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Chapter 4

Miles "Tails" Prower paced back and forth on the stage. He was sweating and shocked upon the race happening in six minutes. Sonic kept following him, trying his best to calm the young fox down with no prevail. Shadow only stood there watching them, quite annoyed.

Jet and the others watched the fox. The hawk then turned to Wave "Does that look like a fox that is a pervert."

"He's only acting Jet. He's just trying to make it appear he's not a pervert just so he can do it again."

Storm scratched his head "He is?"

Jet slapped himself "No he isn't Storm. Wave is only holding a grudge."

"I didn't know she could hold one."

"Not hold one physically… ugh… she's not forgiving him for accidently touching her."

"THAT WASN'T AN ACCEDINT!"

Jet walked up to her "YES IT WAS!"

Storm stood in the middle of this bewildered "I'm confused."

Sonic soon got dizzy and sat down. Tails was kind enough to continue walking around him as if he was earth revolving around the sun. Sonic watched him "Okay, stop Tails. You're getting me dizzy by just watching you do that."

Tails obeyed, but only to look at him and say "How is that possible."

"I don't know, you just are."

Tails shook his head and walked in the opposite direction. Sonic watched him once more "Yah, that… that doesn't help."

Gradeuped walked beside Tails with the fox's board in hand "Look, Mr. Prower. Is this your board?" The fox nodded. "Does it work?" The fox nodded again, but hesitantly. "Is it fast?" The fox nodded again. "Is it good enough for a race?"

"I-I guess so."

"Then stop worrying. You'll be fine. Your inventions always come out pretty good."

"But they weren't good. They were evil."

"I wasn't talking about that. I was talking about that they work properly and the best they possibly can."

"But it's a prototype."

"Come on. I heard what your "prototype" machines were able to do. If that's a fact then this should be great in this race. Probably get you in the top four."

"Top four?" Sonic questioned.

The pure black hedgehog looked at the hero "It is not only the racing transportation, but mainly the skill required to use the equipment."

"Actually, Tails is really good on the board."

"In that case top three."

Tails looked sternly at Sonic "Sonic."

The blue hedgehog only gave a smudge grin in reply. Eggman soon came back on stage "Alright, is everybody ready?"

All seven came forward. Tails was fidgeting with his fingers. Eggman smiled "Don't worry Tails the track is easy… for me."

Tails nodded "Yu-yah that's n-not helpful."

Wave only giggled at Tails despair. Eggman then rounded on her "Don't start thinking you are in better shape my dear. You may have studied the course, but my traps were not on during that time." This time the rouges looked shocked and uncertain. "Oh, and before I forget, the race starts in one minute."

Sonic stepped forward "Whoa, whoa. You said it will start in ten minutes before. That would make it seven."

"I decided to change it."

Tails slapped his forehead. These time changes making it the race start sooner is not helping with his stress. He was hoping that he could use the extra time to calm down.

Gradeuped glared at Eggman "What's with the time changes doctor? That doesn't help us very much."

"What do you mean?" Eggman placed his hand on his chest, playing innocent "I don't mean to make Tails' stress level to raise, the audience just wants the race to start sooner than later. So I grant it."

"Stop trying to act innocent… You're hurting my eyes."

Eggman smiled as he leaned closer to Gradeuped "The race will now begin."

Tails quickly turned toward Sonic with stress and shock blasting throughout his body. The adrenaline becoming too much that his knees were shaking. Sonic only closed his eyes and raised his arm so he could move it up and down telling the fox to calm down.

Tails then looked over at Gradeuped who then gave him a thumbs up. Tails calmed down a little more when he saw that "Wh-what is going on. Why is it I feel safe around Gradeuped?"

Tails looked toward his group "Alright guys. Remember. Jump start." The other two nodded, but the rouges and Gradeuped were confused.

"Ten… Nine… Eight… Seven… Six… Five…" Tails gripped his board under his arm so tightly his palms began to sweat. "…Four… Three…" Everyone leaned back to spring forward "…Two…One… BRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!"

