Ahhhhh!!! The chapter everyone's waited for has arrived!!! Those who have waited for Dylan to have the crap beat out of him.....get ready, cause here we go!!

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Fang POV:

We are currently flying to save Ally, my and Max's daughter. She is being held by Dylan at an underground "School" and I don't know how much damage they've done to her. My mind is racing and pounding at just the idea of them doing anything to hurt her. If they do I just....

"Fang" Max calls from beside me. I look over at her.

She points down to a small dome of grassy field. That must be it. Max tilts her wings to angle lower and we follow. We circle for a moment, then see a small Military Jeep come down the dirt road leading to the dome. A garage like door (that just looked like grass a second ago) rolls up for a minute, lettting the Jeep inside before slamming shut again and phasing back to grass.

"Did you see that?" Nudge says, her eyes widening.

"Yeah. Now, there has to be another way inside beside just that door. But where?" Max's face is grimly determined as she speaks. Her eyes are constantly flicking this way and that, searching for another way.

"Well," Iggy says quietly, "They most likely will have a fire escape or emergency exit in case of cave in."

Max turns her face toward Iggy. "Do you know where one might be?"

Iggy rubbed his hand on the back of his neck. "Most places with one will have it on the opposite side of the building, away from the main door, so they will pretty much always have a way to get out." Iggy talked slowly. He is either a little unsure of what he said or he's worried about something. I personally think it's a little of both.

"Okay then, let's circle around to the back and land. We can start there."

Max leads us all around and we quietly touch down in a small patch of trees. I leave my wings open for a second, cooling them off, then tuck them in tight. Max lands right in front of me and I put my hand on her shoulder. She glances up at me, covering my hand with her own. I bet only I can see the glassed look in her eye, the tension she holds in her jaw. She's worried about Ally, but that's okay, because she's not alone. I am too.

I smile a little. "Lets go" I whisper. She sniffs and nods, turning back to the flock.

"Alright, the building's this way, " she says, pointing toward the North, "so lets go guys."

Walking with a brisk but stealthly pace we journey toward the dome, in search of a way inside. I go along side Max and Angel, with Iggy, Nudge and Gazzy steps behind. We all keep a high guard up for Erasers or a way in. Anxiety builds in my stomach as the little hill comes into view.

Max stops for a second and grabs Iggy's wrist. She pulls him up to hill and lets him skim his senstive fingers over it. We all follow close behind, searching for any danger.

After about 10 minutes, Iggy pauses, and we almost run into the back of him. His blind eyes stare at the grass covered hill in front of him and he reaches down, hooking two fingers in a hold that only he could find. He yanks up quickly and a small 3 foot wide, 5 foot tall hole is revealed.

Angel and Max grab him in a hug and I slap him on the back.

"Go Iggy!" Gazzy whisper-yells and holds his hand up for a high five that Iggy (somehow) returns.

"Shhh..." Max whispers, bringing a finger to her lips.

Max goes into the dark hole first, then Angel, Gazzy, Nudge, and Iggy pile in, with me holding up the rear. I slide the door that was covering the hole back in place but leave a little crack open, so we can find it later. It's dark, but with our raptor vision it's not a problem. We travel slowly down the damp cement tunnels, taking this turn and that until Angel suddenly gasps.

Max spins around

"What?" she asks quickly

All Angel has time to do is point behind me when I feel a sharp blow right between my shoulder blades. I stumble forward and twist around to see a full out Eraser, fangs and all, standing before me. At that moment, it looks like 4 other Erasers come out and start attacking the rest of the flock. Years of practice cause me to automatically give a snap kick that does nothing more than make the Eraser in front of me take a step back. He comes at me again, fist raised, but I duck and throw a strong right hook straight to his nose.

This causes him to reel back and I take the time to come up and slam my hands over ears, busting his ear drums. He roars and drops to his knees. I then bring down both my hands on the side of his neck and he gags then falls over, dead. Wow, that doesn't usually happen. Erasers used to take longer to kill. What's going on with this one?

I look around to see that everyone else had finished off the other Erasers and had the same expression of 'what the heck' on their faces. Why are these so easy to kill?

