SONIC RIDERS
Disclaimer: I do not own the sonic characters, just the OC's
Chapter Seven: Rise of Babylon
In the middle of a vast desert, a large roman style coliseum was in the middle of it, playing as the starting line for the final race. Just outside the coliseum, Jet and Wave were sitting near the old ruins, waiting for Storm to arrive. To Jet's relief, Storm had finally arrived, riding the Hurricane towards them. "Boss! Sorry to keep you waiting for me!" Storm yelled. Storm grinded to a halt, and falls off the Hurricane to land on his face. "How'd it go?" Jet asked. Storm stands up and shows the small disk that he took from Eggman's base. "Take a look at this, boss!" Storm said. "Gimme!" Wave said as she took the disk out of Storm's hand.
Wave removes her necklace and turns it to show a small slot in it. It turned out that Wave's necklace was actually a small portable computer. Wave placed the disk inside the necklace and then projects a holographic screen from it. "Uh-huh. Yes. Hmm? Is this...?" Wave muttered, leaving the others confused. "What is it?" Jet asked. "It's an entry in Eggman's diary. It's about the Babylon treasure from our ancient ancestors." Wave said as she showed the entry to Jet.
Jet looks at the entry and begins to read it out loud. "Hahahaha! I got those birdbrains to believe that Babylon treasure was just a gem. I can't believe they fell for it! What fools! Can you believe the REAL treasure is the ancient, but advanced technology of the Babylonians? What irony! I've found a story about a boy who received an Angel Wing from the Babylonians as a gift. The story says that with it, the boy was able to rule the world. And this was just a gift! I'm anxious to find this technology as soon as possible. Imagine the vast possibilities of the technology they must have kept for themselves. Hehehehehe!"
"Aw man, I guess it's not a gem after all..." Storm whined. Jet pick up the Wind Rider and starts to walk away from the coliseum. "Oh well; guess this was just a wasted effort. Too bad, really; I haven't the slightest interest in world domination or advanced technology." Jet said. "Hey, wait a second, okay Jet? While Eggman may not look smart, he is; he has an IQ of 300 after all. If he's interested in this technology, it must have value." Wave said. After hearing the word 'value', Jet stopped in his tracks and looked back to Wave.
"Are you saying there's profit in this?" Jet asked. "Think about it; it may be more valuable than finding silver or gold!" Wave said. Upon hearing this, Jet was sent into his little own dream world. In Jet's daydream, he was standing on a mountain of gold, laughing his heart out. But his dream was ruined when an annoying beeping sound had reached Jet's ears. "Why'd you do that? I was just having this great daydream." Jet complained. Wave stopped the beeping and said "Come on Jet, it's time to go back to the race" Wave said. "Alright, let's finish this; then we'll finally get the treasure of Babylon!" Jet shouted as they raced off to the coliseum.
"Now, our race has reached its final stage. The remaining competitors are pacing, anxious for the race to begin. Only a few minutes left. Who will win this big event?" Omochao said over the loudspeakers. "Shadow! Congratulations! I'll be over here, cheering you on!" Kumori said. But Shadow paid no attention to her as he was locked in a staring contest with Jet, who had arrived a few minutes ago. Then, Eggman's ugly mug appeared on the large television screen.
"And now, it's time for the final event! And it's set here... in Sand Ruins! The rules are still the same; anything goes in this extreme race! Although it needs no further explanation, the first one to reach the goal will win this race! But remember, the prize will be won by the racer who's performed the best throughout this competition!" Eggman said. Sonic and Jet walk up a large flight of stair to reach an alter holding five chaos emerald. Sonic pulls out his yellow emerald, while Jet pulls out his light-blue emerald.
"Hah, you're lucky you got this far. It obviously wasn't due to your, "skills."" Jet mocked Sonic. "Heh, I won't lose now." Sonic said with confidence. Both Sonic and Jet place their chaos emeralds down on the alter and return to the bottom to take their places at the starting line with Mach and Shadow. "Get ready; it's time for the final race to begin!" Eggman yelled. "Ready! 3...2...1...GO!" Omochao yelled and the final race began.
On go, the four final riders shot out of the coliseum and into the harsh desert. At first it seemed like a normal trek through the desert. But then, stone pillars popped out of the ground and caught the riders by surprise. Sonic, Jet and Shadow were able to avoid the pillars, but Mach wasn't so lucky. One of the pillars popped out from under him and caused him and the Unknown to be thrown right back into the coliseum and out of the race.