Everyone sprang forward. Shadow and Sonic led the group, but Gradeuped caught up along with Tails. The two hedgehogs jumped into the air and preformed their jump start and blasted off Gradeuped jump up and blasted after them. Tails jumped but in his nervous state fumbled and fell forward onto his stomach.

The rouges blasted past him and the fox could hear Wave laughing at him. Miles stood and preformed the start again, this time accomplishing it. The golden fox fired away after his friends and foes.

Sonic and Shadow were side by side in the race traveling as fast as the board would allow. Gradeuped, though, began to pass them with a cocky smile. Sonic stepped on the left forward switch to gain speed. Sonic shot forward and passed the pure black hedgehog who was surprised by this sudden speed. Shadow soon mimicked and was chasing after the blue blur.

As the two came to a cliff a giant hand came out and swatted at them. Both dodged, but both were unready for the quake the hand would cause and made them flip upside down. Thankful for Tails upside right, they soon corrected themselves. Only for the hand to slam again.

Both flipped again and watch Gradeuped, the one who caused the hand to strike again, pass them. They corrected themselves once more and sped off after him.

Tails was in more of a pickle. He was right behind Storm and was not catching up because of his shaking legs. The fox flew up against the far sidewall as he neared a turn and once he reached the turn he jumped toward it. Thrusters blasted out sending him over the course and landing next to Storm.

The albatross swung left, away from him, in surprise "What the-… hey, no fair."

Tails looked at the bird as he swung right back at him. Tails flipped over Storm and up against the wall. He then propelled himself down an unseen shortcut that no one else saw.

Storm was so befuddled at what he just saw that he didn't see the turn come up or the wall coming straight at him on him.

Eggman was watching the race with his forehead resting on his hand. He watched Tails trick going down the passageway "I was really hoping no one would notice that… just so I could mock them for not taking the shortcut."

Tails continued down the pathway jumping and swerving form rocks and sharp turns that might have been a full u-turn. He finally came to a clearing, but not in a good way. There were no walls to prevent his fall down a canyon. Something caught his eye and he turned to see a giant hand come up. He didn't know why in till he saw Wave shoot out of the tube Sonic and Shadow had come through.

The fox cupped his hands around his mouth so he could amplify his yell "WAVE LOOK OUT!"

The Swallow turned and was surprised to see the fox down in the canyon, but was even more surprised when she looked up to see a giant hand about to come down on her. She swerved away before it crushed her life away, but the shock of the hand, the sudden swerve, and the shake the hand caused made her fall of the board and onto the dirt.

Tails flinched at what he saw that he didn't notice the end of the shortcut. He turned to see it and yelled out. He flung his board in front of him with his feet, as if trying to sit down, as he came flying out.

Jet noticed a hole in the wall and was about to turn into it thinking it might be a shortcut, but there was a yell and a golden flash came out. Miles' board almost struck the wall as he flew out and back flipped so he faced the rest of the track. The fox stood up strait and shook his head to get rid of his shock.

Jet's mouth was lowered "How-egd-id?"

Tails looked back to see a shocked Jet. Tails smiled and gave him a shrug. The two tailed fox then fired up his accelerator and flew off to reach Sonic.

Sonic and Shadow finally caught up with Gradeuped "Sheesh, Grade-up, what are you powering that thing with?" Sonic gasped.

"It's Gradeuped." The pure black hedgehog replied without looking at speed demon.

"Whatever."

Shadow flew closer to Sonic "Here, I'll take him while you sped ahead."

"You sure?"

"Positive. Now go!"

Shadow sharply tuned and rammed Gradeuped's board. The pure black hedgehog was surprised and his eyes widened. Shadow began to throw punches, but the strange new hedgehog blocked them all with swift motions. The only good thing was it slowed him down tremendously.

Sonic watched the two fight as they got farther and farther. The blue hedgehog turned, but not in time. A rock flung itself out and Sonic's head connected with it causing him to flip upside down and collide into another rock. His board suddenly died and he fell on his head.

Sonic looked down at his board to see that there was a crack at the top and apparently a dust speck flew in it. There was a whirl sound coming closer indicating another racer approaching. Sonic quickly stood up; he didn't want to find out if that was Gradeuped or Jet. Even if it was Shadow, he wanted to make sure he was in the lead.

