3:50 pm

Karen was waiting for me when I got to my dormitory. She greeted me with a peck on the lips.

"Hey baby heard about your grade." She smiled her perfect smile which set my skin on fire. She was a few inches shorter than me with long black hair. She was wearing the green coat that I had bought her for her birthday last week. "Where would you like to go to celebrate?"

"Somewhere you can wear a leotard, and carry a tranquilizer gun."

"What?! Why tonight of all nights, I mean between this and school, we don't have anytime together anymore." As always when she got angry her accent came back in a way that would put Clarice Starling to shame. I put my arms around her. She had really been looking forward to spending more time with me, since we had planned today as a day together whether I passed my test, or if the professor returned my paper with the words Your Wrecking My Class Average Get it Together or I'll eat your Children on it.

"I know baby I know, but you know that we need to do this."

"Uh huh."

"Come on lets go I called the guys from the cell phone they'll be here soon."

4:22 pm

I had been fortunate enough to get a good spacious dorm room so there was enough space for all eight of us to fit nicely. The first of our team to arrive was Jerry Moore, Moore was a fat kid with greasy black hair and gray eyes. Jerry was a skilled computer hacker, he could get into any computer system on earth in ten minutes.

"Nice job Bishop you set a new record, ten minutes notice, now what did you call us here for."

"Keep your shirt on." I said, "wait for the others."

Amy Love was the next to arrive. Amy was short and thin. Lately Amy had been looking worse for wear, the long days and sleepless nights finally getting to her. Her green eyes were very dull from the lack of sleep. She sat down without a word. Since I insisted on ten minute lapses before each group of two members left it was a while before Becky Thornton arrived. Becky was an average looking girl she had red hair and freckles, with blue eyes.

Becky was a communications expert she was good at getting radios to work and even better at translating garbled transmissions. We had her to thank for our morphing ability. Somehow Becky was always full of energy. She gave me a huge smile as she walked in and actually jumped over the bar that separated my kitchen from the living area.

"Whatever you're on I'll take 2 of em." I said glumly.

"Oh cheer up, you just need to love what you do to have my energy." She said in her perky voice that always managed to cheer up everyone around her. Almost on her heels was Fred, Fred was the only black man in our group (but please don't tell the ACLU) he was a strong man and a true success story if ever there was one.

Fred was born in the inner city, his father was killed by a gang member that wanted him to move up in the line at the DMV. His mother took care of him the best he could and was an inspiration to him. He studied hard and graduated top in his class at high school. Now he was at Davidson on a full academic scholarship and pursuing a degree in education.

Fred's origins made him useful to us, he was good at getting things to us that needed to be gotten.

"So, here we go again huh, Erik?" He said. Next to arrive was my sister Anna and her husband James. Anna was about my height with brown hair, while James only came up to her shoulder and had blonde hair. Most people didn't think they were a couple.

"OK now that everyone's here," I said. "Lets get moving".