Gary’s eyes were almost glued at the clock as he watched the hours go past. He had already informed Alan that he refused to go ahead with any other of the programming or interviews. It was a choice he didn’t even realize he had until Bree had suggested it to him. She claimed after all, he was a King, these people had to give him the same respect as they did Harvor. Enjoy new stories from empire So if Harvor asked to not be bothered would they continue to do the same? In all honesty Gary would have been fine to go ahead with such things, the only reason why he wasn’t and decided not to, was because Kai and the others had yet to show up. The time was moving ever so slowly, and then it finally reached 6 o’clock. Bree was the one who turned on the TV in the room, and they were witnessing the first events of the evening. They could see the stats of each fighter highlighted on screen and then the names of the fighters announced, as the first fight was underway. When the camera panned out, Gary could see that it was a full crowd. It was sensational even for big events for it to be so full early on. Usually it wasn’t until close to the final event that people would start coming in, but high ranking fights had been placed before the main spectacle and no one wanted to miss even a second of the finale fight that was about to happen. "The bell to the first fight is about to ring any second now. The bell will only ring a few more times until it’s down to you." Daphne Bree said. "I know the others that came with you aren’t here." 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞 "But you need to focus on the fight ahead, you need to do whatever you can to be focused, and just because they aren’t here, it doesn’t mean that they aren’t still doing just fine on the outside." Gary waved his hand in the air, it wasn’t toward Daphne, so she was confused and could see him just staring ahead at him. What Gary was looking at was his system. He knew the others were fine, because they were still a part of his system, they were still in his pack. When someone of his pack would pass away, they would no longer be on the system, and Gary could see that every single one of them were still present on the screen. He had been checking it every so often, seeing the names still there, still it gave him a big worry, as to just what could have taken them so many hours to get here. Was one of them in trouble badly hurt, or was it something else altogether. With a fight as big as this one, he realized how much he wanted someone he knew by his side…anyone. — The first fight had started, and Chen was among the crowd and was one of the few that was looking down at his phone rather than at the Altered fight taking place itself. [The results of our search haven’t been good. We haven’t been able to locate most of the Zodiac members.] [The only one we have confirmed present is Stanley.] That was one part of the message, which made Chen wonder where were the rest of the Zodiacs located. He was sure that they had to have some idea that Gary would bring some of his men with him, or attempt an attack. According to the reports last time, all of the Zodiacs were present in the area. Chen went on to read the rest of the reports that had come in, but it was more of the same bad news. [We also are unable to locate Rumper Karn.] The two main targets the White Rose had, the Zodiacs and Rumper Karn, which meant the only one that was left in their sights was Harvor himself. "Maybe this is fate." Chen sighed as he looked at the fight taking place. A long tail just whacked one of the opponents across the face, sending them back against the cage. Then the attacker leapt to finish off the fight. Just before the target was able to reach them, the opponent who was on the back foot lifted his knee and a large stone-like spike grew from it crashing into the chin of the other. It sent them flying in the air and landing on the canvas floor. It was clear they were out for the count. ’An upset, the other one was winning the fight this entire time.’ Chen said. ’That’s what I would like to happen today, but I have a feeling the world is telling me.’ ’That I’ll be needed in this, and that I’ll have to give it my all as well. I’ll save my strength, to take Harvor down, if he’s unable to do it.’ With the first fight of the night coming to an end, the performances in between showed and the next fight took place, after that, the next fight took place. Then lastly, there was the second to last fight of the night, a big spectacle, as that finished, there was one last singing performance that was currently happening, and a few interviews from the ground floor of the area. Mostly asking who they thought would win the fight. Around 80 percent thought it was Harvor, but there was a higher percentage than typical that said they thought Gary would win. As the performance was playing, the event planners were on the move in the background. It was now quarter to 10 and the door opened into Gary’s room. Alan sheepishly went into the room and took a peek, seeing Gary sitting down on the bench in the same position he saw him the last time he came to check on him. "Gary… it’s time for you to head out." For updates on MWS and future works, please remember to follow me on my social media below. Instagram: jksmanga When news of MVS, MWS, or any other series comes out, you will be able to see it there first, and you can reach out to me. If I’m not too busy, I tend to reply back.