The creature made one last desperate move to grab them as they escaped. Blaze reached for her pocket, where she kept the one Sol Emerald she had been able to hold on to. Mercifully she still had it in this dreamscape. She called upon its powers and raised her hand, building up a sphere of flaming energy behind them, until finally...

A tremendous bang and the sphere detonated, forcing the hand too far back to catch them, while propelling them towards the exit.