As soon as the timer had gone off, a few little spiders started falling down to the ground from underneath Tobias[Logan]'s sleeve. The two boys continued their fake conversation with hand gestures and such.
"So, what's your favourite sandwich?" Arian[Fex] asked, trying to make the conversation look a tad bit more realistic by asking a real question.
However, Tobias[Logan] looked as if he was really struggling to decide his answer. He placed his hand on his chin and looked up into a corner.
"Hmm, I would probably have to say cheese and onion. But since my body doesn't deal with cheese that well... I guess if we were talking about favourites, then it would depend on my cravings at the time. Regarding how the question is phrased, the best sandwich differs. Do you mean the best tasting? Best one for your health? Or perhaps the best ingredients?"
"Eh, I guess you can tell me all three then?" Arian[Fex]'s tone had a nervous vibe to it, as he wasn't expecting a real answer back.
The spiders had now fanned out, and once they had completed their tasks, they reported back to the server, namely, Tobias[Logan].
In the middle of their intense conversation, Tobias[Logan] suddenly stopped and stood up. "Let's go."
The underground arena was accessible from any hotel room. It was designed this way so when contestants were eliminated, they could easily rejoin with their military base. This meant that each of the elevators were in some way linked. One would usually require a pass to go to the lower floors, but that wasn't a problem to worry about. Not for Tobias[Logan] anyway.
They continued walking through the lobby and headed towards the elevator area. Arian[Fex] glanced at the camera in the corner and could see a spider falling from it before rejoining back up with Tobias[Logan]. Once the doors opened, they both stepped in. The cameras within and outside the elevators weren't able to capture their figures.
The cameras were set to loop footage for two minutes, once the time was up, it would then begin showing the live feed. It was currently night time and there were no other contestants that would be making their way from the underground up to the lobby. Once they were past these cameras, there would be no more problems since there were no other cameras in the underground section.
Tobias[Logan] could assume this was due to the same reason why there weren't any cameras at the school. Many students would be practising their abilities. Their families simply wouldn't allow them to spy and gather information by looking at what the students were doing.
While in the elevator the two of them placed both their masks over their face.
"So far, everything's going well, " Arian[Fex] confidently commented. "Now, Zamier[Vorden], Rebecca[Layla], it's all up to you.
Without the blood, everything they were doing was pointless.
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Zamier[Vorden] told Rebecca[Layla] to meet him just outside of the number one military hotel building. He even informed her that he found a place and everything was ready. All she needed to do now was bring Archer[Quinn] over to the destination.
Since he already told her of his plan beforehand, there was no need for her to use her tools. There would be no cameras inside when Archer[Quinn] entered the room with Zamier[Vorden], her job there was to be the lookout. Although only members from the big four could use the room, that didn't mean they themselves wouldn't. However, there was still the slight chance that Jola[Mona] Isaac[Bree] or Miguel[Jack] would try to use it.
Burnie had informed Zamier[Vorden] that this was extremely unlikely, in all the years the place had been built, it was never once used by them. In fact, he reckoned that he was the only one to have ever used the place.
She stood outside Archer[Quinn]'s door and took a deep breath before raising her hand to knock. It felt like the work she was doing now was more like the double-agent-type-stuff back when she was in Pure. These were the things that she had been trained to do, it seemed a little funny that she was still using it despite already leaving them.
"Okay, let's do this!" Just as Rebecca[Layla] was about to tap the door with her knuckles, it suddenly opened.
"Rebecca[Layla], what are you doing here this late?" Archer[Quinn] asked her.
"But... How…?" She started asking questions in her mind. 'How did he know someone was by the door?'
"Oh... You don't need to worry, I could smell you were coming" Archer[Quinn] responded.
"Smell?" These words stung her a bit. She was tempted to lift her arms up to see if she really did smell that bad.
Upon seeing that she felt somehow insulted, Archer[Quinn] realized that what he said just now could have been easily misinterpreted.
"No! I didn't mean that you smell... I meant like, you smell great, " he said while blushing. "You know, because of my sensitive nose and all."
