Chapter Seventy-Nine of Doom

The seventy-ninth chapter of Eternal Destiny

Curtain's New Mission: Part Six
Rod nodded in understanding and started heading north, where the voice said the demigod attackers were.

CHAPTER SEVENTY-NINE OF DOOM
Rune and Becca led their respective teams back into the hotel.

Darian was gone; Rune guessed he'd gone back to his teammates. Still, there were numerous others in the lobby when they'd entered.

"Remember, everyone," a voice that was heard all over the building said. "All those who are competing in Apollo's latest competition tomorrow, please meet tonight in the lounge. End message."

"Any idea why Apollo's holding the competition anyway?" Caitlyn asked.

Becca shrugged. "The gods do this kind of thing all the time. Whenever they run out of room for their cool magic artifacts and need to get rid of some of them, they just hold events like this so they can give them out. So... Apollo just has something cool that he can't keep so he's giving it to whoever wins."

"Seems like a pretty lame reason," Dana pointed out.

"But if there's a cool magic grand prize we have to win," Rune said. Then he shouted, "Everyone else competing, you might as well give up now! Team Triangle's going to take you all down!"

Every single person in the lobby turned to stare at Rune. The woman with the knives Fred had noticed earlier gave a thin half-smile before walking away. A few others had to shift their eyes downward, not expecting someone Rune's age to be competing.

"Well, way to make us the targets," Fred laughed.

"If I may, Miss Lin, I see why you have such respect for Mister Rune," Rob told Becca. "He has quite the excited personality."

"Well, I'll be damned," a young man watching from the nearest hallway said. Then he walked away with his hands in his pockets.

"I think I'll go to the room," Yliaster said in a clear effort to change the subject. He walked over to the elevator, with Roy, Caitlyn, and Dana going with him.

"And I'll look around," Fred said. "Get a good grip of the hotel and the people in it."

Becca looked at Rune and Fred. "Since we're all competing here... See you guys tonight at the lounge, Team Triangle."

"Back at you," Fred said. "See you tonight."

Becca's team went to the elevators and entered the one next to the one Team Triangle had taken. The doors sealed, leaving Rune and Fred surrounded only by strangers. Strangers who saw Team Triangle as targets.

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Trivia

 * This chapter was written by DarkCyberWolf on 20 August 2013.
 * Characters met this chapter: None