On the subject of fight scenes, I find them incredibly boring to write and make fresh. I tend to focus on the actual plot rather than who punched who. So for fight scenes in general I leave it to you imagination. Same goes for Action stages, this is most apparent in my SA2 fic in which I simply name the stages and bosses and focus on the story.
So in future if a fight occurs in a fic it'll be more complicated than what I make it out to be. The important thing though is the outcome of each fight, and this is what I'll focus on.
All copyright stuff is in Chapter 1. Diamond the Rabbit, GASH, and the deadly gems are new 3 Shadows features that are all copyright me.
The 3 Shadows, Episode 3 - Miles' Tail
Chapter 9 - Mars Attacks
Once again Miles found his bullets reflect of Mars' Armour. Joz found his blade did nothing but scratch the armour, if he was lucky. And Shadow found no matter how hard he tried he couldn't dent the armour. They knew by now the trick to beating these machines was to smash the cockpit glass and destroy it from the inside, usually after tripping it over.
Joz ran over to the long curtains that sat behind Gerald's throne and cut them down. They were strong, hopefully strong enough to trip it up. He passed it to Shadow who ran to Miles. They grabbed the curtain and ran to the back of Mars. Joz kicked into Mars and it tripped over the curtain. Mars was down again and Joz ran straight to the cockpit window.
"This is getting too easy. How can the same tactics work a third time?" asked Joz smashing his sword into the window.
"They won't", said Gerald pressing a button. Mars suddenly got back up again. Joz quickly flew away from Mars.
"Oh great, he's found a way to flip these guys back on their feet again", said Joz, "Any ideas Miles".
"You fools. Mars may have been down but it wasn't out", said Gerald, "Feel the wrath of Mars"
"Guys lets regroup, follow me", shouted Shadow. Shadow led the other two to a nearby corridor.
"This is hopeless. How do we stop it now?" asked Joz.
"I don't know", said Miles.
Meanwhile Diamond ran down several corridors looking for Gerald's main control room. The door was locked but that was no problem for her. She grabbed her sword and cut the massive metal door in two. She climbed in and started tapping keys on a computer keyboard. After hacking into Gerald's mainframe she came across the self-destruct protocols for the palace base.
She smiled before grabbing her radio and using it to contact Miles.
"Miles, I'm in Gerald's main control room about to set off the self destruct sequence. How many minutes should I set it to?" asked Diamond. Back in the corridor, Miles grabbed his radio and jumping for joy.
"Alright Diamond! I though you had just left us to fight Mars alone", said Miles, "Don't worry about us, I already know how we're going to escape. Set the timer to whatever you need."
"Ok, five minutes should do it I reckon", said Diamond. She set the timer and headed towards the vents to leave the base.
"Do I need to explain this to you guys?" asked Miles.
"I don't think so. We wait out the clock and chaos control out of here at the last second", said Shadow.
"But do you think we can keep it busy for the full 5 minutes? That's an enternity in fight time", asked Joz.
"You forget, we're Shadows. We're the last hope for the people of Earth. We cannot fail, we won't fail", said Miles, "But just in case, Shadow you best hide in the corridor. If you're knocked unconscious we won't be able to use Chaos control"
"Understood! Go kick some butt guys", said Shadow smiling.
Joz and Miles ran out into the main room just as the Self-destruct sirens started.
"WARNING! SELF-DESTRUCT SEQUENCE HAS BEEN ACTIVATED. EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY. DETINATION IN 5 MINUTES", was the beginning of the computer warnings that told them just how long they had. These repeated like they normally do.
"How did that happen? No matter, first I'll destroy you 3 then I'll stop it", said Gerald, "Wait a minute where's Shadow?"
"Haven't you worked it out yet professor?" asked Miles. Gerald filled with rage and shock at the same time. His only option was to escape and let his base explode. If he left Mars and stopped the self-destruct he'd be vulnerable to the Shadows. If he stayed to fight he had to destroy them and stop the self-destruct in 5 minutes, otherwise he'll be in the explosion and Shadow will probably chaos control them out in the nick of time.
"Curse you Shadows. You may have won this round but I'll get my revenge soon enough", said Gerald, "until we meet again my friends"
Mars began to fly away, Shadow quickly warped to Mars and warped himself and Mars back to the ground. Miles covered it in Mud.
"Oh no you don't. It's in our best interests to keep Mars in the explosion", said Shadow before running back into the corridor. Gerald had to fight, Miles and Joz had to keep it busy until the clock ran out, and Shadow had to stay conscious.
4 Minutes remained until the base blew up.
