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Those without brains fight- Lost in Space

I woke up, blearily rubbing my eyes and cursing my self for not posting a guard. I kicked Fang in the side, who kicked Nudge, who kicked Iggy, who kicked Angel, who kicked Total, who bit the Gasman, waking him up with a yelp of pain.

I smiled. Who said mutants didn't have a sense of humor?

I started coaxing a fire out of the pit that we had already formed the previous night. It wasn't a hard task, and within an hour we were roasting some berries and pieces of meat that none of us could identify over it.

Suddenly, I glanced over at Fang. He nodded, and anyone who wasn't a mutant probably wouldn't have seen the nod. But I did, and it just confirmed my suspicions.

The little hairs on the back of my neck were standing up. Never a good sign. But I didn't hear anything. I turned around, on the pretense of getting more meat, and caught a flickering shadow. That was enough for me.

We all had our packs on. We sleep with them, never letting them out of our sight. Total was sitting next to Angel, eating the bits of "breakfast" that she slipped to him. All I had to do was mouth "Up and away" and we were OUT OF THERE!

So good to be flying again. I thought, though I was vaguely disturbed at the thought of the silent Erasers I'd seen. Ah well, there was a time and a place for worrying, and this wasn't it.

I signaled that we should keep going fast for about a quarter hour before we regrouped. The younger kids and Iggy still had no idea why we were running in the first place. And guess who had to be the one to explain it to them?

"There are what?" Nudge screamed in a disbelieving tone later.

I nodded. "Yup, silent Erasers. As in totally silent. As in Iggy couldn't even hear them." I glanced over at Angel, "Did you feel anything?"

She shook her head and shrugged her shoulders. "Not that that means anything. I wasn't really paying attention, or anything." She tried to assure me.

I noticed that Iggy had been oddly quiet. "'s the matter, Ig?" I asked, turned on him.

Iggy played with the cuffs of his shorts, plucking at the fabric, his sightless eyes pointing right at me. "They're totally silent, Max." he whispered.

I nodded, not getting it for a moment. Then, "Oh, Ig, I'm sorry. I just didn't think-"

He cut me off, "no biggie, really. I'll just need a bit more warning next time, 'kay? I mean, mouthing stuff's good and all, but you guys nearly left me behind."

We were all silent for a second, then Fang, who was closest to the mouth of the cave we had picked for this meeting, glanced out. "Umm...guys? I think some of our new friends just found us."

I looked out to, and for a second couldn't believe what I was seeing.

The cave was surrounded by mutant, flying, silent, deadly, looking-for-revenge, Erasers.

Uh-Oh.

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