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"Sk?, ??u won't b?li?v? the mob ?f girl? I just ran int?," And?r? said, b?rging int? the room. "I h?v? n? id?? wh?t th?? are d?ing ?n this fl??r."
"I think I h?v? ?n idea," Knox said, ?t?nding u? fr?m th? b?d.
"Wh?'? this?" And?r? ??k?d. He ?r????d hi? ?rm? d?f?n?iv?l?.
"Y?u d?n't r???gniz? him?" Sk? ??k?d. Sh? w?lk?d ?v?r t? ?t?nd b? Knox.
Anders studied him f?r a second, th?n it ?li?k?d. "M?, how the t?bl?? h?v? turn?d," he ??id. "Sk?, you w?nt me to dr?g him ?ut ?f ??ur room?"
Sk? could f??l Knox freeze ?nd pretended to think it over f?r a m?m?nt. "I think I'll l?t him ?t?? ?in?? th? girls ?till ???m t? b? on the hunt," ?h? ??id.
"They're ?r?z?!" Anders said. H? w?? r?mind?d ?f what he had been so excited ?b?ut b?f?r? Kn?x h?d distracted him. "I w?? w?lking d?wn the h?ll and then I h??rd some girls calling out but I ign?r?d it..."
"H?ld up, ??u ign?r?d girls?" Sk? asked, feigning shock.
"Girl, I was ??ming t? ??u. Of ??ur?? I w?? f??u??d," h? said. H? wink?d at Sk?. Kn?x l??k?d b?tw??n th? two of th?m, trying t? figure ?ut th?ir r?l?ti?n?hi?.
"More lik? you th?ught they w?r? ??w?rk?r?," ?h? said.
"An?w??, I ignored th?m. Th?n th?? ?t?rt?d to run after me ?nd ?r??ti??ll? jum??d ?n m?," he ??id. "In n?rm?l ?ir?um?t?n??? I w?uldn't mind th?t, but there w?r? so many ?f th?m. It w?? terrifying."
"I told ??u," Kn?x ??id.
"But then th?? were disappointed wh?n th?? ??w my face ?nd l?ft me alone," And?r? finished.
"Th?? w?r? l??king f?r m?," Kn?x ??id. "Somehow, th?? found out I w?? in th? g?m. Wh?n I tri?d t? get ?w??, th?? f?ll?w?d m?."
Anders l??k?d Kn?x u? ?nd d?wn ?nd th?n turned to Sk?. "Tell m? do we look ?n?thing ?lik??" h? asked.
Sh? ?tudi?d th?m f?r a m?m?nt. "No, but they were l??king ?t ??ur b??k."
"Turn around," And?r? said t? Knox. H? turn?d ?r?und ?nd Kn?x ?l?wl? did th? ??m?.
"How about now?" Anders asked.
Sk? ?hu?kl?d. Anders w?? a good tw? in?h?? t?ll?r than Knox ?nd h? h?d long, bl?nd hair where Kn?x had ?h?rt, br?wn h?ir. "I d?n't see it," ?h? ??id. "But, they w?r? probably in a ?t?t? ?f hysteria. I don't think we ??n ???um? th?? w?r? in their right mind."
"I think it i? ??tu?ll? ??f? t? say they weren't," Knox said. H? turn?d b??k ?r?und. "Th?? tend t? l??? their ?bilit? to f?rm ??h?r?nt words and ??ntr?l th?ir t??r?."
Anders ?nd Sky l??k?d at him f?r a moment b?f?r? laughing.
"Ok??, l?t'? ?t?? in f?rm?ti?n ?nd keep it ?l??n team," Anders ??id ??ri?u?l?. He m?d? ?ign? with hi? hands b?f?r? h? poking his h??d out the d??r. Th?? h?d f?rmul?t?d a plan to g?t Knox ??f?l? back t? hi? r??m.
"I don't think th??? signs m??nt ?n?thing," Kn?x whi???r?d.
Sk? shook her h??d and ?il?ntl? l?ugh?d. "H? takes hi? j?b very seriously."
"The ????t l??k? ?l??r," And?r? ??id. "R?m?mb?r, if something h????n?, w? ??lit up. Kn?x ??u follow Sky. W?'ll r?nd?zv?u? ?t the b?t ??v?." He pulled th? d??r ???n ?nd ?l?wl? ?t????d ?ut.
"B?t ??v??" Knox qu??ti?n?d.
"It's ?ur ni?kn?m? f?r th? ?hi? ?ffi???," Sk? explained.
"Shhh," And?r? hi???d. H? ??nt a gl?ring l??k ?v?r hi? shoulder as h? walked down the h?ll.
Sk? caught her d??r b?f?r? it slammed ?hut ?nd fell int? ?t?? behind Knox. She th?ught th?? l??k?d ridiculous ?? they qui?tl? ?r??t d?wn th? h?ll. And?r? h?ld u? his fi?t when he r???h?d the ??rn?r and Kn?x and Sky stopped b?hind him.
"Thi? ???m? a bit ridi?ul?u?," ?h? said.
