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Chapter 26

*Flash Back Time*

3rd Person POV

As the cars hit their brakes and fell back behind Xander's car, Xander sped up. Poppy looked over at him in horror.

"What are you doing!? Slow down!" She had to scream just to be heard over the roar of the engine. Xander kept going as a tree loomed over the dashboard.

Ella ducked down behind the car seats, squeezing her eyes shut as she waited for the impact. Poppy continued trying to be heard by Xander, yelling louder and louder at him.

With a loud CRUNCH the hood of the car hit the tree trunk. The momentum made the trunk lean sharply backwards, right to the breaking point but not all the way.

The car jolted sharply forward, making Poppy fly through what was left of the windshield and land in the woods 10 feet away. Xander's body flew forward but ran into the steering wheel, knocking him out in the process and giving him a bloody nose. He slumped over the wheel and closed his eyes. Ella, the only one wearing a seat belt, jolted against it and hit the seat in front of her; she slumped in her seat, rubbing her head.

The sound of slamming doors and shouting filled the silent night. The erasers, still in human form, ran up to the car. They gathered around it and one of them went to the driver's seat and forcefully opened the door. He pulled Xander's head up by his hair. He shook his head around and brought it up so it was level with his face.

"Hey!" He waited for a response, but when he didn't get one, announced "He's out."

He picked up Xander, slung him over his shoulder and started walking away from the jeep. A van pulled up beside him and he opened the door to the passenger seat and threw Xander in.

Another guy held up a flashlight and shined it through the windows of the car.

"I found another one!" Another guy came running and ripped the door off its hinges, throwing it across the road. He reached in and grabbed Ella, who was huddled on the floor. She grabbed onto the seatbelt as the eraser grabbed her legs and started to pull her out.

"Let me go! Let go of me!" She screamed harshly at the eraser. He suddenly pulled harder and dragged Ella out of the car and onto the ground. She scrambled to get up but the eraser grabbed her hair and yanked her upwards. He harshly cupped her chin and pointed it towards the flashlight beam.

"Check her." The eraser holding the beam produced a photo out of his pocket and held it next to Ella's face.

"Not her; plus she's human." He said after a moment of concentration.

The eraser holding her up lifted her higher so she was facing him.

"Looks like it's your lucky day sweetheart; now, just tell us where the girl in the picture is, and we'll be on our way." He smiled as he finished. Ella glared at him and suddenly spit in his face, causing him to drop her.

The eraser wiped his face and kicked her in the stomach.

"Bitch! Where is she!?" He continually kicked her, causing Ella's body to pop in the air and fall back down to the ground. He leaned down to say something to her, but just as he opened his mouth another eraser spoke.

"We found her!" A swarm of erasers ran into the forest as Ella lay on the ground, abandoned.

The erasers ran into the forest clearing where Poppy was lying against a tree, blood flowing out of her temple.

"Here, watch out." Bob came up and inserted a syringe that he pulled out of his pocket into Poppy's neck. The liquid quickly disappeared from the syringe; Bob tossed it to the side and waved his hand to one of the other erasers. The eraser nodded and tossed Poppy over his shoulder and started walking out of the clearing. The others followed in suit.

At the sound of stomping feet, Ella weakly opened her eyes. Her whole body throbbed, but she was able to see the figures put her in the back of the van.

"Poppy." She whispered her voice hoarse. No one heard her, so she remained unnoticed.

As the erasers closed the back doors of the van, she slowly sat up and got to her feet; although her legs were shaking, she managed to make it to the bumper of the car. She grabbed it and steadied herself just as an eraser yelled out from the front seat.

"Hey kid! Go lock the back doors!" A door slammed and Xander came out of the car and to the back of the van. He stopped suddenly at the sight of Ella hanging on to the bumper. Ella looked up at him in disbelief.

"You're working for them?! Who are you?!" Ella's hoarse voice rang out in the night. Xander bit the inside of his cheek; he had a pained look on his face.

"I'm sorry." Ella was about to ask what for, but Xander pulled his arm back and let it loose, punching Ella square in the face. Her head crashed back against the glass on the doors, breaking it in the process. She slumped against the door and slowly slid to the ground.

"Did you just break a window?!" Xander's head snapped up, and he pulled Ella under the bumper.

"Sorry; it broke when I slammed the door." After one last look at Ella, Xander ran back around the front and into the passenger seat.

*Back To Present*

Ella leaned back against the pillows of the bed, exhausted. Iggy, Fang, and Max just started at her speechless.

"So, Xander's working with the school?" Max asked. Ella shrugged.

"I guess; it's all confusing."

"So, Xander punched you out and then just left you there?" Ella nodded.

"Yep." She said, popping the p. Fang's hand clenched and unclenched into fists.

"I'll kill him; I'll murder him for working with the school, and I'll murder him for Poppi." I put my hand on his shoulder.

"We'll think about that later; right now, we need to figure out where they are." We all were silent, trying to think.

"Did you get a look at the license plate?" Ella gave me a look like seriously?

"Sorry, I was too busy being knocked unconscious to look at it." I glared at her.

"Well did you see anything?" She shook her head.

"No, sorry." I sighed and continued thinking.

Suddenly a sharp ringing filled the silent room. Rebecca blushed and pulled out her cellphone.

"Sorry; I'll be out in the hall." She left, leaving us alone.

Suddenly the idea came to me; I snapped my fingers and smiled.

"Did Xander have his cellphone?" Ella looked confused, but nodded.

"Yea, why? You're not gonna try and call him are you?" I shook my head.

"No, I'm not stupid; maybe we can track his cellphone." Everyone's faces lit up.

"That's it! We can track where they are!" I nodded.

"Exactly; we just need to find a place that tracks cellphones."

"You could go to a cellphone store and tell them you lost it; they'll probably track it for you." Ella said.

"So it's set then; we'll go to a Verizon store and have them track Xander's phone." We all nodded and I smiled; we were going to find them.

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