"This isn't over." Declared Shadow. He chased after Jet.
"Shadow! Don't do anything you'll regret!" Sonic shouted.
"Don't worry, I won't." Shadow said to himself still following Jet.
"This time, I'm coming in first!" Storm said.
"Shut up, Storm." Wave rolled her eyes and was riding in front of Storm.
"Sonic, it's important that we win this race! The score isn't looking very good!" Tails said to his buddy.
"Yeah," Sonic nodded. "So far Wave looks like our biggest threat."
Knuckles rode up from behind on Tails and Sonic. "Come on! Let's catch up!"
Rouge was trailing behind Knuckles.
Jet, Wave, and Storm were behind Shadow. "Hmph, let's see if you can handle this." Shadow crouched down on his board, grabbed the bottom of it with one hand, and leaned on it until he was riding on the ground. Sparks and chunks of ice started flying in their face.
"Agh! Erggh!" The thieves shielded their eyes from flying debris and they all collided into a wall, knocking each other off their own boards.
The other racers passed them all.
"That's it! He's mine!" Jet scrambled to his feet, and then grabbed his board.
"Calm down, Jet." Said Wave also jumping to her feet.
Storm joined them.
"Calm down? That hedgehog is done making a fool out of me!" There was a big whoosh of dust as Jet sped back onto the track.
Wave and Jet followed.
"Ha ha ha! I told you, I'm the ultimate lifeform!" Shadow was still in first.
Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails were behind him.
"Alright, Shadow! Nice job back there!" Sonic congratulated him.
"Yeah Shadow, good job." Tails chimed in.
Shadow didn't pay any attention to them.
Knuckles scoffed in disgustion. "Yeah, whatever then."
Rouge was tracking behind them. "Wait up! I want to win too!"
"Huh?" Tails turned around.
"Gotcha." Said Rouge as she passed Tails, catching him offguard.
"H... hey!" Tails tried to gain his position back.
"It looks like Shadow is now on his second lap!" Said Omochao. "Followed by Sonic, Knuckles, Rouge,
Tails, Jet, Wave, and Storm. I wonder what will happen next!"
"I'll tell you." Shadow said to himself. He pulled out his Chaos Emerald and started to absorb some of it's energy. His left hand started to glow blue. As if there was fire surrounding it. He put the emerald away, lifted his hand above his head, and brought it down.
A ball of light shot down at the ground, blowing a hole into some of the ground.
"Whoa! What the?" Sonic tried to dodge the hole but it happened to fast, he had no time to react. The blue hedgehog fell off his board into the hole. Knuckles also fell.
Rouge fell but not in the hole.
Tails was barely able to dodge the hole, he kept racing.
Jet, Storm, and Wave passed them. "See ya losers!" Jet laughed as he saw Sonic, Knuckles, and Rouge.
"Yeah!" Said Storm.
Wave turned her head and laughed as well. "This puts us back in the race!"
"Shadow!" Said Tails. "Why did you do that? You put the wrong people out of the race!"
"It's a competition!" Said Shadow. He started to grind a rail.
Tails turned his head. "Uh oh, they're gaining!"
"Heh heh heh!" Jet, Wave, and Storm were slowly but surely gaining up to Tails.
Jet was leading the three-way pack. He was directly behind Tails now, and shoved him to the side.
Tails had no choice but to shove back.
Wave shoved the othe side of Tails. And Storm shoved the back.
Tails tried to keep his balance, as well as dodging at the same time. "Whoa, whoa! Hey! Knock it off!"
With one final shove Tails was pushed into a wall. "Ergh!" He quickly gained his balance again.
"Only one to go." Said Jet.
Shadow turned his head. "It's about time, had enough yet?"
"I'm just getting started!" Jet tried hitting Shadow, but he easily dodged.
Wave came from the side, but Shadow dodged again.
All three of them were teaming up, but Shadow wasn't phased.
"Is that all you've got? Sonic would probably do better!"
"Someone mention my name?" Sonic zoomed into Jet's side.
Jet's vision blacked out completely for a couple of seconds. "How dare you mess with me!"
"Yeah," said Storm. "You mess with one of us, you mess with all of us!"
Knuckles and Tails were right behind Sonic.
"I was kind of thinking the same thing." Remarked Sonic.
Rouge came into the pack as well. "Try to catch me!" She tried to pass Wave but she rammed into Rouge.
Rouge rammed her back. They both ebgan ramming into each other until it turned into a full on collision.
"That's it." Said Rouge. She grabbed Wave by the shoulders and literally yanked her off her board, and into the ground.
Wave hit her head on the ground and rolled to an unconscious stop.
"Ha, take that." Said Rouge as she tried to finish the race.
