Time for the first chapter! Yippee, finally after months and months of anticipation, the first chapter is posted!
CHAPTER 1: Asking For It
Sinking into his comfortable bed, Rahzel pulled up the covers and set his alarm, early for the next morning. He didn't close his eyes just yet, he sat and thought about the next day's events. He had no idea what was going to happen and who would show up...for the next SSX circuit. He had called everyone that was invited back by the circuit, so hopefully at least some of them were able to make it. But he knew he needed a full night's rest to be able to deal with all the trouble that would surely happen tommorrow, so he closed his eyes and began to sleep, drifting off into a world of dreams far into the night, anticipating the next morning.
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The next morning had come all too soon. Rahzel dragged his fat ass out of bed and got ready. He was in a mountain lodge in the middle of Canada, a few minutes away from the mountain. All the boarders were told to report there, but he didn't know how long it would take each one of them. By 8:45, he grabbed a coffee, a newspaper and a bottle of aspirin and headed into the lobby. Nobody else was in the lodge, considering that the SSX crew had reserved it just for this purpose.
Fifteen minutes later, at 9:00, Rahzel turned around from his seat to see the first boarder arriving. "Rahzel! How ya doin'? I'm great, just great." The boarder said, as she threw down her luggage and board right by the door. This boarder would be Allegra, the first one to arrive.
"Hey Allegra! You're the first one here...glad to see you showed up. I'm sure MOST of the others will be arriving soon." Rahzel stated, giving a smile at Allegra.
Allegra smiled back and sat down on the couch and grabbed part of the newspaper, and for the next ten minutes the two of them just talked about how they thought the new circuit would turn out.
At about 9:10, ten minutes after Allegra had came, there was another person entering the lobby. But this wasn't a boarder, it was... DJ Atomica. "Atomica?! What the hell are you doing here?!" Rahzel asked, not moving from his seat.
"Oh." Atomica said casually. "They didn't tell you that you and I are going to be running this thing together this year, did they? Well, you know now! Hey Allegra." He said, dropping his luggage at the door also.
"Whoa, this will be fun!" Allegra exclaimed, but Rahzel threw her a dirty look and she frowned. Atomica laughed as he grabbed a seat also, next to Rahzel.
Just a few minutes later, the sun was blocked out from the door from the arrival of a huge afro, which belonged to none other than...Eddie. He was wearing one of his trademark funky collar shirts and threw his board right next to Allegra's. "Like, what's happening!" He yelled, as the others were all happy to see him.
"Two down...but the troublemakers haven't arrived yet." Rahzel mumbled, giving a smile to Eddie and Allegra, who were talking politely and happily with each other.
Three more arrivals came within the next hour. Yuri arrived a little later at 9:45, Mac came right after here at 10:00, and Seeiah followed him 20 minutes later.
"Oh, great. The fabolous Rahzel...ugh. Hey, Mac, you realized you're white yet?" Seeiah asked, throwing her board right on top of his in the ever-growing pile as she walked in.
"No, dawg. You're just jealous 'cause I'm more oldschool than you'll EVER be. Don't hate!" Mac replied, giving Seeiah a glare. Eddie laughed, enjoying seeing old problems resurface once again.
The count went up from 5 to 6 with the next arrival, who almost knocked down the door. With a donut in one hand and a beer in the other, Luther stomped into the lobby and made his entrance. "Aw, shucks! Baldy bitch is back." He said angrily, throwing his board right on top of Seeiah's.
Seeiah flicked Luther off as the others (except for Mac, who rolled his eyes) all laughed. Rahzel was just enjoying watching the little fights go on before the REAL trouble would come. He was anxiously awaiting the arrivals of such competitors like Elise, Marisol, Psymon and who knows who else!
Two more came over a half hour later after Luther, coming in right at 11:00, with Zoe arriving at 11:30 and Griff coming at 11:45.
Everyone was very happy to see Zoe, of course. Allegra exclaimed, "Zoe! I hope you don't mind if I copied some more of your rad style...again." She showed off all the new clothes she had brought that were exactly like Zoe's. Zoe groaned and replied, "Wonderful. Where's Moby and Psy?"
"Dunno, didn't see either of 'em on the way in here. Anyone got some food? I'm huuuungry!" Griff said loudly, bouncing up and down right near the door while he put his board on top of Zoe's.
"Someone give the kid a snickers bar or something!" groaned Razell, who didnt exactly enjoy the company of annoying and hyper kids such as Griff.
"Hey Griff." Smiled Yuri as she walked over to him.
"Hey Yuri!" said Griff excitedly, forgetting about his hunger, as he ran over to give her a big hug. The two teens sat on the couch and began to chat animatedly.
About an hour later, Moby arrived. He was dressed in his usual attire and dropped his board on the stack, which caused Yuri's to fall out of the pile. "Sorry mate." He said, then Zoe ran over and gave her a friendly hug.
Razhel dragged Atomica aside and asked him, "Who else do you think is coming? By the looks of it, we're gonna have a shitload of people here." Atomica just shrugged and gave a smile, heading back to his seat.
