The next morning, Crystal woke up feeling refreshed for the first time ever.
"Good morning roomie"Claudia said with a big smile
"Good morning"she replied
"So ready to engage in a fun activity,oh wait, today is a fun activity, COLOUR WAR!!"She screamed excitedly
"Yh, I'll just freshen up"Crystal said and took her things
"Alright let's go to the bath house"Claudia said and took Crystal to the bath house for the ladies.
After their bath,they met with Delilah and Melina who were waiting for them by the registry stand.
"What took u so long?"Melina asked
"That was my fault,not still familiar with the bath house"Crystal replied with a small guilty smile.
"Anyway, I've registered us, we're blue,so let's go get our costumes and guns"Melina said
"Alright, c'mon Crystal"Claudia said
"Huh?, I'm among?,but I've never played it before"Crystal asked
"Don't worry, we'll guide u"Delilah replied
"U can trust us, we're your friends"Melina said and Crystal smiled nodding.
They were soon dressed and ready for battle. The color teams were: Red, Orange, Yellow,Green, Blue,Pink and Purple,each group consisting of four individuals.
"Alright Crystal,the rule of this game is to capture the flag by the finish line,defeat your opponents and don't get hit,got it?"Delilah asked
"Yh"
"The red team wins every year and it's so annoying because of their secret weapon"Claudia said
"Secret weapon?"
"Yh, their fourth player,nicknamed Mystery because no one knows who or what he is,no one has even seen his face,he usally keeps on a black hat covering his face and a black nosemask,only his teammates and the principal has seen him and knows what he is, he's like invisible because he disappears and appears behind you in the blink of an eye"Melina explained
"No one ever makes it through the forest without getting hit"Delilah said sadly
"Oh"Crystal muttered
"Let the game began,on your marks.....set...WAR!!!"
The reff said and the game began,it was a real shoot out.
Crystal managed to hit three people from three teams,not bad for her first try.
[Oh please, I could do that in my sleep 😁🤪]
Crystal ran towards the forest trying to get away from a green team player that was shooting at her but when she got to a particular tree,the guy,a siren froze and shook in fear before running off but was shot in the back with the color red.
Crystal turned around alarmed but saw no one.
"Looking for me?"
"Aahh!"she shrieked and shot at him
"Nice shot, nearly hit me"The guy was now back on the tree
Crystal turned and gasped starring at the handsome figure sitting on the branch of the tree,his hat over his face,his nosemask was off and hanging on one side of his face
"So you're Mystery"she muttered as if confirming and not asking.
"It's a pleasure to see you too.... Crystal Davis"
"How do you know me?"
"I've always known u, always been besides u but u were either too blind to notice or either too caught up to care"he replied calmly but his voice and words held weight
"Who are you?"
"I'll leave that to you to figure out"he replied nonchalantly.
Crystal, although shocked and confused,shot him and he glared at her
"I'm sorry,u talk too much"she said and quickly ran towards the finish line to complete the game while he stared at her with a mischievous smirk dancing on his reddish lips.
Crystal grabbed the flag and won the game ranking the Blue team first place.
"We won?"Delilah asked in shock
"We actually won"Melina muttered
"Told u she could do it"Claudia said proudly although she and Melina got hit
They ran to Meet Crystal and cheered
"Yay,we won"Delilah said hugging Crystal only to go through
"Oops, forgot I'm a ghost"she said and then giggled.
"We all did"Claudia replied
"What's on your mind Crystal?"Melina asked noticing Crystal lost in thought while starring at the red team.
"I...I met Mystery in the forest"
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"What?!!!"