Six

Silver vs. Rain

Jet and Wave waited in Future City for Storm and Rain to come back. " Boss! " Rain called as she and Storm flew in.

" Sorry to keep you waiting! " Storm said. He tried backflipping off his board, but fell and landed on his back. Rain smirked and did the same thing, but she landed on her feet. " Show off..." Storm mumbled.

Jet stood up from one of the buildings that he was leaning on. " How'd it go? "

Storm stood up and held out one of his fists. " Take a look at this, boss. " He opened his palm to reveal a small microchip.

" Gimme! " Wave snatched it from Storm and inserts it in a slot on her necklace. A screen suddenly comes out with a bunch of symbols/numbers/letters. She scanned it. " Uh-huh. Yes...hmm? Is this? "

" What is it? " Jet asked.

" It's an entry in Eggman's diary, " Rain said. " It's about the Babylonian treasure from our ancestors. " Jet looked at the screen and reads it.

" Hmm..." Jet chuckled to himself. " Heh heh heh. I got those Bird Brains to belive that the Babylon Treasure was just a gem. I can't believe that they fell for it! What fools! " He peered at the diary entry. " Can you believe that the real treasure is the ancient, " He read out loud. " but advanced technology of the Babylonians? What irony! I've found a story about a boy who recieved 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 am anxious to find this technology as soon as possible. Imagine the vast possibilities of the technology they must have kept for themselves." With that, Wave turned the projector off.

" Aw, man! " Storm groaned. " I guess its not a gem after all! " Jet shrugged.

" Oh well, " Jet grabbed the Wind Chaser. " Guess this was just a wasted effort! " He walked off. " Too bad, really. I haven't the slightest in world domination or in advanced technology. Wave ran after him.

" Hey, wait a sec, okay, Jet? " Jet hesitated to turn around. " 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. "

" Are you saying there's profit in this? "

" Think about it. It may be more valuable than finding silver or gold. "

" Hmmm..." Jet imagined himself ontop of gold coins and laughing. A smile spread across his face. Rain chucked a rock at his head to bring him back to Earth. " Why'd you do that? I was just having this great daydream! "

" C'mon, Jet, " Wave said. " it's time to get back to the race. "

" Alright! " Rain jumped up. " Let's do this! " She jumped up so high that she crashed into someone that was flying that someone was Silver! Silver dropped the Psyhic Wave and flew down to grab it. " Watch were you're goin', punk! " Rain yelled as she put her hands on her hips.

" Actually, " Silver said as he picked up his board. " you're the one that crashed into me! " Rain gasped.

" Well! " The falcon started. " You can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk? "

" I certainly can, Miss. " Silver responded. He lifted one of his hands which made Rain float. Rain quickly threw a dummy ring at the white hedgehog which caused him to lose his concetration and drop the falcon. Rain jumped on the Blizzard and flew towards Silver, fist poised. Silver quickly countered with a punch of his own. Both of them fell back. They quickly jumped on their feet and in a fighting pose. Before any of them could make a move, a voice rang out of the speakers.

" The semifinal race will begin in two minutes, " The announcer said. " racers, please come to the starting point at this time. " Rain looked at Silver and Silver looked at Rain.

" I guess we're going to have to settle this later, " Rain said.

" Or, " Silver responded. " we can settle this with a race! We'll go against each other right now at the semifinals! "

Rain scoffed. " Well, you're going to need all the luck you can get 'cause either way, I'm going to win! " She ran off.

Silver glared at her. " We'll see who powns who! "

Mission: Beat Rain! (Finish in first place)

Silver and Rain lined up at the starting line. Turned out that they were only going against each other and not anybody else.

" I'm glad I didn't have to destroy any robots! " Silver muttered.

Rain nodded. " Same here! I heard that they are a bunch of noobs! But not as nooby as you! " She pointed at the white hedgehog.

" For your information, Raindrops, I am not a noob! And I'll prove it when I get first place in this race! " (Hey, that rhymed! -)

" Fine! " Rain smirked. " Being optimistic will just crush you even more once I beat you! "

" GO! " Rain quickly jumped on Blizzard and started down the hill. Silver followed on the Psyhic Wave, but sped up when he saw that Rain was in first. Rain turned around and saw Silver catching up to her.

" You are going to regret trying to get infront of me! " Rain pulled out of her pocket a huge yo-yo and swung it towards the white hedgehog. Silver dodged everysingle swing and then shot psyhic waves at her. Rain jumped to dodge and onto a car. She rode it to a ramp and then jumped the ramp. She then grabbe a moving pole that took her to the oter end of the city. The falcon landed a couple feet away from the finish line. " Ha! That noob is goin ta lose! " Out of nowhere, Silver swirved behind her and with a kick, knocked the falcon off Blizzard. Silver crossed the finish line as first place. He jumped off the Psyhic Wave and looked down at Rain.

" Who's the loser now, Raindrops? " Rain glared at him.

" That was awesome, Silver! " Sonic yelled from afar.

" Thanks, Sonic! "

" Rain! " Wave ran up to the now standing Rain. " Are you okay? "

Rain wiped off imaginary dust off of herself. " I could have been better if I won..." She turned around to see Silver celebrating. " Oh well. I lost fairly, and thats the only thing that counts. "