Hunter
"Jake you're being too loud." Hunter hissed.
"I'm sorry, but Alexander is walking too slow!" Jake hissed.
"Don't blame this on me." Alexander frowned.
"He's right Jarret probably did something." Hunter snapped.
Jarret frowned. "I haven't said anything all day."
"Shut up!" Hunter yelled.
The four boys were stealthily (ish) following Lex and Faith. The duo was walking towards the apartment complex. They seemed convinced that somebody was near the collapsing buildings, and Hunter's team would be there when they were.
Jarret perked up. "When do we rush in?"
Hunter growled and turned to face the boy.
"Are you serious? Do you expect me to trust you to rush in the battle, after what you did? When it really counted you left your friends to die." Hunter scowled.
Jarret gulped and his already pale skin turned the color of snow.
"Please let me explain." Jarret stuttered.
"Explain how you're a little bitch?" Hunter snarled.
He wanted to pummel the boy. How could he be so selfish? Every day since the attack he thought of what would have happened if he did. The memories of the fight were carved into mind, creating scars in his memory. He saw Lex almost bleed to death. He saw Maryanne almost be suffocated.
Maybe if Jarret had been there to help things wouldn't have gotten that bad.
"Guys look they have the civilian," Alexander whispered.
The four boys turned to see Lex carrying an elderly woman on his shoulders. Faith walked behind them, bone blades growing out of her arms.
"The four of us can take them." Jake grinned.
"We need a strategy. Faith is great at combat and Lex's quirk is unpredictable." Alexander said.
Hunter grinned and turned to Jake. The boys both had the same idea.
"Let's go kick some ass!" Jake yelled.
Jake and Hunter jumped up from the bushes and charged towards Faith and Lex.
"Guys! We need a plan!" Alexander howled.
Hunter and Jake ignored him, adrenaline was running through their bodies and they were itching for a fight.
Faith and Lex turned to face the boys and growled. Faith turned to Lex. "Get her out of here! I'll handle these two."
Hunter smirked. "You couldn't take me on by yourself, you think you can take me on with Jake here?"
Faith grinned. "I learned some new tricks."
"We'll see about that," Hunter said.
Jake pounded his fists together and howled. His throat glowed with orange light, Faith growled and jumped in the air just as he fired an energy blast. Hunter grinned; this was his chance to strike. While she was in the air, he lunged towards the girl. He held out his paper hands and swung his fist through the air, hoping to cut the girl.
Faith grunted and thrust her body backward, landing out of his reach. Hunter snarled and charged again, Faith smirked as did a roundhouse kick. Hunter yelped in pain as her foot connected with his jaw. He felt a stinging sensation on his chin. He frowned and reached up to touch his face, blood was dripping down his neck.
He looked down and was surprised to see to a blade sticking out of her leg.
"You couldn't do that before." Hunter hissed.
Faith smiled. "Learn new things every day."
"How about this," Jake said.
Just as he said this his fist connected with the back of Faith's head. The girl yelped and collapsed to the floor.
She growled and swiped his foot, causing the boy to fall to the ground right next to her. She pounced on top of him and thrusted her bone blade towards his shoulder. Then suddenly a strong wind slammed into her, throwing her right off of Jake.
"What the hell was that?" Hunter asked.
He turned his head to see Jarret spinning around in a circle, a massive tornado forming around the boy.
"I'll be damned, that loser actually came in handy." Jake coughed.
"Don't thank him yet, we still need to get Lex," Hunter growled.
Lex
"I can't believe I went from soap operas to being a lousy prop for teenagers to use." The old woman complained.
Lex groaned as he carried the woman. She had been complaining ever since Lex and Faith found her. From what Lex gathered she wasn't really a victim; she was an actress hired by the school to pretend that she was in danger. Ever since they rescued her, she kept going on and on about how she was so close to her big break.
Something he found ironic, since the woman was pushing seventy.
A loud crash was heard, and the boy gulped. He hoped Faith could take them all on. Or at least hold them off till he reached the finish line. Lex tried taking another step but a strong gust of wind slammed into him, causing him and the old woman to collapse.
Lex grunted and sat up slowly. Why was everything spinning? Jarret! Lex pounced up and looked around. The old woman was gone. He turned and saw Alexander already helping her up and leading her away. Lex growled.
"Not so fast." He said.
