Now the grownups knew there were children hiding somewhere in the room. "It must be that boy the father was looking for." said the older professor.

The room was very large with a desk against the wall and the two desks together which held the chessboard and the professor's desk with the papers and photographs and drawings.

The professor said "Look under the desks." That's when the toy rattled and the three children were discovered..

The first one pulled out was the soon to be step brother. Next the little girl whose expression was of total fear. Finally her best friend was pulled out from under the desk.

The older professor now knew who the three children belonged to and said "You'll never, never ever touch anything again." "How did you get in this room and who let you in?" The three little children said nothing.

The next moment was terrifying because the soon to be step brother was still holding the army man. The other professor who was a bit younger grabbed him and pulled the army man from his hand. That professor had a son who was about 15 years old and he gave his father a salute and also held on to the soon to be step brother.

The little four year old girl watched along with her best friend as the grown-ups took turns beating him with their custom made walking sticks when he stopped breathing.