Rainbow's head whipped around. "I had a Stand to deal with last night. I had a Stand to deal with the first thing this morning. I am really not in the mood for a third Stand in a day."

"Well, too bad. We have a Stand to deal with." Sandbar looked at his shoulder. "I didn't see what hit me."

"No matter how fast it is, I can keep up with it. If I can catch it once- YEOW!" Rainbow grabbed her ear. "Rainbow Connection!" Her stand emerged from her body and shot up.

"See anything?"

Rainbow looked around. "There's no one out in the open." Her stand weaved through the trees. "I'm not finding anyone in the trees or bushes." A cut appeared across Rainbow's nose. "And that didn't hit my Stand! That hit me!"

Sandbar looked around. "But there's nowhere they could hit us from, right? Is their Stand using portals or something? Curving their attacks?"

"Calm down, Sandbar! No matter how fast they attack, I can keep up!" She jerked her hind leg as blood started rolling down it. "The problem is just catching where they are in the first place!"

Sandbar looked at Rainbow's leg. None of the blows are serious yet. He looked at the nearby foliage. But it just takes one clean hit to kill. Sil would have figured this out by now, but I'm not her and neither is Rainbow. Sandbar looked at his leg. What if I'm thinking about this the wrong way.

"I think we should retreat. We might be able to catch them in a more open environment." Rainbow turned towards Sandbar. "Do you agree?"

"We're looking at things wrong."

"Huh?"

"We're looking for the attacker. We should be waiting for the attack."

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?"

Sandbar didn't respond. A moment later, another injury appeared on his leg.

"Sand-" Rainbow gasped.

Sandbar had his hoof pressed against something, but it wasn't his leg. It looked like his hoof was hovering a couple of inches over his leg. At the same time, a bit of blood was waving back and forth, as if it were stuck on something.

Sandbar laughed. "See? It wasn't fast. It was just invisible. That's why we never saw it." He looked his ally dead on. "You should fly up."

Rainbow wordlessly flew straight up.

Sandbar took a deep breath and closed his eyes. "Riptide."

The earth moved like four large waves headed towards Sandbar. As soon as they converged above the colt, he let go of the invisible attacker. The earth then crashed down on top of them.

It's not precise, but we didn't need precision. Rainbow watched as the earth rolled off of Sandbar like water off a duck's back. We just needed to trap the thing attacking us.

Sandbar stared at the ground below him.

Author's Note

Stand: Riptide
Master: Sandbar
Destructive Power: B
Speed: B
Range: B
Persistence: B
Precision: E
Developmental Potential: E