"Hey man great match!"
"Yeah great match!"
The voices of these spectators were lost on the still nauseous Wraith; he threw up a couple of times from respawning too many times, but he eventually was presented with a "Big Keg O' Health" at which he let out a sigh as his wounds disappeared and the bullets fell to the floor.
"Thanks man I needed tha…" he paused as if frozen at the sight of who had given him the +100 Health pack, it was Malcolm: the current reigning champion of the Team DeathMatch and DeathMatch tournament ladders.
"Walk with me".
He talked for what felt like hours about how Wraith was a great warrior and would be an asset to any team he was a part of
"I'm already part of a team." Wraith interjected
"What?" Malcolm asked.
"I am the leader of a team, The Lion's Den." Wraith explained
"Oh, I see. Look stay away from me, Brock and Lauren, or else." Malcolm motioned his index finger across his neck, while walking away.
"What the hell was that?!" Wraith asked to no one in particular once Malcolm had left.
Wraith normally after a match would retire to his quarters and rest up until his next match. But he promised he'd meet Torch in the food court.
"Hi man, great match." Torch said as they both sat down.
"Yeah thanks." Wraith replied.
"You know they're gonna erase you from Widowmaker's memory." Torch said.
"Yeah, now what do you wanna' talk about?" Wraith asked impatiently.
"Well now that you've finally defeated Widowmaker we can bring "The Lion's Den" out of retirement can't we?" Torch asked hopefully. Wraith paused for a moment in deep thought then said.
"Yeah, tell Sapphire and BlackJack to meet us tomorrow at the main entrance."
"This is gonna be great. If our plan works then it could end within nine months." Torch said in an excited voice that rose in pitch as he reached the end of the sentence.
"Yeah, but first we have to recruit, remember the policy?" Wraith asked in an almost schoolteacher-like voice.
"Of course I do." said Torch, annoyed "No; Anubans, Gen 'Mo Kai, Robots or Medusae." Torch recited from memory.
"Good, we don't want anything to happen like last time. My god what were you thinking recruiting Widowmaker? If he failed the military what makes you think he would listen to my orders." Wraith asked angrily.
"Ok! Ok! How many times do I have to say I'm sorry, jeez, it won't happen again." Torch retorted full of defence.
