Jason unburied himself from the rubble of the pillar. Mephiles was walking towards him.
"You think you can win?" he asked.
"Oh, I know I can." Jason said.
"We'll see." Mephiles said, raising his fist.
He shot a burst of dark energy and Jason dodged it. Jason threw his hands forward and launched a burst of flames that temporarily blinded Mephiles. He had to shield his eyes. When the flames cleared, Jason was gone.
"Running away, Jason?" Mephiles asked, looking around.
"No."
Mephiles turned around and Jason punched him right in the face. He stumbled backwards. Jason went to get his sword. When he got there, he stopped to see if Wave was okay.
"Hey." he said. "How you doin'?"
"Not good." she said. "Jason... there's something you should know."
"What?" he asked.
Before she could answer, Mephiles blasted Jason with dark energy and he went crashing through the wall behind her. Jason tumbled across the floor until he hit a table. He got up and looked around. He was in some sort of chemical room. There was a door at both ends of the room and a pool of green, bubbly chemicals in the center. There were guard rails around the pool so no one would fall in. There was also various types of equipment scattered around the room like pipes and other science-y type stuff. Mephiles entered the room through the hole in the wall. Jason faced him and held his sword tightly.
"You think you can beat me with that sword?" Mephiles asked.
"I can try." Jason answered.
Mephiles threw a sphere of dark energy at Jason. Jason threw a sphere of light energy at Mephiles' sphere and the two canccelled each other out, and fading away.
"I see you've learned to use your powers more since our last little encounter." Mephiles said.
"Yeah, well... if I can beat Zephiles then I should have no problem beating you, too."
"Ah, yes." Mephiles said. "You've had quite the history, haven't you?"
"What do you mean by that?" Jason asked.
"First Metal Sonic and Mekkaku. And now Zephiles. You've even managed to overcome the poison within Wave. But I think your weakest victory was against my Leopard Seal in Antarctica."
"Your Leopard Seal?" Jason asked.
"Yes. I poisoned him and made him attack anyone who came near. And just as I predicted, it was the Babylon Rogues."
"Just as you predicted? What exactly did you predict?"
"Everything." Mephiles answered. "Everything from you joining the Babylon Rogues, to your journey to Anatarctica, and Mekkaku's defeat. Even Wave turning against me and giving you your powers back."
"You planned everything?" Jason asked.
"Yes. Everything that has happened to everything that willhappen. It's all part of my plan. You can't stop what is, Jason. You can't stop destiny."
"Maybe not. But I can still stop you."
"Maybe." Mephiles said. "But I assure you... it will notend with my death."
"We'll see." said Jason, raising his sword.