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fortress. We stopped a few times to fight off some soldiers, but that was it. There’s nothing anymore.
    We were about to turn back around, but we heard a loud hiss behind us. “Watch out!” Blaze said, tackling me down. A missile almost hit me! It missed us and hit some trees instead. A vampire that was with us, turned into a bat, flew up a tree, and turned into himself again. He attacked a soldier that is sitting on the tree. He scratched the soldiers face. The soldier fell from the tree with a missile launcher.
    “Thank you,” I said to Blaze.
    He helped me up and said, “No problem. Come on, let’s head back.”
    We ran back. “Tell Lord Erebus that I think just one more wave of soldiers and that’s it,” Blaze said, guarding again.
    I ran to the front gate to let Lord Erebus know. “Good to know. I think the last wave is about to hit us. I see them coming,” Lord Erebus said, eyes straight ahead.
    I looked and saw tanks and more soldiers. In the sky, I also saw about ten more jets. “Get somewhere sa fe,” Lord Erebus said, readying his staff. His staff looks wicked! It’s black, and at the top, it has an orb that is glowing a black color. At the bottom of the orb, there are sharp spikes jutting out.
    I ran inside the fortress, but stood at the doorway. I wanted to see. The ground started to shake as the jets fired more attacks at us. Everyone in the center shielded us, and the fortress. Wait a second? What are the jets dropping? They look familiar? Are those…yes! They’re flash bombs, and they are dropping a lot! I closed my eyes and looked away. I saw brightness through my eyes, but I was okay. When I didn’t see it anymore, I opened them. I looked back out.
    Oh crap! They tricked us! They used the flash bombs to distract us. It worked. When the flash bombs went off, the bright light made everyone close their eyes. The lord vampires holding up the shield kept up with the protection, but they didn’t see they soldiers jumping out of the jets. The soldiers are now inside of the walls, and they are smoke bombing the place!
    Everyone i s coughing, which is making the lord vampires holding up the shield lose concentration. The jets kept bombing, and the shield is beginning to lower every time it’s getting hit. “Leave this to me! Everyone, attack the soldiers!” Rose said, yelling.
    All the lo rd vampires that were with Rose left, and did what they were command to do. I have to help! I stepped out and took out my hammer. I started hitting as many soldiers as I could. I didn’t even realize that many had gotten in?
    “Mother! It’s too much for you!” Nyx said, yelling as she fought close by to Rose with a spear.
    “Nonsense!” Rose said, grinning an evil grin. Her eyes turned red, and her skin began to rejuvenate. She no longer looks old, but young. She stood up from the wheelchair, and began to laugh. Her arms are still up, and the shield is dangerously low to the fortress roof. The bombs and missiles just keep firing from the jets.
    “Take this!” Rose hissed. The shield bounced back, and was fired at the sky. The shield hit the jets. The jets came crashing down into the woods, away from the fortress. Rose put up another shield just in case, but I think that was it? All the air bombings are over.
    I ’m glad to see that we are winning! I kept fighting, but I saw a soldier creeping up on Rose from behind. Nyx, and everyone else, are too busy fighting. I ran, and smashed the soldier’s head and helmet in. The soldier died on impact.
    Rose heard that, and turned around to see me with her hands still up. “Thank you, Starr!” she said, smiling. She’s beautiful! She looks like a beautiful woman from the 50’s. Very refined and fair skinned.
    The battle resumed for another hour. We won. The remaining injured soldiers left, and the fortress is quiet now.

Chapter 20
     
     
    The next night, Lord Erebus called for a meeting. We rushed to the throne room, ready for anything. Ever since that