Chapter 15

Tae presses the button on the yellow tree and we get another recorder telling us to swim to the blue tree with bagpacks that had rocks in them.

Me forgetting l had taken my phone and it was in my back pocket we went ahead and swam.

We completed the second challenge but l really had a rough time swimming considering l hadn't swimmed in about a year or two.

We got to the last tree that required us to collect 6 blue flags, so it was three each.

We had to use our walkie-talkies to communicate and meet at a certain spot when done collecting all flags.

I was good at finding stuff so l found five flags and decided to contact Tae, surely he would have found the last flag.

"Andy to Tae, how many flags?" l ask as quiet as possible not to alert the people that were guarding the flags.

"Tae to Andy l found none." He says and l sigh a bit too loud l alerted them.

I had to run like l had never run before, finding a place to hide and l did just that and hid.

I saw both the men looking around for me and l stopped breathing for a moment not to get caught.

After some time they decided to go away and as soon as l got up l found the last flag and called Tae to meet up.

"We did it and completed all our three challenges." l said to Tae giving him a big hug.

He was taken aback at first but quickly recovered and hugged me back.

He gives one of the best hugs, maybe it has something to do with his broad shoulders he literally engulfs me. Or his cologne which is dreamy and; what, why am l thinking like this.

After regaining my senses l come back to reality him waving his hand in my face.

"Come on let's go, what's up is anything wrong. You just zoned out." He says and l say nothing .

"Nothing let's go." l say after some thought and we jog all the way to Black Crystal with 45 minutes to spare.

We reach a big house with big green gates written BC and Tae brings out his badge and scans it on the middle right corner and it requests his finger prints.

I do just the same and the doors open for us and we get in.

"Welcome Agents, l am Nicole Scott." A woman clad in black spandex and a black tank top with boxing gloves welcomes us

"You are the second best we have had so far the first team had 40 minutes to spare." Nicole says and walks up to a black board which she inserts her fingerprints and tell it to reveal the BC list.

Me and Ruah were second on the board.

I looked up to see who were the first team and l grin like never before.

It was Frank Givens and Claire Givens, my mom and dad.

"The universe definitely wanted me to be here."l thought to myself, l bet my parents are so proud of me.

We take tags written 45 minutes to spare and head inside. On our way inside l saw our car and our luggage neatly put on the side for us to collect as we went to our respective rooms.

The place looks really big and so morden with white and grey walls. It has so many rooms.

Turns out we were the first ones to arrive.

We are led to our rooms and Tae sleeps in the room next to mine.

We are given up until dinner time to meet in the Assembly room and it was only going to take an hour before we go to eat.

So, l freshen up and head in the boxing room to meet Nicole.

I had a difficult time doing so because there were so many rooms so l just followed where the most noise was coming from and there she was hitting a punching bag.

"Hey, Andy right?" Nicole asks as l stand at the door and l nod.

"Hie, l was just looking around and this caught my eye." l say pointing at the rings.

"Nicole right?"

"Yes you can call me Nico, " she says and l smile.

"You box?" she asks fully shocked.