LET THE GAMES BEGIN

Niyah’s POV

Old Mr. Walker was a dear old fellow who helped us out till the outskirts and reminded us to be back by 6 am as his shift would change.

I and the Shadow Gang girls had never been to a club before and everything was really new to us.

On the other hand, Katie and Amanda seemed to be hard core party animals.

Soon we found ourselves inside an insanely luxurious, stadium sized club which had a huge pool with the sexiest of men and women having fun in their low waist trunks and bikinis respectively and cocktails spilling out of their hands.

The place was surely for the ultra rich and getting the opportunity to even put my foot in such a high class club was indeed overwhelming for my club-virgin soul.

However, the centre of attraction seemed to be a gigantic stage with huge monitors all around.

Before we entered the club, we were given nose clips and they seemed to be stuck to our noses as no matter how much we tried, they did not budge out of their places.

Strangely, we were able to breathe comfortably except that we couldn’t smell anything.

“Hey Amanda ! Why have we been given these nose clips”, I said as I made a face while pointing towards my nose.

“These are to prevent mass poisoning by the vampires and rogue werewolves”, Amanda shouted through the loud music.

“LADIES AND GENTLEMEN ! WELCOME TO APPLE CREST !!”, a man in a dark suit said as he stood in the center of the stage with each monitor showing his face.

The crowd seemed to have gone crazy as the stadium resonated with the cheers and shrieks of the young crowd.

“I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WISH MASTER KYLE GREEN A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY. SINCE MASTER GREEN IS THE UNBEATABLE DANCING FIGHTER OF THE CONTINENT, WE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ANNOUNCE THAT THROUGHOUT THE EVENING, THE PERSON WHO IS ABLE TO SURVIVE TILL MIDNIGHT SHALL GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO FACE MASTER KYLE HIMSELF ON THIS ARENA ! SO GET YOUR BEST DANCING MOVES IN LINE AS THE NIGHT WILL BE INSANE….. LET THE FUN BEGIN !!” the anchor pumped up the already cheering crowd which started chanting Kyle’s name.

“This Kyle guy seems to be pretty popular, huh ?”, Keisha asked.

“Yeah he is the future Alpha of the Green Moss Pack. He is the heartthrob of every single woman”, Katie chipped in.

“So you love him ?”, Sia teased.

“Hell no !”, Katie answered back stupefied. “He is our best friend and the leader of the Green Smoke Gang.”

“C’mon girls, let me introduce you to the Green Smoke Gang boys”, Amanda said as she led us towards the dance fighting arena.

I didn’t realize when I stopped walking and started staring at the stage. Deep in my heart, I wanted to go in there and participate.

My mother had noticed my passion for dance and martial arts since the tender age of three. Ever since, I had trained in this art form every single day till my last day at Diamond Ville in utmost secrecy.

No one knew about my 4 am sessions with the Great Master except for my mother.

She managed to dig out a tunnel from our backyard to the woods and no one ever knew about our little secret.

Not that I was ashamed of training in this art form but the thrill of learning something so unique in such secrecy added to my burning passion to move with the flow of the music.

“NIYAAHHH !!”, Keisha roared in my ears suddenly.

“Huh, what happened ?”, I asked fluttering my eyelids towards the girl while coming back to reality.

“Dude, you should go and participate. There is no harm in trying”, Katie smirked. “You clearly want to go, we can see”, she added.

Soon I was registered for the fight by my bitches, inspite of my protests and we were told to come 15 mins before midnight.

“Guys, I will be back soon. I need to get my costume from the counter”, I called out to my friends. “Don’t wait for me !”, I said.

 “Take your time hun”, Amanda replied back.  

Soon I took off to the nearest shop to get the things I needed.

I never felt more alive and excited before.

What is wrong with me, I asked myself as I smiled like a silly school girl in love and shook my head at the same time.