Chapter 10:    Battle of the Titans The giant of flame, the digger turtle and the violet-white shrieking thunder-ghost all stared at Bluehawk's plane as it weaved between them, as if it were a mere insect. "All mages! Concentrate fire on the flamer!" Bluehawk put the transmitter down and received a lot of 'copy that's. The shadow men, the Sama clone and the figure in blue cloaks simply stood there, watching. The small army was nearing their destination, and numerous fighter planes of every colour were circling about. No-one was attacking yet, but the titans were getting irritated by the buzzing planes which were beginning to swoop and dive, looking for weaknesses. The action hadn't even started yet. "They're elementals! Perhaps their opposites are what we need to hit them with! Over!" "Get them." Snarled the one with the cloak. Suddenly the thunder ghost was over there, amongst the small army, discharging thousands of megawatts of energy into the air. The flame giant bunched his hands together as the Squall buzzed around his head, then slammed down, causing a puddle of molten rock. Bluehawk shuddered as he turned around and swooped at the now massive turtle thing…was this the same creature he had fought after the moles? It lifted its foot, then brought it down…then suddenly a line of earth, directed at the small army, seemed to split in two, and the left side shifted upward. Most of them were out of the way, all of them had dodged before the crack truly split. Then the pillars struck, shooting straight ou8t of the cracks. Yep, it was the same beast. "SCATTER! SPELLCASTERS, ATTACK USING OPPOSITE ELEMENTS! AIRCRAFT, ATTACK THE SHADOWMEN! FIGHTERS DO WHAT YOU CAN!" Urthdigger the mole lowered his receiver and almost dropped it. These huge things…they were supposed to take these things down? Quickly he pulled out the ice blaster and pointed it at the flame creature as he ran, and fired out a glowing ice-shot to join all of the other elemental shots wizzing around. This was a true battlefield. It went straight through the flame creature with no effect. He went to fire again and was knocked aside slightly by a reckless running hedgehog and the blast misfired, heading instead toward the thunder specter. Urthdigger cursed loudly as he hit the ground and many SoaH citizens ran past him…the thunder specter was roaring in pain. "What was that? Over!" Bluehawk cried into his receiver as he whirled around in his plane, trying to fire upon the running shadows and to no avail.

"Hawk!" Cried Urthdigger from a different transmitter. "The thunder ghost got hit by my ice blaster! He hates it!"

The titans are the opposites of the elemental champions…

Bluehawk was afraid of fire. The worst kind of pain. The opposite…the thunder ghost hated ice!

"All mages! Concentrate ice element onto the thunder gho-" Suddenly another electrical discharge completely cut off his message and the plane dipped dangerously. But most of them had heard what he said. The thunder ghost was beginning to shrink as huge blue beams discharged into it without mercy. It was already only half the size of the flame giant. "Excellent!" Hawk muttered. But…it suddenly felt like he was being tossed out of the ship, it was rocking so much…and then he realized that he wasn't going where he wanted to. The turtle creature looked up at him with its swamp green eyes, clicking its pincery teeth. Suddenly it was whacked by the final electrical discharge of the thunder ghost before it finally disappeared with a puff and let go, dropping the lifeless engine to the ground.

Bandit Dorian the raccoon mermaid looked determindedly at the two titans that remained…earth and fire. If the thunder titan had just been felled by the power of ice, not of earth, then what would the others be weakened by? Suddenly she realized the mass of black humanoid shapes moving toward the two split halves of this army. Coloured glows were zipping around through the air, some of them powered up by the will to protect their brethren…they would tire themselves out before long. Bandit glared forward at the shadows approaching at twelve o'clock, lifted her sword and swung sideways, whacking the darkening red-eyed humanoid clean out of the way for another SoaHer to deal with. They were trying to surround. But with all of these willing fighters, there wasn't a huge chance…

The flame beast reared its arms again for a hard smackdown. Bluehawk looked up, seeing the glowing orange streaks flowing, rippling against the sky and bending the new light of the sunrise sky. There was only one way to avoid this move…swing with it. Bluehawk turned the handle to the right, pushing it with all of his might, straight at the lapping legs of flame…no blurring of light apparent…the arms were bending down again, but Hawk was through, although the wings were singed. The creature slowly turned around and saw exactly what Hawk saw with amazement. The flashing light of a chimera ship.

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"Sir!" the chimera pilot said in his native language. Lirash came running. "The Thunder Titan has already been destroyed…and what's that happening to the Earth one?"

