Invisible Enemies

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It was getting cloudier and cloudier by the minute; it looked as if was going to rain soon.

The three had been flying for a while now. Everyone was a little exhausted, but not enough to stop flying. They would occasionally make a clanging noise using their swords to show their positions in order to stay together, but their potions had worn off by now so they didn't need to anymore. They had been flying so high that they had passed most of the gray clouds a while ago, leaving a clear nighttime sky in it's place.

"Hey guys!" Exclaimed Raphael, pointing to a perfectly circular cloud. "I think I see Heaven!"

Angela and Phoebe laughed in relief. But just as a bad thought left them, another truth settled in; soon, they would have to battle creatures they couldn't even see.

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"2 kilometers left, everyone!" Said Phoebe, part happy and part nervous. "When I had one last look at our book, it said that the creatures lurk somewhere around this area." Phoebe continued.

"Yikes." Commented Raphael.

Minutes passed as they got ever closer to the silver-lined, circular cloud. In silence they flew higher and higher until..

"Ah!" Phoebe shouted.

"What happened?" Asked Angela, looking back at her.

"I-I don't know-ah!" Phoebe's hair looked as if it was being pulled for a second.

"The invisible creatures are here!" Said Raphael.

Everyone raised their swords and stopped flying, hovering in the same place instead. They waited for them to come..

"Guys, one's got me!" Phoebe was slowly descending

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"Guys, one's got me!" Phoebe was slowly descending.

Angela and Raphael rushed to her and kept slashing beneath her legs. But not long after, they were all being dragged down by the invisible creatures. Everyone was flapping hard with their wings while trying to hit a blow at the creatures. But they pulled harder each time a sword touched them.

"I'm gonna try to pull you guys up!" Phoebe finally freed herself from the creature beneath her and tried to pull Angela and Raphael up. Angela drew the swords upwards—

"Ow!" 

—and accidentally grazed Phoebe's arm. Phoebe instinctively let go of them both.

"I-I'm sorry!"

Raphael freed himself and started pulling Angela up along with Phoebe. But Angela suddenly felt that the pull underneath her had gotten much stronger.

She attacked it, but it didn't work. Trying again, it didn't work. One more time. It didn't work. Phoebe and Raphael stopped pulling Angela and flew beneath her. They pointed their swords directly above them and flew upwards. They both felt that they had pierced something and heard a crunch as some invisible liquid oozed down their swords. Angela felt the pull lessen, and the grip on her feet loosen until it was gone.

"Yes!" Raphael cheered.

"Yes." Said Angela, exhausted. It was a quick fight but it was a tiring one, seeing as they were in the sky.

"Come on, everyone! What are you waiting for?" Said Raphael, flying higher into the sky. Angela and Phoebe followed behind him, quietly celebrating in their imaginations. They had done it. With lots of time to spare before the swords fall to pieces.

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