"And before now what was it like? What was it like before you met the doctor Muppet? Do not tell me that you had no plans at all other than to just get into DC United." She questioned with a curved brows expecting some serious explanation from him. "Really? Do you really want to know?" He asked to be sure she was certain about finding out, because he knew quite well that she was going to be jealous when she finally hears it. "Yes, sure. I want to." She said bluntly with a serious look in her eyes as she waited for him to say it before she could get any other spoon of meal into her mouth. "Well, aside getting to find my friends and dealing with them for stealing my money, I came into DC United because I wanted to get in touch with my girlfriend, Madison Shaw and now from the look of things it is going to be very difficult to find her. You did not have to ask, she is already among the factions that is the more reason why I am going to do everything possible to find my way in there, an
"Hey, good morning, how was your night?" Ethan asked while yawning as he got up from bed to have his eyes on Isabel and her response was rather blunt..."Boring!" She said audibly to ensure he heard her loud and clear for she was facing the wardrobe and trying to get the things she needs out of it. "Really? Why boring? Because I know we both slept in a more comfortable place last night than we have, since we set out on our journey to get here." Ethan mumbling, asked as he made his way to the bathroom by the left because he felt it should not have been so for her as much as it was rather cozy for him than boring, coupled with the fact that he could still recall he went to bed with a pleasant memory. "Nevermind, you aren't going to understand either." She shook her head and continued with what she was doing at the moment, with belief that he was not interested to know how she feels. After he was done having his bath he came out of his room all dressed up, saying, "What makes you thi
"Come on, Isabel. We need to go." Ethan said as he grabbed her by the hand. "Ethan, where are we going to go and what do you have in mind?" She asked as they went back inside. He picked up a few things which includes his wrist watch, a pen, cellphone, jotter... "We have to walk around the arena area and see what we could find. Maybe ask a few questions to get to know how the inside looks like before the day runs out. We have to strategize on how to lengthen the duration of our survival so that we could figure out how to get through that hidden tunnel. Trust me, when we get in there, we may not be able to think about opening that padlock if we aren't prepared to keep our fears under control and quit panicking." Ethan gave a protracted and hasty utterance whilst he was getting himself ready and the moment he was done talking, he turned to her and said, "you are going to be alright. Let's go." "Ethan, I am scared. You do not understand what am trying to say, I am not ready to go in th
"You should." Ethan said with a low tone of voice, though he was not in the mood to say anything to the taxi driver because he quite understood the taxi drivers reason for not going to the arena to be part of what is going on there. "Hey, you two should take care of yourself. You still have enough time between today and tomorrow to enjoy yourselves before you kiss life goodbye. I am Nathan Sparrow by name. It was a pleasure serving you guys. We'll meet in afterlife." The driver uttered hastily as they were on their way out of his taxi. Ethan looked at him for a moment and tapped him on his shoulder with his right hand, reiterating,"You should be there tomorrow, Nathan Sparrow. No goodbyes, alright." Ethan said with a spark of hope in his eyes before he left with Isabel. "Don't let what he said get into your head, Ethan. I stopped listening to him because I knew he was going to make us feel like we are unlucky." Isabel finally spoke as they left the road, heading into a narrow pass
"Alright Silvester, look, we do not have any plan to survive in there when we get in all we want is to know how to survive much longer than the rest of them who has gone in there. We wish to know how the interior looks like and just maybe we can find a way to carry out what we have in mind before our time elapses. So if you are expecting me to describe what I need exactly I am sorry I do not have that answer right now. All I'm expecting from you is to tell me what you have seen and describe exactly how the interior of that arena looks like." Gasps* Ethan finished and listened carefully as Silvester began to give him the description of how the place looks like. After taking for about six minutes with convincing information, Ethan asked, "Can you tell the distance the maze is from the arena ground? And is there any demarcating line between them?" "It is very difficult to figure that out because we are viewing from outside the arena and you know that before one gets to approach the line
"Hey come on, you did not have to keep getting mad at that simple act of kindness, I know he needed the money that is why I give it to him. You know he was anything mad at me for interrupting his game, and so it was obvious that he was losing I got to give him the money, which was the more reason why I chose him to be the one to give us something from what he's got from his observations. Please see it this way that we helped that guy out there to get back at his game and also have an opportunity to survive; you can't tell, he may need the money now more than we do." Ethan spoke softly patting her on her shoulders to pacify her."Alright." Isabel said and threw her face away accepting to agree with him for giving Silvester the money she felt would serve a great deal for the both of them because at the moment she was not thinking she may not survive when I get into the arena. She kept thinking about seeing her mom again instead and the hopes of her getting to see her mom beclouded her fe
"Oh you think I am mad now or overreacting for no reason? This calls for overreaction, Terra. Don't you even try to make it sound like you are not pissing me off to make me go bananas with such question. You did made me angry and I don't like it! It is not our money, Terra! You can't eat or spend money can you? Unless you want to cheat me by taking it back after I have completed your tasks. You owe me and you should know that the money in my account is you paying me and hence it belongs to me. You should keep off, Terra!" He ranted staring at the mirror in front of him with his hands on the washbasin attached to the wall. Terranova: "I may not be able to spend the money with you or even eat but whatever you do you should know that I feel it. I feel everything. I could sense the taste of the meal in your mouth, feel your rage, your jealousy, pain, love, I mean, why do you think I know almost everything when it has to do with how you feel? I knew you do not have feelings of love for Is
"No, not at all. I think it is because there are no cameras inside the arena of death that is to display anything for people who are out here in D.C. United. They might have one for themselves up there in the capitol hill. You never can tell." She uttered showing no doubts at all. "True. We can not even rely on that anyway but it is fine. I think we should forget about all these and have fun you know. Besides we have no idea what tomorrow may bring, so let us better have ourselves a good time now. So, what have you ordered?" Ethan said forcing a smile as he inquired of her to know what she had asked the waitress to bring to the table while he was away. After eating they kept talking about their experiences of the past until the music began to play and the people around got up on their feet to dance, "...I won't forget that very day in a hurry, it was such a marvelous thing I did and my dad was so proud of me he took me out for a horse ride. I wish to do that again, go out for a rid