Disclaimer: All Sonic Team characters are owned by Sega. Deacon Sparks, Karen, Quote, Nyx, Verdes and Ash are owned by me, Jersey Devil.
Chapter 3: Race One: Chemical Plant Zone
Setting: right where chapter 2 left off
A horn sounded and the contestants were off. The race began on a half mile long, straightaway that was an ordinary street. At this point, the advantage went to whoever was the fastest, so Amy Rose got off to the quick lead. Cream, Storm and Omega were right on her tail, however. Bark, Karen, Verdes and Tails Doll were bringing up the rear until Karen made a slick move past the others and moved into second place. She went side by side to Amy, but the pink hedgehog was able to get off her tail with a well aimed Piko Piko Hammer shot, which sent Karen back to the rear. Meanwhile, Storm and Omega raced ahead and were now locked in a battle for second place. That was until Storm pulled shoved Omega off of its board, causing it to crash onto the hard pavement of the street. Everyone soon passed Omega and Team Dark was in last place. Amy Rose, who was still in first place, approached a big black sign with a white arrow pointing to the right. Amy followed the arrow and it took her down a street with a downward slope. There was nothing in her sights except for the open road, but that would soon change.
"Excuse me miss," said a voice from behind her, "I need to pass by." Amy looked behind her and saw Storm crouching on his board behind her. He place his hand on her board and flipped it upwards, causing Amy to fall of it and crash hard into the street, as Storm cruised to the lead. Verdes, Cream and Tails Doll cruised past her before she even had a chance to get up. When she got up to her feet she heard someone come up from right behind her.
"What goes around comes around," said a girlish voice. Amy looked behind and was met with a kick to the face by Karen. Amy feel back to the ground and was passed by Omega and Bark before getting up back on her board, now in last place. Meanwhile, up at the front, Verdes and Storm were interchanging first and second place at what seemed to be every other second. They were approaching a chain link fence with an arrow pointing to the left. Verdes slowly drifted behind Storm and when they where about to turn left Verdes gave Stork a hard hockey-like check into the steel fence.
"See you at the finish line bitch," taunted the green rabbit as he raced on down the pathway. Storm, using the fence as a assistance, picked himself up to his feet. However, by the time he had gotten back on his board, Karen, Cream and Tails Doll had passed him.
"Nothing but the open road," thought Verdes as he coasted down the street, "And an easy lead for us!" However, this confidence would be short lived as a laser would be shot at his feet, just narrowly missing him. He looked behind and saw Tails Doll, with its eyes, glowing. It show two more lasers out of its eyes, but Verdes was able to dodge them. Verdes then spotted a group of cones, witch created a path to an opening in the metal fence. He took the curve into the metal fence, but suddenly, he felt something hit his board and he spun out of control. He fell violently into the dirt which was inside the metal fence. He looked behind and saw Karen, Cream, Tails Doll, Storm and Amy Rose pass him. The rabbit got up just in time to avoid being passed by Bark or Omega. Meanwhile, in the front, Tails Doll, who had fired the laser the shook Verdes out of controll, was leading the way through a dirt covered yard littered with demolished cars, trash and large storage crates. However, Storm, Amy and Karen were close on its tail. Storm raced ahead of the other two and headed over to right behind Tails Doll.
"Get out my way you heap of crap!" barked Storm as he pushed Tails Doll into a large steel pipe with tremendous force. Storm raced ahead to regain the lead with Amy and Karen not far behind. However, little did they notice Verdes storming back up to the front. Storm approached a steel ramp positioned in front of a pool of pink liquid. There was a black arrow spray painted on the ramp to indicate that it was the intended path of the course. Storm went off the ramp and landed on a steel platform across from the ramp, over the liquid goo. The gray, metal platform was very basic: flat, all open base. Amy, Karen, Verdes and Cream landed behind him shortly after. Verdes caught up to Storm and grabbed his shoulder, but Storm used his hands to perform an eye rake on Verdes, temporarily blinding him. However, in the confusion of the attack, Storm failed to notice Amy take the lead ahead of him. All of a sudden, machine gun bullets could be heard in the background. Everyone looked behind them and saw Omega, with its machine gun arm aimed at them.
