(So, I would like to inform you guys about a few things: I have never played Sonic Riders, nor do I know the personality of Jet, so I don't know if his relationship with Wave is that he annoys her all the time and he is stupid :p. Regardless, it's my story, and I completely changed Rouge's personality as well, so I'm doing it that way anyway because it's my story. Anyways, to the story!)
Alright, you know the drill by now. All the contestants were standing outside the two cabins, as Shadow stood in front of them. "Alright, idiots. Listen up to the next challenge," Shadow began. "You are tasked with finding special gems hidden around the island. Your objective is to find these certain gems and collect points from doing so," Shadow explained, and pulled out five similar-looking gems, but had different colors, (And no, I will not be explaining them, since I am too lazy, so just imagine whatever you want the gem to look like, but make it around the size of a hand.) All the Emeralds looked at each other, knowing they made a mistake to vote out Rouge. After pulling them out, he grabs a blue one. "This first one equals one point," He said and dropped the gem to pick up another one, this time, being red. "This red one equals two," He continued, then dropping the gem to pick up a yellow one. "This one's three points," He began again and dropped the gem again to pick up a green one. "And this one's five points," Shadow finished and dropped the gem. "Hey wait, you still haven't explained that clear one," Tails exclaimed, and pointed to a clear gem on the table. "Oh, this one subtracts one point," Shadow said, and threw it behind him. "Wait, We find a gem, bring it to you, and it subtracts a point from us?" Wave asked, and Shadow nodded. "I actually wasn't suppose to do that, but since the faker isn't around, and since I care little about you guys, I've decided to do that, because I can," Shadow answered. "Now, go find those stupid gems. You have six hours," Shadow ordered, and the challenge started.
"Well, guys, we kind of messed up voting for Rouge," Vector said to the Emeralds and they nodded. "Well, we'll just have to improvise. Ok, I'll assign to you where to look for right now. Wave and Jet, you look up in the mountains, maybe there are some gems up there. Vector, Shadow might have hidden a couple of gems in the water, so you should check there in case. Charmy, you can look in the woods or something. And Storm, you look around this area and find any gems that could be hidden here," Robotnik explained, and everyone nodded. "Wait, what will you do?" Wave asked him. "I wait for help to arrive."
"Ok guys, we all need to go separate ways to have a better chance at finding them," Tails suggested to his team. "Good idea, I'll check the opposite side of the island. If Shadow was smart, he'd hide all the high gems over there," Espio said. "I'll go check by the dock. If he hid gems underwater or near the deck, I can get them with my telekinesis," Silver said. "I can check the cafeteria," Blaze suggested. "I'll go check east of the island," Amy said. "Alright, and I'll check here in case there is some here. Alright, let's do this." Tails said, and the Rings split up to go search for the gems.
Charmy didn't know why he needed to go look in the woods of all places, but he knew not to disrespect Robotnik, or Eggman, or whatever his name was. The egg being in the competition was really messing him up. He had been searching for a long time but did not find a single gem. "Why do I have to search in the woods? This place is so boring. I wanted to go to the mountains, or maybe even the beach. But no! I have to look in the woods," Charmy kept complaining to himself. "Ahem, young child bee," A voice behind Charmy was heard, and he swung his head around to face the person. And he seemed to be a wizard. "I am the great wizard of the woods! I can grant you any wish you want!" He said, waving a "wand," which was clearly a painted stick. "Oh cool! A wizard! Hey, mister wizard, do you think you could give me a green gem, kind of as big as my hand?" Charmy asked the wizard. "Ah yes! In fact, What if I told you I could give you a bigger gem than that?" The wizard asked Charmy, and he beamed. "Oh yes! I could get more points for that!" Charmy danced in the air excitedly. "Ok, follow me," the wizard said, and they walked until they stumbled upon the Master Emerald. "Oh. My. Gosh! I am so having this team win! Thank you so much!" Charmy thanked him. "You're welcome. However, you need to carry it away, as I am far too old to carry such a heavy item," The wizard informed him. "Oh… well, at least I will win us the challenge!" Charmy exclaimed and started to push the emerald away. "Now then, wizard away!" The wizard chanted and slowly walked away. With Knuckles. "Ah, I am back from my coffee break, now then…" Knuckles said as he walked out of his hut and to the emerald, but noticed it was missing. "DARN YOU, BATGIRL!" Five hours left.
