Max touched down as softly as she could, the area looked secure from above. So she thought it would be a good place for Angel to rest and tell what had occurred at the eraser rendezvous.

"Angel sweetie, where did Fang, Nudge, Iggy and Gazzy go?"

She sniffled and sat down on a tree stump. As she recounted her experiences.

UNDER AN HOUR AGO

"Man, this sucks. Could you at least get me something to eat!" Gazzy grumbled.

Iggy and Gazzy were seriously annoyed with being cooped up in cages. Even if they were prisoners, they expected a bit more dignity than what had been served. Angel on the other hand was completely silent as she thought about what would happen next. The group had overheard the eraser talking about how they'd wait until the search parties returned from their hunt. They had until then to think about escape.

"Jebs really putting a fucking number on us eh?"

"Pushing us to the edge is his job. You can't handle it punk?"

"Just saying, he could be a bit less of a prick when it came down to things like this. He knows how easy it would be to just butcher these little bird brains right?"

Just then, another armed eraser approached the two men.

"Shut it you two, before I have to put a muzzle in your hairy snouts!"

The two men glanced at each other, then walked off to patrol the other side of the landing site. The edge of the forest led into flat farmland and really that was it. A few dirlect barns, and maybe the occasional animal wandering by. One of the boys had already tore open a wild elk in a fit of boredom.
Iggy leaned back and looked at the two helicopters next to him. It easily could accommodate the eraser forces, and of course the caged kids.

"Ari?" Yelled one of the soldiers standing on the rim of the forest.

It was indeed Ari. Trudging through the snow with his head facing the ground.

"Where's Jacob and Jerald?" He asked Ari , who was slowly making his way to the center of the camp.

"We got jumped by some nutcase with swords. They're both dead."

He looked around, counting the remaining troops.

"I count only thirteen. Where's everyone else?"

"A few of em came back a little while ago and are in the chopper trying to talk to the higher ups about our next course of action. The scout team that went after the girl returned saying three had disappeared, along with Max deeper in the forest."

"Shit!" He said, pounding the ground.

He didn't have time to ask further questions when a young boy named David yelled for backup. Ari and the guard quickly grabbed a rifle and took a stance behind David.

"Movement, not too far out. And it definitely wasn't one of ours."

"Over here too!"

"I got multiple incoming!"

"Fall back to the center!" Ari yelled.

The erasers in the helicopter grabbed their weapons and took off running towards the center. A figure flashed in and out of Ari's peripheral vision. He turned to follow only an after image.

"They're fast! Ari! Were these the guys that jumped you?"

Ari finally got a quick look at one of the fast moving soldiers in the forest. Ari had read history books before, and weirdly he recognized the man's uniform. But they were definitely not in 1941.

"Not even close."

Ari lined up one man in is ironsights and blasted right through the swastika on his shoulder.

"We got a time machine or something?" He laughed looking at the dead nazi.

"Holy shit! These guys are skinheads!" David chuckled as well. Suddenly his eyes opened very wide and a look of horror was on his face. "The bird kids!"

OH SHIT!

Ari's mind went into a panic as he rushed out of his defensive position and to the cages on the other side of the one helicopter. He slid around and found three soldiers harassing the kids. They didn't notice him approach until his hand was firmly wrapped around ones throat. He effortlessly crushed the life out of him. As soon as he was done, one drew a small pistol and opened fire. Ari instinctively grabbed the nearest cover, the other freak. Unable to take back his bullets, the friendly riddled his ally with rounds. He disintegrated into dust as one struck the heart. Ari reached around his meat shield with extended claws and dug deep into the gunner's face. He sputtered and coughed blood as his body descended into the snow. Ari looked over the bodies with a look of satisfaction. He turned the kids to see who had been hurt. Gazzy yelled and pointed at him.

"Look I'm not going to kill ya-"

WHAM! A blunt metal club struck him in the back. Gazzy had been pointing at the large back end of a scythe that had been poised above him. As Ari collapsed, he got a brief look at the attacker, seeing only a woman's grey vest.
Her vest was hardly the most strange of her features. For instance she possessed a massive collection of demonic tatoos across her face. Her hair was blond and spiky, and one eye seemed incapable of sight.

"Vwat a fucking pushover. I vas told ze wolf boys vere on ze level of a vampire at veast."

Behind her was a brown haired man who had a very pitifull emo look to him.

"Shall I give the order for them to kill the rest off? Zorin?" He said, wrapping his arms around her.

"Get lost you disgusting worm. I vill make ze orders! And grab zis one along with ze others, Edward." She replied putting her elbow in his skull.

He reeled back in pain, but still had a creepy grin on his face. As soon as zorin disappeared back into the forest, Edward muttered to himself:"Oh yes. And soon you'll want to hurt me a lot more my dearest." He proceeded to look over the four kids in a disturbing fashion. He leaned over the massive form that was Ari and reached out his arm to see if he was faking his unconsciousness.
Edward got an answer, but at the cost of his hand. You see, Ari had seen his bony wrist drawing ever so near, and felt it best if the joint were broken and the hand separated.
Never before had a man's scream been so satisfying. Edward raised the stump in the air, fixated on the hulking beast rising up from the ground. He fell backwards, scrambling to get away. Ari crushed his left leg with his massive foot and pulled the freak to his feet.

