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Keep her safe, I direct the thought at BK

The Mogs that I scattered before are already regrouping, ortwo more fireballs in their direction That should keep therab Five and shake hied from whereat me ide eyes

"What the hell is the matter with you?" I yell

"I’adorian before"

I look at hi me?!"

"No! Albert, hting I’ve just never actually done it"

"Great," growls Six, suddenly ot a total rookie"

"I--I can help," Five uard"

I’ht the first wave of Mogadorians off, I can still see their shapes h the darkness nearby

"Is it over?" shouts Sarah from her position "Because I’," I yell back to Sarah, and then look at Six "Can you take down their ship?"

Six concentrates for a ht into the side of the Mogadorian ship It rocks back and forth, and I can see sorip on their ropes and pluround She’s cooked up one serious stor to unleash its full fury

"They ht’ve flown in here," Six says, "but they sure as shit won’t be flying out"

I look down at Five His shaky hands have retrieved those two balls fro

I glance over at Sarah and see her taking ai to creep up on us Not long ago, this is the kind of fight ould’ve run froh, I feel like it’s a fight we can actually win

I lock eyes with Six "Let’s send Setrákus Ra ato need to send more than one ship"

"Hell yeah," answers Six, and raises both her hands to the sky

The dark clouds around the Mogadorian ship begin to roil and swirl Three bolts of lightning slice through the tu the side of the ship in rapid succession I can see pieces of the round below

Probably realizing that they’re in trouble, the Mogs try to gain sos already on the ground redouble their efforts to get to us, blaster fire sizzling through the air I inch closer to Six so that my shield will deflect any stray shots that co blindly over the hood

"You need to hurry up!" I shout at Six through gritted teeth

"Alht with concentration

Hailstones the size of fists buffet the ship, causing it to shake erratically Just when it seeht be able to pull upwards, Six twists her hands over her head The clouds suddenly coalesce--I can feel the force of the winds froht beneath the ship The ship lurches and then tips sideways, its pilots losing control

The ship plu with a thunderous crash in the woods by the highway Seconds later, a tower of flaht sky, followed by a thunderous explosion Then, everything is quiet The storain

"Wow," murmurs Five

"Nice work," I tell Six

Her eyes have already ht have taken down their ship, but there are still plenty of Mogadorians approaching A couple dozen, at least Blasters and swords at the ready

"Let’s finish theer to juht First, I look down at Nuadorians uncertainly

"It’s okay if you’re not ready for this," I tell hi back"

Five nods y Creek Monster statue I his blaster athits him in the back of the knees from behind The sword he carries strapped across his shoulders is unsheathed by invisible hands and plunged through his spine He disintegrates and, briefly, through the cloud of ash, I can make out Six’s silhouette