Amy had reached the east part of the island fairly easily, but it did take about thirty minutes. Once she arrived, she noticed there was a strange-looking building, almost appearing as a temple. Curious, and thinking there might be a valuable gem inside, she stepped inside and began observing inside. It had strange drawings, and there were a bunch of artifacts. But what caught her eye was a basket of around three blue gems, sitting in the very middle, where a hole in the roof had the sun shine on the gems. "That looks cool. And I get some gems," Amy said to herself and picked up the gems. Suddenly, the whole building started to shake. "Uh oh. It's just like the movies isn't it?" Amy asked, and turned to the walls, where they began to open, and a giant boulder started to rampage towards her. "Yup! Just like them!" Amy said and began to run and scream for her life as the boulder destroyed more and more of the building. She made it out and moved out of the way just in time for the boulder to destroy the entrance and roll away into some unknown place. "Ugh! Not worth it for these gems! Whatever, guess I better head back now," Amy said with a sigh of relief and headed back to camp. Four hours left
Espio had been walking for what seemed like two hours. He had gone through a jungle, crossed a river, and even climbed the mountain and went down it to the other side. When he finally reached the other side, he was shocked to find… a person standing there. He was wearing a long black robe, and was facing the other direction, but knew Espio was there. "Ah, an opponent. Finally…" The man said, and he turned around. His face was still hidden from the robe but had a long white beard. "I'm not here to fight, I'm here for gems, that's it," Espio informed the old man, and the man chuckled. "Yes, I know. For the show. So that's why I make a proposition," The man told Espio, as he pulled out two green gems, looking exactly like the ones he's looking for. "Beat me in a duel, and I give you two of these gems," The man said to Espio. "And if I lose?" "You don't come back here. Ever," The man answered. "Well, I guess if you want a fight, and I need those gems, then here we go," Espio said and got into a fighting stance. Three hours remain.
Wave and Jet weren't the best of friends, more like… partners in their job. But now they are throwing that out of the window, they can act all they want because they know they probably won't win the end anyways. So, with them, they were, obviously, checking fir gems in the mountains. Well, it was more like Wave, because well… Jet was being an idiot, (at least in my story.) He was rambling on some type of egg god, and then how he dreamed of some hedgehog taking over the world or something, it wasn't important. "Jet, no offense, actually, I don't care, just shut up," Wave told Jet coldly, as she picked up a blue gem, and stuffed them in a duffel bag she somehow had. She currently collected three blue gems, including the one she picked up, and a green one. And Jet had picked up absolutely nothing, except for a stick. "Well jeez, no need to be rude," Jet replied sarcastically while rolling his eyes, as they continued hiking. "Jet, You literally have done nothing for the what, past three hours? The only two other people on our team that would be less useful then you right now is Rouge, who is gone, and the egg, who will be gone soon," Wave said to him, frustrated that of the experience she was having. "Ok, come on. I am waaaaaay more useful than, say, Charmy. I bet right now he has found absolutely nothing!" Jet retorted. "Whatever, I'm heading back now, and, please, at least find something useful," Wave pleaded, as she walked off. "Pfft, Ok, I'll show you," Jet said in a mocking tone, and continued on. He kept walking, and walking, and walking, and walking, and walking. "Ugh! Stupid! Nothing here!" Jet said to himself, frustrated. As soon as he said that, he saw two baskets. One had two blue gems, the other had five clear ones. "Wow! I found some gems! But… wasn't one of these gems suppose to minus your points?" Jet asked himself, concerned that he might cost his team. "Eh, might be bad memory," Jet said, shrugging, then picked the two baskets off. He then ran back to camp.
We cut back to Espio and the man, as they both get in a fighting stance. "I've heard a lot about you, Espio. But can you defeat such a master like me?" The man asked, and Espio chuckled to himself. "Look, I almost never lose. And when I do, I let me opponents win," Espio said. "Cocky, are you? Well, we'll just see who'll come out on top," The man said and threw a punch at Espio, but Espio grabbed his fist before it hit him. He then threw the man behind him, but the man spun in the air, throwing three ninja stars at Espio. Espio dashed backwards just in time to dodge the ninja stars to hit the ground. The man ran up to Espio and threw a kick at Espio, knocking him to the ground. Espio retaliated by punching him in the stomach, kicking him back, and stood back up to the ground. "Hm, it seems I did underestimate you, Espio," The man said when Espio stood up. "It seems you did," Espio said, as he threw a left punch. The man blocked it, and kicked Epsio in the stomach, and kneed him in the face. Espio punched him in the face back, jumped up into the air, and kicked him to the ground. "You have felt well, ninja. You may have your reward," The man said, as he stood back up, and handed Espio two green gems. "Thank you," Espio said, as he walked off. "He does have the determination to win. Let's hope he has more than that." Two hours left.
