Chapter 29

"Uh, Mackenzie? Your hand is starting to-"

"I know."

"Yeah. You should probably do something about that."

"What happened?" Iggy asked.

"Mackenzie's hand is glowing!" Angel exclaimed.

"It's not my hand! It's the ring!" Mackenzie exclaimed. "I don't know what it's doing!"

"Are you hurt? Are you okay?" Iggy took her hand and felt the ring, which was still as bright as a light bulb.

"Geez Iggy," the Gasman snickered, "If you wanted to hold her hand, you could've just asked."

"Shaddup Gazzy." Iggy said, but he didn't let go of her hand.

"Both of you stop it." Max scolded. She looked at Mackenzie. "Do you feel anything?"

"No," Mackenzie replied, "It feels normal, like a regular ring."

"It obviously isn't." Nudge commented.

"Nudge I think that's one of the shortest sentences I've heard you say since forever." Gazzy said.

"What's that supposed to mean?!"

Suddenly, the ring began to feel warm on her finger on Mackenzie's finger and Iggy seemed to have felt it too. He let go in surprise and said, "The ring's getting warmer."

Max stepped forward and reached for Mackenzie's hand but before she could, she pulled away. "I can feel the heat waves coming off your hand. Mackenzie, can't you feel it?"

Mackenzie opened her mouth to reply, but was cut off by Angel's scream. The entire Flock turned to see a pack of Erasers emerging from the trees, led by one Max seemed to recognize.

"Ari," she snarled. The Eraser she called Ari threw her a wolfish grin. "Max. Long time no see, sis."

Mackenzie blinked in surprise. Sis? She looked at Max, who just scowled and crossed her arms. "Don't remind me, Ari. What did the School tell you to do this time?"

Ari's eyes flashed with annoyance. "They didn't tell me to do anything. I was assigned to bring you back, because I'm sure that you did what you were told to do. Besides, I couldn't miss out on a chance to see my big sister now could I?"

"Wait," Mackenzie interrupted, "Max, you have a brother? And he's an Eraser?!"

Max sighed. "Sadly."

After her interruption, Ari seemed to have noticed Mackenzie. "Ah there she is. Just hand over the thing you got from the auction and we'll just take your little friend and go."

"Like hell you will," Iggy snapped. "You can have the ring, but you're not taking Mackenzie."

Ari's smug smile grew even wider. "So it's true. The blind pyro's got a little crush, doesn't he?"

"Just take the ring and let us off, would you Ari?" Max requested.

Ari shook his head. "No can do." And with that, he charged at Mackenzie. The rest of the Erasers followed, and soon, everyone was fighting. Almost immediately, she was surrounded by a large group of Erasers, but the ring still seemed to be radiating waves of intense heat, thought she didn't feel anything, because they only circled around her, keeping a good amount of distance away from them.

"Mackenzie!" Max barked, as she fought hand to hand combat with Ari. "Up and away! Get out of here! We'll hold them off!"

"Oh no you don't!" Ari roared, grabbing a remote from his pocket and pressing a button. Mackenzie felt a shock course through her entire body and fell down in surprise. She cursed. She had forgotten about the stupid anklet! She stood back up, only to feel another course of electricity shock her. Why did these jerks always shock her?! First, at the Lab, then at the School and now this stupid Eraser. She could feel the anger build up inside her, but she held it in. She didn't want it to end like it had at the ice cream parlor. She closed her eyes, concentrating on her rage and holding it down, controlling it. However, before she could do anything else, a white light shined through her eyelids, and she opened her eyes to a blinding ray of light shining from her ring.

Everyone had stop fighting, and they were only faint outlines through the wall of light surrounding Mackenzie. Their voices were becoming harder and harder to hear, almost whispers and a buzzing noise filled her ears. An overwhelming sensation went through Mackenzie, and she let the light overtake her, bringing her to somewhere unknown.


...I'm so sorry. I know that I should've updated sooner, but I'm at a three week college camp, so all I can do is pray that you're still reading this story m(_ _)m

Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed. This chapter's a little short, but I'll try to make the next on longer. I'm planning on ending it soon so be prepared! I didn't want to drag it out too long because I know the story won't be good that way.

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