The enemy team approached them and almost stood like a strong wall in front of the boys of the Lions. Mark pushed Alex a bit to stand in front of them and the green eyed boy looked at him like his best friend send him to his doom.
"You're our Captain. Do something" He whispered.
"Hello. Can we help you?" Alex said awkwardly and gave them a little smile just to hide how scared he was. Honestly he shouldn't make it such a big deal all of them were adults but hearing what his teammates told him before and about those four poor guys that probably got sent to the hospital he couldn't help but feel anxious.
"We'll see" Said the man with the grey eyes and his grin grew bigger as their eyes met. "So are you guys The Warriors?" He asked them
"Nope. We're the Lions."
"Oh, I see. You don't look like lions more like kitties." The guy Alex assumed was their captain, mocked them. Alex tilted his head to the side and snared at the comment. He was cocky and obnoxious, making fun of a group of people he had just met but of course he would believe that the advantage he had in brutal strength meant he ruled the world. Typical homophobe behavior and that angered Alex, very much.
The brown haired boy took a step closer and raised his head so he was looking at him eye to eye. He ignored Mark's silent warning as he looked at the handsome man in front of him in disgust.
"I believe we look like humans in difference to some who don't" he insulted him back and his face lit up in amusement.
"What do we look like then to you?"
The tall guy took a step closer and Alex could feel his breath landing on his face, mint, like he had chewed gum. He heard behind him one of his teammates crack his knuckles and a lump formed in his throat but he wouldn't move. It was just a stupid fight for dominance.
"Muscle heads probably. Idiots."
"Oh really? Aren't idiots supposed to be human too?"
"Not in my opinion."
"Well little lions you sure do know how to roar but can you fight? I really hope you win today so we can meet again. We can have a very…entertaining game."
He said emphasizing on the word entertaining and Alex was sure he didn't want to know what kind of game was fun for him, they probably had very different opinions on the context behind that word.
"Luke! Here you are" A cheerful voice suddenly interrupted their testosterone battle and a beautiful blonde girl appeared on the frame. She was wearing a pink short dress that matched perfectly the vibrant grass underneath her white sneakers. Her hair was long falling on her tanned back and when she noticed the guy named Luke she ran towards him with a bright smile. He was sure most of his teammate would be drooling by now at the sight of her. "Come on the Warriors are at the field you said we would see the match."
"Yeah, we will" Luke told her and his hand took hers as he gave her a small smile. He looked a lot more kind in the presence of this girl, who was probably his girlfriend. Alex felt a hint of jealousy grow inside of him.
It wasn't particularly because of Luke or how handsome he was but mostly because he had never had someone smile to him or hold his hand with such soft eyes, handsome from head to toe as a bonus.
"Alex we should leave. The others are already on the field and you will be scolded by coach again." Mark said and Alex sighed.
"Perfect. That's all I ever wanted. Come on guys" he told everyone and his team started walking away now a bit more relaxed since they hadn't gotten any threats or even worse, punches.
"See you soon little kitty" Luke shouted at him from far away. He had already called him an idiot and gotten away with it without any obvious problems so his next move was the final piece for him to be fully satisfied. While he was walking away without even looking at him he raised his arm and flipped him off. He debated turning around to see his expression, get a clear view of the situation he had created with his actions but he decided otherwise, since he believed it was cooler that way.
They paced through some swirly pathways made of light colored grey stones, that reminded him of countryside roads and carefree vacations until they reached the soccer field. The benches were placed amphitheatrically around it so everyone could see clearly during the game. It probably fit around a thousand people, quite the capacity for a medium sized college. On top of that it looked really well preserved and clean, an unusual sight when it had to do with men in sports. Especially soccer that was provedmany times to end in fights.
Their coach was once again there standing like the grim reaper ready to execute him. Alex actually plainly avoided him not ready for his kind of stressful lecture and headed in a hurry towards the locker rooms that he had just spotted thankfully because of a blue sign.
