The Fault in Our Mango

Nicolette's POV

I watched as the anouncer walked back to the stage, holding a small envelope. This was it, the moment in which Aika and Natasha win or face certain death.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have the winner-"

Kimiko's yell cut the anouncer off. "Aika! Natasha! I have faith in you!"

I glared up at her embarrased. The whole square was silent, so her scream had resounded. I was about to scold her when I heard the sound. I wiped around to see a knife flying towards Aika. It locked onto the back of the stage, inches away from Aika's face. A trickle of blood appeared on her cheek.

The square stayed quiet until someone screamed. Then everyone started panicking. People got up from their seats and started running away. Nothing seemed like it was trying to stop them.

"Oh, are you fucking kidding me?!" Kimiko yelled furiously, looking around. "We were about to win! My money..."

I looked at the stage and saw the little girls crying and screaming except for Aika who wiped her cheek, looking annoyed, and Natasha, who was running around screaming, "We're all gonna die!"

I sighed and climbed onto the stage and caught my sister by the arm and shook her. "Calm down! We're not gonna die!" Natasha stopped screaming and looked at me afraid. I let go of her and searched the panicking crowd for the source of the knife. I saw men at the back of the square, heavily loaded and looking calm.

Kimiko looked at me and I pointed to them. She climbed onto the stage and looked to where I was pointing. "I think those are the guys responsible for this."

"Mother fuckers," she said enraged. "Interupting this very important event."

The men raised their arms holding knives. "Be careful!" Aika yelled out, but the men had already thrown the knives.

Since people who were still running around, the knives didn'tget too far. They lodged themselves onto the people, who fell to the ground groaning. Aika's eyes darkened a bit but she snickered.

"That's sick," Kimiko murmured and I nodded in agreement.

"Nice! Leave them on our battle field," Aika scowled.

"Let's eat them," Natasha said.

"Yes!" Aika cheered.

Kimiko looked horrified. "Aika, what have you taught her?"

"Stay away from my sister," I said, leading Natasha away.

Aika grinned. "No, but seriously, let's fight!" she said. Without waiting for an answer, she jumped off the stage and started racing to the men. As she passed the others, she screamed, "C'mon! Let's go kick their asses!"

They stared after her confused. "What's happening?" Zach asked.

"Clearly someone's attacking," Catnip answered, looking like she was about to run after Aika.

I glanced over at Kimiko, who looked like she either wanted to kill Aika or follow her lead.

"So...?" I asked.

She shrugged. "Let's fight. They harmed people... And got in the way of my money!" She jumped off the stage and ran after Aika.

I sighed. She had a point. We were going to have to fight wether we liked it or not, because these guys didn't seem to be leaving. I hadn't brought my bow, since we were only coming to a pageant, so I could only use my powers. I made roots near the men wrap around then, holding them down and left the rest of the elimination to Aika and Kimiko.