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Chapter 18: The Challenge Begins
The man at the desk didnt even look twice or check anything it seemed but our names before we were ushered into a room in the back of the office. We were briefed on rules, and it sounded like some sort of top secret mission. There would be no camera-men following us, any footage they get will be from helicopter. Then we each had to sign papers, and were informed that we were the last to show up and everyone else had a head start. It felt as if we were signing away our very lives, but, we had to sign, to go through with it. Then we were blindfolded and taken to a helicopter. I guess i smirked because of all the secret ness that was going into this, because I was abrubtly told to stop it. The pilot didnt seem to care about too much, as long as we werent enjoying the experience, but Lyl started trying to shout over the noise. All i could make out, was it not feeling right, but i didnt put too much thought into it. It seemed like hours, and we were advised to get what sleep we could, as we were going to need it. I tried to, but I just couldnt, team captain rang in my head again, as I was expected to be the authority, and keep them safe. It did run through my head, wondering what on earth I was thinking, brining two people new to beyblading, and a fighter with me. I really didnt need any fights, but I figured it would be worse off without her, having to deal with Lyl and Ty on my own. Her bitbeast Ciere wasnt exactly a pushover, as she had demonstrated the previous World Championships. Ty's didnt seem too bad, but he needed to work on his defense, and actually want to do go. And Lyl, well Lyl was Lyl, she would find a way to get what she wanted, even if she didnt have a bit beast. All in all not a bad team, yet it was essentially four strangers put together, and expected to live, somewhere. My thoughts turned back to the challenge. Wondering where we go, what we would have to. I had already figured out that it wasnt just going to be limited to Beyblde, after all we were entered as a boxing team. Force Raiders, it had a nice ring to it, unlike the blunt BladeBreakers, or Demolition Boys.
The helicopter lurched, and i blinked my eyes straining against the black of the blindfold trying to see through, to the world beyond, but no such luck. I closed my eyes and waited for the trip to be over but then someone yanked open a door and a cold wind hit me. Wherever we were, it wasnt some caribbean island. Part of me had hoped for that, but, the other, longed for the cold and roughness of Russia. Though, if that was where we were, we were, I was in big trouble. How i would get get Ty and Lyl through was beyond me. My thoughts were interrupted as someone grabbed my arm and roughly pulled me over, I kicked out into the unknown where the arm must have been coming from.
"A fiesty one," a man said as grip was released on my one arm to dodge, and i was grasped on the other, "We had both better handle this one." And someone came to my other side, trying to leave me without movement. I let myself be dragged a couple steps, then pulled a stunt I had seen a little kid do once, I completely stopped supporting myself and almost pulled the men over. I would not have this being pushed around in the dark, for all I knew, they would have been leading me to a cliff. I sprang forward completely catching them offgaurd and pulled myself free. I moved my hands around, to find they had been tied behind my back, and here I had thought they had just gone numb from being in the position. They were tingling so it was a good sign. I heard a huff, and then another, and I worked harder on my hands. I heard footsteps, and guessed they were coming for me again.. but I waited, and worked my hands. The footsteps got louder, closer. I sprang forwards and rolled, since they would have most likely been going for my arms, I pinned them to my side, and at that moment the rope came free. I tore the blindfold off my head as I stood up, and took a step back in amazement. They had been leading me to a cliff, or maybe thats where I ran, but staring up, I was glad i hadnt gone that far. I turned to look for the men and saw the helicopter taking off, 4 mountain backpacks dropped to the ground once they were in the air. I looked for Sorrai, Ty and Lyl, and saw them staring same as me. The exact same question running through all our brains, and resounding through the mountains. 'What had we gotten ourselves into?'
One by one, we seemed to come to, realizing that there was no way to turn back. Only to continue on, and try to finish this thing. I looked at the bag marked 'Matt'. I didnt even change my name on the entry, just to make sure I didnt give whoever was hosting this any ideas. Which thinking about it... They hadnt said WHO was actually hosting it, they had just said that the BBA supported it.
"A MAP AND COMPASS!" Lyl exclaimed happily. She held it up to show us, there was a little piece of paper stuck behind the map. I looked at the piece of paper then at the map, there would be no hope in locating where were in... I checked the bottom, all of Canada. The piece of paper that was attached had some directions on it though.
"Right on Lyl! I guess that means she gets navigation?" Ty said eager to be off and just pulling on his pack.
"YAH! Can i have navigation please? pretty please? It's one thing i am actually good at!" Lyl said. Then showed us that according to the direction, we didnt have to scale the cliff, but go the other way. Lyl and Ty had already gotten their bags on, and started off racing to the first tree, and down the little hill we were on. Sorrai gave me a resigned look and we started off after them, at a walk. Knowing full well we would catch them soon enough, when they got tired, and judging by the weight of the packs, that wouldnt be very long. The day wore on, and so did our energy. For all my training, I finally began to realise this wasnt going to be as easy as it had first appeared. We caught up to Lyl and Ty, without saying a word. Finding them sitting under a tree resting.
