THAT'S ENOUGH!' Snow thundered as she blasted sound waves from her gadget at the incoming arrows. They felt to the floor with a clang, not harming the two girls. Luke crossed his hands and snorted. 'That'll teach you never to mess with my order again!' he said mostly to Janet.  Ava clenched her fists angrily. The idiot had almost killed them. 'Luke you--!' She started but Snow cut in. 'I said enough!'  'Squad 15, you're in big trouble!' an authoritative voice cut through the tense air. They all looked up at the intruder. It was a man. One of their instructors! Snow glared hard at Luke, who looked away. 'Fighting is highly prohibited,' he said with a slight frown. 'We're so sorry sir, what actually happened was--,' Snow started but the instructor waved his hand, cutting her short. 'No excuses! No

'Hey Nerd. Snow's talking to you,' Luke called Janet's attention and she pried her eyes away from the table on which squad 10 sat and fixed her gaze on him. He was playing with his fries absentmindedly. She decided to ignore him.  He still sulked about the fact that the instructor had made their whole squad write "I won't ever fight my comrade" a thousand times.  The punishment had hit him the most. He hated anything that made him sit so still or spelt of boredom. And he blamed Janet for everything. Ava ate her chilli quietly. Apart from Luke, she was also a fan of dangerous activities, anything brazen and daring and sitting still for hours wasn't her style.  She was still trying to get herself back. 'What was that Snow? Sorry, I wasn't listening,' Janet said. Snow glanced at Squad 10's table. 'What's up with t

'Oh man...I didn't think they'll find out this soon,' Ethan said, relaxing his back on the tree. 'Well,' Andrew started, looking up from his phone. 'We weren't really being inconspicuous about the whole thing.' Ethan frowned as he turned to Andrew. 'What's inconspicuous?'  Ryan gave a mild chuckle. 'I didn't think you'd know.' Ethan looked up at him angrily. 'What?! I dare you to come down and repeat that!' he demanded angrily as he looked up at Ryan perched on a branch of the tree. 'Oh shush Ethan!' Suzanne hit his head.  He groaned and moved away from her, protesting as he went. 'You did hear what he said, didn't you?' he defended himself. Suzanne crossed her arms across her chest. 'He has his reasons,' she offered as she sided with Ryan. Ethan frowned deeply at her. Ryan soon lost interest in bo

 Everyone turned to him. 'What are you doing?' Snow asked in a harsh whisper. He ignored her and took a step towards squad 10, at least the three that remained. He jabbed his fore finger at them.  'No way...,' he repeated angrily, glaring at them. 'You hear me? No blantant way!'  'What is it Luke?' Ethan faced him sneeringly. 'Can't stomach a little defeat?' he mocked. Luke shoved him on the chest furiously. 'How dare you!'  'After trying to push our team apart you think you'll escape unharmed after stealing the star we ought to have earned?!'  Ethan was jolted back. He furiously moved nearer to Luke. 'You dared to touch me with those dirty hands of yours?!'  'Besides,' Suzanne snorted from where she stood. 'We won fairly and cleanly!' she added, a smug smile planted on her face.  'Now squad

Andrew was the only slad who sat far off with his laptop, not bothering to stand and listen to the angry speech the female supervisor was giving. Afterall, according to him, he wasn't part of the squabble. 'Listen here!' The woman repeated again in a high shrilled voice. Everyone faced her. Most were sober by now.  'This camp has been running for twenty-five years now....,' Someone gave a low whistle. Twenty-five years was a long time. Snow glared at Reece. He rolled his eyes at her.  'And never in all my years of being here has the slads who were sent here risen up to the extent of fighting one another in my presence,' her voice was croaky. A bit of smoke had gotten into her throat during the hullabaloo.  Some people murmured,'Sorry ma'am,' but she completely ignored them. 'And never has anyone been sent here without returning with a heart for team work!' she went