"Aggh!" Jet shielded his eyes momentarily. "Come on!" He looked at Storm and Wave. "We have to catch him!"
"Uh oh." Sonic said. "Tails, Knuckles! We can't let them catch up to Shadow! Come on!"
They rode behind Jet, Wave, and Storm.
Meanwhile, Rouge was in the back, again. Still trying to hang in there. "Hm... there's gotta be an easier way to do this..." She thought for a couple minutes. "I've got it!" Rouge slowly picked up speed behind Knuckles, then grabbed the tail of his board.
"What the?" Knuckles turned his head around.
Rouge threw herself in front of Tails, Sonic, and Knuckles. "Yeah! Try to keep up Knuckles."
"Errr... why I oughta!"
"Chill, Knuckles." Said Sonic. "Jet, Wave, and Storm are right in front of us. We can't lose them."
Everyone was dodging small obstacles, trying to stay together.
"This track is to spread apart," said Tails. "Maybe we should split up and try to catch Shadow by ourselves."
"Hm... I guess that'd be cool." Sonic said while dodging a wall. "Meet ya at the finish line. Now we'll see who's really better!"
The three sped up. Taking sifferent paths and trying to catch up with Shadow.
Speaking of which, Jet was right behind Shadow, followed by Wave and Storm.
"Alright, Shadow." Jet said to himself. "Time to give up first place."
Shadow had noticed Jet was picking up speed behind him. He spun in a circle, causing a small tornado to form. But Jet, Wave, ad Storm easily dodged it.
"Hm... not half bad." Said Shadow.
Jet veered to the right of Shadow, then veered to the left. They both collided.
"If I go down you're coming with me!" Shadow grabbed Jet's board and they both tumbled to the ground.
Leaving them in everyone's dust.
"Look what you did!" Shouted Jet. He grabbed his board and jumped on it, but it wouldn't hover.
Shadow chuckled and jumped on his own board. But the results were the same as Jet's.
They both stared at each other for awhile. Then, at the same time began running down the track.
"I'll finish this race on foot if I have to!" Said Shadow. "There's no way you can run faster then me!"
"That may be true, but I still have some help to get this fixed before the race is over!" Jet was tring to keep up with Shadow. They were both now in last.
"Wave is now on her second lap!" Said Omochao. "Followed by Storm... Sonic... Tails... Knuckles.
Rouge... Shadow... and Jet. But it looks like Shadow and Jet are having some problems with their boards.
"And the boss was talking about me being in last!" Said Storm to Wave.
Wave turned a corner. "Yeah, but he's running with his board. You were riding one."
"Yeah, but-"
Sonic zoomed passed Storm cutting off his sentence. "Alright, now we're talking!"
"Hey!" Storm tried to catch up with Sonic but Tails and Knuckles zoomed passed him as well.
Wave was still in first. "There's no way that fox will beat me this time! Let alone any of you losers!"
Back in last, Shadow and Jet were still racing on foot. Shadow spotted Rouge rding her board in sixth place.
"Hey! Bat girl! Turn around!" Shadow ried to get Rouge's attention.
She turned her head. "Huh? Who said that?"
Shadow was running under Rouge's board and jumped onto the back of it.
"Ah! What are you doing, Shadow?" Rouge screamed.
"Calm down," shadow showed Rouge his board. "You know how to fix one of these?"
Rouge nodded. "Yeah, but I'm kind of in the middle of a race."
Shadow handed her the board and stepped in front. "Fix it for me and I can get you in a better place then sixth, guaranteed."
"Deal." Rouge began tinkering with the board on the tail of her own.
"What?" Jet was furious. "There's no way Jet the Hawk is coming in last!" He ran even faster down the track.
"Uh... okay... hm..." Rouge was trying to concentrate. "There! Finished, it wasn't a big problem, but-"
Shadow grabbed his board and continued the race.
Rouge sighed. "Why do I even bother?" She was now past Storm, but still in sixth. I guess that was better.
"Hey! There's Storm! Storm! Down here!" Jet called to his partner.
Storm looked down at Jet. "Hey boss, what are you doing down there?"
Jet threw his board up to Storm. "Fix it!"
"Oh... uh... okay. One second..."
Jet was running under Storm's board. His board flew down to him. He jumped on it and was in the race again.
"It looks like Wave is now on her final lap!" Omochao was energetic. "This is so exciting! Oh, it also looks like, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow who made a great comeback so far, Rouge, Storm, and Jet are now on their final laps as well!"
