Chapter 29
"Players," said a voice over the intercom, "You have twenty seconds to find a hiding spot. On your marks, get set, go!"
The seven women ran as fast as they could and dove behind the trees on the first level. Rose looked around the room that was illuminated by a dim black-light and saw some movement behind the trees when the voice came over the intercom again, "each member will be in the game until they are shot four times. Then the first player will leave the arena and watch from our lounge room, all the other players advance to the second lever. The same will happen on the second level, the first person to get hit four times will go to the lounge and watch as the other players advance to the third level. The pattern will continue until there is only one player left. Good luck."
Rose smiled to herself and watched as the woman moved around the arena.
Rose aimed her gun and fired as she heard someone curse. The scores came up on the board at the far end of the room.
Rosebud: 0
ReachfortheSkye: 1
Blackwidow baby: 0
SaltandPepper: 0
OverHill: 0
MelindaMaybeatyouall: 0
Jem'sthebest: 0
Rose laughed as she saw the names everyone had chosen for themselves and watched as the figure she assumed was Skye, retreat. Rose turned her head and sat down in a small hole by the tree she was hiding behind. She aimed her gun as she saw someone else move and she fired, but she missed. Then the score came up,
Rosebud: 1
ReachfortheSkye: 1
Blackwidow baby: 0
SaltandPepper: 0
OverHill: 0
MelindaMaybeatyouall: 0
Jem'sthebest: 1
Rose sighed as she noticed that she was hit. She fired again at the person who fired at her and hit her twice.
SaltandPepper: 2
Pepper swore and ran away before she was hit again. Rose laughed at her success and sat quietly as she waited for more unsuspecting people to walk past her.
She didn't have to wait long, before she knew it, May walked past her and Rose fired.
MelindaMaybeatyouall: 2
May looked down at her vest and ran before she got hit again.
Rose laughed and decided to finally move from her hiding spot. She got up and slowly walked towards a fake bridge, deciding to hide under it as more people crossed it.
She slipped under and saw someone else sitting there. She shot her gun four times and the woman swore as the voice over the intercom announced, "SaltandPepper, please return your gun and vest to the counter and be seated in the lounge."
Pepper got up and shook hands with Rose, "good game, and congratulations by the way."
Rose laughed, "thanks."
The lights turned back on and the women moved to the second level, the medieval castle.
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Skye moved behind one of the Knights that was on display, matching his position perfectly so that no one would see her. She rested the tip of her gun on the knight's shoulder and waited for someone to run past her.
The intercom announced, "all scores will remain. Good luck."
Skye stayed silent and watched as people ran in front of her. She laughed to herself as she fired her gun and Natasha swore in Russian.
Rosebud: 1
ReachfortheSkye: 1
Blackwidow baby: 1
OverHill: 0
MelindaMaybeatyouall: 2
Jem'sthebest: 1
Skye shot her gun again as the assassin scrambled for another hiding spot but she missed and hit Maria Hill twice instead.
OverHill: 2
Skye cheered silently to herself as the two agents ran away. Skye slowly started moving around corners as she slipped in and out of the shadows, avoiding the black-lights if she could. She heard movement and quickly turned and shot her gun four times, hoping that she would hit the person at least once.
A voice came over the intercom, "Jem'sthebest please return your gun and vest to the counter and meet your fallen comrade in the lounge."
Jemma walked up to Skye and laughed, "good game Skye! At least I got you once before you got me out."
Skye looked down at her vest.
ReachfortheSkye: 3
"Well would you look at that. Good job Jem!"
"Thanks! I'm going to go hang out with Pepper and watch you guys, see ya!"
"Bye."
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Natasha climbed the stairs to the third level, Jurassic era. She silently slipped behind a huge rock and took cover from the other players who were coming up the stairs. Once she had made sure that everyone was hiding, she climbed up the wall and sat on top of a small tree that the plastic dinosaurs were pretending to feed on. She applauded herself for her good hiding spot, she wasn't an amazing spy for nothing. She sat in silence for about five minutes before she sensed movement. She aimed her gun and saw as Rose sat underneath her on the ground. Natasha smirked and fired the gun twice. She wasn't gonna get Rose out, it was HER party after all.
