,
"Yea, man. This stuffs Japanese…I can read it…hand over your board for a minute" he said. I nodded and handed it to him, noticing him pull out a tool box and he quickly repaired my board, "There you go, all fixed" he said, handing the board back to me. I blushed and took the board from him,
"Umm thanks. I'm Raine by the way" I told them. The pink girl extended a hand towards me and I gratefully took it,
"I'm Sugar the Falcon and that's Spice my boyfriend…so what are you doing out in the desert?" she asked me. I shrugged, motioning towards the cavern,
"My friend Jet showed me this place and we're staying here the night" I replied. She nodded, then looked at me thoughtfully,
"Say…do you know a girl named Kari the Hedgehog by any chance?" she asked me. I thought for a moment and vaguely remembered a girl standing at the street corner with a sign that read:
"Will Sleep for Food" I nodded,
"Yea I've seen her around, why?" I asked her. She shrugged and motioned east,
"Told me you went in for a job at that there bar and wondered if you could get her a job there" she replied. I thought for a moment, but didn't remember a bar,
"Sorry. I don't know what bar you're talking about. I kind of had an accident and lost all my memories…" I replied honestly. She nodded,
"Okay then, well see you around kiddo" she said, hopping back on her board. I waved at them as they flew off. I looked down at my board and decided to have a test drive. I hoped on and as soon as I did, I went zooming towards the east.
I eventually zoomed into the town I had been, not being able to control the board. To my misfortune, I ran right into the board shop and hit the wall, blacking out.
