The Apocalypse 3: Revenge [The Original]

Ch. 6

Jason stepped outside. It's been five hours since Wave attacked and the team was ready for a break.

"So, how's about a hike through the forest?" Jason suggested.

"Sounds good." Blaze said.

"Yeah." Sonic said. "I could use a break."

So the team got into the van and drove to the forest where they found the cave. They got out of the van and hiked through the forest.

"It's hot out, isn't it?" asked Tails.

"It's almost Summer." Jason said. "Of course it's gonna be hot."

They came to a clearing in the forest.

"This looks like a good place to rest." Jason said.

"I'm gonna go look for wood." Tails said.

"Wood?" Jason asked.

"For the fire." Tails said. "It's getting dark soon. Wouldn't it be cool to spend the night in the wilderness?"

"I guess." Jason said. "Just be careful."

"I will." Tails said.

He headed off into the woods to look for logs. He found a lot of twigs. The larger ones he got. He had gone about six feet from the group when he ran into someone. It was Wave again. Her cuts had stopped bleeding but were still visible. She picked him up by the neck and pinned him against a tree, feet dangling.

"How's it going, shorty?" she asked with a grin.

Tails took one of the sticks he was holding and rammed the tip into Wave's hand. It didn't go through but was enough to make her let go. Tails ran away from her, which was, unfortunately, the opposite direction of the campground. 

Wave went after him.

"JASON!" Tails yelled. "SONIC! HELP!"

"Did you hear something?" Jason asked Sonic. "It sounded like..."

"Tails." they said together.

They took off into the forest after Tails' voice.

Wave picked up a stick and threw it at Tails. It hit his legs, making him trip. He fell to the ground, turned around, and started crawling backwards away from Wave.

"HELP!" he yelled.

Wave grabbed him by the throat again and pinned him against another tree.
"Let's try this again." Wave said.

She raised her hand to attack but stopped when something caught her eye.

"No." she said softly. "It can't be."

Sonic found Tails first. "What happened?"

"It was Wave again." Tails said.

"Where'd she go?" Sonic asked.

Tails pointed behind him.

"Wait right here." Sonic said.

"Hang on." Jason said, walking past him. "I'll go after Wave. You make sure Tails is okay."

"You got it." Sonic said. "Be careful."

Jason walked a bit and found Wave standing in front of a small lake. He walked up right next to her only she didn't try to attack.

"Something's wrong." Jason said, looking out at the lake.

"What're you talking about?" Wave asked.

"Well, you're not attacking me for starters. And you look a little depressed." Wave didn't say anything. "What's wrong? You can still talk to me."

Wave sighed. "It happened right here."

"What happened?" Jason asked.

"This is where I was when..." She paused. "when my parents were murdered." Jason looked at her with a sympathetic look. "I was 8 years old and came here, to my usual spot, for a swim. Everything was going fine... until..." She stopped, put a hand to her forehead, and shut her eyes tightly.

"Until?"

"Until our house blew up!" she said opening her eyes and removing her hand. She was starting to cry.

"Oh." Jason said. "Right."

Wave was beginning to cry.

"Hey..." Jason said, putting a hand on her shoulder.

"STOP IT, JASON!" she yelled, pulling away. "STOP PLAYING WITH MY FEELINGS! YOU KILLED ME! IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT! AND NEXT TIME WE MEET, YOU BETTER BE READY TO FIGHT!"

She walked away, crying. This time, Jason didn't go after her. He headed back to where he and Sonic found Tails.

"What was that all about?" Sonic asked. "Did you get her mad or something?"

"I'll tell you later." Jason said. "I'll be right back."

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Wave laid down on a rooftop, thinking about what just happened. She closed her eyes to go to sleep and had a flashback about her past...

"I'm going to go swim in the lake." Wave yelled back into the house.

"Okay!" her mom said. "Don't be long!"

"I won't!"

Wave headed away from her home-tree and made her way to the small lake. She set her towel down under a tree and jumped into the lake. She did backstrokes, breaststrokes, and then just floated on her back. She dove under and then popped back up. Just then she heard an explosion and saw her home on fire.

"NO!" she yelled."

She closed her eyes.

She opened them and saw that she was back on the rooftop. She was about to go back to sleep when she saw Jason's sweatshirt on top of her like a blanket. She looked at it for another second and then dozed off again.