Back to Sonic and Nub

"Alright Nub, this is it!!!" Sonic shouted just as the two entered a grass field area.

"What are you talking about!!?" Nub shouted back.

"I'm about to show you my TRUE SPEED!!!" Sonic speed began to increase dramatically as his body began to stretch. But soon he began to reform and a sudden jolt of force was blown in every direction as Sonic broke the sound barrier. Because of the force, Nub was blown back quite a bit of distants but soon caught himself in midair and began to chase Sonic. Sonic saw Nub flying at him again and began to slow back down. 'I hope you're ready.' Sonic thought.

'Why is he slowing down?' Nub asked himself. Then suddenly, Sonic broke the sound barrier again sending Nub flying back. Then Sonic reentered the sound barrier and broke it again forcing Nub to fly back even further. 'Damn it. So that was his plan. Every time he breaks the sound barrier, he emits force so strong, that it's blowing away everything around him.'

'Ha!' Sonic thought. 'I was saving this killer move for Shadow but, eh, who cares!' Sonic just continued his loop of breaking and reentering the sound barrier as Nub kept falling behind with each force.

'Fine Sonic, I was hoping not to revile this but I have no choice. I won't accept defeat!' Suddenly, Nub's pupils disappeared as blue and white energy began to exert out of him. His speed began to increase as he begun to burst through each wall of force that was created from Sonic. As Sonic turned around, he saw Nub gaining speed and closing the gap between them fast.

'Oh shit! That's it! No more games!' Sonic thought as he broke the sound barrier for the final time as Nub just equaled his speed trying to pass each other before the end of the race.

Back to Shadow and Ruyin

Shadow was sent flying into a wall coughing up blood. 'Fuck!! His power!! What is he!!?' Shadow thought as he dashed up to Ruyin and punched him right in his chest. When Shadow punched Ruyin, Ruyin didn't flinch one bit leaving Shadow stunned. Shadow then tried to attack Ruyin multiple times as Ruyin just stood there taking each blow without an once of showing any feeling. Then Ruyin punch Shadow again causing him to roll back several feet away. Shadow stood up wiping the blood from his mouth. 'This guy! His power is unlike anything I've ever felt.' Then Shadow took off his ring cuffs and he was soon surrounded by a golden aura as energy began to leak out of him.

'What is this?' Ruyin asked himself.
Shadow then looked up at Ruyin, "Let's go." Then both fighters charged each other as energy began to erupt out of them.

Back to Tails and Co

"This just got serious you guys." Rouge told everyone.

"What do you mean?" Knuckles asked.

"Shadow was forced to take his ring cuffs off. He's going all-out."

"Unbelievable!!!" Amy shouted causing everyone to turn to her. "The tracker just lost Sonic and that yellow kid!"

"They might reach the end at any moment. We need to get down there." Chuck said.

"Hey Knux, do you think you can get us to the finish line?" Tails asked with a grin.

"Ha! You better believe it!" Knuckles grinned as he raised his hand. "Chaos Control!" Then the group disappeared and reappeared at the finish line where there were camera crews, news reporters, and a cheering crowd. Everyone looked around in amazement.

"Wow!" Cream said. "This is kinda cool right Blaze? Blaze?" Cream asked as she turned to her friend who had her eyes glued to Shadow's tracker as she watched him fight the grey hedgehog.

'We have to stop him. If not them, then I shall alone if I must.' Blaze thought but just then, Cream and Rouge's ears perked up.

"You hear them too, don't you?" Rouge asked the young rabbit.

"Yeah. Hey guys!!" Cream called to her friends. "Sonic's coming! They're on their way!"

"Good." Chuck responded. "Let's get out of the way, shall we?" Soon everyone left the finish line as smoke could be seen from afar.

Back to Sonic and Nub

Both hedgehogs were nearing the finish line with both at top speeds and neck and neck.

"This is it!!!!" Sonic shouted.

"Yeah I know!!!" Nub shouted back.

'I have to win!' Sonic thought. 'I got it!!!' Then Sonic curled up into his ball form as light blue energy began to swirl around him. However, Sonic began to slow down giving Nub the edge.

'Ha! I'm going to win!' Nub thought as he began to fly pass Sonic.

But then Sonic began to glow a strong light blue as he reformed back into his running state then shouted, "Light Attack!!!" As he dashed back to equal Nub as the finish line came into view.

"THIS IS IT!!! I'M GONNA WIN!!!!!!" They both shouted as they passed the finish line with smoke following them and as they blew everyone and everything back. As Sonic and Nub tried to stop by pressing their feet to the ground, they both lost their footing as they rolled on the ground and crashed through a few trees and slid to a stop. As the smoke cleared and everyone in the stands got back up, they saw Sonic and Nub face down on the ground spread several feet away from each other struggling to get up. Soon Sonic's friends ran over to him with a few other people running over to Nub as well as the two tried to reach their feet.

"Sonic!" everyone called as they ran up to him. Sonic was barely standing as he gave a grin and a thumbs-up with one eye open.

"Hey guys..." Sonic struggled to say with his legs wobbling. "What's up?"

"You man, that's what!" Knuckles cheered to his friend as they ran over. Sonic just laughed a little before he began to fall forward but luckily, Blaze caught him.

"Hey Blaze. My head... did anyone get the number of that bus that hit me?" Sonic spoke softly as he chuckled to himself.

Blaze smiled softly at him with everyone crowding around them. "Are you ok?"

"Well... remember the time... when we first met... and you kicked me?"

"Yeah."

"Something like that." Sonic chuckled.

Soon the news crews got up and came over to the crowd. "So who won?" Julie-su asked.

