Battle Boys - Chapter 2
by Sam The Ham

    
   

      Alec woke up. For a brief second, he was disoriented until he realized he wasn't in his room. It was something he usually felt whenever he woke up in a place other than his own bed. He slipped out from under the covers and stretched naked before looking down, wondering if he had time to do it. He opted otherwise, getting dressed in shorts and a T-shirt that were provided. As he approached the door to get out, he heard a little thud. He waited a second to hear it again. Shrugging it off, he opened the door.

Looking towards the activity room he saw Kevin dressed in blue and green pajamas throwing darts at the board. Alec smiled to himself seeing his bare feet. He wasn't sure why it was something he noticed but he always did. Maybe it had to do with the fact they usually weren’t seen in public. He didn't really know.

"Are you the first up?" Alec asked walking over.

Kevin glanced over his shoulder. "I think so. I didn't wake you, did I?"

"No I just got up. How did you sleep?"

Kevin shrugged. "Okay. I don't usually sleep that much."

Kevin threw one of the darts and it hit just outside of the 20 point mark.

"That was close." Alec observed.

"I have one of these at home. I'm pretty good."

Alec stared at the dartboard and noticed a small hole. "It looks like you missed once."

Kevin smiled nervously. "Never said I was perfect. Do you want a go?"

"Sure, I've never played it before."

"Oh, let me show you." Kevin showed him how to hold the dart and throw it. It seemed easy, but when Alec actually tried it went high embedding itself at the very top of the board.

"Well, you're not a natural."

"Shut up and give me another."

Max woke up a few minutes later coming in the activity room clad in boxers and a long T-shirt. Alec was happy to see his bare feet. He felt overdressed. They took turns throwing darts starting an informal game. After about twenty minutes there was a knock on the door and a voice said. "Breakfast is ready." Max and Kevin retreated to their rooms to change and he went to wake Isaac. But before he could knock on the door, the door opened itself revealing a fully dressed Isaac.

"Oh, you're up." Alec said coming to a stop.

"Yeah. I'm going down for breakfast."

"Okay, I'm going to wait for the others."

Alec watched Isaac leave. He wondered why Isaac had not come out of his room earlier. He couldn't have taken all that time to get dressed. After a few seconds of thought, Alec shrugged it off. Maybe, he had just called his mom, which was something he really needed to do too. Well, after breakfast.

He waited for Kevin and Max to emerge then they all went down together. Breakfast was cereal and orange juice. Max perked up a little once he had food in him but Isaac remained quiet to himself. Alec knew he wasn't the leader of the team or anything like that, but he knew they should at least tolerate each other to work together. It wasn't like they were going to be allowed to trade a troublesome teammate away.

Martin came and clapped his hands together. "All right everyone, today were going to have our first challenge right after breakfast. To lead you there we’re going to do a little filming first. In a minute, I'm going to come in and tell you we’re going to have a challenge today. When I ask you a question just say yes. When I ask are you ready, cheer. Everyone got that?"

There were choruses of yeses and ‘got it’. Martin left the room. The cameraman came in. Alec tried to ignore them as they moved around the tables. Martin ran into the room and clapped his hands together.

"Good morning everyone. Did you all sleep well?"

Just about everyone answered simultaneously with a loud yes. "Good good. I hope you're enjoying your breakfasts because you're gonna need that energy for today's challenge. What is it you ask? Well, have you ever seen the statues of these guys before?"

As Martin spoke an image appeared on the wall. It was three statues of monkeys. One had his ears covered, the other had his eyes covered and the third had its mouth covered. "Speak no evil, hear no evil and see no evil. Well you're all going to get your chance to do a pretty good imitation of it today. Only thing is there are four of you so what should we do with the fourth? Well you'll see when you get there. Finish up and then we can all head out. Are you already Battle Boys?"

"Yeah!" Alec said raising one hand which still had a spoon in it.

"All right!" Martin shouted. There was a long moment of silence. "Guys I think we got that one in one take." Martin walked out of the room and the cameraman followed.

"You know," Max started. "If we don't win, putting up with this might become annoying."

"He's trying too hard." Alec added.

"Yeah, but all game show hosts are stupid." Kevin added.

Alec thought about it for a minute. "It is kinda strange the whole setup. I mean why only boys?"

"Maybe they were scared about having boys and girls together." Isaac said.

Alec shook his head. "No, they could have separated us by Boys and Girls not teams."

"Maybe, but why separate us by teams anyways?" Kevin asked. "They could've put us in like one big room."

Isaac laughed. "Well, they wanted to create competition so they separated us into teams. They couldn't intermix boys and girls so they stuck with boys. Maybe there will be a spinoff: Battle Girls!"

