Close Companions: The Movie

By: Metal Sonic EX

Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic the Hedgehog, Ristar, Vectorman, or anything that pertains to any of their worlds. Nor do I own any of the music mentioned and/or used in this fanfic. If I did, I'd own every piece of Sonic the Hedgehog merchandise that would be made in the next five years. However, in reality, I do not. Reality sucks. So don't sue me.

In this chapter, an unexpected race for old time's sake takes place between two unlikely people. This was actually inspired by a remix of Desert Palace that I heard. Although most of it sounded nothing like Desert Palace, I still liked it. So, here's chapter fifteen!

Scene Fifteen

Race Of The Century

The group was now resting back at the Knothole Kingdom. People were celebrating the fall of the self-proclaimed 'deadly' alliance. Earlier, Vectorman had begun the reconstruction of Station Square with his technology. Afterwards, he went to the Space Colony ARK to reconstruct the half of the moon that Eggman had blown off. Everything was fine and dandy until Ristar asked Sonic something odd. "Would you like to try me in a race?" Everyone stopped and looked at him. "You're challenging me to a race?" Ristar nodded. "That's like a death sentence, you know." Ristar shrugged. "I know. I'd just like to try it for old time's sake." Sonic shrugged and agreed as Vectorman returned. "Well, that was fun. But why are those talking about a race?" Sally shrugged. 'Who knows. Ristar said that it's for old time's sake." Vectorman still seemed confused, but he agreed to be the referee.

Shortly, a long course about thirty miles long had been sealed off to allow the friends to race. They took their places and Sonic smirked as he looked at Ristar. "You're going to regret this." Ristar also smirked. "We'll see." Vectorman raised his hand. "On your mark…" They tensed up. "Get set…" Ristar smirked and shifted his weight. "GO!" In a split second, Sonic was off. When the dust settled, a few people were surprised to see Ristar just standing there. "I said go." Ristar shrugged and sat under a tree. "I know. I'm giving him a head start." Sally started. "You're giving Sonic a head start?" Ristar nodded. "Yeah. About two minutes will do." Once that time elapsed, Ristar stood up. 'Now I start." Ristar spun around on a star handle and took off at twice Sonic's speed. "This is going to be good."

(Sonic R (Sega Saturn, PC) - Super Sonic Racing begins playing)

With Vectorman's 'Advanced Earth Technology', the group was transported to the finish line in the heart of Station Square. Meanwhile, Sonic had slowed slightly and was only halfway when he noticed something. "Where's Ristar?" He shrugged and continued until he heard a loud noise behind him. "That must be him now." Sonic took off at his fastest speed, but when Ristar reached him, he continued sailing right past. "That's not cool!" Ristar looked behind him and laughed as he placed his feet on the ground and began running. "See ya, Sonic!" Sonic growled and went slightly faster.

At the finish line, Vectorman was conversing with Tails about machines and stuff, Amadeus was reading a magazine that he'd found, and everyone else was waiting patiently for the competitors to arrive. Shortly, a sonic boom was heard. "Vectorman stood up and stretched. "Well, here comes Sonic." It was Sonic who first appeared, but he seemed frenzied. "What's with him?" Suddenly, Ristar, who was right on his tail, came up and went up to Sonic's side. At the last possible second, Ristar inched forward and stole the victory from Sonic. Sonic slowed to a jog then stopped, but Ristar continued onto the bleachers. "Ow." As Ristar. Sonic just looked at him before turning to Sonic. "The winner is Ristar." Sonic's eyes sunk in. "Are you sure?" Vectorman quickly checked his internal clocks. "I'm off. Sorry." Sonic sighed only to go back to his previous stance afterwards. "I'm a few milliseconds off, but it's not anything that would affect the results."

Sonic looked at Ristar and he smirked. "The speed of light is much faster than the speed of sound. Look it up next time." Sonic pointed at him and snarled. "I want a rematch! Do you know how long it took for me to get the title of fastest thing on the planet? And you just flushed it down the toilet!" As Sonic continued ranting, his friends, along with Ristar, laughed at his expense.

Later, Sonic got over it and began conversing with him again. It turns out that Ristar had wanted to race him since they first met and had practiced it everyday. Before the conversation could finish, Sally brought something up. "Hey, guys. Do you mind doing us a favor?" Ristar and Vectorman exchanged glances. "Not really." Sally continued. 'There's this place called the Oil Ocean Zone and I was wondering if you could help us change it back to what it once was." Ristar shrugged. "Sure. Why not?" So, it was settled. In the morning, the group would head to the Oil Ocean Zone and change it back into the lake that it once was.

Yeah, I know. This was another remarkably short chapter. The next one might be just as short, but I'm not positive yet. Anyways, in the next chapter, the group begins restoring the Oil Ocean Zone to it's previous state. Read and Review so I can sleep in peace.

Sonic - They're not listening.

Metal Sonic EX - I know…