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They were on a direct course for the top of the castle

In the next instant, a h Tick’s o, he’d h his life had becoe had proo aith a simple toss of the first letter into the fire, he hadn’t done it Soht he didn’t knoas so powerful, had swelled inside his heart and given him the conviction toof his little sister Kayla, and what he ht do if her life were at stake

And now, truly for the first time in his existence, Tick had a chance to risk his own life to save another

The question posed by Master George so long ago popped back into his e to choose the difficult path?

Tick screamed Sato’s na the Windbike in a straight path toward the fangen Toward Sato

Sofia continued to fly the Windbike as crazy as she dared, swerving and diving and skyrocketing upward in an atte after theed her to stop

Behind her, Paul continued to shoot asher as she drove He’d slipped and almost fallen several ti forward

She caught a gli past her on his Windbike

Alone

Where was--

Before she could finish her thought, one of the flying creatures slaine of the bike Sofia lurched, barely hanging on as the body of the beast flipped under the behind her to right hi?" he asked

Unfortunately, they got their answer a second later

With a loud sputter of electronic coughs, then a lohine that sounded like a baby elephant caught in a trap, the Windbike quit working Completely

This time, Sofia and Paul screaround far below

Tick had halved the distance to Sato and his captors in a en were no match for the Windbikes when it ca his eyes focused on his target

He tried not to think of ould happen if they suddenly decided to drop Sato

Mothball used the Barrier Wand like a staff, swinging it in wide arcs as she darted about on her Windbike, knocking the heads of the fangen, sometimes two or three at a time She realized they’d be in a whole heap of e had always said the things were sturdy enough to withstand most punishment

She’d just landed a particularly nice hit on a creature when she caught a flicker of dark ht She looked to see Paul and Sofia--and their bike--pluround

She zoomed in that direction without an instant’s hesitation