Stien's School for Young Criminals. A top of the range school for a dozen and a half kids who have unspeakable pasts. And I'm one of them. Me and Aiden were supposed to infiltrate the school, convince the new Six to come with us, and get out as soon as possible. We were doing a great job at it. And then I discovered something I wasn't supposed to. Suddenly, I'm thrown into the most dangerous mission I've faced so far, with no back up, and no time. I will have to overcome my most vicious enemies yet and make a daring escape. But it's going to be more difficult than I'd expected. I have finally met my match.

It's December the 25th, and I'm sat around eating Christmas dinner with my parents, my three younger siblings and my girlfriend. I'm wearing a stupid pink hat and I've spent the day watching cheesy Christmas films and playing kid's games. Sounds too good to be true, right? That's because it comes with a catch. From a fight with a dinosaur who wants to munch on Hamleys, to meeting myself from the future, impossible things are happening. Recruited by the Hunters, it's our jobs to neutralise the threat. It's a pretty easy job, if somewhat tiring... And then he came along... This is the battle that's the most tiring, that makes us want to curl up and sleep forever. We're hopelessly outmatched against a man who seems to be from another world. We're hired by the people who want us locked up and experimented on. We're running out of time. Oh, and the world's going to hell.

It's my thirteenth birthday. And though most people look forward to their birthday, I was dreading it. I am now the Five, which means I have as many years until I die, and it's down to me to figure out how to save myself and my friends. But we have bigger problems right now. The new Six has run away. With dozens of Government Hunters stalking around, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that she's in danger. Things go from bad to worse when a Government leak starts feeding our details and information about our powers to near enough anyone, for the right price. So it's down to me, my four closest friends and our teacher to find the Six and bring her home safely before she gets caught. The clock is ticking...

"It all started when I turned twelve. Up until then, I was near enough a normal kid. Despite my unusual name, Eli, I fit in pretty well in normal life in London..." Until they came. Without warning, I'm taken from my home and my family on my birthday, to a place that's 'safe' for kids like me. Kids with special abilities. I am one of the six in the ever changing group of kids that posses the powers over the elements... and I'm destined to die when I reach eighteen. With a traitor in our midst, life at the secluded castle that's our home becomes even harder. Can me and some of my newly found friends find a cure for our affliction, and the traitor, or will it be too late for one of us? When the life you know ends in six years, you begin to appreciate every second.