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Hello everyone! hope you enjoy this excerpt from Chapter 9 of Intergalactic Mind Games:

As Team Earth-7 eat their breakfast, none of them notice Goat
standing by the great hall entrance. Goat watches from afar with twisted thoughts and a deceitful smirk.
He then saunters over to Team Earth-7, saying, “I come here in peace.
I don’t know what came over me. Please accept my humble apologies. I
know what I have done is immoral, unethical, and it’s cheating. I can’t
change what I did, but I promise I will stay out of your way going forward.”
Goat looks over at Darm and sympathizes, “I feel terrible for the
position you were put in when you had to face Bundo on that scaffold.
That wasn’t your fight; it was your captain’s, but you were very impressive. Team Earth-7 is very lucky to have you.”
Goat pats Darm on the back, which Darm seems to appreciate.
“Well, I’ll let you all get back to your breakfast,” Goat says before
walking away.
“What was all that about?” Anderson asks as Goat leaves.
“I don’t know, but he sounded pretty sincere to me,” Darm counters.
“It sounded like he was questioning our leadership.”
“Leadership? What leadership?” Ace chimes in from a short distance
away. “I’m the assistant captain, and I don’t want anything to do with any of you. It’s everyone for themselves as far as I’m concerned.”
Anderson pounds his fist on the table and interrupts, “Enough is
enough; we need to band together!”
“Just because they made you captain doesn’t mean I have to listen
to you, dude,” Ace says as he gets up to leave. “Izzy, let’s go before I do
something our captain here will regret.”
A tentative Isabella stands up and walks with Ace to the great hall’s
entrance, where a Soldier of Royalty assigned to escort them back to their cell is stationed.
Darm looks over at Anderson and says, “Way to go, captain.” He then
cautions, “Just stay out of our way . . . leader.” He then, too, gets up and
leaves with Ace, Isabella, and the Soldier of Royalty.
“Pay no attention to them, Anderson,” Billy Bob says. “I don’t gotta
clue what their problem is, but we with ya.”
Anderson nods and gives him a half-smile, but he feels like the weight
of the world is on his shoulders.
“Listen, guys,” Anderson starts to say, “this upcoming challenge,
whatever it is, won’t be easy. You both need to focus and take your
opponents seriously.”
“We know, Anderson,” Billy Bob says. “We understand what ya sayin’
and . . .”
Before Billy Bob can finish his sentence, Team Shelorin-2 enters the
great hall, leaving Billy Bob speechless.

Hello everyone! hope you enjoy this excerpt from Chapter 8 of Intergalactic Mind Games:

Suddenly, a loud pounding sound pulsates through the cell walls. The
echoing noise is coming from Ace and Isabella’s room. Isabella slowly walks toward the room with a look of concern. As she stands a few feet away, the door abruptly swings open.
Ace can no longer control himself. He storms out of his room and
straight into Anderson’s with revenge on his mind.
Ace stands in Anderson’s doorway, breathing heavily and clenching his
teeth. With seething eyes and a snarl, Ace starts to bark, “First, you bring us to this hell hole of a planet, then you take Dean away from us, and now you proposition my wife? Who in the hell do you think you are?”
Bothered by Ace’s comments, the emperor responds, “It seems you
have an issue with me. Given the circumstances, I can understand the
reasoning. Soldier, escort him to my office.”
The Soldier of Royalty enters the cell and approaches Ace, who has his
back turned. As the Soldier of Royalty puts his hand on Ace’s shoulder, Ace quickly grabs the soldier and flips him over and onto the ground. He then wraps his arm around the soldier’s neck, putting him in a sleeper choke hold, hoping to render the Soldier of Royalty unconscious.
Another soldier appears and enters the cell. Isabella walks in front of
the Soldier of Royalty, obstructing his path to Ace. With tears running
down her cheeks, she begs the soldier to stop.
Billy Bob and Elmer start to creep up behind the distracted Soldier
of Royalty while Darm enters Anderson’s room, ready to pounce on the
soldier Ace has subdued. As chaos is about to ensue in Team Earth-7’s cell, Emperor Pryme shouts, “Stop! This is unnecessary behaviour. I am simply taking your team member to discuss our situation, that is all.”