The both of them left the room and headed outside towards the military base once Rebecca[Layla] said that she wanted to walk for a bit and that she had something important to say. Archer[Quinn] thought that he already knew what the subject would be. It had to be about Arian[Fex]'s confession.
As the two of them were walking, they felt a little awkward because of their previous conversation at the door. Archer[Quinn] didn't know what to say to make it up to her. While pondering over this matter, Archer[Quinn] had fallen back a little and was walking just behind Rebecca[Layla].
He noticed that he was staring at her from behind a lot more than usual. Due to this, he started to think back about what Arian[Fex] said, about how he wanted to inform him beforehand since he assumed that there was something going on between the two of them. And now, Rebecca[Layla] asked to have a private conversation with him as well.
'No... It can't be…Does Rebecca[Layla] like me? When she asked him to turn her, did she mean something else by it?' His mind couldn't help but have these kinds of thoughts. 'If Rebecca[Layla] likes me... and Arian[Fex] likes her, then that means... Oh no! I'm in a love triangle! If she's here to confess to me, then what do I say? I can't say yes to her… I can't do this to Arian[Fex].'
While his mind wandered about in this confused and crazy contemplation, the both of them eventually arrived outside a small building behind the hotel. Although it was very plain-looking, it was also large at the same time. This reminded Archer[Quinn] of the storage room where he first found the Shadow Skill[Skill[Ability]].
He wondered why Rebecca[Layla] chose this place to converse with him, he could only guess it was due to it being away from everyone else. Rebecca[Layla] then turned around and faced him. It looked as if she wanted to say something, but was also struggling on how to say it.
"I know what you want to talk about." Archer[Quinn] decided to initiate the discussion. He didn't want the situation to be more awkward than it already was. "This is about Arian[Fex], isn't it?"
'How does he know?' She was surprised once again.
Feeling a bit contemplated, she started to speak, "Look Archer[Quinn]–"
"You don't need to say anymore.." However, Archer[Quinn] suddenly interrupted her.
"Archer[Quinn], Zamier[Vorden] is waiting for you inside, " She blurted out before things really got out of hand.
'Wait…Zamier[Vorden]? How is he involved in all of this?' Archer[Quinn] was now truly confused about what was going on
"Look, I just felt bad about lying, saying that I needed to speak to you. The truth is, Zamier[Vorden] said that he wanted to talk to you. He's inside waiting." Rebecca[Layla] then walked over to the metallic-looking doors and inputted the code that Zamier[Vorden] told her. It really was nearly the same storage room back on the red portal planet.
At first, Archer[Quinn] moved to the entrance, but he stopped just outside of it. Could he really trust Rebecca[Layla]?
Because he didn't know what was going on, Archer[Quinn] was starting to think that this was possibly a trap set up by Pure. Perhaps Rebecca[Layla] was planning to double-cross him and was still working with them.
"Is Zamier[Vorden] really inside here?" Archer[Quinn] turned around and asked while looking at her.
At that moment, a hand suddenly pulled him from behind.
"Just get in here, you idiot!" Zamier[Vorden]'s voice suddenly piped up, he shuffled both him and Archer[Quinn] inside as the doors shut closed.
When the motion-sensor lights automatically turned on, they could both see that they were in a large plain white room. There were no windows around, there was nothing except the door they just entered from.
When Archer[Quinn] turned around and saw Zamier[Vorden], his worries settled down since it seemed like Rebecca[Layla] was telling the truth.
The look on Zamier[Vorden]'s face was not one which greeted a friend, but instead, it was of concern. In just an instant, his expression changed, Zamier[Vorden] now had the friendliest smile that Archer[Quinn] had ever seen.
"Eh? Zamier[Vorden], are you okay?" Archer[Quinn] couldn't help but ask.
"Zamier[Vorden]?" He responded while tilting his head to the side and placing his finger on his lips. "No, I'm not Zamier[Vorden], did you forget my name?" He responded with a question.
This strange reaction made Zamier[Vorden] look almost like a handsome blonde-haired puppy.
'What's going on?' Archer[Quinn] thought. He was quite baffled; it seemed like all of his friends were acting strange recently. 'Aren't I meant to be the weird one in our group?'
"Don't you remember? We met before, I'm Mill[Sil]."
To be continued....
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