'Volume 16 – The People's Choice' - The Woody Back to School Unit

The People’s Choicewith a confident swagger. The inmates in the gymexchanged admiring glances. To her fellow inmatesCat Cassidy would always be the epitome of cool.Sally Cobb was looking anything but theepitome of cool. She sat rigidly in her chair, the lookon her face a mixture of terror and uncertainty. MrHumphries statement regarding her willingness toparticipate in the event was not entirely accurate. Shehadn’t slept for several nights; the prospect of herforthcoming ordeal had left her in a blue funk.Stripped of the protection of her Elite status she hadbecome a figure of ridicule. She slunk about thecampus dressed in full clobber and avoiding contactwith the other inmates.Patty Hodge had summonsed her to her studyand given her a vicious thrashing for failing tocomplete her mission. Katie had dragged her over herknee and slippered her for grassing her up to theGrand Master. It was a miserable time for Sally but atleast she had escaped the terrible prospect of beingsent back before the System and the awfulconsequences that might have faced her.Sally turned and looked forlornly at Lady Vix.The Red-shirt stared at her pointedly. Finally with alook of hopeless resignation on her face the disgracedformer Captain of the Red House stood up.At the end of the row of seats the ButcherTwins also stood up, watching and waiting as Cathrynand Sally approached the beam that had beenlowered at the end of the gymnasium. When the twogals reached the beam they positioned themselvesten feet apart and placed their hands on the bar at