The Game

Chapter 5

"Ho..how?" Stutters Jackson.

Fletcher reaches for my necklace and as soon as he touches it, there is a flash of light and Fletcher pulls away hissing in pain. The necklace sits warm on my neck.

"Interesting" I observe aware how much more freaked out I should be.

"Wow" Ekkia laughs excited at the thought of everything that could happen. We stare at each other in silence for awhile contemplating what we could say, until Jackson breaks the silence.

"You have to come with us" he says excitement gleaming in his eyes.

"I don't know" I tell them my nervousness returning.

"Come on Iz" Ekkia pleads giving me a puppy dog look that I just can't ignore.

"Fine" I sigh giving in like always.

We get up, I feel dwarfed by Fletcher and Jackson I'm already smaller than all my friends and now I feel like a garden gnome. For protection I grab my trusty Bowie knife and I notice Ekkia grabs her pocket knife. It's a short walk to their motorbikes, Fletcher tosses us helmets. I get on behind Fletcher and Ekkia goes behind Jackson, my grip on Fletchers waist tightens as we speed off. My heart beats fast as we go over bumps and speed along dangerously and it's all I can do to contain a squeal of happiness and excitement. We are there within twenty minutes and by there I mean a small disused shed on my Dads property.

"I know this place" I growled "Its empty"

Immediately Ekkia opened her knife and I unsheathed my Bowie knife.

"Calm down" Fletcher reassured us. So I shrugged and followed him in keeping my Bowie knife in my hand and my eyes on both of them. The shed was empty just as I'd said but Jackson went over to the far wall and touched a certain part. Immediate a symbol lit up and the floor fell away revealing a set of well lit stairs. I let Fletcher and Jackson go down first followed by me then Ekkia. At the bottom of the stars was a huge, square shaped room. It looked like the foyer of a hotel with people rushing around everywhere. People in what looked like white suits of armour stood guard everywhere equipped with huge battle axes.

"What the Hell?" Was all I could utter as I watched everything with wide eyes.

"Who are those people?" Ekkia asked pointing at the armoured guards.

"Guardians" was all Jackson said in reply.

We approached the main desk where a pretty woman sat reading a book on spells.

"Hello" she said brightly regarding Ekkia and I with a friendly smile.

"Hey Clarybell" Jackson smiled back at her "Just taking these two to the training rooms"

"Sure" she nodded then went back to reading.

My thoughts wandered to Bruiser and I hoped he was ok I had tied him up before I left so he wouldn't follow us.

"This way" Fletcher said and we followed him into the maze like halls of the building.