Jason made his way to his room but was stopped by Blaze.
"I don't like this." she said.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"What do you think?" Blaze asked. "I don't want her here."
Wave heard them talking from her room so she crept to her door to listen.
"Relax, Blaze." Jason said.
"Relax? How can I relax knowing that I could be killed at any moment?"
"I think you're overreacting."
"Overreacting? She's tried to kill us numerous times. What makes you think she won't now?"
"I trust her."
Blaze didn't say anything. She just sighed.
"Fine. She can stay. But I still don't like it."
"No one said you have to."
The next morning, everyone but Wave gathered downstairs.
"Today's the day." Jason announced. "We ready?"
"Why are we helping her?" Tails asked.
"He has a point." Knuckles said. "She's the enemy."
"She really scares me." Tails said. "I'm actually afraid of her."
"That makes two of us." Silver said.
"Don't worry. I have it under control." Jason reassured them.
"That makes me feel a whole lot better." Blaze said.
"Have I ever let you down before?" he asked.
"Well..." Blaze said. "no."
"Exactly." Jason said.
"Why are we all standing around?" Wave asked, coming down the stairs. She was carrying her E-Gear. "We've got a job to do."
"We were waiting for you." Jason said.
"Well the waits over." she said. "Let's go."
She headed out the door and Jason followed. They were up in the sky a few seconds later, heading for the Mojave Desert. After what seemed like forever, they were there.
"My sensor is detecting the Emerald in..." Tails said. Then he pointed. "that direction."
"Then let's go." Wave said.
They started walking off toward the Emerald. Tails was walking beside Wave. He looked up at her. When she looked down, he adverted his eyes and continued looking straight ahead.
"Do I make you nervous?" she asked him. "Huh? You scared of me?"
"Wave." Jason said, walking beside her. "Leave him alone."
"Lighten up, Jason." she said. "Just havin' some fun."
"Fun is okay but not when you're frightening one of your team members. We need everyone to be alert and ready for anything. If they're scared, that's not gonna happen."
"Fine, I'll stop." she said.
"Thank you." Jason said. "So are we close, Tails?"
"Y-yeah. It's just up here."
They stopped walking when they saw something shining, hovering above the sand.
"The Chaos Emerald!" Wave shouted.
Then the sand started to swirl underneath the Emerald and a giant black scorpion emerged. It was a little smaller than Zephiles but was still huge.
"Where'd that come from?" Wave asked.
"Mephiles must've sent out this scorpion to try to stop us." Jason said. "When it sensed the Emerald, it must've come here to guard it and stop us."
"Well, that's just great." Wave said. "Looks like we're gonna have to team up to take this thing down."
"Looks like it." Jason said.
Jason and Wave took a few steps toward the scorpion. It raised its tail and slammed it down. Wave and Jason jumped to the side to dodge it. The scorpion picked its tail back up and swung it. Jason dropped to the ground and Wave jumped over it.
"How do we attack this thing?" Jason asked.
"How should I know?" Wave asked. "You're the hero."
The scorpion raised its claws and snapped at the air. Jason ran at it, drawing his sword. The Dark Scorpion threw its tail forward and wrapped around Jason's waist. It squeezed him, causing him to drop his sword, and raised him in the air. It brought its claws up and opened them.
"Not good." Jason said.
The scorpion brought its claws closer to Jason. Wave summoned both of her swords and threw one at each claw. They stabbed through the scorpion's skin and it dropped Jason. He landed and dove for his sword.
"What took you so long?" he asked.
"Why'd you get caught?" Wave asked.
Blaze decided it was time for action. She launched fireballs at the scorpion's head. It put its claws in front of its head to block the attacks.
"That's good, Blaze!" Jason said. "Keep doing that!"
"No problem!" Blaze shouted, continuing to launch fireballs.
Jason and Wave ran underneath the scorpion. Jason stuck his sword in the air, cutting the scorpion's belly but not all the way through. The Dark Scorpion swung around and slammed its claw into Jason and Wave, knocking them over. It grabbed Blaze with its tail and slammed her into the ground in front of its head. Jason jumped onto its back as it raised its claws above Blaze, closed, ready to stab her. Jason raised his sword and dug it into the scorpion's head as far as he could. The scorpion released its grip on Blaze, who crawled out of the way as the scorpion's claws crashed down, along with the rest of it. It didn't move.
"You did it." Wave said, retrieving the Emerald. "I'm impressed."
"Oh, that means a lot coming from you." Jason said sarcastically, jumping of the Dark Scorpion's back.
"Listen," Wave said, turning and approaching Jason. "just because I'm bad doesn't mean I don't have the ability to give a compliment."
"Whatever." Jason said, walking past her. "Let's just get to the next location."
Wave let out a sigh, turned around, and followed him back to the group. A minute later, they were all airborne again, off to the Amazon. Five Chaos Emeralds have been found and only two remained.