Alec wasn't sure why but he joined in with the laughter.

It took them about 10 minutes to walk to their destination after breakfast. They saw where they were headed before getting there though. In an open field, there was a large blue structure of some sort. As they got closer they could tell it was inflated. When they got there the rules were explained to them. The team had to go into the maze where they would have to overcome several obstacles. Each team would be timed and the team with the lowest time would receive five points. Second place three and third place only one point. There were no points for last.

The complication was that one of them would have to wear a pair of blackout goggles the entire time while another would wear headsets that blocked out sound. The third had to wear a mask which meant he couldn't talk. The fourth member of the team would be strapped into a stretcher and have to be carried by to rest of the other team. The stretcher wasn't like a regular one though. There was lots of padding so even if it rolled over it didn't look like the person inside would be hurt. Alec tested the weight they were given and it was fairly light.

"Okay, how should we work this out, guys?" Max asked.

"I'm probably weighing the least." Isaac offered.

"How much do you weigh?" Kevin asked.

"82 pounds." Isaac answered.

Kevin nodded. "Okay I'm in the 90s."

"All right Isaac on the stretcher," Alec started. "Anyone want to volunteer for anything else?"

"Well you and I should carry the stretcher. Kevin can run ahead and tell us which way to go." Max answered.

"So one of us will wear the goggles and the other will be silent," Alec deducted. "I guess I can be-"

"That's the wrong decision." Isaac said cutting him off. "I agree you two should carry me, but Kevin won't need to talk to work out a few simple hand signals. One of you should wear the goggles and the other should be the silent one. The one person should be in the back so all he has to do is worry about his walking. Max should be in the back, we’ll be up front."

Everyone looked at Isaac, wondering why he wasn't looking at any of them. "And how did you come up with that?" Alec asked.

Isaac shrugged as he looked up at him. "Max looks a little stronger than you and I would prefer to have my feet propped rather than my head. If you carry me the other way around I get motion sickness." He smiled. "I don't think anyone wants that."

They were not the first or second team to go through. They were told to sit in groups and not interact with each other. None of them had a watch or a phone so there was no way to tell how long everyone was taking. Alec tried to count the minutes in his head, but it became boring. The red team had been first to go through, the Green team were in there now. So he turned his attention to size up the Orange team.

They didn't seem to be talking as a group so he guessed they already had their plan set up. He knew they had to be the same ages as his teammates were, but they all looked a bit bigger than theirs. Kevin and Isaac were on the smaller side. They appeared to be on the larger side for their ages. He wondered how the show came up with the teams. Would there be challenges were smaller teammates would be an advantage? What would the other challenges be like?

"Blue team you are up." Martin called out.

The blue team climbed to their feet and made their way to a curtain. They were given helmets to wear. Isaac didn't seem to be thrilled either about the helmet or being strapped into the stretcher. Both would probably mess up his hair somewhat. The straps went across his ankles, midsection and then across his chest. When Alec put on the headsets, the world went completely silent. He supposed he was better off than Max though.

Martin stood in front of the entrance and then lowered his hand signaling they could go. Without thinking Alec started forward but Max didn't so, the stretcher didn't move. Alec stopped just as Max started moving and the stretcher bumped into Alec. "Stop!" Alec paused a second. "Okay were starting on three 1...2...3. Left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot."

They continued on for several feet before there was a split in the maze. Kevin signalled for them to stop before darting one way and then the next. He told them to go right and Alec saw what the hand signals meant. They ended up making several turns and sometimes Kevin would disappear for what seemed like a minute before coming back. They never ran into a dead-end.

After about the fifth turn they found themselves in a little space with a barrier about as high as Alec's hip. Kevin was able to slide over it but it took some fumbling around to get the stretcher over it. After that there was a section of the maze that was covered and it was hard to see where they were going. Max probably didn't even notice the difference though. The last major obstacle was a small tunnel section where they all had to crawl under it and pull the stretcher behind them. That’s where they lost most time, but then they were out and they saw an oversized clock indicating the run had taken 12 minutes and 31 seconds. As Alec was helping Isaac out of the stretcher, he noticed that a cameraman had been following them the entire time. He hadn't noticed before. They were immediately pulled over for interviews to ask them how they had come up with what they had done and so on.

The Orange team may have been bigger but it definitely took them longer. That could have just been Alec’s interpretation. Martin came around the maze minutes later and brought them all together.

"Okay here's how it's going to go. I'm going to read all the times. Fourth-place followed by third-place than first and finally second. We’re mixing it up with a little dramatic tension. Okay everyone get ready."

