Michael McCarter, Todd Stevenson and an unknown Pi Tau brother stepped forward, the latter holding a video camera. Stevenson spoke first, his voice pleasant and inviting. “Welcome to the final day of Hell Week, gentlemen. You are one task away from becoming members of the most elite fraternity on campus. Congratulations on making it this far.”
Suppressing a smirk, Booker glanced at Tom, but the younger officer kept his eyes focused straight ahead. A sigh of annoyance expelled from between his lips. He did not understand Hanson’s detachment; he had thought after their forthright conversation that their relationship would start to develop into something more gratifying. He had, however, found himself sadly mistaken. Tom only spoke to him when absolutely necessary, preferring to spend his nights in the college’s expansive library, rather than in their room with him. It was disheartening and exacerbating, but so far, he had managed to suppress the need to pester his friend for an explanation. Tom was a deep thinker, and if he needed time to process his feelings, then Booker was willing to give him some space… at least for the moment.
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“Thank you, Todd. Now, for the main event.”
Leaving Todd’s side, he walked leisurely past the line of pledges, eyeing each young man with his cold blue eyes. “As you can see, Hawkins is holding a camcorder. We video every final initiation and the tape is then handed over to our Keymaster, a trusted Pi Tau alumni.”
With a nervous ahem, Horshack raised a hand and asked the obvious question.