Chapter 10

As the others went straight for the enemy, I went to aid the Kids Next Door. I felt like I was fleeing my duty, but we needed the operatives to help fight. I scrambled over a broken stall, and noticed a two small girls and two boys tangled up in the tent.

The small red head girl was using her teeth to rip herself out, while the brown haired girl just kicked and flailed around. The two boys followed suit.

"You guys alright?" I asked as I began pulling the tent material off them.

"We're fine." The brown haired girl stated. I grabbed her arm and pulled her out.

"We tried to hold them off before they reached here, but they were too strong for us."

I nodded, and began helping the others out. "Right, I may not be your leader, but I need you to gather as many operatives as possible, you got it?"

The red head nodded, and gestured for them to scout around.

I turned to face the enemy, and broke into a run. I pulled my gun out and aimed at the glass. I wasn't going to miss…

Something hit me right square in the chest, and seemed to lift me up at an incredible speed. I closed my eyes as I was whipped around the robot, the speed getting faster as the arm I was holding onto whipped around

It flicked up, and seemed to try and flick me off. I held on tightly, and aimed once more. I shot, just as the arm flicked me off. As I flew back a few metres, I saw the glass from the dome shatter all over my friends. I covered I my face, and felt wood splinter on my back. I had been thrown into a tent, and it collapsed on me. I covered my head, and felt the top of the tent fall upon my back.

I don't know how long I was under there for, but it couldn't have been that long. I heard shooting in the distance, and heard a pair of shoes scuffing through the gravel. I saw the tent moving, and it was pulled off my face. I met the face of Virginia, and she seemed a little whiter than usual. She scampered over the wreck, and wrapped her arms around my neck. "Are you alright?" She asked with a choke.

"I'm fine." I said, trying to move. I yelped when my leg sent pain shooting up my body.

"What's wrong?" She asked, looking me over.

"My leg." I said quietly, sitting up. I pointed to some of the wreckage, and my leg was trapped under a plank of wood. Virginia immediately began trying to push it off.

It wasn't as heavy as I thought, but it was still too heavy to push off.

"We need help over here!" She screamed, trying to pull it up. I tried to help, but no matter what I did, I couldn't do anything without busting my leg even more. Hoagie and Rachel saw us, and came over to help. While Hoagie helped Virginia, Rachel covered us.

"Ready, pull." Hoagie groaned as he and Virginia pulled the plank up. I pulled my leg out, and they dropped it.

"I can't hold them off!" Rachel cried, shooting furiously. One of the clawed hands went to swipe her at the head, but Fanny tackled her down at the very last second. She covered our boss, and screamed for more help.

And just went I thought it couldn't get any worse…Stickybeard's ship was heading right for us, and I couldn't move.