"The shadowmen need our help. Look at this, all of SoaH City is down there! If we can wipe them out…SoaH City is full of the most powerful fighters and mages in the world."

"We'd have a clear path, sir!"

"I'll give the order to attack as soon as it's safe to do so-we don't want any accidental casualties caused by those stupid elementals…"

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Bluehawk swerved upwards, narrowly missing the plane which was heading back toward the titans for another pass on the black shadows. But Bluehawk had a completely different goal. That chimera ship had to be taken down before it reached the SoaH citizens. Those chimeras had to go down before they could cause damage akin to the desert town! The ship was nearing, but it didn't seem to be approaching the battle as such, it was just hovering about. Hope I'm not taking unnessesary risks…Bluehawk thought to himself. Soon there was no choice in the matter as huge green plasma balls fired out of unseen cannons, forcing Hawk into a downward barrel roll as he fired his turrets on each wing. Good to see they were in working order, but this was a dangerous situation. "All fighter planes! Attack the dark teal ship! Take out as many turrets as you can and we may find a shield generator! Over!" There was much confusion in the ranks as to why, but they obeyed. Clearly if Bluehawk thought it was a valuable target, it was worth shooting down. Bluehawk straightened out, despite the green energy pulses that were zooming past him constantly. The Squall was flying over the ship now, diving low almost as if landing, whipping Hawk's fringe of fur about everywhere. Then he turned upwards, which was probably what the chimeras were expecting, but the bullets rained down…Bluehawk dipped slightly, just missing another green energy pulse  from the left. The plane turned at the source, firing directly at the turret, the barrel pointed straight at the propellor…it was about to fire, Bluehawk suddenly turned and watched a bullet reach its mark, going straight through the barrel…which backfired and exploded behind him. Temporary triumph as within seconds the wing was pierced by the bad aim of a fellow aircraft. Bluehawk looked to the right in surprise as suddenly the plane was beyond control, tipping dangerously to the right as smoke bellowed from the gap in the wing. The ground was flipping about wildly as Hawk's stomach lurched and the plane was sliding along through the mud upside-down. There was a loud boom which vibrated through the ground, then another one, so much closer. Then Hawk was able to see the shockwave of the next one against the red sky and the dark grass patches…energy bombs. He was trapped.

