Prisoner- Chapter 48

The other erasers filed out from the other room, hearing the fighting or the eraser's previous message, maybe even both.

They took one look at us, then prepared to fight.

One of the erasers threw a large hairy paw at my face, but I managed to move out of the way in time and throw my leg out to wipe his feet out from under him.

Fang was fighting the other two erasers and one was already on the ground clutching his ears. My guess was that Fang had blown his ear drums. It was the classic way of making them feel pain and fall to the ground. It was one of their sure weaknesses.

"Max, watch out!" Gasman called from behind me.

I immediately went on alert, but it was too late. The eraser I was fighting managed to connect his paw with my cheek creating immense pain in my jaw.

I placed a kick in his stomach then to his neck. He crumpled holding his throat desperately as if he was being deprived of air. Maybe he was.

I spat out the blood in my mouth then looked over at Fang he was already done fighting. He saw me looking at him and gave me a look that said 'what took you so long.'

I glared at him then surveyed our surroundings. I had no idea where to go from here. My choices were many. Left, right, or forward.

'Voice, any suggestions?' I silently asked.

Trust your instincts.

I closed my eyes and had a silent debate in my head. My instincts said right.

'You better know what you're talking about.' I warned the voice.

Trust yourself Max.

'I do trust myself.' I retorted. 'I don't trust you.'

"Right." I said turning to the right and carefully making my way down the hallway with the flock behind me.

"Max." Jeb called out from behind us.

I turned to look at him then at the hall in front of me.

"Run." I said just before sprinting off.

The flock stayed right behind me as I trusted my instincts like the voice had said. We rounded a corner and could see the exit just at the end of the hall.

"Max!" Jeb yelled with a group of erasers charging past them.

We kept running, we were almost to the door.

All of the sudden a voice came over the speakers, so I listened while I ran. It was saying "Preparing for automatic lockdown. Initiating now in ten seconds."

We reached the open doorway and I went to stand in between the awaiting outside and the dooming inside.

"Ten…" The speaker boomed.

"Ok, Angel, go." I said grabbing her arm and pulling her out of the hallway.

"Nine…"

I looked down the hall and paused seeing the erasers getting closer.

"Eight…"

I snapped back to reality to hear the countdown continuing.

"Seven…"

"Gazzy, come on." I ushering him to go through.

"Six…"

Gazzy was not outside standing next to Angel.

"Five…"

I heard a noise, glass doors were closing around me. They were closing downwards, not sideways like the other doors I'd seen.

"Four…"

"Max move!" Fang yelled, then ran to me and knocked me out of the doorway into the outdoors where Gazzy and Angel were.

I was on my back when I heard the door close, the door I had just been.

I immediately looked up to see a glass door with Iggy and Nudge behind it. They were trapped inside.

I got up and ran to the door and pounded on it furiously. I kicked it, punched it and even rammed my body into it, but it wasn't coming open.

"Max!" Nudge screamed pounding on the door.

Iggy was grabbed by erasers, then Nudge.

They took my two flock members away with smug grins.

Then Jeb came to the door and stared out at me with a look that I couldn't place in his eyes. I hated him more than ever, right now.

I kept my eyes locked with his. I couldn't bring myself to look away.

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