He held out his hands and prepared to use his quirk when Jarret slammed into him, bring a ferocious tornado with him. The air pressure was so strong that the wind managed to knock the wind out of him. He hated irony. He coughed when he landed roughly.
"Sorry Lex, but I can't let you get them. I have too much riding on this. If we win, maybe Hunter will forgive me." Jarret pleaded.
Lex sighed. He felt bad for the boy. He seemed desperate to prove himself to Hunter. Lex tried not to hold a grudge against Jarret for leaving, but even he found it hard to look at the boy. If Lex wasn't on a team he would consider letting him win. However, he couldn't let the others down.
He glanced at Jarret and began to activate his quirk when Jarret quickly twirled in a circle. Another gust of wind slammed into Lex, distracting him. Lex grunted as he fell. How was he going to be able to fight the boy if he couldn't even concentrate long enough to use his quirk?
"Just stay down." Jarret pleaded.
Lex gulped and got back up. "Heroes don't stay down."
Jarret sighed and began to spin again, however, this time a loud explosion threw him off balance. The yelped as he fell the ground, his balance being completely thrown off. Lex raised an eyebrow and turned to see Fouzia and Sarah smirking at him.
"What did we miss?" Fouzia asked.
"Quick, stop Jarret!" Lex yelled.
Sarah grinned. "On it."
Jarret got up and prepared himself to do another spin, however, his movements were slow and rigid. Like he was trying to run through jello.
"I am on a roll today." Sarah chuckled.
"Where's the civilian?" Fouzia asked.
Lex sighed. "Alexander has her."
Fouzia gulped. It was probably hopeless at this point. Alexander was probably halfway there.
"There's still time we can find a new civilian." Fouzia reasoned.
"Are you two out of your fucking minds? After everything we've been through today, you want to give up? We didn't come here to lose, we came here to kick these privileged mother fucker's asses. Now I say it's about time we pick up our damn ovaries and get back in the game." Sarah hissed.
Lex chuckled. It wasn't a good motivational speech, but he appreciated the thought behind it.
"Alright, I'll pick up my metaphorical ovaries. Let's go catch Alexander and that old lady." Lex grinned.
"Leave that to us, you go help Faith fight those morons," Fouzia said.
She gestured to the are where grunting noises were coming from, they vaguely sounded like Faith punching someone.
"She's probably fine, but I'll go stand there for emotional support." Lex chuckled.
"Die Jake!" Faith yelled.
Lex raised an eyebrow. "And to make sure she doesn't end up sleeping in a prison cell."
"Come on Sarah we got his." Fouzia grinned.
The two girls took off in a sprint, following Alexander's trail. Lex smiled. It was nice to see the two girls bonding.
"I will cut you into thousands of pieces!" Faith yelled.
Lex sighed. "Faith I'm not cleaning the blood out of your clothes!" Lex warned.
He ran to the sound of the fighting with a smirk on his face.
Fouzia
"So will you be able to do this?" Sarah asked.
"What do you mean?" Fouzia asked.
Sarah raised an eyebrow. "I may be self-absorbed, but I'm not blind. I see the way you look at Alexander."
"I have no idea what you're referring to. Let's stop the chit chat, it's slowing us down." Fouzia said.
Sarah chuckled and the girls kept sprinting. They had to reach Alexander. Fouzia refused to let him win. Not that she would be entirely bothered if he did. It was just a test, it wasn't that serious. However, Fouzia couldn't help but wonder if she would feel the same way if it had been anybody else. Crap, Sarah was in her head now.
"Do you want to talk about Matt?" Fouzia asked.
Sarah's face fell. "Matt who? I don't know a Matt."
Fouzia smirked. "Good answer."
Sarah stopped suddenly. "I see him. I can spot that tacky blue hair anywhere."
Fouzia turned and saw Alexander running through the woods, with an old woman on his back. He looked incredibly heroic, something that Fouzia admired.
"Well, do you're freezing thing," Fouzia said.
"First of all, it's slow motion, second of all my quirk doesn't work on anything that's more than five meters away from me. Even if we got close enough, by the time we got further than five meters, he would be able to move at a normal rate. And I don't know how fast I can run with an old lady on my back." Sarah admitted.
Fouzia perked up. She had an idea.
"I'll create a wall," Fouzia said.
"What is this Minecraft?" Sarah sneered.
"How do you know Minecraft is? Aren't you a cheerleader?" Fouzia chuckled.
"That's not the point! Just tell me your battle strategy." Sarah hissed.
