Vlad's POV
Malik raises his hand, and Erin and Ingrid step forward. What has he done? How can he have this much power?
"The game's up. I've won," he says.
I stretch my arms out, trying to shield my friends from the evil. Suddenly, a boy's voice echoes around the courtyard.
"Dan? Neish? Zo?" he says. "You okay?"
"Tom! No!" Aneisha says, fear cutting through her words.
"So this is Tom, is it, Aneisha?" Malik says, the evil glint in his eye even more evident than before.
"What's going on? This is even more confrontation than a multiplayer game of Blade Quest," says Tom, run-jogging over to us.
"The guy over there, y'know, the one with the mass army? He's evil," Aneisha says.
"That's right, Aneisha," says Malik, staring at Tom.
"Malik, no!" I scream, but it's too late.