Elizabeta Jane Stride stared in shock at one blader in the swarm that had arrived. Her friend, May-lin Jun Kyuuka stared at her before coughing. "Lizzy? What are you staring at?" she questioned. Elizabeta said nothing as she pointed to the blader. A spray of tall spiky pale red hair was seen as the owner of said hair quietly talked to his friend.

"Whoes that? Does't look like much if you ask me." came a second voice. Elizabeta glanced over her shoulder to find her second friend and team leader. Jemma Aeris Scott smiled widely from the opposite side of the reception desk. "So? Who is it?" she asked again. Elizabeta turned back to stare at the blader. Her sky blue eyes narrowed.

"Johnny Mcgregor. Only son and heir of the Mcgregor family." Elizabeta spat. She crossed her arms over her chest and huffed.

"Sounds like a friend of yours Liz. Why don't you go and say hello?" her final friend chuckled. May-lin surpressed the urge to laugh as she handed another team their hotel room swipe card. Elizabeta turned and glared at the only male of the team. Nathan Ryu Hikaru smirked to himself as he pulled out documents and sheets from a small cupboard. He grinned sheepishly to Elizabeta as an idea came to her.

"You know what? I think I will." she giggled then disappeared into the crowd.


"Well, well, well. If it isn't little Elizabeta Stride. The last time I saw you was when you were in the headmaster's officer, covered in mud." Johnny sniggered. Robert rolled his eyes and muttered something about getting their hotel key. Elizabeta snorted a little too herself before a slow smirk appeared on her face.

"Johnny Mcgregor...if I remember rightly you were the one who had litter duty for a month just for pushing me in said mud." Elizabeta chuckled as Johnny sneered a little. "What you doing here Mcgregor? I thought I left you behind when I moved to russia." Elizabeta added, standing with her hand on her hip. Oliver and Enrique looked at each other in confusion as Johnny shrugged his shoulders.

"You are looking at The Gladiator of Glasgow. We're entering the tournament. Don't tell me you're going to try your luck?" Johnny replied. Elizabeta surpressed her anger at her rivals antics. Instead she nodded her head which in turn caused Johnny to burst out laughing. That wasn't the type of reaction Elizabeta was looking for. "You're going to try and win the tournament? How? You don't even have a team." Johnny laughed. Elizabeta balled his hand in a fist but did not attack.

"For your information ass-wipe, I am part of a team. We are called Dark-Water. I hope you haven't forgotten about Unda Flax, because me and him are going to take you down! You can count on it!" Elizabeta spat before stalking off back to the reception. Oliver shook his head a little as Enrique frowned deeply.

"You didn't have to be that harsh on her Johnny." he muttered causing Johnny to glanced at him. Before the Scottish Blader could reply, Robert turned with the hotel room swipe card.


Spencer flicked on the light switch as his team stood behind him. The hotel room lit up but none of the boys entered. There was silence. "Well? Are you going to move or what?" Ian snapped. Spencer frowned before walking into the room. Ian whislted as he stepped inside. "This place is neat." he commented. Tala snorted a little and jumped onto the sofa. Kai looked around the room.

The room was much larger then the russian thought. The kitchen was set off to the side with pretty much everything the team needed. The walls were a deep green colour which matched the arm-chairs and sofa. Two large wooden doors stood to one side. The team figured they were the bedrooms. The bathroom was stationed next to the kitchen and seemed, from the outside, very blood cramped. Spencer mentally cursed as he looked the bathroom over before setting off to the kitchen.

Tala grabbed the remote before Bryan had a chance and began to flick through the channels. "Do you think they have any adult channels on?" Bryan asked. Ian began to giggle as Kai rolled his eyes. Tala grumbled something under his breath. "I was just asking." Bryan muttered in defence and turned away from the red head. Kai turned his attention to the window, noticing that it had grown dark and the storm was picking up.


Mr Dickinson looked over the office he sat in, while the owner talked quietly to someone by the door. The old man's eyes landed on a gold name tag with read Mr Sean William Scott. All in all the room seemed warm and friendly. "I'm sorry about that Mr Dickinson." The owner smiled warmly as he made his way to his desk. Mr Dickinson returned the smile and shook his head. The owner sat down behind his desk.

"No trouble at all Mr Scott." Mr Dickinson replied, getting a good look at the man. Sean William Scott was a young looking man with dark blue hair and deep purple eyes. It was clear were Jemma got her looks from. Sean himself looked like a kind hearted man with a head for good business.

"I trust everything is in order for the teams." Sean stated, drawing the pair to the matter at hand. The younger male smiled when Mr Dickinson nodded his head. "That's good. Me and the team worked very hard to make everything perfect. This is a big chance for The Sky-line." Sean chuckled to himself. "Not many people came here but I believe you figured out why." The two male shared a hearty laugh before Mr Dickinson coughed loudly.

"About this new Team. Do you know anything about them?" he questioned. Sean's smile grew and he quickly nodded his head. He lent over to pull a folder from one of the desk drawers and tossed it towards Mr Dickinson.

"Sure do. My daughter, Jemma Aeris Scott, is the team captian. Her bit-beast is a giant blind bat named Lamia. Next in command is Nathan Ryu Hikaru. He's a smart kid, tough too. His bit-beast is some type of spirit element named Chaos. Next is Elizabeta Jane Stride. I believe she knows Johnny Mcgregor but you'll have to ask her to be sure. Her bit-beast is a water falcon named Unda Flax. Finally is May-lin Jun Kyuuka. She's pretty quiet but a good laugh nonetheless. She also have a spirit element called Shinzui although he is a lot different from Chaos." Sean explained. Mr Dickinson nodded thoughtfully as he read the profiles.


The lift dinged loudly as the doors slide open. Jemma hummed as she stepped out of the lift and into the cold corridor. The over-head lights caught her large silver headphones making patterns on the walls. Placing her room swipe card between her teeth, Jemma juggled with her mobile as it buzzed in her pocket. The britsh girl continued to walk to her room as she read the text, tapped the swipe card against her teeth as she smirked.

"Get a life Nath-kun." she giggled and pulled her headphones down. They rested on her neck as Jemma turned to swipe herself into the room. Suddenly Jemma caught something move out of the corner of her eye. She swung round quickly, one hand on the open door. "Hello!" she called. Nothing stirred. Jemma stood her head. "Get a grip." she scolded herself and entered her bedroom.

If Jemma had waited just a little bit longer she would have seen a figure standing by a window, watching the storm hit at full force.


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