The Trigger-King meets Queen

“Come in Henry and yes I am awake if you can call it that.” Jake yelled at the door sothat he could be heard across the large room and thick door. A bulky looking manwalked into room with a large tray and a suit on a hanger. The man placed the tray on a small antique table that stood in the centre of the room.Then he walked to the dresser and hung the suit with the hanger on a hook that came out from the wall nearby. Hethen went to stand opposite to where Jake sat. He waited till Jake finished his coffeebefore he spoke.“Sir may I give my report it’s urgent.” Henry asked in a deep voice that together withhis large frame made him look and sound like a Grizzly bear.“Henry you don’t have to call me sir it’s so formal and you’re my friend. Please sitdown, have some coffee.” Jake said with a grin. “Go ahead with the report.” Henry

“What drink was it?” Seth interrupted Natasha while she seemed to be deep in thought.“You should know you’re the ones who put something in my drink.” Natasha said as theanger inside her grew.“Natasha please just tell me what you drank and give me a couple of minutes of your timeand if you still think we are nuts then we leave you alone, ok?” Seth said with anhonest smile that made anyone smile with.“How did you know what I was thinking?” Natasha said waiting to hear him say that shehad though out loud.“It’s my unfair advantage.” Seth said with a crooked grin that looked more like a childtrying to charm someone into buying him a new toy or that he hadn’t broken thatvase.“OK so instead of a number between one and a trillion, why don’t you just read mymind and find out what I drank?” Natasha said trying to anno

The Prince the tried another drink he liked the sound of, Vodka and since it looked like water it shouldtaste better. Once Jake got bored with drinking he started to look around the pub.There was a table in the corner of the room that had a couple of good looking girls atit. Now it was time to see if he was liked for his charm or his crown.Natasha was happy to get out of that house for a while and although a ChessChampionship wasn’t a wild night out it was better then nothing. It didn’t surprise herto see they were going to travel in a rust bucket. These people were so normal it hurt.The only threat they posed was to her reputation. Natasha lay back and closed her eyes.She had been feeling more and more tired lately. The nap had just started to getrelaxing when they stopped. When Natasha got out there was a huge forest in front ofthem. The only light was that coming from the cars headlights.

Kyle had never even enjoyed watching a game so much when he was alive. To thinkfor years he had worshipped sports that never came close to this action.“OK so this is like a very extreme version of chess where it’s mixed with a bit ofgood-old contact sport?” Kyle asked Jake as they gobbled through their fifth pizza.“Pretty much only our contact involves abilities few humans have. All of us can doimpressive things but these guys eat and sleep combat. It’s also not about strengtheither you see chess is a thinking game and you have to know your mind and the oneyour against.” Jake filled in as he thought of when he had played but the country tookup more and more of his free time as he grew up. “It works like chess the frontplayers move first and they protect their captain just like the king. They communicatevia radio and make moves as a team. Players get their powers