LuckyLHio
Chapter 16: Battle Dance

On the third day of her vacation, Ava focused on resting at her house while making a lot of food that could be stored for a long period of time to be sent to friends Ava. He cooked enough food and put it in containers neatly before sending it by courier service a day to his friend.

Ava who finished cooking took a break from all kinds of activities and relaxed reading her soft book. The atmosphere was very relaxed and he looked very lazy. No sound was heard and very quiet. Ava really likes moments like this for a complete break. Without interference.

After a day of rest, Ava rejoins the survival program the next day. Ava who arrived early entered the dorm first after handing over prohibited items such as cellphones and other objects.

The temporary dormitory rooms are still divided by the last group. When Hailey came she found Ava sitting cross-legged on her bed.

“You came early!” Hailey looks different and more excited.”What do you think of my new hair ?”

Ava looked at Hailey who had just dyed her hair blonde. She looks fresh and younger with her hair color. “Very suitable.” Ava replied while nodding.

Hailey was very satisfied with Ava's short response but she always believed Ava was good enough in commenting. “I saw on social media. Our team is famous!” Cheer up with excitement.

Ava could only smile and could not respond.

“They say we are like a team that has already debuted.” Hailey was very happy to see such a comment.

“What's this you guys started this topic without us ?” Clarence enters the room along with Leah, Scarlett, and Ellie.

“You guys are taking too long, I can't help myself to discuss this topic. Outside I can't talk about this to anyone but my mom and dad.” Hailey was very upset about the ban on talking about the event with other people.

“My mom asked me exactly when this show would be broadcast. My mother was very curious.” said Leah.

“It should be broadcast in the near future.” said Scarlett had got this news.

“I think it will be broadcast after our first elimination.” Clarence said guessing, because now they can still hold the spoiler, but when many participants go home, it is impossible to keep holding back the news.

“That means the possibility of our first shoot after this is elimination right?” Leah was a bit worried about this topic.

“I am very worried about my own ranking, yesterday I did not have time to check it.” said Ellie was also worried about her own ranking.

“Not to worry, I've seen our previous rating estimates, we should still be at the safe limit.” Hailey had a look when asking her parents to choose her. “Especially Ava, she should be in the top 20.”

Ava who did not follow the topic of their conversation instantly raised her head as soon as she saw her roommate staring at her. “Really ? I didn't check it at all.”

Seeing Ava's extremely cold reaction Ava's roommate immediately sighed.

“I think the only trainee who is the most calm and doesn't care about ranking is Ava.” Clarence was rather envious of Ava who was very calm.

“Let's forget about the topic of elimination first. I saw the schedule for the next two days posted on the bulletin board in dormitory.” Scarlett looked at the notice board and found the schedule.

Ava also saw it when it came and had time to observe it for a while.

“After this there will be a schedule of personal interviews and also group activities.” Clarence also saw her earlier together with Scarlett. “I think a personal interview will take a very long time. Because we have a lot of participants here.”

“Then let's get ready first. The clothes that should be used later are our trainee clothes. So it is better to replace it first.” Leah opened the wardrobe and saw a clean trainee shirt hanging there.

Ava also ends up following her roommates who start changing clothes one by one. Then they sat in their rooms waiting until the staff came to pick them up.

Not long after they finished changing clothes they were called one by one by the staff. Ava was not the first to be called so she listened to her roommates talk about their vacation to whatever they had done before.

Ava called at the end. He followed the direction of the staff and went to a place with many photos of trainees. He stood in the middle of the room and looked at the staff opposite him who were ready to ask questions.

“You think among the trainees who are the most beautiful ?” ask the staff across Ava without hesitation.

Ava tilted her head for a while then turned to look at the photo on the wall with a sweeping look. Ava stared a little long ago and saw a trainee who looked very beautiful under him there was the name of the trainee who was very helpful to Ava.

“Lily Carter.” Ava showed the photo to the camera.

“Why did you choose him ?”

Ava looked at the photo in her hand while trying to make her point. “She looks beautiful. Very interesting attention.” Ava's answer is very standard and short. He is a bit difficult to express his max, but it should have represented what he meant.

