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(a/n): Thank you so much for the reviews. I'm glad you really like this story! Well do be quite honest; I have no idea how in the WORLD I keep updating at all. My teachers are giving me a hard time and I think its time to spoil their spree but I always seem to fail. Oh well, hope you like this chap! Enjoy. ^_^
Chapter13: The Grand Speech
Almost everyone was at the meeting. Trinity never met these people. There were a lot of people from the whole blue and red team. There were personnel from the Liandri and the Liandri troops. Spectators were also here and there. They were in a gigantic room with a 2nd floor balconies were people stood or ate. Obviously, the top floor is for the spectators and the personnel. The ground floor was for the contestants. The podium stood on a large stand with a couple of steps but no one stood behind it.
People whispered and talked to each other as they all waited for one man, Xan Kriegor. Trinity didn't bother dressing up in something else than her suit, same with almost all of the contestants. Only a few people had suits and dresses. Ivana for example wore a blue, sparkly, long dress with her hair unbraided. Trinity stood patiently for the 'champion' to show his face. She wants to know the news of the tournament. She must know everything, or else if she misses something, it would be really bad.
"I don't like this place." She heard Dessloch whisper in her ear and she ignored him. She concentrated at the 4 people coming up to her. They all wore the same uniform with one really big guy in the middle. "Trinity?" He addressed her and she straightened herself and looked directly into his eyes. "That would be me." She said coolly and deadly. "My name is Brock. I am the leader of the Iron Guard. I just want to say that I have heard of your success. It would be a pleasure to meet you in combat some day." His voice was smooth and easy to understand. She could even see him smile. "Sure, same here. I have heard of your team and it would be an honor."
She looked at all his other members. Two women and another guy stood behind him. "Oh let me introduce you to my team." He noticed her eyes travel behind him. "This is Rylisa, Lauren and Johnson." He said as he pointed at each every one of them. "I would like to introduce you to another person but he's not part of our team, just a friend. Plus he is not here." He turned back to her and smiled. "But I'm sure you'll meet him in combat." Trinity smiled but Brock couldn't see it. Trinity started to hate her mask but then again, she loves it. It's the only thing that is preventing them to see who she is and is part of the outfit, which is a good reason to wear it.
The lights dimmed and everyone turned their attention to the podium. A woman came out with black hair and dark eyes. She wore a red long dress that wiped the floor. Behind her came forth her worse enemy. Xan stood behind the brown podium with the microphone and scanned the room and looked straight at her. She couldn't say if he was smiling or not, he was completely inhuman now.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the Unreal Tournament. My name is Xan Kriegor and I am here to talk about the tournament." "Just great." Trinity heard Dessloch mumble and she smiled. "This year's tournament is unbelievable." He continued. "We have old records broken and new ones set. Today our rates have sky rocketed. New contestants are joining, beating the old ones and giving themselves respectful names." He looked around the room before continuing.
"We are doing well and this year's tournament will definitely be remembered. You either fights for what you believe, fight for your life or trying to find out who you really are. The tournament is for all kinds of people. We even have rich civilians joining to prove themselves. We have people from the army forces and professionals killers. We even have the prisoners from wars and the aliens from different parts of the world."
He looked up at the higher floor. "We have the Necris, a very agile and smart race. We have the Nali's who represent the innocents and, of course, the almighty Skraaj Hybrids. That race has power, size and agility. The most feared race by men and yet contestants are willing to challenge them to proceed and climb the ladder of the bloody tournament. This tournament is a true blood sport and it can't get any bloodier than this. Watch the weak fall and the strong prevail. One person makes a difference. This tournament is to test your true self. Your stamina, your agility, your tactics. See the strongest humans on the planet struggle through the ladder and unto the Final Championship. Watch how strong a human can be even stronger than the biological weapons. Everyone this is the Unreal Tournament." The audience clapped but Trish stayed put. He hasn't said anything but what the tournament is about. She wants the good stuff.
"Now. Why don't we name those that have served this tournament well?" He nodded towards the woman in the red dress and she gave him an envelope. "These are the top ten of the best statistics. In place number 10 is…Cilia from the Venom team!" One light glowed through the dark room, showing Cilia who nodded to everyone.
