Shadow's POV

I ran into the bathroom wondering what the scream was. I saw Marley with a towel around her and covering her mouth. There was some kind of gas coming from the taps. I ran over to the tap with my mouth covered, I tried to turn it off but the gas kept coming. So I grabbed some toilet paper and blocked the tap up with it. The gas stopped coming out.

"T-Thank you Shadow" said Marley who was crying.

I walked over to her and gave her a hug trying to comfort her.

"Marley what happened?" I said

"I don't know, I turned the tap on and all this gas came through instead of water"

"Hmm who would do this?"

"I don't know"

"Have you made any enemies lately?"

"Well not really, I mean there is one…"

"Who?"

"His name is K-lon; he is my rival in the skating competition"

"He must want to win pretty badly if he would kill you"

"He is very competitive, but I never thought he would go to these extremes"

"Hmm well it's only a suspicion"

She then went into her bedroom to get changed for bed so I just stayed in the living room. Just thinking about stuff, but then stuff became Marley. She occupied my mind until she came out of her room in her pyjamas.

"Hey" she said with a smile on her face

"Hey" I said back

"So what shall we do now?" I said

"Not sure, watch a movie?"

"Sure, which movie?"

"Hmm, how about Real Steel?"

"What's that?"

"It's about these robots that fight each other its good"

"Ok then"

So we put the movie on and sat on the sofa to watch it. After about half an hour Marley was asleep with her head on my lap. Her hair was so soft, she was so cute sleeping. I picked her up and put her in her bed so she would be more comfortable. I then turned the movie off and got into my own bed to sleep. We had a big day tomorrow.

I woke Marley up 1 hour before the competition that day. She got up, got ready and had a bit of breakfast. You could tell how nervous she was but she was determined not to show it.

"Hey Marley how you feeling?" I said to her

"Ok I guess"

"So why are you entering this competition anyway?"

"Well my born skill is that I'm good at boarding so I decided I might as well do something with it"

"What do you win?"

"Dunno it's a mystery prize"

"What do you want to win?"

"I don't really mind"

"If you won this you could get into the world grade prix"

"Yea but I don't have a zero gravity board so I wouldn't be able to anyway"

We decided to head to the arena since it was nearly time. It was busier than ever, you could only just see the entrance if you were close. Marley headed over to the competitors tent so I went over to the stands.

Marley's POV

I was so nervous but I wasn't going to let it show, not now, not ever. You could see how nervous everyone else was so you had to stay cool or everyone had you taken for a coward.

I saw K-lon. He looked surprised to see me here; I guess it was him who tried to kill me. But why? Was it out of fear or was it something else. I couldn't think about that now, I had to stay focused. I walked straight passed him and into my own personal area with my gear. Everyone was soon called out to the main area where we would be told our pairs. Why pairs you ask? Well because of the time limit 2 people would go through the course together side by side, we couldn't hurt each other but we could try to put each other off by saying things. And who ever had the best time over all would win. Most people had been said by now but not me; in fact my name was called out last.

"And our last pair is Marley and K-lon"

You had to be kidding me! I was with K-lon this was not good. He had been in competitions before and won them all. He then came over to me.

"Hey Marley, so we will be going down the course together eh" he said with a cheeky grin on his smug little face.

"Don't try anything funny K-lon!" I warned him with a stern voice

"Ha see you on the course" and with that he patted me on the back and walked away

I knew he was plotting something, I just didn't know what. We were last so all the tension got to me. What if K-lon put me off so much that I fell off at the drop zone? Ouch! That would hurt. It was finally my go, my nerves were taking over but I didn't back down. I walked out of the tunnel trying to look cool but I knew I wasn't feeling cool. I stood at the starting point next to K-lon not taking notice to anything he said. I focused my mind on the course and not everything else around me. Then the whistle blew and we were off, side by side. K-lon didn't say I word to me so I just kept going wondering what he was up to. We were nearing the drop zone. This was where it counted I told myself as we got closer. I then suddenly felt a shock go through my body and everything went black.

Ohh what's happened to Marley? Was it K-lon's doing or was it something else? Will she be ok? Find out in the next chapter. Please review this chapter ^_^