Okay here's chapter 3 of my Sonic Rider story, also thx sonichedgehogfan for reviewing. Here we go! (rides off on air board)

Disclaimer: All Sonic and Sonic Rider characters belong to Sega, bastards.

Knuckles Dilemma

Everyone is getting in last minute training session for the tournament is tomorrow. Even after 13 days of training Knuckles still seemed to not be able to balance on his board. Everyone gave up on him, even Tails had given up on him.

"Why can't I ride this!" He punches the ground out of frustration.

Knuckles climbs back on his board only to ride a few meters and fall on his face again.

"Maybe everyone was right, maybe I can't ride a air-board." Knuckles turns around as he walks sadly to his house. He stopped when he saw a shadow in front of him.

"You want to be able to ride an air board eh?" Knuckles drops his board and puts his fists up ready to fight.

"Who are you and what the hell do you want." The figure pulls out a dark red air-board.

"Knuckles, I know why you can't ride an air-board." Knuckles lowers his fist.

"Why's that?" The figure chuckles to himself.

"Your board is obsolete, the board I have in my hand right here, this is a winner." Knuckles looks at his board, beaten up with all the falling and stuff.

"Yeah but…The Knuckle Basher…"

"Is a complete dud." The figure cut him off.

"Now the Crimson Slaughter, this machine is a winner." He hands it to Knuckles.

"Here you can have it, Teach your friend you can ride a air board." Knuckles then remembers what everyone said to him yesterday.

Flashback…

"Damn it Knuckles stop trying you'll never be able to ride a air-board." Shadow walks off.

"Seriously Knuckles, you should just quit while you still have your face." Rouge followed Shadow.

"There right you know Knux you're a lost cost, sorry bud." Sonic helps him up.

"I'm sorry Knux but they got a point, I don't think air-boarding is your style."

Present…

Knuckles shakes out of his flashback. He reaches for the board but the cloaked figure pulled it back.

"You can have it, on one condition…" Knuckles puts his hand up.

"If it has ANYTHING to do with any gay stuff forget it!" The figure laughed.

"No, No, No nothing like that, I was implying that you should just have fun." Knuckles wipes the few beads of sweat on his head.

"Phew, don't worry, I'll have fun." He hands him the board and Knuckles takes it. He then runs off as it is already very late. The figure takes off his mask.

"Yes have fun, I know I will." Dr.Eggman made a sinister laugh as walked off into the shadows.

On the day of the tournament…

Another Satellite broadcast posted all around town again.

"I hope you all have been training for today the tournament is beginning! Will all the combatants…I mean racers report to my Egg Lair. I will discuss the "rules" of this tournament."

The broadcast is turned off and the satellite flies away. Sonic puts on his goggles and Tails gives his board a last check-up as they ride off to the Egg Lair. Once they reach they see, Jet, Wave, Storm, Shadow, Rouge, Metal Sonic, and a masked person. Sonic opens his mouth and points to Metal Sonic.

"WHAT! YOU'RE IN THIS TOURNAMENT TOO!" Metal Sonic just looked at him.

"You didn't think Eggman would give away something so powerful and not have someone to get it for him in this tournament?" Sonic scratched his head.

"Yeah I guess that would be kinda of stupid…" Tails taps Sonic's shoulder. Sonic looks back.

"Yeah Tails what's up?" Tails looked around the lair worried.

"Sonic I don't see Knuckles anywhere!" Sonic looks around, he also found no sign of Knuckles."

"Maybe the reject of a echidna decided to run back to his little cave." Sonic shot Shadow a evil look.

"It's your own damn fault he isn't here Shadow!" Shadow just smirks.

"It's not my fault he sucks at air-board riding." Sonic was about to say something until he saw a red board fly over his head. Above everyone's head for that matter. He pulls off a indy, and a japan and lands smoothly on the surface. He turns to a halt and climbs off his board.

"Sorry I'm late…" It was none other than Knuckles the Echidna, everyone was in awe except Shadow, Metal Sonic, and the masked person.

"Knuckles how the hell, and with the tricks, and the…" Sonic looks at his board.

"Whoa! Damn, where'd you get this board." Knuckles walks off without saying a word.

"I think he's still angry about yesterday…" Tails whispered to Sonic. Sonic nods in response. That's when Dr. Eggman came down on his egg…whatever that thing is he rides on after you kill a boss.

"Welcome! To the Air-Boarding Tournament, Part Two!" He pushes a button and a chest falls in front of everyone.

"Inside you will find crystals, you are obligated to take ONE crystal." Everyone picks up a crystal except the birds and Metal Sonic. As the crystal dissolves into there hands they kneel in pain as the crystal did to Jet. After a while the pain went and everyone stood back up, pissed at Eggman.

"What the fuck was that!" Shadow tries not to use his Chaos Spear to slice Eggman into little pieces.

"What you just experienced was your Crystal Power being imbedded into your very soul and heart."

"Why the hell did we have to take one!" Tails shouted sweating a little bit.

"Because in my tournament you'll encounter dangerous creatures, so see I was looking out for you." Knuckles was the only one who didn't go down in pain. He just looked with a serious face on. Wave noticed this and believed something was wrong with him.

"Jet, Knuckles isn't what he used to be, I think we have to match out for him." Jet nodded, he too noticed something wrong with Knuckles, be he didn't really care as long as he wins all the races.

"Now that we've established the powers it's time to go test them on the race track." Eggman flies over to a teleporter.

"Your first course is through this gate. Please step through it." Everyone does what he says. After the trip they look astonished as they were in outer space.

"Welcome to Asteroid Highway." Eggman puts his arms in the air and spins.

"This is were the first race is, good luck…oh and one thing." They all look at him.

"The powers you have can be used to destroy creatures…or your competitors." Jet smiles as does Wave and Storm. Tails gasped at the thought, Sonic made a goofy smile, Rouge looked over at Wave and chuckled to herself. Shadow, Knuckles, Metal Sonic, and The masked rider continued focusing on the race.

"All right I'm going to leave the rest to my Devil Chao." A Sattelite drops down in front of them and a Devil Chao popped up on the screen. He laughed and then coughed a bit from laughing to hard.

"Are the racers ready!" Everyone nods.

"All right then!"

"3!"

"Shadow get ready for a hard beat-down." Jet said with a smirk.

"2!"

"You'll regret saying that!" Shadow shouted back at him.

"1!"

"We'll just see about that…"

"GO!" Everyone boosts off.

"The 1st race of the Air-Boarding Tournament 2 has begun!"

All right, hope you liked this chapter and I promise to update soon so just review and stuff like that.

Masked Rider: I bet they'll never guess who I am.

Me: Your right! THEY'LL NEVER GUESS! (laughs crazily)

Masked Rider: Is that even a word?

Me: I don't know, but I like doing it! (laughs crazily)

Masked Rider: Your crazy you know that?

Me: Yeah but I still own in Sonic Riders.

Masked Rider: True Dat, True Dat…