"Have you noticed he's been telling us the same thing again and again?" Max asked.

"He thinks were stupid." Isaac answered.

Somebody started the countdown and the conversation died. Martin jumped into an action stance. "Now that was exciting. Our teams don't know how well they did though so let's review." Martin paused for an extraordinary long time before continuing. "Now in fourth place with a time of 21 minutes and 10 seconds we have the Green team." Martin paused again for a few seconds. "Now in third place we have the Red team at 15 minutes and 38 seconds." Alec applauded politely mostly because of Sam. "Now, in first place with 11 minutes and 56 seconds the Orange team!" The Orange team jumped up and down at the news patting each other on the back. Almost as an afterthought Martin added. "The Blue team finished with 12 minutes and 31 seconds."

Alec applauded, but he felt a bit let down. It had been a close call but still a loss. Less than 40 seconds of difference. Where could they have made up the time? He was trying to think about it and didn't realize Martin was still talking.

"All right boys you all did really well today. As a reward I want to show you one last thing. You all follow me." Somebody shouted cut they did it all again.

They made their way back to where they were staying and this time there were taken out back. Yesterday Alec had noticed a large barn when they did interviews but didn’t think much of it. Now Martin brought them to it and with camera filming, they endure a long speech before pushing the door open.

The inside had been redone. The floor was carpeted but the really cool thing was the amount of stuff inside. There was a big-screen TV with an Xbox one hooked up to it, an air hockey table, other games and a climbing wall. Martin said they could have their downtime here and they all headed inside.

Alec wandered around the game room. He climbed the wall, participated in a tournament with the Xbox and met the other contestants. When he wandered up to the air hockey table, there were two twelve-year-olds playing. One boy he remembered, Scott a redhead and the other was Tyree a black boy who had most of his hair shaved except for the stuff on the very top. Sam was standing off to the side watching the game.

"Do you play the winner?" He asked approaching Sam.

Sam glanced at him. "No, I'm just watching."

"Hey guys can I play the winner?" Alec called out.

Tyree who was in the lead smacked the puck across the table. "You can have the table. Last of five."

"You want to play then?" He asked Sam.

"Sure, do you want to place a bet on the outcome?" Sam grinned.

Alec smiled. "You know I go to this place called Dave and Busters a lot, you're going to get your butt kicked."

 "Yeah, well I got one this size in my basement. I'm a master."

"You have one of these in your basement?"

"Yeah, what do you think I had, ping-pong?"

"Ping-pong?" Alec echoed confused. "There’s a ping-pong table there if you want to play that. I'm no good at it though."

Sam shrugged. "No, I’m really bad at ping-pong. It's just a thing."

"I don't get it."

Sam hesitated long enough that Alec wasn't sure if he was going to say something. "There's a stereotype that Chinese people are good at ping-pong, that's because they kick ass in the Olympics. Thing is I'm not Chinese but that doesn't stop people from assuming. It kinda ticks me off."

"Oh, sorry to hear that. What is your heritage?"

"I'm an American. Technically both of my parents are Japanese, but ethnically my mother comes from a group of Koreans that live in Japan. So it's a little complicated."

"I'm American. My parents are American. After that it gets a little complicated like one quarter Norwegian, Dutch and like half Irish or something. I'm not good at fractions."

Sam laughed but it sounded forced. "So what should we bet? Winner gets a blow job?"

Alec knew it was supposed to be a joke, but he chose to take it seriously. "Reasonable terms."

"What?" Sam laughed nervously.

"Winner gets a blow job from the loser sounds good."

"That was a joke." Sam blurted out.

"I know."

Sam was silent for a few seconds. Alec wondered if he might've stepped over the line. Then Sam spoke. "You ever, you know?"

"Yeah."

"Oh."

"We can bet desserts again." Alec offered.

Sam was quiet for a few seconds. "No, let's do it."

Alec smiled to himself and considered throwing the game. Tyree and Scott left the bench to the side and reset the scoring. Alec shot first. Sam smashed it back Alec wasn't able to hit it before it bounced off the back wall just missing the goal. He stopped the puck and lined up his shot. It hit the wall on his side shot across the table and then hit Sam's paddle only to have it go backwards into the goal.

"One zip." Alec shouted.

Sam quickly recovered the puck and shot the puck across the table while Alec still had his hands in the air. "It's tied!"

Any chance Alec had of deliberately throwing the game was lost after that. Scott and Tyree's game was tame in comparison. The puck shot back and forth becoming a blur of black rubber. Sam scored again but Alec answered that point with one of his own. A few other people came around to watch. They both were sweating and the puck flew off the table more than once. In the end the score was 5 to 3 for Alec.

