August 25th
Morning
On the court
Ben's POV:
Once I was on Joshua's back, I looked at the hoop, jumped as high as I could, and made a perfect dunk, for the first time in my life. There was a bzzzz sound as the buzzer signified the end of the game, and I had won by one point. Th game maker announced, "We have our winner! Number 2, BENJAMIN RIPLEY!" The crowd roared and everything was crazy. The game maker yelled, "Now play the song!" And a song came on. It was "We are the Champions" by queen.
"We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
Cause we are the champions..." All of my friends had been released from their chairs, and were racing down the aisles at full speed towards me, with Erica in the lead, and the second she hugged me, the music continued, "OF THE WOOORLD!"
"Ben... Thank you." Erica said into my ear, and we hugged each other for a good thirty seconds, and the second she let go, I kissed her. For a second, she didn't do anything, and I was worried I'd gone too far, but then she kissed me straight back. In front of everyone.
"YES!" Catherine, Alexander and Mike yelled at the same time Cyrus and Zoe groaned. Everyone was happy and laughing, the audience was going crazy, the game maker was receiving compliments for his excellent finale, when Joshua yelled out annoyingly,
"We'll guess what! You may have burned all of my money, but I still have three mansions and a bunch of fancy cars, once I sell those, I'll be a billionaire again in no time!" But the game maker retorted,
"Joshua, remember how I said I wanted the last games to be extra crazy with even more high stakes than usual? Well, you see, if Ben lost, I was going to kill his parents along with all of the hostages, but since you lost..." He stopped talking and clicked a button on a little remote, and a huge TV showed up with three camera feeds, one with a pile of all of Joshua's money being reduced to ashes, and the second showed three mansions, while the third showed a huge lot of fancy cars. Joshua yelled out in panic,
"Wait, no! Stop!" But it was too late, the game maker pressed another button, and missiles came crashing down, destroying everything Joshua owned. "Nooooo! You'll pay for this, Ripley, I'll get you if it's the las—" The game maker interrupted him, saying,
"I also gave an anonymous tip to the police about you, so look forward to jail for life!" He said gleefully.
"NOOO!" Joshua lunged at me, but Erica got in the way kicked him in the crotch and slammed his head down on the wood.
"If you touch him again, I swear I'll kill you." Then she chopped him on the neck with her hand, knocked him out, and threw him in the trash can. "Now let's get out of here." She said. And I walked out of the door next to her, hand in hand, along with all of my other friends, knowing that at least for a little while, things might, for once, be all right.
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Spy School: The Rescue Games
AcciónErica and other friends of Ben along with all of Joshua's money are stolen by an evil game maker, and he makes them compete in a challenge that applies to both of their skills, they have to go against each other, and only one will walk home with wha...
