Nothingness.

Nothingness for minutes, perhaps hours? But at last there was a manifestation. Tiny electrical impulses at the very edges of the void. The spark of consciousness returned. Images and words of the past few days floated and ping-ponged around in a jumble.

Major Kat Argo's eyes flew open as she gasped for air.

She was lying face-up in the middle of acres of grass, the ground beneath her compressed several inches.

It all came back to her slowly.

Her prisoners: The Halson twins and the amazingly tall, physically intimidating young man named Barry who sported teen bluster and awkwardness in equal doses.

Her mission: Get them to the Cahokia Mounds before midnight, no matter what. Reunite them with their friends- the vampire, the werewolf, the mer-girl and t...

Please subscribe to keep reading.