The Apocalypse [The Original]

Ch. 13

    It was night, now, and it was raining. Jason was lying down in bed with Wave sitting in a chair next to him. The others were gathered in the engine room.
"I wonder what made the engine stop in the first place." said Jet, looking at the engine.
"It probably just stopped." said Knuckles. "We had just fixed it, after all."
"He could be right." said Tails. "I mean, it wasn't in tip-top condition when it left the ground."
"Yeah. But still, something's wrong." said Jet. "I can feel it."
"What's that?" asked Blaze, pointing to something in the corner of the room.
"I don't know." said Tails. He flew over to it.
"Careful, Tails." said Sonic.
Tails stopped in front of the device and knelt down.
"What is it?" asked Knuckles.
"It's a... an EMP." said Tails.
"An EMP?" Sonic and Knuckles asked in unison.
"Yes. An electro-magnetic pulse. Designed to wipe out any electrical device within range." Tails looked around the room. "It's placed in the corner furthest from the bridge."
"Well, that would explain why the lights on the control panels didn't go off." said Jet. "The EMP was meant to make it look like the engine failed."
"Who would do something like this?" asked Silver.
"Someone who wants us dead, probably." said Knuckles.
"Mekkaku?" suggested Sonic.
"There's no way he could have hidden it here without us seeing him." said Blaze.
"Then who?" asked Knuckles.
"That, knuckles..." said Sonic. "Is the million-dollar question."

Jason sat up in bed.
"Hey, you're awake." said Wave.
"I feel like going for a walk." said Jason.
"A walk?" asked Wave. "But, you're still recovering from Mekka's attack. And from before... with the ship."
"Come on, Wave. I'll be fine."
Wave stared at him. "Fine." she finally said. "But be careful."
"I'm always careful." said Jason.
"Right." said Wave slowly. "And how did you end up in bed like this?"
"That..." said Jason, pointing at Wave. "That's beside the point."
"Is it?" asked Wave.
"Yes. Yes it is."
"Okay. Go for a walk." said Wave. "But don't be long. It's dark out there."
"I won't be long." said Jason as he got out of bed.
It was dark outside, but strangely enough, he could see.
"Hey, Wave." he said. "I can see in the dark."
"Really?"
"Yeah. It's awesome. It's not like night-vision where everything's green."
"What's it like?" asked Wave.
"It's like sonar. There's a black outline around everything. Everything else is white."
Jason continued on with his walk. They landed in a desert. Rocks were everywhere. Jason was having fun with his new-found night-vision power. After a while of walking, like 9 minutes or so, he came to an oasis. He was shocked to find a forest in the desert.
"Whoa, an oasis. Cool."
He entered the oasis and looked around. It was like being in the jungle. It was weird. Just then he heard a noise behind him. He spun around and saw the outline of an all too familiar robot.
"Mekka!" said Jason. "What do you want?"