The Elite Game

Chapter 47. Sabotage.

It was no surprise.

There was no shouting or shock at the guards and teachers’ disappearance. It was as though everyone had thought the same thing while we had been walking down the hallway. If the teachers had been there, it would have confirmed the suspicion that they weren’t necessary, but now, this clearly showed that they were.

But when it came to us, there was no escape.

“This whole thing was just a diversion,” Zane said, looking at each of us.

We were now seated in a circle in an empty classroom, free of the bloody carnage outside. Everett suggested we all thought about what to do.

Zane was still talking. “They wanted us out of the way so they could take the guards and teachers.”

“A good trick, though,” I said, “They knew we wouldn’t want to release them, so we were left to fight off the destitute while they went about it.”

“What’s more important is what is going to happen now.” Everett crossed her arms, her expression pensive. “Since the guards are on their sides, they co