The sea of black shirts silenced, forced to sit down with defeat; pockets of purple and yellow were up and about cheering. A result that not many saw coming, a result that shocked even Squid Academy supporters; Squid Academy's Elites defeated Squidops by a score of 65-34. Both teams were panting and puffing, trying to inhale fresh oxygen and catch their breath. Sky's tottering in disbelief; she never thought in a million years that Aaron-of all her teammates-would be the one to come to her rescue. In the stands, the Rebels were also surprised by Aaron's clutch performance; Corey and Dustin were freaking out like little kids.
"Since when did Aaron play like that!?" Corey fanatically asked Todd, becoming a big fan right on the spot; Todd could only close his eyes and smile.
"It seems like this was a good learning experience. We now know that the Elites we faced in the Rank Wars are not the same team we just saw." Phillip commented, looking at the notes he wrote down for the match.
"I won't lie…that match was better than sleeping." Dustin said, putting his hands behind the back of his head.
"In the Rank Wars, they won nearly all their matches with little effort and in a way…it seemed like they were unbeatable. But…this performance…it is just too unreal to believe."-Todd stares at the playing field-"This team is definitely the only team worthy of representing Squid Academy…no other team at school can stand up to them."
His teammates stare at him with confusion; it was uncharacteristic for Todd to talk like that, to talk in such a self defeating tone. He gets up and heads for the exits, "Come guys…we have to practice…"
Todd doesn't look back, he keeps his head forward; His teammates follow, sensing that out of all of them, Todd must have been the one who was the most inspired by that performance-no way could he just sit around and do nothing, no good competitor would.
We'll become a team worthy of representing Squid Academy… they all thought with confidence.
The Elites shook hands with the members of Squidops and made their way to the locker rooms. The air conditioning brushed on their skin, giving them Goosebumps as they walked down the hall-a normal feeling that happens since the cold air punished their warm skin for swimming in the ink.
I don't like this feeling…! Sky thought with a sour taste in her mouth as she walked beside Aaron, who had a boastful expression.
With bragging eyes, "Hey Sky, I haven't heard a thanks from you yet."
"As if!" she sulked with a blush.
They both went to their separate locker rooms and freshened up, taking their showers and putting on some fresh clothing. When they meet back up outside, they find Shiva with her team-waiting for them. The mood turned hostile as Sky locked eyes with Shiva; although the two were best friends outside Turf Wars, when it came to the sport, the two had an ugly rivalry.
Shiva crosses her arms and tilts her head to left as she stares at Sky condescendingly, "Quite a close game you had there…"
Sky smirked as she placed her hands on her hips, "How come you always put up this façade whenever my friends are around…you trying to impress them?"
The Ice blue eyes peer and the Calm green eyes, both of them knew the other so well that they were practically sisters-especially when they bickered. Sky approached Shiva, getting in her face; Shiva doesn't falter, she stands before Sky proudly with her back straight. Sky's irritated by the giant melons that were in her face from Shiva, and Shiva smelled the envy.
"Oh? Did you not drink a lot of milk?" Shiva taunted Sky, knowing Sky was self conscious about her breast size; a vein popped from Sky's forehead as her teeth turned sharp.
Sky quickly grabs one and squeezes with force; Shiva feels the sharp pain and immediately taps out. But Sky doesn't let go, instead she has a menacing smile on her face.
"All I have to do is rip these off and we'll be even right?"
Shiva's tapping her arm to let go, "P-please stop Sky…if you continue…"-her face turned red, as her eyes began to twitch with arousal-"I'm gonna get you back…"
Sky's face got more menacing, "Huh!? Please remember that I'm older than you too! You're too young to be telling me anything!" she said fondling them both as Shiva began to laugh and moan at the same time; Aaron and Austin had a nosebleed-until Pearl came out of nowhere with a huge karate chop across both their heads.
"No lewd thoughts!"
After Sky released Shiva from her grasp, Gileslie came sprinting toward them frantically with breaking news-tripping at Sky's feet; Austin and Aaron try to contain their laughter. She gets up and dusts off herself, "I got some big news!"
"What's the big news?" Aaron asked; she held out her phone.
"I got a call from the others…"-pointing at her phone-"They said that Special Forces lost their match to Mahi Mahi Prep!"
Everyone looked disturbed by the news; Todd begins to think of the scenarios. With Special Forces eliminated they were going to be placed in one of the lower seeds automatically, but the question would be which seed. Aaron's eyes widen as a question for Gileslie sprouted, "how was their performance?"
Gileslie recalled the score, "They lost a close one: 69-30. Apparently Mahi Mahi Prep didn't give them any room to attack and continued to pounce until late in the match when Special forces began to surge and make a comeback.I think they'll probably get seeded at the 5th or 6th spot."
"How about Beacon Hills…how'd they do?" Shiva asked with equal interest.
Gileslie read off the text message on her phone, "Beacon Hills defeated Green Lakes by a score of 88 to 22…"
"So the four losers are Special Forces, Green Lakes, Squidops, and Reef…judging by the results, I'd say Squidops will more than likely get the 5th seed and the Special forces will probably get the 6th seed…so then Reef will get the 7th seed and Green lakes will get the 8th seed." Austin said, thinking about what significance the results meant.
Pearl looks up at the sky, "In other words…If we can make it to the finals, we'll have an easier first round opponent as opposed to getting eliminated now and possibly have to deal with one of those nightmares."
Sky grew a smirk as she lowered her head to look at her feet-closing her eyes, "Too bad we're not losing in the next round, right Shiva?"
"I'll see you in the finals…"-staring at Sky until Sky looked up at her-"Then I'll beat you in the final and take the number one seed for the winter championship."
"I like that confidence; I'll hold you to it."
Gileslie congratulated both teams and then stuck with the Elites afterwards; they headed back to Sky's apartment to hang out afterwards. After clearing the first match, it would only begin to get difficult for them in their campaign, facing Mahi Mahi Prep-the team that defeated Special Forces- in the next round.
