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.They respect you.I need an enforcer, if you will.Someone who can keep charge among the ranks.You do this for me, I'll make sure you're taken care of.”“I don't know, Mr.Wright,” Thomas replied.“It's only temporary, I assure you.I want to make you a security monitor for the entire sixth grade.You can choose your own team from the other students.Then you will enforce law and order at the classroom level.”“I'm not the police type—”“You don't have to be.All I need you to do is carry out what I ask.If you do this, I'll move you up a grade.I know how embarrassing it must be to have been held back.We can change that for the good.”“Mr.Wright!” Ms.Foley said, clearly appalled.“Hear me out, both of you.Thomas, I need you to deal with the sixth graders.Mrs.Foley, I need you to deal with the other teachers.”“What about the other grades, the other students?” she asked.“I’m talking with them one class at a time.One grade at a time.”“If you tell the other kids they can't go home there's going to be trouble,” Thomas said.Mr.Wright leaned in closer.“I have a security team at all towers, covering the entire perimeter of the school.No one is going anywhere.Whether they like it or not, we're staying.The question is, do you want to be just one of the other students, or do want to be someone in charge of the situation?”Thomas thought to himself quietly for a moment.“And, as an additional show of faith, I'll take you in the bunker where you can pick out anything you want,” Mr.Wright added.Thomas scratched his chin.“Okay, okay I'll do it.”Mr.Wright smiled and then looked to Ms.Foley.“I can talk to the teachers, but I need to know exactly what's going on,” she said.“That's fine.I'll tell you everything you need to know,” Mr.Wright said.Chapter 6: Tobias and Brian: Still LostTobias and Brian were lost; there was no doubt about that.Their second encounter with the junk car in the woods indicated such.Brian felt intensely dehydrated by the minute.Whenever he swallowed, his throat felt drier than before.Like something pulled on the inside of his throat drying it further.Not even saliva could help.His mouth was an arid wasteland.He would kill for a bottle of water.He would kill Tobias for a bottle of water, if need be.He wanted to kill Tobias anyway for leading them into this nightmare, and the bottle of water would be a bonus.“Let's not panic,” Tobias said, “We just go back the way we came, then I'm sure we'll be on track to my house.”“You just don't get it,” Brian said.“It will be dark soon and we have no idea where we’re going.”“We're bound to come across a house or something soon.How hard could it be?”“Do you see a house anywhere around here?” Brian asked extending his arms.“Chill, man.I'll figure something out,” Tobias said.“Ah, screw this,” Brian said.He walked aimlessly away from Tobias then stood in the middle of the forest and yelled, “Help us! Help us, we're lost!”Tobias ran over to Brian and grabbed him.“Stop it! You want that one crazy dude to track us down?”Brian pushed himself away from Tobias and walked away.“Let's just go back the way we came.Let's go back to the school.”“Are you crazy?” Tobias asked?“Yep.I'm out of my mind.I'm going back to the school before it gets too dark.You can stay out here kicking pine cones all night if you want,” Brian said walking farther away from Tobias.“Come on, man.You have no idea where you're going,” Tobias shouted.“Yeah I do, I'll follow the path back to the school,” Brian said, his voice drowning out in the distance.“What path? Brian! Hey, don't be like this, man.Come back!” Tobias wiped his sweaty forehead, and swatted the brown hair out of his eyes, like he did regularly, matting his hair to the side.His parents called it a nervous habit, which he thought stupid.Only this time he was more nervous than he had been in recent memory.The woods were an intimidating place to be alone.Tobias glanced at the junk car, then the surrounding woods of looming Red Pine and Maple Trees.The sun had lowered to the ground as the moon was coming into sight.“Brian!” Tobias yelled.“Brian, wait up!” He chased after Brian like a lost puppy.Even though Brian was no longer in sight.Brian heard the calls of Tobias from a distance behind him.He rolled his eyes.Though it wasn't too surprising that Tobias would give-in and follow him, Brian was bluffing slightly.Of course he didn't actually want to leave his friend alone in the woods, but he also felt it could teach him a lesson.Brian could just as easily stopped and let Tobias catch up with him, but if he was going to make Tobias do one thing, it would be to have to run after him.That was an even trade, Brian thought.Tobias could make Brian out through the trees.This quickened his pace.“Brian!” he shouted.“Hey man, wait up!” But there was no stopping Brian.He was moving with quick and frustrated determination.Tobias was nearly sprinting at this point, and was gaining closer.“Brian!” he shouted.Brian stopped and turned around.“What?” he yelled.“Wait—” and before Tobias could finish, he tripped over a large branch on the ground—and in one spectacular stumble, fell to the ground and rolled down a small hill.“Oh, come on!” Brian thought.Brian waited and waited, but Tobias didn't get up.“Okay, get up, Tobias,” he said.He walked over to the bottom of the hill where Tobias fell.“Hey?” Brian asked.“You okay?” Tobias was lying on the dirt of leaves and sticks, twisted in agony.“My leg,” he said, “I think it's broken.”“Get up, man.You're fine,” Brian said [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]