Serenade Me

Part 31

Sean had just finished reading the mission statement to the prehistoric mission, when Nate came back with their drinks. Nate pushed a cup of soda toward him, then took a seat as he told him sweetly. "Food will be out shortly. Find out what you wanted yet?" Sean shrugged still undecided as he replied. "Actually, I have been distracted. Do you want to do this one next?" Nate slid the paper closer to read the mission statement, then answered wearily. "Are you sure? The Prehistoric mission is really hard. Not to mention scary." Nate tickled his fingers along Sean's neck, until Sean jerked away with a shiver. Swatting Nate in the ribs, Sean asked him hopefully. "Please? It looks like fun." Nate wrapped an arm around Sean's neck to pull him in for a quick kiss on the cheek. Sean blushed, listening to Nate whisper into his ear after. "Ok. We can do that one next." RumTumTigger made them both jump as she dropped into the booth across from them, asking loudly. "So, what are you going to do next?"

Sean turned the paper to show her and her smile fell. Her eyes rose up to stare at him with a weird look, before she stated out softly. "That one? Why...? It's got jump scares... it's dark... The place is a horror quest." Sean grinned, answering excitedly. "I think it will be fun. I play horror games. I think I can handle it." She rolled her eyes, leaning back as she pouted out innocently. "It's not the same, Jack... Things on a screen don't really come out at you. Those Dinos will." LadyKiller set down the drinks for her and her sister, adding in excitedly. "The Dino mission? Count me in! That one is my favorite!" Nate high-fived her and she dropped into the seat by her sister to tell Sean honestly. "If you do that mission though. You'll have to sign a health form. Apparently, some people don't know what they can handle and had to make it harder on the rest of us... It's no different than a haunted house thing... Just with motion sensors and shit. It's fun." RumTumTigger shoved her sister lightly, grumbling out. "Rude much? I hate those things! The Alien mission was bad enough..."

LadyKiller laughed, telling them with a bright smile. "The Alien mission was a blast. She only went in because Troy wanted to do it. The moment we got in; she was screaming so loud that the other team was freaked out. It was like watching snow white run through the dark forest all over again. They didn't know whether to shoot her or help her." RumTumTigger crossed her arms, mumbling out darkly. "You're such an ass. They looked real, ok... They even drooled slime which made it worse. Those hand thingies dashed across the floor... It was horrible." LadyKiller leaned on her sister, playfully teasing out. "It wasn't all bad. Troy kissed you during that match, didn't he?" RumTumTigger blushed, looking away from them all. Nate chuckled to himself, asking curiously. "Who needs dark theaters with a setting like that?" Sean kicked Nate's foot under the table, giving him an unreadable look. Nate blushed after realizing and took a drink to silence himself. LadyKiller glanced between them before asking softly. "You don't mind if we join you, do you? With Troy gone and Simon joining a different team... we don't have enough people to keep playing." Sean shrugged carelessly, answering happily. "You can join us. You'll probably lose because of me... This is my first-time playing laser tag... but sure." LadyKiller hugged her sister close, informing Sean playfully. "If we lose, it will be because my sister doesn't pull her weight. She only even tries to play this game for Troy."

RumTumTigger snorted, grumbling out. "So, I'm not good at killing people... Sue me. I thought games like this were supposed to be about the fun..." Sean held out a hand for her to high-five, telling her sweetly. "We just do it for the fun." She high fived him with a smile, then told him happily. "Besides, I'm all about collecting the rank pins anyway. They take your vest patch away when you lose ranks, but not your pins. Those are yours to keep. It's a souvenir to how far you got. They even have special pins for certain missions... but those are for the hard ones. Like the Alien and Dino missions. If you play for so many years, they even give you pins for that. Troy has a veteran pin for playing for eighteen years! It's so pretty!" LadyKiller rolled her eyes and Sean chuckled. He loved collecting pins himself. So, he understood her desire to collect them. Part of him hoped that he could win the Dino mission and get a special pin... but that felt like a lot to ask for. The food eventually arrived and as they ate, they all informed him on different tier items that he could pick from.