He jumped up and pressed the accelerator. The board came back on and fired away. He turned and relaxed a little. Tails flung back and dodged the flung out rock and swerved away from the other unlike Sonic. The fox then caught up.

Sonic smiled "How did you catch up."

"Shortcut. Why was Shadow and Gradeuped fist fighting?"

Sonic shrugged "Grade… whatever… his board is faster than ours. To pass him we have to press the extreme switch."

"The one that goes all out?"

"Yep."

"WATCH IT!"

Sonic turned to see statues of Eggman come up from the dirt. He was able to zigzag between them. Tails saw them sooner and therefore was able to zoom above all of them. Tails looked back to see them go back down and then faced Sonic "Tell me AS you watch the road."

Sonic flushed with embracement "Well Shadow said he'll take him as long as I sped away to win. But since you're all caught up there is still a chance."

"Uh… Well. We need to keep an eye on him though."

Sonic turned to see and angered Jet begun to catch up. "Well, doesn't he look happy?"

"No, he looks angry."

"Sarcasm buddy."

"Oh."

Sonic and Tails were side by side just as Jet was in earshot "YOU TWO ARE A BUNCH OF CHEATERS!"

Sonic snickered and pointed at himself and mouthed "I'm a cheater?"

Tails snickered as well. Jet was then beside Sonic and rammed into him. Sonic's board then shut off and the blue hedgehog fell and began to do flips and rolls on the ground. Tails watched him, but returned his gaze to Jet who turned sharply at him. Tails pressed the brake and stopped immediately.

Jet soared passed him and struck a wall. The hawk screamed in pain as he pushed himself off and Miles Prower was ahead of him again. The green bird was almost near the fox and then grabbed one of his Tails. He then grabbed the other just as the fox gasped and tried to pull them away "Good thing there are two, freak."

Tails sharply looked at him with a sinister, ice-cold stare. The fax may have been young, but that stare seemed to have made the world gone dark to Jet. Shadows plagued the world as Tails began to rotate the two appendages as if he was going to fly.

Jet was twisted and twirled by the force and fell onto the ground. A blue blur then soared above the fazed Jet. Sonic looked back and then at Tails who had an ice-cold expression like a demented statue "Called you a freak?"

Tails gave a sharp nod. Sonic looked back again "Hmm. I guess you made him regret it."

He looked back to see the fox smiling "Well that's a definite "Yah" if I ever saw one."

Tails looked back and received a cold chill up his spine for what he saw. Jet was catching back up with a murderous look, but that's not what he looked at. Gradeuped was closing in faster and there was no sign of Shadow.

"S-Sonic."

Sonic looked back "Huh… WHERE'S SHADOW?"

The two racers began to catch up, both not looking very happy, or nice. Sonic looked over at his friend "Tails, Buddy. Go all out." Tails looked at Sonic confused. "Tails, that board is thicker than anyone else and yet it still catching up. And don't think I haven't noticed that you were only using the accelerator."

"It-it's only a prototype that has a high chance of an exploding."

"Tails that doesn't matter."

"But I wanted you to win it."

"TAILS GRADEUPED IS ABOUT TO PASS US AND WIN. He will then get the seven chaos emeralds and who knows what he'll do with them."

Tails looked back at the pure black hedgehog to see in a few seconds he will reach them. Tails then took a deep breath and went from the left back switch to the front. The air current changed and there was a blasting noise as the sound barrier was being shattered by Tails sudden speed. Tails could barley control himself as he tried to go around corners.

He zoomed past a statue that suddenly kicked out, but it missed him. Eggman and the audience stood up to watch Tails speed off and nearing the end of the race. Tails then pressed the brake, but he then realized how bad of an idea that was. Trying to break at this speed would heat up the gears inside as it tied to force the current in the other direction for a full slow down. And since his board has gasoline for the thrusters the overheating will cause a fire, and that fire would cause…

The fox jumped up and quickly touched his foot locks as he spun his Tails. He had already passed the finish line so he was okay to take it off. He slowed down, but his board didn't. It sped off and then "BOOM!" It exploded. Pieces of it were sent out everywhere and even though Tails got off in time he shouldn't have been flying. Some of the board struck him and he fell down grabbing his head and moaned.

