With the gods no longer athreat, the Mages turned on each other in a mad battle for supremacy.The Mage Wars raged for centuries and may have continued...even longer hadone of them not made a startling discovery. The planet's magical field,the sourceof all their power, was fading away." The fools were using it up in their wars," said Meaghan."Yes, but that wasn't the cause," replied Virginia. "Had the field beenat its historic level of strength it would easily have borne theirdepredations, but it. "The normal place?" You know it!" Damion grinned as he left, leaving him the only person still in his cubicle. Slamming his face on his desk, Todd sighed deeply.Work, the very word shakes many people to their core. Whether you were a pensioner, a working class citizen, or a college student with a new job, work was never a good thing.Todd Markum, age 23, certified master of toilet paper origami. He had never been the most attractive of people, but some still said that he was at least bearable to. Rebecca was still smiling at the awkward position she had put Lucy in and trying to help she put her thumbs inside the elastic of her tights and yanked them down to make it easier for Lucy to make the adjustment to her microphone. She turned slightly and then heard Lucy let out a gasp. She had forgotten about her secret which had now been revealed. Lucy looked at Rebecca's bottom and saw six rather angry red wheals. They looked like tramlines but she realised she had seen those kind of lines. John was curious as to why. But he didn't want to push the boy to answer. His wife on the other hand... Had no problems with pushing. "Why would you want to go to that place? It's in South America, isn't it?" Claire asked.The cold-look in Jason's eyes seemed to intensify. "Yes, Ma'am. As to why I'm going there... I have to see a man on business," That is a little of an understatement, huh? No use in tellin' them I'm gonna put a bullet in him, right? Right.John didn't think he wanted to know.