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Duncan was a two steps ahead of Oscar when they crossed the first doorsill. That didn't last too long though, because as soon as they were out of eyesight from their spectators, a hand wrapped into the collar of his shirt and he was yanked forcefully backwards.
With a shocked 'OOMPH' he regained his footing and decided that if the water creature played it dirty, he could very well play it dirty too.
He reached the stairs about half a floor after Oscar.
There was only one thing to do.
-Take shortcuts.
He took two steps down the stairs, grabbed the railing, jumped over it and landed just behind the SEAL. He repeated the steps and went past Oscar.
He heard something cussed out behind him as he continued to take the stairs half a floor at a time. It sounded like something like 'Damn unit monkey! Jumping around like some crazy idiot!'
Duncan grinned as he realized he was getting a solid lead.
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Oscar was about ready to admit that he might lose when he watched Duncan crash into a trolley, tipping both it and himself over in the process. Okay, he still had a fair chance.
He passed the Delta and let out a triumphant laugh, laughing even louder when he heard the delta first excuse himself to the person who had wheeled the trolley, before he spit out an insult towards Oscar.
He sprinted all his legs would carry him. He wanted to put as much distance between him and Duncan as possible. He wanted to win, and he wanted to win by a great amount too.
He failed to notice the 'wet floor' sign. He wouldn't have to be fluent in the language to know what the yellow sign meant, if he had only seen it.
He slipped and skidded on his back, angrily watching as Duncan skidded past him still on his feet.
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He had hastily helped the orderly get the trolley back on its wheels before he took off again. He knew he had to push himself to close the gap that had formed between him and the SEAL.
He switched into the gear that Coop had labeled 'impossible to keep up with' and did his best.
It was like a gift from above when he saw the SEAL go down five feet past a yellow sign that informed everyone seeing it that the floor ahead would be wet, and slippery.
Dunc bet that his boots would be equally as slippery on the surface as the SEAL's had been, and pushed on the last few strides until where he saw the floor was wet.
Then he slid away on his feet, like in his childhood winter days back in Chicago. Whenever he or one of his buddies found a patch of ice they used it to slide on.
He whooped as he passed the SEAL, who looked like he was getting angrier. Not that Duncan cared, he was going to win this one.
He suddenly reached dry tiles and his arms flailed as he had to take two or three uncoordinated steps to keep from falling over. He regained his balance and picked up speed.
He saw a bed being rolled out of a room. It was empty. He ran a little faster to time a kong vault before the person rolling the bed came blocked him instead of the bed.
He launched himself forward, his hands connecting with the railing of the bed, he pushed off with his hands before he tucked his legs good, realized he wouldn't land it without a tuck and roll.
As he landed, rolled and continued running he heard a sharp, shocked gasp from the person rolling the bed. He tossed an excuse over his shoulder, but didn't stop.
Behind him he heard as Oscar had to make a full stop as he bed rolled by, he grinned.
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Allie grinned as she saw Duncan come into view first, she liked that her team were in the lead. It was her team, Cooper was on it.
And then, 30 feet after Duncan, the SEAL guy came into view.
She handed the first cup to Duncan, and prepared to give the other one to the SEAL guy. That thought almost changed as she saw the SEAL guy extend his arm and Duncan running straight into it, effectively taking him down.
But to her surprise, Dunc must've expected something like that, because he managed to twist around mid-air and hook one of the SEAL's legs, taking him down as well.
Her guy quickly got to his feet by doing a kip-up, while the SEAL spent a little extra time getting his bearings and getting back up. By then Duncan had already rounded the corner once again and were off towards the finish line.
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"We are so going to win this…" Greg grinned, "You guys don't have a chance."
"Oh, dream on…" Coop flashed a smile as he looked over towards the SEALs, "Our guy is fast."
"Oscar had the company record for three years…" Greg shrugged.
"That's just because he didn't go up against any Delta's there…" Pete grinned wide, "Dunc's good…"
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Oscar managed to run fast enough to get eyes on Duncan before they reached the stairs again. But he had to admit, the heat and the damn obstacle course of a hospital was starting to get to him. Hopefully the same went for the other guy.
Once he dodged into the stairwell, he caught a glimpse of Duncan's foot just as the Delta was about to reach the platform above him. The other guy was in the lead by one floor.
He started rushing up the stairs, taking them two at a time. But he didn't close in on Duncan at all, if anything he was sagging behind.
He heard a door being thorn open, and instinctively knew that Duncan had made it to the floor they had started on. That was almost two floors up.
