Journey Alone (9)

[You're being summoned by your teammates. Would you like to be teleported to the two hundredth floor?

[Accept] [Decline] ]

A red screen interfered Josh who was currently changing his bloody clothes.

' Oh no! I almost forgot about them!' Josh thought with guilt, he put on his clothes in haste and accepted the summoning.

He was pixilated upward and appeared on the summoning circle with the same procees, there, he can see his five teammates staring daggers at him. Of course, Lance and Zen is with him.

" S-sorry I-I'm late" Josh bowed right after stuttering his apology.

" (sigh)Stutter guy is finally here!" A girl clapped as she said in a sarcastic tone, rolling her eyes, blatantly rediculing Josh.

" We got bad news, well, it is your fault for leaving us for two weeks. We at least need to fight for your hard worked team" The third guy, Owen, said.

" W-what. . .?" Josh asked hesitantly, cluelessly.

" Duh~! Thanks to you, we went down from top 4 to 14!" The second girl, Rheanna, said and pushed Josh, causing him to fall backwards, she looked down at him as though he's shit. "Humph"

" I-it's alright, w-we c-can still p-pull b-b-back up!" Josh said determinedly as he stand up and dust off his knee-length shorts. " B-but h-how did t-that h-happen in t-two weeks?" Josh asked.

" Master, why are you stuttering?" Lance asked.

' B-because I'm afraid. . .' Josh answered in his mind, making Lance who already knew why to shut its mouth just like Zen.

". . ." Josh's question wasn't answered.

Silence. then suddenly,

" It was because of me" The ace of the team stood towards him, averting his eyes from him because of guilt.

" . . . W-wait, d-don't tell me—" 'You guys went without a plan and four of you guys are attacker. . .again'

" Yeah, the four of us is an attacker and Hanz's the only support—a buff" The ace, Zack, explained, ashamed of himself.

" Buhahahaha, stupid!" Lance laughed out loud.

". . . W-why? Y-you guys knew about our A-ace's s-situation, i-isn't it o-obvious t-that what h-h-he need i-is a support?" Josh asked, a little confused of his teammates' stupidity.

". . ."

Another silence arrived, only the howl of the night wind can be heard.

" A-alright! t-t-tell me when will be our next fight" Josh asked again, trying hard to cheer the team.

" Tommorow morning, at six" The Ace, Zack, answered again.

" . . . Z-zack, s-s-sorry, b-but. . . y-you will be o-on t-the b-bench again" Josh said (stuttered) and Zack only nodded obediently. " A-alrigth, t-that s-settles i-it, t-there will be two t-tankers(the boys)a-and t-two attackers(the powerful girls), j-j-just l-like w-what w-we used to" Josh started walking towards their base with his teammates following behind.

They arrived at their base only to see its new owners.

" Oh, seems like the Stutter Healer is finally back. Sorry dude, but this is our territory now" the leader of the group, Roel, said as he shoo them out.

Outside their base, they all stared at Josh, not with their sorry eyes, rather blaming—blaming him for leaving them behind which caused them such misfortune.

" H-how. . .?" Although hesitantly, Josh managed to ask.

" We betted it. The winner gets our base" Zack answered.

" S-so i-if you won, y-you g-guys still g-get to h-have our base?"

" Ah. . .Yes. . ." Zack answered hesitantly, feeling stupid. " A-also, that person just now knew about my condition" Zack added. Condition of fighting till the last breath without a stop when his button is turned on.

" Pfft, he also stuttered" The two girls laughed, making the three boys look at them.

" . . .W-we're g-going back" Josh ordered.

" What?! Why?! Are you planning on making us a laughing stock more?!" The first girl, Jenny, said.

". . ." Josh didn't say anything anymore and just lead the way back to their old base.

. . .

At the base, all six of the other team's people are looking at Josh's team.

Josh exhaled, then, " L. . .Let's have another Deal! If you guys win, Ill give you all my S-class equipments, if we lose, keep our secret and we get to keep our base!" Josh panted afterwards.

"Oh. . ." Roel got himself stunned, stunned to hear the stuttering guy speak loud and clear without a stutter.

" It's a deal" Roel accepted, well, who would want those S-grade equipment went lose now, can he, moreover, there's nothing to lose on their side. " I'll let you choose the battlefield"

" T-that'd be b-better, t-thank you" Josh said and bowed. " C-can it be a moba game?" Josh asked and Roel nodded with a smile.

. . .

" What the hell dude! You said you'll give those equipment to us!" Owen blocked Josh's path and said those words.

". . . You want to be an attacker, right? Go back to being the assassin." Josh said and walk around him.

" What the heck! You made fun of us! You pretended to be a stutter to make us pity you!" Owen said out loud. " Right?" He asked the three for support, the girls nodded while the other two guys(Hanz and Zack) Shook their head and continued to follow behind Josh.

". . ." Josh remained quiet, he has nothing to explain anyway, since he isn't even treated as a human by his teammates from the start. He's not guilty either, because there's nothing to be guilty for.

. . .

After a few minutes, Josh already came back to their old base and lead the way to the battlefield he chose. A battlefield full of high standing building and towers.

" Y-you're not going to be our healer?!" The four asked.

" . . . I-I'll be your healer again after keeping lock of what's ours" Josh said and went in the battlefield right after choosing his role.

. . .

Five minutes after getting in the battlefield, the ten player are already making their move. Josh's teammates are heading towards their enemies territory to hunt while he's prostrated on one of the towers, holding a Nr.1 Barrett M8.

[Player White Orchid has killed player Blue lotus]

". . . . . . WHAT?!!!!!" Josh's teammates went crazy, baffled by his sudden change, he did say that he can't kill, so it's crazy.