Blasting through the teleportation ring, Sonic was in...A WATER PARK!? Visibly losing his cool for a second, Sonic muttered to himself.

"Really don't wanna fall here." He looked ahead, seeing the big jump to take. Flying up and spinning his board beneath him, he activated his gravity ring, taking the higher pathway and zooming down the water fall. Coming out of it, he took the sharp turn, almost hitting the wall as he noticed Vacuo's Sand Glider. They both took another jump, though Sonic didn't get very high and had to take the lower route this time.

Going through yet another tunnel, Sonic looked ahead, noticing how far away the Sand Glider looked. Looking at his Gravity Ring, Sonic decided not to use it for now, wanting to save it for later. He pressed forward, slowly but surely catching up. He also saw in the distance the Ring Rider piloted by Sun, all the way in first place.

"Well well, I better hurry if I don't want to be left behind." Sonic said, gaining speed while checking his ring. It could self charge, but not as quickly as he'd like. Looking up again, he saw the turn meant for the next teleportation gate. But how he'd get there would be tough considering the big turn he saw. Coming up fast, he noticed rails off to the side, and jumped on them grinding his was forward. He noticed a split, and jumped, nailing the landing and coming off of them, now neck and neck with the Sand Glider. The racers looked at each other, each giving a respectful nod, before blowing towards the ring and warping away.