Tails sat back up and looked around to see a stunned audience and Sally running toward him. "Sally?" Tails said as he tried to get up. But his headache caused him to fall back down.

Sally fell to his side "Are you alright."

"I don't know." Tails continued to hold his head, he felt weird.

"What's your name?"

"Huh?"

"I'm checking for amnesia, what's your name?"

"T-Tails."

"Okay, the real one."

Tails closed his eyes and then quietly grumbled out "… Miles Prower."

Sally nodded "Your birth day?"

"It's… Nice try, but I'm not saying that."

Sally sat back up and crossed her arms "Come on Tails, we have to celebrate it sooner or later."

"Only hint for you is its not this month."

"Great, only eleven months left. What about last month."

"No more hints."

"Oo, I like riddles." Ralph came running up along with Rouge, Omega, and Eggman.

Rouge stopped and then moaned "Dang it! I thought he was dead."

Tails rolled his eyes and spoke sarcastically "Yah, yah, love you too Rouge."

The bat glared at him and then Ralph looked at her "Awwwww, you two make a lovely couple."

"Zip it Ralph."

There was a whirl coming closer and everyone looked to see… Gradeuped jumping off his board and marched toward Tails.

The fox tried to move but his forehead shot with pain. Gradeuped quickly bent down and Tails flinched and closed his eyes expecting a punch to the face. He opened one eye to see Gradeuped looking over him. The hedgehog nodded and said "Yah… You'll be fine Mr. Prower."

Sally looked at him suspiciously "How do you know that name?"

Gradeuped looked at her. Tails, ignoring Sally, spoke "Wh-where's Sonic?"

There were two more gears coming and Sonic went through first and then Jet who screamed "DANG IT!"

Sonic jumped off his board, dropped it, and dropped to Tails' side "Are you alright buddy?"

Tails tried to node but he then moaned in pain. Gradeuped looked at the hero "He has a mild concussion."

Sonic looked at him "Is it bad?"

"Sonic, I said "concussion". Of course that's bad. He just doesn't have the worst case scenario of it, like memory lost."

Sally then stood up and yelled at him "ALRIGHT THAT'S IT! HOW DO YOU KNOW WEITHER HE LOST MEMORY OR NOT?"

Gradeuped stood as well calmly "I am a professional. Besides, if he lost memory why would he ask about Sonic?"

Tails looked up at the two "Wait. Where's Shadow."

Gradeuped chuckled "He attacked me so he left me no choice… I knocked him out."

Sally sighed "I thought you were about to say you killed him."

Eggman pressed play on a camera and everyone watched as Shadow swung a punch that was in a blur. But somehow Gradeuped was faster; he blocked it and gave a blow to the chest which everyone could tell hurt the "Ultimate Life Form". Shadow's eyes popped out, he looked like he was yelling in pain, and once he fell upside down he never moved again.

Everyone stopped and looked at Gradeuped who only smiled and looked around "Yes… what?"

Sonic stood up "How are you that fast. Only Tails and I are able to block Shadow's swings."

"Well Sonic…" the pure black hedgehog sighed "You might not be the only fastest thing alive."

There were two more gears coming and Wave then Storm passed the end. After them came a robot carrying the unconscious body of Shadow.

Wave hopped off her board and stomped over to Tails "YOU CHEATER!"

Tails looked confused "What?"

"You made me fall off my board."

"What do you mean? I was warning you about the giant hand."

"I would have noticed it and may have still have been in front of you."

Jet then spoke up "Wave… he went in front of me, you wouldn't have beat him."

"SHUT-UP JET! I'm tired of you all taking his side!"

Tails was able to push himself onto his elbows "My side? Who was ever on my side?"

"EVERYONE!" Wave marched over at the fox furiously.

Tails looked even more confused "What about the audience and the booing?"

