Here's the next chapter! Sorry it's a little late. I've had some writer's block. But it's all better! Please review!

Chapter 10

Fang's POV

Ari keeps the knife to my throat until every Eraser is out of the room, taking an unconscious Max with them. We listen to the Erasers fly clumsily away for about five seconds before Ari finally does something—thrusts the knife deeper, causing my blood to drip down my neck and on his blade. He leans in close to my ear, then says callously, "My orders were to bring Max back to School alive, but there wasn't a word on sympathy. So I'm warning you. If you follow us, she's going to be the one getting hurt."

With that, he draws the blade away, but he does punch me in the back of the head with the hilt as a finishing touch before he jumps back out Max's window and into the open air.

I breathe out for a second, trying to summon the strength to stand up and fight them.

Must get up. Get Max back. Get her away from… them.

With a groan, I stand up and wobble toward the window, gripping the frame as I watch the Erasers board a helicopter about half a mile away. Without a thought, I take off my shirt and extend my wings behind me, giving me enough room to get out the window but still catch myself into the air before plummeting on the ground.

Then I jump. I unfurl my black wings a second later, angling them so I can go straight up and forward—right for the chopper that has my Max in it.

As I fly toward them, I suddenly remember Johannah, my "twin" (what the heck was that about?), and remember that an Eraser knocked her out right before they left. So I don't have to worry about her right now.

Soon I reach the chopper and see two Erasers flying the thing, and more behind them. In the crowd of Erasers I see Max, unconscious on the floor. Her hands are already zip tied, with duct tape over her mouth. Quickly thinking of a plan, I fly down to the trees and grab a large stick. When I get back to being under the chopper, I fly in front of the windshield and thrust the stick into the glass.

The windshield shatters.

Of course, the Erasers freak out. And of course, they get their battle faces on and their guns loaded. Never the less, I jump right through the broken glass window and lunge for Max. But I don't notice Ari, one of the Erasers standing by her, swing something hard right at my face.

I feel my body being thrown back by the impact, and darkness threatening at the corners of my eyes, but I force it away. With my face feeling like it's in a blazing fire, I jump back at Ari, tackling him to the ground. Again.

I punch him in the face, hard, and Ari acts like it didn't just happen. Instead of writhing in pain or even holding his face, he pulls his legs up close to his face, and kicks me in the stomach, sending me flying across the room into the pile of glass that used to be the windshield. When I gather myself, I stand up to him—only to see him pointing a gun at me.

So I freeze.

"Didn't I tell you that if you followed us, Max would get hurt?" Ari asks.

He did, with a knife to my throat. But doesn't he know I can be pretty stubborn?

"Well it's too late," Ari goes on when my silence is too much for him. "The Director doesn't want you anymore. So goodbye, Fang."

And with that, he pulls the trigger—just as I dodge out of the way. The bullet hits my wing.

I resist yelling out in pain, instead smirking at Ari. But he doesn't find it amusing.

After a look from Ari, an Eraser next to me suddenly pushes me out of the chopper.

With the wind rushing past me, I gather what just happened. Ohhh. I'm falling. I try to fly, but my left wing doesn't work as well as it should, so I end up flying in spirals down toward the ground.

A few seconds ago, when I thought I'm going to live, I now reject that thought as I hit the ground so hard that I instantly fall unconscious.

BWAWHAHAHA! SUSPENSE! Sorry it's a little short. :P Well please tell me what you think! Questions, corrections, comments? Review.