Yo peoples, thanks for the reviews and don't kill me for ending chapters in suspense. So here you all go the next chapter.

Jess POV

I looked over the edge and saw…

Black, black that seemed to come from the ground and contain a sinister evil. A black that was broken by a pair of yellow eyes and a low growl. In the black was an… eraser!

I jumped back and hit a shelf full of CD's, a couple even flew off and landed at my feet. Out of the hole came one of the biggest erasers I've ever seen. He was massive, at least seven feet tall with yellow eyes that flashed with hate. His whole body was covered with muscles and I could barely make out the outline of gigantic wings on his back. He was fully morphed and was covered with black fur the color of a moonless night. His claws had to be the size of a full grown tigers and the growl sounded exactly like a wolf when it felt threatened or was angry. All in all, I was pretty much toast if I fought this thing.

"Who are you?" The eraser asked me. I summoned up every ounce of courage I could and got ready to face off against this monster. Just then it hit me, erasers were made by Itex, and one just came through that hole. That hole must lead to something under Itex's control!

"No one you would know." It's now or never Jess. I dove forward and actually rolled between the erasers legs, yeah he was that huge. I stopped by the hole and threw myself over the edge.

I heard an enraged, bloodthirsty roar and then the light from above was blocked out as the eraser came down the hole. Of course using a ladder I'd neglected to use. I fell and hit cement, hard. Quickly jumping to my feet, I ran to my left and slowly began to spread out my wings, testing to see if the tunnel I'd dropped into was wide enough for me to take off in.

I could hear footsteps but couldn't tell if they were following or running away from me. My heart was beating at twice its normal speed and the adrenaline pumping through my system made me even faster on my feet. Every one of my senses screamed at me to take off and get out of the dark tunnel. So I took off.

My eyes were now used to the darkness and I could see what was ahead of me. I was indeed in a long tunnel. It was wide enough for my wings and then some. It had a tall ceiling and I stayed as close to the top of the tunnel as I could. The air was cold and chilly and the spray of water from a little stream coated everything in mushy goo. I didn't want to know what was in the water, probably sewage, and didn't want to find out.

I didn't hear the footsteps anymore and without the extra noise, the tunnel was dead silent. When I saw a bend in the way my mind began to race with questions. Where was Shay and the rest of the pact? Did they even know what was below the store? Was this an Itex building? If it was, did they know we were above them? And lastly, where were our grandparents and parents?

I set down on the ledge right before the turn. The floor was slippery and the cement walls were slimy. That's when faint footsteps sounded in the tunnel around the bend. I pressed myself hard against the wall, grimacing in disgust, and waited.

If whoever it was that was coming saw me, I would jump them and shove them in the water. If by chance they didn't see me, then I would stay as silent as possible and keep on going up the tunnel. If I was faced with another gigantic eraser than I would have to think on the spot. I would probably sing and hypnotize the beast.

The footsteps were closer. It wasn't just one set it was at least three. They didn't sound very heavy but it was hard to hear, like the people were trying to stay as quiet as possible.

There was a splash and silence followed. Where the footsteps were coming from something had just fallen into the water.

The footsteps started up again after a minute or two. They were close. Then a tennis shoe came around the corner followed by Rush, Blade and Josh. I saw them about the same time they saw me.

"Jess, oh my gosh you got down here too?" Blade asked.

"Duh! If I hadn't gotten down here then I wouldn't be standing here talking to you." Josh came over to me and hugged me tight. I was seriouly relieved to see these three but would never admit to it.

"Jess it was the worst thing ever. All of a sudden there was this huge eraser in front of us. He came up through the floor. Shay and Casey were able to get out of the room before the eraser closed the door. Then Rush pushed me down into the hole and he and Blade followed." Whispered Josh.

"You saw that monster too then. He came out of the floor in the cubical with a bunch of music stuff in it and I just barely made it passed him. I think he ran the other way though when I got to the ground."

Rush nodded. "That was where we were too. The end of this tunnels a dead end. We were just turning around. There was a reason the eraser ran left instead of this way."

We all stood together and imagined the possibilities of what could be at the other end of the tunnel. None that came to my mind were very encouraging. At least Shay and Casey had gotten away. Then I remembered the girls.

"Oh no, when the girls and I came into the store I sent them off to look for you guys."

Blade and Rush's eyes popped wide and they turned towards the way I'd just come from. I didn't want to imagine what the eraser could and would do to three young girls who had wings. But suddenly that was the least of my worries when behind us came a voice.

"Are you birdies ready to play?"

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