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moved toward Vicki.
    “Byrne,” the principal shouted, “sit down or you’ll be escorted out of here.”
    Vicki stepped away from the microphone. Everyone turned to look at her. She didn’t want to betray her faith, but she also didn’t want to give Mrs. Jenness any more ammunition against her.
    She sat. During the rest of the meeting, three girls passed notes to her asking to talk with her when the assembly was over.
    Judd gave Pavel some new materials and asked if he could get in touch with him later in the day. Pavel said he could safely talk atmidnightJudd’s time.
    As soon as the line was free, Judd contacted Tsion Ben-Judah. He had to find some way of protecting Ryan and Darrion.
    Lionel was hustled into the van by another man. Several other boys were already inside. They all looked scared. A cage separated the driver and the backseats. Lionel felt like he was going to prison.
    “Where are they taking us?” Lionel asked an older boy in the seat in front of him. The boy didn’t respond.
    Lionel watched the traffic from inside the tinted windows of the van. They went south on the expressway until the road forked. One sign saidMemphis, another saidIndianapolis.
    The driver stayed to the right and drove towardMemphis.
    Ryan was playing dodge ball in gym class. He was one of three remaining players when the teacher blew his whistle.
    “Daley!” he yelled.
    “Get over here.”
    “I wasn’t hit. Coach, really,” Ryan said.

    “Get over here.”
    The coach was a long-faced, thin man who acted tough. But Ryan knew he was fair.
    “Somebody wants to see you in the office,” the man said.
    “Can I finish the game?” Ryan said.
    The coach smiled.
    “You go on, it looks pretty important.”
    Ryan ran out of the gym and up the stairs to the long hallway that led to the office. He felt weird wearing his gym uniform in this part of the school. He looked out the big window by the office and stopped.
    Pulling into the parking lot was a white car that said,
    “Global Community Security.” Two men got out and walked toward the school. Ryan didn’t know the one on the left. The one on the right wore a long, black coat and had short hair.
    “This doesn’t look good,” Ryan muttered. He turned to head back to the gym for his clothes. Before he took a step, someone grabbed his arm.
    Vicki met with the three girls at lunch after the assembly.
    “You really showed that Global Community lady,” one girl said.
    “I only stood up because I don’t think she was telling us the truth,” Vicki said. Vicki briefly told her story. The other girls listened while they ate. When she was almost finished. Shelly tapped Vicki’s shoulder and nodded toward the entrance.
    Mrs. Jenness scanned the room with a scowl.
    The three girls picked up their lunch trays and moved away.
    Ryan felt the viselike grip on his arm and heard a man whisper, “Move down the hall | and don’t look back.”
    When they were nearly to the gymnasium, Ryan glanced up.
    “Buck!” he said.
    Buck Williams hustled Ryan out the back entrance.
    “My car is still around front,” Buck said.
    “I just saw GC Security pull in,” Ryan said.
    “They’re after you,” Buck said.

    “Dr. Ben-Judah reached me at the office. Judd heard they were coming to get you.”
    “How would he know that?” Ryan said.
    “We can find out later,” Buck said.
    “Right now I need to get the car and get you somewhere safe.”
    Ryan hid in the parking lot and watched the school carefully. He could see the gym entrance through a window.
    The vice- principal and two GC goons were talking to his teacher.
    Ryan hopped in the backseat when Buck arrived. Someone was hunkered down on the floor.
    “I guess this is Buck’s witness protection program,” Darrion said.
    “What did you say in the office?” Ryan asked Buck.
    “I told them I was with the Global Community, flashed my credentials, and asked to see you,” Buck said.
    “They took one look at my clearance card and