"Eliminate targets," said Omega in its robotic voice. It continued to fire bullets at everyone, hitting the boards of Cream and Karen, causing them to fall off their boards and land on the steel platform. Omega raced up behind Storm and Amy. It tried to pass them, but the hedgehog and the albatross were too crafty on their boards to allow that. After a few seconds, they could see the platform was ending and that there were two slender, blue and yellow beams sticking out at the end of the platform. Storm and Omega chose the one on the left while Verdes and Amy chose the one on the right. Both beams were shaped so the surface of them would go up and down repeatedly. When one beam went up, the other one was going down. There was not enough room to plan any attacks, so the racers mainly focused on staying on the beam. Not far behind, however, were Karen, Cream, Tails Doll and Bark. Karen and Cream took the left beam while Tails Doll and Bark took the one on the right. As for the pack in the front, the beams were about to merge together and lead to another metal platform. Storm was the first off the beams, with Omega, Amy, Verdes, Karen, Tails Doll, Cream and Bark following afterwards, in that order. Omega was on pace to pass Storm until it was drilled by Amy's Piko Piko Hammer. Amy, Storm and Verdes were now trading first, second and thrid place for about twenty seconds, until they noticed a ramp on the platform. They all went off it and it took them over the steel fence and back onto the streets of the Chemical Plant Zone. Storm raced ahead to take the lead, while Verdes and Amy followed closely behind. Karen and Omega were only about five seconds off the pace of the three in front of them. Cream, Tails Doll and Bark, meanwhile, were bringing up the rear.
"You've got some skills," said Verdes toward Storm and Amy, "But you're both gonna eat my bust." They approached a fork in the road with and arrow pointing to the path on the right. This path led uphill, and everyone followed it, with no changes in the pace. After the uphill portion of the street leveled out, a sign indicating to turn left appeared. Verdes made a sharp turn, cutting both Amy and Storm off and took the lead. After the turn was a long straightaway. After about a quarter mile, they starting line could be seem in the distance. Storm received a second wind and used it to blow past Verdes and cross the yellow line, allowing Wave to begin her lap. Verdes and Amy crossed about a second later, sending Tails and Quote into the race.
First Lap Results:
Storm 1:21: 39
Verdes -0:00:76
Amy -0:01:30
Omega -0:02:96
Karen -0:03:88
Tails Doll -0:05:34
Cream -0:05:72
Bark -0:07:19
2nd Lap: Wave, Tails, Quote, Rouge, Ash, Metal Knuckles, Blaze & Bean
At the front, Wave and Tails were picking up their rivalry right where they left off, repeatedly trading first and second place for the straightaway. Quote, Rouge and Ash, meanwhile were just a couple seconds behind the leaders. Rouge gave Quote a kick to the back of the head, sending him off of his board, allowing Metal Knuckles, Blaze and Bean to pass. By the time they had approached the turn, Wave and Tails had been joined by Rouge, Ash and Metal Knuckles for the battle for first. After the turn, it was Rouge who got the advantage over everyone followed by Tails, Wave, Metal Knuckles and Ash. Quote, Blaze and Bean made the turn a few seconds later. Bean, needing an advantage, pulled out a bomb and chucked it ahead of him. An explosion launched everyone who was ahead of him into the sky and off their boards, allow Quote, Blaze and Bean to move ahead of them.
"See ya at the finish line, suckas," bragged Bean, before a flame flashed before him and knocked him off his board.
"What an idiot," thought Blaze to herself. Bean had been too busy bragging that he did not notice Blaze's flame attack. With Bean back on the ground, Blaze raced ahead to the lead. However, Bean's attack was not as strong as Blaze thought it would be because Tails, Rouge and Wave caught up to her by the time she reached the chain link fence.
"Watch your step shorty," taunted Wave right before she kicked Tails' legs out from underneath him, causing the young fox to crash into the fence. Wave raced ahead into the turn and came out of it with the lead, with Rouge, Ash and Blaze following closely behind. Tails got up to his feet and managed to get back moving on his board right before Bean or Quote could pass him. Bean pulled out another bomb an chucked it ahead. However, Rouge saw the bomb approach her and she kicked it back toward Bean. Quote, Tails and Bean saw the bomb coming and decided to use the impending explosion to their advantage. Just as the bomb exploded behind them, they ollied on their boards, and the explosion skyrocketed them ahead of the pack in front. Tails and Quote were the first to take the turn into the junkyard followed by Wave, Rouge, Bean, Blaze, Ash and Metal Knuckles, in that order. Metal Knuckles, realizing it was in last place, went on a tear in the junkyard. It first grabbed Ash by his neck and hurled him into Blaze, knocking them both down. It then punched Bean in the face, sending the green duck crashing into the dirt. It then set it sights on Rouge, Wave, Tails and Quote. A gun popped out of its metallic claws and it began to fire bullets at the front four. Although none of them hit them, the four in front had to maneuver out of the way of the bullets. This allowed Metal Knuckles to race ahead to first place and be the first one to go off the ramp over the pink liquid. Rouge, Quote, Tails and Wave followed up in that order soon after.
