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Chapter 10: Speed Division: The Semi-Finals

"You're aware we'll need to fight each other, right?" Espio asked, looking over at Kaity. Kaity only nodded.

"Hey guys!" Waffle said, waving her hand at the two chameleons. Espio stood up to greet her.

"Did you guys find anything?" Kaity asked.

"Not yet, but Vector thinks he's on to something." Waffle answered. "By the way, good luck next round. I hear you'll be fighting each other."

"Yeah..."Espio answered blandly. "Kaity and I gotta go, I'll see you after the match, okay?" He said, holding the fox's hands in his. Waffle blushed and nodded.

"Okay."

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Kaity (20) VS Espio (23)

Kaity and Espio stood in a ready stance, waiting for the bell to ring. As the bell rang, both chameleons turned invisible and ninja stars could be seen flying around the stadium. Hard footsteps could be heard, but the audience couldn't see any of the fight. A series of leaf swirls brought Kaity back into vision, Kaity shot a chaos blast and reveled Espio only a foot in front of her. Kaity attacked with a kick in the stomach. Espio fell over in shock but was soon on his feet and shot a round of ninja stars which Kaity dodged and charged and the male chameleon. Espio copied this attack and the two met in the middle. They collided and hit the ground with a painful THUD! Espio was the first to recover and again used a leaf swirl on Kaity. The female chameleon countered with her own twister. While the Espio fought to keep himself from becoming airborne, Kaity invisible went behind him and hit hard. Espio stumbled enough for his opponent to get him out of the ring.

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Amy (26) VS Laya (29)

Amy screamed her usual phrase at her opponent before going into an attack.

"I don't like Sonic!" Laya screamed back. Amy, taken aback by this, stopped her attack.

"Well then why am I fighting you!?"

"Cause you're in a tournament."

"Oh..." Amy said blankly and then attacked again. Laya was hit before she could dodge. She toppled to the ground and sat for a second. As soon as she was up, she jumped and shot fire at her crazy opponent. Amy swung her hammer and blocked the fire. Laya tried again, this time hitting the pink hedgehog. Amy, realizing that hr dress was on fire, quickly put it out and glared at the orange Seedrian. "That was my dress!" She yelled and attacked again. Laya dodged with grace and knocked Amy's hammer out of her hands. Amy summoned the hammer she had used to terrify her previous enemy. But this tactic didn't work with Laya, instead, she dashed forward and narrowly dodged the hammer and knocked Amy off balance and out of the ring.

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Outside the battle arena

Waffle walked through the halls like she was told to, her hand dragging lazily on the wall. Her hand suddenly pushed a vase to its side. Waffle tried to grab it but found it was lying on its side as if it were right side up. The fox looked at the wall just as a secret passage silently slid open. She stepped in curiously and followed the dimly lit, narrow passage way. 'This must've been used recently, there's no spider webs or anything...' she thought. She suddenly came to a slit of light at the end of the hall, if not for the light; she'd have mistaken it for a dead end. She looked through the slit and saw nothing but a hidden room and heard voices, two familiar to her.

"I trust this team is suitable for you." It was none other then Eggman.

"Hm...Yes, they'll do fine." The other voice was Fear, a long-term enemy of the Chaotix. Waffle struggled to see everyone in the room with no avail. "What are your names?" Fear asked in his usual mysterious tone.

"I am Mephiles, this is Iblis" A deeper voice answered.

"So, when the Chaotix get through the tournament, you'll go in and kill them" Eggman instructed, "Along with their friends." Waffle gasped quietly, it had been a set-up for her and her friends. Eggman was saying something else but was interrupted by Fear as soon as Waffle began listening again.

"I'm afraid this conversation isn't as 'private' as we thought doctor." Fear said. As if to demonstrate, he walked over to where Waffle was hidden and pulled in open and grabbed Waffle quickly. "I'm afraid we have a spy." Fear sneered. Eggman glared at Waffle.

"Gah, no matter, lock 'er up!" He demanded.

"Wait! They'll notice I'm gone, and then they'll find you!" Waffle pointed out as Fear put her in a cage in front of the battle field where she could see the final match starting, but she knew no one would be able to see her.

"Oh, don't worry about that." Fear said. His shape suddenly got smaller and took the form of Waffle, now her voice was replaced with his own, "They'll never know the difference." Waffle gasped, she'd forgotten he could shape-shift.

"Yeah right, they'll never fall for that, never." Waffle said with coolness that would've made Espio proud.

"We shall see." 'Waffle' grinned and left, "Oh by the way, enjoy the show." He added and left Waffle alone to watch the final match.

Gasp! Waffle no!!!!!!!!!!! Now Eggman's plot is revealed...So, what's gonna happen?