02 Nightmare Academy by Frank Peretti

Author:Frank Peretti
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Christian
ISBN: 9781400303403
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2003-11-15T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9: The Student King

hey moved Into the field, scattered clusters of concern and anticipation, whispering, bantering, wondering.

"What's happening?"

"You mean they're going to fight?"

"You think Brett can take this guy?"

"You're the man, Alex."

"Does this mean we get our stuff back?"

"Where do we go?"

"The football field, fifty-yard line."

Mr. Easley arrived in time to direct traffic. "Okay, back up, back up. Form a circle. Back up a little more, make some room so everyone can see. Alex, you stand over on this side." Brett arrived, in jogging shorts and tee shirt, ready. "Okay, come over here; Brett, you and your group stand over on that side."

Mr. Easley was carrying two pairs of boxing gloves. He handed one pair to Alex, one pair to Brett.

The smirk on Alex's face just stayed there as he clustered with his closest buddies from dorm B and put on the gloves. Brett maintained a stony face, continually sizing up his opponent, as Rory and Jamal tied his glove laces. All around the circle, guys were muttering, bragging, placing bets; girls were bickering, giggling, scolding, choosing sides. Elijah and Elisha just tried to appear as neutral as possible. They didn't care at all who won; they didn't want to see this ridiculous fight in the first place.

"Okay, everybody, listen up," said Easley, standing in the center of the circle. "I want you all to understand, you're looking at two different realities, two different ways of seeing things, and it's very normal. It's the way history has always flowed and mankind has always evolved from one way of thinking to a better way of thinking. This is one way we keep getting better and better." He beckoned to Alex and Brett, bringing them into the center of the circle where they faced each other like two heavyweights before a bout. "There isn't going to be a winner or a loser. This isn't going to be one man's viewpoint prevailing over the other man's viewpoint. It's going to be the melting together of two viewpoints to form a new one. After today, we're all going to see things differently, and we're going to have peace, so keep that in mind during this process." He stepped back. "Okay. Let's go."

Alex and Brett approached each other, gloves raised, circling, eyes mean. The crowd began to holler, cheer, shriek. Alex threw the first punch, and it landed squarely in Brett's face. He stumbled backward. Half the crowd cheered, half jeered. Brett stepped in again, got punched again, but landed one himself. They went toe-to-toe, no strategy, no skill, just a brawl. Alex connected with Brett's face again, then sent a haymaker into Brett's stomach. Brett doubled over, lost his balance, and fell.

Easley motioned Alex back, motioned for quiet, then spoke to Brett, loudly enough for everyone to hear. "Brett, have you thought about how you'd like to end this?"

Brett was furious, stumbling to his feet. "By caving his face in!"

"Come on and do it," said Alex, waving him on.

Easley stepped back and let them go at it again.

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