” Tink adjusted her hair, then tugged her dress into place. “Go see snake lady, get goggles, smash witch. Plan okay?”Mike laughed. “The plan s...ounds great.”Mike stared at Ratu, his jaw open in disbelief. They stood at the edge of the frozen lake, fog rising off of the surface and spilling across the rocky shore. Up above them, the chained gem burned silently, its rays gently melting the surface ice into a thin layer of water that was perfectly still. It had taken them almost an hour to get here,. Zelda was shot again coming to her aid. Laura and Janet, sensing something was wrong, left her body and returned to normal size, subduing Mooney before he could finish Zelda off. Unfortunately Zelda's wounds quickly proved fatal, and with her dying breath asked Laura to put an end to Alchemax's experiments once and for all.The Sisters allowed Mooney to escape, and used him to locate Alchemax Genetics' base. Laura and Bellona swapped outfits, and Laura allowed herself to be "killed" in a failed. Chores for the poor, he thought, recalling Drew’s words.Then Parker tapped her glass with a ring, asking for attention.“My dear students,” she began.In the following pause Lucian heard a voice whispering words into his ear. “Yet another year passed at our great school. How time flies,” it said right before Parker said exactly the same.“So many things have happened to shape your lives and further your wonderful talents,” she went on, but the whisperer had already beaten her to it.He turned his. He turned back to Rod, his face set and serious. "I've got something to tell you. Something I wanted to tell you last night."His manner, his tone of voice made Rod sit up. "Well, what?"Again Lee swung around to face Gail on the couch. It seemed her face was drained of all color and the knuckles of her hand tightened, growing white, around the glass she held. She didn't breathe or blink. She couldn't. She was frozen with fear.Lee looked back at Rod. "Gail and I have a secret," he said, his voice.