"It looks like Shadow is now on his final lap!" Omochao watched the racers. "Followed by, Jet, Storm,
Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Rouge, and... it looks like Wave is having some problems."
"Hufh... this is to easy." Said Shadow smoothly trying to finish the race.
"Come on Storm!" Ordered Jet. "Catch him!"
"Oh no you don't." Said Sonic. He tried to stop Jet from catching Shadow. "No way you're getting that emerald."
"Is that any way to treat someone who saved you?" Asked Jet.
Sonic still tried to block him off. "Nope, but if you're gonna use the emeralds for something i can tell isn't good, I guess I can make an exception."
Jet tried getting passed Sonic. "Don't make me force my way around you!"
"Try me." Sonic didn't seem to be afraid.
"Don't worry Boss, I've got your back." Storm and Jet both passed Sonic.
"What the?" Sonic tried to speed up and pass Jet and Storm.
Knuckles and Tails were behind him.
Rouge was next to Knuckles and Tails. "Hey there."
"Not now." Said Knuckles. "I'm trying to win for a good cause. Not for jewels."
"Well, I never!" Rouge passed Knuckles and Tails.
"We can't let them catch up to Shadow!" Said Sonic. "Ride me turbulence!"
Knuckles, Tails, and Rouge jumped on Sonic's turbulence and they tried to catch up.
Back in last place, Wave was just getting up from her fall. "Uh... uh... wha?" Her vision came in clearly now.
"Huh? Where am I?" She looked down at her board. "Oh no! The race!" Wave didn't hesitate to pick up her board and
begin riding again.
"Just wait until I see that bat girl again!"
Shadow saw the finish line come into view. "This was my fastest lap yet."
Jet and Storm were right behind him now.
"We're almost at the finish line," said Jet. "Looks like we have to resort to desperate measures." Jet concentrated for a moment, and then jumped on he back of Shadow's board.
"What?" Shouted Shadow. "Get off my board!" They began fighting on the hover board. It tipped and wobbled beneath their rocking.
"Get him boss! Knock him off!" Storm was standing next to Shadow's board cheering on Jet.
"Come on Shadow! Get him!" Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles were on the other side of the board cheering on Shadow.
Jet threw a punch at Shadow and hit him in the jaw. Shadow hit Jet in the middle of his face.
"Ahh!" Jet fell on his knee in pain.
Shadow grabbed his arm and tried to throw him over the side of the board. But Jet wouldn't give in.
"There's no point in trying to knock me off!" Jet said.
"Oh yeah?" Shadow flipped the board upside down three times in the air. Jet had no time to react fast enough. He fell on the ground face first.
Shadow landed smoothly on the ground and was the first to cross the finish line.
Sonic tried blocking off Storm from the finish line.
He passed the finish line next. Followed by Tails, Knuckles, Storm, Rouge, Jet, and finally Wave.
"The third course of the Extreme Gear Tournament is now finished!" Said Omochao excitedly.
"Which brings our total outcome so far... to be... Tails with twenty points, Wave with eighteen points, Sonic
with seventeen points, Shadow with fourteen points, Rouge with eleven points, Jet with 10 points, and Knuckles with
seven points. the next race will be held at White Cave! Good luck once again to all the racers! Which... now brings me
to the bad news..."
Everyone was all ears and listened closely to Omochao.
"It seems during the race, one of our contestants hit another opponent which caused her to be in a state of
unconsciousness. Hitting other opponents is allowed, but once someone is unconscious, that's a whole different story.
I'm sorry, but Rouge is disqualified from the race."
"Ooohhh." Said Shadow. "Good going, bat girl."
"What?" Said Rouge outraged. "That's not fair!"
"I'm sorry, Rouge." Said Omochao.
Rouge stormed off. "Fine! I don't care!"
"Wow..." said Sonic in disbelief. "That's crazy."
"There's no time to worry about that now." Said Shadow. "Let's go to the next course."
Everyone agreed and left.
"It's a good thing she left." Said Wave. "Or there would of been some serious problems around here."
Jet snickered to himself. "Yeah right..."
Shadow walked up to Jet. "So, afraid yet?"
Jet looked at Shadow in the eyes. "Nope, never been, never will."
"You know what I'm capable of." Remarked Shadow. "I'm done going easy on you. You can't beat me when I try."
Jet stared at Shadow for a couple more seconds, then walked away without saying anything.
Shadow grinned.
"The next race is about to begin!" Said Omochao. "Will all the racers please line up?"
Everyone took their positions.
"There is only seven racers now, so no matter what place you get, you'll automatically get at least one point."
"3!"
"Ready guys?" Asked Sonic.
"2!"
"Uh huh." Said Tails. "Yep." Said Knuckles.
"1!"
"Go!"
All the racers began racing.
"Race number four has just started!" Shouted Omochao.