"SHUT-UP! You want to know how I feel, freak? Well… do ya?" Tails shook his head, but Wave ignored that "You are a double tailed, twerp that deserves to go to hell or Hades or WHATEVER YOUR DAMB RELIGION IS! Your just a freak of nature that… that-."

No one noticed Gradeuped looking over at the stadium nervously, but he soon spoke up "That's enough swallow!"

"YOU'RE A FREAK OF NATURE THAT WAS AN ACCEDENT!"

"I mean it swallow… CUT IT OUT BEFORE SOMEONE DIES!"

"I HOPE YOUR NEXT INVETNION KILLS YOU!"

Wave glared down at Tails who was shaking in fear and was trying not to sob, but tears were strolling down his face. The fox made a few gasping noises that were intended to be sobs, but no one heard them. They were busy hearing a raspy voice that sounded angry which gradually got louder and louder.

It went "They lied to me, they shot at me, they hate on me, they're using me, afraid of me, they're dead to me-, they lied to me, they shot at me, they hate on me, They're dead to me,"

Gradeuped then rotated his head as if rolling his eyes "Oh no."

"-AND NOW THERE ALL MY ENEMY-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y!"

The stadium burst outwards and bricks flew everywhere. A giant robot came running out roaring loudly. Sonic jumped up "WHAT'S A MEGA DESTROYER DOING HERE?"

Gradeuped grabbed Wave and began to run as he yelled at the others "IT'S AFTER THE SWALLOW!"

The robot stopped and then dashed after the hedgehog and Swallow. Sonic blasted after the robot. He passed it and ran next to Gradeuped "Giver her here I'll get her out."

Without hesitation the pure black hedgehog tossed Wave to Sonic. Sonic blasted off and the Mega Destroyer ran after Sonic. Sonic smiled and sped up. Those robots aren't as fast as he. But a hand, barley missing him, proved him wrong.

The blue hero ran as fast as he could. He turned to see the robot bend down and leap after him. The giant monster then flung its arms down and its boosters from its feet turned on and it rammed Sonic down, but in his last effort he threw Wave in the air.

She screamed and a yellow blur caught her. Tails lowered her down and then fell to his knees grabbing his head and screaming in pain. The robot stopped chasing the swallow and looked down at Tails. There was a blue blur and Sonic spin dashed its eye, but then a panel closed before impact and Sonic bounced harmlessly away. Sonic landed next to Tails "What the-… How'd it do that?"

Tails looked up at it "No it can't be. IT CAN'T BE! I DIDN'T START MAKING 4.0S"

The panel opened to reveal glass that soon followed the last. Sonic was about to make another charge but Tails said "D-don't Sonic. It will just block it agai- AAAAGG!"

Tails grabbed his head as the pain increased. The 4.0 knelt down and tapped the fox on the head. Soon the pain left and Tails looked up at the robot "Jeeze… thanks."

"YOU ARE WELCOM MASTER!"

"You are definitely a 4.0. No other Mega Destroyer could talk. Where were you made?"

"IN ONE OF YOUR BASES!"

"Which one?"

"ONE OF THE MOVING BASES!"

Sonic looked at Tails "Moving base?"

Tails shrugged and mouthed "Never made one." Tails then looked at the robot "Where is the base now?"

"DO NOT KNOW!"

"How do you not know?... Aren't you connected to it?"

"YES!"

"Then where is it?"

"DO NOT KNOW!"

"Huh?"

"ONLY KNOLEDGE OF ITS LOCATION IS SECTOR FIVE, NINE, TWO, SIX, FIVE!"

"WHAT!" Tails opened his mouth.

Sonic looked at Tails "What?"

Tails looked at Sonic as the others closed in "It says that the base is in another dimension."

Done. Also Alex, if you haven't noticed but the "First" chapter is actually the prologue and therefore is not a chapter. And so chapter "two" is actually "One". The bottom to go to the chapters is actually pages, not the actual chapter. So yes I have made "Five" chapters, but I put it down as "Four" chapters because the "First" chapter is actually the prologue, NOT a chapter. It's only a background story to let you know before the actual story starts.

Now for the rest of you, please review and sorry for the inconvenience.