Chapter Fourteen

“Where are we going Olban? I thought we were supposed to be working on our teamwork skills.” Gareth asked, confused.

“That’s exactly what we are going to do. When I was younger, me and a few of my friends had this game we would play. It was a different version of a very popular game of those times. Depending on who you ask, it still is popular. Basically, each team has a king, and the first team to get the other team's king to their side, wins.”

“So, it’s like capture the flag. Except instead of flags, its kings. But how is this going to help with teamwork? And I thought you were supposed to be working on your armband.” Eloise asked.

“Well, I was going to work on that, but right now Master Stell is looking at it. Plus, he suggested we do this. Each team has four players or more. Both teams elect a king, and the teams fight each other.

“Do they hurt each other? Or what because I’m kind of confused on how this is going to help us with our teamwork skills?” Gareth asked, cracking their knuckles.

“Well, they have wooden swords that they hit each other with. I mean you don’t get that hurt compared to other games.”

What other games do you play? Never mind forget I asked that. Eloise forced every bit of curiosity out of their mind.

I'm still confused about a lot of things. Like how are you going to get a bunch of adults to play a child's game? Because I do not like the idea of beating up a bunch of children. Unless they did something to me. Gareth pointed out.

“Okay, still not a good reason. Well, in this verson we would have real swords and we would need five people, that's all.

Five? We need three more people on our side and four on there's. That's seven, not five. Eloise said mentally counting out each roll.

Yeah Olban, for once I agree with Eloise. You need to go back to school if I'm being honest. Gareth chuckled to himself. Mentally.

“Except we already have three people on our side. The three of us. It wouldn’t be fair if we had six brains instead of four. We only need our king.”

But there's only one body! We will have a huge disadvantage. It would be completely unfair to us. Eloise basically screamed.

“Exactly, teamwork.”

Did you say real swords? Gareth nervously laughed.

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Okay, remind me of who is on our side again? Gareth asked.

Oh my goodness, we have to remind you like every two seconds. There’s Naga, Goliath and Siren as the defenders on the opposing team. Their king is the guy in the red cape who looks super into it for some reason, Leofric. And then there is Godlin on our side. Eloise said very frustrated

“Godwin, not Godlin. And their king's name is Maiko. Where the heck did you get Leofric, Elois?”

I don’t know, you guys have really weird names like Olban and Gareth. Eloise said, trying to come up with a quick excuse.

At least we don’t have generic names like Jack or Karen. Our names are unique. But I guess uniqueness isn’t something you are familiar with, is it Eloise?

“Guys! Stop arguing! We need to figure out a plan on how we are going to capture their king. How are we even supposed to come up with a strategy, if you two can’t even get along? It’s like Master Stell always used to say, “the key to friendship is teamwork.” Now stop arguing and help me come up with a plan!”

See, you are only mostly right Olban. I don’t want to be friends! The only thing I want is to get back into my own body. Where I have control. Eloise snapped.

What Olban is saying, Eloise, is that the only way for you to get back into your own body is if we master teamwork and another few steps. Believe me, neither of us want to share a body with you either.

Okay Olban, you’re the one who’s always talking about how you learned from the best and how your master is so wise. So, what do you suggest? Eloise asked.

“Okay, so first the guy on the left, Goliath, well… he's going to be tricky to get past.”