Chapter 6 To the Rescue!

"You've lost it!" The Director yelled at the top of her lungs. Her voice echoed off the walls of her office and she slammed her fist onto the desk in front of her further magnifying the sound.

The head Eraser flinched, his ears ringing with the intensity of the sound. Even in his human form his hearing was seven times that of an ordinary human's. The Director used this as an unconscious form of torture. All the Erasers knew of her venting.

"Must I remind you of what happened to the Malticorp lab?" She exclaimed.

"No mam," the Eraser choked. "I will not fail you again."

"I sure hope not unless you value your life. 01 is extremely dangerous and it is top priority she be recaptured, understood!?" the Director was furious. The Erasers had only heard rumors, but she'd seen what really happened. She knew all about her. There was no way to make them understand that unless they were to see it themselves. Then they'd really be motivated.

"Understood." The Eraser choked once more. He seemed to shrink under her gaze.

The Director stormed out of her office and stomped down the hall. "Who's bright idea was it to let 01 outside anyway?" she ranted. "Not only did 01 escape so did 11. If I find the man responsible for this I'll kill him with my own two hands."

She continued down the hall until suddenly an alarm beeped. The lights went dim, emitting a soft red hue throughout the facility.

"What is it now?"

She heard shouting and scientists began spilling into to the hallway. She pushed past them to the far wall and tried the door. It was locked.

"Lockdown? Did another of the experiments escape?" She became increasingly angry.

She moved over slid down the panel on the card machine revealing a small keyboard. She typed in her passkey and tried the door again. It opened and she backed through it discreetly.

When she entered the room there was a small sound, much like a cat. It startled her but before she could turn around. A loud boom erupted and she was thrown against the opposite wall. She collapsed to the floor and plaster fell painfully on top of her.

"Yeah!" Sounded muffled shouts from what felt like across the room.

"Whatever happened to the sneaking in plan?" said a female voice.

"Forget it, that was way cool!"

The Director pushed away the rubble just in time to see five figures emerging from a hole in the wall.

She recognized them as experiments 5-10. Jeb had taken them to the mountains to live with him and study them in a more "natural" environment. She knew it was a bad idea. They had developed more resistance outside of Itex.

The dark one, number 6, walked over and grabbed her by her shirt collar. "Where's Angel?" he demanded. He partially lifted her off the floor and to his eye level. Her head throbbed and she felt something warm slide down her cheek.

Fang, she looked behind his shoulder to see the rest of the gang, the "Flock" they called it. "I knew I should've killed you when I had the chance." she spat.

He raised an eyebrow. The Flock hadn't met her before, but she knew them like the back of her hand.

Maximum stood in the background trained to do exactly what she was created for, to fight.

Abruptly, the Erasers barged in. Already, poised for attack showing their canine teeth and claws raised.

"Shit" he mumbled. He dragged the Director outside with him and grabbed an arm. Max grabbed the other and they flew upwards until the school was just another speck on the ground.

"I hope you like pancakes because you're going to be one unless you tell us where Angel is," said the blond.

The Director looked down. "Are you going to become murders?" she taunted, "just so you can save a little girl? Would she really want to be saved knowing what you did?"

"Don't get cocky," shouted Fang.

The Director laughed and gestured below them to the pack of Erasers fighting the rest of the Flock. "Here they come," she smirked evilly.

Fang swore and began to descend Max in tow. They couldn't fight them like this.

"Max!" called Iggy. He and Gazzy's arms were loaded with homemade bombs. Nudge was at their side. "We'll take care of them!"

"Thanks!" she called back.

She and Fang dropped the Director a couple of feet from the ground and she howled from in pain.

Fang roughly picked her up and pushed her against what was left of the brick wall. "Tell us where she is before we drop you from a higher distance."

The Director coughed, spitting up blood. She had enough of this. "She's… not here."

"What do you mean she's not here?"

"She escaped," she gasped.

Fang looked to Max and she shrugged. "How?"

"01 helped her escape. She's probably killed her by now."

"Who's 01?"

The Director shook her head. "We don't know," she said gravelly.

He slammed her once more into the wall, and she clenched her teeth. "What do you mean you don't know?"

Suddenly, a large bomb exploded overhead and the building began to shake. White coats carrying their precious research papers were frantically running from the building.

"U and A everyone!" shouted Max.