"Ninth place is Boris from the winning Blood Reavers!!" Trish looked around the room but than the light didn't show him, meaning he wasn't here. So he didn't show up? I wonder why? "Eighth place is Ivana from the Dark Phalanx!" Trinity rolled her eyes when they showed the little witch in the light. She waved to everyone and received cheers. "Seventh place is a contestant that is no human, a contestant of a no human team. The one and only Freylis from the Black Legion!!" The light guided to a Necris. She was a female and was quite attractive to tell the truth. Her skin was very, very white, of course, but her face was very human like. She must be a mix or something. She had beautiful silver hair that ran down to her shoulders and very thin and pale lips. Her eyes were thin as well with a white pupil. She smiled at everyone and bowed. A few clapped since everyone despised the alien race.
"Let's keep going. In sixth place is Arkon from the Raw Steel." Once again a few applauded. Arkon was a human. He had blue sunglasses with a white frame. His hair and mustache was snowy white. He was a big guy and smiled very warmly. He kind of reminded her of her father. Her father also smiled like that.
"In fifth place." Xan continued. "Lauren from Iron Guard and following her is Brock in fourth place, also from Iron Guard." Trish saw they two waved and there was a lot of people cheering them on. Maybe they were good after all. But she doesn't really care, Dark Phalanx only concerns her. She grew to hate that team.
"Now this is were we give out medals. In third place, a man from an unbeatable team who has served for a very long time, Luther Loner from the Blood Reavers." The whole room roared with cheers. Trinity smiled but noticed Dessloch wasn't too happy. She wonders why? Dessloch slowly came up and took his medal. It was pure bronze with a man in the middle with a minigun. Trinity clapped but a questioned went through her head. I wonder who is the second and first place.
"Now, now. We are just beginning here. In second place is the one man that had been here for the longest time, the man that knows combat and a man of pure strength and stability. The one and only Malcom from the Thunder Crash!" A man with a green navy suit stepped forth as people clapped. He had cool glasses, covering his eyes and a hat. He had a short beard and mustache. He gladly took the medal and shook hands with Xan. He took his glasses off and smiled at the crowd, nodding his head.
"Now, in first place is a contestant that is new but proved herself very good. She has strength, she has agility, her tactics are well and she is a real trained professional. Everyone let's give a round of applause to Trinity from the Blood Reavers!" The crowd went wild at her name, which kind of surprised her. She didn't know she was famous. But then again, everyone watches the tournament and she definitely was on television more than once. She came up to the podium and she actually heard some guys whistle. She took the long, golden medal. It had a woman doing a victory dance with a flak cannon in hand in the middle of two columns. She couldn't mistake the uniform the woman was in. The woman was meant to be Trinity. "Congratulations." Xan said and shook her hand.
"Let's give one more round of applause to our winners." Xan said as Dessloch, Malcom and Trinity walked back into the crowd. When the crowd quieted down Xan began again. "Now lets talk about the ladders. Tomorrow the Assault matches starts. Lets wish the best for our teams. The maps will not be random; instead they will go in order. The first match will start at Frigate. That's all I can reveal. The first teams that are playing against each other are the Black Legion and the Blood Reavers. The winners will proceed to the next ladder. Good luck to everyone." The lights dimmed on again. "Well this finishes everything, I will leave you now. Have a lovely evening." The audience applauded and Xan left the scene.
"Come on let's get out of here." Dessloch said and Trinity agreed as they both left for the Blue Bunker. Trinity has heard of the Assaults matches. She loves them the most. It reminds her of the missions you have to take as a mercenary. It was pretty damn cool.
In the assault matches there are two teams. One team is the attacking team and the other is the defending team. Her team starts as an attacking team she knows that. Her team must penetrate the base the other team is defending and destroy several key locations that she is told before the match begins. She must do this all under the time she is given. If the time runs out, she loses. If she wins, she must defend the base and the same key locations in the second match while the defending team now becomes the attacker. She must defend the base for the amount of time she succeeded at taking it. Each map is different and different tactics must be reinforced. Strategies must be made to defend and attack successfully. She heard that you begin as a spectator. She can see the environment of the whole map to be familiar.
The assault matches are really cool, if you play with good team members. But she is not worried. She knows she has the best team on her side.
(a/n): So how was this chapter? Lame? Boring? Useless? Pointless? Well I had to introduce some top characters such as Brock, Lauren and Malcom. Anyway. In the next chapter, the assault matches will start and Trinity and Zack both will be entering. So stay around. Plz don't forget to review! ^_^
