The Veritas Project 2: Nightmare Academy by Frank E. Peretti

Author:Frank E. Peretti
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fiction
Published: 2011-12-14T17:34:34+00:00

Brett was trying to get up, but he had neither strength nor balance and rose repeatedly only to crumble to the ground again.

Easley approached Alex this time. "Alex, perhaps you'd like to offer some terms of surrender?"

Alex approached Brett, standing over him like a conqueror. "You give us back all our stuff-starting with my tie."

"You could make it work both ways," Easley suggested. "Everybody give everything back, but let Alex be the king. He's earned it."

Alex liked that a lot. Half the crowd was undecided.

Brett couldn't decide, either, but silently wiped blood from his face with the back of his glove.

Easley put a hand on Alex's shoulder. "You can be a benevolent king. Think of it. With one ruler, one boss in charge, everybody can live by the rules you make; and you can make sure we're all safe and cared for." He turned to the crowd surrounding them. "How about it? We could join together under one new viewpoint and have one big family. No more raids, no more fights, just one big, peaceful world."

The kids picked up on that idea quickly. "Yeah! One family!" "King Alex!" "We can get our stuff back!" "No more raids! Cool!"

Easley spoke to Alex, knowing Brett would hear him. "And Brett could be your lieutenant. He was pretty brave to take you on. I know he could serve you well. Couldn't you, Brett?"

Brett propped himself up on his elbows and looked to the crowd all around him.

"One world!" they cheered. "One world! One world!"

Brett looked up at Alex, searching his face.

Alex dropped the smirk and actually looked kind. "Hey. You give me respect, then I'll respect you and we'll put everything back together. You get your stuff, we get ours, we stand together. Sound good?"

Brett thought, listened to the crowd, and finally smiled con- cedingly. "Okay"

Alex helped Brett to his feet, and with their arms around each other's shoulders, they raised their free hands to the crowd.

The cheer from the kids echoed across the campus. The war was over. They were getting better and better.

Alex winked at Elisha. She smiled politely.

He smiled gloatingly at Elijah. Elijah tried to smile but couldn't find a reason to do so.

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