(A/N): Enjoy!
"I bangbeob! (This way!)" I shouted to Mirage as I ran for the next Circle. We were heading for the Tree and the intensity of the match had finally begun.
"What?" I heard Mirage call back.
"This way!" I answered, watching my surroundings.
"W-what is that…Spanish?"
"Korean."
"Really? Doesn't…doesn't really sound like it."
"Do you speak Korean?"
"No. Um…n-not at all, actually."
I rolled my eyes and didn't speak to him until we made it to another truck near the Tree, finding a few healing supplies before hiding in the truck until the next Ring was revealed. The Ring had ended completely on the Tree and the train tunnel that leads us to Thermal Station. I hope I never land there…too much lava…
"Looks like we're the first team here, so why don't we go ahead and take the back building?" Mirage asked as we crouched out of sight in the back of the truck.
"Not yet. Every other team will go for it as well."
"You can send out that drone of yours."
"It will let the enemy team know that there is another team already within the building. They'll plan before attacking us."
We grew silent, listening to the last few bullets fired back in Sorting Factory. Mirage wanted to claim the center of the Circle while I wanted to watch every move of the last five teams. I wanted to win just as much as he did, but I wanted to win with less pain as possible. I didn't want to experience another defeat like the last game.
I grabbed onto my remote and played with it once more.
"What are you playing with in your pocket?" Mirage asked, staring at my jacket pocket.
"None of your concern," I answered.
"Is it your stress toy?"
"It's not a stress toy."
Mirage tried to hide a chuckle, making me flustered. I wanted to choke him, but I started to hear footsteps nearby. I shushed him, peeking out the truck's door for a better view. It was a full team: Gilbraltar, Bloodhound, and Wattson. They were running from Sorting Factory and straight towards the largest building in the Tree zone.
"They're going to get it first!" Mirage whined above me. I glanced up, seeing him hovering above me to look out the door as well. I focused my eyes back on the enemy team, seeing Wattson fencing up the entire building.
"I'm going to have to use my E-M-P for the end of this match," I told Mirage while checking the map to see how many teams are left. There were now four teams left, including us.
We needed to make sure we have seen every one of those teams before we could move to our next location. Though, we only knew about the enemy in the large building. I didn't see the last two teams in the further building towards Thermal Station and nobody dared to stand on the platform built under the Tree itself. You were a walking target if you did. The only locations that were left were the buildings beside Mirage and I and another truck near the train tracks. What made everything more complicated was that we were not in the Ring yet. We had to run for the Tree platform and I knew another team would –
Suddenly, I was shot in the head, thrown back into the truck Mirage and I was hiding in. My ears were ringing and the pain didn't stop as I finally screamed out, trying to stand up. I saw my blood staining the floor, staining my clothes and hands.
"M-Mir –"
"I gotcha." I heard Mirage's voice echo in my ears as I felt him lay me down in my own puddle of blood. His movement was blurry and multiplied, making my eyes sore. So, I closed them, preparing for my death, but I only felt something being shoved in my heart. I yelled out again before jolting up in only a matter of seconds. I was still sitting in my bloody puddle, face to face with my last standing teammate. Our faces were inches apart, embarrassing ourselves as I shivered from another terrifying moment in my life.
I was shot in the head. So…that is how it feels?
"You…you-uh…feeling any better?" Mirage asked, still close to me.
I didn't answer him, glancing at the Medkit and Shield Battery already waiting for me nearby. I quickly grabbed the medical supplies and began to recharge my health and shield.
"That shot came from the building near Thermal Station." Mirage continued as he gave me my space, still watching my every move. "One enemy team knows where we are and we're out of the next Ring. And, we only have thirty seconds before we have to run, Crypto! We should have taken that building!"
I still didn't respond to him, continuing to completely heal myself before standing up and stepping out of my blood. I swallowed hard seeing that view.
Suddenly, I heard something hit the truck from outside before hearing a few loud beeps. I knew what was counting down, terrified for my life, but it was too late for me to at least escape the painful feeling that was about to fill my lungs.
