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Recap:

Maria fell to the ground in pain, bruises and cuts suddenly appearing. She caught Bayal looking at her with a knowing look out of the corner of her eye. She stood up, coughing blood.

End recap

Maria growled at her opponents, angrily staring at them. The rocks started moving and the wolf creature started getting out of the rocks, then walked forward. A green glow formed around itself. Bayal glanced at Maria, then turned to the others with a conserned look.

"Lock! Special attack! Now!" Chase yelled.

"Chase, her and that Monsuno are connected somehow," Bayal quickly said. Chase looked at Bayal with confusion.

"Wh-what do you mean?" Chase asked.

"She get's hurt whenever her Monsuno does," Bayal quickly explained. "That explains why she doesn't talk to it and just sits, watching the battle. She and the Monsuno are one."

"But, I don't understand,"

"Me either," Bren cut in. "What do you mean, 'are one'?"

"I don't know. It's just a hunch, but I have an idea."


Maria ...

Maria looked over at her opponents. They were planning something. But what?

She looked back at her Monsuno, all healed. The wolf started running towards the others, anger on its face. Suddenly it started summer salting really fast, turning into a ball of colors and spinning towards them. They dodged. Maria looked around at them all. Lock and Charger ran to a corner, drawing Maria's attention. She looked at them to see what they were doing. She heard a screech and looked up at Quick force, in the air. Quickforce flew down in front of Maria, obscuring her view of the battle.

She willed her Monsuno to go after Quickforce, but nothing was happening. Maria started to panic.

Suddenly a burst of energy swarmed the arena as the wolf disappeared, running almost at the speed of sound. She smiled as Quickforce was pushed to the ground. The wolf jumped up, spreading its wings, going higher, then turning into the ball and going downwards. Quickforce disappeared into blue light and went back into Bren's core. Maria smiled her success. The wolf howled her's. The wolf flew into the air, out of range of the two remaining and the third hidden. The wolf's wings started to glow, then light shot out at the two, Lock and Charger. Lock dodged, but Charger, already hurt, turned into blue light and went back to its core.

Lock roared, pacing back and forth. Maria smiled. She was going to win. The wolf dived at Lock at a fast speed. Lock stood on two legs and used his front two to grab the wolf's body. It was slammed to the ground. Maria coughed blood and put her hand to her arm.

Suddenly, Coldblade came up from the ground and coiled around the wolf, sinking its fangs into the wolf's fur. The wolf and Maria cried out in pain, then the wolf twisted and bit the snake. It was forced to let go. The wolf grabbed it and flew into the air, wobbly, then spun. The snake landed hard on the ground, then turned into blue light as the wolf slammed into it and sent it into the wall.

All ...

It was the wolf and Lock. The wolf ran at Lock, then stopped in front of him, sitting there. Lock took a swipe at it, but it ducked, then continued to sit there, smiling smugly.

Lock attempted to bite the wolf, but at the last second, the wolf twisted its head around and down, then spun in circle after circle, finally letting go. Lock flung from its mouth, crashing into the wall. Rocks tumbled and fell. Lock could not be seen.

"Lock!" Chase yelled.