Chapter 120: Alton Brantley Must Die Part 1 (1/2)
”Do it finish her off while she is down. Do you want someone like her getting in your way? She will try to stop us from saving the world. Take her out of the competition and win.” Bargaining whispered provocatively into Zinnia's ear. She stared down at Scarlett, who was unconscious in the middle of the beach. Zinnia's hand began to glow with electricity as Bargaining smirked. ”That's right. Let no one stand in our way. Do it!”
As Zinnia was about to take out Scarlett, a small groan came from her. Instantly stopping her attack, she stared blankly as Scarlett woke up muggy. ”Shit, what happened? Where is he? Where the hell did he go?!”
”Who?”
”EOR… That son of a bitch jumped me again.” She snarled getting help from Zinnia. Clearing her throat, she returned to her calm manner sighing. ”Sorry, it's good to see you well, Zinnia. Any words from the others?”
Zinnia shook her head. ”No, I haven't run into Emil or Gale. Do you know where Alton is?”
”If I can go off by anything probably making some streamer's life a living hell. Well, I guess there's strength in numbers, right?” She played off, moving her shoulder around. ”This Eyes Over Reality is more powerful than I first thought. He can't actually hurt us, but our brains haven't quite worked that out. I have a splitting headache. Now that I think about it, I might have been shot.”
”I see no wounds.”
”That is what's getting me worried. It is to our best interest to find the others fast. Then there was that other streamer… Killer Queen.” Scarlett turned around, looking in the distance. ”Say isn't that what's her name… Harmony?”
Zinnia turned around seeing Harmony walking up looking beaten up. ”What a stroke of luck we find you. No time that Syndicate member from before is here.”
Scarlett flinched thrown off. ”Syndicate? Shit, this couldn't get much worse. Are you alright?”
”Just about. Luckily Alton was there to help me.”
Scarlett saw Alton slowly walking into view holding the Demon Mask worn by the Syndicate member. She rushed over in worried, checking him. ”Are you hurt? Where did that bitch go?”
Alton shook his head, looking tired. ”I'm just about fine. She was more of a problem than I thought, but I managed to handle myself. She let me go for some reason, and I found this not too far away.”
Scarlett held the mask trembling. ”It really is them… Fuck, I was hoping it to be a knock-off wannabe, but this is seriously a mask belonging to the Syndicate family. They slipped through my hands again! If I had just found you quicker none of this would have happened. We could have taken her together…”
”No point beating around the bush. It's over, but shit was I not ready for that right after battling Jinx too…”
”That's the wonder of the Battle Royale genre, you never know who will stab you in the back. I take it you took care of her.”
”I wouldn't be in the race still if I hadn't.”
”Well, while you were doing that, I had a run-in with the villain of the week. It's worse than I first thought.”
Alton gave a long thought nodding. ”I hear you. Well, it's fine now, we are all here, and we've got each other's back. Now just to find Emil and then we can take the fight to him.”
Zinnia's gaze was engulfed on Alton. Her head was banging uncontrollably as everything else was blurred out like a camera focusing on one point. Harmony was saying something, but Zinnia real objective was taking over. Bargaining stood in front of her staring at Zinnia with ill intent. ”The time has come Zinnia. We take whatever chance we are given. No matter what don't let anyone stand in our way. Free yourself and do it.”