Wave turned to Rouge and shouted, "We'll need to attack that pile of scrap metal together." Rouge nodded and the two approached Metal Knuckles on each side. Rouge performed a sweeping kick at Metal Knuckles' legs while Wave grabbed Metal Knuckles' head and jerked it backwards, causing the robot to fall hard backwards onto the steel platform, allowing Tails, Quote and Ash to pass. The two yellow and blue beams could be seen in the distance. Rouge, Ash and Tails took the one on the right while Wave, Quote and Metal Knuckles took the one on the left. Metal Knuckles tried to shoot the others off, but the constant up and down motion made it impossible for it to successfully aim the barrel of the gun at anyone. Bean and Blaze were bringing up the rear on the left side, but they could not make any moves to move ahead in the race.
"If I can kick someone off the beam," thought Ash to himself, "They'd be out of the race. Now to find a target." He smirked when he saw Blaze come up on his left.
"That's my bitch," Ash said to himself. He hopped off of his board, grabbed it and attempted to kick Blaze. However, the purple cat stopped on a dime, causing Ash to miss. If it wasn't for the fact that Ash had wings and could fly, the gray bat would be swimming in a pool of pink liquid. However, he was able to fly back up on the platform and surprised everyone by being the first one to land on the gray platform where the blue and yellow beams ended. Rouge, Wave, Tails, Metal Knuckles, Quote, Blaze and Bean, followed Ash. Rouge dashed ahead and found herself side to side with Ash, fighting for the lead. All of a sudden, Rouge was struck with a clever idea. An evil smirk appeared on her face as she face Ash.
"Hey, Ash. Lookie here," said Rouge in a seductive voice. As Ash turned his head, Rouge lifted up her top, revealing her large upper chest (Yes, her boobs). Ash's jaw dropped in amazement at what was ahead of him. He was so busy admiring Rouge's "features" that he failed to notice the ramp ahead of him. Rouge ended her peep show and sped off the ramp, but before Ash knew what he was doing, he had already sailed off the ramp. His right foot connected with the top of the chain link fence, causing him to trip over the fence and land flat on his face. Rouge raced ahead into the lead, with Tails, Quote and Wave following behind, followed by a confused Ash. Metal Knuckles, Blaze and Bean brought up the rear. Back at the front, Rouge and Wave were having a little catfight when the approached the fork in the road. Tails, Quote and Ash were able to take advantage of the fight up front and race into the top three spots. As they turned into the final straightaway, pure speed and skill would decide who would come out on top. At the end, Tails made a swift wide turn, cutting the other two off and finishing in the lead. Quote beat out Ash by less than a half second. Meanwhile, Rouge and Wave's catfight had caught up to the end of the course. At the end, Wave pushed Rouge away, but Rouge hopped onto Wave and the two rolled across the finish together at the same moment.
Second Lap Results:
Tails 1:19:84
Quote -0:00:65
Ash -0:01:03
Rouge -0:02:24
Wave -0:02:28
Blaze -0:03:92
Metal Knuckles -0:04:44
Bean -0:05:12
Final Lap: Sonic, Nyx, Deak, Shadow, Jet, Knuckles, Metal Sonic & Fang
Sonic, Nyx, Shadow, Deak and Jet started off their laps in a struggle to overtake each other to capture first place. However, back at the start, Fang was about to receive his tag from Bean to go.
"God damn idiots," thought Fang to himself. An evil smirk then appeared on his face as he pulled out his magnum revolver, "Guess it'll be up to me to get us back in first." Bean crossed the finish line in last place, Fang revved up his air bike and he was off.
"Time for a shoot-out," said Fang as he approached his first target, Knuckles. He fired his pistol at Knuckles feet.
"What the hell!" exclaimed Knuckles as the bullet barely missed him. Fang fired another bullet at Knuckles' feet. This time, the bullet nailed the side of Knuckles' board, causing the echidna to spin out of control and crash into a guardrail on the side. Back at the front, after the first right turn, Metal Sonic had caught up to the front and has taken over the lead. Meanwhile, Deak was in the back of the front, trying to find a way back to the front on his air bike. That's when he heard a gun shot ring out behind him. He saw Fang on an air bike of his own aiming a revolver at him. Deak began to move in a zig zag formation to avoid his shots, but at the same time an idea struck him.
"That son of a bitch has a pretty good idea," though Deak. He took his M-9 out and now he had a plan to get in first place. He saw his first target was Jet. He aimed the gun at his board and fired. The bullet rocketed against the back of Jet's board, sending the hawk flying into the sky and into last place.
"That's my idea, mate," shouted Fang from behind him, "Find your own way to win."
