(In a robotic female voice; think the voice you hear on the trains in SA1 and SA2) Welcome. You have just reached High Speed chapter 3. (In normal voice) Ha! Nah, but to be real though, I can't believe you decided to read the third chapter! Insane, ain't it? I thank JerichoRaccoon941 for reviewing my story; I also have a C2 up for Sonic Street racing stories, like High Speed or the Sonic Street Racer series. Ain't any stories up there right now, but send me a PM if you want to be on the staff. I really need stories up on that C2.

On with the story!

Disclaimer: If I owned Sonic the Hedgehog or EA, I'd probably run them into the ground.


(A/N: For the sake of the story and since nothing interesting happens at this point in the actual game, I'll just drop you off at Shade's garage.)

Sonic arrived at the garage and called up Shade.

"Yo Shade, I'm here," he said. "Open the door."

"About damn time," she huffed, and the door to the garage opened. Sonic slowly drove in. He got out of his car and sat down.

"Alright kid, let me show you what goes on here. Everything in the Baltimore race scene goes through me. And as you probably already noticed, it's the place to be. The race scene here is big." Shade explained.

"How big is it?" Sonic asked.

"I'm talking Big Show big." (A/N: Raise your hand if you love the WWE!)

Shade walked over to a map. "Whatever you like you can find if you know where to look. Drags, drifts, circuits, and so much more. It's insane; we're racing in places you wouldn't believe."

"How long has this been going on?"

"Ever since there were tuners in Baltimore, there were street racers. And the best thing about it, the cops turn a blind eye towards us, so we ain't gotta worry about nothing."

"No cops? Sweet! Back in LA., cops were everywhere; you couldn't even put vinyls on your car without them trying to look at it." Sonic told her.

"Well then, Baltimore should be a breeze for you. But back to the subject at hand. With all these races comes an opportunity for some serious money. Best of all, there's an invitation-only series called the Underground Racing League for the elite driver, where the coin and the rep are off the hook. All you need is the right cred, some good money, and the proper connections."

Shade went to sit on a stack of tires. "Remember kid, this is my town. You're a guest. So max respect. Round back is my mechanic, Tails. He's sick when it comes to cars under the hood. He'll hook you up. Follow me," Shade said as she went around to Tails' lab.

When they got there, Tails was working on his (A/N: '03?) Nissan 350Z, installing a cold air intake system and a differential.

"Yo Tails! We got someone to see you!" Shade called out; Tails got up from his car, closed the hood, wiped some of the oil from off his fur, and went up to meet them.

"Sonic, meet Tails, my master mechanic. He's the kid you want in your corner when things go to crap. I'll leave you two to get acquainted. Later," she said, walking off.

"Hey Sonic. Shade set it up so that you could handle all your business outside the garage, and she cleared out a little space for your cars. C'mon, I'll show you where you can store your rides," Tails explained as they went to a warehouse just outside of Shade's garage.

When they got there, Sonic wasn't too impressed.

"This is it?" Sonic asked incredulously.

"Yeah. It ain't much, but at least it's something. You can store your parts and gear here and there's a dyno and performance track close by where you can tune your rides. Get used to it; you'll use it often." Tails told him.

"Whatever," Sonic scoffed. He made his way back to his car and saw that Shade had sent him a message. He opened it.

"This is an all-points bulletin to all street racers in Baltimore City and the surrounding counties," Shade started. "The spotlight on Sonic the Hedgehog is now nullified. You are free to race; I repeat, you are free to race." Sonic couldn't be any happier. As he went to find a hotel, he got a call from Shade.

"Oh man, I almost forgot," Shade explained. "There's a lotta action in the city tonight. I uploaded the race locations into your map. Get out there and start making a name for yourself!" She hung up.

Oh, I'll make a name for myself, Sonic thought. Just not tonight. I gotta rest up. Tomorrow, I start my rise to the top.


Hmph. I don't think this is one of my longer chapters. But who knows?

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TD229