Wave dropped from a branch and stood up. She was still in the forest. She closed her eyes, tilted her head back, and inhaled deeply. She was thinking about the fight she just had and how good it felt.
"You're having too much fun." a voice said.
Wave quickly opened her eyes and looked in the direction of the voice. The figure emerged from the shadows to reveal herself to Wave. When Wave saw who it was she calmed down a bit.
"That's your opinion." Wave said. "Not mine."
Mephiles' helper smiled. "You should be more careful." she said, walking passed Wave. "You almost led them to the machine. I wouldn't be surprised if Mephiles punished you for it."
"You worry about yourself. How's that?" Wave said. "Letme worry about me."
"I'm not worried about you." she said, turning to face Wave. "But still... I would make sure you continued to prove yourself useful to Mephiles. Because... if you don't..."
"I appreciate your concern," Wave said, cutting her off. "but I think I can take care of myself."
"We'll see, Wave. We'll see."
The next morning, Blaze was the first to enter the garage. On her way in, she noticed Jason sitting on the edge of the roof. She found the stairs that led to the roof and went to see what was going on.
"Here you are." Blaze said, as she got to the roof.
"Hey, Blaze." Jason said, not sounding like his usual fun self.
"Something wrong?" Blaze asked as she walked over to him.
"I'm losing my powers." Blaze sat down next to him. "I should just quit while I'm ahead."
"That's it?" Blaze asked. "You're giving up." She sounded frustrated.
"I'm losing my powers, Blaze. If I couldn't stop Wave, how am I going to stop Mephiles?"
"Look at me." Blaze said. She put her left hand on Jason's right cheek and made him look at her. "We're going to get through this. We can't just give up now."
Jason gently grabbed Blaze's wrist with his right hand and forced her to lower it. "He has Wave. How can I kill her?"
"Maybe you won't have to." Blaze said.
"Well it doesn't seem like there's a way to save her." said Jason. "And I highly doubt Mephiles will free her from his poison."
"This is what Mephiles is counting on." Blaze said. "He obviously has this all planned out already. He's using Wave to get to you. Why he's letting her attack us on her own."
"Well it's working."
"Wave wouldn't give up if she was in your position." Blaze said. "And are you really just going to give up on her?"
"What can I do? I've lost everything."
"You haven't lost everything." came a voice from behind them. Jason and Blaze turned to see who it was. It was Sonic. The others were standing behind him. "You still have us."
Jason couldn't help but smile.
"See?" Blaze said. "You don't have to do this alone. You think we're just gonna stand around and wait for the world to end?"
"You guys up for it?" Jason asked. "I mean... it could be dangerous."
"You kiddin'?" Silver said. "Wave was our friend, too. There's no way we're gonna let Mephiles get away with this."
"Thanks, guys." Jason said. "Well... let's go find Mephiles."