The shadow men threw themselves aside in fear as the attacks of the army tore them asunder. A huge column of searing hot water tore through their ranks like a hot knife through butter. Even the SoaH citizens had to leap out of the way to avoid being burned and tossed about madly. What looked like an orange fox with black eye-whites smashed a few forthcoming shadows to the side and to the ground with his metallic arm, discharging electricity into it for extra damage. A whole group of the red-eyes formed in front of him as he stormed forward, then suddenly stopped in front of them, eyes menacing. Then the metallic arm was outstretched again and opened up into a huge array of long steel objects, which flame propelled themselves en-masse directly at the enemies, exploding upon impact and sending them flying…scattering like chickens in a barnyard. There were only a few of them left…the cloaked dude and the yellow echidna were probably still down in the crater…then suddenly a huge flaming fist slammed down on the ground behind him and the stomp of a nearby giant turtle creature caused a massive crack through the ground, almost dropping Zyborg 22 into it. Suddenly a red hedgehog streaked by, jumping along the crack, leaping up with a skateboard style trick and slamming his feet straight into a shadow man's head, knocking him over. There were only three left now-that one was hit away by the crack, another by the water column…The titans weren't very active…then suddenly there was a loud screech from the West…a blue-white glow…the ice bird was coming. Saberz looked up from his running and slowed as he neared the edge of the crater. Was this good or bad? Its huge wings pushed against the air below it, forcing it upwards as it reared its head, then a blaze of blue-white light burst out of its mouth straight at the flame giant…it instantly began to shrink dramatically, flailing its arms about wildly as the noise of guns flared from the chimera ship which was now pulling in, seeing that it was needed. The earth titan shook its fist angrily, knowing it couldn't reach until the bird lowered itself…it was drawing in further, making its beam shorter range and more powerful. But the range made it easier to be hit, too. Suddenly the earth titan struck, stamping its foot and disappearing under the ground…suddenly a huge pillar of rock shot straight up from underneath the bird, catching it by the belly and hurling it into the air as the titan surfaced, its friend struggling to recover its size. But it kept shrinking, especially when the earth titan buried it in a rocky fist with a loud thoom noise. Now it was between the bird and the turtle. Until the chimeras landed…explosions sounded from the huge ship as it fired energy pulses all over…some of them hitting the ship itself due to clumsy gunners who were about to be fed to test subjects. But the ship was drawing in ever-so-slowly as the sun rose into the sky, slowly bluing the horizon, casting a huge shadow of the chimera ship along the dusty ground. The earth titan ducked underground to avoid the blue beam which was constantly in action, following its every move. The bird kept on dipping to get closer, rising to dodge pillars. And this continued, everyone simply looking up and watching intently. The shadowmen had been taken care of and would not be of any harm. The cloaked one and the Sama clone remained in the crater. Then, finally, both aims struck true. The bird was whammed in the throat by a well-aimed pillar strike…which caused its aim to zip right off, catching the earth titan from the legs upward and over its head. Both roared and shrieked in pain. But the ice bird was the most effective…it seemed to be fading into the air, into vapour…it was melting, evaporating! Its power was running out! It was gone, vapourized. The Terras Titan roared in triumph, rearing its head. So much for being saved by a bird of blue. The prophecy was untrue. It had to be, Bluehawk thought to himself. If the blue bird died…or whatever happened to it…The blood was rushing to his head, crackling up there as if it were made of electricity. Wait…Pesnah…electricity…it was possible that the power was still within him, right at this moment. For the third attempt at escape from the cockpit full of mud, Bluehawk started throwing himself from side to side, trying to tip the plane or at least wrench his legs free…but there was no way the plane would flip over when its wings were outstretched. Suddenly the chaos emerald fell out from behind him, embedding its sharp side into the mud with a sort of chunk noise. Bluehawk reached downward, pressing against the ground and snatched it with the other hand, head beginning to throb. The roars of the earth titan rang loudly through the air as those who were fleet of foot dashed around its feet, a fox girl and a white hedgehog fly-dashing around its head like insects. Suddenly Bluehawk's legs dropped out and squelched into the mud, throwing a few droplets around and onto his sunglasses. But now he could climb under the sides of the cockpit into the open air…the earth titan was faring well as it advanced on the large group which appeared to have suffered no casualties…yet. But if the thunder ghost had fallen to ice, then this one…opposite element…fire. Bluehawk climbed back under the plane and grabbed at the transmitter, clicking in the red button. "Everyone! Use the fire element on it! Over!" and then the mad scrabble back out with the chaos emerald.

Zyborg22 didn't hesitate when he received that last message. To onlookers it would seem that he never ran out of ammunition as he fired entire storms of missiles, completely taking out visibility in their path with their white vapour trails and mass grouping. The explosions on the titan would not let up, nor would the fireballs from the palm of Bandit Dorian around the other side, and the blazing shots from its left, which lit up the ground below them, only began to cease when Urthdigger ran out of ammunition for his flame blaster. But it was working. The creature reared its head with a piercing shriek…Saberz the hedgehog, who was running around his feet, blocked his ears and couldn't stop the ringing. But the titan was shrinking with all of the flame discharges…but then something happened which astonished Bluehawk more than anyone. The crater where Angel Island had first come from was alight with intense flame, and a huge fireball shot out of it, with the faint image of a yellow echidna inside it…The Sama clone was attacking the titan, dropping and then bouncing upwards as if hitting the ground, then curving downward and repeating as if he were a bullet of some kind that turned jaggedly, almost as if he were lighting up the air around him. But as it had worked in the mole cavern it worked now…the titan seemed to be dissolving into the very air itself…and then, with one last shriek which even Hawk, at his distance, had to cover his ears after, it was gone. The earth shook violently beneath everyone's feet. Bluehawk ran to the crater…where the orbs had disappeared into…and as he had thought…the cloaked one was raising his arms as if praising the sky. Then suddenly at each compass point of the crater…starting from the North, a bright purple beam fired out of it diagonally…then a green beam shot out to meet it at the other side. The chimera ship was just above it…a red beam shot out straight into the point where the other two met, and then a blue one from the other side, creating a huge, sparkling field in the air above the crater…and the cloaked figure was rising up, straight toward it…it was a good thing to be in there! The cloaked dude was going to absorb the power! Of all of the orbs! Then suddenly he was throttled down by a dark shape which had zoomed in on him. Bluehawk stood, at the edge of the crater. It wasn't the Sama clone, who was rushing up on the other side…it was Phantom.

