Wave is really confused. Which she isn't often. That itself is weird. Usually the doctor has robots working for him. Not actual people. That doesn't matter now as they have bigger issues.

"You cannot be serious… we don't even know what these things are!" Wave says

"Wave, it's the only way we can get all of the chaos emeralds!" Sonic says

"We should steal them from him! It'll be easier than trying to do this!"

"We don't steal!"

"You have got to be kidding me!" Wave yells at the hedgehog.

"We do this through normal means and we win, how hard could that be?"

"I refuse to believe you're this stupid."

"That sounds like a great idea Sonic!" Knuckles says and fist bumps him while Wave slaps herself in the face.

They find an extreme gear shop close by and buy some boards, cheap but they'll work and quickly enter the competition. Surprisingly with no push back. Especially for a tournament set up by Eggman Which makes Wave very suspicious. Of course neither Sonic nor Knuckles seem to notice. Wave checks everything she can. Not like she'll get much but anything can lead to anything.

Then team sonic all of them see them, the two birds and the fox from earlier. Seemingly getting ready for the incoming battle. It shouldn't be that much of a surprise. Of course they're here, even if they aren't working for Eggman. The Sonic crew decide not to cause a scene and go to get ready. Eggman probably already has their emerald on hand anyways.

Jet, Storm and Tails all go to the stadium bright and early. After all, they are the stars of the show. Which Jet enjoys a lot. While Tails seems more nervous about it. She doesn't like the attention as much. Tails thinks she'll let Jet and Storm get most if not all the spotlight. She doesn't like attention. Largely because attention largely doesn't like her.

Eventually they see the Hedgehog, Bird and Echidna from yesterday. Guess Robotonicks plan went well after all, it seemed to work as intended, so far. Everything is in its right place. Which is good for Tails because all she has to do now is make them win. Which won't be hard. Not only are they fast but she knows the ins and outs of extreme gear like the back of her hand.

Robotnick announces the first race. Everyone goes center stage. All the team's racers get on the track Including The Rogues and Team Sonic. Tails think this is going to be an absolute piece of cake. Especially with Team Sonic's lack of experience.

While waiting for the tournament to start. Wave fiddles around with the boards for a bit. Trying to get a hold of them. She finds out some stuff pretty quickly.

"Got something!" She cheers

"What?" Sonic asks turning to the bird

"This controls speed." Talking to herself while she pulls a wire making the board mechanics go faster.

"Wave, we're not going to cheat." Sonic comments, Wave rolls her eyes.

"This isn't cheating, read the rule book." Wave says with a smug look. She tosses Sonic a pamphlet.

"Any modifications allowed" Sonic reads out loud

"Told you so, if anything we're following the rules." Wave smiles at the hedgehog.

"Fair enough, what else can you do?" Sonic shrugs and goes over to Wave

Despite the lack of time, Wave managed to do a lot. All Sonic needs to do now is need to put this into practice and succeed.

ahem* "Is this on?" The voice of Eggman enters the stadium.

"Welcome contestants and thank you audience for joining us today! I will count down from the three and when I say 'go' you'll go, alright? …Alright….. 3…2…1…go!"

The contestants go off. Jet gets the early lead. Only to surprisingly be followed close by Sonic while all the other competitors seem to get behind. This surprises Eggman. Who starts fuming to himself. This is not how this wa supposed to go at all.

They go around three times and then stop. Jet still came in 1st with a decent lead. But Sonic is not too far for comfort in 2nd. Making Eggman fume even more. They shouldn't be winning. Team Sonic cheers for themselves. Jet, still the winner of the race, smiles at the crowd to applause. Still happy about the win. Even if it did come closer than they thought it would.

Tails is mad now. Her one job, to make sure they don't lose seems to be in jeopardy now. She doesn't know how they go that fast. They should be impossible for first timers! Even more experienced people would have a problem with their speed. They're going to be a tougher challenge then she thought. That's for sure.

She's next up tomorrow. She gets right to work. She won't lose. She can't lose. If she does, she doesn't know what she's going to do. Tails hopes it doesn't come to that. Meanwhile Storm is confused and Jet is happy for himself because he won. Eggman fumes some more before he announces the winner putting some very obvious venom into his voice when he says Team Sonic takes 2nd place and the losers that are out aren't Team Sonic.

Wave, Sonic and Knuckles cheer for the win. Happy that they could actually win this now. Without having to resort to anything illegal. At least Sonic and Knuckles are. Wave claps while Sonic smiles and very loudly, Knuckles cheers for Sonic. Pumping up his namesakes for the hedgehog and all others to see.

"See Wave what did I tell you?" Sonic says smugly as when Wave gets to them.

"You wouldn't have won if it wasn't for me." Wave deadpans.

"We still can win now! You proved my point!"

"Fine. So what do we do now?"

"Keep racing till we win!" Sonic pumps his fist up. While Knuckles follows his example and Wave sighs following after them with her arms crossed. Following the two out of the stadium to come back tomorrow.