Over an hour later, the number of competitors was raised up to 11. Within five minutes of each other at 1:45 and 1:50, Hiro and Elise both came and threw their boards on the pile. Eddie and Elise were very glad to see each other, but nobody else really enjoyed having the bombshell Elise in their presence. "Oh fuck, SHE'S here. I'm warning ya, girl, if you start anything with me this time around-" Seeiah began, but Allegra threw her hands over Seeiah's mouth as the two of them glared at Elise, who smiled vapidly at the attention.
Laughing, Elise replied, "No. I'm going to be focused on winning this time. Hey, where's that Latino slut? Not here yet? Good, I hope she dies on the way here or something, if she was even talented enough to be invited to come back."
Everyone was a little surprised to see Hiro there, especially Mac. "I thought you were done with this, yo." He said to the Japanese speedbolt, but Hiro just shook his head and sat down in silence.
A half hour later, the door was almost torn down again by a small girl pounding it open. Everyone looked to see the ever-hyper Tori throwing her board down in the pile, the 12th one to arrive. "Hey everyone! Hope you're ready to lose. Oh, hey Griff!" She exclaimed, running over to where Griff and Yuri were sitting. Yuri looked a bit miffed as Tori jumped on the couch between her and Griff. Griff looked around awkwardly at the tension between the two teens. He got up to go get some chips, being closely followed by Tori and Yuri.
The next two arrivals were spaced out again by an hour, coming at 3:30 and 3:40. Those two arrivals were Brodi's and Rainy's. Brodi dropped his board on the pile and joined the others, nobody really having any special things to say to him. He said to Elise and Eddie, "This should be an interesting season. Karma will have a hard time competing with us."
Rainy skipped into the lobby and threw her board into the pile, causing Yuri's to fall out again. "Uh Rainy, can you please be a little more careful?" asked Yuri, just taking her board out of the pile and bringing it back to her seat.
Skipping along and ignoring Yuri, Rainy asked the room, "Hey guys, where's the love of my life, Viggo? Hmm, he hasn't arrived yet, I guess..." Seeiah just shrugged, as everyone else except for Allegra and Yuri mentioned their distaste for Viggo.
Zoe and Moby kept on catching up on things and ignoring the others, while the rest of the group were bothering Rahzel and Atomica with annoying questions regarding this new circuit.
The next two to arrive were Nate and Nikki, coming in at around 4:00 and 4:25. Nate was dressed in his usual mountain attire and gave everyone a warm smile. "How the hell is everyone? Great to be here." Nate said to the room, joining Griff, Tori and Yuri right afterward. Allegra tried to say hello, but Nate didn't notice. Allegra sulked as Rahzel chuckled at her.
Nikki didn't arrive like the others though. While everyone was socializing and catching up, they heard a smash. Everyone jerked their heads to see that one of the windows was totally shattered and rising from the pile of glass was Nikki Shine. She looked behind her to see that more than just the window was taken out, and some of the wall surrounding the window had fallen when Nikki had accidently punched out the window panes.
"You can't arrive like a normal person, can you?" asked Rahzel with a slightly amused smile.
"Nope!" smiled Nikki as she pulled off a heavy jacket, sending glass shards and plaster at Seeiah and her nice new coat.
"Bitch, I'ma kick your white ass so hard that it'll-" Seeiah began, but she was interrupted by Nikki. "G'day mates. Seeiah, don't be a drama queen."
Things went, um, smoothly, until over a half hour later at 4:55 when the next boarder arrived, which was Viggo. He still looked the same as always, hung over and unshaven, and Rainy was all over him before he even dropped his board on the high pile of boards. "Come on Rainy, let's go somewhere in private." He told her as the two of them giggled and ran off hand in hand, as the others watched and sighed.
"So who else is supposed to be joining us? I'm a little worried about Psy." Zoe told Rahzel, who was still in the same seat.
"Trust me. I'm sure he'll be here. But he'll just be late...as usual." Rahzel answered, glancing over at the door and waiting for someone else to come.
Nobody else arrived for another half an hour, around 5:30. The door swung open and in came Alex, who Moby was very glad to see. They hugged right away after Alex threw her board on the pile. "I've bloody missed you, Moby. Not some of the rest of you though." Alex told the room with Moby by her side as some of the others shot her dirty looks.
Things were peaceful (although there was a little fight between Luther and Seeiah, which Hiro and Zoe broke up, regarding who was uglier), until 5:45 and 5:50, when two more boarders arrived, throwing the count of boarders all the way up to 20. Dropping her board right at 5:45 on the pile and with a new and expensive coat, Laquisha entered the room and greeted her cousin Seeiah, with Luther moaning at the sight of his enemy.
"Ah, I havent seen you in soo long!" said Seeiah as she hugged her cousin.
"Yeah girl. I love your coat, but I didnt know glass and plaster was the newest trend! Man, I gotta try that." cheered Laquisha.
JP came just a few minutes after Laquisha and didn't drop his board in the pile like all the others except for Yuri had done, but he put it next to the pile all by itself so it wouldn't get stratched. "I am ready to kick non-French ass, oui! Luther, it is...nice to see you." He told his friend Luther, joining him near Luther's seat.
Rahzel saw Atomica check off two more names on the checklist and wondered how many more were left, he knew that at least Psymon and Kaori, some of the circuits biggest rivals, were still pending arrival but didn't know if there would be any more surprises.