"Whatever, jackass," replied Deak. He fired a bullet behind him aimed at Fang's tires, but the bullet just missed its target to the right by a couple feet. Deak and Fang continued to race on toward the front, shooting at each the entire way.
"Ready to lose, faker?" taunted Shadow as he, Sonic and Metal Sonic approached the chain link fence.
"That's big talk, Shadow," replied Sonic, "But can you back it up?" Shadow grabbed Sonic and tried to ram him into the fence, but Sonic broke free of Shadow's grasp. Shadow almost ran head first into the fence himself, but he was able to grab a hold of it and push of it to gain a boost. However, in that whole debacle, Nyx and Metal Sonic were able to pass the two hedgehogs on the turn. Sonic and Shadow then noticed the sounds of gunshots and motorcycle engines revving. Deak fired at Sonic and it impacted Sonic's board, causing him to wipe out. While wiping out, Sonic collided with Shadow, causing him to go down as well. Sonic and Shadow collided roughly into the chain link fence as Deak and Fang continued their shootout. As the two hedgehogs got back to racing, Jet and Knuckles had caught up to them. Back in the front, Metal Sonic and Nyx had just turned into the junkyard and were trying to out-maneuver each other so they could take sole possession of first place. Suddenly, a gun shot was heard and Metal Sonic flew of his board through the windshield of a broken down car with cinder blocks replacing the wheels. Nyx looked behind him and saw Deak and Fang on their air bikes charging at him. All of sudden, an idea hit Nyx. The black crow ducked over to the side and let Deak and Fang pass him.
"One of those dumbasses is gonna crash and burn," thought Nyx to himself, "I'll just stay behind them, wait for one of them to get taken out and cruise to second place. It's a long competition. Six points will be just fine for now. As long as I beat Jet." Back at the front, Deak and Fang had just gone off the ramp and were on the metal platform, with Nyx in the shadows, waiting for one of them to crash and burn. When the blue and yellow beams appeared, Deak took the one on the left while Fang took the one on the right. They continued to shoot at each other, but the up and down shape of the beams made it impossible to them to fire an accurate shot. However, when the beams merged together, Deak had an idea. Right before the beams merged, he braked, allowing Fang to pass him.
A huge smirk appeared on his face as he aimed his gun at Fang's rear tire and shouted, "Goodnight, bitch!" Deak pulled the trigger of his M-9 and the bullet pierced the rubber of Fang's rear tire, causing Fang to lose control of his bike and to be thrown of it. The weasel collided violently with the metal pavement as Deak passed him.
"You suck!" taunted Deak as he passed Fang. Fang gritted his teeth in anger, but inside he knew that all hope of winning this race was gone. Deak went off the ramp on the platform and he sailed over the chain link fence, followed closely by Nyx. Deak landed on the street and began to race onto the finish. He then noticed a black crow following him. He pulled his M-9 back out.
"Trying to beat me at the last second, huh?" said Deak, "We'll see about that." He fired shots back at the crow, but after firing seven shots, he ran out of ammo, without hitting his intended target. Deak took the right turn into the final straightaway with Nyx following closely. Nyx tried to pass Deak on the side, but the porcupine moved in front of Nyx with each movement to cut the crow off. Deak was able to hold the lead for the entire straightaway and rode on to first place, with Nyx finishing in second. Meanwhile, the race for third and forth was down to three contestants: Shadow, Sonic and Jet.
"See you guys at the finish line!" taunted Sonic. The blue hedgehog rode on to an early lead, but Shadow and Jet were following closely behind him. Shadow and Jet were able to catch up and by the time they approached the fork in the street, they were neck and neck. As they approached the turn into the final straightaway, Shadow shoved Jet off of his board, causing him to hit the pavement. The race for third was now down to Sonic and Shadow. Both were getting points, but one was getting two more than the other. As they approached the finish line, both hedgehogs went top speed toward it. However, Shadow was faster on skates than Sonic was on a board, so in the end, Shadow crept ahead of Sonic and beat him by a tenth of a second.
Race Results:
Team Sparks 4:03:55 (9 points)
Midnight Marauders -0:01:13 (6 points)
Team Dark -0:03:76 (3 points)
Team Sonic -0:03:88 (1 point)
Babylon Rogues -0:06:01
Team Fang -0:07:86
Team Guardian -0:10:37
Team Metal -0:11:46
The first race in now in the books. Team Sparks wins the first race. I've also decided to change the name of Nyx's team from the Arabian Vandals to the Midnight Marauders. I got the name from an album by a rap group called A Tribe Called Quest. So what will happen next and where is the next race taking place? Stay tuned to find out. Until then, peace out.