Ch. 10: The Name's Lyon
The PA system kick on.
"Attention, Gorgon is now docked with Runner Academy Mercurious. You may now disembark. That is all."
"Hey Brian."
"Yeah, what is it Asuka?"
"Earlier Forci said something about teaming up, what was she talking about?"
"Oh, . that."
There was a brief period of silence as Brian and Asuka walked down the docking tunnel. Finally he spoke.
"Because of a sudden surplus of runners, but a lack of training vicinities, the top 10 runners from each class is going to be teamed up with an experienced runner, based on the cadets ability. Which means, . I have no say in who I have to."
"Hey! Earth Girl!" interrupted the unmistakable voice of Forci, "Who's your friend! He can't be your boyfriend, he's way to good for you!"
"Oh, his name is." Asuka started to say in a smug voice but was interrupted.
"My name's Lyon." Brian answered.
"Lyon, huh?" Forci said, "So, Lyon, what do you say you ditch this." she nodded to Asuka, ". and hang with me and my friends," she gestured behind her, "This is Din, and this is Namci" pointing to the girls, "and this is Namci's boyfriend Lance, and his friend Drake," pointing to the boys, "So, what do say. You should be honored, not many people are aloud to hang with me."
"Thanks, but. no thanks. I think I'll pass on your generous offer." Brian replied comically.
Forci looked like she had just ate a practically sour lemon. She then stormed pass them with her 4 friends close behind her, and murmuring something that sounded like "He will be mine Earth Trash, just you wait."
"Lyon?" Asuka questioned.
"Yeah, it's what I enrolled under." Brian replied, "The faculty don't even know who I really am."
Asuka looked hurt, "You could have at least let me tell that bitch who you really were, that would have shut her up."
"Ya, it would have. But. it also would have blown my cover."
"I guess your right."
Asuka let out a deep sigh as they stepped out of the docking tunnel, and into the main hall of the Mercurious Academy. They were 'greeted' by a group of about 45 students that glared malevolently at Asuka.
"There are only 60 students at this academy," Brian said in an under tone, "Bet you're glade I came now."
"Thank you." Asuka murmured.
"Asuka!" cried a familiar voice.
Asuka turned to see, Shinji and Rei running from another docking tunnel.
"When Misato told us you were going to give Space life a try, we decided to try too," Shinji continued, "Oh, hi. I didn't think you would be here to, Br-"
"Lyon," Brian interrupted, "it's Lyon," then he added in an under tone, "I'll fill you in later."
"Ehem!" bellowed a loud male voice, "Now that everyone has arrived we can get started. I am Major Commander Komodo. you shall address me as Sir. To my right, is the girl's dormitories, to my left, is the boy's. Strait behind me is the main training hall. Please, 5 people per room, you are all free to do as you please until 6:30 am tomorrow. At that time report to the main training hall. That is all. You are dismissed."
"Come on Shinji," Brian said, "let's go get a room before all the good ones are gone."
"Ok. We'll see you girls later," Shinji said waving good-bye to Asuka and Rei.
"Come on Wonder Girl, let's go get a room too." Asuka said
Rei just nodded and followed her.
After the group had their stuff stored, they meet back up in the main hall.
"So, Asuka, what are your room mates like? Ours were real jerks until I had a little chat with them." Brian said off handedly.
"A chat?" Rei asked.
"He threw them across the room, and said next time he'd try to hurt them." Shinji clarified.
"We got screwed." Asuka commented, dropping her head, "We're stuck with Forci and her 2 idiot friends.'
"Ouch, bad luck." Brian said, "I'd invite you to sleep with us, but I think that kind of thing is frowned upon here. So, wanta go check out the training hall?"
"Sounds logical." Rei said.
"Does she always talk like that?" Brian asked.
"Yes. Wonder Girl here always talks like that." Asuka confirmed.
The group walked down the hall to the training area, unaware they were being followed.
"Wow!" Asuka exclaimed, "Check out this gym, it's huge!"
"Not bad," Brian mused, "They have 40 of the new Lev units here. Those were only introduced a couple of months ago. This might not be so bad, I'll be able to Zero Sift while I'm here, and I have a nice variety of firepower, but I bet Komodo locked the multi targeting grape shot guns, and I hope he turned off the AI systems."
"You sure know your weapons Lyon." Said a smug voice.
"Oh shit, not her again." Asuka and Brian groaned together.
"What do you want Forci!" Asuka called out.
"Shut up Earth Trash, you shouldn't speak unless spoken too!" Forci ordered, "You know Lyon," her voice sounding much sweeter now, "My father designed these new Lev units, why don't you come over here and I can tell you all about them." She then winked at him.
"Forci, why do you keep bothering me and my friends?" Brian asked.
