Chapter 8: Race
The only sounds heard are the humming of the two vehicles racing on the empty, dark streets.
"Heh, just make it easy on yourself!" taunts Silver. "You're gonna die anyway so just lay still and put mind over matter; It'll your death will be painless, probably!" T struggles to see the road ahead of him as the destruction of the building has shut off all lights in the surrounding area. He doesn't understand how Silver can drive normally as even Silver's car headlights aren't enough to let him see more than a few feet ahead. He is fortunate to find a narrow alley and turns sharply through it. Silver's car stops because the jeep dropped many obstacles behind in the ally. T lets out a sigh of relief and turns out of the alley, but to his surprise, Silver is once again hot on his trail.
"What the hell!" shouts T.
"HAHA! Nice try though! You get a present for that, a chance to help me test out the capabilities of my car!" Silver presses some buttons near his steering wheel and two rockets come out of the undersides of the car. "Rockets away, huh!" The first rocket hits the back of the car and makes it do a front flip but it lands normally. The second one misses when T swerves around a corner; Silver follows closely.
"I can't shake him!"
"YOU SHAKE CAN'T ME! My skills behind the wheel are unrivaled, loser." T turns himself around halfway and open fire at Silver's car but the bullets just bounce off.
"Damn it! Bullet-proof? Really?" The cars reach a hill going down. T tries to stop since he didn't see it coming but winds up rolling down it. CRASH! BANG! SMASH! CRASH! BANG! SMASH! Those are the only sounds you hear until the jeep reaches the bottom where it luckily lands on all four wheels. T's head is on the steering wheel, semi-conscious.
FLASH!
The view shows Station Square.
FLASH!
The view shows T and some girl running away from a robot's gun fire.
FLASH!
The view shows the girl laying in a pool of blood..
End of flashes.
"My sister..." T mumbles. He wakes up and sees his blood on the steering wheel, he wipes his head and grunts.
"Looks like your head is busted from that pretty nasty fall! You should see our doctor." says Silver who T realizes is parked next to him. T floors the car again and goes across onto a bridge. "Stop being such a sore loser and die already!" Two gun barrels appear from the engine trunk of the car and fire repeatedly. T ducks as the bullets pound the jeep, some eventually smashing the windshield. T had to think of a plan fast.
"Of course! How did I forget!" T digs in the glove compartment and pulls out a grenade. "EAT THIS, SILVER BOY!" He tosses the grenade backwards and it lands and plants itself on Silver's windshield, on Silver's side.
"Oh sh-" BOOOOM! Silver was cut off by the explosion and his car flips over and starts spinning on it s top.
"Whoa! I guess his car is far more volatile that it looks, well, at least I beat him..."
"DON'T GAS YOUR HEAD UP, HUMAN! I CAN CONTROL THE WIND!" With that, T realizes that the jeep is slowly getting pulled towards the car and a tornado forms around Silver's car. T keeps his foot on the gas while navigating the wheels left and right and finally breaks free. "Oh nah, you ain't getting away that easy!" The tornado begins following the jeep. T looks at the fuel gauge, there is only 1/4 of fuel left and dropping, FAST!
"Man, this vehicle wasn't meant to take this much strain. Could this get any worst?" As if fate answered his question his vision started to blur due to the fact the he is loosing too much blood. His consciousness slowly slipping. Silver, realizing this, disperses the tornado and drives after him, his car unscathed by the grenade.
"Returning some karma, punk!" Silver catches up to T and tosses a time bomb in his jeep. T is too weak to hold on to the floor pedal so the car slows to a stop. He pushes himself out of the jeep and struggles to his feet and starts running although sloppily. After about 5 seconds. BOOOOOM! A huge explosion follows and a huge fireball goes into the air; the remains of the jeep land a few yards in front of T, charred and destroyed beyond repair.
"Glad that wasn't me... ugh..." T collapses and a pair of black shoes walk next to him.
"You weren't kidding, that was fun!" shouts Silver happily as he places bandages around T's head. "But Silver always come out on the top! Remember that." He tosses T in his car and drives off into the lavender dawning sky.
Several minutes later, at the hideout.
Flare and N pace around anxiously. Shadow is just sitting with his arms folded across his chest.
"Will you two just sit down? Ya making me nervous!" grunts Shadow, annoyed. Both girls shoot him a nasty glare. "WHAT! The mission went fine didn't it!"
"Ugh! Now you're starting to get on MY nerves!" shouts N.
"How could you say something like that? T isn't even back yet, I have a bad feeling." cries Flare.
"How would you know? You a psyc-" Shadow began but is cut off.
"IT'S A HUNCH!"
"Ok, calm down! If he's not back within 30 minutes then I'll search for him."
"Alone? You're gonna try this loner crap again? Remind me why you decided to join us again!" Shadow looks at the clock on the wall, it reads 4:30 A.M. 6am is when most robots will be active and working time begins. Shadow closes his eyes. He is reminiscing about the time he saved the world and about how skilled he was but then he feels a sudden jolt and catches a huge migraine.
"Ah...! Yup, I'm going on my own if he doesn't come, I know I can do this."
"No, cut the crap, I'm going with you!"
"I, I know I can do this. I was a hero once, if there is anyone everyone should count on, it's me and Sonic but there's no Sonic around so it's up to me! Ugh!" Shadow's head hurts with each memory.
"You're an idiot, Shadow..."
