"You?" Liam blurted. "You were the traitor?"

"Actually, I'd say you guys were the traitors. You want to live in peace with the Normies. Can't you see? We can't, not any more! We shouldn't have to be hiding."

"But don't the Execs want world domination or something like that?" Sam asked.

Adam snorted. "World domination? No way. We aren't terrorists or anything. We just want to be known, be able to use our powers." He walked over to stand with Mr. Prent and the others. It was just the four of us now. Plus Maddi and Mr. Hart, but I had the feeling Mr. Hart would want to stay in hiding. At least for a bit. There was also the problem that Maddi was unconscious.

Was this going to be the final battle, the endpoint of a movie? Resistants versus Executive supporters?

A few of the students started to drift into No Man's Land. Contri, Dakota, and Marvin, who all had friends on our side but had stayed in the other. There was no way Emerald was switching. Terra and Jacques? Not a good chance either.

I turned to Liam. "What is our purpose? The Resistance? Why are we here?"

"To stop the Execs. We need to stay in hiding, we can't let people know about Supers' existance, it would destroy them. They've worked forever to believe there is no such thing as 'magic', if that's what our powers is, and built a world up around the opposite of it. We can't knock that down, no matter how much we want to use our powers." He glared at the other side of the room.

There was a groan, filling the silence. We all looked down, and Maddi sat up, rubbing her head. "Maddi!" said Liam. He rushed over and pulled her up.

She looked around. "We're trapped, aren't we." I grimaced, but nodded. Maddi sighed. "And Adam betrayed us?"

"What?" asked Adam. "Me?"

"You're standing on Prent's side of the room. I've suspected it for a while. I didn't want to, you'll always be my twin, but I couldn't ignore your suspicious behaviour." She glanced back at us. "And why aren't you guys fighting?"

"Because there's no reason to," said Mr. Prent. "We have you cornered." Maddi raised an eyebrow and turned her attention back to him.

"Not for long. Go!" she yelled, and we charged them.

Bet you didn't expect that.

I tackled Mr. Prent to the floor, successfully knocking him out. Unfortunately, I also rammed right into Maddi, who was going for him to. We both toppled over. I grabbed the rock from his hand and shoved it into my pocket, standing up. I hoped that nobody else had seen it, but someone shoved me back to the ground, and I knew why. I punched Emerald in the face and she staggered back, giving me the time to get up again.

The Execs were not winning this fight.

I backed up, Emerald going off the help Miss. Demi #1 with Abbot, who was doing his best to fend off the teacher. Mr. Prent had gone for Sam, but she was doing pretty well. The twins were duelling it out in the corner, although most of it seemed to be shouting at each other. Mr. Hart was attacking Jacques, having decided that he couldn't exactly keep his betrayal a secret. Marvin was frozen, not sure which side to take. I understood. It was a big desicion.

Dakota and Contri were nowhere to be seen.

I whirled around, but it didn't give me much extra space. Nobody would go into the hallway.

No, they had disappeared. My friends weren't on either side. The Execs didn't exactly like subs, even if they said we were no different, and Contri had openly rejected the Resistance. They'd be standing there the same as Marvin, unless-

My thoughts stopped as someone whispered in my ear. "Lindy," Contri hissed. I turned around.

Well, at least I'd found her.

"What is it?" I asked, keeping my voice down and pushing them out and around the corner.

"We have something to tell you," Dakota asked, switching on the light in the kitchen and pulling us in. He grabbed something sitting on the fridge (A mouldy cookie?) and crushed it under his foot. "The bug," he added, seeing my confused look.

My friends looked at each other, and I crossed my arms. "Are you going to tell me or what?"

"The rebels are going to assassinate the Executives," Contri blurted out.