Jason flew down the stairs, sword drawn. Zephiles saw him and dropped Tails. He whipped his tail at Jason. Zephiles' tail wrapped around Jason and slammed him into the stairs. Jason dropped his sword.
"Guess it's my turn." said Wave, taking off down the stairs.
"Wave! Wait!" yelled Knuckles.
Wave ignored him. She continued down the stairs. Zephiles swung at her but she dove for the sword and stabbed his hand. Zephiles whipped his hand backwards and let out a growl. Wave threw Jason his sword. He caught it and stabbed Zephiles' tail. He let go of Jason and Jason got up on his feet.
"Yeah, Jason! Kill him!" yelled Silver.
Mephiles looked down at him and kicked him in the head.
Jason raised the sword in a defensive position. Zephiles swung his tail and Jason blocked. Wave ran to help out Jet and the others. Mephiles saw her coming and sank into the ground. Wave stopped when he disappeared. She looked around to see if she could see Mephiles. He wasn't anywhere to be seen.
"Wave! Look out!" Jet yelled.
She turned around just in time to get a fist to the face. She hit the ground hard and quickly looked to see if Mephiles had turned into a solid figure again. He had.
"You can't fight me, Wave." he said. "Just give up."
"Never."
"Foolish girl." Mephiles said approaching her.
Jason ducked another one of Zephiles' attacks and looked over at Wave.
"Wave!" he yelled.
Zephiles swung at Jason with one of his huge, clawed hands. Jason spun a little and fell to the ground. His sword flew out of his hands. Zephiles shot out his tail. Jason rolled out of the way just in time to dodge the attack. Zephiles' tail impaled the ground. He pulled his tail out and tried again. Jason dodged again, rolling in the opposite direction. Zephiles stomped the ground and Jason rolled to the left. Zephiles tried stomping him again but Jason kept rolling. He then stood up and looked at Wave. Mephiles had her pinned to the ground with his foot. Jason looked back at Zephiles who just stood there. They both looked over at Mephiles and Wave. She was trying to pry his foot off of her.
"Stop struggling, Wave." Mephiles said. He moved hid foot up to her neck, "Oh, how I could end your life right now. You're so fragile. So easy to break."
"Hey, Mephiles!" Jason yelled. "Why don't you bring that tough talk over here?"
"Don't worry, Jason. You'll get your chance soon enough."
"Wrong answer." Jason said, running for Mephiles and grabbing his sword on the way.
Mephiles raised his foot in preparation for a kill. Jason threw his sword. Mephiles started bringing his foot down, and at the same time saw the sword flying towards him. He burst into a cloud of smoke just as the sword was about to hit him and right before crushing Wave's throat. Zephiles unfolded his wings. Jason quickly turned around. Zephiles' flapped his wings a couple times before taking off. Jason ran to Wave.
"You all right?" Jason asked.
"Yeah. I'm fine now." she said, taking Jason's hand and standing up. "Thanks to you."
"Well, what was I going to do, right?" he said with a smile.
She smiled too. "Yeah. Right."