Being late for class was not exactly my fault. I'm in a new High School and if that wasn't difficult enough to deal with, welI, the world keeps timing out. In detention I learn I'm not crazy. My new friends are here for the same reason I am... and warn me that bad things can happen when the rest of the world is on holiday. Okay, it's not exactly a holiday, particularly since more than the teachers are noticing us timing out. So, Detention is about to take on a whole new meaning. Time Out is a short story by D.H. Aire, author of the Highmage's Plight Series.