"Well let's see." Cream said as she pulled out her laptop.

"What do you mean?" Knuckles asked in confusion.

"I kinda predicted that this was going to happen." She said as she began to click a couple of buttons. "Since Sonic and Shadow keep tying, I decided to set up a high-powered digital camera in Tails' satellite so we could get a picture perfect photo shot."

"Wow Cream. When did you get so smart?" Blaze asked with amazement.

"It's nothing really." Cream giggled.

"When did you set that up?" Tails asked with a confuse look on his face.

"When you first built the satellite. Please don't be mad at me." Cream begged.

Tails just smiled, "There's no way I could be mad at you, Cream. I'm just mad that I didn't think of it myself." Cream smiled back as she begun typing on the computer.

"Wow dude," Knuckles grinned at Tails. "You're girlfriend is smarted than you."

"Dude everyone here is smarted that you, knucklehead." Sonic grinned.

"Err. If you weren't already beat up, I'd kick you're-"

"Ok!" Cream shouted. "Here we go!" as everyone crowded around Cream. In the first video, all you saw was smoke and everyone being blown back from a birds-eye-view. Cream replayed the video again but slower and all that could be seen was two blurs. Cream replayed the video again but this time Sonic and Nub could barely be seen. Cream replayed the video one last time and zoomed closer. This time, as Sonic and Nub crossed the finish line; she paused and played each frame until she stopped it to see Sonic was literally ahead by his nose.

"Sonic won!!!!" one of the announcers shouted causing everyone to cheer around Sonic. Sonic started to stand on his own and grinned at Blaze then back at the crowd of people around him. "Yes!" Chuck shouted. "There's going to be a party at the Chuck Bowl and everyone is invited!" Everyone just cheered at the comment with Sonic smiling.

As Sonic looked around, he saw Nub walking up to him. As the two stood there, Nub smiled as he gave Sonic a high-five, "Congratulations Sonic! Looks like you beat me!"

"Yeah but dude that was way too close for comfort. So are you coming to my uncle's party, or what?"

"Yeah you bet." Nub smiled.

Sonic and Nub grinned at each other until Sonic looked around. "Hey, where's Shadow and your brother?"

"Weren't they behind us?" Nub asked as they looked around.
"I thought they were."

Blaze froze with horror. 'The tracker, what happened to it?' she thought.

"Crap." Nub said as he closed his eyes.

"Well we can wait, right?" Sonic said.

Nub's eyes flung opened with a look of shock on his face. "Ruyin's power is skyrocketing!!!"

"What are you talking about?" Sonic asked in confusion.

"I can sense Ruyin's power. He's fighting."

"How can you tell?"

"He's almost at full power. That means he could be in trouble!"

Sonic began to get serious. "And with Shadow with him... that means they both could be in trouble."

"We gotta find them!" Nub shouted as he turned around and flew off at high speeds.

Sonic soon followed him with his friends following as well.

As they ran, they reentered the forest again. "Didn't we race through here?" Sonic asked himself. Then he saw Nub stop causing him to stop as well. Once everyone caught up with the two hedgehogs, they looked around at the forest which was completely destroyed. But as they looked around, they could here the sound of impacts and grunts from all around them.

"What's happening?" Julie asked.

"They're fighting." Nub spoke softly.

"How can you tell?" Amy asked in confusion.

"We can see them." Knuckles told Amy.

"You can see them!?" Amy asked not believing Knuckles.

"Well I can see their blurs."

"At least you can see that much." Tails said. "All I can see are flashes of light."

"That's good, Tails. Since you've been following Sonic, you can see that they are moving at speeds nearly equaling the speed of light."

Then suddenly, Shadow and Ruyin appeared a couple of yards away from the group. Once Blaze noticed this, she began to run forward but Sonic put his arm out to block her without looking at her. Blaze looked up and Sonic just shock his head. Blaze turned back to the two and they just stared each other down. Then at the same time, their auras flared up around them at even greater forces than before. But soon, their auras began to deform around them and reform around their right fist emitting more power. Then the two charged each other punching each other in the chest causing a huge explosion and a blinding light to cover half of the forest. After the light faded, they could see that Shadow and Ruyin were still standing in the position they punched each other in. Then after a moment, Shadow coughed up blood as he slowly fell to the ground causing his friends to look on with shock. Ruyin looked down at Shadow with his pupils returning, and then reached down for Shadow's limp form.

'NO!!!' Blaze thought. 'He's already beaten him! I won't let him kill Shadow!!!' Then Blaze raced past Sonic and ignited herself as she charged Ruyin. But then Ruyin picked up Shadow and placed him over his shoulder and stared to walk to the group. Blaze stopped as Ruyin past her as if she wasn't even there and stopped in front of Sonic.

"Here you go." Ruyin spoke softly as he placed Shadow in Sonic's hands then turned to Nub. "Hey kid."

Nub smiled back. "Hey. Did you have to use that much power to beat him?"

"Yeah. He's pretty tough for a hedgehog. He's probably stronger than you. So did you win?"

Nub looked down, "No. I'm sorry."

Ruyin put his hand on Nub's head and Nub looked up to see Ruyin smiling. "It's ok. You tried your hardest, that's all that matters." Nub just nodded with his smile returning.

"Is he..." Blaze said as she walked up to Sonic.

Sonic looked down then smiled. "Naw. He's just beat up but he'll be fine." Blaze let out a breath of relief. "So Nub," Sonic continued. "I'll see you at the party, right?" Sonic asked as he looked up to see that both Ruyin and Nub were gone without a trace. Sonic just grinned. "I'll take that as a yeah."