A Prologue Part Two ~ Growing Up(sample)

Chapter Seventeen ~ Testing Boundaries Part II:

When Reine reached her friends, she noticed the rest of them brought along a change of clothes and live weapons. She had requested it from them and was not surprised. Deytria wore a blue sundress with red polka-dots, which were her family colors; over top of it was a red duster jacket - by the way it hung, it probably contained many beam knives and the like. Around her waist hung a black gun-belt with two pulse laser pistols holstered magnetically off her hips on small metal disks.

Alexia wore tight, blue pants with a nice orange blouse - also her family colors. On a thigh holster was a beam laser pistol, while on her back was a fold-up, plasma-beam assault rifle attached by a magnetic holster under her shirt. Acovis wore roomy black pants with a blue t-shirt -also his family colors; while he had a similar arrangement with his pulse laser assault rifle, and he wore a personal computer terminal on his forearm.

Their leader grinned and started to speak with pride, "We did real good today, crew. I'm very proud of all of you. Like I hinted at before, we're going to start making a name for ourselves. I think it's important. If I'm right - our enemies will reveal themselves soon. Let's get some ice-cream."

She unfolded her hoverboard and put it on the ground, before locking her shoes into it one-by-one. A smirk touched her lips, as her board lifted off the ground and her crew followed suit. Their hoverboard safety gear came on, as each of them lifted off the ground.

Each disk attached to them projected a small force field to protect each part of their bodies. Deytria was already spinning happily on her board, as she took to the sport like it was second nature. Reine bent her knees a bit and ordered.

"Lead the way, Alex!"

Her navigator leaned forward, as she rode the hoverboard at a steadily increasing pace; before she turned and kicked her back foot with knees bent. This sent her up and onto the rail, as she slid down it; which belonged to the stairs that led up to the floor five Arena.

Deytria went ahead and followed right after, followed by Reine then Acovis in the rear. The four picked up the pace, as they dipped out and around the crowd leaving the arena behind. They leaned forward on the boards to gain speed and took a low stance for aerodynamics.

Soon, they had left the crowd behind and started going even faster, making their way through alleys towards the 'tower'. A large staircase in the center of Valhalla that reached into the artificial sky in every district she knew of; the 'lift' was located offset to it. They approached the staircase, and their leader signaled her specialist to start recording.

He nodded and pulled a ball from his pocket; before he tossed it over his shoulder, as he pressed a button on it. The device automatically started to keep pace, as it floated behind them. His holo-console came to life from his arm, displaying a small, floating screen with a few keys hovering nearby.

He pressed a key, as they rounded the staircase. The crew lined up for the descent down the giant stairwell. More keys appeared and he pressed a few more keys in succession, starting a live feed of the video to Annie's H.V company; which happened to cover most sports on Valhalla - including, but not limited to hoverboarding and the Games.

He pressed a few more keys, as they slowed to enter the tube. Music started to play from the floating device - loud enough for them to jam out. It was a new dance song that started slow, but got quicker as it went along.

Entering the 'tower', Deytria hopped up to the rail and gained a little speed, before kicking off again to ride the wall. Reine followed close behind her girlfriend, while Alex increased speed and started on a lower part of the wall followed by Acovis. They increased speed greatly, as they started to spiral down the staircase along the wall.