Rosebud: 3
ReachfortheSkye: 3
Blackwidow baby: 1
OverHill: 2
MelindaMaybeatyouall: 2
Rose shrieked in surprise and ran for cover under the wing of a pterodactyl. Natasha laughed and waited for another unsuspecting person to walk past her. May walked by next and Natasha shot her twice.
"MelindaMaybeatyouall, please return your gun and vest to the counter and join your fallen comrades in the lounge."
Melinda sighed and playfully hit Nat when she flipped down from her perch in the tree.
"Perching like a bird I see," laughed May.
Nat shrugged, "I take after my Hawk."
"Your hawk?" May raised an eyebrow.
Nat blushed and turned away, "nope!"
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Hill ran up the stairs to the fourth level, space themed.
She walked past the first few obvious hiding spots and climbed behind Saturn. Well, a replica of Saturn anyway. She hid behind it, shooting anyone who came past her. No one did. She sighed and moved towards the spaceship, figuring Skye would probably be there. She was right. She fired her gun but she missed. Skye shot her gun and hit Maria's gun, freezing it for thirty seconds.
She climbed out of her hiding spot and walked towards Maria, "good game Maria."
"I'm not out yet."
Skye laughed, "yeah you are," and she shot her gun twice.
"OverHill, please return your gun and vest to the counter and join your fallen comrades in the lounge."
Maria sighed, "well that was a short round."
Skye patted her on the shoulder, "just think of it as, now we can go get food sooner."
Maria laughed, "see you around,Skye. Good luck."
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Rose climbed the stairs to the fifth level and decided to stand in plain sight, deciding that hiding was boring. She waited for Skye and Nat to hide and after a few seconds, she followed them. She decided to follow Skye first, figuring that Nat would definitely know that she was being followed. She trailed Skye and watched as she climbed onto a pirate ship. Rose climbed the rope ladder after her and hid behind a barrel two down from Skye's. She waited until Skye was settled and she fired her gun twice, missing the first time.
"ReachfortheSkye, please return your gun and vest to the counter and join your fallen comrades in the lounge."
Skye stood up and looked around, "how in the world did I not hear you, Rose?" she laughed.
"I don't honestly know."
"You should become a S.H.I.E.L.D agent or something," Skye joked.
"Maybe that's not a bad idea..."
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Natasha followed Rose up the stairs to the final level, the mirror maze.
The two women shook hands. "Good luck," said Natasha.
"Same to you, Nat."
Rose walked a few steps away from Natasha and stood in a corner. Natasha walked around for a while and found a small room. She waited in there until the scores came up.
Rosebud: 3
Blackwidow baby: 1
Natasha smirked and left the room in search of Rose. She walked down a few hallways looking for Rose and saw a figure move. She aimed her gun and shot it.
Blackwidow baby: 2
Nat swore in Russian and said loudly, "you have to be kidding me! I shot myself? You really have to make sure that you're hitting the person and not their reflection."
Rose shot her gun and it hit Natasha.
Blackwidow baby: 3
Natasha covered her mouth, realizing that she shouldn't have talked, it gave away her position. She ran down a few hallways and stood silently, knowing that Rose had followed her. She waited for movement and movement she soon saw.
Rose silently slipped through the hallways and caught sight of bright red hair. She aimed her gun in that general direction but she missed and hit a mirror. She ducked before the laser hit her.
"Really have to be careful where you point that thing," she said.
Natasha laughed, "you shouldn't have given away your position, Rose," she said as she fired her gun.
The score board lit up:
Rosebud: 4
Blackwidow baby: 3
Blackwidow baby wins!
"Good game Rose," said Nat as she hugged her.
"You too. Now let's go eat, I'm starved!"
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