No one had expected the race to end so quickly—not even Pietro himself.
Pietro had set off full of confidence in the "Behemoth Combat Suit" he'd dreamed of wearing. When he returned, he was clutching a note Alvin had left at the dessert shop.
As Pietro sprinted back from the dessert shop, he still felt like Alvin had tricked him with some kind of magic.
The kids from Hell's Kitchen had one good quality: when they got hit, they stood up straight and took it. Whether they'd make the same mistake again was a problem for another day.
Pietro just wanted to know what he'd done wrong this time. He absolutely refused to believe Alvin could run faster than he could.
He'd "led" the whole way to the dessert shop, only to find a note waiting for him. There had to be something wrong with that!
When Pietro got back, he found that everyone had already finished their dessert mousse.
Alvin was holding Little Ginny, whose hair was styled to look like she'd just weathered a windstorm, and was "comforting" the idiots who'd lost their money in the most vicious way possible.
With two huge, frozen snot bubbles hanging from her nose, Little Ginny proudly showed her friends her Sonic the Hedgehog hairstyle.
Worst of all, Bourne and Wanda were standing there too, looking at him with concern.
Nick, under the watchful eyes of everyone around him, was ready to make a run for it at any moment. He was the first to notice Pietro coming back.
To divert everyone's attention, Nick pointed at Pietro and said loudly, "Look, look! He's the real culprit behind your losses.
He must've taken a wrong turn..."
Zack grabbed Nick and Little Harry by the collars and said through gritted teeth, "You two little