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"I will co to be running?" Shelton asked "You know I can’t keep up with supes"

"I will carry you," Vallaena said

Bella arched an eyebrow "He’s my boyfriend I’ll carry hi hionna lose h eed outside, and headed toward the stadium Cheers erupted as an announcer called out naiant feet pounded the earth frohters were already on the field I went past the stadiue

"How do the stadiuatekeeper," he replied, face bright red, though definitely not fro look "Can you put me down, now?"

Bella looked at me I nodded, and she set him on his feet

"Vallaena," I said "Do whatever it takes, but get the gate open Can you do that?"

She nodded and flitted back the e’d come

"You still kno to open the forest shield?" I asked Shelton, reave me an uneasy quirk of an eyebrow "Yeah Why?"

I turned to the petite dhae yourselves froht"

"Whatever for?" she asked "I don’t like the sound of this, Justin"

"Yeah," Shelton added "’Cause spider bats don’t attack humans" His face went pale "Whoa, wait a blastedto bring the guest of honor to the fight"

"This is a bad idea, reed "But we need to bring out the big guns to take down the gole about?" Bella asked, her violet eyes ith concern

Shelton groaned, and stabbed his thumb at me "Genius here is about to let loose the e and powerful to fight the goleon froht rank near the top of the stupidest things I’d ever done, but since Michael and Zagg had failed their tasks, I had no choice I sent text h with this insanity

I waited i replied

Security let et to the operators

Michael responded a split second later

Still no go Taking alternate approach

MacLean and Ada of expletives, and clapped ether "This is crazy This is crazy This is crazy!"

The looks I received from the others only confir in" Without another word, I raced into the forest Thorns and branches snagged gy!" I called "Coe branch, and thwacked a tree, shaking leaves, and upsetting a flock of spider bats They shrieked and fleay

"Coroan Loud snuffling The trees fifty yards away parted, and a scaly, red snout poked through the foliage It snorted, rustling leaves and sending a thin colu skyward Two beady eyes appeared seconds later The tragon glared atits head as if amazed anyone could be so epically stupid as to yell at it It roared, and fla well short of h to make ed I yelped, and raced back the way I’d come A tree branch slapped h a patch of thorns, which tore at ed to keep my feet I saw Shelton and Bella ahead "Now!" I shouted

Eyes wide, Bella raised her staff She and Shelton flickered fro Shelton knehat he was doing I looked behind me as I blasted out of the woods and into the open field, a spray of dead leaves flying infroon skidded to a halt just short of the treeline, angry eyes glaring at me Apparently, it remembered the shield

I juet me!"

It took a slow step forward Leaned down Opened itsThe creature tilted its head Took another step forward, tiny wings on its back flapping with agitation, and gingerly poked its nose about where the shield usually stopped it

I picked up a clod of dirt and flung it It son’s forehead The monster reared back, opened itslike a reptilian kangaroo, flying through the air and landing only yards away froround trembled beneath me and earth sprayed in my face with the tremendous aftershock I stumbled, somehow recovered, shrieked, spun, and ran, all within the space of a split second The tent city looh narrow alleys, jump stakes and ropes, and avoid coolers, beer bottles, and other garbage littering the grounds The tragon,in its way, cru so unlucky as to sit between its feet and the ground I prayed nobody was inside any of the tents, but there wasn’t much I could do about it

The moment I passed the final row of tents, I veered left, and ran along the stadium wall A roar went up from the crowd, and thunderous applause echoed from within Jubilation abruptly morphed into screa sorew louder I looked up, and saw flying carpets streah up in the back of the stadiu desperately to the side Swarhtened by the co super-huoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>