Captivating Contrasts
Chapter 4; Adjudication
Lloyd's POV
I do not believe it! I am actually winning! I stare intensely at the TV screen and skillfully move my thumbs. The guys and I are playing Fist to Face 3 and so far I am doing extremely well! We are right in the middle of the level and I am way ahead of them. But then the worst thing ever happens; the alarm goes off. The game is turned off because we have to leave immediately.
"Nooooooooo!" I dramatically yell.
"It is not like is the end of the world, Lloyd." Kai says.
I return with a pout but then rapidly dash to the bridge with the others. It seems like everyone beat me there. I walk near the others and see Nya looking up at the screen.
"The Serpentine are attacking the Marty Oppenheimer School of Performing Arts!" Nya exclaims.
"I guess we got Treble!" says Jay but is whacked in the head by Nya.
"Bach off!" she says and everyone laughs.
"Enough!" says Sensei Wu.
"Guys we got to get going! Nya, how long until we are at the school?" says Cole
"We just arrived!" she says
Nya, the guys and I jump off the bounty and land in front the Marty Oppenheimer School of Performing Arts. People are screaming and running out the doors. We dash through the doors and start battling Serpentine.
Anne's Pov
I squirm uncomfortably in the auditorium chair. After sitting here for an hour or two my butt is starting to get soar. Of course I don't care because today is finally our orchestra's adjudication! It seems like there is a swarm of butterflies in my stomach and my Jaw is shaking uncontrollably.
"Don't worry we will do fine, Anne." Says my friend Alex
"But there are so many people out there and the judges are so judgy!" I wine
"Really Anne, they are judgy?" she says
"Yes Alex, judgy!" I pout.
I then focus on the host and he says we are next. We head out of the auditorium and into the warm up room. I pluck a few strings on my hand crafted violin to tune. Everything seems to be in order.
"Is anyone else nervous?" cries Kim.
"High five there sister!" says Libby. I join in on the high five. Then Mrs. Carlson raises her voice.
"Enough!" We all turn to our teacher.
"Yes Mrs. Carlson!" The whole orchestra says in unison.
"This is a very important day for us ladies," (it is an all-girl advanced orchestra.) "So remember to count and do your best!" she says with a smirk.
The rest of the orchestra is hushed to mere whispers until we head to the stage where we are dead silent. I make my way to the second chair of the first violin section. I wish I was first chair but Alex is first chair. After we are all seated Alex then plays an A so we can tune. After that Mrs. Carlson, our conductor raises her hands to queue us to get in playing position. She checks our posture before starting the song.
I rest for a few measures while the cellos begin the song. When the firsts were just about to join in the song with the melody the orchestra is interrupted with a loud shriek. I immediately stop playing along with the orchestra to see what was interrupting us. I was petrified as I discovered what was happening and what was attacking us. I had thought they were only rumors. I never would have thought the Serpentine would be attacking us and during our adjudication!
Still shocked everyone else ran away screaming. The bass and cello players were so scared they even left their priceless instruments! The serpentine are attacking the audience along with other girls from the orchestra. Alex! She was being attacked by some serpentine. I leave my trance and my violin on my chair to go help Alex. I dash up though the tumult when I finally reach her. I punch the serpentine in the face holding her who then turns his attention to me. I back away slowly but thankfully Alex is able to escape. The dark black snake approaches me as I timidly pull back from him.
Overcoming my fears I then fight back. I leap to the left and jab his side and he is taken back. He then throws a punch which I thankfully dodge. I try to trip him with my feet but he counters with a punch to the stomach. I get up slowly but then punch him [again] in the face. While he is distracted I punch him in the right. He falls down to the ground unconscious.
I look behind me but another snake sneaks a kick in my back and I fall down. I look up in the distance and see a silhouette of a man coming near me. He fights off serpentine but finally reaches me. I raise my hand out in pain but everything goes black as I sink into unconsciousness.
Cole's POV
We dash into the building and it seems like most of the Serpentine are in the auditorium. Dodging the terrified civilians, I race into the auditorium.
"Focus on helping the people, we have to get them out of here!" I order.
I see everyone nod in confirmation and go separate ways to fight off the Serpentine. I notice a girl who is being cornered by a serpent. Before I get there another one with short white hair punches the snake that was attacking the girl in the face. Ouch. I watch as the one that was attacked escapes. I better go help the other girl because it seems like the Constrictai snake is about to attack her. I dash to her but she is far away. She fights well but I do not think she will last long. I fight my way through the serpentine. It seems like she was able to defeat that snake. I was about to warn her about the snake behind her but I was too late. She was on the ground and I push through more serpentine. She sees me coming to her and reaches out to me but she then falls into unconsciousness.
With a second wind I dash over to her. I kneel down to see if she is ok. I then decide to pick her up. I get up with her in my arms and look around. It seems like the Serpentine are retreating. I race out of the auditorium to see Zane and Jay outside. They look over to me and stare.
"She was attacked by some Serpentine. I do not think her injuries are serious so we should just take her to the bounty." I explain.
"That is a good idea Cole" Zane says and Jay agrees.
Nya comes out, in her samurai armor and says the coast is clear. It seems like all the Serpentine surrendered. I notice a girl come up to me, she was the one that was being attacked. She gasps.
"Anne! Is she ok?" she seemed shocked as she looks at the girl in my arms.
"Her injuries are not serious. You know her?" I say.
"Of course I do. Do you have her violin? She would hate if she lost it."
"No" I reply.
She then leaves into the auditorium and returns. She hands Zane a violin case.
"Are you going to take her to the hospital?" she asks
"Do not worry; we have medical supplies at the bounty. With her injuries a hospital is not necessary." Zane informs who was standing to my left. She seems bedazzled; well we are the ninja that saved the city. She then dashes off and entrusts us to her friend. We find Kai and then we decide to head back to the bounty.
…
I walk onto the deck and hurry to the infirmary and I lay her on the bed. Nya and Zane followed me in and start checking on her injuries.
"She has some cuts and scrapes and may be sore for a week but overall I think she will be fine and wake up shortly." Says Zane, I let out a breath that I was apparently holding.
I see Nya and Zane relax and step away from the bed. I come closer and take a close look at her face with a small bandage on her right cheek. I move a few stray hairs away from her face. I smile knowing she is ok and step back. Her name is Anne but that is all I know. I take one last glance and then leave the room. I walk through the hall but then I bump into Emma.
"Sorry!" I say.
"It is ok, but do you know where Misako is?" She replies
"I think I saw her in the bridge when I came in." I inform.
She walks past me and I head into the game room to see Lloyd playing some video games and I join him.
Wow this chapter was getting long. Like 1,500 words so I will stop here. We will find out more about the scroll the next chapter. I hope I was not too cliché with Cole… It was getting difficult to write at the end. (I stayed up last night thinking about this chapter) I would like to thank everyone who has review or even followed my story! Every time I get an email that someone has followed or reviewed (or favorite) ;) my story it makes me so happy! I cannot wait to post more chapters because this is where things get interesting! XD
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