A.N. Hey! 2 chapters in 1 day! Yay! I'm posting this chapter because I feel like the last chapter was too short and this is my redemption. This is the last chapter Ginger is writing so far. I am writing next so you get to see my writing style.

Iggy: Why would they want that?

Mem: Mean… I KNOW! I'll invite…. GINGER!

Iggy:*blush*

Ginger: I'M HEE-RRREEE!

Mem: We still don't own a thing. And Ginger is still writing.

Chapter 3

Night

I'm not so sure about this Ginger girl. She Seems kinda iffy... should we really trust her? Is she from the school? She seems trustworthy, but you can't really tell if someone's lying or not... I need to get more info on this girl. What do I do?

I'm not certain I should trust this Max girl. She doesn't seem very safe, but I guess I can just go with it for now... and plus, what will Mem think when she gets back? She might get the wrong idea. What if she thinks they're from the institute? What if they are from the institute? What do I do?

Morning

"Mornin', sunshine!" someone says. I feel a hand on my back, then I feel myself hit the ground.

"Unnnng…" I moan. I open my eyes to see Fish standing there, holding a piece of paper.

"Read this. It's from Mem." he says.

Dear Ginger and Fish,

I'm sorry I'm not back yet, I've hit a little bump in the road, I'm a little sick, but even with my quick recovery, I'm still no going to be back until this afternoon. Hope you can cope without me,

Mem

"Oh, well, at least we can warn her about the newbies before she does anything to them." I say. "Yeah, I guess" says Fish. Then I hear this:
BOOM!

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?" I say, rushing outside to check it out.

"Awesome!" Gazzy says.

"Okay, give me the picture!" Iggy says.

"Okay, well I set the timer, and then just when I got back to here, it exploded!" he responds. "I only caught a glimpse of it, but-"

"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU GUYS DO?" I say, cutting him off.

Then Gazzy sees me. "Oh, your awake?" he says.

"Yes, I'm awake, but what are you doing?" I say, losing my patience.

"Well..." he starts.

"GAZZY! IGGY! WHAT DID YOU DO NOW?" Max says, followed by Nudge, Fang, and Angel.

"We were kinda testing out this new bomb, and it was supposed to be small and colorful and stuff, but it was way cooler!" He says.

Then I look at Iggy, and notice that he's kinda red. Then I remember last night, and turn a little red myself.

"Gazzy! You could have blown us up! And these guys were being so nice to us! What were you thinking?"

"I actually don't remember what I was thinking... hey, is anyone else hungry? Heh heh?" he says, changing the subject.

"Actually, I have to admit I am pretty hungry." Fang says.

"Yeah, let's go eat!" Nudge says, darting inside.

"That was AMAZING, Fish!" Nudge says.

"Don't mention it." he says modestly, although I can tell he's secretly proud.

"So what now?" Gazzy asks.

"I dunno, what do you want to do?" I say. Then I remember: "Oh! There's a pond out back! We could go swimming!" I say, looking at Max.

Then everybody looks at her. "Well, okay. I guess we need a little cool down." She says finally.

"YAY!" we all say at once.

We all head out to the pond, and the flock jumps in. I hang back to watch, but no such luck for me. Fish sneaks up behind me and picks me up.

"PUT ME DOWN, FISH!" I yell, squirming and swearing in my effort to break free.

"If you insist!" He says, dropping me in the water.

Total sits by the edge of the pool, wagging his tail, until I say, "What are you waiting for?". Then he jumps in and splashes me in the face. Then I notice Max. She's standing alone at the edge of the pond.

"Max! Aren't you coming in?" I yell as I swim over.

"I don't really feel like swim-AAH!" Fish sneaks up behind her and pushes her in, too. When she gets to the surface, Fish yells "Gotcha!" and laughs.

"You are so dead!" she yells back, swimming over to him, but he jumps over her, making a huge splash. She follows him and grabs his arm, pulling him under. They come back up laughing. Then, Gazzy yells:
"CHICKEN FIGHT!"

And we all pair up to have an epic battle. It was me and Fish, Angel and Gazzy, and Max and Nudge. Fang was starting the fight.

"Ready, get set, GO!" he yells, backing out of the way. I was on Fish's shoulders, and Nudge was on Max's, and we grabbed each other's hands and tried to push each other down. Suddenly, Gazzy and Angel (with Angel on top) run in between us, knocking us both down.

"And the winner is... ANGEL AND GAZZY!" Fang says. We all laugh like crazy. Suddenly, we here something coming at us. From above. We all squint to try and see what it is, and then Max cries out, "GET DOWN! EVERYONE GET DOWN! NOW" with a scared look on her face. Luckily, everyone can breath underwater.

Except for me.

I figure that I'll probably be able to hold my breath for long enough. We all huddle up and look at the surface of the water, trying to get a clear enough vision of the thing. Then I see Max look at Angel and nod.

It's erasers. The things are erasers. She thinks to all of us.

What are erasers? I think back.

You know, the dog human hybrids? She replies.

