Keeping their high morale, they still wanted to go to the party. "We can handle it!" Myles waived us off when we looked at them like they were crazy. "We've been training at the gym this whole time for this!" Adner added. That is something they had going for them. They had also been training the longest. They had the bodies of fighters. At least they had a shot at defending themselves if something went down. The others would not be so lucky if a fight broke out. "Listen. We don't all have to go. If you want to stay home, you can." I said. It was Myles, Abner and Linus that was going. Emory shrugged and said "Don't say I didn't warn you." Amias just stayed quiet. That was a typical response from him. It was fine with us. 3 friends would be easier to protect than 5. It would also be better if I could also let loose and have a good time. In the meantime, we made sure to stick together and go to the gym as scheduled. We got the crap beaten out of us, but we were slowly learning his patterns. Sooner or later, it was going to happen. We were going to get his ass one day. Saturday came and it was time to party.
Linus got some clothes from Myles and I got an outfit from Abner. I did not go clothes shopping as I did not see the point. Linus had his collar on. The Osis did not. I just sighed out loud and asked if they had them at the ready. "I don't want to show the people there that I'm easy prey." Myles said. Abner had his in a bag. I could not deal with that. We were going into what was likely enemy territory. Whether camouflage or armor was the best defense was a question I could not answer as a Beta. The 4 of us then called a cab to take us to Matthias's house. I had a drawstring bag on my back. On the ride over, I reached in and gave them each an opaque red, metal water bottle. It was important. "Do not drink anything at the party. It could be spiked. If you need to drink, take some water from here. Never leave them unattended, they might spike this too. If you can't help it, throw out the water and refill it at the sink." I instructed them. "That's fucking lame!" Abner said as he tilted the water bottle in his hand with disdain. "Not as lame as getting gang raped in the ass by some douchebags." I shot back.
I was sure I got through to them from the way they held the bottles closer. We soon pulled up to the party. I was told it would start at 9. It was half past that. We got out of the cab and made our way to the door. Matthias was the one to let us in. "I'm glad you guys could make it." he said. He saw our group was missing 2 members. "Where are the others?" he asked. He looked disappointed. "They had other things they had to do. They said to thank you for the invite though." I said as we walked through the door. He closed it behind us. There were other people partying inside as well. This party has an outdoor pool, a pool table to play billiards, a karaoke machine, lots of liquor to drink, and a movie full projector with a large screen full surround sound to watch movies on. There was also music booming throughout the whole house. There was a whole lot to do. I pulled them all together. "Listen. We all stick together the whole time. No one goes alone anywhere. Got it!?" I said. They all nodded. We decided to pick what we were going to actually do first. There was time to do everything tonight.
