"DUCK!" Shouted Odd. Ulrich did so, as a laser from one of the Bloks whizzed over his head. "C'mon!" Shouted Ulrich to the others. "This way!"
Jeremie, Aelita, Ulrich, Odd, and Yumi ran back towards the rooftop door, lasers firing after them. They ran through the doorway. Aelita shut and locked it after them.
"That isn't going to hold very long Aelita." Said Jeremie.
"I know." She replied.
They dashed down the stairwell, while one of the Bloks shattered the door with a laser. But they were confronted with a problem. The stairs were built for humans, not walking cubes. Nevertheless, the five Bloks started down after them, but they didn't get far before they tripped and started sliding and bouncing down the stairs instead. At the first landing, one of them slid into the wall with a crash and blew up. The other four landed on their feet, and started down the second flight, much more carefully. But it would be a while before they caught up.
The kids pushed their way out of the building, looking around carefully. There were no other monsters in sight.
"Do you think there are more of them?" Asked Yumi.
"I hope not. But I also wouldn't count on there not being any more." Said Jeremie.
They started sneaking back towards the dormitories. They didn't see any monsters, but that was because they were all in the other courtyard, shooting at the other kids.
The students were hiding behind the columns and the lunchrooms, trying to avoid the laser fire from the rest of the Bloks and the five Krabes. One of the Krabes was backing William into a corner.
"Stay back!" He shouted, stuttering a little. The Krabe didn't listen to him, and prepared to fire. William, in a desperate move, hurled a rock at the Krabe. It bounced off the monster's armor. He picked up a larger, sharper one, and hurled it higher so that it arced a little and then landed, pointy side down, into the center of the target on its back. It was a lucky shot, but it had the desired effect. The Krabe stumbled back, and blew apart.
William stood there, stunned at what he had just done. But then he scowled, picked the rock up again, and threw it at one of the Bloks, and another monster bit the dust. The monsters, turning to face this new threat, started firing again, and he was only able to dive out of the way in the nick of time.
"Don't just stand there! Help me out here!" He shouted at the rest of the kids. Hesitatingly, one picked up a small stone and threw it. It bounced off the armor of the monster it hit.
"Hit them in that target thing! That's the alien's weak spot!"
When they heard the word "aliens", many of the kids started to perk up. They had been unsure of what was going on at first, but what William had said made sense, seeing as these creatures had come from the flying saucers, which had dropped them off and then disappeared. Soon, they were rushing out of hiding, throwing anything and everything they could. The monster's lasers were obviously superior weapons, but they didn't stand against the angry mob that was forming, and far outnumbering them.
The Bloks started to retreat, but there was nowhere to run; they were just as stranded in the school as the kids were without the spaceships to pick them up. Under the storm of projectiles, they fell one by one, until there was nothing left but debris.
"Here we are!" Said Odd, as he and Ulrich entered their room. Odd grabbed his gloves and put them on, while Ulrich got his sword.
"Ready to kick some monsters?" Said Ulrich.
"You bet!" Said Odd.
They went back out, where Jeremie, Aelita, and Yumi were waiting for them. They had already taken a detour to Yumi's house to get her fans and to make sure Hiroki was safe where he was.
"Lets go." Said Yumi. "Jeremie, stay here to work on the vehicles."
"Got it."
They ran down to the courtyard, where they saw a strange sight. The other students were dragging pieces of debris and forming them into walls, while others were stockpiling large, sharp rocks picked up from the sides of the paths.
"What's going on?" Yumi asked William.
"We had a fight with the aliens. we're preparing for their next attack."
"Where are they now?"
"We destroyed the first group that came, but there are probably mo-"
He was interrupted by a massive blast that came from the sky, blasting a hole in the side of one of the buildings. The flying saucers were back, and when the hatches on the bottoms of the ships opened up, they realized that more monsters were on the way. They started dropping down, and this time there were far more.
"Looks like you could use our help." Said Odd. He fired a laser arrow straight into the waiting target of a frelion.
"Where'd you get that?" Said William.
"Long story, and I don't feel like talking about it right now."