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Fangs POV: Chapter 7

I right hooked an Eraser in the jaw, most likely breaking it. Jeeze these guys were bigger and tougher, but still not tough enough. I heard Max shout my name and turned in the direction it came from and saw a giant Ari holding her under water, drowning her.

I got there as just as I saw her body go limp. I grabbed giant Ari by the hair and pulled him away from her, pulling Max out of the water with my other hand. I sent a kick flying into Ari's gut making him double over briefly, but it was just enough time for me to send a kick to his nose. I heard a sickening crunch and knew I broke it, so I kicked it again and made him pass out.

After I knocked Ari out I rushed over to max and checked to see if she was breathing. She wasn't. I did CPR on her like Jeb had taught us. I pumped her heart 15 times and opened her mouth while pinching her nose and blew air into her lungs. My mouth tingled as they met hers but I paid no attention to it though, all I wanted was for her to live.

I repeated this process twice before she reacted. She jerked up right and then fell back down. I caught her in my arms and pulled her closer, not wanting her to hit her head. Brushing her hair out of her eyes I saw she was looking up past me, and I turned around to look to. All the erasers had been beaten, now the Flock just landed down beside us, tears in their eyes and hugged me and max.

Maxs POV:

My lips started tingling and I shot up right. I got light headed from exhaustion and fatigue (drowning really takes it out of you) and fell back down again. Fang caught me in his strong arms and held me close, brushing my hair away from my face. I started to look up at him but noticed all the erasers were gone and that my Flock was coming back down again. Fang noticed and looked up as they landed beside us with teary eyes and hugged us.

Me and Fang hugged them back, me laying in his lap and him cradling me while Total leaned up against me. We sat there like this for a while and then finally they pulled away. We headed back to our rooms, Fang carrying me and Iggy carrying Angel who had fallen asleep in our little group hug session. After stacking fists and saying goodnight Fang carried me to our room.

He gently laid me down on the bed and checked me for wounds and injuries. Once he saw I had none he asked me if I was ok. I told him I was fine and asked him the same.

"Well I would be better if you hadn't almost died tonight by that stupid jerk Ari!" He said clenching and unclenching his fists. "It wasn't Ari. It was his clone." I informed him. He looked back at me as if he wasn't surprised and I knew he wasn't, Itex had clones for everyone now.

"You should go to bed. You're tired, you need to rest." He said in such a gentle tone that I didn't argue. "Ok." I said and his eyes widened in shock but quickly went back to normal. He pulled the blankets up over me and I drifted off to sleep.

Dream: (A/N this is a nightmare. Hear anywhere before?)

I felt a pair of rough hands jerk me up by my waist. They turned me to face them and I gasped in shock at what I saw.

"Ari?!? I thought you were dead!" I started to think that maybe Ari had come to help us but I saw a flicker of a grin on his face and a murderous glint in his eyes.

"Nope! I'm not Ari! I'm his clone!" And with that he dunked me under water and held me there. It had been a whole minute before I was able to get my head up and shout a quick Fang before he dunked my head under again. I hadn't caught my breath and as he dunked me back under my lungs filled with water. I started to see spots and stopped struggling as much trying to save my breath and energy, soon everything went black.

End Dream.

I woke up in a cold sweat. I had dreamt Ari's clone was drowning me over and over again, what made it scarier was that it had actually happened and I knew what drowning was really like. Let me tell you, being trapped under water with water in your lungs is pretty painful and tiring. I hadn't realized I was holding onto Fangs arm and let go of it quickly. I looked down and saw his arm was around my waist as he pulled me closer to him. I breathed in his Fangy smell, a sweet smell of cinnamon and mint. He smelled so good.

He started tracing circles in between my wings and that's when I realized he was awake, so, of course, I blushed. Luckily he didn't see it and moved my hair out of my eyes. I turned around and looked at him. He shot me his heart melting smile and kept tracing circles in my back, causing me to drift off to sleep again, but this time I dreamed good dreams. Dreams about Fang.

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