Episode 4

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I got it! The Erasers where bigger and heavier, their wings almost twice as long as ours. But in the air, those were liabilities.

Panting, I ducked as an Eraser swung a black-booted foot at my side, catching me in the ribs but not too hard.

I zipped in and dealt out dome powerful punches of my own, knocking his head sideways, then I fleated out of reach.

Compared to the Erasers we were nimble little stinging waps, and they were clunky, slow, awkward flying cows.

Two Erasers ganged up on me, but I shot straight up like an arrow, just in time for them to smash into each other.

I laughed as I saw Gazzy rolled completely over like a fighter-plane, smacking an Eraser in the jaw on the turn. The Eraser swung a hard punch, landing it on Gazzy's thigh, eng Gazzy winced and launched a side kick at the Eraser's hand, which snapped back.

How many of them were there? I couldn't tell - everything was happening at ones. Ten?

Nudge, my voice said, and then I heard Nudge cried out.

An Eraser had her tight in his arms, his fangs moving toward her neck. His teeth were just staring to scrape her skin when I jumped on him from above. I wrapped one arm around his neck and yanked hard. I yanked harder until he let Nudge drop away from him.

"Scat!" I told her, and, coughing, she swooped sway from the fight.

My Eraser was still struggling but starting to weaken. "You better get your guys out of here," I snarled into his ear. "We're kicking your hairy butts."

"You're gonna fall now." I heard Angel say in a normal voice, I swung my head to see her gravely staring at an Eraser who looked confused, paralyzed. Angel shifted her gaze to the dark water below, Fear entered to the Eraser's eyes, and his wings folded. He dropped like a rock.

"You're getting scary you know that?" I said to Angel, not really kidding. I mean making an Eraser dropped right out of the sky just by telling him to - jeez.

Ang Iggy, said the voice. I veered off to help Iggy, who was in tight hand-to-hand with an Eraser.

"Ig!" I called, as he grabbed the Eraser's shirt.

"Max, get out of here!" Iggy yelled, and released the shirt, letting himself fall out the beach.

I gad time to think uh-oh, and then the small explosive Iggy had stuck down the Eraser's shirt detonated. leaving an ugly gaping hole in his chest. Shrieking, the Eraser plummeted heavily downward.

And how did Iggy managed to stash his seemingly endless supplies of explosives to his person without my even having a clue? Got me.

"You...are...a... fridge...with...wings!" Fang ground out, punching an Eraser with every word. "Were...freaking...ballet...dancers!"

Take a deep breath, Max, said my Voice, amd I obeyed without question.

At that moment, I felt a blow in my back, between my wings, that knocked the wind out of me. I rolled, belly-up, using the oxygen I'd just gotten, try to suck in more air.

Swirling, I snapped both feet out in a hard kick in the Eraser's face, the froze in shock. Ari!

Ari lunged at Fang, just as I yelled "Fang!" Ari managed to take a swipe at Fang's side, shredding his jacket.

Drawing back, gasping, I took stock at the situation. The few remaining Eraser's were falling back, retreating. Below, I saw a white splash as an Eraser hit the ocean. That had to hurt.

The six of us slowly regrouped as Ari began to fly clumsily away, his enormous wings working hard to keep his heavy body aloft. His squad surrounded him, a bunch of huge, hairy crows gone wrong.

"We'll be back!" He snarled.

It was really Ari's voice.

"Boy, you just can't kill people like you used to", said Fang.

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