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I leaped. Ax whipped his tail again, faster than the eye could follow.

I roared again, bellowing a sound that had never been heard on planet
Iskoort. The others surged behind me. Down we went, a ton of animal power.

57 Then the Howler replied.

"KEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-row."

It was a blast of sound like nothing I'd ever heard before. Compared to
it, my tiger's roar was the mewling of a kitten.

"KEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-row."

I missed my leap and fell in a tangle on the steps. I saw Rachel trip
and fall, landing on top of me. It was like having a safe dropped on my
stomach.

The wind exploded from my lungs. I scrambled to get up, but I couldn't
make sense of up or down. I clawed feebly. Rachel rolled off and I saw
that Ax was reeling, running! Running away, back up the stairs, weak
Andalite hands clapped against his ears, blood seeping between the fingers.

Cassie was howling, all wolf in her pain.

Marco seemed the least affected. He swung a cement-block fist that hit
the Howler on his arm and spun the creature sideways.

I got to my feet, hoping to attack while the Howler was off-balance.
Except the Howler wasn't off-balance. The ball-bearing waist twirled him
all the way around, using the force of Marco's blow to spin and bring
the now-regenerated hand up to a weapon.

F-t-t-t-t-t-t!

58 He had fired! A dozen steel darts, tiny triangles, ripped a messy
hole through my left front leg. I stumbled. The pain was intense.

Marco swung another fist, missed! The Howler turned the flechette gun on
him. A bloody hole you could have pushed a Coke can through appeared in
Marco's back.

He dropped like a load of bricks.

Cassie had recovered enough to bound into action, using Marco's fallen
mass as a springboard. The Howler raised the gun, but too slowly. Wolf
jaws clamped down on the arm and Cassie held on like a bulldog, ripping,
tearing.