Tails had been searching for the past four hours but, hadn't found much yet. He only found a yellow and a blue gem. But he wasn't really focused on finding anything, as well, he was still upset about the whole… Cream situation. He was searching for a little bit every now and then but would give up and go back to thinking. While in one of those thinking moments, he heard a voice behind him. "You ok, Tails?" He heard a familiar voice to turn around and face Amy. "O-oh. Yeah. Absolutely. Just great," Tails kept rambling on how," fine," he was. "Ok, listen, we should talk about yesterday," Amy told him, and he looked at her confused. "What about yesterday. We won right?" Tails asked, and she shook her head. "No, not that. You mentioned something about Cream. Is… that bothering you? Cream's elimination?" Amy asked, and Tails sighed. "Yeah, it's just, I feel bad, you know? I mean, she didn't deserve to be eliminated. And I feel like I can't have private conversations with anyone on this island because I know we're being recorded right now," Tails explained as he sat down, with Amy sitting next to him. "Hey, it's alright. Sonic is in the hospital right now, so you can wonder how much I am panicking," Amy said while patting his head. "Yeah, I am too. Well, thanks for making me feel better. Now, I should probably go find more gems," Tails said, and got up. "I'll do the same. And remember, if you need to talk about anything, just ask," Amy told him, and walked off. One Hour Left.
Robotnik was currently sitting on a log, waiting for, "help to arrive." "Um, Eggman, why aren't you doing anything?" Vector asked as he walked up with one yellow gem and one red gem. "I am waiting," "Waiting for what? Are you just being lazy and not helping?" Vector asked, and Robotnik shook his head. "I'm waiting for help," Robotnik told him. "What help?" Vector asked, but didn't need answering, as a blue robot landed behind Robotnik. Mecha Sonic, (And no I don't mean Metal Sonic, I mean Mecha Sonic. But you probably already know him so let's move on.) "Ah, Mecha. I've been waiting for so long. Now, I need you to find these gems," Robotnik said, as he pulled out a piece of paper with pictures of gems he was required to find. "Yes, Master," Mecha Responded, as he flew away. Around fifty minutes later, he comes back with three blue gems and one green. "Ah, perfect. Now, go ahead and head back to base," Robotnik ordered, and the robot flew away. Time is up.
"Ok, idiots, gather around the cabins," Shadow ordered the contestants, as the two teams gather to show their gems. All except one person was present for the Emeralds team. "Ok, let me see the Emeralds first," Shadow said, as the team dumped the gems on the table, and Shadow counted the gems. "21 points. Absolutely pathetic," Shadow announced. "What, I thought we had 24?" Wave asked. "You did, but Jet brought five clear ones," Shadow informed them, and everyone gave death glares to Jet. Next up, the Rings brought their gems, and Shadow counted the Rings gems. "Rings have 25. They win even if you guys didn't bring five clear ones," Shadow said, and the Rings cheered. Then Vector remembered something. "Hey guys, where is Charmy?" Vector asked, and Charmy appeared, pulling the master emerald towards the group. "Hey, guys! Look what I found!" Charmy yelled, as he continued to pull the emerald with a rope. Everyone had a look of shock on their faces. Even Shadow was somewhat surprised. "How… how did you find that?" Shadow asked Charmy. "Some man in the wizard gave it to me," Charmy said. "Wait so do we win since he brought the Master Emerald?" Wave asked. "You know, I'm surprised, but no. You still lose," Shadow answered. "Oh, come on, I did all this work for nothing!"
The camera cuts to the elimination ceremony at the campfire, with the Emeralds sitting in their seats. "Emeralds, you lost again, so you guys suck," Shadow said. "Hey!" "Now, you know the rules already, so I don't need to baby you, now go vote for someone," Shadow ordered, and one by one, everyone went to vote for the person they wanted to eliminate. Once everyone was done, Shadow pulled out some flashcards. "All of you voted for the person you wanted to eliminate, so, let's begin," Shadow said. "The prizes today are tomatoes," Shadow said while pulling out a tray of six tomatoes. "Wow, you really are a bad host," Wave insulted Shadow. "Yeah, I know. Now, to get on with the votes. A lot of you got zero votes, so, let's begin," Shadow said, pulling out the first flashcard. "Wave, you have zero votes," Shadow said, and Wave smirked. "Yeah, I should have gotten zero votes," Wave said but was then hit in the face with a tomato, tomato juice, and other stuff a tomato has exploded everywhere. "Ah! My face!" "Vector, you have zero votes," Shadow continued. "Alright!" Vector cheered as he picked up a tomato. "Charmy, you have zero votes," Shadow called out, and Charmy flew to pick up a tomato. "The rest of you all at least got one vote," Shadow informed, looking at Jet, the "Eggman," and Storm. "Storm, you have one vote," Shadow said, and Storm sighed in relief that he could stay another day. "The last person that gets to stay is…" Shadow trailed, and Jet looked really nervous that he could lose to an egg. "Jet. You received one vote," Shadow finished, and Jet calmed down. "Ok, good," Jet said and grabbed the last tomato. "Sonic's egg had received four votes. He is eliminated," Shadow said. "Finally! The egg is gone!" Vector spoke out loud, as Shadow dragged the shell to the boat, threw the egg on the boat, and the egg set sail, never to be known where it would go.