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Sonya

Max's POV

Fang and I were discussing important stuff when Alexa and Iggy came in. Alright, we were making out. But that still counts as important, right?

Anyways, I heard a knock on the door. "You have three seconds to stop kissing before we come in. 3… 2… 1…" Alexa opened the door.

"We have a problem. Erasers are going to be here very, very soon. Get battle ready. And by battle ready, I do not mean goodbye kissing." She was no Angel, but she didn't need to be to guess our intentions.

Fang and I raced out of the room, and down the halls, until we reached the outer gates, where the rest of the Flock was already gathered.

I strained my eyes, watching. A slight movement of shadows alerted me to the Erasers' presence.

"They're here." I whispered.

The Flock tensed, preparing to take off, but I stopped them. "Not yet." I said. "Wait for them to show themselves. There may be more of them that we haven't seen." You could tell that their instincts were telling them to disobey me, but they didn't go out.

In the blink of an eye, the Erasers appeared. "Attack!" I ordered.

They didn't need to be told twice.

The battle was going well, until the leader appeared.

He wasn't human, and he wasn't Eraser either. He grabbed Alexa, who hadn't had time to change into Nyx. She shocked him again and again with her powers, but they were ineffective. She fought back with all of her might, but she wasn't strong enough.

Iggy tried to help her. "Back off." The leader snarled. "Unless you want your girlfriend to die." He snapped her arm, and she screamed in pain.

Iggy could only watch as the Erasers took away the love of his life.