The Apocalypse 2: Rise of Zephiles [The Original]

Ch. 3

A minute or so later, they were airborne. They flew for 10 more minutes when Tails became tired and rested on the back of Sonic's board. Twenty more minutes passed.

"We almost there?" asked Jason.

"We'll be there in about three minutes." said Wave.

"These things are fast." said Jason. "Faster than last time."

"Well, once Tails started resting on my board we sped up." said Sonic.

"Yeah. Sorry about that." said Tails. "Guess I was slowing you down, huh?"

"No worries." said Wave. "Your board's almost done. Then you can fly like us."

Like Wave said, three minutes later, they were at Antarctica.

"It's freezing here." said Jason.

"It's Antarctica, Jason." said Blaze.

"Easy for you to say. You can burst into flames." said Jason.

When they arrived at the spot where the Chaos Emerald fell, they landed. Jason was the first to land. He knelt down, put his right hand on the back of the board, and slid off. He carried the board over to the spot where Wave was attacked by the Leopard Seal and set it down. The others followed.

"Where was the slime you were talking about?" Jason asked.

"It should be right there." said Wave.

"Well, I don't see anything." said Jason.

"But..." said Wave, almost frantically. "I-it should be there."

"Wave. Calm down." said Jason. "I believe you." He knelt down and felt the area of the ice where the slime used to be. "That's odd."

"What is?" asked Sonic.

"The spot on the ice here..." he paused and felt the ice again. "It's sticky."

"What's it mean?" asked Blaze.

"It means..." said Jason. "that something was here but is now, in fact, gone." He stood up.

"Back to the sky?" asked Tails.

"But where do we go?" asked Knuckles.

"I... have no idea." said Jason.

"Well, that's just great." said Blaze. "There's something out there and we have no idea what it is."

"I have a feeling we'll found out soon enough, though." said Jason.

"How so?" asked Blaze.

"Enemies tend to show themselves to the heroes at some point to either try and kill 'em or warn them." said Jason.

"True." said Blaze.

"Why don't we go to New York?" said Jason.

"New York? New York City?" asked Wave. "Think we'll find something there?"

"I don't know. I just have always wanted to go to New York City." said Jason. "Though we may find something."

They turned to leave when Jason saw a shadow fly by. He stopped and looked up. Wave turned around.

"Jason?" she asked. "What is it?"

"I don't know. Thought I saw something."

They continued on to New York.