The next day
"It's too easy, you know what i stuck it out here after the ice age, we helped rebuild Akillian. He went off playing planet to planet and filled his pockets with cash"
"I saw him when i was a kid, he was simply the best.i'm glad he's back. They say he wants to form a team, is it true"
"I don't care one way or the other the lighting are best and the shadows arent bad. Akillian will never be able to compete with them with or without Arch"
"Artegor, How do you feel that your is back on Akillian"
"Arch isn't my best friend"
"But at one point he was"
"Listen, Kali, I have other things to do than speak about a ghost. I have a club to coach the galactic football cup is right around the corner and every day counts so why don't you show some interest for what counts, my team the red tigers"
"As you can see dear viewers, no one knows where Arch is hiding, is he still here? Has he already left? Is he preparing his selection? We know nothing at all but you can count on me to keep you informed this is Ka;i Mystic reporting live for Arcadia news"
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On Akillian-at D'joks house- D'joks P.O.V.
After finding out that it was Arch that we helped last night, Al, Ahito, Thran and myself have been trying to find him but when we didn't have any luck we went to Mia to see if she could find him
"Well mom do you see anything"
"I see four teenagers who keep moving and breaking my concentration" Micro-ice then came in saying
"What are you looking for. A good looking girl, treasure, a good looking girl with treasure" Thran then said
"We're looking for Arch"
"You guys don't know when to quit. Arch isn't crazy, he probably went back to where he came from" Ahito then said
"But he said he was going to form a team"
"And you think he's going to consider you to be his players" i then got up and said
"Why not, we're good right"
"Good for nothing, yeah and Arch has that gang leader Bellow hot on his heels, you know. I'm in a good position to know that, that doesn't make you want to stick around to long in the same spot" Al then said
"Why bellow still resents you, you gave him his tickets back, right"
"Yeah but that doesn't mean he;s my best friend or anything. Come on let's go tide some magnet Board" Mia then said
"Micro-ice is right and i have customers coming anyway"
"No mom. Arch is a symbol of destiny he came for us i'm sure of it. We have to find him" Micro-ice then said
"Alright i'm out of here Wackos, catch you later" Al then got up and said
"Hang on mice, ill come with. Someone's got to keep you out of trouble"
Alex's P.O.V.
Mice and i went up to a snow slope by the old Football stadium. When we got to the top i said
"10 credits say i beat you to the bottom"
"Make it 15"
"Deal…..3,2,1, go" we then set off. I was in front as usual. Mice then did a few flips after going off a slope but i still bet him to the bottom.
"Ha you owe me 15 credit"
"Shut up, lex and listen" that's when i head banging. I looked at mice before heading into the stadium. The banging got louder as we walked towards a hole in the floor. We put our boards down and looked down the hole. When we saw Arch and the other guy gathered around a cube thing Mice said
"Whats happening here" i couldnt work out what they were saying but when the other guy turned on the machine sparks started flying all over the place causing mice to fall.
"MICRO-ICE" i watched as he got caught up in the big cables,
"MICRO-ICE!" i sighed in relief when he replied
"I'm okay Lex. come on down". I then stood up and made my way over to the corner before starting to climb down. When i got to the bottom and joined Mice he said
"How are you so good at stuff like that"
"It's one of my many talents" i then looked at arch and said
"Well we should get going, we don't want to bother you, Sir" Mice then said
"It's not our thing to stick our noses in other people's business" we got to the elevator and then Arch said
"Hold on Kids, there's something you can do for me"
D'joks P.O.V.
"Cheer up D'jok. Mia can't see everything"
"I can't believe he left. We finally had our chance to do something with our lives. Something big" Thran then said
"One thing for sure the red tigers sure aren't gonna take us bunch of snobs" Mom-ice then came over and said
"So boys, Micro-ice isn't with you. You know boy your age, short, fly, nervous, always has an answer for everything they say he's a friend of yours. But somehow i still can't believe that" Micro-ice then appeared saying
"Perhaps youre looking for me because when people look for me they find me. Not like Arch's case except i managed to find hi without even looking for him" I got up saying
"What, you know where he is. You mean he's still on Akillian"
"Yep he's even going to run some tryouts. Alex is out telling people. Now where are those drinks". We all then went out and told people about the then met up with Alex and went to the Academy. We got in the elevator along with other people and wne t down to the training place. When the doors opened Mice said
"This is it" He went over to Arch and Clamp and said
"And more are coming" Arch then said
"How's that answer for you" i looked at the cube thing and said
"What's this thing"
"Well it's a holo trainer a virtual training machine" Mice then said
"I'm out here nothing left for me to do" Arch then yelled after him
"You don't want to stick around for the test kids" his response was
"Tests aren't really my thing just hearing the work makes me think i'm in school"
"Well thanks for everything kid, you really dropped in at the right time" Al then said
"Come on Mice"
"Sorry Lex, have fun. Ill catch you later" He walked over to the elevator just as it opened and he became mesmerized by this girl
"WOW"Sinead the came out of the lift, i tapped AL and when she saw him she sighed before heading over to him with us behind.
Alex's P.O.V.
"WHats up with you micro-ice, you look more stupid than usual" Mice responded to him with
"Sinead, what'd you come for, to keep and eye on your friends bags. Oh wait i forgot you don't have any friends"
"I'd rather have no friends than have yours" I then butted in saying
"That's not very nice Sinead, you disappoint me" Sinead pointed at all of us before saying
"I'm going to destroy all of you on that playing field. I got more talent in my little toe than all of you combined" Mice then shouted
"That's what We're here to see, buddy" Ahito then said
"Are you staying for the tryouts" D'jok then said
"It wouldn't happen to be because of this girl by any chance would it"
"Girl wha girl" i then said
"Leave him alone guys, little mice has a crush" we laughed at him before heading back to the crowd.
