Author's note: Even though this was written by Matthew, he chose to wrote it from my point of view. Shrug.
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Chapter 2: A Game of Sonic Heroes (Matthew didn't title it)
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1:00 P.M. - Santa Monica Beach
Matthew was sitting with me on the beach right next to Sam. He pointed his finger at Sam as a friendly gesture. Sam pointed back at him.
"I'm picking Team Sonic, dude!" Matthew said to me.
"I bet you 15 bucks that I can kick your butt in 'Sonic Heroes', because I've gotten 61 percent of that side of the story done, but I haven't been playing that game recently because I've been fully addicted to 'MX Vs. ATV Unleashed' lately."
Matthew was pointing his finger at me, but it was still a friendly gesture. I think.
"Don't point at me like that," I reminded Matthew.
"It makes me nervous. Do you at least remember how to play?"
"Of course I do," Matthew said back.
"I remember how to play off the back of my hands. Do you still accept my bet, Leo old buddy old pal?"
"Mmmm... Sure, why not, and the loser has to hand over 15 bucks AND go out with Brittney sometime this week," I said to Matthew.
"Knowing Matthew," Clover whispered to Alex, "after that addition, he'll WANT to lose." They both laughed.
"Deal," Matthew said as we both hit each other's fists.
With that, we both hit START and the game started.
"Go, Matthew," Sam mused to herself while she lay on her back on the pier to soak up some more rays from the sun.
(Note: All material in this chapter from this point on is mine; Matthew did not know where to go from here. I will, however, keep using Mat's format.)
We began playing. "Say, Matthew, why aren't you wearing your Voss 13 shirt today?" I finally said.
"You usually do that when we go to the beach."
"It was in the wash today, so I went with Lewis 23. It's no big deal, just a difference of ten," Matthew explained.
We both laughed. "I'm glad you went with Battle," Matthew finally said.
"I love that kind of thing."
"It's not my favorite, but I went with it anyway," I responded.
We both played like crazy, but I really turned the tables when my Team Blast meter was full. I used the Team-Dark-exclusive Team Blast move, damaging all three members of Team Sonic and freezing their motion to boot. I then swapped Shadow in for Omega and knocked Sonic and Knuckles off the stage. Only Tails remained when the move ran out.
I paused the game and looked at Matthew. "Any last words?"
Before Matthew could respond, our seats tipped and dumped us down a trapdoor. Both controllers came unplugged in the process.
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Well, that's one way to end a chapter, I guess.
Note to Mat: Don't send it as a .rtf file next time. That file got a little messed up during the transmission, but I did the best I could.