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It was Ari. My worst nightmare had come true. Eraser Ari stood in front of me with an evil smirk on his face. His black eyes looked like death.

I couldn't move. I was standing there gaping at him.

"You thought to could kill me huh?"

My heart rate tripled its normal rate, and I could feel myself starting to sweat. I wanted to scream and run, but something inside wasn't letting me.

"U and A?" I heard Fang whisper from behind me.

I finally nodded my head slightly and turned my head to look at him. He nodded back. Ari was still standing in front of me, with an amused look on his face.

"You can't kill me Max. I thought I already showed you that." He now wore a wide, toothy grin.

I clenched my jaw and looked at Fang again. I mouthed 'On three'. He nodded. I counted to myself. 'One….Two…'

"Now!" I yelled over my shoulder.

I shot up into the air with the rest of the flock. Usually I'm so happy to fly, but this time I was shaking with fear. I tried to think of where to go, but I barely knew where I was.

"Fang! Where?" I desperately yelled to him.

At first he looked at me oddly, but then he turned to the kids and yelled, "Cave!"

All of the kids nodded and took off. I was so confused.

"Follow me." Fang yelled as he took off.

I obeyed flew up beside him.

"It's near town. You were still out when we found it." He said, reading my mind.

I nodded and went back to concentrating on my surroundings. Then I thought about what Fang just said.

"Fang, just how long was I out for?"

Fang tightened up as he flew. I saw his expression go from blank, to worried, then back to blank again within just a matter of seconds. He then turned his head to look at me.

"A week and a half." He said with no emotion.

My mouth hung open. A week and a half? How? It was only just two days ago. That can't be! I began to feel woozy and my head started to pound.

'You'd be surprise Max.' The Voice randomly popped into my head.

'How? This can't be true.'

'It is. You really affected them.'

'I know.'

I just wanted to beat the crap out of myself now. I hurt them, yet again.

'More so to the one you least expected.'

'Who?'

Then I realized, Fang. I hurt him. My eyes started to well up with tears. I looked over at him. He looked so tired, so drained. I then started to silently cry and beat myself up inside. I felt like such a loser.

"It's up ahead." Fang said, bringing me back to the present.

I wiped my eyes and saw a rocky hill come closer into view. A few minutes later we landed. The kids were all sitting around, eating left over granola bars and hot dogs. Looking at them made me feel even more depressed. I needed to clear my thoughts.

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