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Chapter 14: Shop till you Drop

Max's POV

"TEN MINUTES?!" Ella shrieked from beside me. I narrowed my eyes and lunged at the guy.

Now, let me tell you a bit about genetic engineering. The scientists, or whoever made us, made us to be fast and strong. Not to brag or anything, but I can run faster then a grown man without breaking a sweat. And I can crack his ribs with a punch that I would usually send Shadow when we're playing around. And she wouldn't even flinch.

As I said before, genetic engineering at work.

But then this is when you know there's something wrong.

The worker ducked and threw a punch at my stomach. And when it landed, the air escaped with a whoosh.

Then Angel screamed.

I quickly sent a high kick at the workers' head. The guy's jaw snapped and he ended up sprawled onto the floor.

I whirled around to see Cass pushing back Angel and Nudge. Both of whom had identical masks of terror. I looked to see what was coming at them.

And almost screamed.

The workers were...transforming. Their noses lengthening to snouts, their canines elongating to fangs. Hair was sprouting all over their bodies.

They were the wolf men from my dream.

"MAX!" I hit the ground just as a claw whistled right past my ear. Then I rolled a few times until my back hit a stand. It caused the entire display of toilet paper tissue to come falling down. On us.

Note to self: Never get into a brawl in a supermarket.

"Well," a male voice grumbled from beside me. I pushed the rolls of paper away from me and stood up. Fang's head popped up from the sea of tissue. "At least it wasn't a can display."

Can't argue with that.

"WHAT ON EARTH ARE THESE THINGS?!" I heard Shadow yell. Fang and I whirled around to the fray.

Where all of the workers were wolf men. Oh crap.

"Erasers," the word slipped out before I could stop it. The scenes from that dream rushed at me. Jeb's cocky face, Fang's caring look, the Flock...bloody and broken.

"Maxine?" Fang asked. I winced, shook my head, and lunged at the nearest Eraser. It swiped at my face. I grabbed and corkscrewed the big, hairy arm.

"So," Fang went on conversationally. He kicked an Eraser in its thigh. "If you're not Maxine, what do you liked to be called." I could see the mocking smirk on his face. I narrowed my eyes and brought the Eraser's arm behind it's back. It was howling in pain.

"Just call me Max," I said and dislocated the Eraser's arm. He looked thoughtful as he punched the lights out of the wolf man.

"Max...I like the sound of that," he said. I felt my face turn hot and lunged at another Eraser. That's when I noticed...

Well, when it became apparent who were the experiments recruited into The Fallen.

Since these Erasers were obviously genetically enhanced wolf hybrids, they obviously were like us. Able to break the average human without even trying.

Cass was already out cold on the ground. Chris and Ella were faltering. While Nudge and Angel were doing just fine. Angel...

Angel and Nudge were allying with the male version of Angel and Ari. I thought about Jeb and almost threw up. Would he punish them like he punished Shadow?

I sent an uppercut at an Eraser and followed up with a roundhouse kick. It hit the ground, phasing back into a human. I looked at The Fallen's side, just to make sure that I was correct.

Ghost and the green-haired kid were on the ground, also out cold. So that meant Hunter, Fang, Iggy, boy Angel, and Ari were experiments. The question was, what kind of hybrids were they?

I ducked as a fist sailed by. I kicked the Eraser's feet from under them. It fell heavily onto the floor.

"7 MINUTES!" the head Eraser called, making me break into a cold sweat. 7 minutes. 7 minutes. 7 minutes.

"GAZZY! IGGY!" Hunter yelled above the fray. I saw the blond boy and Iggy snap to attention. "FIND AND DIFFUSE THE BOMB!" The two looked at each other(which was a bit creepy, considering Iggy was blind) and started to push their way through the Erasers.

I scanned the area. There was oh, about FORTY left.

Forty with about half of them armed. But then...

"HUNTER! DUCK!" Shadow yelled. I heard gunshots and snickered. Note to Erasers: Never let Shadow become armed with a firearm.

I could've sworn I heard Fang mutter "Lucky." I blinked and kicked the next Eraser.

"I'm assuming you're not human," Fang said, from his side next to me. Next to me. Next to me. By my side, next to me.

I shook my head to get that thought out. "I'm assuming the same thing about you," I muttered, remembering my dream. Midnight wings. Black feather. Mate. Love. Fang.

Something was really wrong with my head. More wrong than usual. Like when Jeb's not messing with it. Speaking of which...

Jeb? No answer. Jeb?! Still nothing. Come out, come out, wherever you are. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Oh well.

"SHADOW! PUT THAT DOWN BEFORE YOU HURT SOMEONE!" I heard Hunter yell, snapping me out of my reverie.

"I'm not going to hurt anyone...except these things," was Shadow's calm reply.

"Shadow," he hissed.

"Hunter," she hissed back. I snickered. They argue worse than Ella and Nudge when they want to watch TV.

I lashed out at an Eraser. It fell to the ground, unconscious. Good.

"6 MINUTES," the leader howled. I cringed and back handed the next Eraser across the face. It got angry and punched my across the face. I cried out and stumbled back. The Eraser came at me again. Fang launched his fist into the Eraser's face. I heard a crunch of a few bones. But the Eraser stood up again. Fang went into a fighter's stance.

The gunshot echoed through the air and the Eraser cried out in agony. It fell down revealing a cold eyed Shadow. She smirked.

"Can't you last a few seconds without me?" she called. I stuck my tongue out at her.

"Can't you?!" Hunter yelled as he punched an Eraser which was a few seconds away from Shadow.

She glared at him, tucked the gun on the waistband of her jeans, and kicked the nearest Eraser.

That's when my jaw almost dropped.

