I was in my junior year of high school and I was 16. I had many friends but I wasn't the most popular kid either. Luckily I wasn't the one that always...got made fun of either, and I was grateful for that. No one in my school knew my secret and my best friends didn't even know. I decided it was best for me that way. I didn't know it at the time but my junior year would turn out to be the best, most event and drama filled, year I'd ever have in school.My name is Kyle and I'm a white boy. I have. " JJ's mom had bought two dozen and every room in the house had two or more pale green nightlights. JJ didn't know how long they would last because they didn't have light bulbs. They had a green phosphorous coating that was activated by a very small electrical current.JJ shook her head to clear her mind. She was thinking about nightlights and she was about to tell her parents and uncle that she wanted to have sex with them so they too could be infected by an alien. She had to focus."Thanks a. We will go west, trending towards the south. The High King won't have as far to go to cut us off, but the land inland of him is much drier than where we will be going. Don't forget the rest of your army is coming north. The High King won't get far from water and won't want to let the main force cut him off. Odds are he'll let us go. We'll finally turn south when it's safe and race for safety." How many will live?"Denethon held his eye. "Perhaps, if we're lucky, a hundred thousand. Likely less.. "It's right above your pool table, and it was taped shut for a while, but it wasn't when I woke up."A small voice asked: "Did you get stuck in the hole, Daddy?"I shook my head. "No, baby, I didn't, but I thought I was. But I'd like to know why that hole is there, and what happened through it last night."Mandy looked at me desperately. "I'm sorry 'bout the hole, Daddy. I'll fix it when you're at work tonight." What did you do?"Her eyes got big and started to swell up. "I was just trying ta take.