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command. I want you to go back to your homes and spy on your owners. When I have as much dirt on everyone as I can get, I’ll be able to blackmail people into doing whatever I tell them to. And if that doesn’t work, I’ve still got my very own army of animals to force them into submission!’
    Aunt Petunia cackles, and the animals start chanting again.
    â€˜We must obey Aunt Petunia! We must obey Aunt Petunia!’
    â€˜We’ve got to get those collars off!’ I turn to the first cage and unlatch it. It contains two dogs, a guinea pig and five cats, one of which is Lana. The rest of the Star League rush in and help me get the collars off the animals.
    â€˜Phew! Thanks for that,’ says Lana as soon as I’ve unbuckled her collar. ‘The guards caught me when I came in here to rescue Scrapper. As soon as they slapped one of those collars on me I couldn’t control what I was saying or doing. That old lady completely took over my brain!’
    â€˜It’s okay now,’ I say. ‘But you should probably get out of here before the guards come back.’
    Lana shakes her head. ‘Not until I’ve found Scrapper.’
    I glance up at the rows of cages and my heart sinks. There’s no way we’ll be able to get the collars off all these animals before someone notices!
    â€˜Uh oh! Looks like we’ve got company,’ says Jay. I glance up to find a group of guards standing at one end of the shed, blocking our escape route. They’re brandishing clubs and glaring at us with less-than-friendly looks on their faces.
    â€˜If these guys want a fight then they’re going to get one!’ says Connor. As I watch, his skinstarts to grow thick, brown fur, and soon he has transformed into a werewolf. He snarls and the guards hesitate, but only for a second.
    â€˜We’ll teach them to hurt innocent animals,’ says Asuka, whipping out her ninja staff.
    â€˜You kids shouldn’t have stuck your noses in!’ says one of the guards. ‘It’s none of your business!’
    â€˜Well, we just made it our business!’ yells Roger, pulling out one of his magic potions.
    â€˜We will readjust the wrongs you have committed,’ says Sam, his voice humming as electricity crackles around his hands.
    â€˜Who are you, the do-good police?’ scoffs one of the guards, and the others laugh.
    â€˜No, we’re the Star League, and you’re going to wish you’d never heard that name,’ says Jay.
    â€˜Why do you even care?’ asks another guard. ‘They’re just stupid animals!’
    I feel my blood boil with anger as I think about everything these animals have gone through.
    One word pulses through my brain.
    I step forward and yell at the top of my lungs, ‘ATTACK!’

We all surge forward at once, hurtling towards the guards. The guards are taken aback at first but then they launch themselves at us and we practically collide.
    Through the tangle of limbs I catch glimpses of the others out of the corner of my eye. Jay quickly disarms his opponent and tackles him to the ground, despite the fact the guard is about twice his size. Asuka darts around her guard, easily dodging his attacks while landing plenty of her own. Roger tosses a sleeping potion at his target and she’s out like a light. Connor’s ferocious jaws rip one of the guard’s clubs from his hands and bite it in two, causing him to flee in terror, but Connor is right on his heels. And Sam is delivering zaps of electricityto his opponent, making her yelp each time.
    As I look up I see a guard swinging his club right at my head. My brain screams at me to duck, but my body just freezes. Then, just as I think it’s all over for me, the guard shrieks and drops his club. He spins around and I see that Chu has sunk his teeth deep into the guard’s buttocks.
    â€˜Thanks, Chu!’ I say.
    â€˜You owe me big time,’ he says, spitting the