However, the elevator opened and Bellow came out with a handful of his men.
"Hi everybody, so now you're all having fun without us" Mice then muttered
"Why does this guy always have to ruin the mood" Thran then said
"Don't worry guys he won't stick around for much longer"
"All right kids, clear out of here. It's not you we're after" before he could make a move towards Arch a bright light came through the hole in the ceiling, and the Callie Mystic came down
"What did i tell you dear viewers, with callie mystic, nothing remains a secret for long" I then sai to thran
"Did you have her come here"
"I thought it would be good for us to be on TV" Callie then said
"Well Arch it goes without saying that you're hard to find but it would take a lot more for Callie Mystic to give up"... Arch then said to the rest of us
"Let me introduce myself, My name is Arch. you've probably heard of me, whether good or bad. I was on the last great Akillian football team
And the reason i'm here is to form another team, an even better team with your talents. I'm convinced we can revive the breath of Akillian. Professor Clamp here will help run today's tests, we will only take the best among you, i'm counting on you to give your all well good luck" Mice then said
"Sir where are we gonna do these tests i don't see a field here" Clamp then said
"And that's exactly why i need a volunteer so step right up son and put on this outfit" Mice got changed and headed to the cube. When i bright light came from the doorway everyone gasped. Thran then said to mice
"Go o Micro, do t" Then D'jok
"So them what you can do" he stepped inside and the door closed. We couldn't see what was happening inside but what could hear what Arch was saying to him.
"Here's the drill, you see the red line on the other side of the field you have to get there as fast as you can dribbling the ball"
"Piece of cake"
"Ghost will appear on your way you'll have to dribble around them without losing anytime"
"Smaller piece of cake"
"Ready...GO" it then went quiet for a couple of minutes until he came out. We went up to him ans AHito asked
"How was it?"
"Absolutely awesome" Arch then said
"Very Good, whos next" everyone stuck their hands up saying "Me" Hey" "pick me". They day went on like that, person after person, tryout after tryout. Some people were really bad others really good but it was fun all the same. After Sinead's turn, D'jok saw the speed he was kicking the footballs, Sinead then came over and said
"Try to beat that if you can"
"My pleasure mate" I then muttered
"Just once can they not make it a competition" D'jok and sinead basically has the same training programme but all the same D'jok beat sinead on the speed.
"Good enough for you, Al it's your turn" D'jok came over and handed me the yellow Jersey. I got changed and then made my way into the holo trainer thing.
Arch then said
"okay kid, similar program to your friends but with a twist. You'll go head to head with a clone. First to 5 goals"
"Easy" the clone then appeared in front of me and so did the ball. The ball then shoot up and the clone jumped off my shoulders to get the ball. It got the ball and headed to my Goal, I ran after it. I swiped the ball from it and ran to the other goal. The clone was really far behind me. I then kicked the ball up and did a spinning kick and scored. This process continued until the 4th goal on my part. Arch then said
"Okay, Alex we're going to crank it up a notch if that's okay"
"Sounds good to me"
"this time the clone will play to GF standards"
"Right, okay" the clone and i got ready at the centre of the pitch. The ball then shoot up and the clone jumped to get to, i jumped as well but then something happened, this blue stuff started radiating off me and boosted me up. I kicked the ball up and then did a backflip kick and scored. When I landed I almost had like blue lighting on my arms. To say that I was surprised was an understatement,. I was absolutely shocked. I then stepped out of the holo cube and the guys came running over and were cheering and jumping all over the place. I then got changed and passed the jersey over to this girl with white hair. Whilst she was in the trainer D'jok came over, hit my arm and said
"What was that"
"What was what"
"In the holo trainer. What you did with the ball"
"I don't know it just kind of happened. Why"
"Because it looked like the breath of Akillian"
"Yeah right, it was probably just a malfunction in the machine" Arch then said to a boy
"Rocket, does your father know you're here" a angry man then pushed past and said
"Yes i know and i don't agree with it. You're coming with me right now" Him and Rocket then left. We were all told to sit and just wait. Me and the guys sat down in a circle and i was seriously tired so i was lying on the floor with my head resting on D'jok legs.
After like 30 minuets Ahito asked
"Why are you so tired Lex"
"There was a fight a the care home, i couldn't sleep" D'jok then said
"Why didn't you come to mine?"
"It was like 3 in the morning"
"That hasn't stopped you before"
"All the Care workers were awake so i couldn't get out". He then said
"So DO you think he'll take me" Thran answered him
"Are you kidding, if they don't take you they won't take anyone. Well Alex has nothing to worry about, she has the breath of Akillian, she's definitely got a place" before i could say anything Mice Burst out with
"I can't take it anymore, we've been hanging around for too long already. I don't care about their team anyway" he got up and began walking away just as Arch said
"Your attention please" we got and listened to what he had to say
"Clamp and i have finally chosen eight of you. For those of you who aren't selected, don't be sad i'll keep every name and how knows maybe i'll call you to be a member of the reserve team, never forget that there's more to life than football" I heard mice then say
"That's the first sensible thing i've heard all day" Arch gave Clamp a nod and the 9 holograms appeared with the faces of Me, D'jok, Thran, Ahito, Sinead, the girl Mice has a crush on and the girl with white hair. The last hologram kept on spinning, eventually it came to a stop revealing Mice's face. He then said
"Yes, i made the team, can you believe it i made the team.. No really it's cool it's actually not a big surprise i am the best after all"
"Humble as ever Micro-ice"