{"id":785,"date":"2016-03-25T01:59:35","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T06:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/?p=785"},"modified":"2016-05-14T23:22:34","modified_gmt":"2016-05-15T04:22:34","slug":"champions-of-battle-the-very-best-opportunity-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/?p=785","title":{"rendered":"Champions of Battle: The Very Best – Opportunity #035"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Bome City Shuttle Port was relatively far from the hospital, but Duard\u2019s constant irritations led the cab driver through the fastest possible routes. \u00a0Duard had no interest in seeing the sights or even the locals. \u00a0Only the shuttle port mattered. \u00a0Consequently, it took much less time to reach than usual. \u00a0Of course, his next destination was still a mystery but he was definitely leaving this land. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Being a booming city, Bome\u2019s port was always busy. \u00a0There were more shuttles parked than one would care to count. \u00a0Every space was full. \u00a0A few shuttles were preparing to launch while others hovered and spun in the sky preparing to land in the soon to be empty spots.<\/span><\/p>\n

Each shuttle had a graphic noting their next stop. \u00a0After leaving the cab, Duard leaned on a pillar to think and make a call. \u00a0The shuttles\u2019 graphics animations were slightly entertaining. \u00a0Duard watched as the graphics described their next destination while writing out the city\u2019s name. <\/span><\/p>\n

The call was to Champion\u2019s Chronicle Headquarters. \u00a0If Duard was to make any impact on events, he had to be informed. \u00a0A lot may have changed in a day. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It was just after hour seventeen so in Bome City it was well into evening. \u00a0However in South Coast, it was a very uncomfortable hour of morning . \u00a0Understandably, it took more than a few rings for Humberto to answer, but he was there. \u00a0The Chief was always there. \u00a0As expected, Chief Meng was a little grumpy this time of day; or night. \u00a0However, he knew about all the important stories at the Chronicle. \u00a0He seemed unusually glad that Duard was up and about and shared the story freely.<\/span><\/p>\n

The tale of Juquan and the BigBad Crew moved quickly as Humberto only spoke in important facts. \u00a0Apparently they partied and cheated the casino. \u00a0After that, the story took a few unexpected turns. \u00a0The strangest turn was the reporter Humberto used to follow them. \u00a0Duard\u2019s keen memory often kept him from asking for the same information twice, but Chief Meng\u2019s selection was simply inconceivable.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere has to be a mistake,\u201d Duard corrected with unhideable disbelief, \u201cBrisa? \u00a0My Brisa?\u201d \u00a0Duard had to stop and lean the communicator to his ear. \u00a0There was no way he had heard that part right.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYeah Brisa Gan, your errand girl,\u201d the Chief said with certainty, \u201cShe hasn\u2019t called in for a while though. \u00a0She\u2019s either doing fine or she\u2019s dead.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat do you mean dead?\u201d \u00a0He asked the question without thinking. \u00a0This whole situation seemed like a road trip horror story, \u201cWhere did they go?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWest Drop.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWest Drop!\u201d \u00a0Duard knew for certain that his errand girl hoped to be as good a decent reporter. \u00a0However, following the BigBad Crew was too much for her as was going to West Drop. \u00a0The two facts together made absolutely no sense. \u00a0\u00a0\u201cWhy not throw her to the bear-frogs while you\u2019re at it!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe was there, and she could walk,\u201d Humberto shouted back reminding Duard that he could not at the time, \u201cIf you want to catch up on the rest of the story, I suggest you go there and talk with her.\u201d \u00a0Those were the Chief\u2019s words before ending the connection.<\/span><\/p>\n

Things were going terribly. \u00a0Sadly, things were probably much worse than Duard believed. \u00a0His plan to destroy Jaquan hung on a thread. \u00a0How could he find evidence to damage Jaquan if he couldn\u2019t find Jaquan. \u00a0However, he was glad to have called. \u00a0He would look a fool if he had walked into this with the information he had only yesterday. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Duard rushed to his private craft. \u00a0There was no time to lose. He should be there in a few hours. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He scoffed at the idea of Brisa doing <\/span>fine<\/span><\/i> on anything. \u00a0<\/span>All she\u2019s fine for is getting my tea and sandwiches<\/span><\/i>. \u00a0If she went to West Drop, chances are that she\u2019s already robbed and stranded. \u00a0<\/span>I\u2019ll have to\u00a0clean up whatever mess she’s found herself in.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

#1<\/a> – Opportunity #34<\/a>\u00a0– Opportunity #36<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Bome City Shuttle Port was relatively far from the hospital, but Duard\u2019s constant irritations led the cab driver through the fastest possible routes. \u00a0Duard had no interest in seeing the sights or even the locals. \u00a0Only the shuttle port mattered. \u00a0Consequently, it took much less time to reach than usual. \u00a0Of course, his next […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[32,48,50,3,60,70,20,170],"class_list":["post-785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bigbad","tag-brisa-gan","tag-champions-chronicle","tag-champions-of-battle","tag-duard-ban","tag-humberto-meng","tag-the-very-best","tag-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=785"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":847,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785\/revisions\/847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}