Celeste
The prisoners' team was me, Leo, Joshua, Phillip, and a half-dozen other children. The guards were Darien, Alec, and the rest of the village kids.
The oldest boy put his small fists on his hips.
"Whoever gets the girl on their team gets to have three adults, because she is a girl and can't run fast."
I smiled widely and kept my mouth shut.
Joshua caught my eye and snorted.
The guards team went on break, as the rules demanded, and the prisoners scattered across the corn.
"Okay." Joshua crouched beside me in the stalks, grinning. "You and Leo and I have the biggest targets. Scatter. Hide well. If you're caught, yell, and one of us will come save you."
"Or save you," I pointed out.
"Fair. Or save me."
He took off through the stalks like a shot. Leo veered the other direction
