SWNOVELS Chapter 0404
ASHANTI'S POV.
"No." I let out a silent scream as I rush past Ryan, heading for my team's work area with my heart pounding hard in my chest. My world comes crashing down when I arrive and see the state of the machines and the rest of the equipment. They are indeed dismantled like Ryan just reported. My scalp starts itching. My body grows hot. I look at my teammates who look just as shocked and frightened as I am. "Ho... Ho..." I stutter nervously. "How did this happen?" My voice rings with fear.
"We have no idea, Miss Ashanti. We got here and found the equipment in this state. We are just as confused as you are." One of my teammates reports sadly.
Most of the other contestants are staring at us but no one is saying anything. Some are simply focused on organising their tools as though none of this drama is taking place right now. Sighing heavily, I scrub a hand over my face and look around, thinking hard.
The judges will soon be here. The competition starts in less than thirty minutes and...
"What's going on here?" A voice demands and I nearly pass out when I turn and see the three judges walking up to where my team members and I are standing with our completely ruined equipment. My panic escalates into full blown terror when I look at Mr. Morgan, whose eyes are scanning the dismantled machines.
"We got here just now and found our equipment in this state." I report calmly, trying my best to keep my voice from trembling. I am teetering at the edge of insanity.
"The competition starts in thirty minutes. Your team will not be admitted into this round of the competition after thirty minutes of the starting time. So find a way to fix this mess and join the others. This issue will be dealt with after the competition is over." Mr. Morgan reports coldly and walks away, closely followed by the other female judges.
My panic escalates into full blown terror.
My team members and I exchange confused looks. I feel like all the energy has been drained from my body. I can't even bring myself to think of a solution right now.
"I believe we brought spare equipment in case we encountered a situation like this." Ryan's voice comes through and I quickly snap my head in his direction. That's when it kicks.
These are not all the tools we came with. We have spares at the apartment allocated to my team.
"How on earth did that skip my mind?" I mutter in relief as I look at my team members again.
"Logan, Fritz and I are gonna go over and bring the spare equipment." Ryan proposes and I nod in
agreement. The three guys take long strides out of the hall while myself
and the rest of team members start packing up the parts of the
dismantled machines.
If I miss this round of the competition. I'll fall behind greatly and that might affect my chances of winning this competition. I hope the guys arrive before it's too late, otherwise it'll be the end for us all. "These machines were fine when we
left them the other day. Someone must have deliberately destroyed them to sabotage our chances of winning this competition. This is diabatical!" Shirley remarks bitterly and I totally agree with her
This is the work of one of my rivals in this competition. Leonard wasn't kidding when he said people were capable of doing such during the competition. Now I understand him perfectly.
And speaking of Leonard, where is he?
His team is here but he isn't. I hope everything is fine with him. If he doesn't show up for today's competition, I'll call him when we are done.
"I hope this issue will be
investigated. Whoever did this has
got to pay and if he or she happens to be one of these contestants, they ought to be disqualified from this competition. This is cheating!" Another teammate laments.
They are all bitter about this unfortunate incident and so am I.
I'm not going to let this slide. I'm going to find that person and make them pay for trying to ruin my chance of winning this competition.