"Whoa, that was enough for one day." Ty said. I looked at him, and where we had come from, not even 100 feet away.
"Come on, we have a long way to go yet today, and sitting around isnt going to get us there." I said, starting off walking again, slowly, to give them time to catch up.
"But Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiii, I'm tired!" Ty said. complaining loudly as he got to his feet.
"The more farther we get today, the less we have to do tomorrow, or the day after, and of course, the better the chances of us getting to the end first." Sorrai said. She gave him a look that woulda made a dog scurry and run and Ty got moving. The sun peaked, and we entered trees. At first sparse and short, but they had begun to get a bit bigger.
"Please? You cant torture us like this.. we gotta take a break and rest, I'm not ready for this much walking, and im pretty sure Ty isnt either." Lyl said, trying to get us to stop. I looked at Ty who promptly found a comfy place to sit down. Lyl came up and begged in front of me.
"Fine, we'll have to set up camp here though too, so find a sheltered spot. Lyl you can get some firewood, and Ty, you help her." I said. Silently I was happy we had stopped, I was dying to look through my pack. Sorrai left, assigning herself the job of finding a good spot to set up camp. I zipped open the bag. There was a tent, a flashlight, a couple batteries, alot of food, a sleeping bag, a blanket, a coat, a hat, some mittens, matches, and my Dranzer. Which was what I had asked for, for my item. The man had sneered as I did it, and I guessed they were not intending to let us get through with extra stuff. I eyed the launcher attached to my arm, now i wasnt without. Digging down as far as i could, I found there was two more beyblades, Cyber Black Dranzer and Black Dranzer. Of course, I thought to myself, when I said Beyblade, they had given me all the ones of that description on me. I thought of the bit ships hidden in the launcher. Well that plan had worked well so far, but the sun was going down and camp needed to be set up.
"I found a good spot, surrounded by trees. Come on I'll show you where it is." She said. Ty and Lyl came back with some wood, Ty a whole armload, and Lyl a bunch of twigs. I took Ty's back as Sorrai lead us to the new campsite.
"I'm sooo hungry." Lyl complained. Great I thought to myself. The only thing worse then having one girl on the team. I had two.
Chapter 18: The Challenge Begins
The man at the desk didnt even look twice or check anything it seemed but our names before we were ushered into a room in the back of the office. We were briefed on rules, and it sounded like some sort of top secret mission. There would be no camera-men following us, any footage they get will be from helicopter. Then we each had to sign papers, and were informed that we were the last to show up and everyone else had a head start. It felt as if we were signing away our very lives, but, we had to sign, to go through with it. Then we were blindfolded and taken to a helicopter. I guess i smirked because of all the secret ness that was going into this, because I was abrubtly told to stop it. The pilot didnt seem to care about too much, as long as we werent enjoying the experience, but Lyl started trying to shout over the noise. All i could make out, was it not feeling right, but i didnt put too much thought into it. It seemed like hours, and we were advised to get what sleep we could, as we were going to need it. I tried to, but I just couldnt, team captain rang in my head again, as I was expected to be the authority, and keep them safe. It did run through my head, wondering what on earth I was thinking, brining two people new to beyblading, and a fighter with me. I really didnt need any fights, but I figured it would be worse off without her, having to deal with Lyl and Ty on my own. Her bitbeast Ciere wasnt exactly a pushover, as she had demonstrated the previous World Championships. Ty's didnt seem too bad, but he needed to work on his defense, and actually want to do go. And Lyl, well Lyl was Lyl, she would find a way to get what she wanted, even if she didnt have a bit beast. All in all not a bad team, yet it was essentially four strangers put together, and expected to live, somewhere. My thoughts turned back to the challenge. Wondering where we go, what we would have to. I had already figured out that it wasnt just going to be limited to Beyblde, after all we were entered as a boxing team. Force Raiders, it had a nice ring to it, unlike the blunt BladeBreakers, or Demolition Boys.
The helicopter lurched, and i blinked my eyes straining against the black of the blindfold trying to see through, to the world beyond, but no such luck. I closed my eyes and waited for the trip to be over but then someone yanked open a door and a cold wind hit me. Wherever we were, it wasnt some caribbean island. Part of me had hoped for that, but, the other, longed for the cold and roughness of Russia. Though, if that was where we were, we were, I was in big trouble. How i would get get Ty and Lyl through was beyond me. My thoughts were interrupted as someone grabbed my arm and roughly pulled me over, I kicked out into the unknown where the arm must have been coming from.
