Jason quickly sat up in bed. He had just finished having a really bad nightmare and didn't feel like going back to sleep. He got out of bed and left his room. He walked past other bedrooms. The doors read; Blaze, Sonic, Tails, Silver, andJet. He walked down a flight of stairs and entered the kitchen/bar area. The kitchen area was right when you walked in through the front doors. There was a phone on the pillar beside the bar counter and two sets of stairs. One on the left and one to the right which led up to a walkway that circled the back part of the large room. The team's bedrooms were up there. If you walked past the bar area, under the walkway, you'd find yourself looking at three doors. The one on the left read "Arcade", the one on the right read, "Training Room", and the one in front of you read, "Pool". Jason sat down on one of the stools in the bar area after getting a glass of water.
"Jason?" Blaze asked. "Couldn't sleep?"
"No." Jason said, shaking his head. "I had a nightmare."
"About W-" Blaze stopped.
"Yeah." Jason said, taking a sip of water. "It's only been a day since... that fight with Mephiles and I haven't been able to stop thinking about her."
"These things take time." Blaze said, sitting on the stool next to him.
Jason quickly got up from the stool and threw his glass across the room. It shattered against the wall. "IT'S JUST NOT FAIR!" he yelled through tears. Blaze didn't say anything. "It's all my fault." Jason said, quieter. "If I hadn't..."
"It's not your fault, Jason." Blaze said. "You didn't know."
"I should've realized the hints that Mephiles was giving me. He said that if I won the fight, that I would feel more pain and suffering than I've ever felt before." He sat back down on his stool. "He was right."
"There's nothing else you could've done." Blaze said. "If he lived then the world would be in danger. You did the right thing."
"Did I?" Jason asked. "According to Mephiles, this is all part of his plan. Mekkaku, Zephiles, Wave's death, everything. I don't think the world is safe just yet." The phone rang and Jason quickly picked it up. "Yeah?"
"This is Officer Burke. Is this the Freedom Fighters?"
"Why, yes it is." Jason said. "How can we help you?"
"There's a group of robbers holding up a bank. They've got automatics and hostages. None of our men can do anything."
"Hang on." Jason said, pushing a button on the pillar. An alarm sounded. "We'll be right there." He hung up the phone and waited for the others.
The others soon arrived downstairs.
"So what's up?" Sonic asked.
"We've got a robbery going on. The officer in charge said they have machine-guns and hostages."
"Sounds like fun." Sonic said.
"Remember... be careful. These are people we're dealing with. They can't take as much damage as we can." Jason said.
"Right." Blaze said. "We must be careful not to kill or severely hurt anyone. We're Freedom Fighters. Not mercenaries."
"All right." Jason said. "Now that we've got that out of the way, how about we get this show on the road?"