"I'll create a wall of flames to barricade him in. Then you slow him down, and jump through the flames." Fouzia said.
"I'm sorry did you just say jump through fire?" Sarah coughed.
Fouzia blushed. "No time to talk."
She held out her palms and closed her eyes. She needed intense concentration to pull this off. Her quirk allowed her to create cyclones of flames, trying to create a certain amount in a controlled environment like this was going to take focus. She grunted and tried to call on the heat inside of her.
Fouzia blasted the flames outwards, calling on them to circle around the trees. Flames and smoke surrounded the area, creating beautiful destruction. Alexander stopped suddenly, almost dropping the old woman.
He turned to face the girls.
"Surprise bitch." Sarah grinned.
Alexander gulped and kept running. Crap he was going to get too far away.
"Sarah catch him," Fouzia yelled.
Sarah groaned and ran after him. Fouzia grunted and tried to move the flames out of her way to create a path. Alexander was fast, he was leaping over her wall of flames with the grace of a ballerina. Sarah yelled in frustration and held in her palms in the air.
Just as Alexander jumped in the air, his body froze in midair. Sarah grinned and sprinted towards him, she jumped up and threw her body against his, knocking the boy and the old woman out of the air.
"Ow! You'll get points deducted for that." The old woman barked.
Sarah smirked as she helped the old woman up. "I've done worse."
As soon as Sarah placed the woman on her back she bolted, she turned back to Fouzia. "Fouzia now!"
Soon time caught up to Alexander, allowing the boy to get back up. Fouzia gulped, she was using to much heat, she was going to burn out. She yelled in pain and held her hands high above her head. The flames rose high to the sky, towering over Alexander.
Alexander stopped himself from running into the flames. He turned back to Fouzia.
"Nice trick." He sighed.
"Sorry, you won't be getting out of here, unless you don't mind being barbecued," Fouzia said.
Just as she said this a low rumble was heard. A loud voice was heard through the speakers.
"Congratulations to our first winning team. Lex Dayton aka Jinx, Faith Ritter aka Valora, Sarah Smith aka Stopwatch, and Fouzia Zambiea aka Cyclone!" Captain Cincinnati announced.
Fouzia sighed in relief. It was over. They won. She was worried that they wouldn't be able to do it. But they managed to actually work as a team in the end. She smiled and lifted down her wall of flames.
"You're letting me go?" Alexander asked.
Fouzia smiled. "Well we already won; it would just be mean to leave you here. Besides, there's still time for you to win."
Alexander laughed. "You're a good friend."
With that, he turned and ran in the opposite direction. Fouzia laughed weakly.
"Good friend." She mumbled to herself.
Aerolynn
Get back! Aerolynn groaned as she blasted the bright letters towards Maryanne. The girl yelped and covered her eyes. Aerolynn dove under the girl preparing to punch her, however, Maryanne was quicker and was already back in her water form. Her fist fell through the glob of water and the girl fell to the ground.
Aerolynn groaned and turned to Cleo. You could help.
"I've been hitting her with everything I got!" Cleo yelled.
Hit her harder. Scream louder.
Cleo grunted and turned to face Maryanne. "GIVE UP!" She yelled.
Her banshee shriek slammed was so loud it vibrated the air molecules in front of her. Aerolynn yelped and collapsed to the ground, a couple more of those screams and she was sure her brain would explode. She turned and saw Maryanne had turned herself into a puddle. Aerolynn groaned.
"Aerolynn look at out!" Cleo yelled.
Aerolynn looked up and was surprised to see Kevin flying. No falling. Falling right towards her. Aerolynn yelped and rolled out of the way just as the boy landed roughly on the beach. He landed on his feet like a cat. Aerolynn gulped when she looked at the boy. His veins were pitch black and blood dripped from his fangs.
It was just like when they fought in the arena. He howled when he looked at her. He licked his lips devilishly. Like a rabid dog on a piece on meat. Just as he was about to pounce a large figure tackled him.
"Sorry about that Aero, I kind of made Kevin go unhinged but I got in under control." Kaleb coughed.
"Oh my god, you're bleeding," Cleo said.
Aerolynn turned to look at Kaleb. Blood was dripping from his shoulder and stained his uniform. Kaleb laughed weakly.
"Nothing a band-aid can't fix." He coughed.
That optimism was going to get him killed.
Aerolynn turned and saw a water whip flying towards the boy. Kaleb duck!