At 6:00, everyone took a break for a quick dinner and returned (including Rainy & Viggo) at 6:20, just in time to see the resident Latino diva of the circuit, Marisol, arrive. "Oh great, just fucking great. The slut and all her STD's are back, to lose even more races once again." Elise groaned, slapping her forehead, with Eddie behind her laughing.
"Shut up, chica. You don't want to mess with me." Marisol said angrily, catching Seeiah and Laquisha in the corner (making fun of Allegra's clothes) and joined them immediately. Tori nudged Griff and asked him, "Why did it look like she was looking for someone else?", but Griff just shrugged.
Ten minutes later, there was yet another arrival. Just as Brodi and Nate were beginning to fix the window that Nikki (who was now joined in Eddie and Elise's conversation) had shattered, the door swung open so quickly that some of the wall where the window had been knowcked out dropped onto the floor, making a bigger gap. "Fuck it." Nate said, laughing, as he and Brodi just shrugged and waited for the wall to collapse.
The door was opened by none other than Psymon, who looked crazy as usual and threw his board on top of the others, then kicked the whole pile over. "Psymon! You idiot!" Alex yelled, but Psymon just laughed. "Ahh, it's good to be back! Isn't it, Mr. Tattoo? Oh look, it's Zoe! No, actually, who cares about Zoe? I'm looking for Sandy. Is she here yet?" Psymon asked Rahzel, actually quite politely.
Rahzel just shook his head while Atomica did the same, and Psymon frowned (crazily, of course) and joined Zoe in her seat, jumping on her lap and almost crushing her.
But Psymon didn't have to wait long for Sandy, considering that she was the next one to arrive. She saw the pile of boards on the floor when she came in at 6:45, immediately spotting Psymon and running over to him. The two of them started kissing right away as most of the others (especially Elise) groaned. "Did you miss me?" Sandy yelled to everyone, as Alex left Moby for a minute and went to say hi to her good friend. Brodi also got up from his seat to greet his half-sister.
Rahzel and Atomica figured this was it. The doors were to be locked at 9:00, and since nobody had arrived since Sandy's time at 6:45 , they thought nobody else was coming. Mac was anxiously looking around for someone, and so was Marisol. Neither of them would say who though. Most of the boarders were surprised that Kaori apparently wasn't going to be joining them for this circuit. Hiro had just informed them that Jurgen was definitely not coming back, but nobody seemed to really care.
Almost an hour passed until they heard a loud knock on the door. Mostly everyone was still in the lobby, except for Rainy and Viggo, who had left again, and nobody seemed to know where Marisol went. Psymon left Sandy in their seat which was closest to the door as everyone watched him swing open the door, and Kaori entered. Mac didn't seem to notice, although Kaori did. "Konichiwa everyone! It is so nice to see all of you, even you, Psymon-san." Kaori said to the room happily, throwing her board in the heap of mess.
She ran over to Mac, who immediately put on what looked to be a fake smile, but she didn't seem to mind. The two of them hugged as Kaori took off her cute little panda backpack and put it next to the chair, right on top of JP's nicely polished board.
More time flew by, and everyone remained in the lobby for most of the time, occasionally wandering around the hotel or going to the bathroom but everyone was back at 11:00, when both Rahzel and Atomica announced that they were closing the gates. After they told the group that, Rahzel pulled Atomica aside. "What are we gonna do? We have 24 people here! There's no way all of them can be in this circuit. We both invited WAY too many people...I knew I should have taken Marisol off the list." He said, distressed at the situation.
Atomica calmed him down and replied, "Rahzel, chill out. There will be a way to handle this. At midnight I'll have an announcement to make, ok?" Rahzel nodded nervously and went back to his seat, biting his fingernails. Elise saw this and said loudly to Eddie and Nikki, "What a fucking loser. I hate Rahzel. Atomica's not much better either, I could do a way better job. Actually...Elise for queen of the universe! Vote for me, you bitches."
Outside at the gates, the wind was blowing hard and it was beginning to snow, just barely coating the ground. But fifteen minutes after 11:00, the final two boarders arrived. "Holy shit! I didn't know you boarded." One of them said. The other one laughed and replied, "Yeah, but I never told a lot of things, eh?"
Pushing a kissing pair of Rainy and Viggo out of the way, and then doing the same for Sandy and Psymon, Elise moved over to the window and turned the light on that shined right outside the gates. She knew that the gates were locked but was curious to see if there was anyone there, waiting desperately for Elise to come and save the day.
"Oh my god! Rahzel, move your fat ass and unlock the gates. We've got two more boarders here...Veronica and Derek! This is fucking weird." Elise ordered Rahzel across the room, as Rahzel groaned, thinking Elise was joking. He went over to the window and did see Veronica and Derek actually climbing over the gates with the help of each other and making their way to the door. "Wow. Those gates were a good idea." Allegra said sarcastically.
Then they heard a loud knock at the door. Elise strutted over to the door and swung it open, with Derek and Veronica dropping their boards right away on the pile. They both shoved past an angry Elise and entered the room. "Holy shit, you DID come. I had a feeling you were going to be showing up, chico." Marisol said, in shock at the sight of Derek.
