The Apocalypse [The Original]

Ch. 3

Jason was walking down a hallway and bumped into Wave.

"Hey! Watch where you're going!"

"Oh. Sorry."

Just then Jet approached them.

"We've got a problem."

The three of them headed to the control room and looked out the window. They saw buildings on fire.

"Looks like the work of Mekkaku." said Jet.

"Who is this Mekkaku?"

"The one you're supposed to destroy. Remember? That's why you came."

He looked out the window again.

"Look! Robots! We have to stop them!"

Jet ran out of the room to the hangar. Wave looked at Jason.

"Try not to mess this up. There's no time for mistakes. Got it?"

"Yes." "Good. Now let's go."

They landed the ship and walked out. As soon as they left the ship the robots spotted them. They raised their weapons and started firing. The three took cover behind a boulder.

"Why are you hiding, Jason?" Wave asked. "Remember your training?"

"Oh yeah."

Jason left the cover of the boulder and took off towards the robots. He leaped at one and ripped its arm off, the one with the weapon, and fired at the robots, destroying them.

"Well... that was easy."

He walked back to Wave and Jet.

"Not bad, Jason." said Jet.

"Yeah. Not bad." said Wave as she walked back to the ship. Jason turned to Jet.

"What's her problem, anyway?"

"I don't know. The first time I saw her was last year. She had been searching for a place to live for 10 years."

"Ten years? That's a long time."

"I know. That's all I know. She wouldn't tell me anything."

They headed back to the ship. They took off once again. They were flying over a city now. Jason stood in the doorway of the control room. He was looking at Wave. She was standing in front of the window, looking out. She started to turn around but stopped. Something caught her eye. She stood there for a minute then turned around. As she left the room she gave Jason a look. He wasn't sure what kind of look it was, but he knew something was wrong. He decided to see what was bothering her. He searched every room until he found her. She was in some kind of room that looked like a bedroom. Probably hers, he thought. She looked up at him.

"What do you want?" she asked him.

"I just wanted to see if you were okay."

"I'm fine. Now leave me alone."

"You sure you don't want any company?"

"I'm sure!" she yelled.

"Okay. I'll just go." he said as he started to turn around.

"Wait." Wave said. Jason turned back around. "I, um... actually... could use... some company."

Jason walked over and sat down next to her. "So, you wanna tell me what's wrong? What did you see out there?"

"I saw a family. A mother, father, and their daughter."

"Why did seeing that cause you to be upset?"

"Well, I never told anyone this, but... I saw my parents murdered when I was seven. One day before my eighth birthday."

"Oh. I'm... sorry. Do you remember who did it?"

"Yes." she answered. "It was Mekkaku."

She started to cry. Jason didn't know what to do so he put his arm around her. What she did next surprised him. She grabbed onto him, like she was giving him a hug.

"Oh, Jason. I'm sorry."

"Sorry? For what?"

"For treating you so badly. I thought you were just some punk kid who would misuse his powers. You're nothing like I'd expected."

"Same here. Never in my life have I ever thought that I would be visited by talking birds who told me I had to save the world from a psychopathic metallic hedgehog." She stopped crying now. She just looked at him and smiled. "Hey, you're smiling. You're actually smiling."

"Yeah." she agreed. "First time in years." A couple minutes later they were back in the control room with Jet.