"It's time to get back in this." Rouge was speeding up and passed Shadow, then Knuckles.
"What? How did that bat girl pass me?" Shadow tried to speed up too.
Storm and Jet were now gaining on Knuckles. Shadow had passed him.
"Oh no you don't." Said Knuckles. He was doing turns and flips in their path.
"Who does he think he is?" Demanded Storm.
"Don't wory about him." Said Jet with a grin on his face. He pulled out is small remote. "Let's take care of Shadow first." Jet pressed the button on his remote.
Shadow was trying to catch up to Rouge when his board began to malfunction, then blew up. He collapsed in the middle of the track next to his non-working board.
"What the?" Knuckles gasped. "Shadow!" He stopped racing and stood next to Shadow. Jet and Storm flew by both of them giving each other high fives.
"Shadow?" Asked Knuckles. "Are you alright?"
Shadow rubbed his eyes and then opened them. "Ugh... my board... blew up..." Shadow stood up and tried to stand straight, but wobbled a bit. He placed his hand on his head. His vision was a little blurry, but then focused in on Knuckles. "I don't need your help! Just... finish the race!"
Knuckles stood on his board. "Fine, if that's what you want. I was only trying to help." He sped off to finish his final lap.
Shadow grabbed his board and ran as best as he could to finish the race.
Back in first, Sonic, Tails, and Wave were fighting for first. "You can't beat me! Just give up!" Wave tried to persuade Tails and Sonic.
"You seem pretty intimidated." Said Sonic. "Afraid Tails will beat you again?"
Wave gritted her teeth. "That was lucky! Just wait and see the end results!"
The finish line was in view now.
Storm, Jet, and Rouge were now behind Tails and Sonic.
Rouge took a shortcut through the waterfall. Landing in front of Jet and Storm.
They were both shocked. "What?" Jet tried to catch up.
Rouge was riding Tails' turbulance, and jumped over him and Sonic. "Thanks, fox boy." She said as she crossed the finish line in second.
Jet clenched his fist. "Dang! How did I let them beat me?" Jet crossed the finish line behind Sonic and Tails.
Storm followed him.
Knuckles might of had a chance of winning if he didn't stop for Shadow. He crossed the finish line is seventh.
moments later, Shadow trotted across the finish line in eighth.
"The second track of the Extreme Gear Tournament is finished!" Announced Omochao. Wave finished in
first, Rouge in second, Sonic in third, Tails in fourth, Jet in fifth, Storm in sixth, Knuckles in seventh, and Shadow in last.
Which brings the total outcome so far... to be... Wave in first place with eighteen points, Tails with fourteen points,
Sonic, Jet, and Rouge have a three way tie with nine points, Shadow has four points, Knuckles has three points, and
Storm has two points. the next race will be held at the Ice Factory! Good luck to all the racers!"
"Ice Factory? Wanna head out right now?" Asked Sonic.
"Sure," said Tails. Knuckles agreed.
Shadow walked up to them and glared at Tails. "What did you do to my board?"
Tails was confused. "Nothing, I made all of our boards the same."
"Then why did mine practically blow up in the middle of the race?" Shadow showed Tails the board.
"Don't worry Shadow, I'll fix it before the next race, I promise."
Rouge joined their little group they were standing in. "Hey, good luck next time. Thanks for the turbulence,
fox boy." She winked and went to the Ice Factory.
"We better get to the Ice Factory, just to get a feel of what it'll be like once we start racing.
They all rode off. Shadow was on Tails' board.
When they arrived Tails handed Shadow his board. "It should be fine, now." Said Tails reassuringly.
Shadow didn't say anything. He took the board.
Everyone was pumped and ready for the race.
Meanwhile, in a little huddle, Jet, Wave, and Storm were discussing the next race.
"Listen up!" Said Jet. "We can't lose this! There's only three races left! Once we get those emeralds, we'll get anything we want."
Storm and Wave were ready, and hyped up.
"Alright, will all the racers please line up now!" Omochao gave his usual speech.
Everyone lined up.
"3!"
"So, Shadow." Said Jet. "What was wrong with your board?"
"2!"
"I told you you can't win with that piece of junk." Jet was feeling cocky.
"1!"
"Yeah, whatever." Said Shadow. "There's no time to play games. Child's play is over."
"Is that so?" Asked Jet.
"Go!"
Everyone began the race.
"Race number three in our Extreme Gear tournament is under way!" Said Omochao.