Yay, my mom let me back on the computer to write this next chapter.

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Tails led Paul through the hallway into the main room, which was about the size of about of an average living room, and had all the furnishings of such; A couch, a few chairs, and a TV were seen. On the wall was a poster of some band or something called "The Blue Hog Group" which showed a picture of about four blue (seemingly painted) hedgehogs standing next to each other wearing blank looks on their faces. There was a sort of a gray color scheme about the room, as well as the whole workshop, that was sort of getting on Paul's nerves. Sitting on the couch, was Blues, watching them as they walked in.

"This is the living room, and sitting on the couch is-" Tails was about to introduce Blues, when he was cut off.

"Let me introduce me self." Blues interjected "I'm Sonic." He stood up and walked towards Paul. "Sonic the Hedgehog."

"Well, you sure do know how to introduce yourself," Returned Paul, happy that he knew Sonic's real name. "Well, I can't say the same thing for myself, but I'll give it a shot."

"I'm Paul. Paul…the hedgehog?"

"…"

"What?"

Sonic slapped his forehead, and Tails walked over to the couch and started watching TV.

"First off, you need to be doing something as you say it. Hand movements, cool pose, whatever."

"Second, you don't sound so sure of the fact that you're a hedgehog."

"Funny story about that actually…" Paul explained the story to Sonic. Two seconds later, he was finished.

Sonic waited for the story to continue. "And then…?

"That's it."

"The whole story"

"Yep."

"Wow…that was short…. Anyway. Third of all…Paul? What kind of lame name is that?"

…Paul gave this a second to sink in. "………….WHAAAAAAT?!!?!?!…!?"

Sonic sighed. "Face it. Your name sucks."

Paul looked angrily at Sonic. "Well, I just so happen to like my name!"

Ignoring Paul, Sonic mused to himself. "Hmm…Akuma? Nah, that's taken. Bean? Nope, also taken…"

Paul calmed down a bit, and looked at Sonic in confusion.

"Speed? Nah…too illegal…I've got it!"

Paul snapped to.

"Your nickname is…."

Paul sighed. "Spit it out."

"…Dual!"

Paul sighed again." Well, I suppose it's not THAT bad of a name…"

Tails piped in, turning the TV off. "I kinda like it. It's a fitting name."

Paul, or Dual as he was now called, agreed. "Yeah…yeah, I guess it is."

Dual turned to Sonic, and was about to say something, when he was inturrupted by Blues himself. "Wanna have a race?"

Dual was thrown off a bit by this question. "Why?"

"Why not? I haven't ran in a while, and I thought it would be fun to practice with you."

Paul shrugged. "Why not? I gotta warn you though, I did pretty good at track. Managed a mile in 3 and a half minutes. Not the best in the world, but-"

"Three and a half? Gimmie 10 seconds, tops."

"…. I'm doomed, huh?"

Tails piped in again. "Yeah, pretty much."

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Sonic and Dual prepared ourselves at the entrance ramp of Route 66. The trip here had been intresting to Dual, what with Tail's House/Workshop thing being in the middle of some ruins site, a nearby town filled with an abundance and variety of other animals, and the fact that it seemed a lot like home in some respects.

Sonic had demonstrated his speed, racing there and back about five times on the way to the highway. "Really doomed." Tails whispered to Dual as Sonic laid at the entrance of the highway, seeming to be asleep.

"What took ya? I was starting to get bored." Sonic mocked Dual as he got up from a fake nap.

"I was watching you show off. Not much else to see, other than the ruins and other various sights." Dual retorted.

"Ah, witty. Well, get over here, lets get started."

Dual did so.

"Now, to start off, were gonna find out how fast you can go. We'll start off slow, and all you need to do is try to keep up. Simple, right?"

Dual nodded. "Yep."

"Ok. Tails, start the countdown."

Tails stood between, and slightly in front, of them.

"3…2…1…"

The anticipation built up in Dual. He knew he wouldn't last very long.

"Go!!!"

Both Sonic and Dual took off at a blazing….2 miles per hour.

"…"

"…"

"…"

All three were silent as they walk/jogged along.

"Time to speed it up a bit!" Sonic blasted to 10 MPH.

"Woah!" Dual exclaimed. "I'll never be able to keep-" He noticed that he was rocketing along side Sonic. "up?"

"Whaddaya know, you're faster than you said! Let's crank up the heat!" and blasted ahead at 30 MPH.

"Aw, there's no way I can…" He caught up with Sonic, and matched his speed. He was rocketing foreword at speeds he never knew that he, or anyone else, except Sonic, could run on foot. His feet looked, and felt, like a blur, as everything went whizzing by fast, wind whistling in his ears.

Sonic and Dual, exchanged glances, and smiled at each other. The race had truly begun.

Both started gaining speed, 32 MPH, 35MPH, then 40 MPH. Dual felt like he was starting to reach his limit. It was kind of a hard feeling to describe, you just knew it. Also, the strain to move faster helps signify such. By 45 MPH He was really straining, and by 50 he couldn't go any faster. He saw the finish line up ahead, and saw that Tails had somehow gotten there already. He saw Sonic suddenly accelerate to the speeds of a jet engine.

He crossed he finish line Tails had the time to set up somehow at exactly 761 MPH(Mach 1) and created an incredibly loud Sonic Boom. Dual slowed to a stop next to Tails.

"He overdid it a bit, didn't he?" Dual said to Tails.

Tails sighed. "He always does."

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Wee. 11:00. Bed foe me now.

I have to replace the humans in Station Square with Furries to stick with the Mobius theme. Don't sue me.