The Apocalypse [The Original]

Ch. 9

Metal Sonic swung at Jason's head but Jason dodged the attack and countered with a punch to Metal's face. Metal Sonic stumbled back and was about to attack again but was stopped by Mekkaku.
"Metal! Let's go!" with that, Mekkaku took off. Metal stepped away from Jason, looked at him for minute, then took off after Mekkaku.
"Come back, Mekka!" Jason yelled. He started after but stopped when he heard a familiar voice.
"Jason!" yelled Wave.
Jason spun around. "Wave!"
The both of them ran towards one another and hugged. "Sorry I couldn't keep my promise." said Jason.
"It's okay. You came for me." Wave said back.
"It won't happen again."
"Uh, Guys?" said Sonic. "Shouldn't we go after Mekka and Metal?" Wave and Jason finally separated and looked at him. "You know... before he gets another ship?"
"That's not important." answered Jet. "He'll get a ship whether we like it or not."
"Agreed." said Jason with a nod. "What we should do is fix our ship."
"How?" asked Blaze.
"Well, luckily, we have our mechanic back." he said as he looked at Wave. She gave him a smile. He turned back to the group. "So... let's go."

Why did you not let me kill him?" Metal asked. Him and Mekka were flying back to base.
"Because it wasn't time for him to die." Mekkaku replied.
"When will it be time?"
"After he's helped us make the machine. Then we'll kill him." If Mekkaku had a mouth, he'd probably be smiling right about now.
The group arrived back at the ship to see a bunch of kids crowding around it.
"All right!" said Jason. "Please disperse! There's nothing to see here!"
One kid spoke up. "Nothing to see? There's a huge ship lying behind our school."
"Yeah, I know." Jason turned to Wave. "I just always wanted to say that." Wave gave a little smile.
"What is this thing? And what are they?" another kid asked.
Jason looked at the kid and then at the ship and pointed. "This is a ship. Or an aircraft. It is not a UFO. As for what they are..." he turned to his group of Wave, Jet, Sonic, Blaze, Silver, Knuckles, and Tails. They all looked at each other, looked back at Jason, and shook their head. "We're not sure. I can tell you that, in this group, there's two birds, one cat, two hedgehogs, one echidna, and one fox."
"Are they aliens?" a kid asked.
"Not... that I know of."
"Jason." said Wave.
"Yeah?" Jason responded, turning to look at her. "What?"
"The ship. Broken." Jason didn't answer. "Mekkaku?"
"Oh, right." He ran to the ship, gently pushing kids out of the way. "Okay! How would you all like to help us save the world?" Jason shouted so everyone could hear.
Everyone erupted into a big cheer and started helping fixing the ship.