Sten entered the old gym through the side entrance, quietly. Not that his stealthy entrance mattered. He noticed immediately on the other side of the gym the students that were clearly in agonizing pain. A chill ran down his spine. They all were grabbing their heads as if the pain came from there. He tensed up and looked around the room for any suspicious individuals. Not seeing anyone, he hesitated. Would he be in pain too? When would it start? The weariness he felt earlier had been taken over by a gripping fear.

He relaxed only slightly when the others stopped hurting. Michael had exited through the front door while the attack was going on. The others checked each other to see if they were alright before they began to leave themselves. He stepped towards them hurriedly after he heard: [b] "I think it's safe to say that only the Kings were affected by this... whatever this was, " Michelle said. "Maybe the Black King too..." Michelle sighed and got up from the ground. "Let's get out of here. Maybe we'll find some more answers outside."[/b]

They were all Kings. That was all he needed to hear. Jester had lured them into a trap by declaring Michael the Black King in that message, which caused Michael to call in all the Kings for a meeting in a secluded place. Then he used dangerous hacking techniques to hack the chip in their brains and cause them pain, and maybe even worse. He called out towards those heading for the door as not everyone had left yet. "Maybe you don't need to go so far to figure things out. I've spent the last day and night working to figure things out. It wasn't easy, but I have a good grasp of things now."

He stood at the door that Michelle had gone through so all could hear him clearly. "This attack was brought to you by no one other than that damned Silver Jester. His calling Michael the Black King was an elaborate ruse to get the Kings separated from the general population so he could do this. One of the Kings is doing something he didn't like I imagine. My guess is the Black King. So decided to send a message to the other Kings. I'll bet the Black King is in just as bad, if not worse, condition." It was exciting bringing what he had figured out to light.

He looked at Lucy with an expression of relief. "I'm glad nothing worse happened to anyone though." He didn't want to think of students dying like they had one month ago. The fact that he was late figuring this out was bad too. He didn't want to be a step behind, especially with this particular case.