Five

Shadow vs. Wave

Jet sat in back of his desk in his zipline, again, staring at his control box. I still don't get why Eggman is so interested in this box. The green hawk thought. Can I trust him? His conversation with himself soon ended when he heard a bang on the door. Storm stormed in. " S-sorry! " Storm yelled causing Jet to fall off his chair again.

" Ow! " Jet yelled. " My neck again! At this rate, I'm going to soon end in the hospital! "

Storm banged on Jet's desk. " Boss? T-the yellow dude beat me in the race..." Jet peeked out and groaned.

" Man, you really are worthless, " Rain said as she and Wave came in the room.

" Boss! " Storm tried to explain. " It wasn't my fault! H-he must've cheated! That's it! He must've used somesort of special Gear! "

" What?! " Wave yelled. " Are you implying that you lost because of my Gear?! No one can tune a Gear the way I can! Accept it, buddy. It's not the board; your skills just suck! "

" W-Wh..W-Wha? S...S...S-Suck? "

" Yes. S-U-C-K. Suck. "

" Su...S...S...S..."

" Stop it! " Jet yelled as he stood up. Wave and Storm turned around to face the hawk. " Now, let's get down to business. I believe our colleague, Eggman...he's gotta be hiding something. And you know...I don't like secrets, so I've got a job for you, Storm! I want you to sneak in Eggman's base and find out what he's hiding there! Make sure you look carefully! "

" You got it, Boss! " Storm yelled. Storm turned around to leave, but Jet stopped him.

" Before you go, " Jet started. " bring something back or don't return at all! Rain, go with him so you can prevent him from messing up! "

" Yes, Sir! " Rain and Storm ran out of the room. Storm shut the door so hard that he knocked down a painting of Jet. The painting fell ontop of the green hawk.

" My neck..." Jet groaned.

" Are you okay? " Wave asked as she took the painting off of Jet.

" Good?! No! I am really, really, REALLY--" As soon as he saw Wave, his attitude changed. "--in love..."

Wave cocked her head to one side. " Um...I think the picture frame hit you in the head Jet..." Jet covered his mouth. He knew that he had said something wrong.

" I think so, too. " Jet muttered.

" Aahm! " Jet sighed as he laid on the grass in Green Cave. Wave paced around, waiting for Storm to return with the information they needed.

" Oh...oh boy, oh boy, oh boy..." Wave hesitated. " what's taking Rain and Storm so long? "

Jet sat up. " Sit down and relax. Chill, Wave. "

Wave stomped her foot. " Really, Jet! How can you be so relaxed at a time like this?! Don't you see? As the leader, you've got responsibilities. Some you understand but you..." The only think that Jet could hear now was blah, blah, and more blah. Jet groaned(he groans alot,huh?). I really need to get outta here...Jet thought. Suddenly, he heard a noise and looked ahead of him. There was Sonic jumping a ramp and did a 1080. Jet smirked.

" Hmmm...I think its time for a little fun! " Jet muttered to himself. Jet quickly stood up and tiptoed away. Wave countinued to talk until she saw that Jet was gone.

" Huh? " Wave looked around and saw Jet jumping from tree to tree. " Hey, Jet! You come back here! Right now! " When she saw that he didn't, the purple swallow sighed as she stared at the ground. " Why do I even bother? " She muttered to herself. " Unless I take charge, nothing ever gets done here. " Wave quickly grabbed the Wave Catcher and walked away.

Minewhile Shadow, Silver, and Roy stood and watched Sonic do his 1080. " The race will start in ten minutes! " The announcer said. " Please convene at the gate prior to that time. "

" Hah! " Sonic backflipped of the Blue Star, grabbed it and landed safely on the ground.

" That was awesome, Sonic! " Silver said as he and the rest of the hedgehogs ran up to him. " When did you learn those techniques? " Sonic merely laughed.

" Not very impressive, " A voice rang out. " for someone of your reputation! " Sonic looked around quickly until his eyes met with Jet's. The green hawk looked down at them and laughed.

" You! " Sonic yelled out.

" You know, " Jet started. " I've checked you out actually. Not bad. I admit you're pretty fast on your feet. But here, it's a whole different story when rideing with Exterme Gear! You see, to be the fastest on a Gear, you have to become one with the wind! Without wings, well, you might as well kiss the ground and go home! " Jet smirked as soon as he saw Sonic's anger building up on him. With one final laugh, he jumped away. The hedgehogs stared at where the green hawk was last seen.

" Who does he think he is? " Roy thought out loud. Sonic shrugged as he stared at his board.

" Well, I don't think he's all talk ya know. I better be on my toes durin this competition. " As soon as he finished, they noticed Wave walking past them.

Shadow remembered what he did to Amy. " Just where do you think your going? " Shadow asked, calmly.

Wave rolled her eyes. " I'm racing this round! "

" Well, what a coincidence! I'm racing this round too! "

" You are?! " The other three hedgehogs said, simultaneously.

" I thought I was racin' this round! " Sonic wined.

" Well, not anymore. Besides, I need to fine tune some things on your board. "

Sonic sighed. " Okay...okay..."

" Then, I'm off! "

Mission: Beat Wave! (Finish in first place)

Wave and Shadow took their places at the starting line. They looked around and saw, again, newbies. " They just keep on getting weaker and weaker for each and every round! " Wave commented.

A sinster grin spread across the black hedgehog's face. " I've got and idea! "

" Ready?...GO! "

" Chaos Control! " Shadow teleported all the racers, except Wave, to a random place, probably in outer space, or something. He and Wave quickly got on their boards and went down the hill. Shadow glared at Wave who was right next to him. " You're going to pay for what you did to Amy Rose! "

Wave laughed. " The only thing that I did was to beat the crap outta her! " With that, she sped up. Shadow growled and sped up too. The hill soon ended with a huge ramp. Shadow quickly poised the Black Shot and prepared for the jump. As soon as he jumped he quickly did about five backflips and a 360. The black hedgehog landed infront of Wave. " Huh? " Wave looked infront of her and saw Shadow jumping ontop of a somesort of centipe. Wave quickly pulled out her wrench and jumped on another centepe. Shadow landed ontop of some speed ramps. This is pathetic! He thought. I'm going to beat the hell outta this girl! He suddenly saw a shadow ontop of him. Shadow turned around and saw Wave with her wrench poised, like she did with poor Amy. Shadow was waiting for this. He quickly pulled his fist back and then punched the purple swallow with a bunch of chaos energy. Wave fell off of the Wave Catcher and onto the floor. Shadow passed the finish line in a few seconds. Jet saw what happened and ran up to Wave.

" Are you okay, Wave? " Jet asked, as he helped the swallow up.

Wave nodded. " It doesn't hurt on the outside, but it does on the inside. " Wave watched Shadow being complimented by the rest of his team. She sighed and walked away.

Jet watched her leave. That hedgehog is going to pay for what he did to my Wave! He's not getting outta this competition alive!