The rest of his team followed him quietly and they all entered sitting at the wooden benches and leaving their bags in the metal, dark blue lockers. In each one of them was a key left for them to lock their things. The tiled floors were clean and there were enough showers for everyone once they were over.
"So everyone we have gathered here today…"
"To bless this holly union" One of his teammates interrupted Alex and everyone started laughing.
Alex looked towards Mark but he too was trying to hold in his laughter. He wasn't good with encouragements or speeches in general. He didn't really like talking most of the time and he preferred socializing the least possible.
"Come on guys you know I am new to this. I don't talk too much and maybe I am not the best leadership figure. I don't know how you feel about me being the Captain but what I know is that I will do anything that I can for us to win this match and many more that will come. Because I believe in every single one of you. We are good and we will show that so no one will call us kitties ever again so let's go out there and show them what we are made of."
"We are the LIONS" David cheered and his whole team followed. A smile of relief appeared on his face as he and his teammates headed outside.
The game lasted for a while and honestly the taste of victory was too sweet. They ended up winning two to one with Alex scoring the final goal. This was the best way to start the season and his new beginning as the captain. Being lifted in the air by his teammates as they cheered for their victory, everyone laughing in bliss. Once they put him down Mark high fived him and passed him a bottle of cold water for him to drink.
"Come on. Let's go shower and later we celebrate!!!" Mark said in excitement and some of the guys whistled in agreement.
"Yeah, you go in first I need to find the coach and apologize" Alex said and even though he was unwilling to he knew that was the right thing to do. He should apologize not only for being late this morning but also for ignoring him before the game. To be honest he knew his spirits would waver if he got scolded so he had decided to avoid it this once.
He looked around for a good ten minutes when he realized that his coach was nowhere to be seen. It was possible that he was dealing with their after win paperwork for the championship points so he decided it would be better if he just got ready, not wanting to stall everyone again and apologized at the bus.
So Alex started walking back and realized that the small building that the locker rooms where located was divided into two sections probably one for each team when they had their matches. So at some point two roads appeared in front of him with two different doors. One was dark blue and the other light. Before the game he hadn't paid much attention to the details due to the fact that he was anxious, worried and still a little bit annoyed with the White Fangs so he just entered the first room he had seen. He did remember though that the lockers were dark blue so he chose the room with the darker door hoping that they would match and that he would be right.
The door creaked a bit as he opened it and the brunet noticed that this place was awfully quiet in comparison to before. His teammates should be cheering and shouting about their victory by now.
He entered the room anyways and looked around to find completely no one. His teammates had left him behind and he had no clue where everyone was so he turned around ready to leave and start searching when he heard a loud bang from the locker area. He passed quietly the showers and in a few seconds he faced something that not even in his wildest dreams had he witnessed.
There were two boys fighting. One of them was Luke and he had the other pinned to the lockers by the throat. That wasn't the problem though he had seen a lot of times angry men fight.
The problem was that Luke's eyes when he turned around and looked at him after he noticed his presence shone a silver color. Fangs were visible on his mouth and long nails were at the ends of his fingers almost like the ones of a dog. His ears too had changed shape and now looked like the ones of a German shepherd or more like a wolf's.
For a moment everything stopped and his mouth hang opened as he didn't know what he was supposed to do. In a heartbeat though fear overtook him and tried to run away. Like he was in some kind of sit com he turned around not even saying a word and started running. He was an athlete he could escape. He encouraged himself but every positive thought he had was in vain since the beast that appeared to be Luke caught up to him in no time and now was standing right in front of him, that same grin still on his face but this time it was a thousand times scarier.
"The kitty that flipped me off saw something he shouldn't" He commented and took a step closer making Alex take a step back.
"Yeah…about that I'm sorry?" he said wishing for a painless death.
"A sorry won't suffice sweetie" he told him and saw him swing his fist in the air until it collided with his face.
Luke had probably punched him with all his strength because he was being pushed to the floor at incredible speed and the crack that was heard from the bounce the back of his head made on the tiles echoed in the room.
Soon after everything turned black and Alex's fear disappeared not for too long though because at some point he would have to wake up.