Boom!

A loud explosion followed by a flurry of smoke took over the atmosphere in the park that Angelina and Resotnero were in. In the midst of it all, Angelina was grasping a fiery chain of Ghoul riders. The scene looked spectacularly mind-stitching.

“Wow! It worked! It actually worked!” Angelina sounded elated; her bodily actions were teeming with excitement. Her Chain of the Flaming Ghoul Riders was once again a fully functioning Soul Insignia.

Resotnero watched as Angelina danced around happily with her sapphire Soul Insignia. After admiring her moves for a while, he decided to interrupt her. “Hey, don’t forget about me.”

Angelina stopped dancing around and stored away her Soul Insignia inside of her Motors Cube. She was still happy internally. With the Soul Reviver Mod, she could re-use absorbed Soul Insignias as much as she’d like. Of course, Resotnero had already warned her that she couldn’t do this openly. Say for instance an official race, because they had a strict policy which prohibited Tomb Riders from cheating the game, also they monitored every flipping thing.

Resotnero walked closer towards Angelina. “A.J I’ve done exactly what I said I would. You now know how to operate this mod. Now it is your turn to live up to your side of our arrangement. ”

“Come on rat-boy. I already told you that I would think about it. What else is there for us to agree on? Now if you don’t mind, I better go.” As Angelina was turning to leave, Resotnero grabbed her arm and said resolutely:

“I still can’t accept that sort of reply.”

“Okay then. How about this sort of reply…?” Angelina tugged on Resotnero’s arm, bringing him closer in a passionate embrace then tipped on her toes and gave him a kiss on his cheek.

“Is that good enough for you?” She asked him.

“Not even close.” Hearing Resotnero’s reply, Angelina caressed Resotnero’s cheek lovingly then slowly advanced her gaze towards his thick lips. She took her time moving forward, positioning her mouth to his.

Right when their lips were about to intertwine, Angelina’s headset began ringing. She quickly freed herself from Resotnero’s embrace and answered the incoming call.

“Hello?”

“A.J! HURRY! YOU HAVE TO COME HOME QUICKLY!”

“What? Maria is something wrong? You sound worried!”

“Please! Hurry! AAH!” Maria’s alarming voice got cut off at the other end of the call.

“Maria! Maria! Are you okay? Answer me!” Angelina started panicking while screaming in her headset.

“Hey, what’s wrong?” Resotnero tried to inquire about what was going on. When he saw the terrified look on Angelina’s face, he knew that there was a dire problem.

Angelina tossed out her Motors Cube in haste, moments later, some colourful lights flashed and her motorbike slowly appeared. “I have to get home quickly! I think that my step-mom might be in danger!” She revved her Motor seriously then shot off at burst speed in the direction of her home.

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“Hey! I’m coming too!” Resotnero also equipped his Motor and shot off behind Angelina on his rollerblades. It took him a while before he caught up with her. When he finally did, they were already in the vicinity of Angelina’s residence.

When Angelina arrived at her yard, she saw a lot of vehicles parked close by but nobody was in sight. She dismounted her Motor and quickly ran towards the front door, Resotnero did the same.

As Angelina kicked open the front door she was greeted by a throng of people who were holding some sort of weapon in their hands.

“What is all this?” Angelina was…

”SURPRISE! SURPRISE! SURPRISE!” The crowd shouted out in unison as they fired some multi-colour decorations in the house and they didn’t stop there either. “HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!”

“What? It is your birthday?” Resotnero stared at Angelina with almighty shock. “I can’t believe it. Why didn’t you tell me?”

“Seriously?” Angelina rolled her eyes at Resotnero. “First of all, we are not that close and secondly; I didn’t even remember that today was my birthday.”

“How can somebody forget their own birthday? Aren’t you glad to be born?”

“Shut up and leave already.” Angelina got fed up with Resotnero's interrogation and started shoving him outside. Of course, he resisted.

“Hey, there’s a party going on right in front of me! I should be invited!”

“Shush! Keep your voice down and piss off.”

“Now, now A.J. That’s no way to treat our guest. Come on in, young man.” Maria came to Resotnero’s rescue by inviting him inside.

“Thanks for the invite ma’am.” Resotnero was overjoyed, he gladly accepted his welcome and disappeared into the throng of people. He began socializing with everyone as if it was his birthday party and not Angelina’s.

Angelina looked at Resotnero enjoying her surprise birthday party and got really peeved. “Maria, why did you invite that lunatic? You don’t even know him.”

“I don’t, but isn’t he your boyfriend? Why else would you have brought him here?” Maria locked arms with her step-daughter and carried her off into the midst of the party to enjoy herself.

“You got it all wrong, Maria. That blond idiot isn’t my boyfriend. We’re not even friends.”

“Then why did you bring him?” Maria asked, not believing a word that Angelina said.

“I didn’t bring him anywhere. He just followed me because I thought that you were in danger. The way you sounded when you called me I couldn’t help but feel worried.”

“Oh my gosh, I’m so sorry about the way I acted over the phone but I thought that it was the only way to get you over here as fast as possible. It’s your birthday after all and you didn’t even remember.”

“Yeah, I suppose I’m sorry too.” Angelina glanced around and was moved by the rave that her step-mom planned for her. “Thanks for all this, Maria. I really appreciate it.”

“It’s not a big deal.” Maria replied. “Come on, someone special is here to see you.” Saying this, Maria dragged Angelina into the backyard where the party was a lot more vibrant.

“Who’s here to see me?”

“Look over there.”

Angelina took a gander in the direction where Maria pointed to. When she saw who it was, her expression became more soothing, she forgot all about Resotnero who was crashing her party.

“A.J!” A boy who was a couple of metres away called out, ran and leapt into Angelina’s arms. He was stupidly short and was wearing a ridiculous custom.

Angelina ruffled the boy’s hair and kissed him a couple of times on the cheek. “Come here you little squirt. I missed you so much.”

“Hey, stop that sister. You’re embarrassing me!” Bradnoyd giggled wryly before wiggling his way out of Angelina’s embrace.

“You’re not getting away from me that easily you little rascal.” Angelina reached out her hand and caught her brother. “I see that you’ve been practicing but you’re still couple years too immature to outsmart me.”

“No, I’m not!” Bradnoyd tried his best to escape his sister’s grasped again but sadly he failed miserably. Eventually, Angelina put the little boy down and commence socialising with other friends and family. Even her grandmother was there for her special day, she was being accompanied by a nursemaid.

Later that night, Resotnero along with Bradnoyd and his friends played videogames until they fall asleep.