"For therecord, I do know what you went through because the sick bastard did thesame and worse to me. At least Mom stopped him when she found out itha...pened to you and got you help. Care to guess what she told me after Itold her what he was doing to me? She told me to never tell anyone elseand deal with it. She told me if I had acted like boys should then itnever would have happened. She told me it was my fault. It got so bad Itold Dad but he acted like I was only trying to get attention. He. Enough distance separated Eduardo's Humveefrom the other troops that it was perilous to dash from cover to try toget to the vehicle and its machine gun; still, no fewer than four menlay bleeding or dead from having tried.With pain threatening to steal away his consciousness, Eduardo reachedup through the door and pulled mightily. His left leg was uselessweight, and the right had barely any strength, so it was through arm-strength alone that Eduardo pulled himself up into the Humvee. So. .” Mike stood and laughed. “Could such power defeat an army? Are you even the most powerful sorcerer in the world anymore? Surely someone has surpassed you.”“Nobody can surpass me,” he said, then opened his hand to summon lightning once again.“Actually,” the djinn interjected. “You are no longer the most powerful sorcerer in the world.”“What?” Aladdin whirled around on the djinn. “Explain!”“The pursuit of power is never ending. You may wish to be the most powerful sorcerer today, but it may no. "I placed my hands on my hips and stuck my tongue out at Madison, "Yeah,see! I was being a good girl." Speaking of which, why don't you be a "good girl" and go make me anotherdrink," she said as she handed her empty glass to me."Sure! But only if I can have one too," I bargained, throwing out thepuppy dog eyes for good measure.The girls exchanged glances, "Alright, but don't tell your mother we letyou." Yay!" I yelped as I skipped to the kitchen.I poured each of us a glass, happily humming to.