At Egg Factory, Knuckles walks past a couple of robots. Y/N decided to come along because she wants to hang out with him. As they turned a corner, Knuckles and Storm bump into each other (literally). Y/N quickly caught Knuckles before he falls onto the floor.

"You okay, Knuckles?" she asked, helping him up.

"Yeah... Thanks, Y/N."

After a moment to take in what just happened, they point to each other.

"Ah!"

"It's you!" Knuckles exclaimed.

"I'll make sure to pay you for this!" Storm glared.

"Hah! I let you get away last time, but definitely NOT today!"

"Why wait 'til later, you little punk? I'll pay you back tenfold, NOW!"

Knuckles starts to wind up a punch when Y/N noticed a robot behind him.

"Wait! Knuckles!"

But it was too late as Knuckles hits the robot behind him instead. As it falls down against Knuckles, he props it up.

"Em, sorry."

"Wa-hahahaha! What're you doin', you clumsy fool? Was that supposed to be some kind of punch?" Storm laughed.

"Who are you calling him clumsy?!" Y/N growled.

Storm begins to wind up a punch of his own.

"Nice try, buddy!"

Knuckles dodges to the side, making Storm hit the robot by accident. Storm walks closer to the robot. Y/N sighed, shaking her head at their stupidity.

"Sorry there! It wasn't my fault! If he hadn't jumped out of the way just now, I would've clobbered--"

The robot's arm comes off in Storm's hand, right before it blows up.

"--WHAT?!" Knuckles shouted.

"You're blaming him?! Oh, that's it!"

Y/N was about to give Storm the piece of her mind when the speaker stopped her.

"The race is about to start! All participants, please get to your positions now."

"Gah! The track then; we'll settle this there!" Knuckles declared.

"Looking forward to it!" Storm grinned.

"Good luck out there, Knuckles." Y/N patted his shoulder.

Knuckles nodded and headed towards the race with Storm.

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Y/N smiled as Knuckles made it to the finish line first place after three laps before Storm as he came second. She had been watching him race against Storm as she cheered him on.

"Great job, Knuckles! I knew you can do it!"

"Yeah! Thanks to Tails' invention, it really paid off." Knuckles smiled.

"I bet Storm is already having a taste of defeat."

"Hehe. He sure is."

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The airship is flying near a couple of mountains. Inside Jet's room, Jet is holding his control box. He started thinking about his encounter with Y/N again as he wondered how she's doing and is looking forward to seeing her again. He started to daydream of himself and Y/N together riding in their hoverboard as they soar through the night sky where the moon shines before them. As Storm runs to the door from outside, his feet thump loudly on the floor; reaching the door, he abruptly flings it open.

"S-Sorry..."

"Wha--?!"

Jet snaps out of his daydream and falls out of his seat. Storm bangs on the desk.

"Boss? T-The red dude beat me, in the race..."

"Argh..."

Jet pulls himself up, using the desk as a support. Wave walks up to the side of the door.

"Man, you really are worthless."

Storm looks back at Wave, but then turns again to Jet.

"Boss... It wasn't my fault! H-he must've cheated. That's it. He must've used some special type of Gear!"

"What? 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?"

Wave turned away with her arms crossed.

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

"Su... S... S... S..." Storm stuttered.

"Stop it!" Jet snapped, having enough of them. "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!"

"Sure!"

"I want you to sneak into Eggman's base, and find out what he's hiding there! Make sure you look carefully!"

Storm salutes.

"You got it, boss!"

Storm turns to leave, but--

"Hey, before you go... Bring something back, or don't return at all!"

"Yes, sir!!"

Storm runs out of the room at blazing speed. He passes the door, turns back to Jet, salutes again, and slams the door shut, knocking a framed picture off the wall, which falls down on Jet.

"AHHH!!"

Jet knocks the painting away, stomps the floor a few times, then kicks his desk away. Wave slowly backs away.

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In the forest, Jet lies on the ground, asleep. Waking up a little and then yawning, he leans back, prepared to return to sleep. However, Wave walks by, interrupting his nap.

"Aaaahm!"

"Oh... oh boy, oh boy, oh boy... Ugh!"

Wave was pacing back and forth.

"Hrr?"

"Hmm, what's taking Storm so long?"

"Just sit down and relax. Chill, Wave."

"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..."

Wave's voice changes into a high-pitched, squeaky, insanely fast tone as Jet tunes her out. After a while, Jet notices something.

"Huh?"

Sonic launches off a ramp, doing three right-spin tricks, as Tails and Knuckles watch. Jet also saw Y/N as she went next and did the nollie trick.

"Hmm, I think it's time for a little fun."

