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Third Person
Ari sucked in a breath as he hit the cold, concrete floor hard. He spit onto the ground, crimson red mixed in. he sighed and shakily got to his feet. "Where are they?" A deep voice snarled. Ari looked him straight in the eye.
"Two steps ahead of you." He growled out, and was met by a bat that smacked him in the gut. He doubled over, meeting the floor again as he struggled for air. Though it refused to enter his lungs. He was going to die, he already knew it.
"We can take... other measures to get it out of you." The voice snarled as a foot connected with his nose. Ari yelped and fell on his side, panting with one hand clutching his nose and the other wrapped around his stomach as he desperately breathed in, air finally filling his lungs up to maximum capacity.
Slowly, he stood up, leaning against the wall for support. "I don't care what you do to me, Jeb, I'm not telling you sh-" A hand slapped across Ari's face and he held his cheek, whimpering. They couldn't break him, he was much to strong to be broken.
But pain was another thing. He stumbled to a corner of the room and began to think of logical plans, he still had his watch, and that was all he needed to tell Max to get out of here. A bat crashed against his head and Ari barely had any time to block it, so it hit him with lessened force, but still hit me, and then he collapsed, his breathing ragged yet steady.
Jeb was sure he had been knocked out. "We'll come back to the traitor later." He mumbled and once they had all filed out and the door was being shut, Ari slid a metal device across the concrete floor. I climbed up the wall and went to where the lock was, molding to look exactly like the door, though when Ari went to open it, it would, even if it appeared to be locked tight from the outside.
He sat up slowly and clicked a button on his watch, and a holograph came up of Max ash e hit the call button right there in mid air. "Oh my God! Where are you!?" Max snapped, careful not to say his name just in case.
"Cover's blown, Max. get out of here. I'll find my own way out, promise." Ari said in a hushed voice.
"But Ari, I can't just-"
"Go! If I get there and you're still there you're in for it, Missy! Now listen carefully, on my laptop, everything you'll need is in folder number three, you'll know the password when you get there. I have to go. They're most likely monitoring this conversation. Bye." Ari said, and hung up, knowing his watch would be taken away, and so he set the self destruct on it right before three people ran in and took the watch, trying to unlock is so they could call Max.
Unable to do so, they left once more, thinking they had the key to everything with them. Ari smirked. He now had exactly five minutes to get out before the building became a toaster. He crept to the door and winked at a security camera before opening it easily, just as he knew he'd be able to, and taking off down a hall.
Quickly, he dug into one of his jacket pockets and tugged on a loose string, which opened up a secret pocket in his leather jacket that held all his spy gear. He pulled out his sunglasses and put them on. They sensed heat. So naturally, he knew their were three scientist in the room he was running past, and pressing a button on the side of them he switched the view so now they showed what was behind him, seven erasers came after him at a sloppy running pace.
Too easy. He switched the sunglasses back to front view and dug in his pocket only to grab a bite-sized bomb out and throw it back. Ari couldn't hear it, but the erasers could. It was like a dog whistle, only much more extreme, and it definitely slowed them down.
He sped up, thinking of when Lupo had been apart of the bad guys. She had been the only one who had ever actually caught him in his little act. And called him out for it. Maybe that was why he used to like her. She was a lot more badass than anybody who was part of this. Ari shook his head to clear his thoughts, but too late, someone tackle him from the left.
He yelped and immediately pulled his knees to his chest, landing on them as the scientist held him down. Mistake. Ari thought, then pushed off the ground onto his knees, jumping to his feet and side-kicking the guy in the chest before taking off at a sprint.
Now all he had to get through was the main doors, which were coming up, and being blocked. He dug through his pocket for something useful and out came a grappling hook. "How will this help me?" He muttered to himself, glancing up and noticing how the ceiling was made. Pipes were hastily built for water and plumbing no doubt.
"Ah, thank you idiots who designed this place." He muttered, pointing the pen-like grappling hook at one and clicking it. There was a swish of wind and then Ari was being raised off the ground. He swung his legs forward and managed to knock five erasers down. He re-clicked the hook and it unlatched, him landing on his feet before shouldering the door open.
The electric fence? No biggie. Erasers in the way? Piece of cake. The little boy with pure white wings about to get his head ripped off, not Ari's concern- wait what? He did a double take, examining the boy. The eraser definitely had him in a headlock and was about to end his life.
The boy's crystal blue eyes searched desperately for something to help him, and his golden blonde hair shifted on his head as he squirmed to get away.
Ari's POV
"Hey, Dog Breath! Blind or something?" I shouted running over towards him. Why did I always have to be a hero? Why couldn't I just jump the fence and it be over with? The eraser turned towards me, losing his focus and grip on the little boy who managed to break free, run about ten feet, and snap his wings out to their ten foot wing span before flapping down hard and taking to the sky.
