The Zombie Tournament

Act 30 : To the Second and Beyond

 ‘The competition will begin shortly! Keep safe in your seat and put some popcorns on the side!”

The big screen of Gastamo has announced of the start in early morning of the day. In two hours, the medal hunt will be started. A minimum information has been distributed to every human survivor of the game beforehand. Yet, it posed nothing much of an actual procedure and mechanism of the medal collection anyhow. They have stated on a gold medal for each thriving contestants prior to the first. On the other hand, anybody has attained none of the medal mentioned at the moment.

In other words, it has to wait for further information afterwards.

Tonado fighting club gathered in Juno Rumondor’s special-made suite for their upcoming contest. The business mogul’s management has preserved them a unique dressing room for their subjects. There are 12 of them in the game earlier, but Rudolfo has been deceased on the previous chapter of survival competition. In his wake, Damon has become their new player of the game. A half-zombie could be a good addition to their group, indeed, but his current situation offered another problem to their group nonetheless. The man could control another zombie, but another person has to take over his leash at the same time.

(beep-beep)

After two weeks of research, every single players from their group has attained four zombies in general. Zeno Gunnar assembled a gigantic zombie to accompany his father on the frontline for the spearhead warrior of their battle. The young knight’s “Kinukage” is fashioned on the left side of the beast alongside Deino Gunnar’s diamond shield on the other. He still know less of its true strength, so far, but Zeno Gunnar managed to put on countless instructions for their coordination at the combat zone anyway.

For Tanya Rushdi, She also added three supplementary living dead to fit the fist-fighter zombie’s lone ranger position at the front. Within the past two weeks, she followed Zeno Gunnar to the nook and cranny of the area nearby and found many forms of zombies to collect. Most of them are long-ranged in assault and fits the girl’s preference of the one she wished on the list.

(pat-pat)

They have prepared on their own armor for the meeting.

“You’re nice and shine, handsome.” Chipped Tanya Rushdi on her man’s cheek,”You’ll have to protect me everyday, capische?”

Against her tease, Zeno Gunnar shook his head,“No way, you have to defend yourself, first. This is survival game, remember?”

“Really? You’re not doing it for me?”

“Nah, you’ll have to be independent in this game, Tanya. We never know which part of yours will be eaten by the z-“

(clench)

Tanya Rushdi strangled him a bit for rejoinder from her side,”Here’s the thing for being useless, you dumb jerk.” She rattled, yet a smirk has shaped her lips underneath.

“Ahem, it is not proper time of the day to love, isn’t it?” Juno Rumondor coughed,”You can save them up once we’re passed, okay?”

Their amorous interaction appears to hinder everyone’s attention at the time. Zeno Gunnar seems comfortable around Tanya Rushdi’s company and accepted her constant pursuit on his love interest. To the team’s point of view, such reaction from the man has been regarded as unusual, since he was rather cold and serious in most stretch of the group’s gathering.

That night, Zeno Gunnar has found a last piece of jigsaw, apparently. The young knight perceived Tanya Rushdi as replacement of grief and sorrow from losing all of his loved ones in immediate fashion.

“Look outside, fellas! Something happened on the big screen!”

Tony Simmons directed their consideration to the wide-array monitor above. It has themselves turned upside-down by automated reconstruction. Of the outside glass from the display feature, they have been re-arranged into some sort of beacons and fixed down to the empty air below.

(flash)

At once, a vivid imagery of the competition’s presenter has come to light. Due to its solid visuals, every Gastamo’s pedestrian could witness her agile steps on the stage. She shifts on stepping into bounce afterwards ever since her presence on the board has been emerged. On both of her palms, as the female presenter jumps aloft, anyone could see on the remaining minutes for the game’s announcement to beckon.

However, the time counter appeared far lesser than the genuine hours on the clock. It is still one and a half hour for the game. But, her own counter says on five minutes left to prepare.

‘Yellow, citizens of Gastamo! Missing me already, are ya?” She clamored,”For you, winners of the previous game! Quick, get out from the city and get into the wilderness, or a punishment will be fallen to your group!”

Of course, a sudden declaration raise much question to the team involved. They have no presumption for going out so soon. It seems a huge renewal would be occurred in the meantime, as there are no other reason for them to dismiss their athlete away. Tonado fighting group has been in haste after such information transpired. Of their prior slouching stance, they are now struggling to get out from the hotel and running across the electric transporter at once.

The female presenter looks at the tiny figure of human survivor’s tenacity and scrutinized them closely. She looked up on each of the contestant’s position and steering her index finger to find someone across.

At last, she aimed of her finger’s tip to Zeno Gunnar and being cheerful from such discovery afterwards.

‘Ah, that’s my boy! You’re the spotlight of our previous game!” She shrieked slightly.

A beaming ray of light showered the young knight’s steady pace shortly after. Zeno Gunnar’s wristwatch is lightened up within the bright shower from above. A chiming sound of coin envelops the glistening phenomenon around him. On his neck, a shade of golden medal has appeared.

Unfortunately, it is only one half of the moon. Zeno Gunnar tilted his head on looking at his own chest and feeling confused of the rumored medal’s mirage. Something was wrong to the medal’s projection, it seems, yet the young knight has no answer to that puzzle.

On the other way around, the female presenter giggled to the champion’s expression,“Don’t be mad, Zeno Gunnar. It is what it is, and those medal is incomplete. All of you can locate the rest of your medal within the wristwatch for another one week brawl.”

“The first group to succeed will guarantee first-round complete on the third stage and twenty thousand virtual dollars. Don’t win this game again, dear champion, or else the money is on you once more!”

(zuuu)

The female announcer’s immersive persona at the center of Gastamo has been ceased out. Her presence dispersed into sprinkles of dust and rained across the city’s street. On the other hand, the presenter’s apparent dismissal invokes the rest of beacons to the other contenders immediately, sharing their parts of medal and its position for finding another along the way.

(click-click)

Zeno Gunnar quickly thrown himself into focus of the wristwatch’s map. He wants to locate on the pair and presumed of its track straight away. The system pointed out towards Gorand Industries’ region, somewhere over the southern areas of the city.

(tap-tap-tap)

They got close to the teleporter box. Other contestants has been there and crossing out in an instant beforehand. Tonado fighting club run towards the final destination in group, as well, and they are busy in looking at their watch for some time.

“Hmm, it’s weird..” Zeno Gunnar muttered,”Why do we have only one to battle?”

Juno Rumondor agreed to it and bobbed,” Yeah, it seems a new system for me, too.” He said, then looking at Tony Simmons for further back-up. However, his vice-captain has no reaction on the mechanism’s discrepancies, as well.

“I guess we have to be separated, this time. My sign says Shina.” Tanya Rushdi mumbled. She furls her eyebrows and gazed to her man,”How could we meet each other, Zeno?”

“Well, we could stick together for Shina firsthand, then to the north.” Tony Simmons suggested,”I have one from there, if you ask me.”

As everyone of their group started to disclose on their target’s location, Juno Rumondor finds a pattern to decide. The captain aimed his finger to the north in determination.

“Let’s go to Shina, first, then thinking of what to do next!”