once Upon a dream

Chapter 6

Daniel sat on the bleachers, watching the game. Miami Heat vs Orlando magic were battling out on the court. The crowd was packed with excitement. 

He was surprised that Miguel gave him a ticket to the game. His first game live. He look to see the pretty cheerleaders in the background, prancing around in their uniforms.

He tap his foot nervously, he had some theories on what Miguel might do with the C-5, but all end up in a disaster. He chuckled nervously.  He didn't know what to wear at his first game,  a gray Tee-shirt with white basketball short and black Nikes.

He didn't wear his glasses. Glasses were not chick magnets, so he went with his emergency contacts instead.

There was a commotion, someone was yelling "Ice-pops! Ice-pops! Get ya Ice-pops here. All nice and cold!" I want an Ice-pop he thought. He raised his finger up, signaling the Ice-pop man. He started to walk toward Daniel. He had on a big, blue, jacket. On top of it, was a white apron that said Food vendors. He also had a black, baseball cap covering his curly brown hair but also covering his eyes.

He pulled out his wallet, looking up at the vendor. "That'd be five bucks sir" He said, gruffly. "Five bucks?! For one Ice-pop? Such a ripoff" He said, shoving his money back in his wallet.

"Okay sir, your lost" the man said smiling, showing his teeth. Daniel looked hard at the man "Miguel? " He whispered.

Miguel smiled big as he sat down next to Daniel. Some of the Ice-pops fell to the ground. "What are YOU doing here" Daniel said, astonished. "I work here now" he said,  laying his back against the seat. The crowd roar as Miami Heat made another point.

"Since when do you work selling food? I thought this was suppose to be a vacation?" Daniel said. "Don't worry, after this, our vacation is over. Trust me. You'd want to leave" He said.

Daniel narrowed his eyes. What's he up to he thought. "Well, gotta go. Halftime is about to start"He said as he got up. "Enjoy the show" He said as he walked down the steps out the stadium.

Daniel watched him leave. Nothing was different. He looked down at the melting ice-pops on the floor. Different colors swirl and blend together, making it into a mix dark brown.

He stared at them for what seems like forever. He look around. More melted Ice-pops and cold drinks were everywhere on the dirty, black stadium floor.The sound of another point score snapped him out of his trance. The game paused for halftime.

"What uses are for C-5, I mean why would he need it in a basketball game. C-5 is only reactive to cold stuff like..." he let his sentence hang as his eyes widen in fear.

This was a trap, a setup all along, a target.  He didn't just gave him free tickets, he wanted him to see his plan front row seat. His palms began to sweat and he lightly tap his fingers on his pants. He could hear his heart thumping so loud, that everyone could hear it.  Gotta get out of here.

"Hey dude,  are you okay?" A girl next to him said. He slowly turn his face to look at her. Jet, black hair,  grey eyes. Her skin tone was pale as a paper and have a soft voice, like silk. She was beautiful, he never thought that a girl was actually talking to him.

"Ummm yeah, I-I'm fine" he said weakly.  She smile at him and he almost fainted. "Well, just enjoy the game" she said.  He fidgets a little and looked away. Halftime wasn't that bad, the cheerleaders was prepping up the crowd. The noise became deafening to his ears.

He quickly glance back at Grey eyes. She was all alone,  but enjoying the game. She could be 16 or 17 like me. His phone buzzed in his pocket. He pulled it out. A text from Miguel?