Hidden Truths

Chapter 4

Once I arrived, I parked the car amid all the other transports and went towards the entrance of the large warehouse which had screeching music soaring from inside.

The entrance was guarded by two bouncer type men dressed in full black. They even held guns, but one look at them and I realised they were fake and just for show. Any other teenager would believe that they are real riffles.

I stepped towards them only to be halted in my reals by the one on the right.

Oh yeah, I took out my phone and slid the unlocking screen and opened up the message which contained the address of this place. There along with it was the password for tonight.

"Pink Unicorns love yellow leprecourns." I muttered trying my best to stifle a laugh, but when he cleared the path for me and I stepped inside, I burst out laughing. People around me looked at me with weird looks. I just smiled sheepishly.

"Did you drink something from here?"

"What?" I asked turning around to see Ari with Josh wrapped around her.

"You know, because the drinks in this place are not very reliable and you're acting a little co-co." Josh explained for Ari.

That made me laugh more.

"Yup. She must've got something." Ari nodded her head.

"No no guys, I'm fine, see..." I said walking in a straight line and touching the top of my nose to prove my point.

"Okaaay. Anyways, let's go find a nice place to stand so we can see the fight clearly."

"Hey, where's Ash?" I asked as we heaved our way through the huge crowds.

They both froze, but then continued to lead the way.

"Couldn't make it. Had to go to his aunt's house to help her out for somma." Josh answered.

"Oh."

"Welcome one and all to the fight you've all been swing to see. Today we have two undefeated champions going head to head in a fight to the death! Okay not literally to the death, but it just makes it more interesting if I say that." a loud show voice started and when he stopped you could hear some laughter. Even Josh was laughing while Ari looked at him thinking if he's okay. She glanced at me and mouthed 'did he drink something' to which I shrugged and smile turning back to the announcer who was waiting for the laughter to die out.

"First we have Titan the previous winner to the Gladiator tournaments and challenger." A large man in boxer shorts and braces around his body stepped out from a dark corner and made his way towards the slightly lifted platform. He had dark brown hair and green eyes. He lifted his hands and the cheering and roaring became slightly louder, but it wasn't something that would deafen your ears. It was pretty quite for a place like this. I think the guys noticed this because suddenly there was an annoyed look on his once confident face. I glanced at Ari and Josh who were looking bored at the moment, I guess they're rooting for the other guy.

All of a sudden, Josh grabbed my hand and pulled me closer to the both of them.

"It's about to get real now. Stay close." Josh said seriously looking at me with a pointed look. I nodded in response and looked back at the stage.

"And the second person we have-" the whole room was silent, waiting for the announcement, "the challenged, the winner of all your hearts, the one and only Aristo Evan!" then the crowd boomed with sound. There was cheering, clapping, hooting and chanting.

"Evan... Evan... Evan..." the chant became louder and louder, as if that sound wasn't enough, Ari and Josh were also screaming in my ear. Then everything went silent as I made out a figure coming from the other dark corner. The crowd shuffled back to make way for the guy walking towards the make shift stage. He wore dark jeans which looked pretty worn out. His muscular body was on show to the whole crowd. His six-pack looking real fine under the dim lights. He had a balaclava which prevented me from telling his hair colour and I couldn't make out his eye colour either.