"Thank God! You're back!", she exclaimed, forcing a smile. She sprung up on her feet. Jeremy, still dazed, bent over and the professor jumped right out of him. "Hey, Becca. He's not here, yet, is he?", Prof Adkins turned and asked. She was silent. Garullon had been there but she couldn't tell what had happened to the rest. From the noises, roars, screams, gunshots and clanging swords, she could tell that it wasn't going well. "I think he came around" "What happened?", Jeremy asked. "He didn't take the Sceptre, did he?" "Um, I don't know", she said. "I don't think so". "Where did you go?", Prof Adkins asked, as they slowly walked to the sitting room. "Told them I wouldn't come out and I didn't" The sitting room was filled with blood. Everyone remained still on the ground, covered in

