The Apocalypse 2: Rise of Zephiles [The Original]

Ch. 2

Wave got to the bottom first. Jet, Sonic, and Blaze followed. They were at the frozen lake where Wave was attacked by the crazed Leopard Seal.

"It was around here somewhere." said Blaze.

They continued searching the area. No luck.

"Well, all I see is white snow." said Sonic. "No green Emerald."

"Well... we tried." said Jet. "Someone must've found it."

"In Antarctica?" said Sonic.

"Well, it's not here." said Jet. He turned to Wave, who was knelt down next to the hole in the frozen lake. "Wave. What do you think?"

Wave reached down and rubbed her hand across a pool of black and blue liquid. When she lifted her hand up, the liquid was like slime.

"I think..." She turned to the others. "We need Jason."

Jason sat down at a cafeteria table. He had a tray with Tater Tots, Pepperoni Pizza, and a chocolate milk. It wasn't long before he had company.

"Hello." he said. "Mike."

"Jason. How are you?" asked Mike.

"Fine." he said. "What do you want?"

"I just wanted to, uh, apologize. I acted like a jerk."

"Are you apologizing because you're sincerely sorry? Or because you know I can take you down in five seconds flat."

"Five seconds? That's it?"

"Yeah."

"Guess I underestimated you."

"Yeah. You did."

"So, how are your friends?" asked Mike.

"Who? You mean the animals I was with a week ago?"

"Yeah. Them." said Mike.

"Not sure. I haven't seen them for a..." he stopped because he heard a ruckus near the front entrance.

"What's going on?" asked Mike.

"Not sure."

Just then Wave entered the cafeteria. She looked around, and once she saw Jason she hurried over. Everyone in the cafeteria was watching. Jason got up and the two hugged, then sat down. Mike had to move over.

"Hey. You're..." Mike started.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Wave said quickly to shut him up. "Jason," she said slower.

"We have a problem."

"A problem? Don't tell me Mekka's..."

"Uh, no. Mekka's still dead. No, it's... something else."

"Does it involve another save-the-world quest?"

"It might." said Wave.

"So what's the issue?"

"For starters, we're still missing two Emeralds. And I found some more of the black and blue slime."

"Where?"

"Remember where Blaze found the green Chaos Emerald?"

"Yeah."

"So, whatever left the slime now has the green Emerald."

"You sure?"

"Positive."

"Well, then. We got a mission." he turned to Mike. "Mike. Nice talking to you."
Jason stood up and Wave followed. On their way out, someone asked, "Off on another adventure?"

"You bet." said Jason.

When they passed the office, the principal ran out but stopped when she saw where they were headed. The entire group was waiting for Jason in the parking lot, each holding an Extreme Gear.

"Hey, guys." said Jason.

"Hey, Jason." said Sonic. "Long time, no see."

"It's actually just been seven days, but... uh... so what's with the Gear? You all have one. Even Tails."

"Actually," said Tails. "This one's yours." He gave Jason the board.

"Hey, thanks." said Jason. "What about you?"

"We're working on another one for me. But seeing as how I can already fly..."

"Right." said Jason.

"Well, what are we doing standing around for? We've got a mission!" said Wave.

"Oh. Right." said Jason. "Let's go."