19:15 Robotnick was with Alex, Fletch, Claw, Jet, Wave, and Storm in his top secret hideout on 90's Boulevard and he said "We have one chance to snatch the emeralds, since Jet, Wave, and Alex are racing in the finale, Fletch, Claw, and Storm will steal the emeralds from the winner. Once We get a clear fire, we're going to Babylon Garden up into the sky, find the lost Wind Riders Treasure, and then take out Sonic and his friends once and for all." Jet sneered "Of course, the Wind Riders were taken out and executed after they lost the race against us." Alex slipped a note to Claw saying "Wind Riders… they were… Delta Crew ancestors. I thought they were fake until I did more research. Not a word about it 'till ScrewHead and the Babylon Rouges are in prison." Claw nodded and then said "Alex here, can keep the spot light off of Storm, Fletch, and I as we snatch the emeralds."

"Robotnick said with a sneer "Fine by me. But we DO have to prevent Sonic from winning the race, if he gets all 7 emeralds, the conquest is over and we will NEVER have an empire to rule!" That prompted Claw to say "You leave the race to Alex, and we'll make sure we fix the race so that Jet or Alex win… besides, if Sonic wins, we can just snatch the emeralds from him and use them for our benefits and our world domination!" Everyone agreed and left… except for Claw, Alex, and Fletch, who were discussing how they wanted to go about when it came time to arrest Dr. Robotnick. Alex said "We gotta arrest him on public TV, for starts. as the leader, here's my plan : Fletch, before he even TRIES to snatch the emeralds from the race winner, pin him to the ground and don't let him get up, Claw, cuff him and read him his rights, then you both escort him to the squad car and we take him to interrogation room #1, where I'll snap the truth out of him, he's an intergalactic threat to world peace and we're gonna make sure we treat him like that. He's top GUN priority and we're gonna do this right." Claw said after Alex had finished "Sounds like a plan to me, you got no arguments here."

19:30 Sonic was keeping an eye on the clock and tapping his foot impatiently. If there was one thing Sonic hated doing, it was waiting. Alex walked over and said to Sonic "I see the patience is a virtue you do not possess." Sonic looked over at Alex and said "What gave it off? the fact I've ran the around full course on my feet TWICE or the fact I was at the halfpipe doing air board tricks and started training for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games?" Alex looked and simply said "Yes." Sonic was going to say something when Alex said "As of right now, the doc wants me to win the final race." Sonic said "Oh, yeah, suuuuuuurrre. Why not kidnap my girlfriend Ally while you're at it?" Alex said "That's not a bad idea… but that's not part of the plan. The plan is I'm gonna race, Fletch and Claw steal the emeralds and once they got the emeralds, Robotnick 'gives' them to the winner. Once the winner 'gets' the emeralds, Robotnick is going to take them and uses them to do his evil deeds. Before we does, We're gonna have to move and move fast if we're gonna arrest him right there and then on live TV."

Sonic said "Well, I like this plan, but let's assume the following scenario here : let's say it comes down to me and Jet, and I wind up winning. What's the best case in the scenario?" Alex thought about it and said "We stick to the plan. It won't matter who wins, Robotnick goes down live on TV, rights read and everything." Sonic said when Alex finished "Okay, what about the worse case scenario where he knows you guys are moving in to arrest him?" Alex didn't have the foggiest idea of that one, but he decided to make an answer on the fly as he said "Well, the worst case is we get held in an electro magnetic field while Robotnick gets away, kidnaps your girl, and forces us all into a race on a race track littered with deathtraps and airs it live on TV. One false move on this specific track and…"

"Goodbye to whoever triggers any of the traps." Alex nodded and said "Exactly." Before he could say anything else, the P.A. system was booming with the message "Attention all finalists, the final race begins in 2 hours and 30 minutes, I repeat the final race begins in 2 hours and 30 minutes. The countdown clock begins now." Just as countdown clock began, Tails, Thrash, Ally, Jet, Wave, and Blaze arrived and everyone was doing warm ups as the fans came into the stadium, getting souvenirs and concessions just before getting to their seats to enjoy the 10 lap championship race on 90's Boulevard.