Hello everyone! hope you enjoy this excerpt from Chapter 7 of Intergalactic Mind Games:

Duke Reion enters the stadium and walks directly toward his father
with news of Team Earth-7’s replacement. He does not acknowledge Goat but instead leans over his great-uncle to whisper the substitution into his father’s ear. Goat tries desperately to listen in but is unable to hear anything but light muttering.
As Duke Reion backs away, Emperor Pryme looks over at Goat in
amusement. “Like you, I too am looking forward to this challenge,” the
emperor says with a smirk.
While the duke exits the venue, the Soldiers of Royalty escort Bundo
into the stadium.
Bundo peers into the audience, searching for Goat and spots him. Goat
also sees Bundo, and the two of them share a smug look, giving a mutual nod of acknowledgment to one another.
Emperor Pryme, who sees the exchange, rises to his feet.
“It has recently been brought to my attention that there was an injury
to Team Earth-7’s captain, and he will not be able to compete at this time,” the emperor announces in disappointment.
Bundo raises his arms in celebration while Goat stands and applauds,
believing they are victorious by forfeit.
“However,” Emperor Pryme continues with delight, “given the
circumstances of the injury, Team Earth-7 has been given permission to name a substitute.”
Bundo and Goat share a look of concern after hearing the emperor’s
ruling as the two soldiers escorting Darm arrive in the stadium. Bundo
starts pounding his chest with his fists. He then paces back and forth,
growling like an animal, ready to pounce. Bundo works himself into a
frenzy before power walking toward the Soldiers of Royalty with a desire to maim and mutilate the man behind them. He peers past the soldiers and sees Darm enter the stadium.

Hello everyone! hope you enjoy this excerpt from Chapter 6 of Intergalactic Mind Games:

While those in the palace rest, the frightening Corpse Jungle
is welcoming its newest visitor. After a hazardous swim in the river, a
treacherous climb up the trench, and now painfully hiking through the
jungle, Dean bravely greets his fate. He landed awkwardly when falling
from the trap door to the river, severely spraining his right ankle on impact. However, he somehow managed to keep his head afloat even though he struggled to swim. He used his upper body strength to power up the trench, and now at the top, he limps through the eerie jungle.

Dean looks around the woeful woods. The hair on his arms stand
up as he finds himself in a jungle he could not imagine in his worst
nightmare – a jungle that, he feels, has pre-judged everyone as guilty prior to them surrendering to its creepy clutches.

Trees like those on Earth are scattered everywhere. Some are thick
while others are thin, but they all have purple leaves of different shades— some light and others dark. The trees that grow in between the tall trees are squiggly with white trunks and blue leaves. Bright-coloured flowers and plants are absent from the jungle because of the jungle’s intolerance to vivid colours. All that can be seen by the forgotten souls exiled here are giant brown shrubs, big black ominous plants, and trees that tower toward the clouds.

The wild plant life grows uncontrollably, creating a darkness deep
within the woods. A thick fog looms through most of the jungle, with
constant storm clouds weaving in and out of the sky. Daylight can only
be captured in the glades, which are few and far between.

Various animal sounds can be heard throughout the darkness, from
howls and screeches to chomping and chewing. Then there are sounds that Dean does not recognize—sounds of grunts and deep, menacing growls.

The soil is soft and damp as though the ground could consume anyone
whole who dares to walk on it. Various footprints are imprinted in the
moist land ranging in size; however, Dean also notices tracks made by
another two-legged life form. He stops to take a closer look and sees the imprints are fresh.

The presence of someone watching or following Dean sticks with him.
Every time he considers sitting to rest his ankle, the fear of what lurks
behind the thick fog deters him.

An intense and poignant odour of decomposing trees, plants, and
bodies fill the air so much that Dean can taste the stench. His heart starts racing and sweat starts to flow through his pores as the sensation of fear takes over. Dean is hungry, thirsty, and in extreme pain but continues, hoping to find a place to rest.

After trekking through the jungle for hours, Dean collapses in
exhaustion. He tries to get to his feet, but the pain is too much, and his
right ankle gives out, causing him to fall back down. Dean starts to fade, trying desperately to stay awake but eventually, he loses consciousness.