Djinn Tamer - The Complete Bronze League Trilogy by Derek Alan Siddoway & A J Cerna

Author:Derek Alan Siddoway & A J Cerna [Siddoway, Derek Alan & Cerna, A J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aethon Books
Published: 2020-07-20T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Four

After suffering a restless and anxious sleep, Jackson woke, opting to head down early to squeeze in some extra studying. He was surprised to find Hayden, Appleby, and Fiona all already awake. All three of them gathered around one of the holo-screens and Jackson realized with a twist of his stomach that the week’s rankings must have been posted ahead of the fight. It didn’t take long to find his name down among the bottom ten, in spite of his solid maze run.

“Oh, come on, man. It’s not that bad,” Hayden said when Jackson swore. “You’re not rock bottom — I’m right down there with you!”

Hayden’s comments didn’t help much. Jackson felt he hadn’t done that bad throughout the week — both Scrappy and Asena continued to improve and their team was coming together, slowly but surely. Okay, maybe extra slowly, but Jackson had faith they’d finally passed an important point. Apparently, the camp coaches thought otherwise.

“What’s up — oh, the rankings!” Miguel soon squeezed in around them and seemed pleased to find his name in the middle of the list. “Hey! Not so bad, eh? Man, Jackson, what did you do to piss off the camp coaches this week? You better hope Moto pulls through, you and Hayden are gonna need that immunity, son!”

Jackson caught Fiona’s eye. She didn’t say or do anything to suggest she was happy about his placement, but then again, sitting in the top five, she really didn’t have anything to worry about. With the amount of points Fiona had, it would take a serious catastrophe to knock her out of contention. Jackson knew she was vying for the number one position in camp and she still had a great chance of getting it. He, on the other hand, just needed to find a way to scrape by for another week. It wasn’t quite the way he’d imagined their rivalry continuing in the pros.

Soon, the rest of the barrack filed in and looked at their scores. When Akamu found Jackson’s name, he shook his head and tsked, a dour expression on his face as if he were disappointed in Jackson. “You’re going to wish you’d voted for me to fight by the time the day is over, I think.”

“You’re acting like I was voted the group’s representative,” Jackson said.

“No, but —”

“Just shut up, Akamu. We don’t need to hear it from you this morning,” Moto said, her voice more stern than usual. Was she actually nervous?

Following Coach Vanova’s instructions, they left the barrack at eight and crossed the grounds to the fieldhouse. Inside, the walls and maze were gone, revealing four Djinn battle arenas marked out. One was covered in sand, one with grass, another, turf and the last, pine needles. As soon as everyone was assembled, the camp staff randomly assigned each of the chosen tamers to one of the arenas. Moto faced off against Barrack 8’s Raz Khatri on the sand field. Jackson vaguely recognized him as the first kid he saw tackle the maze the previous week.

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