I didn't bother watching, just grabbed yet another till out and shocked the fence as the erasers ran towards me from all angles. The electricity in the fence short-circuited and I guessed I had about fifteen seconds before I became an American fry. Quickly, I threw myself on the fence and climbed as fast as I could, hopping over the top, but not before getting a nice little shock in my system. I huffed and shook myself out before taking off into the woods and not stopping until the alarms faded, the eraser's growls quieted, and I was in the nearest town with civilization.
Population of this town, somewhere in the nineties most likely. I pulled an extra watch out of my pocket and strapped it on my wrist, feeling a tiny prick that no longer affected me before it stated my name.
"Ari Ride." The robotic voice said as I flicked through the holographs that had showed up. "Call Nudge." I muttered and in one ring my techno girl answered. "I need to know where I'm at, chances of getting to Max's location, and how close the erasers are." I added.
Nudge typed away, not missing a beat. "I thought all the erasers went KABOOM." She said, still typing while we skyped.
"Nope, they made a new breed, faster, stronger, not as good as Lupo, but not as bad as me." I added. Not even Max new I was part eraser, and I didn't want her to ever know.
"Oh, heads up, they're three miles away, closing in fast. I just hooked up controls to a chopper and spun it out, there should be a loud boom in three... two..." BOOM! My ears rung but I shook it off. "Alright, that got rid of a lot, dazed some, you got an extra five minutes. Get in the first alley to your right, you'll have to dig your way to the bottom and once you get there, let it scan your eye, you'll drop fast, don't freak, you'll be seeing me in three minutes. If you don't, then I know you're dead. Over and Out." And just like that, Nudge hung up.
I followed instructions and hopped in the dumpster, mumbling to myself as I dug my way to the bottom and grabbed an old apple, throwing it out of my way. It pulled a cord and something scanned my eyes. I sucked in a breath, preparing myself before falling fast and hard down a metal chute.
I landed on a hard tile floor, an African American girl smiling down at me. "Oh Ari, it's been forever!" Nudge said and wrapped me up in a bone-crushing hug.
"Crushing me!" I snapped, awkwardly pushing Nudge away. She grinned and kissed my cheek.
"Alright, now let's get you to Max." Nudge muttered, and started walking off, I followed quickly as she turned corners, typed in codes, and made her way down to her home away from home. Once we got to her work station she hacked into a private jet and put on a headset.
"George, make a U turn. You need to pick up Ars." Nudge said into the set then hung up and we casually sat across from each other, talking about nothing.
"So, you got a boyfriend?" I asked casually and Nudge smacked my arm.
"And if I don't?" She asked, spinning around in her chair.
"Then you're single." I muttered. Nudge frowned.
"That sounded bitter- and you'll be happy to know I am seeing someone." Nudge said just as that boy I had saved burst in through the door with security chasing after him. His blue eyes looked terrified as he ran behind me and hid behind my legs, hugging my knees.
Security looked to Nudge who looked to me. I shrugged. "He's clean. Come here Cutie." Nudge added, patting her lap. The boy cautiously walked over to Nudge, wrapping his wings around himself in fright. Nudge smiled. "Ah, he's a little Fang huh?" She asked picking him up and setting him in her lap. "Sweetie, how did you get in?" She asked kindly and the boy wordlessly pulled at tiny silver balls as security left.
"They're micro bombs. And invention I made. You just lick them, then stick them to a door and they automatically search through all the info on it and open it up- no eye scans or hand scans required." The boy explained. "Are you gonna hurt me too?" He asked, his big blue eyes looking into Nudge's dark brown ones. She grinned even brighter.
"Of course now, Hon. We come from the same place you do. We know what it's like. Would you like to stay here? You could be apart of my team." Nudge suggested and the boy nodded eagerly.
"I'm Gazzy." He said.
"Call me Nudge." Nudge said, brushing back his hair.
"And I'm Ari." I nodded to the kid. He turned to me and smiled.
"Thank you, Ari. That eraser would've snapped my neck if you hadn't showed up when you did." Gazzy explained, he was about seven. Pretty cute too.
"No prob, we freaks gotta stick together." Just then the sound of a plane engine sounded and Ari, Nudge, and Gazzy left through the back entrance. Max ran out of the jet, Fang behind her as she jumped on Ari with a hug.
"Whoa, since when are you this lovey?" I wondered out loud.
"Hormones." Fang blurted out before he could stop himself. I blinked and looked to him.
"Hormones? What is she pregnant or something?" I joked.
"Yes!" Iggy shouted from somewhere in the plane. I froze and dropped Max.
"What?" I snapped, outraged and ready to rip Fang's head off.
"Let me explain!" Max said quickly.
"Explain." I growled out.
OOh, cliffie. Is Ari gonna rip Fang up? Tune in to find out!
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