" He scowled but stopped jerking me around. His grip on myshoulders never eased though. "I want a word with you once the policeare done," he hissed.Ju...t then two officers did appear, as the ambulance crew came andcarried Lila off on a stretcher. She was groaning and moving her hands,so she would be okay. "Here's the criminal, officers! She attacked thatstudent."The policemen looked at Lila and then at me. "Kinda small to goattacking a big kid like that, isn't she?" one asked."I know this girl. Slipping away from his mind... Ben sprang up, busting through the steel restraints that held him to his bed. He grabbed his head, which was aching as if someone had split it open. The confusing emotions... the presences... disappeared from his mind. He wiped sweat from his forehead, and looked around.Doctors and nurses hovered around him, a concerned and surprised look etched on the majority of their faces. His mind began clearing slowly, and he came to realize that he must be in the infirmary. "You, jumbo." He pointed at the man who had defied him earlier. "Grab some sandbags and set up a position in the middle of the main tunnel."The man shot him a look of disgust, but rushed off to comply. The men were trained to follow orders, no matter how much they disliked the person in charge. Max had seen to that.Like most despots, Tony was feeling invincible. "You, section eight boy." He pointed to a former Army sniper from Kansas. "Grab the M-60 and an RPG out of the weapons locker. You're. I’m sure the man has his reasons.’ ‘What’s wrong with you people? You have me chained like a dog. This thing hurts.’ Camille fussed at the steel cuff that chaffed her wrist, smearing blood on the sheets. She flinched as the man stepped forward suddenly, seizing her arm in his harsh grasp. He slipped a key into the lock, releasing the shackle and giving her wrist a cursory examination. ‘Bandage this wound, Alma,’ he barked, dropping her arm. ‘Where’d you get that scar?’ ‘What’s it to you?’ she.