We all go back to the stadium sitting on the wood bleachers.
Mom tugs on my shoulder and whispers. "Look! That's Ana Amari! She worked with your uncle and his bestie Jack! She has saved their lives like, so much you have no idea!"
"Wow mom she's really tall!"
"She's also the best sniper in the world!"
I'm startled from behind like the voice flows down my back. "Oh, no I'm not but I'm happy you think that well of me!"
She looks at me smiling. She's so cool! "So you must be little Ashley! Your father told me so much about you and your brother!"
Angel looks at her in awe. "Dad and his friend Jack talks about you a lot in a good way don't worry."
Mom then ask. "If you don't mind me asking what are you doing here?"
"I'm watching my niece compete! There are also rumors of omnics wanting to attack so I'm here just in case they do. And I had to bring Ogundimo to justice!"
Why does that guy in front of us look so scared?
A very tan guy with a beard and blue businessy suit and brown argyle socks with beige triangles sits down and says. "Boo!"
The man runs away. "Aaaa!"
The other guy smirks putting his ankle on his knee saying. "What are you gonna do sue me ?"
Mom laughs and says. "Gee it really doesn't take much to scare an American! You just have to look different."
"Isn't he Molly's dad? She's in your group!"
Isabella then says. "Hmm, you know something he is!"
The man who said boo yells to his daughter. "Wahibah are you ready to slay! Remember the American team is better than the French!"
Isabella whispers in my ear. "Let's go. And don't worry we'll do the hard stunt you'll see!"
I make peace signs and put my leg back smiling. Then I put my arms on my hips then cross my arms and glare.
I see Isabella behind me in the mirror. "Bestie, what are you doing?"
"Practicing! Why?"
"It doesn't look like it to me!"
"I'm practicing my cool poses!"
We practice our routines. Full ups are so easy to mess up. The coach says. "If that has to go to 2 feet it'll go there!"
Full up into a toe touch into a bow and arrow. Then they toss us and we do our tuck and spins. After landing we do scorpions.
It's finally competition time yay!
Isabella and I look at each other a bit nervously. "Just remember bestie I'll always be your friend we've come this far!"
The Saudi team comes out and I don't know any of those songs! Their cheer track sounds kind of like our pop but also kinda different too.
Isabella whispers in my ear. "Our cheertrack is so much better we have Demi Lovato Mack Z and JoJo Siwa!"
It's finally our time! Everyone was waiting all day for this moment. It's now or never it's up to us. We're in it to win it!
Isabella look into each other's eyes intensely, hold hands for 2 seconds, then we front handspring into a double full into our groups. They catch us and we do high Vs. We didn't spin out of our base's hands ok good so far. We ride it perfectly.
JoJo Siwa's D.R.E.A.M plays and matches how I'm feeling.
After staying tight we do a toe touch into a bow and arrow then we get tossed and we do X jumps and at the peak of the toss I triple spin and stop spinning so my bases catch me then I scorpion into a scale.
The crowd's cheer grows so loud! Everyone is standing up, and...we won! Just barely but still we won! My mouth feels scratchy and taste kinda bloody and I'm so shaky! But happiness is my strongest feeling! Yay we made the audience and our coach and parents so proud of us!
Isabella and I giddily jump up and down happily yelling to each other then we hug. "We couldn't have done it without any of you!"
We shake hands with the other team and Wahibah says to us. "You were amazing!"
A couple their bases and a flyer cry.
Ana leans forward kinda squatting hugging one of the other team's flyers. "You were fantastic! Your cousin Pharah sent you like the cutest snap ever!"
She cries and hugs her more. Then a very tall girl comes over and runs to them. "Grats cuz! Sure you might not have won but your ant and I are so proud of you!"
Their dad from earlier tells them. "May the friendship between Egypt and Saudi Arabia last forever and ever!"
Ana looks down to me. "Oh sorry Ashley I didn't see you there! Do you wanna friend each other on Snapchat or what?"
"Mom! We need your phone!"
She types everyone's info onto her phone.
Wahibah runs over raising her hand yelling. "Me too!"
Everyone wants my autograph and to take selfies with me so I let them. I'm feeling so good. Frog girl tells me. "Congratz, you has ze talent, non?"
I tell her. "You're very talented too! I think your saltos are even better than mine!"
"Merci!"
I felt my body just move on its own, it was magical.
"Wanna leapfrog with me?"
"Zit would be my honor!"
We hop like frogs in a circle then I get back to pictures. I do cool and silly poses and in our team picture I stand behind the coach squatting and pull her mouth with one finger on each side. I look at their phone and she was smiling ha ha!
Isabella's looking sad, she's frowning a little and sighed. "What's wrong bestie?"
"I dunno, just happy we won."
She needs me. "Izzie, you know I just got lucky right?"
"I think one of my bases forgot to keep her elbow in her body enough."
"Izzie! You still did great! We all won together!"
Aliyah points up at a metal thing below the roof! It's that weird guy with the shiny mask and red hood! He stands on the metal thing.
He moves his hands like he's doing yoga breathing and says as his red eyes glow. "While millions suffer all you can do is distract people! Governments have become weak, letting the weak live! People don't respect those richer than them and it frustrates me so much! This, my friends is why you guys need Talon! Like seriously you people care more about saving animals than serving your be..."
He rocks back and forth then falls asleep and falls on a balloon castle.
Ana says as he falls. "Nap time!"
Everyone laughs and the cops giggle as they take the weird guy away.
Another cop yells. "No bombs were found thank goodness!"
We all go back to the hotel with chips, chocolate coronets, juice, rice cakes, Takis, pocky, Twix, and so much ice cream with sprinkles!
A man with a cart comes in and Isabella and I smile at each other. We both grab mermaid brushes and chase him down the hallway.
I yell to him. "We're gonna make you very pretty mister!"
He screams. "Aaaah get these adorable kids away from me!"
We giggle on the way back to our room. Mom recorded the whole thing on her phone. "Your dad's gonna love this!"