He cussed as he tried to push himself further, but there just wasn't more. Somehow it felt like the fall from when he tried to take Dunc down and Dunc had taken him down in return, had caused his muscles to start stiffening up. He was in lactic acid hell right now.
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Kyle stood up as he heard determined running footfalls come from the hallway outside the room. He needed to see who was in the lead. He surely hoped it would be Oscar. They couldn't lose to the damn Delta's. That would be a tough one to swallow.
He couldn't hide his disappointment as he saw the wrong guy sprinting down the hallway towards them.
He had abandoned all hope when the guy suddenly looked like he was struck by something and both him and an unopened packet of cast fell to the floor for a couple of confused seconds as Oscar came up from behind.
They were about side by side by the time Duncan had regained his footing.
It was going to be close. Real close.
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Duncan's shin impacted with something and he made a nosedive, tucking and rolling out of instinct. He wasn't sure of what he had run into before he heard the triumphant whoop coming from the SEALs. Oscar had probably managed to trip him with his own leg, while running.
Dunc wasn't even mad, he was borderline impressed. If Oscar had managed that without taking a dive himself, he almost deserved winning.
Almost.
But he needed for their team to get their revenge.
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The SEAL team wasn't all finished celebrating and gloating when Allie made it back up to them. She didn't bother to hide that she much rather would have liked to see the Delta's win, but she figured they always could beat the SEALs in some other competition. Running wasn't the only possible competition.
"I take it the Theo's team won…" she sighed as she stopped by the foot end of Coop's bed.
"Yup…" most of the Delta's answered in unison.
"Well, Dunc had a good lead when he retrieved the cup…"
"He had a good lead here too…" Jack shrugged, "But Oscar was like a damn sniper with a roll of cast, and then he tripped him right before the finish line…"
"Hey, we all agreed there weren't any rules…" Oscar grinned.
"Yeah, but in speed alone, I think Dunc might've won…" Cooper shrugged.
"You guys want a re-match?" Ben teased.
"No…" Duncan shook his head, "Maybe if someone else run, I'm pretty sure the nurses and Doctors, and especially the orderlies are going to start throwing stuff after me if I run that race again."
"Yeah, that's probably true…" Oscar nodded, "So? Anyone else up for a run?"
"You could pick something else to compete about…" Theo offered, "Standing jump or something…"
"Standing jump could be fun…" Allan shrugged, pretty much knowing that he would get picked to represent the SEALs if they decided on jumping.
"Yeah…" Pete agreed, "but our best jumper is sidelined…"
"You can't mean Jack is the best of you?"
"No… No he isn't…" Pete almost laughed, "The tall, blond Californian is…"
"Well… It's only his hand that's injured right? Don't need that to jump…" Ben shrugged.
"Ben. If I could, I WOULD kick you right now…" Theo scowled over at his leader, "That guy was closer to dying than I was, I think…"
"Really?"
Coop shrugged, "Caught some nasty infection… Still not sure if I'm ready for being completely vertical…"
"To put it like this, the nurses haven't even tried getting him to test the floor…" Theo cleared up, "He's not jumping, and you don't get to give him shit about it either."
"Making friends are we?" Ben smirked over at Theo, "With Delta's? I thought you at least had some standards."
"Well, except for being a Delta, and thinking that Klamath is better than Adin, he's alright…" Theo chuckled, "Not his fault he doesn't have the wits to choose SEAL over Delta…"
"Chose Delta because it's the best…" Coop chuckled, "It's you who has got that thing ass backwards…"
"Yeah? Right…" Theo chuckled, obviously not agreeing.
"So… Jumping? Is that going to happen or not?" Allan prompted.
"Oh, it's gonna happen…" Boxer nodded, "Anyone else volunteer? Or do I have to go ahead or take that challenge myself?"
"I can take this one too…" Duncan shrugged.
"Box is actually pretty good at jumping…" Jack shrugged.
"But if he volunteers, I'm pretty sure he could beat me…" Box shrugged, "Maybe even that SEAL could beat me… I mean, like these young ones often tries to point out to us, we're gettin' older…"
"You sure you want to jump too?"
"Hey, gotta get my revenge, right?"
"Okay." Jack nodded, "You're up!"
"Are we doing standing landings or not?" Kyle asked, looking at the older men.
"Dunno…" Boxer shrugged, "What do you guys think?"
Most of the men shrugged their shoulders.
