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Cordelia screamed as she looked at the gruesome bite wound on her hand. She wondered if she might faint just from seeing it.

Eleanor joined in with Cordelia’s screams until the colossus’s mouth sounded like a haunted house. Cordelia looked up from her throbbing hand to see Brendan slowly chewing on his own arm like he was munching on a chicken tender.

“Don’t eat yourself, you jerk!” Cordelia yelled, slapping Brendan across the face with her good hand.

Suddenly Jagger’s mouth shook violently, sending all three Walker children flying.

“What happened?” Cordelia asked as she stood up uneasily, still holding her injured hand.

Eleanor knocked twice on Fat Jagger’s lower lip. He understood the signal and opened his mouth just enough for Eleanor to peek outside.

“We made it out of the bay!” Eleanor shouted excitedly.

But her excited expression instantly turned to one of horror. Coming right at them were helicopters, police boats, SWAT trucks and patrol cars, all loaded to the brim with enough firepower to take out a whole family of Fat Jaggers.