"You didn't even know I was a snowboarder. Just another thing I never told you right away!" Derek replied, laughing. Marisol rolled her eyes and then smiled, giving Derek a hug.
"Hey everyone? Throwing a party? I don't see the bellydancers. Oh wait, there's one!" Veronica yelled, pointing at Marisol. Marisol clenched her fists, but Seeiah and Laquisha held her back from the laughing Veronica. Mac brightened from his seat and immediately ran over to Veronica, then he gave her a kiss. Kaori pouted and watched them, sadly.
With these last two arrivals, the count was up to 26. Atomica, realizing this, got out of his seat and stood in the front of the room, telling everyone to sit down. The rowdy group wasn't listening, so Rahzel stood next to Atomica and yelled loudly, "EVERYONE! SIT DOWN AND SHUT THE FUCK UP, ATOMICA HAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE!"
After hearing this, everyone laughed for a second at Rahzel but didn't want to cause any more trouble, being it was midnight. They all grabbed their seats and sat down patiently.
"Alright. Now, as you all know, this is a very large group. I had no idea that so many of you were going to accept the offers to come back. Rahzel and I also had no clue that we were going to be co-running the circuit, so we both invited a certain amount of you. Now, since there are SO many of you...there is no other solution to this problem than to cut 7 of you. This group will have to be shot down from 26 to 19." Atomica said calmly and collectively, while Rahzel knew this wouldn't go over well with the group.
"What the fuck? I'm not leaving, that's for sure." Elise yelled confidently, with Eddie nodding next to her and Nikki looking a little unsure. Behind them, Yuri, Tori and Griff all looked extremely nervous and weren't saying anything. Everyone else was pretty calm about it, mostly the veterans (Zoe, Moby, Psymon, Mac, Kaori).
Zoe stood up and asked Atomica, "So when are these cuts going to happen? What do you base it on? Who's the worst? If so, see you later Marisol. Who's the ugliest? You too, Luther and Seeiah. Who's the most boring? Sorry Nate and Hiro. Who's the oldest? That would be Brodi and Laquisha, so that's 7. Ok, that was easy, let's race!"
Giving a slight laugh as all the 7 names that Zoe had mentioned glared at her, Atomica cleared his throat and replied, "No. We will be making some cuts, but not now...maybe in a week or so. Also, this may sound strange, but if you want to kill, backstab or spread rumors about anyone else here so that they'll be gone, please do and make our job easier."
The group's mouths all dropped. Psymon laughed hysterically as Kaori backed away in fright. All of a sudden, everyone started yelling angrily and getting up out of their seats. "Hell no! Nobody is killing me!" Sandy yelled, grabbing the chair that Griff was sitting in and throwing it at the door. Griff retaliated by kicking her in the shins, then she strangled him and both of them fell onto the floor.
Soon enough, it was a full-blown riot. Chairs were flying everywhere while Rahzel and Atomica ducked for cover, where nobody could see them. Mac, Marisol and Laquisha were all afraid of getting hurt, so they hid with Rahzel and Atomica, screaming at them there. Luther tripped over a turned-over chair and fell right on Tori, with Tori screaming loudly and the chair stabbing Luther in the back.
Zoe, Moby and Brodi tried to get the group in order, but a chair hit Zoe in the face and thinking it came from Seeiah, she grabbed Seeiah by the leg and threw her across the room, slamming right into Eddie and Nikki. Elise backed out of the way and ran right into Viggo, who was hit by a flying snowboard and fell to the ground. Rainy rushed over to help but Alex pushed her out of the way and Rainy went flying on top of Viggo. Elise stepped on both of them, laughing, and went around to look for Marisol.
Kaori and Hiro managed to escape the riot for a little while by just watching, but soon enough, Marisol and Elise had gotten into a bitch fight. Mac and Laquisha finished cussing out Rahzel and Atomica but still stayed under their cover. Elise pushed Marisol right into the coffee table and Marisol landed on it hard, breaking the table and the glass breaking on Allegra, who was hiding underneath it.
Kaori ran quickly out of Veronica's way as she approached, but Veronica stepped on a piece of the glass and angrily threw it, hitting Kaori in the face. Blood gushed on Kaori face as she took a swing at Veronica, but Veronica stopped it. Kaori kicked Veronica's shin, hard, just as Veronica aimed to punch her face, but instead punched Tori in the stomach, causing her to fall on top of Viggo and Rainy. She grimaced in pain as Veronica's momentum caused her to pile on top, the shard of glass hitting her hand.
Marisol got off of Griff's back and ran for Elise, throwing the Bombshell in the pile of boards. The pile fell over and one of them landed right in front of Yuri. Yuri stepped on the board and tripped, landing right on top of Tori, Veronica, Rainy and Viggo. Elise was hit by a board and also fell on top of that pile.
The riot had officially ended when Elise fell to the floor. The only people left standing had no interest to riot anymore, so they helped practically everyone who was on the ground. Rahzel and Atomica didn't expect such a large riot, but they knew that the boarders wouldn't be happy.