The staff who asked questions could only nod without being able to question Ava's song of intent. He looked at the paper in his hand and intended to ask the question again.

“Then who do you think is the funniest among trainees ?”

Ava again began to circulate her gaze to the photo on the wall. He saw a friend in his group who was funny in his opinion. “Ellie.” Ava takes a picture of Ellie and shows the roommate's photo to the camera.

“Reason ?”

“Only he's a funny person I know.” Ava was very quiet on her workday so she couldn't find another funny person among the trainees.

The staff in front of him ran out of sense facing the extremely calm Ava. “So, then you can move to the next room for an interview.”

Ava nodded and moved to the next room. This time the arrangement was a single seat with several items being advertisements. He was asked to sit there and prepare to answer questions from staff.

“How are you?” The staff who questioned him this time were more friendly and asked him the news first.

“Good.” reply Ava.

“Then let's start the question.” The staff looked at the paper in his hand before asking. “How do you feel about being the last team selected ?”

Although it looks friendly, the staff's questions are rather sharp.

“Hm... I don't feel anything.” Ava replied honestly.

This answer left the staff and cameraman on duty shocked. “You don't feel anything?”

Ava nodded. “Ya,”

The staff on duty became somewhat nervous and asked other questions. “Then what exactly do you feel when this show ?” the staff asked while showing them a recording and looking at the song on the board.

Ava watched for a while and saw herself staring blankly at the list of songs on the board. After she finished, Ava rewinded herself and replied calmly. “Ah, that's because I don't really know the song on the list.”

“You don't know the song on the list ?” ask the staff in shock.

Ava nodded. “Even the song I brought before, I also did not know before hearing it.”

The staff was still shocked and could not ask further. Besides that, what can be asked is only about appearance. Ava answered briefly and honestly. After that he walked out of the interview room in a calm step and went to his dorm again.

When she reached the dormitory, Ava's roommate began to ask her excitedly. “Did they say something strange ?”

Ava thought about her question and could only shake her head. “No. Everything is normal.”

“Why do I feel when the episode of our question is broadcast many people will change their view on Ava.” Clarence said as if looking at the future.

Ava just smiled slightly and did not say anything else. It just so happened that when Ava came back, it was lunch time. So they went to the cafeteria for lunch.

“It seems that after all the interview process is completed, we will be collected into one.” Leah heard a little from the staff by accident. They seemed to be preparing the hall and were busy arranging trainees for interviews.

“About what we will do there ?” Scarlett seemed curious about the activities they would do later.

“I hope something fun.” Ellie doesn't want any assignments for a while, she wants to stick with their team now.

“We will know when the time comes.” said Leah resigned to their activities today.

Their conversation stopped and began to talk about other things. This time it was a topic of little gossip among the trainees.

As they expected, after lunch they were gathered in a large room and had a stage in the middle of the room. Their seats surround the stage and they sit in with their groups but give each other distance so that the look is neater.

“Halo trainees all happy to see you all again.” Lilith began to speak in her soft voice greeting everyone.

“We hope all trainees here are healthy right ?” Orion asked continuing Lilith's greeting.

Vigorously the trainees replied in unison. “YA!”

“Good if so. Because today we will hold a very fun activity.” Lilith raised her voice to increase their sense of spirit.

“True once! Today we will choose from the many trainees that are here….Dance Queen!”

The trainees are immediately very excited and feel this is where their true talent can be revealed. This is a great opportunity to attract the attention of the audience. So they should take advantage of this opportunity well.

“Before that, besides us who will be judges, there are also other judges who will judge. Let's welcome! Our National Producer!” The announcement made by Lilith made the other trainees even more excited.

Keegan who was waiting behind the scenes, finally entered the stage with a smile. This time he was dressed very casually as if he was also ready to dance. Keegan is known for all-round artists, in addition to acting, she is also very famous for the dance which is also just as professional.

“Halo trainees all! Happy to see you again” Keegan greets all the trainees and is greeted with great enthusiasm by the trainees. “Today I will be the judge of who is the greatest in dance, so don't hold yourself back and take advantage of this opportunity to bring out your dance talent.”

