Author note: I would have updated sooner but my computer broke, I had to get a new hard drive put in, now it has two…anyway on with the story!

Broken glass littered the streets and most buildings lay in ruin, and their windows outlined with black smudges, markings the fire had left behind. In fact there was still some burning debris, thick black smoke still spewing out of the tops of some buildings, making the sky dark. Even though there were many bodies, some of which were badly burned, Spencer could hear whispering from some of the more untouched buildings, people wondering who the group of hooded beings were. Spencer was glad that they couldn't see who he was; the last thing he wanted right now was to be associated with Boris. They had spent most of the day simply wandering round the streets, surveying the damage Boris had caused. Every now and then they'd have to hide in an abandoned building, as patrols of Boris' minion's scowered the streets.

People who were caught out on the streets were executed. It was then that they realised that Boris had gone completely insane, there was nothing of meaning in what he was doing, he was simply killing any living thing that crossed his path.

"Where are we going?" Bryan whispered as the last of the patrol passed their hiding place.

"We have to find the bladebreakers" Tala whispered.

"Now we've got that sorted" Bryan said sarcastically.

"I still think that we should go to the BBA" Ian squeaked. "Think about it Dickenson put them together…they could be there!"

"I guess" Tala said, stroking his chin. "Right then…we go there….happy Bryan?"

"No…..plus where is the BBA?" Bryan asked, glaring at Tala, who returned it.

"I don't know…" Tala said with a sigh.

It was a large city and it didn't help that they had rarely been allowed out side the abbey. Though, regardless, when they were sure that the patrol had gone by they carried on walking, looking at the names of the buildings around them….the ones that hadn't been completely destroyed anyway.

"It's getting darker" Tala said, peering at the sky as the walked.

It was hard to tell because of the large cloud of black smoke masking the sun, but around the edges, where the light was visible, it had noticeably gotten darker.

"We should make camp soon" Tala said.

"Can you hear that?" Ian said, stopping and looking up into the sky.

Sure enough, a strange noise humming noise could be heard, and it seemed to be getting louder. It sounds like a….

"Aeroplane" Bryan said, head also tilted towards the sky.

The humming was slowly becoming a roaring and still the plane could not be seen, then from the black cloud appeared a fiery mess, it was an aircraft but it's underside and it's tail and wings were on fire. It was hurtling towards them. The burning air craft was followed by what appeared to be a military plane. As it zoomed past in dropped something, it seemed to fall in slow motion to Spencer.

"RUN!" Bryan screamed.

Spencer turned and ran as fast as he could, he could see his Tala and Bryan flee in the opposite direction to which he was running. He couldn't see Ian. He heard the plane crash behind him, he heard it skidding to a halt, though he didn't stop and look.

DOOM

The shock waves form the explosion hit him hard in the back and sent him hurtling into a near by wall. He fell to the ground with a soft thud; warily he opened his eyes to see where his team mates were. He couldn't see them. All he could see was fare and smoke. He shakily got to his feet and staggered forward, he stopped only when he came to the edge of a large crater, the burning plane lying in it, he looked at it, mesmerised by the dancing flames and twisted metal, he looked up at the column of smoke that appeared to glow orange in the light of the fire and the buildings surrounding it that were also on fire. Spencer fell to his knees, unable to fight the waves of unconsciousness that were washing over him. He then collapsed completely, letting them take him.

Spencer slowly opened his eyes; they were met with the sight of a white sky, interrupted by streaks of blue. He sat up, feeling groggy he rubbed his eyes and looked around. The fire had died away, only leaving embers and the occasional small flame. He was alone. There was no sign of Tala, nor Bryan….nor Ian. Spencer felt his stomach knot, he'd seen Tala and Ian escape….but he hadn't seen Ian. He got to his feet and steadied himself, hoping that he could see them…but no….they were no where to be seen. For a second he began to panic, after all he was lost and alone…it wasn't so bad when he had been with them, being lost out here hadn't seemed so scary. Now….now it seemed terrifying. It took him a minute or two to calm down. He had to get out of the open, he had to find the BBA and most importantly he had to find his friends. So with that he began to walk in the direction in which he'd seen Tala and Bryan run off in.

Author note:O what will happen next?! Will Spencer find his friends? Is Ian alright? Will I take another bite of his doughnut? Find out in the next chapter! it was quite a short chapter, wasn't it?