Icarus 4
As the freshmen were training with their recently completed weapons; Wyatt was in the stands going over data.
In the air , Harrison was working on his shooting abilities on holographic targets with a blue and white close-range assault rifle. While on the ground Caleb and Trent were having a mock duel.
Caleb was wielding a black longsword with a red cutting edge as he went to attack, Trent blocked it with a large hammer with two rockets attached to theback.
As he was observing the match, Wyatt thought "Seems everything is up to standards."
His eyes were directed to his laptop's screen as it displayed data for each of the guy's units.
From behind him, Kaitlynn said "Seems like you've had your handful with these freshmen."
As he yawned, Wyatt said "39 hours and 24 minutes ,guess that's a new record."
Wyatt grabs a 5 hour energy he placed next to him. But before he could take a sip, Kaitlynn smacked the bottle out his hand and said "Stop drinking that crap and get some sleep."
Slightly surprised Wyatt says "Okay guess you're actually Kaitlynn. Guess the record is still at 42 hours and 15 minutes."
Kaitlynn asked "Wait you actually time when you start to hallucinate due to lack of sleep?"
Wyatt says "If I know when I start to hallucinate I'll be able to plan when my work needs to be done."
As Kaitlynn sat down next to the American and tried to force him to sleep on her lap.
Struggling to keep himself up right, Wyatt asked "Exactly what are you doing?"
As she grits her teeth , Kaitlynn says "Trying to get you to sleep , but I forget how stubborn you get."
Wyatt responds "I'll sleep later, I have to record this-." In mid-sentence Wyatt immediately fell asleep on his girlfriend's lap.
Kaitlynn smirks and thinks "Works every time."
Some time passed as Wyatt woke up and thought "How long have I been out?"
As he got up from the bench , he noticed the three freshmen on their backs looking blankly at the sky.
Wyatt asked "What in the hell did I sleep through?"
In a dejected tone, Trent responds "Annihilation, complete and utter annihilation."
Harrison adds "We're truly at the bottom when it comes to ability aren't we."
Wyatt looked towards Caleb and asked him "Tell me what happened to you guys?"
Caleb responds "After you fell asleep, I challenged Kaitlynn to see how my skills compare to the girls in your grade."
Trent says "Me and Harry butted In because we want to fight as well. So she decided to face all three of us at once."
As he got up, Harrison said "She didn't go easy on us. It was over in less than 20 minutes."
Wyatt says "But that doesn't make sense, how are you guys able to hear after dealing with those sound waves."
Confused Trent says "Sound waves? What are you talking about , she used wind attacks."
It was at that moment everything clicked for Wyatt as he shouts "How in the hell can I be such an idiot."
Harrison says "Care to explain what that outburst is all about."
Wyatt gets down into the field and says "Alright history question, who won the second Mondo Grosso?"
Caleb says "Italy's Alicia Jiosestaf. She was also the first tournament's runner up."
Wyatt says "Good job and if you've checked the news you would know she was arrested for collaborating with the terrorist organization known as Phantom Task."
Trent asked "Exactly how does this relate to us getting our asses handed."
The American says "Let me finish. Before she joined Phantom Task I got the chance to talk to Alicia and she lost her right arm and eye while testing the Tempesta II."
Harrison says "Let me guess , Kaitlynn is the Representative Cadet of Italy."
As Wyatt nods, Caleb and Harrison realized the connection the American noticed as Trent looked in confusion.
Trent grunts as he says "Okay can someone explain because it seems I'm the only one out of the loop."
Caleb says "What Wyatt is saying , Kaitlynn's unit is the Cyclone Sylph."
Wyatt smirks as he says "Man how could I not see the signs?"
Harrison responds "Lack of sleep, low attention span, you being a general idiot. Do I have to go on."
Slightly aggravated Wyatt says "You didn't have to go that far but you're right."
Caleb says "Either way at least we figured out that mystery. But with this upgrade, how are you going to win tomorrow's battle
A smirk formed on Wyatt's face as he said "Don't worry I've got a plan, but we'll have to end practice early."
Later that night in the underground laboratory Wyatt was going over security footage from the freshmen's scuffle with Kaitlynn.
He watched as he saw Kaitlynn easily evade her attackers in the Tempesta MK2. It looked similar to the original except for the armor primarily being a light purple while the legs were colored a metallic grey. In almost as soon as the match began , Kaitlynn managed to take each of the guys out.
Wyatt sighed as he said out loud "Jesus, the match is tomorrow and my opinions aren't looking good."
From behind him Tatenashi said "Yeah, but you should be able to think of something."
Shocked at her sudden appearance, Wyatt gasped as he fell out of his chair. He said "Don't sneak up on a guy like that."
Tatenashi says "I just wanted to see what this underground lab was all about. So I see you're doing some unit maintenance."
She points to the Gamma Sobek as it was in one of the lab's display cases.
Wyatt responds "Yeah with the freshmen's units done,I can focus more on fine tuning my own."
Tatenashi points out "You might have a better defense but you still have to work on your ranged combat."
Wyatt smirks as he says "True but I've always been one who thrives in short range combat."
Tatenashi says "Well I wish you luck in your efforts , but try not to stay up too late."
