Chapter 1
Max POV
I could feel my heart pounding in my chest, the heat of battle was giving me an adrenaline rush. I looked around at the battle, which had been going on for about 10 minutes now. It seemed like for every eraser we beat, another two appeared in its place. What had seemed like it would be an easily won skirmish was now looking more like an all out fight, and our odds of winning currently weren't looking so good.
A quick glance around the sky revealed that Fang was taking on about 5 erasers, who had surrounded him. Nudge appeared to be taking on about 3. Her fighting is getting a lot better! I thought proudly as I watched her kick one of the Erasers in the gut causing it to drop out of the sky, and I couldn't help but smile. A second glance showed that Iggy and Gazzy were up above us dropping bombs on some of the erasers, but even then they were only taking out 3 or 4 erasers at a time, and as shocking as it is, there bomb supply wasn't endless. Angel was controlling 4 at a time with her mind and telling them to fall out of the sky, but even she had a few scratches on her face and arms.
I was brought back into the fight as I felt a hairy fist collide with the side of my head. My vision blurred for a brief moment, but I shook it off and readied my fists. The eraser flew at me and I did a round house kick to its chest knocking it down a couple feet. Another eraser flew up behind me gripping me in a headlock. I elbowed him in the gut and swung my fist around to punch the third eraser who was trying to sneak up on me. I smiled as I heard a satisfying crunch and watched as his nose began to bleed. He swore loudly before turning and raking his claws down my cheek. I hissed and tried to kick him in the side of the head only to have him grab my leg. I squirmed and struggled trying to get my foot loose, but this batch of erasers was a whole lot stronger than the last. He grinned evilly before snapping my shin in half.
I screamed in a mixture of pain, shock and anger before shoving him and getting my foot loose. I hissed as I look down to see how bad the break appeared to be. Pain is only a message. I told myself, biting my lip to hold back another scream. Well this is one intense message! I thought as another wave a pain shot up my leg.
I took a second glance around. It seemed as if there were even more erasers now than a couple minutes ago. I began to feel worried, the fights we took part in usually weren't this long. Most of them were quick and either easily won, or we were captured quickly. I knew I couldn't go on much longer, I was already panting and probably looked like a bloody mess. With this in mind, I couldn't even imagine how much longer the younger ones could hold out. I did a 360, looking for some sort of gap in the fighting for us to make an escape, but I couldn't find any. They had us surrounded. I held back a frustrated scream which, once again, was reminding me why my life was so stressful.
I turned around, hearing one of the erasers scream to find that he had been trying to sneak up on me. Thank God I had Fang! He had apparently had a pause in the action where he had been and had spotted the eraser sneaking up on me. He was now happily beating the crap out of the eraser. I sighed and turned around, looking for an eraser to attack when I heard a quiet click. I looked to my left to see an eraser smiling what might just possibly be the most evil smile I have ever had the displeasure to see. That's when I noticed the gun he had in his paw, and it was pointing straight at me. He pulled the trigger and I couldn't stop myself from screaming. The bullet was coming straight at my chest.
And that's when I woke up.