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As soon as Glarissa’s pink cloud went poof, Mel and Verda were by my side.“Okay let’s split up in pairs of two.” said Kay.She sure doesn’t give us time to let it sink in.“Mel, you go with Verda. Take Centres Two, Five, Seven and Nine. Ivy and Marlin, Centres Seven, Eight and Eleven. Alex, you and I will get the rest. Centres Three, Four, Six and Twelve. Use two portals in each leading to Centre One. Make sure that children below the age of twelve are sent in first, accompanied by one who can fight. Next, the old and seriously injured ones again accompanied by an able one. Then the remaining through the next portal. Use another portal to get to the next Centre. Make sure that all the portals used are guarded and sealed properly after everyone gets through. We can’t give them any chance to weaken us and they will use any way available. Oh, Mel and Verda, do the transportation thing for yourselves from one Centre to the next. You guys will only use the portals in the last Centre.”Mel and Verda vanished on the spot.

“Good luck guys,” said Ivy. She ran off to call everyone while Marlin guarded the portal.Kay stuck out her hands and created a portal.I turned to Kay.“You managed to keep all that and more inside your head all this time?”“I have a battle to win. So stop talking and get in.”“Which Centre?”“Yours. Centre Four”I stepped in and Kay got in immediately. We landed at Centre Four a second later.“Help me seal the portal properly,” said KayShe created another one to Centre One. “I’ll guard it. You call everyone.” I ran to Garner’s house.“Alex, its so nice to……”“No time! It’s begun. Celestia could get there any minute now. We have to get everyone in Centre Four to Centre One. Kay has a portal ready.”I ran to each house, telling everyone to gather at the portal. Garner did the same.Pretty soon, everyone was there at the portal.

“Now all of you listen up!” yelled Kay “We need the children below twelve years to form a separate group to my left.”There were many groans among the children. They all wanted to fight. But they all were in a group on Kay’s left pretty sharpish.“Now, who will accompany them?”“I will,” said Rey, who was a pretty mean fighter and also a real good friend of mine.“Okay go through and quickly. Rey, lead them to the cabins and do a head count. Make sure they are all there.”They all went through the portal behind her. “Next, anyone who is seriously injured.”“Kay, there’s Giovana, she’s in a wheelchair,” I said“Great going Alex. Now I can’t fight.” Giovana was pretty pissed.“It’s okay Giovana. You can help guard the children.” said Kay. “The rest of you, go through the portal behind Alex,”I moved to avoid the horde of people running at me. I saw Kay helping Giovana into the portal.Soon the entire Centre was empty except for Kay and me.“That took too long,” she said

She turned and sealed the portals while I ran around the entire Centre to make sure that everyone had gone.When I got back, she had a new portal ready. She jumped in when she saw me. I jumped in as well.We reached Centre Twelve. Kay ran off, leaving me to seal the portal and open two new ones.By this time, people were already coming, the children who looked below twelve forming a group on one side. One of them ran up to me.“Kay says that you should send us with Ronan through the portal”“Ronan!” I calledA buff guy with brown hair came up.“Yes?”“Lead that group of children through the portal and take them to the cabins. You will have to make sure that you have all of them.”He nodded and soon, all the children were through.I scanned the crowd for any injured people and saw none. That was good.“Okay the rest of you go on through the second portal,”They began to run to the portal. I caught sight of a thirteen year old looking sick with worry. I pulled her aside.

“Would you like to help take care of the children?” I asked her. Her face relaxed and she nodded.“Okay. Go on through the first portal.”She nodded again and ran into the portal.I saw Kay running towards me with the Centre leader, Aiden.“Second portal, the one on the right,” I saidHe ran through without another glance.Kay opened another portal while I sealed the other two.Two Centres down, two more to go. Wonder how the others are doing.