Be ready."Wynn watched anxiously as the creatures charged closer. "What are wegoing to do?" she said.When nobody answered, she looked over her shoulde... at the group. Theywere all deadly serious and had their weapons at the ready. Jakarra hada wicked smile and even Throg's normally inscrutable mien showed thetiniest hint of anticipation.Wynn unsheathed her sword. "Right."The group formed a circle, back to back with weapons drawn as the demonssurrounded them. They were vastly outnumbered but knew. ”“It’s a pleasure to meet you, too,” Sharon said.“So, do you go all the way?” George said.“What?” Miguel asked.“Yes,” Sharon said.“Huh?”“It’s a line from an old movie, Silver Streak,” Sharon laughed, “He wanted to know if we are headed to Los Angeles.”“Oh.”Jessica got up and smiled at Jill.“Hi, I’m Jessica,” she said.“I’m Jillian, but call me Jill,” Jill told her, “How old are you?”“Fourteen.”“Oh, awesome, me too!” she exclaimed.They sat together on one bench of a booth, and George rolled his. “Permission to come aboard, Commander Hi.”“Permission granted. You are the Narth Supreme are you not?”“Indeed. your senses are developing remarkably well.”Har-Hi did not know what the Narth Supreme wanted to say with that.”Not that it would do much good denying it, you Narth can appear inside any ship.”The shrouded being sounded amused.”This ship is transparent to me because our mutual friend Erica allows it. SHIP would never let me pass her defenses if it was not so.”“I was trying to make a. Everyone immediately started moving and Mrs Stone had to raise her voice to speak over the noise.“Please submit your book reports as you leave the room. Also don’t forget that you have a new essay due next Friday. Remember that the topic is to be something related to what Thanksgiving means to you. And this time, everyone, let’s try to use verbs properly. Please? Have a good weekend.”Book report? I had a book report due? Shit!! I forgot all about it. I was feeling frustrated and cross with.