"I've got a suggestion…" Oscar started, "How about we aim for a standing landing, but the ones jumping are allowed to touch their hands to the ground. Just not… Land on their asses."
Duncan shrugged, "Sounds good."
"Yeah…" Allan agreed.
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Allan had been right, he ended up being chosen for the jump. They had agreed on five jumps each, and whoever had the longest jump would win.
They were on the 4th jump now, and he was currently leading by almost six inches. But he had a nagging suspicion that the Delta was only playing with him, that he was restraining himself.
He swung his arms and tried to imagine the place he wanted to land, a foot past the longest jump he had made yet. He knew he probably wouldn't manage that, but he did have a chance of eating a few more inches. As his arms pendulumed past his body the fourth time he gave it all he had. He managed to get another inch on the previous best jump. And yelled triumphantly as he stood back up from correcting his balance.
"Oooh… Scary…" the guy he was competing against joked, and Allan's feeling of being played with intensified, "I can't understand how anyone could possibly beat that…"
Yeah, that feeling was growing stronger.
"I'll just have to do my best…" Duncan smirked and offered a wink before he walked up to the seam they used to jump from.
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"Come on Dunc! You've got this!" Cooper cheered, "leave him in the dust!"
Duncan did the same as Allan had done, he swung his arms a couple of times, zeroed in on a spot he wanted to land on and once he was content with the timing of his movements he leaped.
He landed well, but had to put one hand down to avoid taking a nosedive. Once he stood back up, he provided the widest and cheesiest grin he could as he pointed to the pack of cigarettes that was the SEALs marker, it was a good five inches behind either of his heels.
"Does this mean I'm in the lead or nah?" He was really satisfied with the collective groan coming from the other team as Pete hurried to place Boxer's Zippo lighter as a marker for where Dunc had landed.
Duncan let out a short thriumphant laugh and clapped his hands together as he got out of the way for Allan's last try. The best part was that he knew he could jump at least a little further without too much hassle, he had tried jumping against Cooper for years now, always annoyed when the heavier, but admittedly taller and stronger, man won way too often.
Boredom had to be killed any which way they could kill it after all.
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Allan couldn't believe it when he actually managed to pass Dunc's marker by half an inch. It wasn't much, but if the Delta didn't ace his last jump it would be enough to bring the win home to his SEAL team.
He threw a hand in the air, showing his excitement.
"Cheer all you want…" Duncan shrugged nonchalantly, "I'm pretty sure you just lost…"
Allan frowned as Duncan once again walked up to the seam in the floor. And then four seconds later jumped at least six inches past where their cigarette pack laid, with what looked like way too much ease.
"Yup…" Duncan nodded matter-of-factly, "You walruses lost."
"Did he just…"
"Let it go Greg… Let it go…" Kyle sighed as he placed one hand on Greg's shoulder to ground him and keep him from going after the Delta who obviously thought his job was being a comedian.
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"Okay, what's next?" Ben huffed, "Next challenge, I really want to beat your asses again."
"Oh, you're gonna fail, bud…" Jack grinned, "Anyone got any ideas?"
"Handstands?" Pete suggested straight away.
"No… That's boring…" Boxer drawled, "But, we could check which of us can walk the furthest on our hands…"
"I really wouldn't advice you to do handstands, or walk on your hands in a hospital…" Allie shuddered with a disgusted frown, before she looked at Dunc and Allan, "And you two should probably go wash your hands…"
"Okay…" Jack shrugged, "First task, acquire a pair of gloves… Then we could have that upside-down race… What do you guys say?"
Ben looked at his guys, all of them giving small nods, before Ben answered for all of them. "Okay, sounds good. But how about we put a twist on this one…"
"How?"
"Two from each team. The one that makes it longest wins even if the other one on the team only made it three feet."
"Yeah. Sure…" Boxer nodded, "Pete, you in?"
"Hell yeah…" Pete grinned.
"So… Who's your other competitor?" Ben asked, looking over the opposing group.
"I am…" Boxer drawled like it was the most obvious thing in the world, "Now you… Choose your guys…"
"Volunteers?" Ben turned and asked as soon as his surprised expression faded.
"Well, for once there's a thing that looks like it's safe to volunteer for…" Greg shrugged, "I'm in…"
"Yeah, me too…" Oscar nodded.
"Okay…" Ben nodded and turned towards the Delta's again, "Greg and Oscar. But you know you've got like, ten years, on the oldest one you're up against Tex?"
"Yeah." Box smirked.
Okay, that's today's chapter. Hope you're enjoying this…