"A fiesty one," a man said as grip was released on my one arm to dodge, and i was grasped on the other, "We had both better handle this one." And someone came to my other side, trying to leave me without movement. I let myself be dragged a couple steps, then pulled a stunt I had seen a little kid do once, I completely stopped supporting myself and almost pulled the men over. I would not have this being pushed around in the dark, for all I knew, they would have been leading me to a cliff. I sprang forward completely catching them offgaurd and pulled myself free. I moved my hands around, to find they had been tied behind my back, and here I had thought they had just gone numb from being in the position. They were tingling so it was a good sign. I heard a huff, and then another, and I worked harder on my hands. I heard footsteps, and guessed they were coming for me again.. but I waited, and worked my hands. The footsteps got louder, closer. I sprang forwards and rolled, since they would have most likely been going for my arms, I pinned them to my side, and at that moment the rope came free. I tore the blindfold off my head as I stood up, and took a step back in amazement. They had been leading me to a cliff, or maybe thats where I ran, but staring up, I was glad i hadnt gone that far. I turned to look for the men and saw the helicopter taking off, 4 mountain backpacks dropped to the ground once they were in the air. I looked for Sorrai, Ty and Lyl, and saw them staring same as me. The exact same question running through all our brains, and resounding through the mountains. 'What had we gotten ourselves into?'
One by one, we seemed to come to, realizing that there was no way to turn back. Only to continue on, and try to finish this thing. I looked at the bag marked 'Matt'. I didnt even change my name on the entry, just to make sure I didnt give whoever was hosting this any ideas. Which thinking about it... They hadnt said WHO was actually hosting it, they had just said that the BBA supported it.
"A MAP AND COMPASS!" Lyl exclaimed happily. She held it up to show us, there was a little piece of paper stuck behind the map. I looked at the piece of paper then at the map, there would be no hope in locating where were in... I checked the bottom, all of Canada. The piece of paper that was attached had some directions on it though.
"Right on Lyl! I guess that means she gets navigation?" Ty said eager to be off and just pulling on his pack.
"YAH! Can i have navigation please? pretty please? It's one thing i am actually good at!" Lyl said. Then showed us that according to the direction, we didnt have to scale the cliff, but go the other way. Lyl and Ty had already gotten their bags on, and started off racing to the first tree, and down the little hill we were on. Sorrai gave me a resigned look and we started off after them, at a walk. Knowing full well we would catch them soon enough, when they got tired, and judging by the weight of the packs, that wouldnt be very long. The day wore on, and so did our energy. For all my training, I finally began to realise this wasnt going to be as easy as it had first appeared. We caught up to Lyl and Ty, without saying a word. Finding them sitting under a tree resting.
"Whoa, that was enough for one day." Ty said. I looked at him, and where we had come from, not even 100 feet away.
"Come on, we have a long way to go yet today, and sitting around isnt going to get us there." I said, starting off walking again, slowly, to give them time to catch up.
"But Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiii, I'm tired!" Ty said. complaining loudly as he got to his feet.
"The more farther we get today, the less we have to do tomorrow, or the day after, and of course, the better the chances of us getting to the end first." Sorrai said. She gave him a look that woulda made a dog scurry and run and Ty got moving. The sun peaked, and we entered trees. At first sparse and short, but they had begun to get a bit bigger.
"Please? You cant torture us like this.. we gotta take a break and rest, I'm not ready for this much walking, and im pretty sure Ty isnt either." Lyl said, trying to get us to stop. I looked at Ty who promptly found a comfy place to sit down. Lyl came up and begged in front of me.
"Fine, we'll have to set up camp here though too, so find a sheltered spot. Lyl you can get some firewood, and Ty, you help her." I said. Silently I was happy we had stopped, I was dying to look through my pack. Sorrai left, assigning herself the job of finding a good spot to set up camp. I zipped open the bag. There was a tent, a flashlight, a couple batteries, alot of food, a sleeping bag, a blanket, a coat, a hat, some mittens, matches, and my Dranzer. Which was what I had asked for, for my item. The man had sneered as I did it, and I guessed they were not intending to let us get through with extra stuff. I eyed the launcher attached to my arm, now i wasnt without. Digging down as far as i could, I found there was two more beyblades, Cyber Black Dranzer and Black Dranzer. Of course, I thought to myself, when I said Beyblade, they had given me all the ones of that description on me. I thought of the bit ships hidden in the launcher. Well that plan had worked well so far, but the sun was going down and camp needed to be set up.
"I found a good spot, surrounded by trees. Come on I'll show you where it is." She said. Ty and Lyl came back with some wood, Ty a whole armload, and Lyl a bunch of twigs. I took Ty's back as Sorrai lead us to the new campsite.
"I'm sooo hungry." Lyl complained. Great I thought to myself. The only thing worse then having one girl on the team. I had two.