19:45 "Attention all finalists, the race begins in 2 hours and 15 minutes, I repeat 2 hours and 15 minutes to race time." The clock moved as the seconds moved on 2 hours, 14 minutes, 59 seconds, 2 h. 14 min. 58 sec., and on on as the seconds continued to countdown to race time. Ally was doing pre-race warm ups with Sonic when she stopped and asked "Sonic, what's gonna happen if I'm leading the race in the final?" Sonic smiled and said as he was stretching "If you're out front, I'm doing whatever it takes within the rules set in place to defend your lead and let you take the win." Ally smiled and she said "You know I would do the same for you Sonic, wanna go get chili dogs after the race?" Sonic smiled and said "Don't ask me twice. It's a date." Ally smiled.

While Sonic and Ally were discussing what they would do if the other was leading and making post-race plans, Alex, Fletch, and Claw were in the middle of a quick briefing of what Alex was supposed to do. Claw said "I know you're the team leader, but remember, the goal isn't so much win as it is to keep the spotlight on you and off of me, Fletch, and Storm while we go and steal the 7 chaos emeralds from their respective areas so we have the prize. I'll talk to Robotnick about kidnapping Ally is she wins, because the more dirt we got on Robotnick, the better." Alex said "Negative, he's already in a hot pot of boiling water with us, he kidnaps Ally, we're not gonna hear the end of it from Sonic."

"Wait, hold up," Fletch said after hearing Alex's argument,"think about it this way, Alex : we get primetime intergalatic news coverage from the time the kidnapping takes place to the time we get him to interrogation room #1, we break Robotnick as we get the truth out of him. Court's gonna be a breeze to get through after that once we play the tape. Best case - We got Robotnick in prison for life, worst case - 23 years galactic service" Alex though it through after hearing the argument and said "On second thought, that's not a bad idea. Claw, see if we can get Robotnick to change up the plan in case the scenario where someone besides me wins the race plays out. Fletch, see what we can do if Sonic's out front if that's the scenario."

Fletch said as he smirked "Already taken care of, When Sonic's out front and about to get the win, we take it right out from underneath him, and here's how : 1) wait until he gets on the front stretch, 2) activate the minefield when he's 100 feet away from the win, and 3) he goes airborne and whoever's in 2nd goes on to claim the win. I'll be in the control room long before that point in time, so whoever is in 2nd goes on to win and we'll make our moves based on that." Alex said "I like how you thought ahead, but what about Sonic's board?" Claw responded with "Not to worry, Tails and I made a copy of the real one, Sonic's using the copy and he doesn't know it yet. The copy's purpose is to explode into pieces while Sonic goes flying into the air."

20:00 there were only 2 hours left until race time. The lights came on as the crowd were filing into their seats as they entered the stadium. Tails was doing a track analysis on his computer to find the fastest route and breaking it down with Alex; however, Sonic wasn't interested in track breakdown. He was sitting next to Ally near the edge of the downhill slope that was at the end of the front stretch. He had his hand around her in a loving way. She was smiling as she was on her tablet. Sonic peeked over. She was looking at a map of the track. THAT'S when Sonic and Ally were looking at all the routes and short was actually lost in thoughts of just being with Sonic. All she wanted was to just get this race over with and go out with Sonic; however little did she know was if she was gonna win... she was going to be in for another round being kidnapped, and robotnick was going to do everything he could to prevent her from saving herself. Sonic didn't know it either (even though it WAS his idea to begin with, even though he was being sarcastic about it), nor did he know there was a minefield set up to take the win right out of his grips if he was leading with 100 feet to go. Even if they knew what was going to happen, it didn't matter. They were just enjoying the time they were spending together. Ally leaned in slowly and smiled as she kissed Sonic's cheek. She was in love, and she just REALLY couldn't help it.

Alex and Tails were also taking into account all the possible outcomes that could happen and all possible ways to lose it, especially at the sharp turns, where it looked like there were no walls to prevent racers from falling off of the track. "Fan-flipping-tastic," Alex said as he pointed out, "every time you hit a sharp turn, you're going to have to be precise in timing and drifting or you're gonna fall. At least give us an outside wall!" He knew, somehow, he he had a gut feeling that truly told him the last one standing was going to win the race.