Quinn placed both of his hands on top of Layla’s shoulders and moved her off slightly to the side. Hearing Quinn agree to turn had made her overjoyed and the sad emotion that filled her was starting to disappear; perhaps this was the big change she needed in her life.
"Thank you." She said as she sniffled a little bit and rubbed away the last few tears.
Of course, right now wasn’t the time to change Layla and go through the blood ritual, even she knew that. They were in the middle of the event, and there was always the chance the same thing that happened to Peter, could happen to her. It was best to wait until they were back at school where Logan could access the black market in case she did turn into a ghoul.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, the fighting event will soon begin!" The speakers announced.
The sound of the crowd outside beginning to move was heard. The crowd cheered louder than before and it could even be heard from the back of the hotel Lobby where the group were at.
This announcement and reaction made it clear it was the most anticipated event even out of the main three.
"Nate!" Sam said in a rush, "Sorry guys, I really gotta go watch my friend. It looks like you guys got things handled here anyway." Although many things were happening in front of him, he hardly knew this group of people and was just helping them out for the time being. What he wanted to do now more than ever, was go and support his true friend, Nate.
"I’ll come with you," Logan said, as he was equally concerned at what might happen to Peter, and one of them from Quinn’s group needed to inform them of what was happening.
The others didn’t have to worry about too much with Sam, it just looked like some type of strange invitation, and nothing was ever mentioned about Quinn being a vampire or any sort. All that was revealed was, Quinn and Fex had some type of secret. Seeing the level one on their wristwatch and how confident they were, he probably guessed it was something to do with the fact that they hid their abilities, yet were in the school on the basis of being weak.
Of course, this was something he could report to the school if he wanted to, but he saw no reason to. Not being in the same military school, he would have no benefit from doing such a thing whatsoever, not that he would have even bothered in the first place.
The two boys quickly left together and went ahead to the screen two area, while the other three were left behind. However, after hearing the announcement, Fex was equally worried and wanted to leave as soon as possible. There was a good chance his sister would be watching the fight. Depending on how close she was to the arena, she would smell out Peter. Or there was even the chance of Peter revealing some of his powers giving him away.
The problem was he was the one holding Cia right now.
"You two can go as well," Quinn said. "I can deal with her on my own."
Both Vorden and Fex looked at each other from the other sides. It was the first time Quinn was requesting something like this.
He would often ask for their advice in situations like this, so they found it a little strange, did he already have a plan?
"Are you sure?" Vorden asked, still keeping the chopstick he had in his hand close to Cia’s throat.
"I’m sure." Quinn said, "Honestly, I haven’t given up on Peter yet. I need you two to see if there’s any way of saving him, any gaps in their routine if we can ship him off. I know it’s unlikely, and even if we can’t. At least find out what they plan to do to him, so we can get revenge later on."
It was the first time they had heard Quinn declare that he had planned to go against the military in the open like this. Saving one’s friend from them was different. He was now clearly saying if he couldn’t save them at one point, he would punish those that did this.
"I like it," Vorden said with a smile.
"I agree," Fex said as he let the strings loosen and return to him. Vorden quickly ran over, and the other two had left the hotel lobby as well.
Quinn quickly looked at Layla and just gave a slight nod, indicating her to go off and follow the boys, before leaving she whispered something into Quinn’s ear.
Cia started to look around the room to see if there was any way out. The hotel lobby was quite large, and the area they were in was near the elevators around the corner from the reception. It was a good twenty meters before they could be in sight of anyone.
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