Garland knew he should have been watching the training battle, but he also knew that Ming-Ming and Mystel didn't need someone to keep an eye on them. Instead his attention was turned to Brooklyn who in turn was looking at someone else. Garland frowned and lent forward, trying to find out who had captured Brooklyn's attention for so long.
"Garland? What are you looking at?" Crusher called. He had given up trying to reach his sister with his mobile and had placed the useless object back in his pocket. Garland turned away and sighed a little.
"Nothing Crusher." He mumbled, leaving Brooklyn to stare at whatever he pleased. The Zeus blader smiled a little as he watched another blader across the gym. Truth be told it was hard to see her with every other team crawling the walls, but Brooklyn managed to see.
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May-lin tried to get as comfortable as she could against the cold wall of the gym. So far Nathan and Jemma had been battling for some time, leaving both her and Elizabeta with nothing to do. May-lin had chosen to bring a book while Elizabeta was fast asleep.
"Don't let up Chaos!"
"Ha! Don't think I'm going to go easy. Lamia show them your fangs!"
May-lin chuckled as she glanced at her team mates. Smiling again, her dark forest green eyes returned back to her book. It had been a present from her grandmother before she died and May-lin treasured it more then anything. The name of the book was The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
The young Shinzui blader had always been interested in that period of Chinese history. So far this had been the third time she had read the book.
"Mind if I sit here?"
May-lin jumped, slamming the heavy book with both hands. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you." The male added, as May-lin placed a hand to her chest. The Chinese girl looked up and blushed madly.
"N-N-No worries. Of c-c-course you can sit here." She stammered. The male smiled kindly and sat next to May-lin. She turned away, blushing madly again. The male cocked his head to one side.
"I'm Brooklyn Kingston. You belong to Team Dark-water, do you not?" he questioned. May-lin nodded her head quickly.
"That's correct. May-lin Kyuuka. It's a pleasure to meet you Brooklyn." She replied, holding out a hand. As Brooklyn gave her a firm hand-shake, Elizabeta opened one eyes and made kissing noises behind May-lin. Her eye-brow twitched before she elbowed her friend in the side.
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Hillary gave out a loud and annoyed sigh. She didn't mind Tyson and the others training, in fact she liked watching them train. However, she drew the line at fetching them food. Somehow she had been out-voted and Hillary found herself slowly walking towards the kitchen.
"Hillary? I thought you were meant to be with my brother." Hillary looked up to see Hiro frowning at her.
"Don't ask. They're too busy training and someone has to fetch them food." Hillary looked away and scratched the back of her head. "This is insane." She grumbled. Hiro felt sorry for the young girl.
"Come on. I'll with you down to the kitchen." He offered. Hillary merely nodded her head and led the way to the kitchen. The two talked about different things before reaching the kitchen. As Hillary went to push open the door, Hiro held her back. "Hang on. What's that." He asked, pointing to a red stain on the floor.
Hillary frowned. "I'm not sure. Red wine?" she guessed. Hiro frowned again. A Red wine spill? It didn't make sense to him. "Oh stop worrying about it Hiro." Hillary lightly scolded and entered the kitchen.
Hillary screamed so loud, Hiro thought he had gone deaf.
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May-lin giggled at the joke Brooklyn had told her. Brooklyn joined in before falling silent. He watched May-lin place a hand to her mouth as if to wipe away the smile on her face. "That's mean." She tried to scold before giggling again. The two sat giggling, unaware of the blade sailing towards them.
"Lin! Duck damn it!" Elizabeta yelled. May-lin gasped, unable to move before Brooklyn pushed her out the way. The blade crashed into the wall of the gym, leaving a large hole in the wall.
"Oh yeah! Who's the greatest baby?" Jemma cheered, collected her blade. Nathan smirked at his team captain as he walked over to the wall. As he pulled his blade from the wall, the Half-Japanese male raised an eyebrow at Brooklyn who lay over May-lin on the floor.
"If you really want to…Do May-lin Brooklyn, you'll have to go through the team. Jemma's not that nice if she finds out you want an easy lay." Nathan pointed out bluntly.
"Hey!" May-lin yelled, glaring daggers at Nathan. Brooklyn shot up, a bright red blush staining his cheeks. He helped May-lin up quickly and muttered a small sorry.
