Sonic Riders/Script (Heroes)

This is the script of the Heroes' storyline in Sonic Riders.

Opening
[At night, on top of a building...]

Tails: I think the signal's coming from around here. [Tails is holding a circular scanning device, with the words "Jamming Wave" displayed on its screen.] Hmm... that's really weird. It looks like something's jamming the radar signal.

[The sound of shattering glass resounds nearby. Sonic turns to the direction of the noise.]

Sonic: Hmm?

[Higher up on another building, three figures cloaked within the night's shadows break through a couple of windows; all three figures are riding on Airboards. Knuckles points to them.]

Knuckles: There! What's that?

[An icon on Tails' handheld device focuses around its digital representation of the three airborne figures.]

Tails: Sonic!! The Emerald's over there!

[The three land on the ground and, using their Airboards, rush off down the close-by street.]

Sonic: All right! Now we're talkin'!

[Sonic jumps off the building he's on, spinning rapidly in the air during his descent. Six police units are giving chase to the three figures. As Sonic lands on the ground, he braces himself to stop the Airboarders, but the one closest to him - green in color - merely swerves passed Sonic. While Sonic looks in surprise at the fleeing green rider, Knuckles drops down behind Sonic and punches one of the other two riders - this one grey - off his board and spiraling through the air. Tails looks at the insignia on the Airboard, which depicts a lamp. The last of the three riders - who's purple - picks her grey companion out of the air and continues moving on without so much as pausing or breaking sequence.]

Knuckles: Shoot!

[Sonic picks up the board dropped by the grey rider, then flinging it into the air, runs towards and flips himself onto it. Quickly making it into the tunnel where the action's taking place, Sonic weaves in and out of the cars, until catching up with the green member of the trio. They exchange a few blows; seeing that it isn't working, Sonic swerves around the green rider, getting ahead of him.]

Jet: Oh, not bad.

[Clearing the tunnel, Sonic looks back, but his rival's disappeared.]

Sonic: What the--?!

[Sonic looks up to see the competitor throttle down from the sky, his speed generating an incredible amount of wind behind him. The pseudo-shockwave from his opponent's landing sends Sonic spiraling through the air, just like the grey rider who Knuckles punched before.]

Jet: Hmph. So, you're supposed to be the fastest thing alive?

[He rides out of view, as the grey rider - still hanging on to the purple rider's board - grabs his board out of the air. Tails and Knuckles catch up to Sonic as he lifts himself off the ground.

Sonic: Oh, new competition!