The gunner guy becomes alert of my presence and raises his handgun at me. Goosebumps rise quickly from my back and I know if I don’t move now, I’ll be dead. I jump forward just a second before gunshot echo in the area. I roll on the ground again and land in front of the field’s broken fence door. Now I’ve landed in a more dangerous spot. Because I’m closer the gunner’s line of fire. But so does him in mine. I can have a clear shot from here. A pity I can’t kill him, but I can still stun him a little. I point my gun to the gunner’s hand and pull the trigger. The bullet hits his hand and it made him drop the gun. I immediately run close and take it from him, then I dodge to the side as he tries to grab me. I know it was a very risky move. But I’d rather have bruises from close encounters rather than being shot while I was running. It won’t be very convenient for the mission. I stand up and point the guns at them and grin. “Let’s go for a run, eh, mofos?!” I pull the trigger and sh
“TERRENCE!” She screams at the same time as Ozzie’s ding. I don’t get to check the points because she grabs and shakes me back and forth. “WHAT DID YOU DO?!” “N-NOTHING!” I raise my voice to make it seem like I’m also panicking. “WHAT DID YOU DO?!!” She screams at me again with more intensive shakes. “I-It slipped from my hands! I SWEAR! Ugh—” I’m starting to get dizzy from her shaking, not going to lie. That ‘ugh’ in the end is honest from the bottom of my throat. “I think I’m gonna puke…” Her face twitches from anger to worry, and then to annoyance. She doesn’t look like she’s done with me, but maybe she can see the paleness in my face, because eventually she lets me go. I immediately move to the side and let rainbow flows from my mouth. I think adrenaline from the chase finally gets me with all that shaking. But it’s worth it because my points are now 5/27. I take out my water bottle and gargle some water to wash the foul taste from my mouth. Then I return to her folding a clo
My point hasn’t gone up, which means that just beating them isn’t enough. So I go to the restroom. There is a staff card right outside the door. It should belong to the guy hiding inside, so I take it. I remember the door is locked from the inside, so I don’t bother knocking and just kick the door open. “Terrace cadet on site! We are rescuing the workers! Is there anyone here?!” I shouted. There is no answer, but I know he’s in one of the stalls. So I shout again. “Is there anyone in this restroom?! Please answer me!” Still, no answer. Alright, last straw. “Terrace, come in. Cadet reporting. There is no one in the 5th floor—” “I’M HERE!!” The last stall suddenly slammed open and a man comes out of it. “I-I’m here…” I smile and show him his Staff ID card. “Mr. Shawn?” The man nods. “Are you really from the Orion Terrace?” When I show him my Arrow and uniform, he’s finally convinced. We exit the restroom and this Mr. Shawn almost didn’t want to go because he’s too afraid of ste
The first scene that plays in front of us is a gunshot sound and a wounded cadet crawling towards us. The cadet, who is my classmate Greg, is looking pretty worn. His eyes are wide open with shock, his suit is tattered, and he also has blood on him. When the cadet sees us, he immediately shouts for help. “Help! It’s a gunner!” More gunshots echo from the hallway behind him, also screams. We immediately pull him to us to get him out of the line of fire. “Treat him, I’ll buy time.” Jake said. But I stop him. “It’s a gunner and you’re a batter. You can’t fight him. I’ll go.” I crawl to the edge and I thought he doesn’t have any comments, but he protests right after I took position to take vision. “You have never fought these guys before. You’ll get shot!” “Do you want to get shot instead?” I glance at him. He doesn’t retaliate. Good. I don’t want him too. It’s troublesome to argue and a waste of time. Besides, I need to work a little bit creative here to rescue the people in this f
She’s glaring at me so intensely that I can’t help but stare at her in complete confusion. “What?” I said. I kinda have a feeling that she’s angry about something. But I don’t know why. ‘Did I miss something? But my points have gone up. So it should be fine, right?’ Then she approaches me in wide strides, but Jake immediately stands between us. “No, no, Amy!” Jake said. “But he’s—!” “We’re still on a mission. If you have anything against him, put it in the report.” Jake said. Oh yeah, her name’s Amy. And she goes back to glaring at me. “Just what is her problem…?” I mumble. Jake seems to hear what I’ve just said, because he turns around and whisper to me to be quiet. And I do just that. But it’s only because I don’t really want to waste my energy on her either. ‘Haa… I wish the hoverboard is faster…’ I was just wondering about that, but thankfully, it comes just a few seconds later. The tight atmosphere turns lighter immediately because we have to help the workers get on it
At the North Team’s Captain Base a few moments ago… The Operator Team receives a wave from the Headquarters. “Nat! We got a call from the HQ!” Sheena said. She is a fourth-year who is operating the communication in the North Base. Natalie, the captain of the North Team who is examining purple crystal fragments, immediately comes over to the computer. “Put us through.” The other operator, Kal, also a fourth-year, inserts the speaker cables into the computers. Then Sheena presses a button and a small yellow square lights up on Sheena’s screen. “The Captain is present. Over.” There is a sound wave and a voice speaks through the speaker in a slight grunge-like effect. “North Team. Communication has been cut off from the other three towers. But your wave is still able to come through. How can this happen?” Natalie presses a button to reply. “North Team Captain reporting in. We have found two mysterious, yet similar, devices that we accidentally destroyed. It holds this specific kind
I push the emergency door open with the man’s help. This one is rather heavy unlike the other floors which are either already open or only needing a slight push. If they really put the Connector crystal in this floor, then it would make sense if they even make the emergency door sturdier than the others. I keep this detail in the back of my mind before I peek inside. There’s no one here and the place seems untouched. But I already know that. Still, I have to pretend I don’t to avoid suspicion. “Stay here.” I told him as I pull my gun from the holster. “Are you sure?” The man asked. “Yeah. I’ll come back when it’s safe.” “Be careful.” He said as I enter. I walk calmly with my gun drawn, but as soon as I turn the corner, I run. I keep it lightly though, because it might echo in the hallway and gives the wrong signal. I make my way exactly like in my memories, and I eventually reach the Control Room. Well, only in front of it. There is another room inside this one that houses the Co
When Terrence escorts the technician to the 10th floor, four 3rd year students arrive in the back entrance of the North Tower. They are the ones ordered by the Captain to split up from the Base and join the ones in the Tower. “Huh? Where are the seniors paired up with you? Shouldn’t you guys be at the base and guard the citizens?” A senior approaches them. “The Captain told us to come here and relay a new command.” One of the juniors said urgently. A junior approaches. “Why can’t she relay through Arrow?” “The Base is being moved and there’s news that many terrorists are coming here soon. She wants you to move inside the Tower for protection.” The junior and senior receiving the news jolts in surprise. “W-What?! More—” Before the two could scream, the others cover their mouth. “Shh!” “The captain wants to keep this between the cadets. She doesn’t want to cause panic among the rescued citizens here.” The five of them looked over to the citizens who are sitting on the ground with