Sam bowed his head as he repatriated the puck one last time and tossed it on the table. "The tables free." Sam said walking off.

Two other boys grabbed it. Alec caught up to Sam. "Hey Sam, you don't have to, you know. I'm okay with it."

Sam was silent for a few seconds and shook his head. "A bet is a bet."

"Okay, but I want to give you a blow job in return." He smiled and slowly Sam smiled back.

Without saying when they walked back to the main building. They paused at the top of the stairs unsure if they should go to the red room or the blue. Alec settled the question by walking towards the blue door and Sam followed. When Alec opened the door, he paused not hearing anything and walked inside. "Come on my room."

Sam followed behind looking around. "So this is enemy territory."

"Yeah, I'm keeping an eye on you so you don't find out our secrets."

They walked into his room and Alec started to pull off his shirt. "What are you doing?" Sam asked.

Alec shrugged and tossed his shirt on the table. "It's a lot more comfortable when you're naked. Wear as much or as little as you want."

Sam hesitated but then pulled off his shirt and kicked off his shoes. Alec stripped down until he was wearing nothing but Sam stopped when his boxers were still on. "I've never been naked in front of someone before."

"Really, never?"

"Not like this."

Alec crossed his arms in no way attempting to hide his growing erection. "Well I could do with those still on."

Sam seemed to give it some thought and then reached down and pulled his boxers down. His penis was soft, but what really drew Alec's attention was his pubic hair. It looked like it had been trimmed. His pubes were wild and unkempt in comparison. "Did you cut your bush?"

Sam shrugged, obviously resisting the urge to cover up. "If I don't cut if when I sweat it kinda smells."

"Oh, I guess we should get to it then. You want to go first?"

"Yeah, how should I do it?"

Alec grabbed a pillow and dropped it on the floor. He then sat on the bed and spread his legs wide. Sam slowly approached got down on his knees using the pillow as a pad. "Any advice?"

"Yeah, put your hand here and pull back the skin like this. Then you can do anything you want. Lick, suck, kiss, it's all good just watch out for your teeth."

Sam nodded, reached out and replaced Alec’s hand with his own. Squeezing very gently Alec's foreskin, he stared at it for one second before leaning in kissing the very tip. He quickly pulled away and chuckled. "So weird."

"It's okay. Give yourself time."

After a few more seconds Sam went back to it carefully looking at Alec's exposed glans. Alec found himself smiling and closed his eyes to enjoy the sensation. Sam's tongue seemed a bit dry, but that just caused it to stick a bit longer and his licks were a little more forceful. Sam's hesitation seemed to fade away. He never got beyond the tip but to Alec that was the most sensitive spot anyways. He began to feel his orgasm build up and for a brief second considered coming into Sam’s mouth or at least on his face. He thought that would be sexy, but instead he pulled back saying he was about to cum and finished himself off with his own hand. It seemed a bit stronger than usual; his come shot out like a foundation, up into the air before splashing back down onto his stomach. Sam had scooted back so he got none on him.

"Wow! You always do that?" Sam asked.

"No. It's just better with a partner." Alec said catching his breath. He rolled off the bed careful not to get any of the cum on it and walked to the bathroom. He wiped himself off with toilet paper but didn't bring any back with him. He didn't intend to let Sam spill a drop.

They switched places and to Alec's surprise Sam was already semi-hard. Using his hands he brought his friend up to full mast and then peeled back his foreskin. Sam was definitely smaller than he was, but that just meant he was able to get half of his erection into his mouth with the tip resting comfortably on his tongue. He then sucked out as much air as he could to bring the walls of his cheeks closer to encompass the erection. He slowly sucked letting a little air out, squeezing the erection on all sides.

Sam's feet tensed as did his hands. The younger boy was clearly trying to stay still but his limbs wanted to flail. He felt Sam pull back and he let the erection slide a little out of his mouth. Then almost without warning Sam fired his load. He let out a little moan and fell back on the bed as Alec released him once he knew there was no more to come. Swallowing the load in his mouth he slowly stood up.

"Did you like it?"

Sam laughed. "Oh, yeah." He took several deep breaths. "Sorry for not pulling out, I... I meant too."

Alec smiled. "I didn't want you too."

Sam took a few minutes to recover and then both got dressed. He showed Sam out of his room before remembering he had left the pillow on the floor and went back to get it. When he left the room for the second time, he froze as Isaac was standing in the hallway.

Isaac gave him a glance and a small smile. "Well, that was interesting." Without saying another word Isaac left the room and Alec stood there stunned.