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us and sends us flying backwards. I smash into a wall and pain shoots up my shoulder. Through my blurry vision I can see that only Jay escaped the shockwave by grabbing onto Doppelganger’s leg.
    â€˜It’s time to end this, Jay,’ booms the giant. ‘You’re starting to get a bit clingy.’
    He lifts his foot to crush Jay.
    â€˜No!’ I shout, but Jay rolls out of the way just in time. Doppelganger’s foot goes right through the floor where Roger’s acid potion weakened it. For a moment he just stands there, stuck. It would be funny if the fate of the world didn’t depend on defeating him.
    â€˜Quick,’ yells Jay, ‘Attack him while he’s stuck!’ But as soon as the words are out of his mouth there’s a splintering crack and the floor gives way. Both Jay and Doppelganger plummet out of sight.

‘JAY!’ All I can think is that nobody could survive a fall like that. I race towards the hole, then I hear a scrabbling sound and Jay’s hand appears over the edge. He sticks his head out, looking a bit shaken but still in one piece.
    â€˜You’re okay!’ I breathe a sigh of relief. We crowd around and help pull him out of the hole.
    He holds out his hand and clutched in it is the seventh Shadow Shard.
    â€˜I grabbed it from him as he fell,’ he says. ‘That means we’ve got all the pieces.’
    A moan comes up from the hole and Jay turns pale. ‘Quick, we’ve got to get out of here!’
    â€˜But we’ve got all the Shadow Shards,’ I say. ‘We can reunite the Shadow Stone and use it to defeat Doppelganger!’
    Jay shakes his head. ‘Not here. It takes time to bind the shards together. We need to put some distance between us and Doppelganger!’
    â€˜How do you know that?’ asks Asuka. Before Jay can answer there’s a loud banging from the hole as though something is trying to climb out.
    â€˜RUN!’ yells Jay, and this time we don’t argue.
    We race up a set of stairs, and just as we reach the top I hear Doppelganger crawl out of the hole.
    â€˜Don’t look back,’ yells Jay. ‘Just hurry!’
    We race up a corridor towards a doorway. I can hear Doppelganger close behind us, his footsteps seeming lighter than before. The fall must’ve taken it out of him a bit, but I bet he could still destroy us. It feels like he’s going to reach us at any second, so we all put on an extra burst of speed and race through the doorway.
    I slam the door shut behind us and the others upend a table across it.
    â€˜Good job,’ says Jay. ‘We should be safe in hereuntil we can reunite the Shadow Stone. Quickly, everyone activate your shards!’
    We hold the shards we took from the Shadow Six in front of us. Jay holds two shards – Cale’s shard and the seventh shard – one in each hand.
    Mine starts to glow with a swirling green light, reminding me of the troll powers it took back from Greta. These shards are so powerful on their own, who knows what they can do when they’re reunited? Whoever possesses the Shadow Stone could easily rule the world. I can see how someone like Doppelganger could be corrupted by the power. But not us. We’re the good guys, and once we’ve used the stone’s power to destroy Doppelganger, we’ll make sure it never falls into the wrong hands again.
    Suddenly there’s a loud thumping from the other side of the door. Doppelganger has caught up to us! The table across the door shudders as he tries to break in. We don’t have much time left!
    Everyone’s Shadow Shards are glowing with different colours. The colours start to swell until they mix together to form a dark, shimmering rainbow. Then the crystals float into the air, spinning faster and faster until they join together with a blinding flash. I cover my eyes and when I look back again there’s a single crystal hovering in the air. It’s