It's time for the final race of the tournament.
In the last chapter, you all saw that Mintra and Emily outlasted everyone else to claim the final two spots in the race.
Let's wrap this tournament up.
Note: Before I get started, I want to apologize to those that were waiting for this chapter. As you all know, the story got deleted due to apparent guideline violation, and I had to take some time editing (Chapters 1-24) and recreating (Chapters 25-27) the story. Well, now you all get to see the much anticipated final race.
Chapter 28: Sand Ruins: The Final Race
It was time for the final race. This race would decide the winner, and the winner would be allowed to use the 7 emeralds and a rare wish box and make their own wish. But who would win? The stands at the coliseum were nearly jam-packed. Up at the front were heroes such as Shadow and Rouge, and standard civilians. Up in the VIP box were officials such as Princess Elise, Lord Regis, Mayor Draco, the President, and others, as well as G.U.N soldiers for security. Down in the starting block, the 7 racers were getting ready. Amy was talking to Sonic, Wave was wishing Jet good luck, Galeon was checking his board, Armand and Emily were talking, Mintra was talking to Cream and Vanilla, who were in the stands, and Rector was watching Sonic and Amy (so what else is new?). Gerald began the pre-race announcements.
"Alright, everyone, it's time for the final race of the tournament. If you all have been watching these races, you all know that today, one of these 7 racers will emerge as champion, and will get to use the Chaos Emeralds along with the wish box to make a wish of their choice. At the end of the last Survival Battle, we gave the 7 competitors one emerald each. Will those racers please hand their emerald to Damien as he comes around?"
Damien went to each competitor to collect the emeralds. Amy handed over the blue emerald, Rector handed over the red emerald, Galeon handed over the cyan emerald, Mintra handed over the green emerald, Armand handed over the purple emerald, Emily handed over the yellow emerald, and Jet handed over the gray emerald. Damien then took the emeralds over to a case that held the wish box. He then put the emeralds inside with it, and sealed the case. He then gave Gerald the signal to continue.
"Now, remember that the racer who finishes first will win not only the race, but also the tournament. Standard race rules apply, and some of the shortcuts have been blocked off to make it a fair race. Also, for this special race, the boards have been placed a few meters away from the starting line, which means that the racers will have to hop onto their boards after the race begins. Whoever gets to their board first will get an early lead. I believe that's all. Now that the announcements are over, LET'S GET THIS RACE STARTED!!!"
The crowd went wild as Gerald and Damien headed to the announcers booth to cover the race and the 7 racers got ready at the starting line.
5…4…3…2…1…
GO!
The race began as the racers dashed to their respective boards. Amy kicked her board, the Pink Rose, into the air and hopped on it. Galeon slid onto his board, the Wind Demon, as it started to hover in the air. Jet did his trademark double back-flip onto his board, the Wind Rider. Armand placed one hand on the back of his board, the Crimson Laser, and did a front-flip onto it. Emily simply jumped onto her board, the Blue Striker, as it hovered in the air. Mintra also did a back-flip onto his board, the Emerald Shooter, though he did a single back-flip. Rector did a half-front-flip onto his hands, and used them to prop himself onto his board, the Wild Thorn. The race had begun.
Galeon managed to hop onto his board first, and as such was the first race leader. In order of position behind him were Amy, Mintra, Emily, Rector, Jet, and Armand. Once they were out of the coliseum, there was a two-way split in the track. Galeon, Mintra, and Armand took the right path while Amy, Emily, and Jet took the left. But Rector noticed a large stone in the middle, and he got suspicious. He headed towards it, and punched through to find a shortcut. It was one of the ones that hadn't been blocked off. He saw a ramp at the end, and he boosted to it and launched off of it, pulling off a few tricks to regain lost air. After landing, he saw the other 6 racers coming up. They reached the upcoming ramp at almost the same time, and launched off of it, landing on a lower track.
Jet landed on the lower track first, and he boosted to try and increase the lead. But in doing so, he had created a turbulence trail for the other racers to follow. On the right was a blocked ramp that led to some flight accelerator rings. It had been blocked because it was considered too advantageous despite the fact that only one of the racers would be able to access it. There would have been a grind rail on the left, just before the first of what looked like a sand-fall, which was basically a waterfall that consisted of sand. Up ahead there were two paths, one of which went under a tall structure, and was obviously longer, but it contained 4 sets of dash panels. The other was shorter, but it contained no other advantages. Jet was leading everyone through the first sand-fall, but he didn't keep his board turning left so he could somewhat go against the flow, and he fell into the pit on the side. Unfortunately, the others were following the turbulence trail and fell in after Jet.
Well, everyone except Mintra. He did the tornado action to pull out of it, so he gained the lead as everyone else was recovering. He saw the split path, and took the left path, which was a bit longer, but it would leave him further up the sand-fall, which would allow him a greater chance at keeping out of the pit. However, before he reached the sand-fall…
"AH-CHOO!"
Jet had recovered, caught up, and sneezed on Mintra.
"What kind of racer has a sneeze for an attack?" Mintra asked.
"I'M the racer who has a sneeze for an attack." Jet retaliated.
