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The 3 Shadows, Episode 4 - Hunters
Chapter 6 - The Excellent Emerald appears
After a good breakfest Joz walked out from the Rest room, back into the dark caves. The path ahead led up through the hill. He soon came to another large chamber, much like the one in which he fought Diamond.
"Welcome Master hunter", said a voice.
"Emerald? Why are you hiding aren't you ready for this fight?" asked Joz.
"Oh I'm ready. Are you?" asked Emerald
"Always", said Joz.
"Then let's begin", said Emerald. Joz looked around frantically. Emerald was somewhere in the room but where. Where was she hiding?
"Come on this isn't funny. How can I fight you if you won't show yourself?" said Joz.
"I have no idea, but you better watch out 'cause…" said Emerald.
"Because what?" asked Joz. Suddenly Joz found himself being strangled by someone. Joz was placed into a headlock.
"Because I will be fighting you whether you can see me or not", said Emerald. Joz was trapped in the headlock that was around his neck, choking him. Joz jumped into the air and span round falling with Emerald underneath him. Emerald let go and Joz crashed into the ground.
Emerald suddenly appeared from nowhere.
"Nice move", said Emerald.
"Why didn't I realise this sooner? You're a chameleon, you can turn invisible", said Joz.
"Bingo. And if you can't see me you can't fight me", said Emerald. Joz touched his sunglasses and stood still folding his arms.
"I dare you to try your sneak attack again", said Joz.
"I don't know why you're so confident. This time it will work", said Emerald. Joz suddenly kicked to his left and Emerald gave a low small moan. Joz struck his sword into the air multiple times. Emerald appeared and fell over.
"But how, how did you know where I was?" asked Emerald.
"These shades do more than make me look cool. They have infra red scan modes. You may be able to disguise your body, but you can't disguise your body heat", said Joz. Joz kicked Emerald who was knocked into the wall.
Emerald looked up and found that Joz had disappeared.
"Hey where did you go?" asked Emerald.
"You're not the only one with Stealth moves you know. Now it's your turn to fight what you can't see", said Joz. Emerald looked round the room in a blind panic. Sweat poured out from her body, mostly from fear but partly from tiredness. She kicked around hoping that one kick would connect. She hit a metal object on the floor that was also invisible.
"Oh no!" said Emerald. She tried to jump out of the way but it was no use Joz had jumped out of stealth wing mode spinning around, allowing his armoured wings to span out. They hit Emerald that knocked her into another wall. Joz flew over and saw her crash to the ground headfirst.
Joz counted her out, picked her up and carried her to the Rest room.
"Another one bites the dust. Now you know why they call me the Master", said Joz.
"I underestimated you, but you still have a long way to go before you've proved you deserve Master status. If Ruby doesn't finish you, Saph will", said Emerald.
"Emerald let me give you a little piece of advice. Never ever count on your talents. Your invisibility should not be your only strength. In future you should learn to fight without your invisibility because, as I just demonstrated, Relying solely on one strength may become a weakness", said Joz.
"Thanks. I'll remember that. I will be wanting a rematch sometime", said Emerald.
"I'll be looking forward to it. Now I'm off to fight Ruby. Take care", said Joz leaving the room.
"I was wrong about him. He's a good person and an excellent fighter", said Emerald.
"I know, it's weird isn't it. After all this time hating him now I kinda respect him", said Diamond. Emerald nodded before lying down on the bed.