Oh! Yeah! Wait, no. Doesn't ring a bell. Hmm... You mean those damn dog things. Shit! I think at her, forgetting she's only like, 7.

Then, I remember that Iggy didn't swim. He was in the tent sleeping.

Angel! Iggy's still in the house! I'm going to go wake him up! Make sure everyone knows where I'm going, okay?

Okay, Ginger.

I wait until everybody gets the message, then I turn invisible and take off. I see the so- called erasers everywhere, all crowding around the tent. Man, how can he sleep through this? I know he's blind, but he's not deaf! I think to myself.

I realize that I'm not going to be able to get through the cloud of erasers. Then I remember, we have an underground passageway leading to the tent.

I rush to the entrance and sprint through the darkness, hoping that there aren't any turns or anything that'll I can run into, and if there is, I probably will. I reach the exit and start the search.

I rush into my room. No Iggy. I run into his old room, still no sign of him. Then I sprint to the kitchen. Nothing.

"GINGER! MAX! SOMEONE! HELP ME!" I hear someone yell frantically.

"IGGY! I'M HERE! WHERE ARE YOU?" I yell back at him.

"In the front room! Hurry!" he replies frantically.

I run to the front room to find Iggy standing there with his leg halfway under ground.

"How the hell did that happ-" I start to say, but he interrupts me.

"Don't ask! JUST GET ME OUT OF HERE!"

"Okay, okay!" I say, rushing over to him. I grab his arm and try to pull him out. No luck. Suddenly, I here a ripping noise. "Crap!" I say.

Angel, can you here me?

Yeah! Did you find Iggy?

Yes, but he's stuck in the ground. Don't ask. The erasers are getting into the tent! Get Max and Fang! Tell them I need their help!

Okay!

More ripping, then a whole bunch of erasers burst in out of nowhere.

"GINGER! WATCH OUT!" Iggy yells at me.

I turn around, swinging my foot and hitting one of the erasers in the stomach. I bring out my fist, shove it into his face, and throw him at three others.

"DID YOU JUST SEE ME? I didn't even know I could do that!" I say, amazed.

Then something grabs me from behind, turns me around, and knees me in the gut. Hard. I fall on the floor, gasping for breath.

"Get. Your. Filthy. Paws. OFF HER!" Iggy yells in anger, punching the one that kneed me.

"Iggy? But, you can't see without me touching you! How did-" I say to him, again being cut off.

"Third times a charm." he replies with a wink.

Then, snapping back to reality, I notice three erasers running at me from all angles. Wow, are they really that stupid? I think, jumping up in the air as they run into each other. I land on their little "dog pile" and hear a familiar voice say; "Hey, dog-breath! Long time no see!"

"MAX!" Ig and I say in unison.

"We'll hold them off, you help Iggy!" Fang says, throwing a punch at one of the erasers.

"Got it!" I yell back, already heading towards him.

"Pull on my leg!" Iggy says. I do as told, and the something grabs my shoulder. I turn around, ready to punch the eraser in the face, to find Max, looking at me and smiling.

"Troubled much?" she asks, rushing to Iggy's other side to help him out.

"No, this is a piece of cake! Easy as pie!" I say sarcastically.

"WILL YOU BOTH SHUT UP AND GET ME OUT OF HERE?" Iggy yells.

We pull on his leg, and, with a little swearing here and there, finally get him out. There's blood soaking his pant leg, and I can tell he's hurt really bad.

"Oh my god! Iggy!" I say, staring at his leg.

"I'm fine, okay?" he says, wincing. Then he collapses.

Ginger! Get everyone out! Now! Hurry!

What?

Just do it!

"We need to get out of here. Max, take Iggy, I'll get Fang!" I say frantically.

"Got it!" she says, picking up Iggy.

I can tell she can hear the urgency in my voice.

She takes out her wings and flies through the top of the tent. I rush over to the army of erasers, looking for Fang. I find him holding of one eraser with one hand, and punching a different one with the other.

"I see you've got your hands full." I say to him, roundhouse kicking an eraser in the face.

"I call it multi-tasking" he replies calmly.

Man, he takes the phrase "keeping your cool" to a whole other level! I think to myself. Reminds me of someone...

"Fang! We have to get out of here, like, now!" I say to him, dodging a punch.

"One sec," he says while simultaneously knocking two eraser heads together. He starts running, grabs my hand, and takes off. I follow suit.

Then I hear a big boom, and look back just in time to see a big chunk of couch flying towards us.

"Fang! Duck!" I yell at him, moving out of the way. He ducks just in time to avoid a death-by-cushion encounter.

"Who woulda thunk..." I say, seeing something blowing up. It actually was pretty colorful.

A.N. Hey!

Iggy: Hey? Is that all?

Mem: Kinda…..

Iggy: Sad. Just, sad.

Ginger: Iggy! She is a sad person and there is no need to make her feel worse1 she just started talking!

Iggy: Ooops…

Mem: …

Ginger: IGGY! You're lucky I like you.

All 3 (Mem mumbles this): Byye!