"Why are we back here?" asked Blaze.
Jason and the others were at the spot where he and Blaze fought Wave.
"We last saw Wave here." Jason said. "Might as well start here."
They continued walking further into the forest. It was dark and hard to see.
"It's really dark in here." Knuckles said. "Hey, Blaze. Can't you shed some light, or something."
"If you want the forest to burn down." Blaze said.
"Shh." Jason said, holding out his hand to signal the others to stop. They did.
"What is it?" Sonic asked.
Jason didn't say anything. He just slowly reached for his sword. Before he could react, a figure leaped out from the shadows and tackled Jason against a tree.
"Hey!" Jason yelled. "Let me go!"
"You got it." Wave said, throwing Jason into another tree. He fell to the ground and quickly got back up.
"Why are you doing this Wave?" Jason asked.
"Because it's so fun." she answered, sounding as though she really enjoys this.
"It's fun to hurt your friends?" Blaze yelled.
Wave just smiled and took off. Jason followed.
The rest took off after them.
"Jason! Come back!" Tails yelled.
Wave and Jason leaped over and ducked under branches with Jason never too far behind. Wave ducked into a cave and Jason followed. He slowed down a bit, being cautious. It was dark apart from the glow from the moon outside. There were various holes in the roof of the cave which allowed light to pour in. The cave was a rocky hall with other various halls branching off. He turned down one hallway but he didn't see anything. It was starting to get a little scary. He was starting to wonder whether Wave was still in the cave or not.
"Jason." Wave's voice echoed.
Jason immediately stopped and looked around. There was a patch of light on the floor in front of him and behind him that came from those holes in the ceiling. He saw nothing.
"Where are you?" Jason asked.
Wave let out a laugh that echoed throughout the cave. And a creepy laugh it was. "Come and find me. If you can."
Jason took off down the cave. Wave suddenly dropped down from the ceiling and pinned Jason against the cave wall.
"That was fun. Now how about you hide and I try to come find you?" Wave said teasingly.
"You've got to stop this Wave. Mephiles is just using you."
"You don't get it, Jason. I like this power I have. It makes me feel good."
"Please don't make me hit a girl, Wave."
"Oh, please." Wave said. "I dare you."
"Okay." Jason said kneeing her. She stumbled backwards. "Forgive me." he said, throwing his hand up. Nothing happened. No energy spheres came out like he was expecting. "What the-" he said to himself.
Wave lunged at him. He ducked and she latched on to the wall.
"What's the matter, Jason? Losing your powers?"
She kicked Jason in the chest and he went flying into the wall on the opposite side of the hall-cave. To Jason's surprise, it hurt. He tried to get up but got his far as his knees and stopped.
"Poor, poor Jason." Wave said. "Looks like you're not as powerful as Mephiles thought."
She walked over to him but stopped. She could hear voices approaching the cave. Instead of inflicting more damage, she took off out of the cave, zipping by the others.
"What the-" Knuckles said. "That was Wave."
"Never mind her." Sonic said. "She's obviously fine. Where's Jason?"
They rushed into the cave and saw Jason crawling around the corner back into the main cave hallway.
"Jason!" Blaze yelled, rushing to help him. She helped him to his knees and then knelt down in front of him with her hands on his shoulders.
"You all right?" she asked.
"Where's Wave?" he asked her weakly.
"She took off past us as we were coming in." she answered. Jason let out a short groan. "Don't worry. We'll get her back."
They all left the forest, piled into the van and drove back to the garage. Blaze had to drive because Jason could barely move.