[ WP ] Something big is happening . It 's time to call in those favors .

`` So I can count on you?'' 
 
 `` Jesus man. For this? I would n't miss it for the world.'' 
 
 `` Good. You know where you have to be do n't you?'' 
 
 `` Sure do.'' The voice at the end of the phone paused for a second. `` And listen, if I do n't get the chance to speak to you again...'' 
 
 `` You do n't have to say it. Just be there and bring every ally you have.'' 
 
 Martin hung up and flipped to the next page of his notebook. The next name made him smile slightly as he dialled the number. So far everyone had said yes. The Egyptologist Harker, legendary warriors the Katana Twins, Agent Mike of the Gryphon Agency, Felicity Steel, the hacker... A hundred others who had crossed Martin's life were all on their way. Tickets were being booked. Planes were carrying nervous wrecks to the School. Most had sworn they would never come back after the things they'd been through. 
 
 Deep under the Atlantic a ghost ship had risen, the pirates who manned it in an eternal in death setting the course. 
 
 A doorway between worlds slipped open band the Elven horde poured back into the forests they had abandoned so long ago. 
 
 Colonel Jim Rafferty, RAF, had already given the order. If it had n't been for the School he would never have acted on Martin's word. The squadron felt the same. This was for Martin. 
 
 And lined against them - a single enemy. The battle would start soon. 
 
 Martin dialled the number. 
 
 `` Hello?'' 
 
 `` Thomas. It's me.'' 
 
 `` I know. I've been watching the news. Everything's converging on you. Does that mean...?'' 
 
 `` It's crashing. If they're going to invade it'll be now.'' 
 
 `` How can I help?'' 
 
 `` You can fight.'' 
 
 Thomas did n't answer for a long time. Silence hung between them. Until. 
 
 `` I'm a detective, Martin. I ca n't go to war.'' 
 
 `` We need everyone we can get. You remember what's at stake?'' 
 
 `` I do.'' 
 
 `` Can you see a reason not to fight?'' 
 
 The greatest analytical mind the world had ever known thought about it. 
 
 `` No.'' 
 
 `` So you'll be here?'' 
 
 `` For the world, Martin, yes.''
