Sunday arrived faster than anyone wanted. The contestants were already inside Stargate Theatre, well, except for...
'Dammit, I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!' Mylo thought frantically, racing forward.
He forgot today was the announcement for this week's challenge. It was only when his phone woke him up in the library from the numerous calls from Cali that he remembered.
He snapped his gaze to his watch. 10:15. He was late. Eyes snapped back up. The park just ahead, he hurried his pace.
In the theatre, Cali sat in the practice room, tapping the table impatiently. 'Where is he?' she thought.
"So, who are we waiting for? Is he coming now, later, tomorrow? Oh, I do love your hair, oh is he coming now?" rapid questions fired from a girl sitting just opposite Cali.
Cali groaned internally. She originally just wanted to wait for Mylo seeing that he hadn't arrived, but due to this week's challenges, that didn't go as planned. Her jaw tightened in mild annoyance, 'Damn that Stargate.'
In his office, Jonathan, listening to some music sneezed. He glanced around his office, 'Seems someone is talking about me. 'Then he shrugged, 'Oh well.'
Back to the practice room, Cali sat, tired already by the rapid fire questions. She glanced further to the side, where a boy sat slumped on the floor. His hood lazily covering his head, asleep. She sighed, 'Mylo, you better get here soon.'
Mylo panted, half-crouched against a bench in the park. 'T…this is tiring. I…I should have taken a cab!'
"Hmm, are you okay young man?" a concerned voice asked.
Glancing up, he was a middle aged man in a simple black suit and trousers. Mylo didn't comment as to why he was wearing such formal attire in a park. He quickly shook his head. "I…I'm fine sir, j…just tired."
"Hmm, well, don't stress your body too much. Don't want to go overboard with exercise." He advised with a gentle smile
"O...oh no sir, I'm not exercising. I'm just in a hurry to the theatre nearby."
The man's eyes narrowed for a moment, before returning to normal before Mylo could notice. "Theatre, ah. Even in this day, I'm happy young men like you still appreciated the beauty of the theatre. Don't let me waste your time."
Mylo smiled, "Thank you sir." He turned to leave.
"Wait young man. I never got the name, if you don't mind me asking."
"Oh…" Mylo rubbed his head at the fact he forgot to introduce himself, "I'm Mylo sir, Mylo Fletcher." He smiled
The man nodded, "Well Mylo, it was nice to meet you. Good luck." He said.
Mylo smiled, waving the man goodbye as he rushed back towards the theatre
The man watched Mylo's receding back, his eyes narrowed. 'Hmm, height seems similar to the blue-masked person. More observation is needed for decisive conclusion.' He quickly analysed.
***
Mylo panted. His eyes fixed up ahead, widening in relief as the theatre came into view. 'Finally!'
The doors burst open as Mylo entered to a tired stop, panting heavily. 'I…I need to s…start exercising more. M…my God!' he thought, catching his breath.
His head lifted upwards, the theatre was empty. Was he that late? No. he still heard some noises from the background, so people were still around. Meaning, 'Cali must still be here.'
He rushed forward, just after gaining his breath.
Quickly finding their practice room, Mylo rushed inside. "C…Cali, I'm so sorry I'm late."
"Oh, so you're the last person." A girl quickly rushed up to him, her eyes sparkling as she quickly asked. "Ohhh, I'm a big fan, your song was sooooo good, you two were like angels. Hi, I'm Risu, nice to meet you. Oh I like your hair, its so messy, ohhh, why're you sweating? Did you exercise before coming here, do you normally do that?" the questions kept on coming.
Before he replied, Cali stepped between them, giving a tight smile to the girl, "You can ask questions in a few, just give us a sec okay?" without waiting for a reply, she dragged Mylo outside.
Outside the practice room, Cali stared at Mylo, hands on hip as she asked. "Where were you? I was waiting for like forever."
Mylo sighed, "S…sorry, I was in the library, and I fell asleep. I…I forgot."
Cali noted his haggard look once again, "Faro, don't tell me you didn't sleep again."
"N…No I did..."
"Stop lying Faro! You didn't sleep, I can tell." She snapped
Mylo opened his mouth, but didn't speak in the end. How could he sleep, next week was important, he couldn't afford to.
Cali eyes softened immediately with regret, "Ah, shit, s…sorry, I didn't mean."
He nodded, "N…no, it's okay. I…I'm sorry for making you worried."
"You damn right you are." she smirked.
She glanced at the door, "Okay, we'll talk about this later. Let's go…and meet the team." She grumbled the last part, not so eager to go back.
Mylo chuckled, entering into their practice room.
In the practice room, the four were sitting in a circle. Mylo finally got to observe the rest of the team, two people. The girl who Mylo first met before, then the boy, who seemed like he could fall asleep at any moment.
"U…Uhm okay, I'm sorry I was late before. It's nice to meet you guys." Mylo said.
"Oh, it's nice to meet you too, and you, and you." She pointed to the others.
"…yeah." The last boy mumbled out a yawn.
Mylo sweat dropped at the attitude. He shook his head, "Uhm, well, Okay, let's try to know each other. I'm Mylo."
The girl quickly spoke up, "I'm Risu, Risu Merryweather. You can just call me Risu, it means squirrel in Japanese, maybe it's because I'm so happy, you know."
Mylo nodded, unsure of the girls' hyperactive personality. 'She's like Mary times 10, no, raised to ten.' He concluded.
Cali groaned. 'I can see why?'
It was the last boy's turn, Mylo stared at him, but he was already asleep.
Risu glanced at him and quickly shook him awake, "Hey, it's your turn to introduce yourself, it's not time to sleep, wake up, wake up."
"Huh, I'm awake." He glanced around, "Where am I?" he asked.
Mylo sweatdropped. Cali just groaned to the side.
"Oh, I'm Noah, Noah Stille. Yeah, goodnight…" he dozed off again.
'Well, this is an…interesting group.' Mylo thought.
'This is going to be disaster.' Cali thought.