Chapter 31

Alex’s POV

We go back to our seats and wait for the second round to begin. It’s really good to see Jonathon getting to know Tim and Yvette; he deserves it.

Master Joe comes over the loud speaker. “We have 106 candidates remaining; to the unlucky candidates who did not make it through; keep training hard and you will succeed. I have 106 balls in this box. Each candidate will choose a mat number out of the box. The person who chooses the same mat number as yourself; will be your opponent. May the best wolf, bear or cat proceed to the final round”.

“This is going to be good; I can’t wait” Nathanial says to us.

The candidates picked out their mat number and moved to their required mat. We opened our mind link again; this time including Nathanial and Adrian. *“Alister’s grizzly bear is strong”* I tell the others, *“And Kimberly’s lioness is very technical, Jason is finding it hard to keep up with her”* Adrian pointed out. *“Rebecca’s Tiger is kicking some ass”* Jessi includes. *“Peter’s getting his ass handed to him by Jeremy”* I note. *“Christian’s wolf is holding his own against Glenn’s lion”* Olivia tells us.

We all watch Christian go up against his opponent Glenn. Glenn’s Lion and Christian’s Wolf were the same size. The lion leaps onto the wolf and the wolf jerks and throws him off. The wolf bites the hind leg of the lion and the lion throws the wolf across the floor. The lion pounces and the wolf pushed his legs to send the lion over the top of him. The final hooter goes off.

“There will be another interlude and we will be back for the final stage at 7pm, Good Luck to our candidates” Master Joe announces over the microphone.

“Mums got a few things to do; so, we’ll head back to our pack house and meet you here at seven” Tim says to us. “We’ll see you then” Jonny smiles at them. “I don’t envy you, there were some really good matches” Pride Leader Samantha said as she went past. “Ready to go down?” I asked; there were yes’ by the rest of the group.

We all walk into the leader’s room; the Master Trainers have a few helpers replace the mats with one big mat, obstacles and a flag at either end.

We all grab a plate of food Omega Simone bought over for us and sit around the table. Joe, Liz and Tom were already in discussion “No doubt we can pull Peter off the list. His skill level as a wolf isn’t quite there yet; we need someone who will be able to protect your Alpha’s and Luna’s” Master Tom was saying. “I agree, I think both Glenn and Christian need to be considered, they both held their own during their match” I chimed in.

“We need to look at Kimberley, her ability was superb” Adrian added. “And there is Alister, he was very strong against his opponent” Master Liz includes. “That leaves us with six more positions to be filled” Master Joe says. “Rebecca is one we need to consider, her tiger fought extremely well” Olivia pipes in, “and I think we need to give Jeremy a look in, he had an easy round that round, he’s first round was excellent” Jonathon includes. “I also think Patricia and Brett, they showed potential” Master Tom says.

“I would place Xzavier’s bear over Patricia’s wolf, he showed a bit more skill” Master Joe said “Also consider Jeffrey’s Panther, his opponent was outmatched” Nathanial exclaims. “It comes down to Jon and Alex with the final choice.” Master Joe says. “Can you give us a moment?” Jonny asked and opens a mind link with Olivia, Jessi and myself *“what do you think, guys?” “Definitely Kimberly, Alister, Glenn and Christian”* I mention, *“Rebecca is a must”* Livvy said *“Jeremy and Jeffery”* Jonny included, *“I think we need to include Xzavier, Brett and Jason”* Jessica finishes.

*“Jason which one was he?”* I ask Jess *“the gold brown wolf against Kimberly; she beat him hands down but he had some skill, I want to give him another chance”* Jess points out. *“I’ll let them know”* Jonny tells us.

“We have come up with our ten, Kimberly, Alister, Jeremy, Jeffrey, Christian, Glenn, Rebecca, Xzavier, Brett and we would like to see Jason again” Jonathon tells the rest of the group. “Jason? Interesting. He shows potential and was on my maybe list, I will let them know” Master Joe says. “While you are there, Joe; can you please ask them if they have an old set of clothes, to grab them for the final round” I enquire, “Absolutely” giving me wink.

“What’s the plan for the final round?” Adrian asks “you will have to wait and see.”

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We all finished eating; Jess, Olivia, Nathanial, Jon and Adrian go back up to their seats. Master Joe had asked either Jonny or myself; to announce the final task and I drew the short straw. We discussed with Master Joe yesterday what we should do for the final round.

As the last of the stragglers were taking their seats, Master Joe announced over the mic “Welcome back to the final stage, we have our final 10 candidates, Kimberly, Alister, Jeremy, Jeffrey, Christian, Glenn, Rebecca, Xzavier, Brett and Jason,” they all step forward and waved as their name was called.

“I would like to hand the microphone over to Alpha to be, Alex from the Gold Moon Pack to announce the final stage” Master Joe concludes handing me the mic.

