She blew her friend a kiss.Stacy gasped and hurried down the hall. Something had to be done.She made her way to the principal's office. She hoped to f...ind some sanity there. Nobody in the school liked to talk to the principal, also known as the Prune, or her annoying assistant, Stuck Up Stevie.But Stacy had no choice."Hello?" She called out. The only answer she got were twin giggles coming from the floor behind the desk. Principal Janet Carlsson and Emily Stevens rolled around in a rather sloppy. .and as I count from five to one all your will power.... ALL your power to resist me will be gone.....count along with me dear... and know when we reach zero you will be mine.? You will belong to Evilena... You will be her hypnotized slave." Five"Tori heard Evilena say the number, then heard another, very familiar voice say "five." Four"Once again that oh so familiar voice echoed Evilena's? words."Three"Tori finally recognized the voice.? It was her own. "Three." Two" Two" One ..? and soon your. .. can I ask you something?" Of course," I said, "that's what girlfriends are for." That and sometimesa whole lot more, I thought. But I didn't say it.Joanna stopped and looked up at me. By the light from a nearby lamppost Icould see her troubled expression. "Do you think," she said, clearlytrying to choose her words carefully, "that there's something wrong withus? For dressing up as girls, I mean?"I smiled. "Depends. Do you like doing it?" Joanna blushed and nodded."Well, there you go then. As. He says he can take your orders with no problem. So here. For the mission these are yours." Milt Jacobs was the sergeant in charge of the Lance I was assigned to when I joined Shadow. He is now the Commander of the Night Creatures Battalion, our heaviest Mechs.What he handed me was a small piece of cardboard with the gold filled circle and St. Andrews crosses of Lt. Colonel rank insignias attached. This wasn't what I had been expecting. I'm sure my chin flapped a couple of times because of.