The way that they were fighting, it looked...so...weird. Like whenever she would kick, he would punch. Whenever she punched, he would lash out at the opponent's legs. It was like they were...dancing.

Then they both whirled around and switched positions. And resumed what they were doing. It was odd. But in a way, just so rightfully normal.

That's when I noticed something.

Whenever I moved, Fang would give me space. Like when I threw a punch, he would bend and kick. And I could tell, he wasn't doing it on purpose.

What the heck was going on?!

Was it programmed in us?

Then, an Eraser slashed me across the face.

"5 MINUTES!" the head screamed.

"IGGY! GASMAN!" Hunter yelled. I used the momentum the Eraser gave me with the punch, and smashed the heel of my foot into his face. He hit the ground.

"That's for disturbing my thoughts," I muttered. I kicked him hard in the head, and I saw he blacked out. "And that's for disturbing my DAY!"

"WE'VE FOUND IT!" Iggy called. My heart almost stopped. They found the bomb. Maybe there was a bit of hope after all.

Wait. What am I saying? How is a BLIND TEENAGER and a KID going to diffuse a BOMB?

"They're both experts," Fang said, creeping me out by answering my thoughts. "Trust me." Yeah, because we're not in different spy organizations or anything like that.

"YOU WON'T WIN! NEVER!" the head Eraser screamed. I scanned the area around us. Okay, progress. TWENTY-FIVE or so left. Nice.

"I THINK WE'VE ALMOST GOT IT!" the boy, Gasman, cried out.

"MAX!" Shadow yelled. I looked at her. "Remember! CUT OFF THE HEAD AND THE BODY WILL FALL!" I looked over at the lead Eraser, fuming as he pushed the other ones onward. I rushed over and kicked him in his face. He was caught by surprise but just stumbled back. I backhanded him, but he caught my arm and corkscrewed my arm. I cried out in pain, but managed to preform a roundhouse kick, making him release my arm. I stepped back from him a bit.

"You'll never win!" he howled. "There's only 4 minutes left!"

"And we're almost done! So can it fur ball!" Iggy yelled. The Eraser snarled and lunged at me. I sidestepped and kicked him at the base of his spine. He slid across the ground with the force of the kick.

"Here!" Shadow yelled, throwing the gun at me. "Knock him out!" I ran over just as he got up. I hurled the gun at it's face with such force, I heard a crack when it hit it's mark. He screamed in anguish and hit the floor with a heavy thud. I stood over the limp body, staring at it grimly.

All the Erasers in the room froze and turned to look at me. I glared at everyone of them.

"RUN!" one of them howled and they all started heading for the doorway. I watched all of them run. Shadow came over and we tapped fists. Nothing can stop us.

"Hunter...almost done," Iggy said. We exchanged a look and went over to the humans of our group. Cass and Ella were already up and were balancing an awaking Chris between them. I scanned each one of them. Nobody looked too bad.

"Done! Itex must've been kidding with this junk. It was a piece of cake," Iggy said. I walked over to the bomb. The timer read 3:59:07.

"So..." Hunter trailed off, rubbing the back of his neck. Everyone looked at one another and an awkward silence ensued. I saw Shadow rub her burn and wince. And that's when I noticed...

Beep...beep...beep...

I felt the blood drain from my face and Shadow muttered a curse.

"It's coming from that direction," Iggy said, panic bleeding through in his voice, and he ran to the meats section. Iggy moved the fish out of the way. I went behind him and looked over his shoulder.

The timer read 00:07:45

Oh crap.

"EVERYONE MOVE MOVE MOVE!" I shouted. Shadow head snapped up in surprise and stared at me questionably.

"WHAT'S THE TIME?!" Iggy shouted.

"Zero minutes, seven seconds, thirty something little seconds," Gasman said. Iggy's face went paler, if possible.

"THERE'S NO TIME! MOVE!" Hunter called. All of us whirled around and ran to the doors. They were locked.

"WELL, ISN'T THIS GREAT?! WE'RE GONNA GET BLOWN TO PIECES IN A SUPERMARKET! JUST HOW I WANTED TO DIE!" Ghost yelled.

"I'M TOO YOUNG TO DIE!" the green haired boy screamed.

"WE'RE GOING TO DIE?!" Ari yelled, confusion and panic in his voice.

"SHUT UP LIES! YOU'RE SCARING HIM!" Hunter yelled at the green haired kid.

"THERE'S ONLY SIX SECONDS LEFT!" Ella screamed.

"WELL, I'M TOO PRETTY TO DIE!" Chris yelled.

"NO YOU'RE NOT!" Ghost retorted. Chris shot him the evil eye.

"EVERYONE SHUT UP ALREADY!" Shadow yelled. Then I saw Fang back up from everyone. Shadow blinked, and joined him.

"Shadow?" I asked, my voice surprisingly calm-ish. They continued backing up. Five seconds...

"Back up from the windows," Fang called, his calm voice echoing through the supermarket. Everyone shuffled to the sides. I looked at Shadow. What were they going to do? Four seconds...

Suddenly, matching each others speed, they ran at the glass doors. They threw their weight against it and it broke. Three seconds...

"EVERYONE OUT!" I yelled, immediately shouting out orders. Ari and Angel were out first, then Nudge and Gasman. Ghost and Chris came out next, glaring at one another, followed by Lies and Cass. Iggy and Ella ran out next followed by Hunter. Two seconds..

"WE NEED TO GET AS FAR FROM THE BUILDING AS WE CAN!" Hunter hollered. I ran to the van and saw...it wasn't there.

"CRAP!" Shadow yelled. One second...

"WE HAVE TO U AND A!" Shadow yelled.

"YEAH BUT-" I was cut off when the explosion ripped through the area. I felt myself get thrown through the air, and saw the ground coming, but didn't feel myself hit it...

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