It's time for the final preliminary race.
Whoever wins this race will be the final team to enter the main tournament. But who moves on may not be who you think.
The final preliminary race will be between…
Chapter 7: Legendary vs. Triple Threat
It was time for the final preliminary race. The crowd was excited. The other racers were anxious.
Team Legendary, consisting of Zeus, Mintra, and Hurricane, would be facing Team Triple Threat, made up of Alexander, Charlie, and Domino. The two teams went to the starting gate.
"Ready to lose, ssssssslow poke?" Alexander asked Zeus.
"We'll see who's a slow poke. I'm just as fast as my son, Sonic." Zeus replied.
"I don't care who you are, because you'll lose." Domino told Mintra.
"Say that to the dirt, once you're in it." Mintra retaliated.
"Why did you enter if you knew you were going to lose?" Charlie asked Hurricane.
"Who said anything about us losing?" Hurricane asked him.
The countdown started. Team Legendary started moving back, while Team Triple Threat stood there.
3…Team Legendary started moving up.
2…
1…
BZZZZT!
The electric gate did not go off at the right time. Team Legendary ran into the gate and were stopped. Team Triple Threat got close to the gate, then it shut down, allowing access.
The track was back to its oval form, the same way as the first race. Alexander was the first out, followed by Domino, then Charlie. Zeus, Mintra, and Hurricane recovered, then followed. The race was on.
Zeus, Mintra, and Hurricane caught up to Alexander, Domino, and Charlie, respectively. They were not too happy at what happened.
"Damn. They got acrosssssss." Alexander cursed under his breath.
"I heard that. YOU must have been the one that sabotaged the gate." Zeus said.
"Ssssso, you're sssssssmarter than you look." Alexander retaliated.
Alexander then attacked.
"HISSSSSSS!"
Alexander hissed in Zeus's face, slowing him down. Alexander then slowed down. Charlie and Domino, who had pulled ahead of Hurricane and Mintra, caught up.
"Alexander, what are you doing?" Charlie asked.
"Finish the race. I have some business to take care of." Alexander said without hissing.
"Got it." Domino said as he and Charlie moved ahead.
"Now, to take care of these fools."
Nobody saw it but Cream and Vanilla, but Alexander pulled out a vial from his trench coat. Mintra was trying to catch up, but Alexander was ready for it. He opened the vial and dumped the contents all over Mintra's board. The board started to short-circuit, then dropped. Alexander didn't stop there. He pulled out a vial of yellow liquid and poured it all over Mintra.
"I hope you enjoy my little gift." Alexander called back.
"What?" Mintra questioned himself. Then…
"Agh."
Something was happening to Mintra.
"Owwwwww."
Mintra threw up for some reason. Vanilla and Cream were worried.
"Mom, what's wrong with Dad?" Cream asked.
"I don't know, Cream. I hope he's okay." Vanilla responded.
Something was definitely wrong. Mintra tried to walk off of the track when he collapsed.
"Ahhhhhhh. What's…going…on?" Mintra asked before falling unconscious.
Two medics came out and checked on Mintra.
"Well, what's going on?" One of the doctors asked.
"He's been poisoned. Some toxin I've never seen before. If we don't do something soon, I'm afraid it's the end for him." The other doctor replied.
"Let's get him off the track and into the medical room."
They loaded Mintra onto a stretcher and carried him out of the track. Vanilla and Cream left the stands to check up on him.
"Heh heh. One down, two to go." Alexander said to himself.
He decided to target Hurricane next. He looked to make sure that his teammates didn't know what he was about to do. He then sped up beside Hurricane.
"You monster. What did you do?" Hurricane asked.
"Something I'm going to do to you." Alexander replied.
"Well, I'm at level 3, so TAKE THIS! TORNADO FIST!"
Hurricane tried to attack, but Alexander bit him on the arm. He then pulled out another vial of yellow liquid and splashed it on Hurricane.
"What the hell…" Hurricane began.
It wasn't long before the liquid took effect.
"Ngh. Not me too!" Hurricane said.
"Heh heh. Enjoy your last moments."
Hurricane tried to stay on his board, but he couldn't. The liquid was too strong. He fell off of his board and collapsed.
"Im…poss…ible." He said before losing consciousness.
Two other medics came out.
"Well, is it the same thing?" One asked.
"Yes. The very same thing. The poison that's inside of Mintra." The other responded.