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"Sir! It's HIM! He's back! His energy signiature is showing right where we are…he must be underneath us!"

Lirash snorted, then suddenly his eyes widened. "Why aren't those other energy signiatures running away from it? Has he joined them…? It's impossible! His madness would prevent that no sweat! It must be something else!"

"His signiature is unique, sir. It can only be him."

"No-one has seen him down there, pilot. Unless he has gained the ability to become invisible, which he hasn't, he is not there!"

Suddenly the ship shook and the scraping of metal came from above. "No, he's not sir…he's right on top of us."

"EVACUATE NOW!!!"

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Phantom stopped and stared, blinking in the lack of light. Bluehawk couldn't see as clearly…but this wasn't right at all. Beneath the cloak was nothing but yellow glow. It was…

"A ghost!" The cloak cackled. "A ghost that will bring you to his own world!" Suddenly Phantom was flying backwards from a strange sort of impact. He hit the ground and was gone, teleported, suddenly spin-kicking the cloak from behind. It blew about a bit, then collapsed as if there were nothing in it. "So much for that." Phantom chuckled. But Bluehawk knew that the current moment wasn't what he was talking about. Then there was another huge roar. No, the titans weren't back, it was from above the chimera ship. The light from the connecting beams seemed to be getting stronger, ever so slowly…perhaps it was charging up somehow. Then suddenly all of the doors in the bottom of the chimera ship opened up, above all of the SoaH citizens…that huge mass of fur. The dark shapes were dropping straight out. Some of them, with wings or with aerial abilities, glided, flew or hovered down. But others…they were just dropping themselves, straight at the ground, almost as if what they were leaving was worse than the impact. Then it was explained. A huge creature…perhaps slightly bigger than HT-4…was peering down from the top of the ship at the people on the ground. Yellow strips on his spines, although he didn't have many because of his huge muscly size. He gripped the side of the ship with a huge hand…Phantom looked up in terror. It was him. The big guy. The Giant. It raised its arms, rearing its head, unleashing massive amounts of light. So it still had its power. Phantom leapt up at the chimera glider flying low. Despite his worst fears, it was time to at least distract it before someone underestimated it…the chimera rider fell off with a cry and Phantom commandeered his new craft upwards, hoping against hope that he wouldn't teleport and fall…He was almost level…the mad glare in the huge creature's eyes taunted him…this was how it all began. So. You think you can defy me. Its glare said.

"Whether or not it works. I'm damn well gonna try!"  Phantom growled in the chimeran tongue. Suddenly there were more chimeras…all around the huge creature, as if out of nowhere…and they all looked the same as each other. Phantom fixed most of them up with the click of a button, firing two missiles right at the center of the group. The Giant was unharmed, but his minions were bloodied and scattered all over the pavement. It didn't care. But this was clearly a battle it would have to fight properly. It swiped over the edge, the chimeras still spreading everywhere around as the ship moved. Phantom doubled back a bit, turning around again. Then he suddenly rushed forward on the glider. The giant braced for impact, ready to grab the glider and swing it backwards…but suddenly Phantom wasn't on it, he was wrapping his arms around the giant chimera's neck…it stumbled slightly, teeter-tottered, and overbalanced off the side. Phantom included, although not for long. His timing was slightly off when he teleported again, as always slightly disoriented by the change in position. But the glider was underneath him again…the giant already in pursuit of it…but his tactic was working. The Giant was distracted from everyone else. It was prepared to bowl them over in its pursuit, but it wasn't bothering with them.

Bluehawk leapt aside as the huge chimera dashed past, high-tailing it like a slow Bluehawk in a 100m sprint. That was some big time…but no, he had to stick around like everyone else. The plane wsn't going to be abandoned…and the real Sama had to be found! Suddenly there was a rumbling by the crater. Bluehawk ran to look. The ground inside the crater was beginning to glow red…the Sama clone stood there watching his feet intently. Then suddenly, from the very center, there was an explosion and a flying chunk of earth straight into the air and the yellow streak shot out of it. The Sama clone almost seemed to fear it slightly, But Bluehawk dashed straight down to the hole now in the centre…it was a small room, again of dirt dirt and dirt. But sitting there in the corner was muffled cries. Sama. The blue band on his head, the green jeans and brown gloves were that of the clone, but their clothes had probably been switched too for the trick. He was gagged and tied. Bluehawk fixed that with a blue glowing beam and some well-placed swishes.