"Why? I'll tell you why. It's because you're wasting time with these weakling Earthers, and you know what they say, you hang with weaklings long enough, and you become a weakling. I simply can't let such, a good guy like you, become a weakling now can I."
"Can't you just leave me alone?"
"Can't do that Lyon. I can tell by your personality, as well as you demeanor that you're the only one here that can help me become as strong as the runners of Anubis and Jehude," she moved a little closer towards him, "we can do thins one of 2 ways, the easy way or the hard way."
"So if the hard way is me walking over there, what's the easy way?"
"Cocky, aren't you. Good, I like that in a man," she moved still closer, "tell you what, how about we fight for it? You win, I'll leave you alone, I win and you become my sparing partner."
"Lyon Kick her Ass!" Asuka cheered.
"No," Brian said slowly, " If I win, you and your friends leave me and my friends alone."
"There's that cocky attitude again," Forci said with a smile, "I agree to your terms, and Lyon, . you'll like sparing with me, you'll see."
"Well, Well, Well. What do we have here?" Komodo snarled, "Students fighting in the hall? We can't have that, now can we? What should I do about this?"
"Well," Brain suggested, "you could let us fight it out. I promise I won't hurt her, . too badly."
Forci smiled.
"What's your name cadet?" Komodo snarled.
"Lyon."
Komodo punched him in the gut. Brian's eyes popped for a couple of seconds.
"I told you to address me as Sir. Now Lyon, I can't allow that, because that lovely girls father donated those wonderful Levs over there, as well as some much needed equipment. So, I can't allow a punk ass kid like you hurting his daughter, now can I."
"Oh, I don't mind Sir," Forci said sweetly, "I feel that we need to settle this, and I know, I can take him."
"Fine, but, you two will fight in the first practice match tomorrow." Komodo said, "now go get some rest, you will have a long day ahead, and even longer for you Lyon." He then turned and left.
"Till tomorrow, Lyon," Forci said cheerfully, she too turned and left, at an unusually slow pace.
"I am so going to enjoy kicking her ass tomorrow," Brian said with a grin, after he had recovered from the sucker punch.
"You know Brian, we could have broken his arm," said a voice in Brian's head, "You and I both know you saw that cheep punch coming, and you over acted a little too much."
"Shut up Anubis, I had my reasons," Brian thought.
"Well you may enjoy kicking her ass, but I am so going to enjoy watching it, wish I had a camera." Asuka laughed.
The whole group, except Rei, brook out laughing as they walked to their rooms
The PA system kick on.
"Attention, Gorgon is now docked with Runner Academy Mercurious. You may now disembark. That is all."
"Hey Brian."
"Yeah, what is it Asuka?"
"Earlier Forci said something about teaming up, what was she talking about?"
"Oh, . that."
There was a brief period of silence as Brian and Asuka walked down the docking tunnel. Finally he spoke.
"Because of a sudden surplus of runners, but a lack of training vicinities, the top 10 runners from each class is going to be teamed up with an experienced runner, based on the cadets ability. Which means, . I have no say in who I have to."
"Hey! Earth Girl!" interrupted the unmistakable voice of Forci, "Who's your friend! He can't be your boyfriend, he's way to good for you!"
"Oh, his name is." Asuka started to say in a smug voice but was interrupted.
"My name's Lyon." Brian answered.
"Lyon, huh?" Forci said, "So, Lyon, what do you say you ditch this." she nodded to Asuka, ". and hang with me and my friends," she gestured behind her, "This is Din, and this is Namci" pointing to the girls, "and this is Namci's boyfriend Lance, and his friend Drake," pointing to the boys, "So, what do say. You should be honored, not many people are aloud to hang with me."
"Thanks, but. no thanks. I think I'll pass on your generous offer." Brian replied comically.
Forci looked like she had just ate a practically sour lemon. She then stormed pass them with her 4 friends close behind her, and murmuring something that sounded like "He will be mine Earth Trash, just you wait."
"Lyon?" Asuka questioned.
"Yeah, it's what I enrolled under." Brian replied, "The faculty don't even know who I really am."
Asuka looked hurt, "You could have at least let me tell that bitch who you really were, that would have shut her up."
"Ya, it would have. But. it also would have blown my cover."
"I guess your right."
Asuka let out a deep sigh as they stepped out of the docking tunnel, and into the main hall of the Mercurious Academy. They were 'greeted' by a group of about 45 students that glared malevolently at Asuka.
"There are only 60 students at this academy," Brian said in an under tone, "Bet you're glade I came now."
"Thank you." Asuka murmured.
"Asuka!" cried a familiar voice.
Asuka turned to see, Shinji and Rei running from another docking tunnel.
"When Misato told us you were going to give Space life a try, we decided to try too," Shinji continued, "Oh, hi. I didn't think you would be here to, Br-"
"Lyon," Brian interrupted, "it's Lyon," then he added in an under tone, "I'll fill you in later."
