Chapter 2: You kept looking

Next day,

Morayna totally shoved off yesterday's event that ruined the ceremony for her. She had no choice but to return to her room and rest.

She received text messages from her teammates informing her about the practice schedule, although the offline match schedule was yet to be released. It was an advantage for them.

The breakfast reunited them, but they continued with their meal as one of her teammates, Greta questioned her "Yo Morayna, why did you leave the ceremony halfway yesterday?"

Morayna thought of a response, obviously she couldn't tell them about the bizarre feeling she got because it's still transparent with no evidence.

Morayna replied "I had a long trip, needed a nap" and quickly gobbled up her meal and left without exchanging any more words.

She was bad with excuses, apparently.

Her teammates, Greta, Bonnie, Levana, Tracey and Helena only gave her an odd look as she left.

Greta was the oldest and the founder of the team making her the leader and a main player

Bonnie, Levana and Tracey were the same age and main players of the team including Morana.

Lastly, Helena was the youngest and the substitute of the team making her an all-rounder who can replace anyone when it's necessary or in case of urgency.

Greta named her team as Crimson Scythe for apparently no reason. That's how she is, never serious.

Morayna reached her room and prepared herself for the practice as she showered and changed herself into her team jersey which was an ombre of blue and black with her name on the black and her team name on the sleeves. The combination was fantastic and suits her the best. She took her phone out of her charger as she exited her room and went all the way to the downstairs and in the room of the number that was given. The management provided that as their private meeting room, although it was always possible in each other's rooms.

"Don't care if am late, appreciate that I arrived at least." Said Morana.

Levana scoffed at her, and she went to sit next to Greta. They all were super comfortable.

"So, coach Nathaniel will explain our game plan. Please coach." Said by Greta, requesting their team coach to give them their situational tactics during the match.

They all paid attention and prepared themselves for the biggest moba event ever. The schedule was still yet to be released since there were female and male teams having their matches separately, it was quite a bit of work for the management itself.

In the evening, Morayna returned to her room after all the discussions for hours, it was time for a demonstration. It was tiring.

She went to her balcony by sliding the glass door, and suddenly she remembered everything that happened yesterday. The cold evening breeze reminded her of the chilling gaze she felt, the glare that could cut her entirely and the feeling that didn't feel balanced yet not creepy or ecstatic.

Her phone suddenly rang a notification sound grabbing her attention. She checked to see Helena mentioning her in the group chat with a poster picture of a Fight club

“Fight club?" She thought.

What's that?

Bonnie wrote a whole ass paragraph on that Fight Club thing.

“Geez. What a hassle. Who is going to read all that?” She thought.

but she read it anyway.

Turns out it's also an arrangement from the gaming management.

Players who are qualified can choose to be a part of this whatever club it's called.

Morayna was sure that they were advertising because they found no members, well now they will. It interested her. A fight tournament was a day away and Morayna wanted to watch it. Cause why not?

These players do win technically, it's only fair they win physically.

“Does anyone want to visit the fight club with me, just to watch the tournament?” Morayna typed in the group chat.

And they all left her on seen.

She took it as a no.

Well she doesn't care, she will go and watch alone.

She was still waiting for a certain someone to let her know that she arrived, cause Morayna couldn't wait anymore.

That night,

After a little discussion about tactics with coach Nathaniel, she ate dinner with her team and rested for the night in her room

Fight club, huh?

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The physical tournament was already here but not the schedule yet. She didn't want to blame the management knowing how difficult the task is, but she was gradually losing her patience

The fight club was 20 minutes away from the hotel she was staying in and travelling in a new country, she would appreciate a bit of help.

“Am asking again, does anyone want to go with me?" Morayna typed.

Seen.

Seen by all yet no reply.

She went downstairs and asked the hotel manager to lend her the hotel car and gradually explain the location to her.

However, the car that was lent to her had a GPS system in its monitor, it was going to guide her which made her sigh in relief.

It was night time.

The match was about to start in 30 minutes, and she didn't want to be late, although she had no idea who the participants were and whom she was going to support. All she knew was, she wanted to see them bloody each other in rhythm.

She started the engine.

Even though it wasn't much late, the road was mostly empty, and the night breeze was cold as she felt it through the opened window.

Did she regret wearing the black dress that reached up to her ankle but was a bit thin for this weather? Yes.

But did she really regret it? No. Because it was elegant as shit.

She was only 5 minutes away from the fight club as she followed the GPS guidance and heard a notification ringing in her phone. She checked it.

"Did you already leave?"

The text was from Helena.

“Geez. Obviously I did. What did you expect?”

 Morayna thought.

However, she chose to not reply since she only saw it from the notification bar.

 A fair trade.

Morayna parked the car In front of an alley. The club was on the other side of the alley, she thought it's better to walk there since it's a straight walk through the alley.

The night breeze hit her hard as she got out of her car and walked through the alley in straight motion.

I should've bought a jacket. She thought.

She finally reached the other side and crossed the road. Furthermore, she submitted her player ID to the guard and went in.

That's when Helena called, she scoffed.

She was inside the fight club when she received the call and put it in her ear.

The interior inside was wholly red which made it look like a Halloween party.

The guard already told her the location to the hallway. She made her way through the red lights in the right direction while she was still talking on the phone with Helena.

Suddenly, she looked at her left instinctively because she felt it.

Again.

But this time she saw someone amidst the crowd, looking at her. Right at her.

She was feeling the same bizarre feeling of someone digging glares on her, back from that day.

Was it him?

She ignored it as she was still talking on the phone and kept walking in the instructed direction.

She totally ignored it as if it never happened, as if the feeling never came back.

She reached the hall where the ring was prepared for the fight to be held. A huge sum of crowd were in their place and lots of cheers, shouts and curses reached her ears. She had no idea who the participants were in the first place, let alone knowing who was playing against whom.

She reached the bottom of all the benches and sat down in the one closest to the ring.

The most exciting thing about watching someone beating up the other one closely is that,

it seems like they are doing it for your entertainment.

That's what she was there for.

Entertainment.

She cut the call.

It wasn't even worth explaining.

The cheers and shouts reached her ears as she looked around.

The set-up sure was huge.

She crossed her legs as she waited for the match to begin. 2 more minutes.

Two players names were called out

“AJ” and “Remi”

Sounds like an American kinda.

Two shirtless bulky guys made their way inside the ring as she looked up and saw them for the first time.

She was just about to turn her head to another text she received and that's when her eyes locked in the middle of the other side of the ring.

The same guy from the entrance middle now wearing a black leather jacket.

Intently looking at her.

Morayna didn't break the stare and stared right into his soul.

But she felt the pressure and looked down at her phone, pretending to actually read the message. But the truth was that, she couldn't read it.

She couldn't focus on the words between all the cheering, screaming and... Someone staring.

“What a creep.” She thought.

She wanted to leave for a moment,

But why should she care about a creep who is just trying to ruin her mood? She has seen quite a lot of them.

She turned her head to the ring and watched as the two men launched at each other after the hammer hit the ring. She ignored him.

However, he kept looking at her with an unexplainable look even when the 1 on 1 began, even when two guys were bloodying themselves, even when the match ended and AJ won with a bloodied nose and an arm almost broken. Even when more names were called out.

Morayna was shocked by how good AJ was. His strong demeanor fascinated her.

She got carried away as she instinctively cheered for AJ along with others when he got out of the ring.

But she didn't know,

the one looking at her, saw it.

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