"The light is a good thing! Put me in it!" Bluehawk listened as Sama began to climb up the wall via some well-placed grooves. "I'm going light!" Bluehawk nodded, deciding to allow Sama to test it before he himself tried to use it. He was floating upward for it…and then it shot out to meet him, pulling him in. The cloned Sama still stood there, almost as if he wondered what was going on. Almost like the real Sama would normally. It was almost scary, the likeness…but then suddenly there was mad laughter from the connection point of the coloured beams. No way, it was the real Sama up there, right? Then suddenly it hit him. He'd been played for a sap or something…but the real Sama would never do something like giving an evil mastermind an elemental orb…of his own race…A dark shape darted out of the light at Bluehawk, who dodged just in time, sprawling on the ground. "You're not the real Sama, are you?"

"I never pretended to be! Your friend was bugged!"

Bugged? Like, a bug on the mind? The new form was blue, a dark blue, although at times it seemed bright red, or that could have been the light. But suddenly bright red flames were shooting from its hand, easily dispersed by the whipping about of the Lazuli Blade. The 'real' Sama stared on, watching the fight…

Phantom paused and turned around, The Giant was falling back slightly, but he was still running hard. The glider was a bit fast, but like a beacon against the still fairly dark sky. This vermin had to be destroyed whatever the cost. His huge burly arms swaggered from side to side as he approached the waving figure. But then there was a piercing shriek. No…Phantom thought, beginning to turn around slowly. Not again…But he was right. The winged shape tore toward him from the horizon like a symbol of death. Nothing would stop it if that jaw injury wouldn't…Phantom nose-dived and the black shape of HT-4 zoomed over, stopping when it saw the Giant. That looked like an interesting competition…but PH-1 came first. Phantom glanced at it in terror, wobbling slightly on the glider as it lowered. The Giant suddenly hurled past, trying to grab its target off of its wings. Phantom had dodged aside. Great, attacked from the air and the ground. Only one thing to do. Flee back to where he could get help. Suddenly he felt claws grabbing him, scooting off with him. He looked up and saw HT-4's slobbering mouth, and it looked back to the Giant tauntingly. It wanted to have some fun…this was no fun as far as Phantom could see…the Giant wouldn't fit on the glider…but then he grabbed its ends and dangled from it as he gave chase, grinning maniacally. HT-4 had just turned this into a race straight back to the crater….maybe HT-4's preferred battlefield where there were still many chimeras and SoaHers hanging about.

Bluehawk leapt as clear as he could of the beam of flame which suddenly shot from the blue clone's outstretched palms. Chimeras watched from around the edges of the crater, cheering on this evil force. Where was the SoaH army? The bright coloured beams still all merged in the one place, lighting up the arena with constant flickers. Bluehawk concentrated the chaos emerald's power into his positioning and was suddenly on the other side of the dark blue Sama clone, coming down with a flying kick, whamming into his head with a dull thud. He seemed injured slightly, but then suddenly Hawk's chest area was failing to thousands of thuds…the blurred brown fists, beating him straight down, draining the emerald's protective energies…And then the real Sama was upon this clone with a blaze of orange light…and Bluehawk began to pass out…No! Fight it! You're still needed! Almost like an external voice piercing into his mind, the words gave him no strength…but they gave him determination when he realized the truth in them. If he fell asleep now…Suddenly Hawk was up with a little help from the yellow light. Chimeras from every angle were watching him…watching…and then suddenly one of them yelled out and pointed. The others panicked, paying no attention to the fighting of fire with fire and orange light halfway up the crater hill. Within seconds they were all running for their lives. The Samas payed no attention in their struggle to destroy each other. But that shrieking…those low roars…and that scream…Phantom.