"Ehem!" bellowed a loud male voice, "Now that everyone has arrived we can get started. I am Major Commander Komodo. you shall address me as Sir. To my right, is the girl's dormitories, to my left, is the boy's. Strait behind me is the main training hall. Please, 5 people per room, you are all free to do as you please until 6:30 am tomorrow. At that time report to the main training hall. That is all. You are dismissed."
"Come on Shinji," Brian said, "let's go get a room before all the good ones are gone."
"Ok. We'll see you girls later," Shinji said waving good-bye to Asuka and Rei.
"Come on Wonder Girl, let's go get a room too." Asuka said
Rei just nodded and followed her.
After the group had their stuff stored, they meet back up in the main hall.
"So, Asuka, what are your room mates like? Ours were real jerks until I had a little chat with them." Brian said off handedly.
"A chat?" Rei asked.
"He threw them across the room, and said next time he'd try to hurt them." Shinji clarified.
"We got screwed." Asuka commented, dropping her head, "We're stuck with Forci and her 2 idiot friends.'
"Ouch, bad luck." Brian said, "I'd invite you to sleep with us, but I think that kind of thing is frowned upon here. So, wanta go check out the training hall?"
"Sounds logical." Rei said.
"Does she always talk like that?" Brian asked.
"Yes. Wonder Girl here always talks like that." Asuka confirmed.
The group walked down the hall to the training area, unaware they were being followed.
"Wow!" Asuka exclaimed, "Check out this gym, it's huge!"
"Not bad," Brian mused, "They have 40 of the new Lev units here. Those were only introduced a couple of months ago. This might not be so bad, I'll be able to Zero Sift while I'm here, and I have a nice variety of firepower, but I bet Komodo locked the multi targeting grape shot guns, and I hope he turned off the AI systems."
"You sure know your weapons Lyon." Said a smug voice.
"Oh shit, not her again." Asuka and Brian groaned together.
"What do you want Forci!" Asuka called out.
"Shut up Earth Trash, you shouldn't speak unless spoken too!" Forci ordered, "You know Lyon," her voice sounding much sweeter now, "My father designed these new Lev units, why don't you come over here and I can tell you all about them." She then winked at him.
"Forci, why do you keep bothering me and my friends?" Brian asked.
"Why? I'll tell you why. It's because you're wasting time with these weakling Earthers, and you know what they say, you hang with weaklings long enough, and you become a weakling. I simply can't let such, a good guy like you, become a weakling now can I."
"Can't you just leave me alone?"
"Can't do that Lyon. I can tell by your personality, as well as you demeanor that you're the only one here that can help me become as strong as the runners of Anubis and Jehude," she moved a little closer towards him, "we can do thins one of 2 ways, the easy way or the hard way."
"So if the hard way is me walking over there, what's the easy way?"
"Cocky, aren't you. Good, I like that in a man," she moved still closer, "tell you what, how about we fight for it? You win, I'll leave you alone, I win and you become my sparing partner."
"Lyon Kick her Ass!" Asuka cheered.
"No," Brian said slowly, " If I win, you and your friends leave me and my friends alone."
"There's that cocky attitude again," Forci said with a smile, "I agree to your terms, and Lyon, . you'll like sparing with me, you'll see."
"Well, Well, Well. What do we have here?" Komodo snarled, "Students fighting in the hall? We can't have that, now can we? What should I do about this?"
"Well," Brain suggested, "you could let us fight it out. I promise I won't hurt her, . too badly."
Forci smiled.
"What's your name cadet?" Komodo snarled.
"Lyon."
Komodo punched him in the gut. Brian's eyes popped for a couple of seconds.
"I told you to address me as Sir. Now Lyon, I can't allow that, because that lovely girls father donated those wonderful Levs over there, as well as some much needed equipment. So, I can't allow a punk ass kid like you hurting his daughter, now can I."
"Oh, I don't mind Sir," Forci said sweetly, "I feel that we need to settle this, and I know, I can take him."
"Fine, but, you two will fight in the first practice match tomorrow." Komodo said, "now go get some rest, you will have a long day ahead, and even longer for you Lyon." He then turned and left.
"Till tomorrow, Lyon," Forci said cheerfully, she too turned and left, at an unusually slow pace.
"I am so going to enjoy kicking her ass tomorrow," Brian said with a grin, after he had recovered from the sucker punch.
"You know Brian, we could have broken his arm," said a voice in Brian's head, "You and I both know you saw that cheep punch coming, and you over acted a little too much."
"Shut up Anubis, I had my reasons," Brian thought.
"Well you may enjoy kicking her ass, but I am so going to enjoy watching it, wish I had a camera." Asuka laughed.
The whole group, except Rei, brook out laughing as they walked to their rooms