Shadow demanded. Jet snapped his fingers and Chaos dropped Shadow to the ground. Shadow scrambled to his feet and back to Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles.
"Are you alright, Shadow?" Asked Tails worried. "Hmph!" Said Shadow.
"We just stopped by to tell you where the next emerald is." Said Wave. "The Extreme Gear tournament. It's not like if you entered you'd be able to win." Wave laughed.
"Oh yeah?" Demanded Sonic. "We'll just see about that!"
The three thieves rode off laughing.
"I can make our boards!" Tails said happily. "Leave it to me!"
"Awesome," Sonic said. "Let's get started right now."
"What kind of stupid tournament would be giving out a Chaos Emerald?" Shadow said grumpily. "No matter, I'll be glad to win. Get started on my board! There's no time to waste!"
The four of them walked into Sonic's house. Tails had already started on their boards. "So when does this thing start?" Asked Knuckles.
Sonic thought. "I have no idea. But we need to hurry and sign up."
Shadow was leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. "Hmph, I'm gonna go sign up right now."
"But we don't know where it is," Tails said looking away from the boards momentarily.
"Which is why I'll use Chaos Control, don't test me." Shadow lifted up his emerald.
"Wait, Shadow!" Sonic grabbed his arm. "I'm coming too. Tails, I'll sign you up. Keep working on the boards, okay?" Tails nodded.
Knuckles grabbed Shadow's other arm. "Ready."
Shadow rolled his eyes. "Alright then. Chaos Control!"
Extreme Gear Tournament Sign Up
There was a quick flash of bright light. "Cool, we're here!" Sonic looked around at where they were. "Hey, this is Future City. I guess the tournament starts here."
"There's the sign up sheet." Said Shadow. "Let's quit wasting time and sign up." Shadow grabbed the pen connected to a piece of paper. There were only eight spots, three of them were already taken. Spot number one, Jet the Hawk, spot number two, Wave the Swallow, spot number 3, Storm the Albatross.
Shadow scribbled his name down in spot number four. Sonic signed his next, also writing Tails' down in the next spot. Then Knuckles wrote his in. "Looks like there's only one spot left." Said Knuckles putting the pen down.
"Who cares?" Said Shadow. "Let's get back to the fox so we can get our boards."
"Sonic read the infromation sheet next to the sign up sheet. "Whoa, the tournament's tomorrow! And we haven't even put in any practice! Let's go!"
Shadow gripped his emerald. "Chaos Control!"
Sonic's House
"Hey guys, how'd it go?" Tails asked as they flashed into the living room.
"The tournament's tomorrow." Said Knuckles. "I'm kind of worried."
"How hard can riding a plank be?" Asked Shadow claiming his spot on the wall.
"I hope you have skills to back up that trash talking." Said Sonic.
Shadow scoffed. Then mumbled something to himself, probably something about Sonic.
"I'm done with one board!" Tails said triumphantly. He turned to show everybody. Sonic gave him a thumbs up. "Looks good, Tails."
Shadow walked up to him and grabbed the board. "Thanks, now I think I should try it out." He stepped up on the board and it hovered above the ground. Shadow tried to not look fascinated. He moved forward out the door and into the street. Sonic and Knuckles followed.
"I already had practice with those thieves boards." Shadow did a flip. "I've already got the hang of it"
Shadow sped up and down the street, doing tricks and flips.
"Wow," said Sonic. "He's... good."
Knuckles nodded. "Yeah, we might have a shot at winning this thing."
Shadow finnaly stopped to a screeching halt in front of Knuckles and Sonic. He had a smirk on his face.
"To easy."
"Sonic, Knuckles! I'm done with your boards!" Tails beckoned to them from inside the house. They ran in the house and moments later came slowly riding out.
Shadow laughed to himself.
Both of them now slowly sped up. They were riding side by side down the street at a normal speed.
Shadow came charging between them at full speed. Dust and wind came flying at them, almost knocking them off their boards.
"Hey, Shadow! Knock it off!" Sonic sped up some more.
Shadow went back to the front of Sonic's house and leaned against his board.
Knuckles and Shadow were now going at a fast speed, performing tricks. "Yeah!" Shouted Knuckles. "I think I got the hang of it now!" Sonic flipped his board in the air and landed smoothly on the ground, gaining speed.
Tails came up to them on his board. Sonic and Knuckles could tell he already knew how to ride his board.
The three of them raced down the street. Tails did a kickflip in front of Sonic and Knuckles, causing a small amount of
dust to come up at them.
They all stopped at the end of the street. "Good job, Tails." Sonic said. "Let's head back to practice some more."
They all raced back to Shadow at full speed. "Whoo!" Said Tails. "That was awesome!"
"Stop goofing off!" Said Shadow.
"Who messed with him?" Asked Sonic to Tails and Knuckles. They laughed.
"But he is kind of right," said Tails. "Let's practice for tomorrow."
The Day of The Tournament
"Alright!" Said Sonic. "Let's go!"
Tails, Knuckles, and Shadow were already waiting for Sonic in front of his house. The four rode off to Future City, that's where the tournament started.
When they arrived, they saw Wave, Storm, and Jet preparing for the race. They also spotted Rouge standing on a purple board.
"Rouge?" Sonic said confused. "What are you doing here?"
"You think I would pass up an oppurtunity to get a jewel?" She said.
Knuckles rolled his eyes.
Rouge spotted Shadow. "Hey Shadow, long time no see, huh?"
Shadow crossed his arms and turned his face. "Hmph..."
"Good luck in the race Rouge." Tails said.
"Thanks, fox boy. You too." Rouge rode off, probably to practice before the tournament.
"Phew, okay then." Sonic sat on his board. "This is exciting."
"Will all the racers please line up at the starting line?" An Omochao announced.
Everybody rushed to their spots at the starting line. Shadow had a smirk on his face and looked at Jet.
Jet caught his expression and gave it right back to him.
"So, you decided to show up anyway? When, the race is over, do you mind wiping my board for me?"
"3!"
"I'll make you eat those words!" Said Shadow.
"2!"
"We'll just see about that!" Jet kept his eyes on the track.
"1!"
"I'll get my emerald back, Jet!" Said Sonic. "Just wait and see!" Jet smirked. "Let's find out then, shall we?"
"Go!"
All the racers rode down the track. "The race has just begun!" Announced Omochao.