Knuckles charged at Shadow and managed to block his attack. He grabbed Shadow's fist and punched him in the face. Shadow stumbled back as another box hit him. Wave and Jason both grabbed their swords and charged at each other. Jason swung. Wave blocked and then swung. Jason ducked and dodged. Wave swung her sword and Jason held up his to block. Wave swung her second sword and Jason caught it with his free hand. Wave jerked it back, cutting Jason's hand. He let out a short scream, dropped his sword, and clenched his hand. Wave swung again and cut Jason's legs, causing him to fall to his knees. Wave stood in front of him and just looked down at him with an evil grin.
"Poor Jason." Wave said. "Come so far just to fail."
Knuckles threw a punch but Shadow grabbed his fist and slammed him into the floor. Silver threw a metal pipe through the air. Shadow whipped around, caught it in mid-air, and chucked it back at Silver. Silver caught it with psychokinesis. This distracted him just long enough for Shadow to launch Chaos Spears at him, causing paralysis. He walked over to Silver and punched him across the face, knocking him out. Sonic swung his sword and Shadow spun around and blocked. Sonic was almost out of breath.
"Give it up." Shadow said.
"Never." Sonic said.
"You just don't know when to quit, do you?" Shadow asked.
"No."
"Then let me help you." He knocked Sonic backwards. "Chaos... BLAST!"
An enormous red orb of Chaos Energy erupted out of Shadow and filled the entire warehouse, destroying all of the boxes and crates and causing damage to everything and everyone else. When it cleared, the only two standing were Shadow and Wave. Jason was still on his knees but everyone else was out cold.
"That was too easy." said Shadow.
Wave looked around and then back down at Jason. "You take the Emeralds to Marek." Wave said. "I'll finish them off."
"Sure you can do it?" Shadow asked.
"Just go."
Shadow took one more look at his fallen enemies before leaving the warehouse, making his way to a secret location where he's been storing the Emeralds. Wave knelt down so she could be eye level with Jason.
"You knew this was coming." she said softly. "You had to."
"Wave..." Jason said. "I..."
"You what?" Wave asked. "I can't understand you. You must be out of breath."
She grabbed him by the neck and threw across the room. He slammed into the wall. Wave walked over and pinned him against the wall by his neck.
"You must pay for what you did to me, Jason." Wave said. "All of this is your fault. You killed me." She summoned her Dark Energy dagger. "Now it's my turn to kill you. Though I don't think you'll be coming back."
She raised the dagger.
"Wait." Jason said.
"I've waited long enough."
"You're... you're right." Jason said. "It was my fault."
"What?" Wave asked, sounding surprised that he was admitting it.
"I killed you. And I'm so sorry. I wish I had known what would've happened if I killed Mephiles but I didn't. I spent the next couple of nights wishing you'd come back. That you weren't really dead, but..." Wave lowered the dagger. "you were. Knowing you were dead because of something I did was the worst feeling I ever felt in my life. Blaze had tried to convince me that there was no way I could've known. And she was right but that didn't take away from the guilt. And then when I saw you at the Museum, I was so happy. I thought you had survived and were okay... but you weren't. You turned into this; a shell of your former self filled with all this hatred and anger. This isn't you. I know that deep down... you're still there. So, please... Wave. Put the knife down and let's go stop Shadow. What do ya say?"
"Jason..." Wave said. "I..." She looked down at the dagger in her hand and dropped it.
"That's it, Wave." Jason said. "Come back to us."
She released her grip and Jason fell to his knees. Wave knelt down and hugged him.
"Jason." she said, almost crying. "I'm sorry, too. For everything."
Jason hugged her back. "It's okay, Wave."
They separated.
"Oh, no." Wave said. "Blaze! Is she..."
"She's alright." Jason said.
Wave let out a deep sigh of relief. "Good."
"Now," Jason said. "Let's stop Shadow."