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The battle team was caught in a deadly spinning mud spout.

‘Meow!' screamed BF as she shot out the top of the spout.

Kai could see that BC was next. ‘When you get shot out, find BF and stay with her,' he said to BC.

All at once the spout twist became even faster. ‘We need to split up Li,' said Kai. ‘I'm hitting the button now!'

Instantly the two rides split apart. One after the other they shot out the top of the spout.

When Kai finally got control of the Sludgebot again he found he was close to the rock land.

‘Report in, Ying Li,' Kai said. ‘Where are you?'

‘I'm with the battle buddies on the other side of the mud land. BC got a howl-attack upgrade. I've turned it on,' answered Li.

Excellent,
thought Kai as he flew rapidly towards the group. As he did he told the team about his new battle plan. ‘Listen carefully,' Kai said into the mouthpiece. ‘BC and BF, join forces and launch a
mega-sonic howl at the beast's heads. A howling dog and a screeching cat should fix that beast! Li, when the beast lifts its wings over its head wrap the chains around them.'

‘Will do,' Li answered.

‘I'll take care of that tail,' said Kai. ‘BGT, go!'

The beast had its back to the battle team. Its long tail had finally stopped spinning.
It thought it had won. It was about to fly away towards the border-wall when the battle buddies attacked its head with a mega-howl attack.

The beast roared and lifted its wings to its ears. Kai flew
down to the tail and latched the bot's claws onto it.

Li flew round the body and wrapped the chains around the beast's closed wings. ‘It's working!' she cried.

‘Not quite,' said Kai. ‘It's time to spin this beast dry. Ready, Li?'

‘Ready,' answered Li.

Kai and Li spun the beast round and round and round.
Toxic mud, slime and water flew out in all directions.

‘Now, we're done,' said Kai.

Kai activated the ray cage. The beast was caught.

The battle team flew off with the caged beast to the Outlands gates. When the team reached the gates, Kai sent a message to the BMC to open them. ‘That combo beast that had no tag just vanished when we beat it,' said Kai. ‘Very weird.'

‘Was it like the three-headed snake in the rock land?' asked BC. ‘It kept making more and more heads. Then when we beat it, it vanished too.'

‘Yes but beasts can't make more beasts, can they?' wondered Kai. ‘Earth would be in a lot of danger if that ever happened. Come on, it's time to push this beast behind the gates and go home.'

‘I caught some bird poo in my hatch for testing,' said BC as he put the beast inside the gates. ‘I think the pests were making more and more pests too!'

‘Good dog, BC!' said Kai. ‘We need to test these. And you did a great job today, too, Border Guard Ying Li. We made a great team.'

‘Thanks Captain,' said Li.

But as the beast went through the Outlands gates it dropped a small bubble onto the yellow toxic mud.

When it hit the mud it turned blue and a small blue tail broke through the bubble.

Something big was happening …