5
I waved my arms and pushed myself away from certain death. My heart beat hard against my chest as I stumbled backward onto the grass. I heard a noise behind me and spun around to find Fox ten feet away from me. Something sharp hit my arm, and I looked down to see it was a tranquilizer. I pulled it out and expected to fall unconscious, but all I felt was a little faint-headed. His finger tightened on the trigger for another shot.
The ground beneath us rumbled. Fox’s henchman rushed out of the door and over to the boss.
“I’m afraid I couldn’t stop him, sir. He’s released-” The earth shook again, more violently than the first.
A column of rainbow-colored light burst through the steel ground between us. The column lit up the sky and its heat seared the grass. I was knocked back