By 1:00am, everyone was conscious and awake again, maybe with bruises and cuts...except for one person...who was then pronounced dead
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CHAPTER 1: Asking For It
Sinking into his comfortable bed, Rahzel pulled up the covers and set his alarm, early for the next morning. He didn't close his eyes just yet, he sat and thought about the next day's events. He had no idea what was going to happen and who would show up...for the next SSX circuit. He had called everyone that was invited back by the circuit, so hopefully at least some of them were able to make it. But he knew he needed a full night's rest to be able to deal with all the trouble that would surely happen tommorrow, so he closed his eyes and began to sleep, drifting off into a world of dreams far into the night, anticipating the next morning.
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The next morning had come all too soon. Rahzel dragged his fat ass out of bed and got ready. He was in a mountain lodge in the middle of Canada, a few minutes away from the mountain. All the boarders were told to report there, but he didn't know how long it would take each one of them. By 8:45, he grabbed a coffee, a newspaper and a bottle of aspirin and headed into the lobby. Nobody else was in the lodge, considering that the SSX crew had reserved it just for this purpose.
Fifteen minutes later, at 9:00, Rahzel turned around from his seat to see the first boarder arriving. "Rahzel! How ya doin'? I'm great, just great." The boarder said, as she threw down her luggage and board right by the door. This boarder would be Allegra, the first one to arrive.
"Hey Allegra! You're the first one here...glad to see you showed up. I'm sure MOST of the others will be arriving soon." Rahzel stated, giving a smile at Allegra.
Allegra smiled back and sat down on the couch and grabbed part of the newspaper, and for the next ten minutes the two of them just talked about how they thought the new circuit would turn out.
At about 9:10, ten minutes after Allegra had came, there was another person entering the lobby. But this wasn't a boarder, it was... DJ Atomica. "Atomica?! What the hell are you doing here?!" Rahzel asked, not moving from his seat.
"Oh." Atomica said casually. "They didn't tell you that you and I are going to be running this thing together this year, did they? Well, you know now! Hey Allegra." He said, dropping his luggage at the door also.
"Whoa, this will be fun!" Allegra exclaimed, but Rahzel threw her a dirty look and she frowned. Atomica laughed as he grabbed a seat also, next to Rahzel.
Just a few minutes later, the sun was blocked out from the door from the arrival of a huge afro, which belonged to none other than...Eddie. He was wearing one of his trademark funky collar shirts and threw his board right next to Allegra's. "Like, what's happening!" He yelled, as the others were all happy to see him.
"Two down...but the troublemakers haven't arrived yet." Rahzel mumbled, giving a smile to Eddie and Allegra, who were talking politely and happily with each other.
Three more arrivals came within the next hour. Yuri arrived a little later at 9:45, Mac came right after here at 10:00, and Seeiah followed him 20 minutes later.
"Oh, great. The fabolous Rahzel...ugh. Hey, Mac, you realized you're white yet?" Seeiah asked, throwing her board right on top of his in the ever-growing pile as she walked in.
"No, dawg. You're just jealous 'cause I'm more oldschool than you'll EVER be. Don't hate!" Mac replied, giving Seeiah a glare. Eddie laughed, enjoying seeing old problems resurface once again.
The count went up from 5 to 6 with the next arrival, who almost knocked down the door. With a donut in one hand and a beer in the other, Luther stomped into the lobby and made his entrance. "Aw, shucks! Baldy bitch is back." He said angrily, throwing his board right on top of Seeiah's.
Seeiah flicked Luther off as the others (except for Mac, who rolled his eyes) all laughed. Rahzel was just enjoying watching the little fights go on before the REAL trouble would come. He was anxiously awaiting the arrivals of such competitors like Elise, Marisol, Psymon and who knows who else!
Two more came over a half hour later after Luther, coming in right at 11:00, with Zoe arriving at 11:30 and Griff coming at 11:45.
Everyone was very happy to see Zoe, of course. Allegra exclaimed, "Zoe! I hope you don't mind if I copied some more of your rad style...again." She showed off all the new clothes she had brought that were exactly like Zoe's. Zoe groaned and replied, "Wonderful. Where's Moby and Psy?"
"Dunno, didn't see either of 'em on the way in here. Anyone got some food? I'm huuuungry!" Griff said loudly, bouncing up and down right near the door while he put his board on top of Zoe's.
"Someone give the kid a snickers bar or something!" groaned Razell, who didnt exactly enjoy the company of annoying and hyper kids such as Griff.
"Hey Griff." Smiled Yuri as she walked over to him.
"Hey Yuri!" said Griff excitedly, forgetting about his hunger, as he ran over to give her a big hug. The two teens sat on the couch and began to chat animatedly.
About an hour later, Moby arrived. He was dressed in his usual attire and dropped his board on the stack, which caused Yuri's to fall out of the pile. "Sorry mate." He said, then Zoe ran over and gave her a friendly hug.
Razhel dragged Atomica aside and asked him, "Who else do you think is coming? By the looks of it, we're gonna have a shitload of people here." Atomica just shrugged and gave a smile, heading back to his seat.
