said BC. âThis is going to be hard.â
The beast hovered in front of the chopper. Then it flapped its huge wings. âItâs a fire-wave attack!â said Kai.
Kai hit the slushy button. Ice slush flew out from the chopperâs roof. As it hit the beast it turned to water.
Then the beast lifted its largest tail. With one quick flick the tail wrapped around BC. The dogbot was caught.
âIâm coming, BC,â Kai called. He swooped back in with the chopper. But the beast flicked its other tails and sent the chopper backwards. It will breathe toxic breath on BC, thought Kai. I must save him.
Suddenly the beastâs tail let go and BC began to fall. Oh no! The beast must have smashed his jet pack, thought Kai. I have to catch him.
But then BC zoomed back up towards the chopper.
âYouâre okay,â said Kai.
âYes. I tricked it,â said BC. âI got an upgrade. It stops toxic breath. And its breath canât hurt me anymore.â
But then the beast flapped its wings once more.
The beast whipped its tails through the walls of ice. Then it gave one massive flap of its wings.
Suddenly a wave of water and ice fell on Kai and BC.
Kai and BC flew through the water and ice. They just made it back to the chopper. âAre you okay, BC?â Kai asked.
âYes, toxic breath is gone but this beast is tough,â said BC. âWe need as much ice as we can get. But how?â
Then Kaiâs orb beeped. Kai took off the Sword Ice-Striker and looked at the orb sitting in it. âItâs the BMC again,â said Kai.
âWe got an upgrade to the chopper, BC. It has voice-activated flying now. I donât need to be in it to fly it. I can fly the chopper by telling it what to do with my orb. That means I can battle with the Sword-Ice Striker and we can use the chopper too. Iâm going to try it.â
Kai hit chopper command on his orb. Then he put his Sword-Ice Striker back on. He and BC hovered just behind the chopper.
âSlice through the mountains,â said Kai in a loud voice into the orb. The chopper took off.
âDump slushy ice on the beast,â said Kai again into the orb. âItâs working BC. Quick, letâs go get this beast.â
The chopper cut through a wall of ice. It fell on the beast. Then it dumped slushy ice on the beastâs tails.
âWe are winning,â said BC.
But it wasnât enough.
The beastâs huge wings rose out from the ice. âAnother fire-wave attack coming,â said BC.
âNot this time,â said Kai. He flew in very close to the beast. Its wings were ready to flap. I have to time this just right, thought Kai. As its wings were closing together Kai pushed the sword button on the Sword-Ice Striker.
The sword shot out at the beastâs wings. The wings closed around the sword. And then they froze and turned to ice.
The frozen beast fell to the ground.
âThe beast is beaten,â said Kai. âIt has no more fire and toxic breath. Time to take this beast to the Outlands.â He called the chopper to him and climbed in. Then he took the Sword-Ice Striker off. âReady to do your stuff, BC?â
âReady,â said BC.
Kai hit the button on BCâs collar. Beams of red light flew from BCâs collar. They formed a cage around the beast.
BC lifted the ray cage. âFollow me,â he said to Kai. Then they flew to the ice border-landâs beast gate.
Kai slowed the chopper and sent a message to the BMC to open the gate.
The gate in the wall slid open. BC pushed the beast inside.
The sword hovered back to Kai. Then BCâs ray cage turned off.
As the gate closed, the beastâs wings slowly opened.
But Kai and BC did not see that.
âWeâve done it, BC.
Good job,â said Kai. âTime to go home now.â
BC climbed back into the chopper. Then Kai keyed in the codes for the lighthouse.
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