Clay had learnt not to question certain things, especially when they were helpful to her , so she kept quiet and just observed .How they had somehow been able to get away from the arena with June's lack of even the smallest bit of a sense of direction and with Saul hunched over as low as a fucking turtle and she running ahead every two seconds to hold the kid from falling off Saul's back while also watching their back and making sure they were going in the right direction was one of those memories Clay never wanted to get back to .She had been sure that they might not make it out and had been pleasantly surprised when they had made it out .They had stopped to rest for a while after getting far enough from the Arena .Now , the noise from the Arena was nothing but a distant buzzing and a distant memory , just until you took a look at the boy on Saul's back and you were thrusted back into the distant memory .Clay stood while the others sat on the floor , the kid sprawled on the grou
TommyBack at their run down apartment complex.Tommy quietly jiggled his keys in the keyhole of the door to his apartment , careful not to wake Jade as he returned from his first day at his night shift waiting job that he had applied for and gotten much to his surprise .Jade had found the job in the papers and forced him to go , after giving her a rigorous run down of what she had assured her that her brother used to secure every job interview that he went for .She had also reminded Tommy that lawyers for Child custody battles were expensive and that was all the motivation Tommy had needed .The door finally gave way and opened and he walked in , the lights were switched off but he of course knew the way around his own goddamn house .He headed straight for the fridge , he needed a cold beer to deal with the stress and nerves from his first day at the job , he had not worked a job with actual manual labor in a while .He opened the fridge and the light came on , displaying the cont
They gathered all of their available food and sat on the altar to eat .They cleaned out the goblets with water and asked for forgiveness before using it to share the wine that June had opened quite unceremoniously , spilling most of it around in her attempt .After June had shared the wine , they made Saul wash his hands before splitting the rest of his roast chicken by four ways and then Clay handed out protein bars for them to munch on when they had finished eating .They ate quietly , Clay watched as June and Saul secretly watched Jared , they were probably filled with questions for the boy .As if he knew he was being watched , he lifted his head , he had a little protein bar stuck to the side of his face .June and Saul began to snigger loudly like that was the funniest thing that they had seen this year and the kid's eyes widened as he looked from one sniggering fool to the other in confusion .Clay pointed at the boy's face , trying to communicate what the problem was without
Clay was still drawing when someone's boots stomped in front of her .She stopped what she was doing and looked up to see June .She looked frustrated ." What are you doing , June ? ",She called out slowly.She groaned and fell back into the bed , bouncing a little before her body finally settled ." If I had known that you would take a fancy to smarty pants over there , I might not have saved him ",She complained as she pointed at Jared.Clay only half listened to her as she stared at her drawing .She had drawn every single part of the autobot separately , expanding them on paper and highlighting everything she knew about each parts .She looked over to June and shook her head , tsking loudly ." With the way you ran out to save her , it was quite glaring that you did not care what kind of person he could be . And that's the kind of person you are , someone who acts before thinking ",Clay told her, hiding the insult beneath the praise.She threw one of the pillows at Clay and she d
Clay and Jared stopped their chattering .They both turned to June who was sporting a beautifully forced smile while gritting her teeth ." Don't you guys want to explain what you're on about ? That would be the nice thing to do, no ?",She asked." Then we could all talk about nitro and gly- whatever together ".Clay and Jared nodded their heads , It was best to leave June unprovoked ." Okay , everyone gather around ",Clay announced.Clay went back and took the seat she had been using to read .She dragged it closer to the bed where June and Jared where already seated and Saul sat too , looking a little bleary-eyed ." So , yesterday I found chloroform in our emergency regeneration kits and it got me thinking ..."Clay stopped talking when she noticed June's raised hand , she took a deep sigh ." Yes , June ? ",She asked.She looked around at the others ." Some of us don't know what chloroform is ",she said with a shrug.That was plausible .Clay thought of the easiest way to descri
They had all been quiet as they all cradled this bomb that Clay had dropped in their arms .Clay had been watching June clench and unclench her fist for several minutes now .It had come as a shock to Clay too but she had not been too shocked .If the game was truly about giving the winner whatever he decided on , Clay had long suspect that all stops would be pulled to make it as hard as possible .She had just not assumed death to be a part .But once she had confirmed that the deaths were real and not VFX or CGI , it had been easy to just see the worst of the whole situation .She had no idea how to tell the others that there was a great possibility that they were also being watched .Besides , the itch she had was still there .She still did not see the reason James had given her this book .It did not make enough sense that he had given her the book for her to find out that the steels were puppets whose strings were being pulled .That Information only fueled her to kill as many a
Saul took off and they immediate did the same.They all ran after Saul , their feet pounding loudly on the pavements of the otherwise quiet streets as they had decided to throw caution to the wind for the next few minutes.As they ran forward and got closer to the location the sound was coming from , the whirring from the golem grew louder .The golem sounded enraged and on a rampage of sorts .They all readied theirselves with one final move as they neared the spot they would stop at .Clay took a deep breath , Saul cracked his knuckles while Jared lagged behind , hoping to not be involved in the craziness of it all .Meanwhile , June had an extremely determined look on her face as she took out her guns whe they rounded the corners of the deserted street and came face to face with the golem .It stood in the middle of the street and had successfully destroyed about half of the houses on the street , it had been looking at the spot they now stood even before they had stood there , alm
Clay had hurriedly walked off after the people from earlier stumbled around to thank her , whispering words she could not make out before running away .They had not even been able to look her in the eye and had acted instead like she was one of the Steels .She had just watched them struggle till they finally ran off , all the while wondering what they were doing here when they were both even worse off than Jared .What were they doing playing a game like this when they could not even look at a fellow player in the eyes without stammering ?She headed back the way they had come first , trudging slowly to get all the numbness in the different part of her body out as she walked.She felt like someone had literally tried to pound on her and not in a good,massage kind of way.She was thinking of how awesome a massage would be right about now when she heard the others getting closer and discussing as they walked behind her .She was walking slowly so they easily caught up with her and jo