A confused silence fell over the Auditorium as the spotlight focused on the empty seat. Several of the students sitting in the front rows twisted in their seats, trying to see Nigel’s seat. The students who sat in the seats around the empty chair, however, had to cover their eyes or turn their faces away to avoid getting blinded by the bright spotlight above. The Top Six exchanged puzzled looks with one another, especially Courtney, who took off her glasses, cleaned them on her shirt, and put them on again, perhaps to make sure her glasses weren’t obscuring her vision or something.
Even Night Soldier looked confused, which told me that this was not part of orientation.
Leaning toward Night Soldier, I whispered, “I take it that this Nigel kid doesn’t have invisibility powers.”
“No, he d
