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It was a game of faces. They had collected themselves shortly after the street crossing, finally noticing the amount of cars nestled about. Tyler had held off his discomfort, deciding instead to fix his hair. But when a doorman instinctively requested for them to take off their overcoats, the brunet had combatted the urge to turn around. Instead, his gaze narrowed onto the woman at the front desk. She gazed at her nails instead of greeting them, brightly-colored lips curled into a pout. A small metal name tag at her side read Katya. "Where is the event?" Tyler spoke, forcing his fingers to stop trembling. Parson had probably only given them this task because it wasn't violent, but this was already seeming harder than jumping the gunner. …show more content…

Tyler wiped the sweat off of his brow. Katya peeked up sometime during the ride, seemingly over her shame. She swept a hand through her perfectly styled curls. "I can introduce you to others once you arrive. Are you with a business or are you alone?" Business? Business. "Fighting." Tyler spat out dumbly. Robin and Amy stiffened. "Really?" And the woman's question seemed more excited than doubtful, but it still made Tyler want to run and punch himself at the same time. "I though that all of our local fighting rings had come? Silence. "That would be incorrect. We just started this year, so we don't have much of an audience yet." Amy rushed to save them, also forcing herself to sound arrogant. "...I see. Well. You just have good connections. I'll bring you to Barry and Gordon. You have good opportunity for an extra trade tonight. If you don't already know them, that is." When the elevator opened, there was a gun on their heads. Tyler couldn't help but flinch heavily and curl back to his friends. They knew, they must've. They knew. But Katya just looked amused, waving at the gunman. Once he saw the tickets in her hand, he cocked his weapon over his shoulder. He followed quietly behind as the desk operator led them through hallways that certainly didn't resemble the posh lounge. "I don't see them buying tonight. I think they're a little scared." Katya stage-whispered, aiming a grin full of perfect teeth

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