John was still there."Did you forget something?" he asked me."No. Finished the assignment you gave me," I told him."But, it has been only fifteen or t...enty minutes!" he said with a stunned expression."Ah, but I have this trick of going back in time. Believe me, I spent a lot of time following him, and compiling information on him. I have a list of names that he talked to on the phone or met for meetings. I know two who are with the 'council' in some form," I said, enjoying the expression on his. My name is Joy an I’m the oldest at 22, 5’6?, 130#,36-30-36, my next sister is Judy 21, 5’4?,110#,34-26-32, and my little sister Gracie 17, 5’8?, 120#, 34-24-30. Our first day had been just great we had hiked the trail with several other people but they had left the trail to sleep in one of the nearby towns for the night an to skip this part of the trail for it was known to be difficult for many hikers.We had gone on for about 5 miles to a camping sight off the main trail by about a mile but it. "You know it's funny, we wouldn't have even thought of this place, but thanks to a little tweety bird, you've got nowhere to hide, runt." Before I could ask who snitched, Derrick threw an uppercut that left me seeing stars. While I was down he and his goons kicked and threw more punches. They stopped once the bell rang and walked inside laughing at how puny I was. I stayed on the ground crying softly as I bled. Finally, I picked myself and limped home, Not caring whether or not I missed classes. That’s what I think, anyway.By the time I awoke, Mark was missing. I looked around but there was no sign of him, but his rucksack was still where he had left it the night before.I left Sarah to sleep and crept out from under her arm to start the fire and warm some rice up. As I had just got the fire going I saw Mark approach. In his hands were a handful of berries and edible fruits that he had foraged.For a young man he was more than confident in this environment and judging by last night, we.