Over an hour later, the number of competitors was raised up to 11. Within five minutes of each other at 1:45 and 1:50, Hiro and Elise both came and threw their boards on the pile. Eddie and Elise were very glad to see each other, but nobody else really enjoyed having the bombshell Elise in their presence. "Oh fuck, SHE'S here. I'm warning ya, girl, if you start anything with me this time around-" Seeiah began, but Allegra threw her hands over Seeiah's mouth as the two of them glared at Elise, who smiled vapidly at the attention.
Laughing, Elise replied, "No. I'm going to be focused on winning this time. Hey, where's that Latino slut? Not here yet? Good, I hope she dies on the way here or something, if she was even talented enough to be invited to come back."
Everyone was a little surprised to see Hiro there, especially Mac. "I thought you were done with this, yo." He said to the Japanese speedbolt, but Hiro just shook his head and sat down in silence.
A half hour later, the door was almost torn down again by a small girl pounding it open. Everyone looked to see the ever-hyper Tori throwing her board down in the pile, the 12th one to arrive. "Hey everyone! Hope you're ready to lose. Oh, hey Griff!" She exclaimed, running over to where Griff and Yuri were sitting. Yuri looked a bit miffed as Tori jumped on the couch between her and Griff. Griff looked around awkwardly at the tension between the two teens. He got up to go get some chips, being closely followed by Tori and Yuri.
The next two arrivals were spaced out again by an hour, coming at 3:30 and 3:40. Those two arrivals were Brodi's and Rainy's. Brodi dropped his board on the pile and joined the others, nobody really having any special things to say to him. He said to Elise and Eddie, "This should be an interesting season. Karma will have a hard time competing with us."
Rainy skipped into the lobby and threw her board into the pile, causing Yuri's to fall out again. "Uh Rainy, can you please be a little more careful?" asked Yuri, just taking her board out of the pile and bringing it back to her seat.
Skipping along and ignoring Yuri, Rainy asked the room, "Hey guys, where's the love of my life, Viggo? Hmm, he hasn't arrived yet, I guess..." Seeiah just shrugged, as everyone else except for Allegra and Yuri mentioned their distaste for Viggo.
Zoe and Moby kept on catching up on things and ignoring the others, while the rest of the group were bothering Rahzel and Atomica with annoying questions regarding this new circuit.
The next two to arrive were Nate and Nikki, coming in at around 4:00 and 4:25. Nate was dressed in his usual mountain attire and gave everyone a warm smile. "How the hell is everyone? Great to be here." Nate said to the room, joining Griff, Tori and Yuri right afterward. Allegra tried to say hello, but Nate didn't notice. Allegra sulked as Rahzel chuckled at her.
Nikki didn't arrive like the others though. While everyone was socializing and catching up, they heard a smash. Everyone jerked their heads to see that one of the windows was totally shattered and rising from the pile of glass was Nikki Shine. She looked behind her to see that more than just the window was taken out, and some of the wall surrounding the window had fallen when Nikki had accidently punched out the window panes.
"You can't arrive like a normal person, can you?" asked Rahzel with a slightly amused smile.
"Nope!" smiled Nikki as she pulled off a heavy jacket, sending glass shards and plaster at Seeiah and her nice new coat.
"Bitch, I'ma kick your white ass so hard that it'll-" Seeiah began, but she was interrupted by Nikki. "G'day mates. Seeiah, don't be a drama queen."
Things went, um, smoothly, until over a half hour later at 4:55 when the next boarder arrived, which was Viggo. He still looked the same as always, hung over and unshaven, and Rainy was all over him before he even dropped his board on the high pile of boards. "Come on Rainy, let's go somewhere in private." He told her as the two of them giggled and ran off hand in hand, as the others watched and sighed.
"So who else is supposed to be joining us? I'm a little worried about Psy." Zoe told Rahzel, who was still in the same seat.
"Trust me. I'm sure he'll be here. But he'll just be late...as usual." Rahzel answered, glancing over at the door and waiting for someone else to come.
Nobody else arrived for another half an hour, around 5:30. The door swung open and in came Alex, who Moby was very glad to see. They hugged right away after Alex threw her board on the pile. "I've bloody missed you, Moby. Not some of the rest of you though." Alex told the room with Moby by her side as some of the others shot her dirty looks.
Things were peaceful (although there was a little fight between Luther and Seeiah, which Hiro and Zoe broke up, regarding who was uglier), until 5:45 and 5:50, when two more boarders arrived, throwing the count of boarders all the way up to 20. Dropping her board right at 5:45 on the pile and with a new and expensive coat, Laquisha entered the room and greeted her cousin Seeiah, with Luther moaning at the sight of his enemy.
"Ah, I havent seen you in soo long!" said Seeiah as she hugged her cousin.
"Yeah girl. I love your coat, but I didnt know glass and plaster was the newest trend! Man, I gotta try that." cheered Laquisha.
JP came just a few minutes after Laquisha and didn't drop his board in the pile like all the others except for Yuri had done, but he put it next to the pile all by itself so it wouldn't get stratched. "I am ready to kick non-French ass, oui! Luther, it is...nice to see you." He told his friend Luther, joining him near Luther's seat.
Rahzel saw Atomica check off two more names on the checklist and wondered how many more were left, he knew that at least Psymon and Kaori, some of the circuits biggest rivals, were still pending arrival but didn't know if there would be any more surprises.