The boy grunted and dropped to the floor, causing the whip to slam into Kevin, throwing the boy backward.
"Kevin!" Maryanne yelled.
The moment she took to check on her teammate was all Aerolynn needed. She sprinted towards the girl and held out her palms. GOTCHA! The bright letters blasted Maryanne in her face, causing the girl to yelp.
She only had a couple more seconds before Maryanne was no longer disoriented. She pulled her fist back and swung her fist towards the girl's jaw. Aerolynn grunted, her knuckles felt like they were on fire, but it was worth it when she saw Maryanne's head fly backward.
She collapsed to the ground with a thud. Causing Aerolynn to sigh in relief. Thank god.
"Two down one to go!" Kaleb grinned.
A hiss was heard causing the trio to turn to look at the ocean. Kevin slowly emerged from the water, anger displayed on his face.
"Fuck." Cleo coughed.
Victoria
Victoria was surprised by how strong Alice's grip was. Her fingers wouldn't budge from Victoria's throat no matter how times Victoria smashed her shadow hammer over the girl's head. She wasn't holding back. Good, then neither would Victoria.
Victoria closed her eyes and began to concentrate on the shadows around her. Chain. That was the one thought that filled her mind. The shadows wrapped around Alice's throat, and jerked her backward, yanking the girl off of Victoria.
Victoria smirked and got up. "Is that all you got?"
Alice growled and ripped the chain off of her neck. "You have no idea Crown."
"Alice help!" A voice called.
Alice and Victoria turned to see Kevin chasing Aerolynn, Cleo, and Kaleb. Blood dripping from his fangs. Alice rolled her eyes.
"He has enhanced senses!" She barked. "Jesus Cleo just scream at him!"
Victoria rolled her eyes. "Teammates."
"I prefer to work alone." Alice shrugged.
Victoria held out her hands, black mist swirling around her fingertips as she created a katana. She had to end this. She was spending so much time with Alice, she wouldn't be able to find the civilian. Maryanne was out and that just left Matt and Kevin. Matt was nowhere to be seen and Kevin was on a rampage. This was all on her.
"Bring it." Alice hissed.
Victoria charged and swung her blade at the girl, Alice however, was prepared she grabbed Victoria's wrist and flipped her. She yelped and landed on her feet gracefully. Suddenly she was glad her mom made her do all those cheerleading lessons.
Alice was a match for her in combat, she was going to need to outsmart her.
"Why don't you call on your clones?" Victoria asked.
Alice smirked and threw a punch towards Victoria's side. Victoria did a backflip, just out of the girl's reach.
"Now's not the time for chit chat." Alice sneered.
"They must not like you do they?" Victoria asked.
Alice froze briefly, that was all Victoria needed. She was starting to get in the girl's head.
"Aurelie's personalities each have a mind of their own. Meaning she can only call on them because they want to be with her. Given that fact you're kept a secret and that you haven't been called any of the others, proves that not only can you not control them, but they also don't want to be around you." Victoria said.
Alice grunted and threw another punch. "I'm not a psych patient for you to study."
Victoria grabbed her arm and thrusted her knee towards Alice's jaw. "Don't be ridiculous, everyone is."
Alice yelled in pain and stumbled backward. Victoria smirked; she was going to win this. Darkness surrounded her arm as she created her final weapon. A shuriken. Just as she was about to launch it at the girl, a loud boom slammed into her. Her skull rattled and head throbbed. Cleo. The room was spinning, and she was pretty sure her stomach was going to exit her body.
She heard voices muttering from behind her.
"I had heard," Alice said.
"I only meant to take out Kevin, but he's resilient, I had to put everything I had into that scream. Can someone get me a cough drop?" Cleo gagged.
"Pain is weakness leaving the body." Alice barked.
Victoria groaned and got back up slowly. She couldn't tell which was left or right, or if she was even standing straight.
"How is she getting back up from that!" Cleo yelled.
Victoria coughed and tried to look at the team. Her world was spinning, but she knew one thing. She couldn't let them win.
"Never underestimate the anger of a teenage girl," Alice growled.
"This isn't over." Victoria coughed.
"Yes, it is." Alice said.
Alice turned to Kaleb. "This one's on you."
Kaleb sighed and walked over to Victoria. Victoria growled and held up her shuriken. She was seeing two different Kaleb's, but she would cut both of them if she had too.
"I'm really sorry about this." He muttered.
With that he swung his fist and she was pushed into darkness.