With that, Jet took the lead as Mintra quickly recovered. He passed through the sand-fall with Amy closing in. They both saw a column fall on the left, and they saw a shortcut opportunity. They both charged up a jump, launched off of the newly-formed ramp…but Jet made it up there. Amy didn't have enough of a jump, and she fell short of it. As she regained her speed, Rector and Emily passed her and launched off of the ramp up ahead. Jet, on the top path, hit the ramp up there and landed on the upper track in the temple ruins.
The inside area had three levels. The lower level contained supports for the upper two levels, and a couple of ramps that one could use to get to the second level. The second level contained a flight accelerator ring launch pad on the right that was blocked due to being too advantageous, a path with moving platforms and a couple of egg statues in the middle, a grinding rail on the left which was also blocked off due to being too advantageous, and two ramps on the sides that led to the upper level. The upper level contained two paths and three ramps that led to an upper track containing a ledge-ramp. The lower level contained an upward slope that was disadvantageous to anyone unfortunate to have to traverse that area.
Jet, who was on the top level, hit the left ramp on the upper track leading into the temple room. Amy and Armand took the left ramp, but Armand didn't make it up there while Amy did. Rector punched his way through the power path, boosting once. Mintra and Emily took the right ramp up to the top, and both of them made it up there. Galeon followed the turbulence left by Rector to make it past the area. Amy, Rector, Galeon, and Mintra made it to the top path, while everyone else took the bottom path. After everyone was through it, Rector had taken the lead.
"Now if I can keep this lead for only two more laps." Rector said to himself.
"That won't happen, Rector." Someone said from behind him. It was Amy, his sister. He couldn't believe Amy would say that.
"You really think so?" Rector asked.
"I'm not racing for Sonic for nothing, right?" Amy asked.
They rounded a 90-degree left turn and entered a chamber with rising pillars in the middle. They had already risen to prevent any shortcuts, and the power shortcut that was located there was blocked off. Everyone sped through the upcoming hairpin turn and headed for what looked like a tower. As they entered, they were picked up by rising crossbows. Everyone knew what to do here. They used a crank to pull the string back as far as they could, and they would be launched out after approximately three seconds. Mintra and Jet were shot the highest and bounced off of a ledge in the coliseum, thus entering it. Amy, Rector, Galeon, and Emily landed just short of the entrance, and Armand didn't go that far.
"Mintra has the lead and Jet is right behind him as the second lap begins." Damien announced as Mintra passed through the coliseum. Jet, Amy, Emily, Galeon, Rector, and finally Armand went flying through the coliseum. The second lap had officially begun.
Mintra took the right path, hoping to increase his lead, but Amy and Galeon managed to catch his turbulence and also took the right path. The others took the left path. Emily boosted on the left path just after the slight turn and managed to pull ahead of Mintra as they approached the ramp. They all launched off of it, and Amy was in last because she didn't gain enough speed in the turbulence. As she launched off of the ramp, she narrowly dodged a bullet that had went straight for her head.
"What the…?" Amy wondered. She saw a brown snake on the roof of the structure between the sand-falls wearing a gray trench coat and holding a sniper rifle. Amy knew who it was.
"Alexander!?"
She quickly landed, and caught up to the others to warn them.
"Be careful everyone! Alexander the Snake just tried to snipe me from that rooftop!" Amy told everyone.
"WHAT!?" Everyone said at once.
Amy told them all to be on guard, and they agreed as they continued the race. Rector knew he couldn't blame Sonic for this incident. As they passed through the sand-falls, Amy managed to get the lead from Mintra, who was still in the lead. It wasn't long before they reached the ramp overlooking the sand pit. Nobody took the pillar ramp. Everyone landed perfectly in the next area.
Nothing had changed in the temple room, aside from some remains of the previously crushed egg statues that Rector smashed on the first lap. This time, Amy and Rector hit the right ramp, Mintra missed the left ramp and had to take the bottom path, Galeon and Emily hit the left ramp and made it up top, and Jet dodged the newly placed egg statues as he made his way down the middle. Out of all seven racers, only Emily made it to the top path near the end of the area. Everyone else hit the bottom path and had to make their way up the slope. As they reached the top, they saw Emily drop down from the upper area ahead of them. The others quickly caught up, and it wasn't long before they were on the crossbows again, ready to shoot into the coliseum.
This time, everyone managed to crank the string back far enough to launch them into the coliseum from the top. Emily landed first and crossed the start/finish line to begin the final lap.
"Emily has the lead as we enter the final lap of this exciting race! Who will win? You'll just have to watch and find out for yourselves!" Gerald announced as he saw the racers pass by them.
Emily was the first one out of the coliseum on the third lap. She led the others, who were following her turbulence trail, around the left side. On this third lap, all shortcuts had been blocked off to prevent anyone from gaining a too large advantage. She led the others to the ramp, and launched off of it, only to have Amy take the lead from her when they landed.
"Darn it. And I was doing so well." Emily told herself.
Amy had the lead when they reached the sand-falls, but she lost it after falling into the pit on the right, allowing Armand, who had also passed Emily, to take the lead.
