Both of them were speeding faster than the cars on the highway. The race
was mainly simple, but still contained enough street-crossings and turns to
keep a racer weary. Every street had to be crossed with a leap, and every
turn had to be defeated with amazing reflexes and friction, which was a
complex formula of leaning and twisting. Even the mention of the numbers to
a regular racer would make his skin crawl.
The mall was finally in sight! Both used their last burst of speed and made it to the front sidewalk at exactly the same time. Both burst through the doors at exactly the same time! Both skid to a stop, not only the same way, but at exactly the same time!
Sonic stood there for a minute, panting and leaning on his knees. "You.didn't win." he panted.
"No.you.didn't.either!" Shadow panted in reply.
"Well, if I didn't win.and you didn't.then it's a tie?" Sonic asked.
"Fine.with me." Shadow replied.
"Let's go to.the arcade." Sonic gasped.
"Sure." Shadow was just too tired to argue.
Even so, they had run too hard to actually make it to the arcade without passing out, so they just sat on one of the few benches scattered around for tired shoppers. Shadow had been to the mall several times before, but Sonic had only passed by it a few times. He had never actually been in it!
Looking around in awe and trying to catch his breath at the same time proved slightly difficult for Sonic, who was currently marveling at the high ceilings and many shop fronts. After seeing a game store nearby, and seeing the current game on sale was a particularly nasty one about vampires, Sonic suddenly remembered something.
"Yo, whatever-your-name-is, where'd you get those scratches on your face?"
"Wha?" Shadow asked, looking at the blue-haired teen with mild confusion. Then he remembered. The fight! The punk with the spiked knuckles got him on both sides of his face!
"Oh, that!" Shadow laughed, instantly thinking of an excuse. "Ex girlfriend. Very nasty when she's riled!"
"Ouch!" Sonic winced. "That bad, huh?"
"Yep," Shadow agreed. "And all I did was-"
"Excuse me."
"Yeah?" Sonic and Shadow answered at the same time.
"I guess that proves it, but I should ask anyway!" a bright-looking male teenager said, while smiling and giggling to himself. He was wearing a white apron and matching cap, both of which read, "Dairy Delights" in bright, balloon-like letters. "Are you too twins, by any chance?"
Shadow replied before Sonic could. "Yeah! I'm Shaun, and this is Serin. I'm the older one, if you wanted to know."
While Sonic gave Shadow a nasty glare behind his back, the teen then asked, "Really? By how much?"
"Ten minutes," Shadow replied. "Why?"
"You two just qualified for our free ice-cream giveaway!" the teen called, dragging the two of them to a nearby store, where Knuckles and Tails just happened to be munching some ice-cream with the Anderson family.
The mall was finally in sight! Both used their last burst of speed and made it to the front sidewalk at exactly the same time. Both burst through the doors at exactly the same time! Both skid to a stop, not only the same way, but at exactly the same time!
Sonic stood there for a minute, panting and leaning on his knees. "You.didn't win." he panted.
"No.you.didn't.either!" Shadow panted in reply.
"Well, if I didn't win.and you didn't.then it's a tie?" Sonic asked.
"Fine.with me." Shadow replied.
"Let's go to.the arcade." Sonic gasped.
"Sure." Shadow was just too tired to argue.
Even so, they had run too hard to actually make it to the arcade without passing out, so they just sat on one of the few benches scattered around for tired shoppers. Shadow had been to the mall several times before, but Sonic had only passed by it a few times. He had never actually been in it!
Looking around in awe and trying to catch his breath at the same time proved slightly difficult for Sonic, who was currently marveling at the high ceilings and many shop fronts. After seeing a game store nearby, and seeing the current game on sale was a particularly nasty one about vampires, Sonic suddenly remembered something.
"Yo, whatever-your-name-is, where'd you get those scratches on your face?"
"Wha?" Shadow asked, looking at the blue-haired teen with mild confusion. Then he remembered. The fight! The punk with the spiked knuckles got him on both sides of his face!
"Oh, that!" Shadow laughed, instantly thinking of an excuse. "Ex girlfriend. Very nasty when she's riled!"
"Ouch!" Sonic winced. "That bad, huh?"
"Yep," Shadow agreed. "And all I did was-"
"Excuse me."
"Yeah?" Sonic and Shadow answered at the same time.
"I guess that proves it, but I should ask anyway!" a bright-looking male teenager said, while smiling and giggling to himself. He was wearing a white apron and matching cap, both of which read, "Dairy Delights" in bright, balloon-like letters. "Are you too twins, by any chance?"
Shadow replied before Sonic could. "Yeah! I'm Shaun, and this is Serin. I'm the older one, if you wanted to know."
While Sonic gave Shadow a nasty glare behind his back, the teen then asked, "Really? By how much?"
"Ten minutes," Shadow replied. "Why?"
"You two just qualified for our free ice-cream giveaway!" the teen called, dragging the two of them to a nearby store, where Knuckles and Tails just happened to be munching some ice-cream with the Anderson family.