Keegan swept over the trainees sitting before her with a serious look. Then he handed the mic back to Lilith and the Dance Queen decider finally began.

“Let's start with the warm-up. Cue Music!” As soon as Lilith finished speaking, the music that was very up beat was turned on by the staff. Lilith and Orion immediately went down and invited the trainees to go up on stage and start dancing.

It seemed like the trainees were in a hurry, those who were very confident in the dance immediately ran up onto the stage and started moving their bodies following the music.

The trainees sitting near Ava were also some who advanced onto the stage while others stood up and simply moved from their seats. Ava also stood up while clapping encouraging those who were very excited to dance on stage.

The first song just ends and the end of the warm-up time is over. The trainees returned to where they were waiting for the next song to play. The first song to be played for scoring was the kind of song suitable for hip hop dancing.

Trainees who specialize in hip hop dance eventually advance without hesitation. Among the many trainees there are only five who really understand what hip-hop dance is like. Some even seem to only know the basics but they still dance with passion.

The rest followed the music from their seats and moved with their respective places.

The hip-hop dance that is displayed makes trainees very excited. The audience could not help but cheer at the same time. The atmosphere gets hot when the song reaches ******* and the trainees get more excited.

Ava watched as she watched from her seat, she had to admit that these trainees were indeed quite talented, only if the equivalent of a professional dancer was still lacking. He was used to seeing the appearance of Jack and the other friends so he felt that their movements were a bit lacking.

The first song quickly changed to a more refined second song, suitable for those who danced more gently like ballet or contemporary dance. This time there are two girls who indeed seem to be very flexible and dance contemporary with good sanga.

They are like permeating a song and moving their bodies freely on stage. There was even one of them who danced to drop himself on the floor like it was fused with the floor.

Ava didn't learn ballet, but she was flexible enough to do splits on the floor. She had also danced like that before but it was very difficult and she did not want to dance like that anymore. Because dancing with such a genre requires to include emotions so that it looks better.

The song continued to be a song with choreography of famous songs that have been known by many trainees. So more people come to the stage to dance. At the same time the trainees began to choreograph neatly and try to show their respective styles in carrying the choreography.

After that more and more songs played forcing out many types of genres of songs that are rarely displayed. Although only one or two moves are small and not very proficient, but they perform songs very well. The atmosphere heated up and finally came to the part where the judges would conduct a final assessment and ask the candidate to come forward for the last time.

But Keegan appears to be talking to Llilith and Orion and whispering to each other. Llilith and Orion look very surprised by what Keegan says but eventually the two can only nod in agreement.

Keegan spoke first with the staff as if discussing something before returning to the stage and holding the mic.

“A very good show, I as a National producer never thought there would be many very good dancers outside of our first assessment at the beginning.” Keegan said a very great compliment to the trainee participants who had done a very good performance earlier. “But I still want to see a performance from one of the trainees who has since advanced but I know he is a very good dancer.”

The trainees who heard this talk to each other asked each other this guy. Keegan looked and started seeing trainees one by one. Ava who happened to be looking at Keegan felt a bad feeling.

Ava immediately turned her gaze over and did not want to look towards the stage anymore. He felt Keegan wanted to say that the trainee who had not advanced was him. But the problem is Ava does not intend to go forward at all.

Keegan smiled mysteriously and finally settled directly into Ava. “let's do a real dance battle, trainee Ava Luna.”

The friend who was sitting near Ava suddenly looked at Ava and showed a surprised face. Ava herself could only sigh feeling her bad premonition come true.

Keegan seemed to wait for Ava's response on stage and stared with anticipation. Ava felt a hot look falling on her, she glanced a little and saw Keegan was indeed waiting for her. Ava finally started at the urging of her roommate next to her and asked her to come on stage.

Ava could only let out a long sigh and started walking up the stage. He put on a forced smile and looked at Keegan who looked very happy.

“Then, Ava trainees should have known about the rules of dance battle ? You can start first.”

Ava immediately shook her head strongly and signaled that Keegan had started first. Keegan raised her eyebrows and asked seriously. “You sure ?”

Ava nodded quickly.

“Alright, let's start,” Keegan gives a mic in her hand to Lilith and prepares to do battle dance with Ava.

