a wolf and plenty of the football team echoed the sound. I realised Monroe was howling too so I figured fuck it, tipped my head back and released my own long howl. Kyan growled like he liked that, his hand dropping onto my thigh and I poked my tongue out at him before turning to face the game again.
Bait suddenly lunged at Stalker from behind, wrapping the chain around his throat, a bellow tearing from his lips as he hung all of his weight from it and Stalker staggered backwards. Deepthroat leapt up, shoving Stalker in the chest to get him on the floor and Freeloader, Pigs and Squits all ran to help as they bound the chain around him, taking out their strongest opponent as a unit. The second he was immobilised, they all turned on one another again, scratching and tearing and kicking as they tried to get the immunity stick from Stalker's hand.
Bait's mask was knocked flying from his face by an elbow from Freeloader and Blake whistled sharply.
"Get it back on this second, Bait, or you’re out of the game!" he snapped and Bait dove forward to retrieve it, jamming it back into place and losing his chance of getting his hands on the immunity stick.
Freeloader had it now and she zoomed around the edge of the ring, trying to keep moving as Pigs launched pinecones at her and Squits threw the frisbee with frightening accuracy, smacking her in the face and making her nose bleed.
"Five minutes!" Blake called in warning and if they'd been desperate before, it was nothing compared to what they became. The Unspeakables were suddenly screaming and fighting with the ferocity of wild animals.
Deepthroat smacked Freeloader's legs with the lacrosse stick, taking her to the floor so hard that a collective oooh sounded out from the crowd as she busted her knees and hands open. My heart skipped madly as I took in the carnage. Freeloader curled in on herself, giving up as Deepthroat plucked the immunity stick from her hand and turned to face anyone who dared try to take it from her again, the toilet paper still under one arm as she wheeled the lacrosse stick left and right.
Pigs was limping and Squits was shaking beside him, dancing from foot to foot as he considered what to do. Bait had gotten the baseball bat and he ran at Deepthroat, clearly the only one left who was brave enough to take her on. He released a battle cry as he came at her, swinging the bat hard and it collided with the lacrosse stick as she swung it in defence. A splintering of wood sounded and the lacrosse stick snapped in half, leaving her with a pointy weapon in her hand. She immediately jabbed it at Bait and he narrowly missed being skewered as he gasped and jumped back. His leg caught on Stalker on the ground and he toppled over backwards with a cry of defeat just as the timer rolled down to the final ten seconds.
The crowd started counting down as Deepthroat strode forward and pointed the broken stick at Bait's throat, her teeth bared and her eyes wild as she dared him to make another move. The timer dropped to zero and Deepthroat squealed in delight, racing to pick up the pom-pom and throwing her leg in the air as she cheered and jumped, waving the stick in her other hand. The crowd clapped and she drank in the sound, beaming around at them, her victory shining from her eyes.
I glanced at Kyan with a frown, my gut tightening at the sight of her winning. Of all of them, I'd wanted to see her lose most.
Saint was smiling though, and it was a twisted fucking smile which told me to beware. He rose to his feet, climbing onto the table beside Blake and clapping him on the shoulder.
"This was a test!" Saint called out, his voice cutting and clear, making everyone fall deathly silent instantly. "You have all failed that test."
"What?!" Deepthroat shrieked, the pom-pom falling from her hand as her jaw dropped.
"We hoped to see some improvement in you all, but it seems you are still the same selfish pieces of shits we knew you were all along," Saint mused and I stared between the Night Keepers in surprise.
"Did you know about this?" I whispered to Kyan and he nodded, smirking at me.
Saint went on, "Not once did we tell you to use the items in this