Chapter 20 Halloween was on a Saturday, which was nice as it made planning and partying much easier without cheapening it up by moving it to the nearest weekend, but it also meant Sam had another match that day as well. He’d been lucky enough to completely recharge; […]
Chapter 21 James fell to his knees and looked behind him, but couldn’t see the person that stabbed him. The blade was still in there and Sandy was screaming and Jennifer looked panicked, from the little he could see, people were running around in every direction, but the […]
Chapter 22 Classes and gym were cancelled so that the professors could talk about the attack. The upperclassmen had all had a meeting together in the morning and the freshman would be starting at one. But everyone had arrived much sooner than that and they had their own […]
Chapter 23 “Welcome!” Sandy’s mother said, “You must be James,” she said and wrapped him up in a hug which he wasn’t expecting. “And you must be Jennifer,” she said doing the same. “Hi, sweetie,” she said to Sandy coming through the door last giving her a hug […]
Chapter 24 For the next few weeks there was very little slacking. Many people needed, or at least thought they needed to spend time studying and actually found a great tutor in Professor Anderson. She apparently had several advanced degrees and also apparently years of experience (however […]
Chapter 25 Sam rushed out the door as soon as it opened and stopped in his tracks a split second later. Sam had been expecting cold metal walls and well lit corridors, like in the obstacle courses. What he got was…something else, it was the Greek labyrinth. The […]
Chapter 26 As the test reached the half way point and sphere points doubled, the mood became tenser. Michael and Hope had been able to recruit two more people before they decided that was enough. Ray Bailey, who was average height and build, brown hair, and with a […]
Chapter 27 As the final hour approached, students began funneling towards the center of the labyrinth. James was one of the first of the seven to sneak up to the arena and what he saw shocked him. He’d been there a few hours ago and it was now […]
Chapter 28 “You’re staying?” Allison asked Hope. Allison didn’t have anywhere to go so she’d be staying, but Hope had a family. “Even if I wanted to go home, which I don’t, my mom is on some stupid cruise until after the New Year. Plus I couldn’t, wouldn’t, […]
Chapter 29 “It’s a pleasure to see again, Dean Allen,” Congressman Walter Nelson said with a fake politician’s smile while shaking the dean’s hand. “You too,” John Allen said with an equally fake smile. “Quite a mess your band of misfits have made,” he said, the smugness rolling […]