The first song to be played was a song for a type of dance that was perfect for men like the hip-hop movement. Keegan moves on to start feeling the song while Ava stands with both hands clasped in front watching Keegan who is about to start dancing.

When Keegan gets the feeling of the song, she starts moving. Keegan is famous for her dancing, so it's not strange that Ava sees a move that even Jack's classmate is in front of her right now.

While the other trainees were getting excited to see their national producers dancing so coolly, Ava on the other hand just kept quiet and observed quietly. Even when Keegan sometimes moves provocations. Ava remained calm and observing, this was typical of Ava when she was doing battle. He observed closely to see how clear his opponent's strength was.

Keegan is given one minute to dance and demonstrate her abilities before turning into Ava's turn after that. Ava closed the matnaya and breathed in while waiting for the song to change. This time the song is fast tempo and has a style that is suitable for the type of dance that has a fast movement.

When the music had been playing for a few seconds, Ava opened her eyes and had a different face beam than before. He advanced with a mischievous smile and started to dance Waacking quickly while advancing forward. He also thronged it by moving a quick pace following the tempo of the song and after a while, he said, he changed styles into a light hip hop style and jumped around quickly and switched dance styles several times. He did some small popping then switched again to Waacking again and ended it with a finger-like motion blowing dust from his hand towards Keegan and swayed in an arrogant style to his place back.

Keegan who saw her behavior could only smile with a grin because this was the first time she had seen Ava like this. Very expressive even seen mocking him.

The trainees watching them were stunned to see Ava who looked completely different from usual. And they started cheering and shouting in high spirits as they made many very professional moves. Even Lilith and Orion who are dancers are also excited and also surprised to see Ava's dance skills are quite high.

One minute Ava is up and it's Keegan's time to dance again. Keegan's dance style is more towards the male style. So most of the songs for him are hip-hop or krump style that is loud and strong.

Since Ava danced so well and enthusiastically, of course Keegan had to take it seriously. So as soon as the song was played, Keegan jumped forward and danced, this time adding some popping moves in her moves. Then add some isolation moves before groundmove and add some less bboy moves.

Ava this time just stay in position and move small to follow the rhythm of the song. When Keegan's turn runs out, the next song plays for Ava who is about to dance next.

This time, it's, Ava came forward with a grinning expression and walked forward with a bold step and began to do a body wave in the middle of the stage with a different tempo difference added with isolation and move each limb with be different. Added some popping moves to complete it and ended with a beautiful splitz in front of Keegan.

Keegan smiled amusedly at Ava dancing in earnest, she helped Ava stand up from her Splitz. The light in Ava's eyes still hadn't dissipated and coughed for a while while shifting her gaze. Then he took a breath trying to regulate his breathing which became breathless because of dancing too hard earlier.

“A very good match.” Keegan said with great appreciation. “You're as good as Jack told me.”

Ava turned to look at Keegan with her eyes turned. Keegan knew Jack ? Ava had this question in her heart but did not dare to ask. He could only look at Keegan in shock. While Keegan just stared with a smile and took another mic from Lilith who had been thrust back at him.

Other trainees had been standing there clapping their hands and even shouting for the good show. Even Lilith and Orion also stood up and clapped giving Ava a very cool sign with both of their thumbs.

Ava bowed in salute to both her coach and Keegan then ran down the stage with her head bowed. When he returned to his seat, Clarence instantly shook Ava up in a frenzy.

“You're so cool! Jeez!” scream with a frenzy.

Ava could only bite the inside of her mouth and made no comment. He took a long breath.

“I didn't know you could dance like that Ava!” Hailey is also very surprised and is not exhausted with the ability of Ava cool.

“No wonder, you can memorize the choreography quickly” Leah can only envy Ava's ability which is too great in her opinion.

Ava leaned on her seat smabil let out a long sigh, her eyes looking narrowed. Although the friends around her commented she was great, Ava did not reply or react at all.

“Why don't you reveal this ability at the beginning of the assessment, you should be in a higher class quickly.” Scarlett told Ava.

Ava looked at her friends with a tired look. “Because dancing like that was so tiring.”