"Um, I think they were made too fast" Angel mumbles, her hand covering up a couple of scratches on her upper arm.

"How do you know that" Nudge asked quietly.

Angel shrugged. "Their minds were like all jumbled up, like the Erasers that were only about a month or two old back at the School when I was kidnapped. But I don't know if I'm right or not." I saw Max's jaw twitch a bit at the memory of Angel's kidnapping all those years ago.

"Well...lets keep going" Max called out and started back down the tunnel. We walked for about 5 more minutes when Max came to a sudden stop.

"What is it sweetheart?" I said softly, taking her hand.

Her eyes were sort of blank. I looked over my shoulder and saw that Angel's were too.

A moment later Angel's head pops up and her and Max both smile. Max tugs on my hand and we started sprinting down the long tunnel we were in. A quick turn to the right and I was nearly blinded by the flouresent lights. We were now in a pure white hallway with doors at even intervals. Max slowed and let go of my hand.

She and Angel walked close together in front of everyone and finally came to a stop at a white door. Max tried the knob but it must have been locked, because she backed up a step then kicked it in. Wow. I motion for Iggy, Nudge and Gazzy to watch the hallway.

Max, Angel and I run into the large white room. One good whiff of that hospital-antiseptic smell sent a plummage of bad memories flooding into my mind. I pushed them aside and turn my attention to the small cage at the corner of the room. Max and I run to it and pull on the latch, only to discover it locked. Ally is sleeping soundly inside, curled in a tight ball.

"Iggy!" Max calls over her shoulder. Iggy comes in, trading places with Angel, and jogs over. He then pulls out his infamous lock picking kit and sets to work. Ally starts to stir and immediatly sits up when she sees us.

"Mommy!! Daddy!!" she cries and sticks her hand out through one of the holes in the cage. Max grabs onto it and uses her thumb to rub gently.

"Hey baby! Mommy's here. It's gonna be ok. We're gonna get you out ok."

Max has tears in her eyes now. After two painfully long minutes Iggy breaks the lock and I yank the door away. Max lets go of Ally's hand and pulls her out. Allison clings desprately to her mother, crying softly. Max is crying as well, holding her baby as close to her as she can. I go over and pet Ally's hair, kiss her forehead and rub her back between her little wings. She holds her arms out to me and I take her, crushing her to my chest. Our reunion is happy til I then hear a slow drawn out clap from behind me.

Max, Iggy and I all whirl around to see Dylan clapping with a smug smirk on is disgustingly handsome face. Max goes to take a lunge for him when he holds out one hand.

"Uh uh ah. I wouldn't do that if I were you." In his hand is some kind of remote with two buttons and a dial. I absently start to wonder how he got past Angel, Gazzy and Nudge.

Almost as if he read my mind, six Erasers, two for each birdkid, come in carrying said Angel, Nudge and Gazzy. They all have gags on and their hands are bound. Angel sends a thought to me and I suppose everyone else.

I'm sorry! We tried to stop him but the Erasers ambushed us. We killed a bunch of them but that wasn't good enough. I'm so sorry.

It's okay Angel, I'll take care of this, I send back.

With a scowl on my face I hand Ally to Max. This is going to be souly between Dylan and I---and one of us isn't coming out alive.

"This has nothing to do with them Dylan. This is between you and me. Let them go." I say quietly but with firmness.

Dylan chuckles.

"Oh, but it has everything to do with them. They're another thing you love. I want you to be all alone, with nothing. So you see with this remote, with it...your daughter, your friends...."

Suddenly 5 hulking Erasers fall from the ceiling and grab Max, Ally and Iggy. I spin to help them fight them off but one grabs me from behind, keeping me still. I struggle as three Eraser clamp a small pins on Iggy and Max's shirts before turning them around to face me. Max is kicking and wiggling with all her might, along with Iggy. Ally struggles but is too weak to even resist. Dylan now continues.

