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The 3 Shadows, Episode 3 - Miles' Tail

Chapter 2 - Miles doubt

Miles woke up in his room. No sign of the fight against Earth, was it all a dream? Of course not, the guys must've beaten Earth without me. Shadow appeared outside the door.

"Good you're up", said Shadow.

"What happened?" asked Miles a little confused.

"Don't worry we took down Earth without you, thanks to my brilliant plan", said Shadow proudly.

"So you're saying you didn't need me", said Miles, slightly sadder now, "I let you down"

"Don't be silly. It wasn't all that long ago Joz felt the same way. We each have our bad days", said Shadow.

"But Joz's problem was only temporary," said Miles

"What's all this worrying for?" asked Shadow, "Get some rest and we'll see if we can track down Gerald again". Miles said nothing and just lay down putting his head back on his pillow. Shadow just left, leaving Miles alone to rest.

Shadow has his speed and his chaos manipulation. Joz has his sword skills and the wing upgrades. Me, I'm just a good shot and even that proved useless today. I can't keep up with the other Shadows, they have real abilities.

Later Joz entered Miles' room to find just a note lying on his bed. Joz quickly grabbed the note and began reading.

Joz/Shadow

I can't help but feel redundant after today's fight. I have nothing to offer the Shadows anymore. Gerald's armour is strong enough to withstand any of my bullet modes and today I couldn't think of anything at all to bring down Earth. I let you down and I don't know if it's a one-time thing or the start of a downward spiral. Please don't try to find me, I'd just slow you down the next time we fight Gerald.

Miles

Joz ran out of the room and found Shadow in the lounge.

"He's gone. You were right he felt useless and wouldn't you know it he's ran off", said Joz.

"Well I reckon we go after him don't ya think. He's at that age when his emotions rule his actions", said Shadow.

"Agreed. He's most likely gone back to green woods", said Joz.

"Exactly what I was thinking", said Shadow. The two left heading towards Green woods.

Meanwhile at Green woods, Miles was shooting his homemade targets, just like he did to train for the paintball championships.

I don't know why I left here. I was happy being a paintballer but for some reason I felt I had to help Shadow. In fact that's still true, I'm helping him by keeping out of his way. They always wanted me to go home, saying I was just a kid, and they were right. I'm no hero anymore; I'm just a kid.

Suddenly another one of Gerald's machines appeared from the mountains. "G-004 Mars" could be seen on the side of one of it's arms. It fired a missile and Miles immediately sprang into action. He shot the missile with his bullets but this just made it worse as it exploded, filling the nearby area with purple gas. Not again! I can't let Gerald beat me again! Miles fell to the floor unconscious, it was knock out gas. Mars picked up the fallen Miles and headed off towards the mountains again.

Much later after the dust settled Shadow and Joz arrived at Miles' old home.

"MILES!!" shouted Shadow and Joz after one another. Soon an adult fox came from the house.

"Shadow?" asked the old fox

"Yep, you Miles' father?" asked Shadow

"Yes. I think Miles may be in trouble. He was out here letting off steam not to long ago when after a loud bang some purple gas appeared. The rest of my family started to drop to the floor, I guess I must have too", said Miles' father.

"Knock out gas? Oh no! This is much more serious that we originally thought. I bet Gerald has him now", said Joz

"Don't worry Mr. Prower, we'll get him back", said Shadow.

Now If only I knew how.