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Chapter 12 – On Your Mark
The next day, Kym told the entire group about the party. She assured them that clothes would be set out for them, and that if there were any problems, she would be able to sort them. She then went on to tell Water House, who were ecstatic, to say the least.
At long last, the party was ready. It was the night. Kym was just brushing on her make-up, a rarity in itself, when there came a knock at her door.
'Who is it?' Kym called, glancing at the door in her mirror warily.
'Kennedy, Dawn and Vi. Can we come in!' called back Kennedy. Kym laughed.
'Sure.' She answered. All three girls walked in.
Dawn was wearing a silver-blue dress with no sleeves, being held up by a choker round her neck instead. The skirt hugged her legs tightly up to her knees, where it fanned out. She had on black dance shoes, ready for her opening performance, along with other slayers. Her long hair was clipped back in a tortoiseshell clip. She held a black handbag in one hand.
Kennedy was wearing a casual green dress, with short, strappy sleeves that hung down on her arms loosely. The dress had long billowing sleeves, and looked a lot like the slayer had borrowed it off her girlfriend. Kym wouldn't put it past Kennedy. She wore green sandals to go with it. Kennedy had her hair down, more often kept for special occasions. A small white bag was hanging casually off her arm.
Vi wore a black dress. It was sleek, hugged her hips, and had a slit cut up the side to her mid-thighs. Her hair was down as usual, but had glitter spray lightly sprayed over it. Her shoes were black stilettos, and a silver ring and bracelet was placed on her right hand index finger and wrist. She had a silver bag in her hand.
They all stared at Kym.
'Girl…'breathed Kennedy.
'Whoa Kym!' Dawn gushed.
'You look awesome!' Vi told her. Kym grinned.
Her dress had long tissue-like sleeves all the way to her wrists. There was a small dip at her chest, and then the dress continued down. It hugged her body's curves well, without making the whole thing seem tight. It was all pure white. It stopped at Kym's ankles, where a pair of white stilettos covered her feet. Kym had a gold pendant round her neck, and five gold bangles on each arm. Four gold rings were dotted on the fingers of both hands.
Her hair was the most dramatic change, though.
Instead of the usual bun, Kym had taken her hair down. She had coiled her purple locks round at the back of her head, held in place by a silver ribbon. The rest of her hair still flowed down below it, but Kym had changed that too. A number of bobby pins held her hair back, drawing it away from her face. There were still a couple of bangs left to fall in her face, though.
Kym smirked at their expressions. 'I take it you like it?' she asked teasingly.
'Since when have you changed your hair?' Kennedy demanded. Kym shrugged.
'Not every day we have a party this big, is it?' she asked. Dawn grinned.
'Are you in love with one of those new boys?' she asked devilishly. Kym blushed.
'No!' She defended. 'But one of them is my long lost brother, so I guess that could have something to do with it.' She admitted, her voice getting smaller and smaller.
'Really?' Vi said. 'Who?'
Kennedy grinned. 'Robert. Johnny's a childhood friend, apparently.' She said. Kym nodded and packed her make-up away again.
'Let's go. Hope Sahyra's ready.' Kym said with a frown.
'We'll get Sahyra, Kym. You get your brother and friends, ok?' Vi said. Kennedy nodded. Kym grinned and rushed out again.
She picked up a small gold handbag, and made her way to the door. Kennedy, Vi and Dawn went out before her, and made their way to Sahyra's door. Kym raced past them, uttering a rushed thanks as she made her way to the guest rooms. She would pick up Mariah last, she decided.
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Meanwhile, the boys were finally ready. They were mostly wearing tuxes, but none were too happy about it. Lee, Kevin and Ray had gotten away with wearing their Chinese dress clothes.
Kai, Tala and Bryan were able to find some more casual clothes, but easily suitable for a ball. Ian had been too small, and had been stuck with the tux set out for him. Spencer was too big, and so was also stuck with the tux.
Tyson, Max, Robert, Johnny, Oliver and Enrique were fine with the outfits laid out in their closets, and got dressed without trouble. Kenny had insisted on wearing his tie, in black, instead of the bow tie left for him.
Finally, there came a knock at all four doors. Robert, Tala, Ray and Kenny opened the doors.