Wyatt nodded and said "I'll try but no promises."
The next day as Arena 2's stands were getting filled with students as Wyatt , Rolan and Kaitlynn were standing in the middle of the stadium. Wyatt noticed Rolan was in an orange armored unit that had two flower-like devices at her side.
Rolan smirks and says "Don't worry my little kitten, I'll deal with this novice easily."
Wyatt pretends to gag at the girl's comment as Kaitlynn tries not to giggle at the American's reaction.
Kaitlynn asked Wyatt "Okay exactly how did she get 99 girls to fall for her."
Wyatt snarks "It's either low intelligence on the girl's part or the men around them have zero game."
At that moment a bell rang signaling the start of the battle. Rolan summoned a Rapier and thrusted towards the American.
With a bow with two barrels at the base , Kaitlynn blocked the attack and said " Don't forget this isn't a 1v1, it's a battle royal."
As Wyatt summoned his spear he struck Rolan in the stomach and sent the girl flying.
Wyatt adds "Plus the two of us are a pretty powerful tag team."
Rolan floats into the air and switches her blade for a plasma sniper rifle.
As she fired several rounds at Wyatt, she saw that the American managed to block each attack with a spear thrust.
Wyatt smirks and says "Sorry but with my training any of your shots are easy to deflect."
Rolan says "Really, then explain why you fell for my trap?"
As she pointed to Wyatt's feet, he noticed a pair of wires wrapped around his leg.
Before Wyatt could curse at his predicament, the girl began to swing Wyatt around and slam him across the ground and stadium's wall.
While watching Wyatt getting tossed around, Kaitlynn asked "Need any help?"
In between each of his screams , Wyatt managed to utter the sentence "Yes please."
Kaitlynn smirks and says "Don't worry , I got your back."
As she pulled the bow string's and from the barrels fired two arrows made up of wind to cut the two wires setting Wyatt free.
Once Wyatt manages to regain his balance, he says "Thanks again Kait, now it's time to get some payback."
As Wyatt rushed towards Rolan, the girl smirked and said "You're going to have to wait a little longer."
The two flower-like devices opened up and revealed a pair of charging cannons.
Wyatt thought "Alright let's see if this can work, if not this is going to hurt."
At the very second before the cannons could fire, Wyatt turned off his unit's engines as he fell towards the ground and dodged the blast.
Right as Roland blinked in disbelief, Wyatt used his unit's ignition boost and charged at the girl with a spear thrust and sent her into the wall.
Wyatt backs away from the wall and shouts "Want to finish the job, Kait."
Kaitlynn smirked as she opened a volley of arrows at Rolan and said "You know it."
From the smoke Rolan emerged with her rapier and charged at the American shouting "I'm not going to let you win."
As she attempts to lunge at the American's head, Wyatt tilts his head to avoid the strike as he counters with a spear thrust.
While Rolan gasped at the force of the blow, Wyatt said "Sorry but I'm not a push over when the love of my life is watching."
Right when the girl fell to the ground , a teacher announced on the loudspeaker "Rorentsuine Laurent di Fillney has been defeated."
Once Wyatt landed to the ground, he pointed his spear at Kaitlynn and said " Alright , time to see which of our unit's is the best."
Kaitlynn smirk grows as she says "You've rarely beat me and this is an upgraded version of history's strongest IS."
Wyatt says "True you might beat when it comes to ability and amount of sleep in the past few days. But I've built this unit to become the strongest and winning this battle is just another step to that dream."
The American switched his spear into his left hand as his blade retracted from his right wrist.
As he charged at Kaitlynn the girl dodged each attack as she continued to get higher and higher into the air .
Wyatt raced towards her and right as he got into striking distance ,Kaitlynn kicked him right in the sides. With enough distance between the two Kaitlynn fired another air arrow to further the gap between the two.
The American smirks, "You won't get away that easily." He charged at the girl as he swung his blade at her.
As she nonchalantly dodges the sword swings, Kaitlynn says "I have to admit you're pretty good, but I'm better."
She struck Wyatt away with a drop kick sending the American into the ground.
Kaitlynn drew her bow once more as a mast of wind gathered around to create a large tornado like javelin.
Wyatt attempts to get out of the line of fire but Kaitlynn keeps up with his movements and fires the javelin right at him.
As Wyatt took the full brunt of the attack he was sent crashing into the wall while his shield energy was reduced to zero.
From the loud speaker it was announced "Wyatt Joseph has been eliminated, the winner is Kaitlynn Belladonna."
The crowd cheered at the results of the match while in the stands Trent said "Man, Wyatt got his ass handed to him on this."
Harrison says "True but unlike you he got her to draw her weapon."
Caleb says "Guys we all lost that fight yesterday, so we can't really compare."
The following Monday as the group was eating lunch on the rooftop, Rolan was clinging to Houki.
Confused, Wyatt asked "So Shinonono, care to explain how this happened."
Houki groaned as she said "I tried cheering her up after Saturday's match. Ever since she's practically been like this."
Rolan says "That's because I realized though I can't get Kaitlynn to become my 100th I could try with Houki."
The American began to break down laughing as he said "Looks like you've replaced Kait."
Kaitlynn says "Honestly it's better for her than me."
