Welcome back to my story! Oh! and happy April Fools Day!

Chapter 2

"Welcome back everyone to the Extreme Gear World Grand Prix!" exclaimed Omochao. "Today marks the first race the contestants will partake in and the racetrack is Windy Hill!"

"The track will have three main obstacles The giant Caterkiller, the windmill, and the cloud jump obstacle.""Now let me explain the rules" Omochao said floating down to the starting line.

"Like I've said before the first team to get all of their teammates past the finish line win." "Items in question mark capsules will float around the track granting racers who score one an item."

"The items are an ink balloon which will blind racers with disgusting octopus ink, speed shoes which will make the players extreme gear go faster, a torpedo bullet, a bubble trap when a racer gets hit with this item the racer will be caged in a bubble for a short amount of time, and a shield which will protect the racer from other items."

"Now that that's all covered let's go meet the racers!" Omochao said flying over to the racers down below.

"Sonic!" Amy cried happily as she ran over and tackled Sonic in a bone crushing hug. "It's so good to see you again" Amy said. "Uh, yeah Amy can you let me go now your starting to block my lungs from breathing" Sonic said gasping for air. "Oh, sorry" Amy said blushing.

"Where's the rest of your team Amy?" asked Tails. At that exact moment Cream the Rabbit and Big the Cat rushed in out of breath. "Amy don't disappear like that you got me and Mr. Big worried" Cream cried out. "Sorry about that Cream" Amy apologized.

"How are you guys?" asked Tails. "We're doing well" Cream said. "Although Big misses Froggy" Amy explained. "I hope to see my friend soon" Big said sadly. "Don't worry Big you'll get to see him soon" Sonic affirmed. Big beamed and smiled at Sonic.

"Hello Faker" came a voice. "Shadow, what are you doing here?" Sonic cried out whirling around to find none other than his rival Shadow the Hedgehog. "What do you think" Shadow grumbled. "We're here to waste our time."

"Oh Shadow you need to lighten up" Rouge said as she walked over to the group. "Hi Rouge how's it going" asked Sonic. "Well I'm doing fine, but Mr. Party-pooper here needs a vacation" Rouge laughed as she poked shadow on the shoulder. "Hmmph" was Shadows only reply. Everyone laughed at that to Shadows annoyance.

"So I'm guessing you forced Shadow to come" predicted Tails. "With the help of Omega of course" Rouge responded as Omega walked in. "I'm here to make sure Shadow doesn't escape" explained Omega. Shadow glared at everyone as they laughed.

"Hey, is that Tikal?" asked Knuckles pointing at an orange echidna in the distance. "I think it is" Tails said surprised. "Tikal!" Shouted Knuckles. The orange echidna turned her head and smiled as she walked over with two other people. "Hi Knuckles its been a long time" Tikal said.

"It's nice to see you again Tikal" said Sonic. Tikal smiled at her friend. "Is that Gamma?" Amy asked wide-eyed. "Yes, after he was destroyed I helped bring him back using chaos energy." "The personality of the bird that was trapped inside him is still there, but the physical body of the bird is not" explained Tikal.

"Also Chaos here has calmed down" Tikal said gesturing to a water shaped being. "He is his peaceful self again.""That's great Tikal" Sonic said remembering the time he had to turn Super Sonic to stop Chaos' rage.

"Hello again Sonic" came a voice behind him. Sonic turned around to find Blaze the Cat along with her teammates Silver and Marine. "Wow, Blaze I didn't know you were interested in racing" said Sonic "Well, Silver had raced before and told me to give it a try so I decided we should sign up for the World Grand Prix" explained Blaze.

"My mate Silver here is a good racer" Marine said proudly. "Thanks Marine" Silver said. All of a sudden loud shouting voices were heard.

"What's going on over there?" Knuckles asked turning toward the sound of the noise. "Hey! It's the Chaotix! Tails exclaimed. "I'll go see what all the fuss is about" Sonic said as he dashed over to the arguing voices.

"Hand over whatever cheating devices you have Nack" Vector boomed angrily. "Alright break it up" Sonic said as he pushed both teams away from each other. "Sonic, what are you doing here?" Vector asked surprised. "I'm here for the World Grand Prix, but what are you arguing about?"

Charmy rolled his eyes as he buzzed over to Sonic. "Vector got in his head that Team Hooligan's going to cheat" Charmy explained. "I wouldn't be too surprised if they did though" Sonic said as he looked suspiciously at the bounty hunters Nack or Fang as people call him, Bean the Duck, and Bark the Polar Bear.

"We may be criminals" Nack said with air quotes, but we won't need to cheat with your lousy extreme gear riding skills." "You take that back" Vector yelled.

"Vector calm down" Espio said calmly. "He's just trying to get you riled up." "Your right Espio I shouldn't waste my time with criminals" Vector said walking away. "Who are awesome" Bean added as he skipped away with Nack and Bark.

"Thanks Espio" Vector said. "You really need to control your temper Vector" Espio responded. "I second that" Charmy said raising his hand. "You can't let people get under your skin so easily" Espio informed

"Oof!" came the voice of a girl who bumped into Vector. "Oh, sorry! I wasn't paying attention where I was going." "It's all right" Vector said.

"Honey!" called a voice as an armadillo ran up to the girl. "Honey, there you are we have to get ready for" but before the armadillo could finish Vector yelled. "Mighty! You...you what are you doing here?"

The armadillo looked up at the sound of his name and sighed. "Oh, great" Mighty said under his breath as his former colleagues stood before him. "Uh, hi Vector" he said trying to sound casual.

"You traitor you bailed on us" Vector snorted angrily. "This time I agree with Vector" Espio said furiously. Mighty winced. "I'm sorry about that okay, I had to leave"

"Without saying goodbye" Charmy retorted. "Why did you leave Vector asked grabbing Mighty by the neck. "That's personal information you don't need to know" Mighty said angrily gritting his teeth.

"Put him down!" yelled the girl as she kicked Vector in the stomach. Sonic groaned as he yelled "okay break it up you guys I swear you get in fights every second!"

Before anyone could respond Omochao announced over the loudspeaker "Racers head to the starting line the race is about to begin."

Hopefully, I'll get chapter three done by the end of this week. So stay tuned and please review for suggestions and question regarding the story if you have any.