The three remaining riders had reached a small ramp and jumped off it. Jet and Sonic decided to show off to each other and perform difficult tricks in mid-air. But while the two were goofing off in the air, Shadow landed to the ground and took the lead. When Sonic and Jet landed, Shadow had already turned the corner and took a small lead. Sonic then sneaked past him, putting Jet in last place. "I am not going to lose to the likes of them!" Jet shouted. Jet knew this territory more then anyone, which meant he also knew all the shortcuts around it.
Jet jumped on to a hidden rail and disappeared behind a waterfall of sand. Shadow and Sonic were have a difficult time as sand kept falling from the high cliff and landing straight on them. Out of nowhere, Jet jumped out of the sand waterfall and jumped ahead of Sonic, but was still behind Shadow. After making it through the sand, the three riders jumped off a small ramp allowed them to jump a large trench and make it safely to another part of the track.
The three were now in some kind of strange temple and Shadow still held a strong lead. "Now's the perfect opportunity to show off my secret weapon." Jet thought. Jet then pulls out two fans with green feather and swings them behind him to pick up speed. Once Jet was right next to Shadow, he swung the fans at him and knocked him off his balance. Jet laughed as he took the lead. Sonic had passed Shadow and looked angry at the bird. "You're going to pay for that!" Sonic yelled. Jet looks back to Sonic and yells "Ha, I really doubt that!" Jet then turned around and crash, face first, into an egg-shaped statue.
Sonic passed Jet, laughing, as he took the lead. Jet pried himself of the statue and used his fans to catch up to Sonic. Sonic and Jet made a sharp turn as pillars came out of the ground to form a wall. They both found an opportunity to pass the wall of pillars and took it. Now Jet and Sonic reached the final room, which held four large crossbows. Sonic and Jet jumped onto the crossbows as they winded themselves back and shot the two riders back out into the desert, with the coliseum just up ahead.
The two were making their way to coliseum with Sonic still in first place. "No!!" Jet yelled. Unknown to either of them, Wave was hiding behind the ruins, waiting to see who was winning. When Sonic passed her, she pulled out a remote control and pushes the button on it. under the Blue Star, the device Wave placed earlier activated and blew up the Blue Star, just as Sonic was about to reach the finish line. Sonic fell to the ground as Jet passed him and crossed the finish line to win the race.
Sonic got back to his knees and looked up to see Jet holding the Wind Rider, smiling down on him. "Ah, the dirt suits you so well." Jet torments Sonic more. Sonic was about to saw that he cheated, but then remembered that anything goes in this race. Jet hopped on the Wind Rider and rides up to the stairs with the chaos emeralds. Jet then raises the crystal box into the air and the seven chaos emerald react and float above his head.
Each of the seven chaos emeralds shoot out a small of light at the crystal box, which created a small sphere of light inside it. the sphere of light shoots out a another beam of light, that was aimed in the middle of the desert. When the light disappeared the Earth began to rumble as a section of the Earth erupted. Out of that eruption, a floating land of ruin appeared before Jet. "This... this is... Babylon Garden..." Jet said in amazement.
But while Jet was dazed by the sight of the Babylon Garden, a small crane came out of nowhere and stole the crystal box, right out of his hand. It took a while, but Jet then noticed that the crystal box was missing. "Hohohohoho! Now I'll get the Treasure of Babylon!" Eggman said as he was riding his Eggmobile. "Oh no, you don't!" Kumori yelled as she dropped from the sky and began to pull on Eggman's mustache. "Unhand my mustache, you little monster!" Eggman shouted as he clumsily drove the Eggmobile to Babylon Garden. "Eggman!" Jet yelled in anger. "Shadow! Mach! We got to get Eggman!" Sonic yelled as the three cahsed after Eggman.
Back in Metal City, reports of Babylon Garden were spreading fast. "Newsflash: A mysterious airborne object has just appeared above the site where the Ex World Grand Prix is being held. Apparently Sonic and his friends have gone to investigate. We'll try and get more details right after this important announcement." The announcer said. On top of one of the many city buildings, Black Doom, in his alien leader form, was watching the report along side his mysterious savior.
"So that is the legendary Babylon Garden?" Black Doom asked. "Yes, it is." The mysterious person replied. "Shadow has gone to that place. This is a perfect opportunity." Black Doom said. "Not yet. I promise you will have your revenge, Black Doom. But now, all we must do, is wait and watch. When the battle is over, we shall take what it is we seek from that place." The mysterious person said before he and Black Doom vanished inside a small black hole.
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