Kaleb
Kaleb groaned and pulled his fist back. His hand went numb after he hit Victoria.
"That girl has a jaw of steel." He groaned.
"We need to hurry up and find the civilian. The other teams might already be close to winning." Cleo said.
A soft rumble was heard and the four teens looked up.
"Congratulations to our first winning team. Lex Dayton aka Jinx, Faith Ritter aka Valora, Sarah Smith aka Stopwatch, and Fouzia Zambiea aka Cyclone!" Captain Cincinnati announced.
Alice growled. "We only have one more chance to win this."
"We could check by the caves. It looks like it's caved in a little, that would probably be somewhere they would place a civilian." Kaleb said.
"That's pretty smart Kaleb." Alice smirked.
Kaleb tried not to feel offended that she seemed surprised by this.
Will you be okay with your wound? Aerolynn asked.
Kaleb looked down at his shoulder. He didn't realize he was still bleeding. The only thing keeping him standing right now was adrenaline.
"I'm a tough cookie." Kaleb coughed.
"You heard the man, he's fine. Let's go." Alice ordered.
They took off in a sprint, racing to the other side of the coast. Kaleb smiled, the caves were collapsing just as he said.
"Help." A feeble voice mumbled.
"Oh no, do you think they're alright?" Cleo asked.
"Well Cleo, they're trapped under wreckage, so I doubt so." Alice snorted.
Kaleb frowned. Even though he knew this was all staged, he felt bad at the thought of someone being down there all alone. This is why he became a hero, to help people.
"So what's the plan?" Cleo asked.
Alice scratched her chin. She turned to the blond. "How strong are your screams?"
"Strong enough I guess," Cleo asked.
She scratched her throat. "I used a big blast to take out Kevin and Victoria."
"Well, you better get to clearing your throat you dollar store Britney Spears," Alice said.
She pointed to the boulder. "I'm going to need you to blast that boulder away."
Cleo yelped. "That thing is huge!"
"And it's a circle, Cleo. Keep up. I just need you to push it back and stop it from rolling back towards us. While you do that, Kaleb will go and get the hostage. I'll hoist Aerolynn down so she can create a light." Alice instructed.
Kaleb frowned. "I'm strong enough to get the boulder."
"Yet you're the only one who would be able to go down and rescue them," Alice said.
Kaleb sighed. "You have a point."
He turned to Cleo. The girl's voice was getting raspy. He was worried that she would push her voice to the limit. Cleo sighed and walked in front of the boulder.
"Who likes Beyoncé?" Cleo asked.
She opened her mouth and began to scream. "I CAN SEE YOUR HALO!"
The rock began to vibrate as her voice made contact with it. It began to thrash so hard that it began to roll back slowly, creating an opening for the other three to go through. Aerolynn stepped forward and pointed her hands to the cave.
Help is on its way!
The bright letters illuminated the dark space, allowing Kaleb to see there was a boy who seemed a couple of years older than him. His legs were trapped under some debris.
"Never fear, Foresight is here!" Kaleb yelled.
He pointed his wrist towards a nearby beam. Webbing shot from his palms attaching themselves to the beam. He grabbed the web and used it as a rope and swung himself down the cave. He landed right in front of the man.
"Are you okay?" Kaleb asked.
"Well, I have pillars trapped on my leg so I'm not great." He chuckled.
Kaleb gulped. He couldn't believe that the school would put someone through this.
"Don't worry kid, my quirk gives me several extra layers of skin so I don't feel any of this. I'm just a cheap actor meant to grade you on your rescue skills. I'm not in any real danger. That doesn't mean you shouldn't treat this like it isn't an emergency." He said.
Kaleb nodded, he smiled weakly. It did put his mind at ease knowing that the man would be okay. Now he just needed to remove this pillar form his leg. Kaleb grunted and gripped the pillar. He growled; it was pushing his limits. He howled in frustration as the pillar, as he tried to move the beam.
The man seemed bored by the act and reached into his pocket to pull out a cigarette.
"Are you almost done yet?" He coughed.
Kaleb got up and sighed. He took a couple of steps back and got into a kicking position. He took off in a sprint and kicked the beam with all his might. He was pretty sure he felt something in his leg snap as he hit the pillar. The beam soared into the air, off the man hitting the other side of the cave.
"About time." The man coughed.
Kaleb grinned. "Don't worry I'm going to get you out of here."
Jarret
"How do hell did you let Sarah beat you?" Jake yelled.
