"Antarctica?!" Olta inquired

"That's his mistake, he's out"  Ugh, girls. I though, sulking back.  What ever happened to give him a chance?

5 Minutes

"No...  I think he's onto something," Arnaud butted in, "Care to explain Luke?"

"Well," I stammered hands shaking. I didn't like rebelling against the Danielle girl, "When I walked out of my doors, from the "First Continental" Room, I noticed 6 other sets of doors.   That makes a total of 7 sets. There are 6 inhabitable continents, and he announced those 6 continents. He never announced the seventh, and those doors never opened, but they were always there. I believe the seventh set of doors is Antarctica, and there lies our next challenge." By the time I finished I was ready to faint. My hands were shaking, my knees ready to buckle. This was not good. I hated public speaking.

"He brings up a great point." Arnaud remarked, "The best point I've heard since being brought to this prison."

"It's probably the only one you've heard here." Danielle muttered

4 Minutes

"Well, its the only thing we've got and we'd better hurry!" Arnaud asserted, pointing to a digital clock directly above the "First Continental" doors.  "3 Minutes 47 Seconds remaining"

"There!" Olta shouted, pointing to a closed set of double doors.  We made our way over quickly, but not too quickly, as not to attract the attention of the other teams scrambling around.

In the exact center of the set of double doors was a panel, connecting the two.

"Great!  What do we do now genius boy?" Danielle sneered. She was starting to get on my nerves. Maybe I should have gone alone.

I reached my palm up and touched the panel. I could feel the inner workings. No one had been here yet, it wasn't warmed up. That was my job.

3 Minutes

"Ugh, Danielle groaned, "It's not-"

"Shh!" I burst, getting impatient with her impatience.

"Hello Master Koizumi.  Would you like to register your team and proceed to the next challenge?"  A robotic voice said, coming from inside the panel.

"Um, Yes Please"

"Good.  Please have your teammates place their palms on the panel."

"I've gotcha' Luke!" Arnaud said, sneering at Danielle and placing his hand next to mine.  Boys 1, Girls nil.  Hesitantly the girls joined suit.

"A Team of Four, Arnaud Belrose of France, Olta Shehu of Albania, Danielle Love of the US-"

Arnaud snorted. Danielle was anything but a Love.

"-and their leader, Luke Koizumi of Japan."

2 Minutes

"L-leader, you must be mistaken!"

"You activated me, you felt deep within my gears and programming to awaken me.  None of them could've done that.  I see a great future ahead for you Master Koizumi."

I stood in Awe.

There was no way I could be leader! The speaking, the Danielle...

"No, Mr.Robo-Computer-Fortune Teller-Guy, I'm the leader of this team!" Danielle shouted at the panel.  Suddenly, I wanted to lead just to boss her around for a change.

"Mrs.Love, you must learn to accept things not always going your way.  You're not the only star, sometimes a nerd needs a chance too."

And with that, the doors flung open, welcoming us to challenge number Two.

We stepped in, less than a minute remaining, and the doors shut behind us.