Every inch of his body was in an extreme amount of pain and it took everything he had just to remain conscious. The sounds of fighting surrounded him ...n every direction and he could even tell that people were fighting tooth and nail within a few feet of where he had landed. Knowing that he was in extreme danger, Richard slowly pulled himself to his feet and pulled Dark Star from his back. As soon as he felt the meager weight of the ancient sword in his hand he also felt a twinge of pain in his. “That will be all Greeson.” Hartwell smiled as the man saluted and left.“I do like him; any man who cares about his men even when he has none is first rate in my book. Keep an eye on him Hartwell; I feel good things about him.” Derrick told a smiling Hartwell who had the same feelings.Mary was worried about both Kimison and Rayburn, both had been working nonstop on at least ten different things often swapping in the middle of something. They both had at least half of the machines in Tempro’s. “Why is she sitting with that ass-hole Lionel?”“All I did was ask her to the Christmas dance,” I defend myself as everyone stares at me. “She said Lionel already asked her and now she is trying to avoid me.”“I’m sorry,” Brittany says. “Pia and I already have dates, but there are many girls that would love to go to the dance with you.” I look at my food suddenly not hungry. “We’ll get you a date. Don’t worry about that.”I think about it for a minute. What did I do to Martina? Am I falling in. Ella never complained until one day when she had failed to make her bed which was something that earned her the cane. Ella was shocked and pleaded, “Please Mrs L, I’m due to go out tonight and will be wearing one of my very short skirts, so please could you cane tomorrow.”It struck Mrs L that Ella had really made the mistake, and not on purpose, and so decided this was a good test of her belief that Ella got herself caned on purpose. Indeed, Mrs L was used to students playing games, and thought.