The Apocalypse [The Original]

Ch. 29

Jason walked over to Mekka's body. Wave joined him.

"Is it... over?" she asked. Jason looked at his bleeding hand. "Yeah. I think it is."

They ran back into the building.

"Anybody still alive in here?" yelled Jason.

"Over here!" yelled Blaze.

Jason and Wave ran over. Everyone was sitting on the floor, rubbing their head.

"You guys all right?" asked Wave.

"We're fine now." said Sonic.

"Where's Mekk?" asked Tails.

"Oh, he's been... decommissioned." said Jason.

Tails just looked at him.

"He's outside. I think he's missing a few pieces, too." said Jason.

"Yeah." said Wave, kneeling down to help Blaze and Tails get back up. "Like his head."

"That's great!" said Tails. "Now what?"

"You know, I... really... don't know." said Jason.

"I guess we could always search for the remaining Chaos Emeralds." suggested Sonic.

"There's really no need." said Jason.

Jason led everyone to the machine. It was still counting down with ten minutes left. Jason pushed a red button and the machine stopped. He then walked over to a compartment built in to the machine and opened it. He reached his hand in and pulled out a green Chaos Emerald.

"The Emeralds!" yelled Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles.

"Are they all here?" asked Sonic.

"All but one." said Jason. "This machine only needed five Emeralds to work."

Sonic ran over and looked inside. "They're all here... except... the red one and the green one."

"Well, I guess that settles it." said Blaze. "I guess we go find the last Emeralds."

"I guess so." said Jason. "There's just one thing I have to do first."

They flew the ship to Jason's house and landed it in the backyard. Jason walked over to the front door. He rang the doorbell. After about a minute or so the door opened.

"Jason?"

"Hey, mom."

"Oh, my God." she said hugging him. "I'm glad you're okay."

"Me, too."

She let him go. "How did you survive all by yourself?"

"Speaking of which, there's someone I want you to meet."

"Really? Who?"

"You'll see." He started to walk away. "Oh." he said, stopping. "Try to be nice. She doesn't look like us. She's... different."

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"You'll see." he said, walking away.

In a couple of minutes he came back with Wave.

"Oh." said his mom. "I see. And, uh... who is this?"

"I'm Wave, ma'am."

"She's part of the reason I'm alive right now."

"Well, if she's a friend of yours and she helped you to survive... then she's welcome here anytime."

"Thank you." said Wave.

"There's something else, mom."

"What?"

"Well, if it hadn't been for us then the world would be devastated right now."

"What do you mean? You saved the world?"

"Yes. But..."

"How could you have saved the world?" his mom asked.

Jason held up a fist and it caught on fire. He moved his hand around to show it didn't hurt. "There's a lot going on the world doesn't know about, mom. But our mission is not yet over." said Jason.

"You mean you're not staying?" asked his mom, a little confused.

"I can't. There's still something I have to do. I'm sorry."

Jason started walking away. His mom started to cry again.

Wave looked at the both of them and sighed. "Jason!" she yelled, running after him. "Jason, wait!"

Jason stopped and turned around. "What?"

"You should stay."

"What?"

"Right now, she needs you more than the world does."

"But... the Emerald. We have to..."

"We'll look for it ourselves, and if we need you... well... we know where you live and go to school. If we need you, we'll come find you."

"You sure?"

"Yeah. I'm sure." said Wave.

He hugged her and she hugged back. "Thank you. Remember... if you need me, please, don't hesitate to find me. I'd take saving the world over going to school any day."

"Will do." said Wave.

They separated and Wave started walking away.

"Tell the others I said 'bye'."

"I will!" she yelled back. "See you later!"

"You, too!"

Jason turned around and headed back to the front door.