It was a blink of an eye moment when Elliot got the hold of the flag and used the other boy's shoulder as a stepping stone. He flipped and landed back on Aquarius's light, steadily balancing himself.
"Oh, no," the boy whispered and dropped to the surface of the tube. He was instantly dragged by the current and made his teammates stumble with him.
Elliot ran to his friends and extended his hand for them to catch and hold the flag one by one.
When the last one of them to hold it, Minos's fingers touched the flag, it lit up a bright azure beacon that bursted into the skies.
"And we have the first team to finish Round Two!" Irv announced, his voice was filled with excitement.
Soon after, several more beacons followed. Kingsley's team was second, Jester's team was third, and Alice's guild mates were twenty-third.
"Let's get out of here," Aquarius said and slowly deactivated his magic. "Just jump through the tube and we're out."
