The Castle Under The Moon

Chapter Thirty-One

"I think that it would be better to team up and go together." Shadow speaks, knowing that would be their best bet at doing this successfully.

Gabriel was watching the group from afar, surprised when he heard Shadow speak, amazed that the man even thought about working as a group instead of the trios that he had set them up in.

"Ha! That is really funny!" One of the men spout out, slapping Shadow on the back, not noticing the look of extreme dislike on the bigger mans face as he continued. "We are working against one another!" Shaking his head, the man spots Gabriel and begins to walk that way, still finding what Shadow had said funny.

"I want to go now." The unknown man said to Gabriel, a smirk on his face while his voice sounded confident.

"You haven't even met the men that I am pairing you with." Gabriel's eyebrows raise, not surprised at the cockiness that is showing on the mans face.

"Don't need to." He shrugs, aware of the other four men watching his back.

"Alright, follow me." Gabriel looks behind the shorter man standing in front of him holds up a pointer finger before turning away and leading the cocky man to the barracks.

"He's gonna' lose." A red head chuckles, pulling Shadow's attention to the men around him.

"Asher is smart, Chase won't even make it into the cabin." A blond shakes his head, his eyes moving to Shadow now.

"So you're Shadow." An overly muscled man states, not bothering to hold his hand out as he ties up his shoulder length, brown hair so that it was out of the way.

"I'm Brock." Brock sticks his hand out after Shadow nods, not pulling it away until Shadow sighed and shook it.

"Im Grover." The redhead pipes up, deciding to just wave.

"Owen." The blond says, nodding at Shadow, a small smile on his lips.

"So, you think we should team up?" Brock looks up at Shadow, his six-two frame seeming tiny compared to the seven foot giant standing in front of him.

"We would have a better chance with all of us combined." Shadow crosses his arms over his large chest, waiting for the men to disagree with him.

"That sounds like a smart idea, actually." Grover nods enthusiastically, a grin spreading across his face, knowing that he didn't have a chance if he were to go by himself and the two men that would be under his command.

Owen hums, nodding his head much slower than Grover, but agreeing with the hyper redhead.

They all look over at Brock, seeing what his answer would be.

"Alright, boss, what's the plan?"

Grover's grin seemed to widen, though it seemed impossible to do so, while Owen tried to hide his.

The three men look over at a flabbergasted Shadow, awaiting his answer, ready to get started on their task.

"Well I haven't been in this world in a while so I'm not familiar with a lot of the layout."

"Grover's good at that." Owen states, handing the eager redhead the map that he had snuck out of Gabriel's bag.

Grover sits on the ground, crossing his legs, before opening the map and laying it on the ground, looking over it.

Shadow watches Brock and Owen follow suit and sit on either side of him, kind of making a circle and leaving a spot open for him.

"Since they are in this cabin we won't have to worry about any high points except for the trees." Grover mumbles, pointing to a small, circled cabin to the left of the castle.