Jarret and his team were currently wandering around the terrain, searching for the second civilian.
"I'm sorry guys." Alexander sighed.
Hunter crossed his arms. "I'm not mad at you."
Hunter turned to look at Jarret. His silver eyes burnt holes into Jarret's soul. Jarret felt exposed and insecure and he coughed nervously. He kept replaying the day Orion attacked in his brain over and over again. When the man appeared, he was so focused on Lex he wasn't thinking about the others. Every fiber in Jarret's body told him that he had to run. So, he did. His mind hadn't caught up to his body until he was halfway across campus.
He wasn't sure how he was able to make it that far without being caught. All he knew was that it was the biggest mistake of his life. Although he wasn't popular before, at least people seemed to like him. Now they all looked at him in disgust. A boy in the hero's course who was scared to fight. He was a coward. Real heroes don't run away from fights.
"I blame you Jarret. You could have easily taken those three on." Hunter barked.
"Come on Hunter, this is a team of four, we all had a part to play in them winning." Alexander reasoned.
Hunter growled and pushed Jarret down. "Don't make excuses for him."
The boy grunted as his butt roughly collided with the floor.
"I can fix this." Jarret pleaded.
He hated the sound of desperation in his voice. Heroes don't beg.
"How Jarret? Does your quirk let you rewind time?" Hunter yelled.
"You sure this is about this assignment, and about what happened when the five were training?" Jake snickered.
"Fuck you, Jake." Hunter hissed.
Hunter turned to look at Jarret. "You make me sick." He spat.
Jarret's heart dropped to his stomach. "I can fix this," Jarret repeated.
Jarret hopped on his feet and took bolted. He could hear Hunter laughing in the background.
"Surprise, surprise he's running away," Hunter said sarcastically.
Only he was wrong about one thing. He wasn't running away this time. He was going to get the next civilian. Once he picked up momentum and began to spin around. His quirk activated and soon he became a cyclone. This time he didn't stop at a little one. He was going to create the greatest cyclone of his life.
The wind was so strong that the bases of trees began to crack. Good, he was going to need strong wind in order for his plan to work. Jarret used to extra wind to boost his speed and soared through the woods. The match had been going on for too long now, which meant the second team already had the civilian. That also meant he had a chance to take it right from their hands.
Voices. He was getting close to somebody. He grunted and kept twirling; the cyclone was knocking trees down around him. Objects flew around him like he was in The Wizard of Oz. Then he saw them. Alice, Cleo, Aerolynn, and Kaleb. In Kaleb's hands was a man.
They stopped when they saw him. The strong winds made it hard for them to move forward. Cleo opened her mouth and screamed; however, the sound was lost in the wind. Jarret sprinted over towards them, the wind gave him the speed of a cheetah. He launched himself in the air and leaped towards Kaleb. Almost there. He grunted and reached out to the man on his shoulder, his fingers wrapped around his solider and flipped over Kaleb.
The whole thing happened so fast it didn't seem like anyone else had to time to react. Jarret clutched the civilian to his chest. God he was heavy, Kaleb made it look so easy. Jarret grunted and tried to use the last gust of wind to propel himself forward.
"Catch him!" Someone yelled.
Jarret grunted and began to spin faster. He angled his body towards the tree, the cyclone snapping it in half. The base of the tree flew towards the four, as Jarret expected Kaleb jumped into the air and caught it.
Just the distraction he needed. He blasted off with the man in his arms, who was screaming the entire time.
He kept twirling. He didn't stop spinning until he heard a voice over the speaker.
"Congratulations to our second winning team! Looks like Alexander Aspida aka Achilles, Jarret Han aka Twister, Jake Hyde aka Bigmouth, and Hunter Sato are moving on to the final round." Captain Cincinnati said over the speaker system.
Jarret stopped spinning instantly, him and the civilian dropping to the ground instantly. Jarret coughed and looked around. He was past the finish line. He did it. His muscles ached and his head throbbed. He sat the man down and groaned.
"I did it." He said weakly.
"Holy crap." A voice called.
He turned his head to see the rest of his team running towards him. The boys looked at him in disbelief.
"How the hell did you do that?" Jake asked.
Jarret coughed. It was worth it. He made sure that they made it to the finals. The unbearable pain that his legs was feeling was worth it. He was going to rebuild his reputation. Jarret looked up at Hunter slowly.
"Do you forgive me?" Jarret asked.
