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Two dabs later The orange light is still pulsing and changing size Although I can call it closer like the other patches, I can&039;t send it awayin front of ht of it I know it&039;s crazy, worrying about a light, but I can&039;t helpabout this

It&039;s a lovely sunny day Our teacher, Logan Rile, decided not to waste the weather, so we&039;re having lessons outside, in one of the fields around Paskinston There are thirty-four of us, a variety of classes and ages, sitting in a se us about tectonic plates Logan&039;s not the best teacher He soets too technical Very few of us understand everything he says But he&039;s interesting, and the bits thatIt&039;s also fun when you do understand hier children froone to the fair and her replace it hard to cope with so an offered to take a few off her hands for the day

Art&039;s playing with the orange marbles beside me I shouldn&039;t let him have them, but he really likes them Anyway, he hasn&039;t put the every couple of ht - not in his sto all the time?" Bryan Colbert asks Bryan&039;s one of the eldest children, nearly seventeen

"Yes," Logan says

"Then why don&039;t countriesall the ti One day Australia will collide with America or Africa - I can never remember which - and the effects will be catastrophic New mountains will be thrust upwards There&039;ll be tidal waves Dust will clog the air Billions of people and aniht be the end of all life on this planet"

"All life?" Dave English - a kid a year younger than me - asks

"Yes"

"But I didn&039;t think that could happen Everybody everything can&039;t just die Won&039;t God keep sood can prevent the end of life on this planet," Logan says in his usual serious way "Or the end of life in this universe Everything has an end That&039;s the way life is Butwhen our world ends New life, new creatures, new means of existence"

"That&039;s scary," Daveto die"

"Nor an ss are We can accept the truth and deal with it, or live in ignorance Death is nothing to be afraid of Once you think it through and get it into perspective, it&039;s not so bad In fact, an off All our heads turn at once, as if our necks were connected I see Mrs Egin lu at the uht which I saw her stroking a few days ago has grownher just behind her head It&039;s pulsing quickly Other patches of light around it are pulsing too, and netically drawn to it

"Mrs Egin?" Logan says, rising, signalling for the rest of us to stay seated "Are you all right?"

"They said I couldn&039;t do it! Thought I wasn&039;t strong enough to sus, "Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! No!"

"Mrs Egin, I think you should - "

"You will seeon me "Find the thief! Who&039;s the thief? Find hi back I&039;m not as afraid as when I was alone with her, but I&039;ether, shuffling into a tighter group for protection

Logan steps forward "Let et you to bed, I&039;ll call for a doctor, and you&039;ll be right as rain in - "

Mrs Egin roars a word I don&039;t know Her lips arebefore Logan stops short and hesitates That scares htened as you are

The pulsing patches of light are e with it, then flow into Mrs Egin Now she&039;s glowing froh her body

I stuan looks back at hts! Can&039;t you see the the lights!"

Mrs Egin cackles while Logan stares atatany of thein A bulging, pulsing bubble of light has forether, colours ht I can&039;t see her lips - multicoloured froth hides thean tries again, facing her "You have to - "