Phantom desperately struggled against the clawed grip of the creature which carried him aloft, pursued by his other worst fear. His two worst and most unconquerable enemies were in the same place. But there was one temporary way out which would simply let the Giant at him anyway…but then…no, there was another way…suddenly he wasn't in the same place anymore, feeling that familiar disorientation. HT-4 shrieked. Its prize had gone…behind him. The giant saw no difference until HT-4 looked above him. He was on top of the glider. He grinned cheekily, then suddenly put all of his weight on the back end, which took all of the weight from the bottom, flinging the Giant into the air…HT-4 didn't stop flying in its chosen direction…it didn't react in time. Suddenly the giant was on top of it, bringing it to the ground. Bluehawk was running over, leaving a huge trail of dust in his wake. Phantom flew overhead the two bumbling creatures, waving tauntingly. They both looked, then glanced at each other. Suddenly the Giant was surrounded by normal size chimeras. HT-4's stone form paid them no heed as he rose into the air…the giant had a plan. It crouched down, allowing its duplicates to climb onto his shoulders, one by one, looking like they were going to fall off at any second…but then he grabbed as many as he could with each arm, reared back...Phantom steered downward as HT-4 passed straight over and was caught on the tail by three chimeras…The Giant lurched forward as the ones that didn't make it ran back towards their master. Suddenly there was a huge strangled cry as Bluehawk wrung his hands around the giant's neck. But the duplicates were none too happy about that. Within an instant they were kicking his back, the thudding pain searing through his back and his ribs, despite the chaos emerald in his hand. Explosions rocked the ground from the air…they were no matter to the ones on the ground. More whoosh noises as the giant let out a roar of pain. The mini-versions of it pulled at Hawk, kicked, punched…suddenly there was a twang and a shluck noise from just behind. "Hawk!" Two voices cried out as two of the duplicate chimeras ran to dispose of them at their master's will. Bluehawk pushed forward, throwing the giant off balance and forward slightly, landing on the last duplicate's head and thumping it to the ground. Then suddenly there was a shriek, a whoosh, and the chill of flapping wings above and the giant was gone…Phantom cried out. Minimaniac and KawaiiKitsune looked up in utter disgust. The three remaining duplicates climbed up to pound desperately on top of HT-4's head, his eyes…and in its mouth, its huge, gaping mouth, were the legs of the Giant, and suddenly they were in, gone. An explosion sounded from back near the crater, its light becoming more and more intense in the relative distance. Phantom started flying about wildly on his glider…even more terrified than he had been before. If HT-4 had just swallowed the Giant…the most powerful chimera in existence…yes, it was enlarging as it reared its head, glowing energy particles gathering and seeping into him. He began to glow as he shrieked triumphantly. Phantom was yelling something…but Bluehawk couldn't hear it…wait, he was mouthing… "RUN!" His mouth said. "RUN! NOW!" Bluehawk shook his head as the thing materialized out of the light, now twice its previous size. Its eyes fixed on the light in the distance, the chimeras around it, the SoaHers around it…Bluehawk, Minimaniac and KawaiiKitsune immediately knew what they had to do. Prevent its one goal-ultimate power from the light of the elements.

The real Sama slammed to the ground, gasping horribly. The blue clone of himself gloated upon his near-victory with a strange kind of anger…anger at being alive…hatred for the reality of his part-creator. Then suddenly there was a shout and the Sama clone was pounded sideways by a red streak, chimeras around the top of the crater cried out in rage, cheated of their spectatorship. This echidna was one of them. It had to be killed…The red streak tore about their ranks, dashing right around them at point blank range…Chimeras got out their guns and didn't know where to point them as the SoaH citizens joined the fray as if from nowhere. But the shrieks from not too far away…their source was larger, the shrieks were more like booming roars…then there were shouts and cries as the chimeras began to try to get away from the battle, away from the roars…their worst fears realized and combined. And then it was in. HT-4 had reached the bright light, the combination of the elements. Now it was truly invincible…temporarily, Phantom and Hawk both hoped to themselves. The light was brightening, the beams even more so…the emerald was running out of energy…slowly, slowly…Bluehawk knew what to do. The emerald pushed him straight forward into the wind…the light…one jump, with perfect timing…and it felt like everything around him was whirling…if it weren't for the sunglasses he would be blinded by the light…or so it felt…energy flowing into him…like the time he had missed his emerald for almost a week…like the time he had only just made it into the super-dousing emerald ring with his brother in time. It felt just like that…like a huge power trip, like everything was entitled to him…and then the light began to fade…Bluehawk felt his new form…slightly different to the one he had in the battle for the emeralds…Then he turned around to see the flaming, hulking beast behind him. It was aflame with white…red…blue…yellow…purple…green…the eyes excreted a red mist as it dropped itself to the ground…then suddenly roared a blast of flame…Bluehawk was blasted backwards by the hot sensation throughout his body…okay, so this time he was not protected by his power…the emerald! The yellow emerald was…in Minimaniac's hand…perfect! The roaring flames of HT-4 growled, snarled…this creature had shared some of its power…unacceptable!