–– PURPLE TEAM POV ––

– IS EVERYONE READY? —Regina’s voice resounded all around the coliseum—.

– You don’t have to scream, Regina… —commented Dominik—.

The Purple Team was outside of their warehouse, stretching for the match that was coming. Regina was the leader of said team. She was a person with power, both monetary and physical. She was part of Gaeva’s richest family.

– Well, if I don’t scream you will all stay like fools on the floor doing nothing. We can’t lose! Or do you all want to die, perhaps?

– Down, beast. We won’t lose. —said Luke—.

– Uhuh, how are you so sure if you’re all doing absolutely nothing? —she said, putting her hands on her hip—.

– Ha, just trust me.

Luke got up and walked away. Luke always had a mysterious aura around him. Sometimes he would go out and come back hours later, with a hard to read expression. No one knew what Luke was doing in that time.

– He left again… tch. The match is going to start in a few hours, and no one is getting ready! Everything is a disaster!

– Regina, calm down… we won’t lose… we’ve been training everyday at every hour… can’t we rest for a few hours?

– No, Agatha! We should be always training! If not, they will destroy us like worms.

Dominik and Raphael got up the floor, stretching a bit.

– We’ll go to quickly eat something, alright? We’ll come back.

And so, both made their way to the cafeteria, to look for the basket pertaining to their team. Regina looked at them angrily.

– Ugh!! Why does no one listen to me!! If we continue like this we will die!! —she said in a little tantrum—.

– Don’t worry, Regina. Trust in us. We’ve trained a lot, I’m sure we can win.

–– YELLOW TEAM POV ––

– Alright, girls. Are you ready? We can’t lose.

– Ready I am, Cap! —said Katerine, lifting her hard to her forehead, imitating the military hand salute—.

– Ale, don’t worry about me, I can defeat all of them alone. —said Athena, stretching and moving every part of her body—.

– That’s not the idea… but I trust in all of you, we’ve training enough.

Alessandro noticed that someone was missing.

– Hal is nor here again?

– Nop. She must be with Ray.

– Can you look for her, Jessica?

Jessica sighed. She made her way to Orange Team’s warehouse. According to Alessandro’s information, they must be behind said place. There, she found herself in an awkward situation.

– J-Jessica!

– …Hal, we’ll wait for you in front of the warehouse.

Hal and Ray’s faces were completely red like tomatoes. Jessica massaged her temples with her fingers, trying to erase that image that was now imprinted in her head.

Hal arrived minutes later, still with her face completely red. In that moment, the robotic voice spoke.

“Yellow and Purple teams, please go to the coliseum. I repeat: Yellow and Purple teams, please go to the coliseum”.

The moment has come. Alessandro looked at the girls and nodded, letting them know that he trusted in them and was sure they were going to win, that he didn’t have to worry about anything. The girls did the same.

Once in front of their pods, they looked at each other again.

– We’ll win, girls.

Said Alessandro, trying to smile. But he couldn’t fake it for much longer. In the moment she saw all the girls were on their pods, his smile banished. He was really scared, but wanted to look strong in front of them. He couldn’t let others see his insecurities. He sighed and went inside his pod. He felt his hands being trapped, and then, a deep sleep.

–– PURPLE TEAM POV ––

Everyone in the Purple Team woke up at the same time. Luke took the sword, Regina and Agatha the guns, Dominik the combination of sword and shield, and Raphael took the revolver. Before going out, Luke decided to say something.

– You know that, we trained for so long… but we never planned a strategy, right?

Regina’s face became completely red. She was embarrassed and furious at the same time.

– Wh-who needs strategies! We just need to capture the bases!

With that, she ran away. Agatha went with her.

– I think you should stop being mean to her, Luke… —said Raphael, with a voice barely above a whisper—.

– I’m just speaking the truth.

The others too got out and made their way to Base 2. They saw how two girls made their way towards it. The base automatically started to fill the bar that was on the borders to count the points for the Yellow Team. But Luke wasn’t going to let that happen. “NOW!” it was enough to make Dominik and Raphael follow him. Hal and Jessica had the advantage that they had guns, but even so, they couldn’t hit them. The guys were really good at evading the bullets. They arrived at the base in just seconds and killed both of them. With that, the Purple Team got 7 points.

Regina and Agatha were at Base 1. There only was Athena.

– Just one person? Tch, how easy! Let’s go, Agatha!

Not even 5 seconds went by, and both were already at the respawn point.

– I don’t think that was a good idea, Regina…

– Ugh! Again!

Regina insisted that she could defeat Athena. They tried again and the same thing happened again. They practically gifted 8 points to the Yellow Team.

– Let’s do something else, Regina!

Luke looked at the screen on his wrist and notice how Regina and Agatha had died twice already. He sighed.

– Let’s win quickly, before those two win the game for them…

After that, the guys tried to obtain as much points as possible. No one could get closer to Base 1. Athena was too strong for them and no one could defeat her, but there was a disadvantage, since Athena couldn’t move, they couldn’t keep obtaining points since no one would go to that base. So they centered themselves on the other 2 bases.

–– YELLOW TEAM POV ––

– Alright, Athena has gotten good points without moving from the base…

– Don’t you think she needs to move, Alessandro? At this point, they’ll win because she isn’t moving from there… —said Jessica—.

With that, they made their way to Base 1, where Athena was.

– Athena! They’re winning us! Go kill them all so we can get some more points, even if it’s slower.

– What? Are you sure?

– Yes, just go!

Athena went from base to base, fighting everyone from the Purple Team. In that moment, they were 23-23. With just one more death, any team could win.

– GIRLS, GO HIDE IN THE WAREHOUSE. LET ATHENA WIN THE GAME.

Screamed Alessandro. They heard him, but to their bad luck, the Purple Team heard him too.

–– PURPLE TEAM POV ––

– You heard that? Everyone go and attack Athena! —scream Luke—.

All 5 of them went for her, she was alone at Base 1. Dominik tackled her and pulled her out of the base.

– I’M RETAINING HER, GET THE BASE!

Athena tried with all the might to get free, but it was impossible. Dominik was stronger than her and his weight didn’t allow her to get up. Regina pushed everyone away and ran to the base.

– THIS BASE IS MINE!

With that, the Purple Team got 5 points, making the score 27-23 and making them the winners. In that moment, everything went black.

Regina opened her eyes quickly and started to laugh by herself. She couldn’t believe she was still alive and that they’ve won. The instant the bracelets freed her hands she quickly got up and started to scream.

– WE DID IT TEAM, WE DID IT.

The rest got up too, but they didn’t seem to share the same enthusiasm Regina had.

– Y-yeah! We w-won guys!

Agatha tried to help, but all of them seemed indifferent. Luke walked up to Regina.

– You do know that we almost lost because of you, right? We won by pure luck. Next time, play better, if not, good things won’t await you.

With that, he walked away from the team, leaving Regina completely dumbfounded.

TO BE CONTINUED.