At 6:00, everyone took a break for a quick dinner and returned (including Rainy & Viggo) at 6:20, just in time to see the resident Latino diva of the circuit, Marisol, arrive. "Oh great, just fucking great. The slut and all her STD's are back, to lose even more races once again." Elise groaned, slapping her forehead, with Eddie behind her laughing.
"Shut up, chica. You don't want to mess with me." Marisol said angrily, catching Seeiah and Laquisha in the corner (making fun of Allegra's clothes) and joined them immediately. Tori nudged Griff and asked him, "Why did it look like she was looking for someone else?", but Griff just shrugged.
Ten minutes later, there was yet another arrival. Just as Brodi and Nate were beginning to fix the window that Nikki (who was now joined in Eddie and Elise's conversation) had shattered, the door swung open so quickly that some of the wall where the window had been knowcked out dropped onto the floor, making a bigger gap. "Fuck it." Nate said, laughing, as he and Brodi just shrugged and waited for the wall to collapse.
The door was opened by none other than Psymon, who looked crazy as usual and threw his board on top of the others, then kicked the whole pile over. "Psymon! You idiot!" Alex yelled, but Psymon just laughed. "Ahh, it's good to be back! Isn't it, Mr. Tattoo? Oh look, it's Zoe! No, actually, who cares about Zoe? I'm looking for Sandy. Is she here yet?" Psymon asked Rahzel, actually quite politely.
Rahzel just shook his head while Atomica did the same, and Psymon frowned (crazily, of course) and joined Zoe in her seat, jumping on her lap and almost crushing her.
But Psymon didn't have to wait long for Sandy, considering that she was the next one to arrive. She saw the pile of boards on the floor when she came in at 6:45, immediately spotting Psymon and running over to him. The two of them started kissing right away as most of the others (especially Elise) groaned. "Did you miss me?" Sandy yelled to everyone, as Alex left Moby for a minute and went to say hi to her good friend. Brodi also got up from his seat to greet his half-sister.
Rahzel and Atomica figured this was it. The doors were to be locked at 9:00, and since nobody had arrived since Sandy's time at 6:45 , they thought nobody else was coming. Mac was anxiously looking around for someone, and so was Marisol. Neither of them would say who though. Most of the boarders were surprised that Kaori apparently wasn't going to be joining them for this circuit. Hiro had just informed them that Jurgen was definitely not coming back, but nobody seemed to really care.
Almost an hour passed until they heard a loud knock on the door. Mostly everyone was still in the lobby, except for Rainy and Viggo, who had left again, and nobody seemed to know where Marisol went. Psymon left Sandy in their seat which was closest to the door as everyone watched him swing open the door, and Kaori entered. Mac didn't seem to notice, although Kaori did. "Konichiwa everyone! It is so nice to see all of you, even you, Psymon-san." Kaori said to the room happily, throwing her board in the heap of mess.
She ran over to Mac, who immediately put on what looked to be a fake smile, but she didn't seem to mind. The two of them hugged as Kaori took off her cute little panda backpack and put it next to the chair, right on top of JP's nicely polished board.
More time flew by, and everyone remained in the lobby for most of the time, occasionally wandering around the hotel or going to the bathroom but everyone was back at 11:00, when both Rahzel and Atomica announced that they were closing the gates. After they told the group that, Rahzel pulled Atomica aside. "What are we gonna do? We have 24 people here! There's no way all of them can be in this circuit. We both invited WAY too many people...I knew I should have taken Marisol off the list." He said, distressed at the situation.
Atomica calmed him down and replied, "Rahzel, chill out. There will be a way to handle this. At midnight I'll have an announcement to make, ok?" Rahzel nodded nervously and went back to his seat, biting his fingernails. Elise saw this and said loudly to Eddie and Nikki, "What a fucking loser. I hate Rahzel. Atomica's not much better either, I could do a way better job. Actually...Elise for queen of the universe! Vote for me, you bitches."
Outside at the gates, the wind was blowing hard and it was beginning to snow, just barely coating the ground. But fifteen minutes after 11:00, the final two boarders arrived. "Holy shit! I didn't know you boarded." One of them said. The other one laughed and replied, "Yeah, but I never told a lot of things, eh?"
Pushing a kissing pair of Rainy and Viggo out of the way, and then doing the same for Sandy and Psymon, Elise moved over to the window and turned the light on that shined right outside the gates. She knew that the gates were locked but was curious to see if there was anyone there, waiting desperately for Elise to come and save the day.
"Oh my god! Rahzel, move your fat ass and unlock the gates. We've got two more boarders here...Veronica and Derek! This is fucking weird." Elise ordered Rahzel across the room, as Rahzel groaned, thinking Elise was joking. He went over to the window and did see Veronica and Derek actually climbing over the gates with the help of each other and making their way to the door. "Wow. Those gates were a good idea." Allegra said sarcastically.
Then they heard a loud knock at the door. Elise strutted over to the door and swung it open, with Derek and Veronica dropping their boards right away on the pile. They both shoved past an angry Elise and entered the room. "Holy shit, you DID come. I had a feeling you were going to be showing up, chico." Marisol said, in shock at the sight of Derek.
