'3...2...1...fight'
The battle started normally but something was off. Our attack was either being fully countered or didn't even affect his character that much. It became more of a cat and mouse game where we were dodging his attacks rather than fighting before Laban decided to use one o his three ultimate attacks. I knew it was over but got shocked when Marlena's character had saved mine as she got knocked out and I was left to battle. She was about to throw her controller in rage but she placed it before she stood aside. For me all that I was doing was doing all surprise attack that I knew to slow him down and to decrease his health although steadily.
"Aha! Found the problem!" Marlena exclaimed as a commotion started at the crowd.
"Hey give it back!" I heard coming from the crowd.
"Marx now attack with all you got!" came from Marlena as her voice went farther away.
I did what she had requested and now the playing field was leveled. He was much weaker. I don't know what Marlena had done but it helped. In a matter of seconds, I was able to defeat him as the crowd grew wild. Shock was plastered on Laban's face as he saw the end screen. He was horrified on what happened. He grew angry as he threw the controller onto the screen as we all looked at his minion trying to knock down a door. He went up to him and held his collar screaming at him as Marlena came out of the door with a phone that had proof of their cheat codes and she exposed him.
"You will regret the day you were born. You will fear the name Laban just wait and see!" he threatened as he went off in anger and as the crowd cheered for our victory. Marlena threw herself onto me as she was excited but withdrew somehow immediately.
(later on)
The sun had set and the streets were calm. The zephyr wind blew caressing Marlena's hair as we walked back after a successful evening.
"That was fun. I think I've never had this much fun since I moved here," I said out loud.
"Yea definitely. We should do this more often," she replied as she bumped her hand onto mine.
"By the way I won so you owe me an explanation," I reminded her.
"Don't you understand anything about teaming up? We won," she corrected me as she stepped walking and turn to me, "For my win I want you to...ammh…I want you to promise me that you will always be there for me what ever and whenever, pinky promise," she then lift up her pinky finger and it interlocked with mine.
"Finally found you, you know how worried you have made us?" rumbled from behind sending shivers down my spine. Marlena was about to run but her hand was held.
I looked at the guy who appeared out of know where. He looked familiar then it came to me, it was her bodyguard whom she was running away from. He escorted her inside his car as she waved goodbye before they zoomed off.
When I arrived home, I got a call from an unknown number. I hesitated at first but accepted it finally as I powered on my computer while connecting my phone to it. I put on the speaker as I greeted the person from the other end.
"Good evening Mr. Cartez," the person from the other end replied.
"It has been a while since I used that name, who are you?" I asked as I started decoding the caller using the computer to know the caller.
"Just call me TRAD aka The Royal Advisor, and I would be your 'guide' in the upcoming tasks and assignments,"
"Which assignments and why me?" I then started triangulating his location.
"The princess has personally chosen you to fulfill her wishes and you should be proud. We know about how you go laid off your job and how you got a potential in coding so much that you are trying to find out my location and identity right now, which you should definitely stop before I get mad," I removed my phone instantly and placed it near my ear.
"Wh…how…do you know all that. Are you a spy?"