Okay, first off…Hi!!! Welcome to chapter 5! Think this is the longest chapter so far, not including author's notes, but I'm not sure. Anyway, there's going to be quite a bit of action in this chapter so for you people who loves yourselves some action, good for you! Sooo… Disclaimers!!!

Disclaimer: I don't own Maximum Ride Blah, Blah, Blah…

Claimer: I is happy 'cos I own mines flock ;)

We were lead out to some kinda prison yard, where dark sand covered the ground, but even so, it didn't completely hide the blood stains. Jesus, now I felt really ill. Erasers were standing around holding guns, knives, bombs and medieval torture devices. Okay, maybe not the last one… They were all morphed and looked as though Christmas had come early.

Yeah, well, it's not everyday you get to eat something as delicious as us, I thought bitterly, Lots of white meat, great for the heart…

We huddled around Chase, who was biting his lip.

"So, what's the plan?" Jake said. He sounded exhausted and vulnerable, a little five year old in a "fight to the death" battle.

"Well…" I started. Plan, Plan, need a plan…

"There is a plan, isn't there?" Poppy said, raising an eyebrow.

"Of course there's a plan! We're going to spilt into twos, try to confuse them. We fight in self-defence only. Don't draw attention to yourself…" I wanted to go on, tell all of them how much I love them, tell Chase how I felt about him, but a whitecoat started talking through a speaker system.

"When the clacson sounds, the Erasers will break ranks. You can give up or fight back, but either way they will kill you."

"Okay, Jake, you're with Chase," I murmured quickly, "Dreamer you're with me and Poppy, take Harry." I reached out and took Dreamer's hand. She looked up at me and gave a small smile. A lump came to my throat. They were being so brave. All of them. But I knew our chances of surviving were very slim. I would probably never see Jake's lopsided grin again. Hear Dreamer purr in her sleep. Tell Harry to shut up. Play rock, paper, scissors with Poppy. Look into Chase's beautiful green eyes and know how lucky I was that I had someone like him to live my hell of a life with. Never again. The lump was bigger now. I felt like I had swallowed a fistful of clay. Then the clacson went. And all Hell broke loose.

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The air was suddenly thick with bullets. I pulled Dreamer to the ground and put my hands around my head. Then there was silence. I raised my head slightly. The Erasers had dropped their guns and were running towards us.

"CRAP!!!" I screamed, jack-knifing to my feet and pulling Dreamer.

"Run at the wall!" I yelled, and let go of her hand. We both sprinted at the wall, but I suddenly felt a hairy paw grab my hair, and I got pulled backwards.

"What do ya know, Fast Food." The Eraser jeered. I tried to peel his fingers off my neck, but he wouldn't budge. I saw him raise a knife in the air.

This is it, I thought, I'm going to become Eraser Chow. I opened my mouth to scream.

"No you don't!" I heard someone yell, then Dreamer ploughed into the Eraser so hard that he feel on the blood stained ground. With a roar, the Eraser leapt to his feet and flew towards Dreamer. He grabbed her throat and held her high in the air. She was screaming like a banshee and kicking, but the Eraser held on.

"You cannot win, mutant!" He yelled.

"Oh yeah? Try us!" I shouted, then jumped as high as I could and kicked him in the face. The Eraser screamed and dropped Dreamer. I grabbed her hand and ran for the wall. Then the wall exploded, spraying bricks everywhere (because that's just how brilliant my life is).

Dreamer and I flew backwards, me swearing and Dreamer screaming. I landed face first on the hard ground and blood exploded from my nose. I looked up. Dreamer was unconscious.

Then I saw six figures against the pale pink sky, flying towards the yard. They flew in, and I saw their faces. I recognised them from the diagrams and photos that covered the labs walls. They were the Flock, and Maximum Ride. They had come.

TA DA!!!! So, I personally think this is the best chapter so far, but tell me what you think!

Over and out,

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