"You didn't even know I was a snowboarder. Just another thing I never told you right away!" Derek replied, laughing. Marisol rolled her eyes and then smiled, giving Derek a hug.
"Hey everyone? Throwing a party? I don't see the bellydancers. Oh wait, there's one!" Veronica yelled, pointing at Marisol. Marisol clenched her fists, but Seeiah and Laquisha held her back from the laughing Veronica. Mac brightened from his seat and immediately ran over to Veronica, then he gave her a kiss. Kaori pouted and watched them, sadly.
With these last two arrivals, the count was up to 26. Atomica, realizing this, got out of his seat and stood in the front of the room, telling everyone to sit down. The rowdy group wasn't listening, so Rahzel stood next to Atomica and yelled loudly, "EVERYONE! SIT DOWN AND SHUT THE FUCK UP, ATOMICA HAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE!"
After hearing this, everyone laughed for a second at Rahzel but didn't want to cause any more trouble, being it was midnight. They all grabbed their seats and sat down patiently.
"Alright. Now, as you all know, this is a very large group. I had no idea that so many of you were going to accept the offers to come back. Rahzel and I also had no clue that we were going to be co-running the circuit, so we both invited a certain amount of you. Now, since there are SO many of you...there is no other solution to this problem than to cut 7 of you. This group will have to be shot down from 26 to 19." Atomica said calmly and collectively, while Rahzel knew this wouldn't go over well with the group.
"What the fuck? I'm not leaving, that's for sure." Elise yelled confidently, with Eddie nodding next to her and Nikki looking a little unsure. Behind them, Yuri, Tori and Griff all looked extremely nervous and weren't saying anything. Everyone else was pretty calm about it, mostly the veterans (Zoe, Moby, Psymon, Mac, Kaori).
Zoe stood up and asked Atomica, "So when are these cuts going to happen? What do you base it on? Who's the worst? If so, see you later Marisol. Who's the ugliest? You too, Luther and Seeiah. Who's the most boring? Sorry Nate and Hiro. Who's the oldest? That would be Brodi and Laquisha, so that's 7. Ok, that was easy, let's race!"
Giving a slight laugh as all the 7 names that Zoe had mentioned glared at her, Atomica cleared his throat and replied, "No. We will be making some cuts, but not now...maybe in a week or so. Also, this may sound strange, but if you want to kill, backstab or spread rumors about anyone else here so that they'll be gone, please do and make our job easier."
The group's mouths all dropped. Psymon laughed hysterically as Kaori backed away in fright. All of a sudden, everyone started yelling angrily and getting up out of their seats. "Hell no! Nobody is killing me!" Sandy yelled, grabbing the chair that Griff was sitting in and throwing it at the door. Griff retaliated by kicking her in the shins, then she strangled him and both of them fell onto the floor.
Soon enough, it was a full-blown riot. Chairs were flying everywhere while Rahzel and Atomica ducked for cover, where nobody could see them. Mac, Marisol and Laquisha were all afraid of getting hurt, so they hid with Rahzel and Atomica, screaming at them there. Luther tripped over a turned-over chair and fell right on Tori, with Tori screaming loudly and the chair stabbing Luther in the back.
Zoe, Moby and Brodi tried to get the group in order, but a chair hit Zoe in the face and thinking it came from Seeiah, she grabbed Seeiah by the leg and threw her across the room, slamming right into Eddie and Nikki. Elise backed out of the way and ran right into Viggo, who was hit by a flying snowboard and fell to the ground. Rainy rushed over to help but Alex pushed her out of the way and Rainy went flying on top of Viggo. Elise stepped on both of them, laughing, and went around to look for Marisol.
Kaori and Hiro managed to escape the riot for a little while by just watching, but soon enough, Marisol and Elise had gotten into a bitch fight. Mac and Laquisha finished cussing out Rahzel and Atomica but still stayed under their cover. Elise pushed Marisol right into the coffee table and Marisol landed on it hard, breaking the table and the glass breaking on Allegra, who was hiding underneath it.
Kaori ran quickly out of Veronica's way as she approached, but Veronica stepped on a piece of the glass and angrily threw it, hitting Kaori in the face. Blood gushed on Kaori face as she took a swing at Veronica, but Veronica stopped it. Kaori kicked Veronica's shin, hard, just as Veronica aimed to punch her face, but instead punched Tori in the stomach, causing her to fall on top of Viggo and Rainy. She grimaced in pain as Veronica's momentum caused her to pile on top, the shard of glass hitting her hand.
Marisol got off of Griff's back and ran for Elise, throwing the Bombshell in the pile of boards. The pile fell over and one of them landed right in front of Yuri. Yuri stepped on the board and tripped, landing right on top of Tori, Veronica, Rainy and Viggo. Elise was hit by a board and also fell on top of that pile.
The riot had officially ended when Elise fell to the floor. The only people left standing had no interest to riot anymore, so they helped practically everyone who was on the ground. Rahzel and Atomica didn't expect such a large riot, but they knew that the boarders wouldn't be happy.
By 1:00am, everyone was conscious and awake again, maybe with bruises and cuts...except for one person...who was then pronounced dead
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