we have all the dirt stored in the bot,â said BC. âThatâs good for the wind land.â
âIt is,â said Kai. âBut now itâs time to find our beast.â
Kai flew the bot deeper into the wind land. The skies were blue and the wind was not as wild.
Suddenly the bot was hit by something. âWhatâs going on?â asked Kai as he looked out the botâs window.
âWe are being hit from behind,â said BC.
Kai turned the bot around. âThey look like some sort of bird.â
âRock birds,â said BC.
âBut with fire. The rocks are glowing red,â said Kai. âI bet theyâre burning hot rocks!â
âI can get them with my eye lasers,â said BC. âOpen the hatch and Iâll fly out.â
As Kai hit the button for the hatch he saw the rock changer button.
That could be handy , Kai thought. But before he could push it the bot was hit by a large rock. The bot was thrown backwards. BC fell from the cockpit.
âBC,â called Kai. He looked down to see BC falling. âIâll get you.â
Then BC flew straight past him. âItâs okay, I have my jet pack on,â he said. Then he flew into the group of rock birds.
BC zapped the birds with his eye lasers. One by one they fell away.
Kai hit the button for the rock changer.
A loud noise came from above him.
âThe rock changerâs on the botâs head,â BC called to Kai. âYou catch the rocks in it.â
âYou get the birds and Iâll get the rocks,â said Kai.
Kai watched the dashboard as he caught the rocks in the botâs funnel. This bot will be filled with dirt and rock soon, he thought.
âOnly three more birds to get, BC,â said Kai. âGood job!â
Kai caught the last few rocks in the funnel. Then BC flew back inside the bot. âYou caught them all,â said BC. âGo you!â
âYes, and you got all the birds,â said Kai. âThe bot is nearly full.â
âBut another dust storm is coming,â said BC. His tail began to wag madly.
âThe storm isnât moving,â said Kai. âLetâs go and suck that dust up.â
Kai flew over to the edge of the dust storm. He began to suck the dust up with the sucker. And then he saw that something was inside the storm.
âItâs a baby beast and a wind beast!â said Kai. âAnd the baby is a mutant.â
âIt has the wings of a wind beast,â said BC. âAnd two heads.â
âItâs a mix of rock and wind beasts,â said Kai. âI think if it grows it will have fire too.â
Kai quickly took a photo on his orb. A card popped onto the screen.
âItâs bombing the wind beast with rocks,â said Kai. âWe canât let it win. Or it will change.â
âI can try to make it follow me,â said BC.
BC flew out of the cockpit. He hit the beast with his eye lasers. But the beast flapped its wings at the dogbot. BC was sent flying. Kai put the bot between the baby beast and the wind beast. He bent the botâs head and began catching the rocks.
The beast flapped its wings once more. The bot twisted and rolled through the air.
As Kai tried to gain control of the bot, the baby beast hissed. Then it shot a load of huge hot rocks at the wind beast.
Kai and BC watched as the wind beast fell away.
Itâs won , thought Kai. And now it will grow and change.
The baby beast spun around and around. Dust flew around it like a twister.
When it stopped spinning, Kai sucked up the dust.
Then he took a photo of the beast with his orb. He waited for the card to load on the screen.
âIt has three heads now,â said Kai.
âYes,â said BC. âWith toxic breath, rocks and fire coming from them. And look at those fireballs coming from its claws! You were right about fire in this beast. And the winds will make its fire bigger.â
âBut we can suck the
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