"Finally, I'm in the lead." Armand said to himself.
"Not for long." Someone said from behind him.
At that point, Armand was attacked by a level 2 Mintra, who used his Chao Whip to wrap up Armand, then spun him to a stop, which allowed him to take the lead. Luckily, Armand stopped just short of the second sand-fall, which prevented him from falling into the pit.
"That was a little too close for my tastes!" Armand said.
Armand recovered and boosted across the sand-fall to reach the other side, where the other racers were just about to launch off of the ramp.
In the temple room, the racers couldn't access any shortcuts, so they immediately dropped off of the ledge to the lower area. At that point, the race became a test of speed and determination. They boosted up the slope, headed around the left turn, sped through the hairpin turn, and headed into the crossbow tower. The crossbows had been shut down, but an uphill path had been created that led into the desert behind the coliseum.
It was now the final stretch. This last leg of the race would decide it all. Everyone was on edge. Mintra still had the lead, but Amy quickly got ahead of him. Galeon then boosted ahead of her to gain a lead, but lost it to Armand. There was a time distance of 2 seconds between first and last, which made it a very close race. Anyone could win it at this point. As they entered the coliseum, everyone made one final boost to the finish line. At the last second, a blue streak got ahead of everyone and crossed the finish line first.
"GALEON WINS IT ALL!!!" Gerald announced.
"ALL RIGHT!!" Galeon yelled as he jumped up into the air and did a back-flip.
The crowd went wild. Thirty racers entered the competition, seven made it to the final race, and Galeon had emerged above everyone else. Damien opened the case which contained the seven emeralds and the wish box. He took out the wish box, which looked similar to Jet's crystal box, but it was a transparent red in color, and the engravings were different. Before Galeon made his wish, he passed it around to the other six racers who lost. Jet was the first one to get it, and he pulled out his crystal box.
"This looks like the crystal box I have." Jet told everyone.
"It does, but it's a different color, and the markings are different." Wave told him.
Jet passed the wish box to Armand and Emily.
"Look at it. It's nice, isn't it?" Emily asked Armand.
"I'll admit that." Armand replied.
They passed it to Mintra, who just looked at it before passing it to Rector. He wanted to make his own wish, but he knew that he didn't win, so he couldn't. He passed it to Amy, who was standing beside Sonic. They both smiled at each other. Amy let Sonic hold the wish box. Unbeknownst to them, however, someone located on the roof of the coliseum was holding a sniper rifle, and he was aiming it at Sonic's head.
"Farewell, Sonic the Hedgehog." The figure said.
Amy looked away from Sonic, and she saw the glint of the rifle, and it was aiming right at Sonic.
"SONIC, LOOK OUT!" Amy yelled.
The figure fired the rifle, and Amy pushed Sonic out of the way. However, the bullet hit Amy right in the stomach. Amy fell to the ground, nearly dead.
"AMY!" Sonic yelled.
Sonic quickly reached Amy, followed by Rector, then the others. They could not believe what had just happened.
"Amy, why…why did you do that?" Sonic asked, nearly in tears.
"I…didn't want…you to…die." Amy replied, weakly. "I…love…you…"
Amy then let out her last breath and died. Sonic was beside himself. His love had just died.
"NOOOO!" Sonic yelled, but it was no use.
Rector, who had seen everything, broke down. His sister had just died. He knew he couldn't blame Sonic. At that point, the figure who killed Amy came down and stood near the wish box.
"Aw. How sssssssad. Sssssshe wasn't the one I wanted to hit." The figure said. Everyone knew that voice at once.
"Alexander?" Armand said, surprised.
"That'sssss right. I fired the rifle and killed Amy. That's not the only thing I did. I sabotaged the electric gate during the preliminaries. I poisoned Team Legendary. I sabotaged Armand's board and trapped him in the temple underground. I sabotaged the Babylon Garden combat fighter, AND I caused the spirit hand in that dimension to go out of control." Alexander told them all.
"You…you monster!" Jet yelled.
"And now, it's time for you all to die."
Alexander pulled out a huge laser and aimed it at the racers. He charged it up, and was about to fire when a beam came out of nowhere and knocked the laser weapon out of his hands.
"Not while I'm around, you imposssssster!" Someone said from the side. Everyone looked over in that direction to see…
"Alexander?" Mintra asked.
Nobody could believe it. There were two Alexanders.
"Which one is the real one?" Sonic asked.
The Alexander that knocked the laser out of the other's hands fired a bullet, which hit the one that killed Amy. All of a sudden, that Alexander started to short-circuit.
"Wait a minute! That's not Alexander! That's…"
The snake camo turned off, revealing a large flying robot. The cockpit opened to reveal a face some of the heroes knew all too well.
"Eggman-Nega!" Sonic said, surprised.
End of Chapter 28.
Eggman-Nega was the one responsible for everything! On top of that, he killed Amy. What will everyone do? What will happen next? Find out in the next chapter.
You all remember that Wipeout story, right? Well, I've lost interest in that story, so it's going down. Sorry, everyone.
Well, Read and Review.