"MR DICKINSON IS DEAD!"
Everyone fell silent and turned to the doors of the gym. Hillary stood by the open doors, pale and shaking. Hiro stood next to her, also shaken. "What are you talking about Hillary? Where's the food?" Daichi complained. Hillary pointed with a shaken finger down the corridor.
"In the kitchen. Mr Dickinson…is…dead. It was horrible!" she whimpered before hitting the floor. Emily, Julia and Mariah ran to their friend as she sobbed her heart out. Jemma looked to her friends.
"Come on." She ordered, running towards the doors. Elizabeta followed behind with Nathan in tow. May-lin glanced back at Brooklyn.
"Wait here for me." She ordered. Before Brooklyn could argue, May-lin was gone. She disappeared round the corner as Nathan whispered something to Hiro. He nodded his head and watched Nathan catch up with his team.
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"Oh that's just…"
"Just what Bluebell?"
Elizabeta fought the urge to puke but she felt bile rise in her throat. "Crap! Excuse me, I'm gonna be sick." The Scottish girl cursed. As Nathan entered the kitchen, Elizabeta disappeared to the right. Somewhere in the bowls of the kitchen, the other three could hear Elizabeta puking her guts up in one of the many sinks.
Nathan stopped in front of the dead body handing from the ceiling and shuddered. "I told Hiro to keep the others in the gym." He informed. Jemma glanced over to her friend nervously as he took a step closer.
"Hey Nath. Why don't you go and check on Lizzy huh?" Jemma smiled, pushing Nathan to the right. The male frowned a little before nodding his head and running to find Elizabeta. May-lin raised an eyebrow at Jemma.
"You can't shield him away forever." She muttered bluntly. Jemma shook her head.
"I'm not shielding him away because that event is still fresh in his mind. I'm just not giving Chaos another excuse to use and abuse our friend again." Jemma let out a sigh and turned back to Mr Dickinson.
The old man was hanging from the ceiling by an old brown rope. His arms had been broken; his left leg was bent at an odd angle and Jemma was pretty sure that's wasn't the end of it. Blood dripped to the floor but from where was anyone's guess. May-lin crossed her arms over her chest. "What we going to do?"
"Seal the place off. Get my dad." Jemma stated as Elizabeta and Nathan joined their side.
"Then what? We can't reach the police and we certainly can't leave the poor guy to hang from the ceiling." Nathan pointed out. Elizabeta shuddered and turned away where her eyes fell on one of the many freezers the hotel had.
"Maybe we could wrap him up and place him in the freezer." Elizabeta suggested. Her friend's stared at her. "It's either that or you can have the stench of rotting flesh." Elizabeta grumbled. Jemma shrugged.
"It's the best idea yet. We'll just have to explain everything to the police once we gain contact again." Jemma spun on her heel and looked at her team. "Okay May-lin and Elizabeta, find some tape and seal the doors. I and Nathan-kun will find my dad."
With the orders giving out, the group set to work.
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By the time Team Dark-water got back to the gym, the other bladers have lost all taste for training. The group sat in one corner as they listened to the others talk about the news. "But who would murder Mr Dickinson?" Julia asked as she patted Hillary on the back.
"Anything?" Brooklyn asked, rushing over to May-lin. The Chinese girl shook her head while Elizabeta began to make kissing noise again. Brooklyn sigh and sat down next to May-lin.
"So where is Mr Dickinson now?" Oliver questioned. Every blader turned to look at Team Dark-water. Jemma chewed her lip before answering.
"We've put him somewhere safe. The kitchen is open." She answered shortly. Tala raised an eyebrow but it was Kai who spoke.
"Where is Mr Dickinson? We have a right to know." The shorter Russian hissed. He walked closer to the team. Jemma glared hard at Kai before standing up. She was surprised to find that Kai was slightly taller then she but it didn't put Jemma off.
"Like I said, we put him somewhere safe. Until contact can be regained with the outside world, we don't have much choice. Our options are limited." Jemma's light purple glanced over the bladers before settling on Kai. "Got a problem shortie?" she hissed.
It was a tense couple of seconds. "Hn." Kai turned round, his scarf fluttering in the air before he retraced his steps and rejoined his team. Jemma snorted under her breath and sat back down next to Nathan.