Chapter 4
The game was even at one goal all. This was only because Rhiannan had gone into a coughing fit and the others were too concerned about her to pay attention to the opposition. Not that it mattered. It was only five minutes into the match. Another 55 minutes left to spend whipping the collective arses of the Original Sins. The fearsome Halflings were going for a world record, even if it meant beating (literally) their opponents. And besides, they planned to just muck around until the quarter time siren went in 10 minutes time. Rhiannon needed to see an on-site medic.
(A/N: Obviously not an on-field medic, or they would get knocked out and thus needing more on-field medics, who themselves would get knocked out. They in turn would need more on-field medics, and as you can see, the list goes on.)
Five minutes to go, and the score was no longer even. It was 5 to 1 in favour of the Fearsome Halflings. One of the Original Sins defence players had been carried off the field when an unseen foul had rendered him unconscious. The rest of his team-mates were playing in fear that they too may end up in a critical condition.
Danielle dodged around the remaining defender, who threw himself out of her way. She scored another goal, just as the siren went, leaving the score 6 goals to 1. The 1 obviously belonged to the Original Sins, who now didn't have any defenders able to participate. One of them was in a coma; the other had a broken arm and possible cracked ribs.
The Fearsome Halflings made their way back to the change room. Peter, the team's coach, called them into the conference room. He started shamelessly criticising their every move. The girls who lad already heard this before had learnt to change his words into a distant "Blah, blah, blah," in the back of their minds. Nikita turned to Sapphire, who was the only one pretending to listen and who had her eyes glazed over as she stared past her father.
"Hey, Sapph," Nikita whispered. "We should be out celebrating instead of listening to you old man blab."
"Yes. But Father wouldn't allow us to just gett up and leave. We can go shopping tomorrow."
"Really!"
"I promise," whispered Sapphire, who was still staring blankly at her father.
A/N: For those of you who are sane and curious enough to wonder which other teams won their matches, the answer is as follows:
The Phoenixes won against the All Stars
The Wolves won against the Raptors.
The Demolition Boys won against the Cyclopses.