Kym stood in between the four doorways; hand on hip, her weight resting on the other. Hanging from the wrist of the hand on her hip, was a small, gold handbag. She wore a beautiful white dress. She smiled when she saw the four boys, who had all been stunned into silence upon seeing her.
'Ready to go?' she asked them. Her smile faded from her face as she noticed their stunned expressions.
'What?' she asked them. 'Is there a Turok-Han behind me?' she asked innocently. The boys shook their heads wordlessly, tearing their eyes from the beautiful general at last.
'You look great.' Robert assured her. Kym smiled at him again.
'Thanks. You all ready? 'Cause I still need to get Mariah, you know.' She said. The other boys joined her in the hallway. Kym raised her eyebrows at them.
'Wow. You guys look good.' She said. She laughed when she saw Lee, Ray, Kevin, Kai, Bryan and Tala, though.
'What?' asked Kevin. Kym shook her head.
'I guess we have some more Xanders here!' She said. 'He hates tuxedoes too.' She said.
'What's this about me hating the tux?' called a male voice down the hallway. Kym turned and grinned when she saw Xander walking towards them.
'Hey Xander.' She said, smiling. Xander grinned back.
'Let's go. By the looks of things you still need to pick up Mariah, and save Kennedy and Vi from Sahyra, or possibly the other way around. I'm not so sure anymore.' Xander said. Kym grinned.
'Let's go. I want to see Sahyra getting killed, if possible.' She said, walking off down the corridor.
The boys shrugged and followed her, Xander bringing up the rear. Kym knocked on the pinknette's door. Mariah opened the door, smiling when she saw Kym and the others there.
She wore a black and red kimono (short flowered dress) over pink tights, with black knee-high boots. She had no bag, but instead a small tessen fan was clutched in her hand. A stake was slipped into the back of each boot. Mariah slipped the tessen fan into a small pocket just under her kimono, immediately hiding it from sight.
'Looking good, slayer.' Kym nodded with approval, after looking her up and down once or twice.
'Wow Mariah,' said Ray with a smile, 'You look great!'
Mariah smiled, showing off her fangs. 'Thanks Ray!' she said. She stuck her head back into her room.
'Sandra! Marie! You coming at all?' Mariah called.
'Oui! Oui!' They heard the French slayer answer.
'Keep your hair on, Pinkie!' Sandra added. Mariah growled.
'Stop calling me that!' she yelled furiously. Kym chuckled.
'Let's go, Mariah. Besides, they know full-well that it's their funeral if they're late for Dawn's big opening.' Kym said. Marie and Sandra stuck their heads round the door, worry in their eyes.
'Dawn's opening?' they both shrieked. Kym nodded calmly.
'Ya-Huh.' She said. Both stepped out, ready.
Sandra wore a navy blue dress with thick, strapped sleeves that covered the tops of her shoulders. It fell to her knees, with a gold sash round the middle. Her hair was down, and she carried a gold handbag.
Marie had on a lilac dress, which went to just below her knees. The sash round her middle was baby blue, and was tissue-like, like the sleeves of Kym's dress. The sash just reached the tips of the slayer's ankles. The sleeves were long and tissue-like as well, with a layer of the same material spreading across the top of her body. The dip of the dress was quite low, but still looked good. Her handbag was silver, and her hair was down.
'Let's go already.' Kym said. The group made their way towards the hall again, which was already decorated.
'Ok.' Kym said as they neared the entrance. 'There's gonna be a big start to this thing, ok? You can't skip it else Dawn will go nuts, and that is very annoying. Stay for about an hour, and then you can get away with leaving. Try to stay a bit longer, though, and don't leave all at once.' she instructed.
'Sure, whatever, yeah yeah, ok, sure, if you say so, whatever, hn.' These were just a few replies that Kym received. She smirked at Kai's last reply, though.
'Bar's off limits, too. Don't ask about it, ok?' She said.
The doors were opened by two slayers in red, both smiling. Kym grinned to the group.
'Here goes nothing,' she whispered to them all.
They entered the pitch-black hall of The Bronze. A spotlight snapped on, grabbing everyone's attention.
'Let the games begin.' Kennedy smirked from next to Kym. Kym grinned back.
'On Your Mark?' she teased innocently.
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