"I knew it."
Wave looked behind her as did Jason.
"Shadow!" Wave said.
He lifted her off the floor by her neck.
"I knew you still felt something for this kid." Shadow said. "I wanted to believe in you, Wave. I really did. But I had a feeling that the more time you spent with this boy the higher the risk that you'd turn back. You're a weakling and a traitor."
"You're right, Shadow." Wave said. "I am a traitor. But it wasn't you I betrayed. It was my friends."
"You're pathetic." Shadow said, throwing her hard into the wall.
"Wave!" Jason yelled.
"I'll just kill you both." Shadow said.
Jason kicked Shadow's legs out from under him and stood up. Jason tried a kick but Shadow grabbed his foot and pulled him down to the ground. He then threw Jason across the room and stood up.
"You guys are weak. Give me a real fight."
"You want a fight?" came a voice.
Everyone looked at the entrance.
"Blaze!" Wave yelled weakly.
"Blaze?" Jason asked.
Shadow spotted the bandage around around her stomach.
"Are you kidding me right now?" Shadow said. "You're already injured. What makes you think you can stand a chance against me?"
"Because I have something worth fighting for." Blaze answered.
"Blaze!" Wave yelled, grabbing both of her swords. "Catch!" She threw Blaze both swords.
Blaze caught them and ran toward Shadow. She launched an attack but Shadow quickly snatched his sword off the floor and blocked the attack. He countered with a kick which Blaze managed to dodge. She attacked with both swords but Shadow quickly held his sword up horizontally and blocked.
"I'm impressed." Shadow said. "Blaze, is it? I'm going to enjoy destroying you."
He stepped to the side causing Blaze to stumble forward. She managed to find her footing in time to turn around and block an attack. Shadow attacked with such force that knocked one of Blaze's swords out of her hand. Blaze transferred her empty hand to support the other sword. Shadow advanced forward causing Blaze to have to walk backwards to avoid falling. Shadow forced her up against the wall by the entrance. Blaze could feel herself losing her grip on the sword. Then, before she could react, Shadow took his empty hand and punched her in the stomach. The same spot where Wave had stabbed her. Blaze let out a scream of pain and dropped to her knees, clutching her wound.
"Like I said, Blaze. How do you expect to win when you're already wounded?"
Blaze, with all her remaining strength, stood up, grabbed Shadow and slammed him into the wall. Shadow broke her grip and punched her twice in the chest before knocking her to the ground with a blow to the head.
"Blaze!" Jason and Wave both yelled.
Blaze collapsed to the floor. The others were starting to wake up. Sonic was the only one to see Blaze collapse to the floor.
"Blaze?" he said weakly.
"That's it." Jason said.
He grabbed his sword and stood up. Shadow watched as Blaze's fingers began to twitch. He started to raise his foot to finish the job when a fireball struck him on the side of his head. He stumbled backwards, looked over, and saw Jason.
"We're not through yet!" he yelled. "Not by a long shot!"