"W-wait! I have a fiance!" He pleaded.

"I'll send her your head with a note saying sorry stapled to it."

Ari then proceeded to kick him down, stand on his back and rip his arms off. Then he took the arms and began to brutally flail them into Edward. Pretty soon, their wasn't much left in terms of poor Edward's face. When he was finished, he went back to secure the kids, but already some nazi's had begun to move Iggy and Gazzy's crates. Angel was being carried off as well.

"Go! Go!" Yelled an officer, opening fire on Ari with an automatic rifle.

Several bullets were unavoidable and hit him, but he managed to dive over to a body and loot a pistol off of him. They traded fire for a moment before the officer's head had yet another gaping hole in it. Ari felt his body for damage, but he felf no serious flesh wounds. He ran past the end of the squad's choppers and searched for the kidnappers. Then he saw it, a small supply truck had been driven up during the chaos and already was loading up the bird kids. The last crate carrying a crying Angel was still being loaded in. Ari took a shot at the man carrying her, hitting his thigh. He buckled under the damaged appendage and dropped Angel's cage.

"Get out of here!" Yelled the dying soldier the the truck driver.

The man took heed of the call and hit the gas. The big grey truck lurched forward, and soon the terrified faces of the two boys disappeared off into the trees. Ari shot his target twice more for good measure before grabbing Angels cage. Gunfire had erupted from over where he had left his pack, he had been to busy to notice the battle behind him.

"Please! I read their minds! They are going to hurt Iggy and Gazzy! Go save them!" Angel yelled to him."

Ari picked up the crate and rested it on his shoulder.

"My men come first. Stay quiet and maybe I'll save your friends." He grunted, lowering her into the transport chopper.

The pack had taken a beating. Multiple casualties and too many wounded to hold up a fight. They had spread out taken cover behind some fallen trees that bordered the edge of the forest.
Ari dashed over to one Eraser who was grappling with a tall and slender freak. Ari tackled the aggressor and knocked him flat on his back. The other eraser leaped on him and pummeled him to a blood soaked pulp.

"Ari! One of these bastards bit Jace, and he turned on us!"

Damnit!

Ari saw Jace as he was running by, and now he was back in the forest.

"I'll hunt him down."

Ari darted off, slaying two men without breaking a stride as he jumped into the fray. Smaller caliber bullets were rejected by his tough hide. He split the neck of one who ventured to close, sending his head into the air like a childs ball. Soon he had cleared the area of weaker vamps who thought quantity over quality would rule in their favor. And now, he had drawn the attention of Jace, the rouge eraser. Bitten and transformed into a bizarre ghoul-dog mutant, he followed the orders of the officer nazi. With him now plastered across a tree, he went into a rage, attacking friend and foe until he found Ari. Even with his mind lost he could still recognize the superior eraser.

"I don't know what happened Jace, but killing your friends generally terminates the mutual respect." Ari grinned with his extended claws.

Jace snarled and lunged. The two collided and connected hands. Ari grappled with his ex-comrade, who was barking and biting with his long freak teeth. Ari's foot came around the side and knocked him away, ending the gridlock. Jace latched back down in a failed attempt to pin down Ari. They continued to swipe at each other until they had taken more hits than anyone normally took in their lifetime.
Ari knew in order to end it he would have to get him in vulnerable position. So he stuck his arms out in a "come and get me" fashion. Jace closed down, but Ari was nimble enough to narrowly avoid the strike, and weaved around his back in one fluid motion. And now he could finish it, he raked the back of Jace's skull with both hands, carving a deep gash in his head that destroyed his nervous system. Jace seized up and fell forward like a mannequin, his body splayed on the ground in a sad heap.

"You fought well Jace."

Suddenly a huge explosion cut his concentration. Ari ran off, taking one last look a Jace's body before escaping the overgrowth. He groaned as he came out to a burning wreck of a helicopter. Luckely it wasn't the one that Angel was in, but still, now they only had one escape route.

"Well that's just great." He grumbled.

I guess it's time to get outta here.

"Everyone, escort the wounded and get to the still working chopper! I'll keep these bastards off you."

David tossed a rifle to Ari who caught it in his left hand. With his right he looted a submachine gun. Now with two automatic weapons, he rained death on the remaining nazi forces. He didn't even have to reload before all his eraser allies were in their seats and ready for take off.

"Ari! Come on!" An eraser yelled to him.

Suddenly, a rocket soared past the helicopter, and exploded.

"Get out of here! I'll deal with rocket boy!" Ari exclaimed, ordering the takeoff.

David knew there was no way to change his mind, and told the pilot to move it.

The Chinook lifted up and soared over the treeline, narrowly escaping yet another missile attack. Ari followed the rocket trail with his eyes until he came to an armor clad man with an RPG standing much closer than one would expect.

"So I'm guessing you're in charge?" He yelled over to Ari.

"Right on. Last correct answer of your life." Ari hollered back.

"Names Jamie Header of Millenium. Make this interesting for me Wolf-Man."