“First of all, I would like to thank all the candidates for participating today. It was an honour to see so much talent being displayed. Our last challenge, we will be having 2 teams of 5 starting at each end of the arena; guarding their team flag from their opponents. They will start in hand-to-hand combat. There will be a hooter during this challenge. Once you hear it, you will immediately shift into your bear, wolf or cat without stopping your pursuit. If your flag is taken; the challenge is over; You will have an hour and a half with ten minutes to plan your strategies. Good luck to you all.” I hand the microphone back to Master Joe and head up to my seat.

“Candidates; please come and choose your team from the box, red or yellow” Master Joe instructs. They pick out their teams; Kimberly, Brett, Xzavier, Rebecca and Jeffrey were on the red team. Glenn, Alister, Jason, Jeremy and Christian on the yellow team. “Good Luck” Master Joe announced.

“You’ve left the best ‘til last big bro; this is going to be tremendous to watch” Tim says to Jonathon, his eyes beaming with his smile at his brother.

The hooter sounded and both teams get into position; each having a different strategy. The yellow team put the brute strength around the flag whereas the red team had the skill and technique of the ladies at their flag.

We reopened our mind link *“so what do you think of their strategies?”* Jessi asks *“very different but each has potential”* Adrian comments, *“woah, did you see Christian slam dunk Jeffrey into the ball pit”* Olivia exclaimed. *“Jeremy is coming up to the flag”* Nathanial says, *“nope, Kimberley’s high kick was too fast for him”* I inject. *“There goes Xzavier towards the yellow flag”* Jessi pipes up *“Glenn’s got him; wow straight into the floor ropes”* Nathanial shouts; *“gees Nath; you’re getting a bit excited there.”* Jonny smirks; *“Alister just put Jeffrey in a choke hold; he’s back in the ball pit”* I laugh. The hooter sounds and all the candidates shift.

*“Did you see Rebecca shift mid leap onto Jason’s back?”* Olivia squeals, *“the yellow team have changed strategy, Christian and Jeremy have pulled back and Alister and Glenn are charging down the centre”* Jonny injects. *“they’re heading straight for the flag”* Adrian includes. Glenn’s lion gets to the girls first and he fights both at once. *“His holding back on Kimberly but, giving Rebecca a really good beating”* Adrian points out. Alister’s bear comes up from behind and picks the flag up in his mouth and runs toward the centre. The hooter sounds.

“Well done to the yellow team, we will have a short interlude and be back with the Gold Moon Enforcers shortly” Master Joe announces.

We all quickly head down to the leader’s room; still having the mind link open *“I don’t know about you but I can’t choose between six of them”* I tell them, *“I’m the same”* Jonny proclaimed *“Can we have six enforcers?”* Jessi asked *“I can’t see why not”* I inject, *“Nath, Olivia, Adrian what do you think?”* Jonny asked. *“I don’t have a problem with six”* Nath says, *“fine by me”* Olivia includes *“I’m guessing we are all thinking the same six people, so it’s a yes from me”* Adrian adds.

We all walk into the leader’s room and Master Joe is the only one there. “That was awesome” Jessica shouts. “The others have decided to wait to hear your decision; what are you guys thinking?” “Dad, can we have six enforcers?” Jonny asks Master Joe. “You can have as many as you like. Why do you ask?” “Because we have narrowed it down to six, each of them has their strengths in different ways and we can’t choose between them” I explain.

“Who are our enforcers?” Joe asks

“Alister from the Silver Clan” I answer, “Rebecca from the Orange Pride” Jonathon answers, “Kimberly from the Green Pride” Jessica answers, “Christian from the Red Moon Pack” Olivia answers, “Glenn from the Green Pride” Nathanial answers, “and Jeremy from the Grey Moon Pack” Adrian answers.

“They are who I would have chosen too” Joe exclaims; “let’s go tell everyone.”

Jonny is handed the microphone; he pushes it toward me; “no, this was your idea to have the tournament.” He clears his throat, “hi everyone and thank you to the candidates for a perfect final round; you made our decision very hard. So hard in fact, we have had to notion the idea of having six enforcers instead of four; you were all that good. So, without further ado; if I call your name, please step forward. Alister, Silver Clan; Rebecca, Orange Pride; Kimberly, Green Pride; Christian, Red Moon Pack; Glenn, Green Pride and Jeremy, Grey Moon Pack. Congratulations, you are the new Enforcers of the Gold Moon Pack.” There were cheers and whistles around the arena as we went over to shake our enforcer’s hands.

“We will give you time tonight to spend with those who are not coming with you to the Gold Moon Pack house, go; rest up. You all deserve it and we will see you in the morning to show you around.” I tell them.

As the enforcers move off, I look at Adrian, “what spare rooms do we have?” “We have eleven rooms; why?” Jonathon continues my thought, “Because we need the two guest rooms for the other two enforcers, we will need to fix two of the other rooms for our guest rooms.” “I’ll organise it” Adrian confirms.