Alexander seemed pleased with what he had done.
"Now there's one more before our victory is guaranteed. The poisoning of Zeus the Hedgehog."
He saw Zeus up front. He had gotten past Charlie and Domino.
"What!? Not while I'm racing."
Alexander then sped up. As he passed Charlie and Domino, he told them to keep racing.
"Now for Zeus."
He caught up to Zeus, who looked at him.
"You. What have you done to my friends?" Zeus demanded.
"Relax." Alexander said coolly. "I just poisoned them. It's the same way I'll take you out of the race. PERMANENTLY!"
Alexander then pulled out his Beam Rifle. It was his level 3 attack, and he was at level 3. He shot Zeus's board, stunning him. He then pulled out yet another vial of poison and splashed it on him.
"Not me too. You monster, just wait until I…Ahhhhhh."
The poison started to take effect. Sonic noticed this, as well as everyone else.
"Dad! What's going on?" Sonic asked.
Two other medics came out and checked on Zeus.
"Another poison. This is out of hand."
"Let's get him out of here. That poison needs to be taken care of."
They carried Zeus to the medical room.
Alexander caught up to his team.
"Well, now the race is ours." He said.
"Alright. What did you do, by the way?" Domino asked.
"I poisoned them." Alexander mindlessly told them.
"You WHAT!?" Charlie yelled. "You can't do that."
"Shut up. As long as nobody finds out, we're okay." Alexander tried to explain.
"Sorry, but we need to report this. Besides, Dr. Eggman said to not kill anyone." Domino told him.
The race was stopped, seeing as how there was only one team left. They went to the center.
"Well, with only one team left, Team Triple Threat wins." The announcer said. The crowd went wild, as usual.
Domino then walked over to the announcer.
"Excuse me, but may I borrow the microphone?" He asked.
"Sure."
Domino took the microphone and started speaking.
"Sorry about this, but we can't accept this." Domino began. There was a gasp.
"Shut up, Domino!"
Alexander tried to stop him, but Charlie held him back.
"It's not fair what Alexander did. We won the way we did because Alexander deliberately poisoned them during the race. Also, he rigged the electric gate in order to try and take out some more teams."
There was a huge gasp among the crowd. The announcer took back the microphone.
"Before I turn it over, I just want to say that we did not want this to happen. We are fair fighters, but not Alexander. He did it without us noticing."
The announcer took it back.
"Team Triple Threat is hereby disqualified due to Alexander's foul." She announced.
The crowd started booing them.
"Unfortunately, now that we only have four teams in the tournament, I'm afraid we have to cancel it."
"Wait." An unknown voice said.
Two medics brought out Zeus, who was on the stretcher, being given an anti-toxin to cure the poison.
"Please hear my request." Zeus pleaded.
"What is it?"
"I want the tournament to go on. Will you allow Team Sonic to take the place of where we were supposed to be?" Zeus asked.
"But, they cheated."
"It doesn't matter. Just let them in, please."
"Alright." She then turned to the crowd. "Attention, everyone. Zeus of Team Legendary has requested that Team Sonic take their place in the tournament."
There was a loud cheer as the crowd accepted.
"With that, the tournament goes on. The five teams that move on are: Teams Babylon, Dynamic, Berserker, Virtex, and Sonic."
The crowd went wild. In the medical room, the other competitors were listening in.
"Well, it looks like your father requested that you be in the tournament." Armand said to Sonic.
"I don't believe it." Sonic said.
"Well, I guess the tournament continues." Jet said.
One of the medics came in.
"May I have your attention?" The medic asked. Everyone turned around.
"Zeus, Mintra, and Hurricane will be disabled for a while, but they will be okay." He announced. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"That's good." Cream said.
The next announcement came up.
"The 15 competitors that made it to the main tournament will receive the next day to themselves. Enjoy it. That is all."
With one day to themselves, the racers split up to do their own thing.
The next day, Team Virtex decided to spend the day on the beach, Sonic and Amy went on a double date with Armand and Emily, Knuckles went to check on the Master Emerald (so what else is new?), Teams Babylon and Dynamic went to raid some nearby ruins, Axel and Basil just hung out, and Tails spent some time with Cream. They enjoyed it while it lasted. The first race would be on a specially designed course in Station Square.
The tournament would be an intense one.
End of Chapter 7.
The five teams have been decided. Which racer will win? Who knows?
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