After the meeting at Westgate school had finished, Alex and Scarlett decided to head back to the school. Now that they knew what team they were going up against, Alex was able to watch Videos of their last few games to gather information.
Alex hoped onto a computer and started to scribble down some notes. Scarlett would watch with him while supplying Alex with drinks and snacks to keep him energized. Alex was noting down the teams ranks what Warriors the enemy team used and even their playing style.
It was common for the stronger teams to have a VSW coach who would do these types of things for you but Montem was never a strong enough school that they bothered to assign a coach to them.
Meanwhile, at Eton school who were Montem school's opponents, their coach and team were busy studying Hershal school. Who would most likely be their next opponents after beating Montem. The Eton team members and coach looked at the match history of Alex and his group. After they found that they had lost so many games and they were still in bronze, they thought it was a waste of time concentrating on Montem and decided to focus on the games ahead.
Finally, after two hours of researching, the enemy team Alex was done. Their biggest problem at the moment was going to be top lane. The enemy team was currently made up of 4 silver players and one gold. The one gold player would often play in the top lane. Which would mean Novis would have to do his best to face a gold and silver player at the same time.
Alex took out his phone and sent a text out to all the club members asking them to come back to school so they could strategize.
*Ding
Ashley was currently dripping in sweat, as she heard her phone go off, she decided to take a look.
"Um George, is it okay if I speak to Novis for a second?"
"Novis seems to be busy himself, you can ask me."
"Well, Alex wants us to go back for a strategy meeting."
"Just tell him you and Novis are busy together at the moment."
Ashley quickly wrote down the exact words that George had told her to say and she hit the send button. Ashley was keen to learn more from George and didn't really want to head back to school herself.
*Ding
"What is wrong with everyone," Alex shouted.
"Did they reply back?" Scarlett asked.
Alex picked up the phone and showed Scarlett the first reply he got which was form, Dan.
"Sorry, can't man busy."
Then Alex showed the test from Ashley.
"Me and Novis are busy together, sorry."
"Can you believe them? we have the match tomorrow."
"Yeah" Scarlett mind was currently running wild at what the text between Novis and Ashley meant. She didn't even know that the two of them were currently together.
There was nothing Alex could do without his team, so he decided to continue his research for the match tomorrow.
The next day the VSW club members were to meet at school at 9:00 am in the morning, the bus would then take them to Eton school. The first-round matches were done in school and for Montem's first match it was an away game.
Alex lifted his hand to look at his watch. The time was ten to nine. His foot was nervously tapping the ground.
"Where are they, we're going to be late."
"Don't worry they'll be here," Scarlett replied but even she was getting worried.
Then suddenly, from the pathway, she could see Novis, Ashley and Dan running towards the bus. Ashley had trained at Novis's place the whole night and decided to stay over. While they were on their way running to school, they managed to meet Dan on the way.
Finally, the three of them had arrived just outside the bus. Alex took a good look at all three of them and was ready to give them a verbal pounding. But when he saw the state of them, he decided not to.
Novis and Ashley had huge black bags under their eyes and both of them had crazy bed hair. Ashley had been training with George nonstop and when she finally got to rest, she overslept and dint have time to get ready. Although Novis trained in the dream world where he didn't get tired. George had been using his body to train Ashley, when George gave his body back to Novis, Novis could feel muscle sores in places he didn't think were possible.
Even Dan didn't look a 100 per cent himself. Usually, Dan had this healthy glow about him, but his face looked like he was going to be sick any second. Unknown to the rest fo them, Dan was currently hiding multiple bruise marks underneath his stomach.
They all hopped onto the bus and headed for Eton school. On the journey, their Alex started reading out all the information he had on the enemy team but the others were simply too tired to listen.
Alex then stood up and started to speak in a gentle tone.
"I can tell all of guys worked hard just by looking at you. I know we're strong enough to win. I'll leave the fighting to you guys and just leave the strategy to me."
The rest smiled back at Alex. The others also knew Alex had been doing his own thing for the team. They could see that Alex was tired himself. He had been up all night studying and thinking of what to do against the enemy team.
The bus had arrived at Eton and they were greeted by Eton's VSW Coach. He was a middle-aged man with a thick beard.
"Follow me please."
The group followed the coach through the school field to the gym. On the way, their a few of the girls had noticed Dan walking by and started to whisper.
Dan smiled and gave the girls a wave, the girls faces quickly turned red and they ran away.
"Seriously," Novis thought. "He's half as good looking as he usually is and still his getting this much attention."
The group had finally reached the Gym. Eton's VSW club members were already standing there waiting. Many of them looked bored as if it was an everyday chore that they had to do.
In the middle of the Gym where ten VR headsets and seats faced opposite each other. And to the side of the Gym, a giant projector was displaying the game.
A few of the Eton students were inside the gym to watch the game but there weren't many as they heard that the opponent, they were facing was weak so a lot of students weren't interested.
Everyone put on their VR headsets and logged into the game ready to fight.