The Meta Standoff at Calexico High School

It was high noon at Calexico High. Not the romantic kind of high noon with tumbleweeds rolling past the cafeteria and someone whistling a Morricone soundtrack.  No. This was the modern version. The sun hung over campus like it had a personal grudge. Heat shimmered above the blacktop. The halls were quiet. Somewhere in the distance, a bell had rung and students had drifted into classrooms like townsfolk ducking behind saloon doors before a gunfight. The air conditioner was losing a fight […]

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