"And I don't remember you being so interested in what happens frequently in my life anyway," Isaiah began. "Why does today have to be so different? Why do I have to give you an answer? If you want an answer, why not ask me a question on business and economics? Is that not what we both came to school for? Last time I checked, my life has literally nothing to do with economics."The crowd behind Isaiah made an overwhelming and exciting howl that set the professor's dangerous eyes on them. Once again he was being humiliated in front of the class, he thought, stroking his white-bearded chin. He needed to find a way to get the boy out of his class or he would continue being insulted like he was."Listen, you little..." The professor's voice was barking at first, but then he toned it down a little as he stopped himself from cussing and ruining his composure in front of his students. "I am the head lecturer of this department, and I must know the reasons for a student to go off-grid and not

"What do you mean by that?" Jenny asked. "This is Jenny we are talking about, Isaiah. You have to go see her now before you lose her forever. And I know you enough to know that you don't want that to happen."Isaiah seemed unmovable at first. The words of Luke seemed to bounce on his ears and back without making any real lasting impressions. "Isaiah!" Luke called out, even to the point of raising his voice to the ceiling. "Are you just going to stand there feeling sorry for yourself and thinking about what could be, or are you going to man up like the man that you really are and go see Jenny?""You're right!" Isaiah said suddenly, after a few more seconds of staring into space, his face marred by a look of determination. "Even if she leaves, I want to see her face one last time."The two young men began to move. As they were about to breach the entrance of the hall, they came face-to-face with Jackson. There was tension between them, like someone had just replaced the air between the

"What the hell is this?" Jackson screamed in horrow at the sight he was seeing on the large holographic screen that hung over them. He could not even believe that was Isaiah, even though he could see that it was.Jenny had nearly passed out. The Isaiah in the holographic screen, was different from the one she knew. This one was a wild man."Oh that's your friend," Severus said. "Don't pass out. Be awake. Watch the screen in from of you. That's your friend when you're not looking. That is what magic does to a person.""Stop!" Isaiah roared."You want me to stop?" Severus snorted, taking a step forward. "Do you really want that? What are you going to do when I don't stop? Are you going to kill me just like you killed my men? I await your answer, eternal tyrant."Isaiah was quiet. He could continue to beg, but he knew that his pleas were sent to the wind where there was no one listening. Once more he felt powerless against the tide of forces that were conspiring against him. "There is r

"Hold it right there!" A voice said, filled with charge as the buzzing sound continued to ring in their ears. The air around them seemed to open up into a blue-gray world and men in uniform tore themselves out of it. Each of the men had large bales that they held in front of them.Isaiah's eyes scanned around, looking for the owner of the voice that had told him to stop. He saw no one but an ever-growing number of men jumping out from space portals."No," Severus snapped in disappointment and anger. "No. Not these bastards. You will ruin everything," he cried out. Meanwhile, Isaiah was starting to get a better hold of himself."What is going on, Luke?" Jenny asked, neck circling around to see a number of men jumping out of portholes."I..." Luke stuttered. "I don't know. To be honest, I do not know everything about what is happening.""This is really crazy," Jackson commented."What are you bastards doing here?" Severus barked. "This is not your turf. You are not supposed to be here.

Kate was purposely fighting, trying her best not to kill any one of the UBM men. But it seemed she would be losing it as the men kept coming in their numbers. Some shot her with the special nets, but before they could all come in contact with her body, a blast occurred, pushing the nets back to their respective shooters, holding them back to the floor as they struggled to lift themselves back up.As the smoke from the blast cleared away, another woman was standing right near the first woman. She was curvy with emerald eyes and hair. Elena.Jenny was shocked into silence. She could swear she knew who the women were. Luke surely knew them, and she wondered within her how deep into Isaiah's life the two women were interwoven. There was now no chance to move. Kate stripped the net off the three young people and Elena regarded them with a sneer. "You came to rescue us," Luke said, breathing with excitement. "Obviously," Elena said, rolling her eyes at his words. "You really would have t