Pru caught some of the flash. That's it."Alia was next. "Nothing really new from us. Took out the guards, got the remote, went to the main building. N... way to get into it from the back, so Jazz took the jail guard and I covered. Easy."For Pru, Alia's normal confidence had escalated to seriously smug.Solly spoke from the com. "Very well done, all of you. I have some questions. Why did all of you bring along the guards' slug-throwers?"Alia snorted. "You don't want them behind you, do you? I play. They moved out rapidly to the north and arrived back at the area where they first encountered the young boys just as darkness was starting to fall. Mike saw the two large barracks style building that supposedly housed the 50 boys and girls of the new order. It didn't look like a typical school because of the extensive barbed wire and the floodlights that kept the perimeter well-lit at night.They hunkered down near a railroad track that was so rusted it gave away the fact that it had not been in. Spike had made sure that his Barrack Room Bettys remained a secret. Oneof the Leading Recruits bought Knocker his meals and took away thecrockery when he had finished, although often the meals were hardlytouched; left outside the door of the cabin in a congealed mess of gravyand mashed potato.Knocker was not even sober enough to realise that a Leading Recruit wasbringing him his meals when it was obvious that the bullies should justdetail off a 'grommet' to do such a menial task.And so on that. My mother stood on the veranda, smiling and looking very proud of me. She told me that I would be fine and that I would really enjoy my education from Mrs Stone. Of course, I had no clue what that meant. She hugged me and told me to call her later tonight.It wasn't like I was not allowed to see my family, but I had to spend my nights at Mrs Stone and behave like a man now.Dad told me to go easy on the lady. He said that he understood if I was going to be excited and wanting things all the time,.