Jet slowly sneaks away, with Wave continuing her lecture in the same manner while not noticing this until she finally stopped.

"Huh?"

She sees Jet jumping up some trees.

"Hey, Jet! You come back here! Right now! Why do I even bother? Unless I take charge, nothing ever gets done here."

She picks up her board and walks off.

Back to Sonic, Y/N, Tails, and Knuckles at Green Cave after Sonic and Y/N did the moves on their hoverboard.

"The semifinal race will begin in ten minutes! Please convene at the gate prior to that time." Speaker informed.

"Hah!"

Sonic flips off his board, catches it, then lands on the ground.

"Woo-hoo!"

Y/N lands on her hoverboard after doing her nollie trick, got off of it, and lands on the ground before grabbing her board.

"That's cool, you guys! When did you two learn those techniques?" Tails exclaimed in awe.

"He-heh!" Sonic grinned.

"Learned it from my skateboarding tricks." Y/N grinned.

"Not very impressive for someone of your reputation."

They turned to see Jet standing on a tree branch.

"You..." Sonic glared.

"Jet!" Y/N growled.

"You know, 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 riding with Extreme 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 turned to Y/N who's glaring at him for looking down at her brother like that.

"As for you, I'm surprised you manage to get ahead of me and catch me off-guard for like a second ago. I admit; that was pretty impressive. Looking forward to having a race with you. You would be better joining our rogues than with your own gang."

"Why thank you and no thank you. You might as well kiss the sky and go home without your wings once I pluck them out. You'll be a chicken for the rest of your life."

"Chicken?! How dare you?!" Jet glared before smirking, liking her fiestiness. "Heh. We'll see about that, kitty."

"Who are you calling kitty?! I'm a hedgehog!"

Jet leaps into the trees above them.

"Hey! Come back!" Y/N shouted.

"Ah-hahahahahaha!"

Jet's laughter was heard as he was now gone.

"Who does he think he is?!" Knuckles growled.

"Yeah!" Y/N growled.

"Hmm..." Sonic shrugged. "Well I don't think he's all talk, you know; I better be on my toes during this competition."

"Same for me." Y/N agreed.

She turned and saw a down expression of Tails as he was thinking like he was being reminded.

"I never imagined anyone would enter the race with such a piece of junk." Wave's words said in Tails' mind.

"Sorry, Sonic and Y/N; I just need to fine tune some things, then your Extreme Gear will be at a hundred percent."

"Hey Tails, you always do your best, so don't worry." Sonic assured.

"Yeah. I'm sure your work is brilliant. No biggie." Y/N added.

"Yeah, but she has a point; she's a really brilliant mecha mechanic. Sonic and Y/N! Don't worry; I'll unlock the secret of the Extreme Gear for us!"

Sonic and Y/N looks at him for a moment and nods.

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At Dark Desert, Storm rides towards Jet and Wave, who're by a ruin next to the coliseum.

"Boss! Sorry to keep you waiting for me."

He comes to a grinding halt, which knocks him off his board, falling face-down onto the sand.

"How'd it go?"

Storm stands up, panting. He extends a small microchip out to Jet.

"Take a look at this, boss."

"Gimme!"

Waves takes it. It projects a fast-paced stream of data onto a holographic monitor.

"Uh-huh. Yes... Hmm...? Is this?"

"What is it?" Jet asked.

"It's an entry in Eggman's diary. It's about the Babylon treasure from our ancient ancestors..." Storm informed.

A few new screens appear.

"Hmm... 'Heh heh heh! I got those Bird Brains to believe that Babylon treasure was just a gem.'"

Jet's and Eggman's voices start to meld, as Eggman begins to narrate.

"Can you believe the real treasure is the ancient, but advanced technology of the Babylonians? What irony! I've found a story about a boy who received 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'm anxious to find this technology as soon as possible. Imagine the vast possibilities of the technology they must have kept for themselves. Hehehehehehe!"

The diary entry ends.

"Ah man, I guess it's not a gem after all." Storm frowned in disappointment.

"Hmm."

Jet picks up his board and starts walking.

"Oh well, guess this was just a wasted effort. Too bad really. I haven't the slightest interest in world domination or advanced technology."

"Hey, wait a second okay Jet?" Wave said.

Jet stops walking.

"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 imagines himself standing amid piles and piles of gold coins and bags containing said coins.

"Heh heh Hah ha ha ha ha ha!"

Wave's alarm sounds.

"Why'd you do that? I was just having this great daydream." Jet glared at her. "This is the second time you guys ruined it."

Wave turns the alarm off.

"Come on Jet, it's time to go back to the race."

"Alright. Let's finish this, then we'll finally get the treasure of Babylon."

Jet, Wave, and Storm all ride off towards the coliseum.