"Think we should help now?" asked Knuckles.
"Give him a minute." said Sonic. "He's not in too much danger, yet."
Jason struggled to keep the knife away from him. But Wave was surprisingly strong. Jason focused all the power he had and sent out a concussion blast sending Wave flying backwards into a pile of boxes. Jason had to let his power level charge up a bit before attempting to get back up. His energy slowly came back and he slowly got up. Wave stood up and winced with pain. She looked at her left shoulder. The knife was sticking out of it. She reached with her right hand, yanked it out, and threw it to the floor.
"Not bad." Wave said. "You're learning to use your powers."
"Yeah." Jason said weakly. "I'm getting the hang of it."
"Exhausted?" Wave asked.
She walked up to him. Jason tried a punch but was still too weak. Wave was able to easily step aside and deliver a blow to his head, knocking him to the floor.
"You're starting to bore me." Wave said.
"Now." Sonic said.
The rest of the team stormed the entrance, catching Wave by surprise.
"HOLD IT!" came a voice.
The group stopped and looked around. There was a flash of white light. When the light cleared, a black hedgehog was standing next to Wave, holding a purple Emerald.
"Who are you?" Sonic asked, pointing his sword at the mysterious hedgehog.
"I'm Shadow. Shadow the Hedgehog."
"You're the one Zephiles was after!" Sonic realized. "He mistook me for you."
"Zephiles?" Shadow asked. "He still mad about me imprisoning him in time?"
"He almost destroyed New York." Sonic said.
"That sounds like him." Shadow said.
"Now, hand over the Emeralds!" Sonic demanded.
"Yeah. Right." Shadow said with a grin.
"If you won't hand them over, then we'll just have to take them from you."
"You think you guys can beat me?" Shadow asked. He was suddenly surrounded by white light. When it cleared, he was holding a large read, black, and gold sword. "Don't make me laugh."