Caustic's gas bomb exploded outside as the gas rushed in from the open door Mirage and I was looking out of. I felt the poison rush into my lungs as I grabbed Mirage by his wrist to hurry out the truck with him right behind me. Though, I've never experienced the Nox gas before, so I instantly dropped to the ground to try and handle the new poison I haven't had experience with.
"Crypto, come on!" Mirage coughed, grabbing me by my jacket and pulled me towards the edge of the hill we were on.
I couldn't handle the pain, feeling drool slide down my chin as Mirage picked me up and held me tight in his arms. Then, I felt him and I fall off the edge of the hill, dropping hard into a large puddle below. I coughed a few more times before finally gaining the strength to raise myself up. Mirage and I had locked eye contact when I leaned back and noticed I was on top of him once more, making us both freeze. I assume I startled Mirage since he clenched my jacket from the back.
Then, I heard more movement ahead of us and I quickly yanked out my G-Seven Scout and was ready to fire.
"Don't fire!" Mirage demanded as I heard his Invisibility Cloak go off. He pushes my gun out my hand and myself back into the ground, covering me with his own Ulitmate Ability. Then, I felt his lips against my ear. "S-sorry, but we'll be third partied by the other two teams if we attack."
I felt his entire body against me while I laid there pissed off. We both couldn't see anything behind us to make sure we were safe, so we had to stay still until Mirage's Ulitmate Ability had worn off. I felt our stomachs fighting one another to rise and drop. Mirage was beating me due to his nervousness. He sighs beside my ear to calm himself before his Cloak finally turned off. So he raises up, glances at me for a second, and looks over his shoulder to make sure we were safe. Then, he grabs my gun, removes himself off of me, and holds out my gun to me. I wanted to yank it out from his grasp, but he saved our lives once again from suddenly being smart. I avoided eye contact and gently took my gun back.
"…Smart move." I told him.
Mirage gleamed.
"Right?" He replied, before giving me a hand to get back on my feet.
"Attention, the Ring is now closing." The Announcer finally said.
"We're heading for the truck near the train tracks," I explained to Mirage and he nodded before we took off for our next location.
As we did, two teams began to fight on the center platform, giving us the perfect chance to claim the truck under the entire fight. Then, as Mirage and I were running, I had thought of an idea. Once we entered the truck, I grabbed Mirage's attention.
"I trust you," I told him and Mirage didn't seem to believe me. "I have an idea."
Mirage was still glued to my first comment.
"…I'm…I'm all ears?" He replied in confusion.
I began to explain to him about using my EMP on the two teams that were fighting. The EMP should force the third team to be interested in being a third party to the fight. After they join, we will run in after and hope we are the last team standing in victory.
Mirage nodded without a moment to think about my plan and pulled out his R-301. I nodded back and threw out my drone.
I led it towards the fight between the two teams and started my EMP. The enemy teams began to avoid it as I watched the third team hiding in the largest building continue to watch the fight.
"Are they joining the party?" I heard Mirage ask.
"Not yet. They are still watching." I answered.
"It's not working."
"Wait for another knockdown. That should trigger the third team."
I made sure my drone wasn't noticed by anyone as the two teams continued fighting. Though, the third team still didn't want to budge and it began to frustrate me.
Why don't they want to join into a nearly finished fight?
It didn't take long for one of the teams to knock another body, but that was what we needed. The third enemy team had finally run out towards the other teams. So, I quickly called back my drone and yanked out my R-99. Mirage understood just by looking at my facial expression and ran out of the truck with me following behind him.
"I will attack the left side of the platform and you attack the right," I told Mirage as we ran under the platform to find the stairs up to our possible death.
"Don't worry about me. I'll wipe that third team before you even knock down someone!" Mirage teased before going his way up to the platform.
Before I ran up, I yanked out my drone one last time and aimed it over the last three teams to have the revealing advantage for Mirage and I. Then, I logged out my drone and sighed out the tension in my body before rushing up the stairs to help my teammate.
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