"..and now your girlfriend, will all....go away. Forever. See, I planned it this way. I knew that if I told you I was going to sell Ally, well...you would all come to her rescue. So," he walks up to Ally and fingers the small pin by her shoulder, "you see all these little pins on everyone. They're the newest kind of chemical bombs. Only a quarter of an inch in length, they will explode a highly poisonous liquid onto your family's skin. Melting and burning them slowly."

Dylan now strides over to me and pats me on the shoulder. I try to move away from him.

"And while they die," he chuckles slowly, "you'll watch."

He backs away from me and orders the Erasers to line everyone up. The Erasers stay behind everyone to keep them still and in place, with Max and Ally at the front of the line.

My strugglings to get away become more determined. I think of something to stall for time.

"You know that when you do this all your Erasers will burn and melt away too." Okay, that's a poor excuse but maybe it will help to stall him.

Dylan shrugs. "Oh well. They were crappy anyway. Made to hastily, so they're not half as good as they should be, but they'll do the trick for now." At this he turns his back on me and barking certian orders at his Eraser lackies while doing something with the remote. And I take the opportunity to escape.

I jump up and slam my feet into the knee caps of the Eraser behind me. He grunts and doesn't let go, but what I had hoped would happen did...his grip slipped. I quickly turned in his arms and take hold of his shirt, then with some new found strength, I throw him over me and into the floor with a loud CRACK!

Dylan turns at the sound and I plow into him, wrapping my arms around his waist and taking him to the floor. We wrestle for a moment until the remote flys out of his hand and skids over by Max. Dylan then manages to get out from under me and before I can get up, he slams the cage that Ally was in over me. Pain racks my body but the determination to save my family overrides it.

I stand and punch out my right arm, aiming for his neck, but he blocks me. He twist my hand and turns me slightly to land a hard knee in my stomach. I fall to my knees, gasping. Seeing my angle I pull out a dirty meanuver and roll onto my back, then proceed to kick him right where it counts. His face contorts in extreme pain and gives me a chance to breath and get back up. I kick him hard in the ribs and am satisfied to hear a couple cracking sounds.

I feel this is going well in my favor when Dylan yanks on my ankle and I land hard on my back. I hiss through my teeth as Dylan climbs on my chest, pinning my arms beneath his legs and begins giving me punch after punch to my nose, jaw and collarbone.

"What kind of man are you? Getting beat while your family only has another minute and a half till meltdown. What kind of father are you!? What kind of boyfriend??! You failed them!" he screams at me through each punch.

That did it. I mustered every bit of strength I had left and pushed him off. He rolled away from me and I stood faster than I've ever stood. I grab the thing nearest to me, which happened to be another metal crate, and slammed it so hard over Dylan's head that he didn't get up at first. My entire vision was tinged red as I kicked his head, then his ribs. Moments later he was coughing and wheezing for breath and I reached down and tugged him up to his feet by his shirt collar. I brought his face up to mine and snarled in his face.

"I'm not going to kill you. Because I'm better than you. But you ever, EVER, come after or threaten me or my family again.....you'll wish I'd done you the grace of killing you now."

With that I dropped him to the ground and with one final kick to the teeth, he was out.

Panting, I wiped the blood off my lip and stepped on the remote at Max's feet, effectivly stopping the pin bombs. I then went to help Max, who was still struggling against the Eraser who held her. My blood was still boiling from Dylan so one hard punch to the neck killed her Eraser and it only took me mere seconds to kill the others. All of the flock cut their bonds and pull off their pins and I pulled off Ally's, just in case they might be still active.

With Ally in my arms, Max and the rest of us race out of the room and out through the tunnels. Max tosses aside the door that covered the hole to outside and jumps out and into the air, all of us seconds behind her. Ally tightens her arms around my neck and I kiss her hair. It feels so nice to have my daughter safe and sound in my arms.

Max falls back some to fly below me. Now that my thrist to kill Dylan is starting to ebb I can now feel every ache and pain that fight caused me. With one last squeeze to Ally, I pass her down to Max, who hugs her tightly all the way home.

The short fly home makes every part of me ache and hurt, except one part.

My heart.


Okay guys, this is not the end, just the whole climax of the story. So no worries!! There's one maaaybe two more coming!!

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