10 seconds to the ground.
They haven't noticed me yet..
9 seconds to the ground Targets acquired..
8 seconds to ground Closer..
3 seconds Right over their heads..
2 seconds Time slows. Heyo meets my eyes. Too late..
0 seconds Go..
I grappled right guards' face with my talons, on the ground now, I rolled and threw right guard into left guard. Right guard got up, I ran at him, slammed a blade into his torso 6 times, he raised his blades, I knocked his arms back, then cut his head in half vertically. I glanced around for Heyo and spotted him running to a side room on my left. Specifically, the room that contained all manner of weaponry we'd use on missions. I wasn't worried, they were just training weapons. The most they could do was inflict temporary paralysis and distracting burns. I turned around and expected to see "target 2" or "left guard" taking some kind of offensive against me, instead, he was just standing there staring at target 1.
I sighed and asked "Was he a friend of yours?", He looked at me and nodded. "Okay, you have about 15 seconds to get out of here before Heyo comes out and starts shooting. If you don't leave I'll have to kill you. Where's the new recruit? Weren't you fighting..it?" He shuddered visibly at the mention of it and said "Yes. We WERE fighting it, it got bored and crawled up a wall and then last we saw of it, it was on the ceiling." I laughed to mask the fact that I was starting to feel a bit scared already. What kind of thing could crawl on walls and ceilings made of Ramonite? What could be so good that it got BORED of fighting 3 enemies?
At the sight of Heyo raising twin dracon beams at me I threw myself to the side and watched the beams go past, hit target 2 square on and turn his torso into one huge hole. That wasn't at all what I was hoping to see happen. How did he even get live weapons from there? I got up and stared in shock.
Heyo lowered his weapons and shouted from across the floor "You always push things up a level, just once I wanted to beat you at that!" I stood tensed, ready to dodge if he decided to fire again. I yelled back "Congratulations Heyo! Good job, I'm sure they'll bump you up a few ranks for bringing weapons to a blade fight! Come on, where's your sense of fair play? Put those things down and I'll actually give you a chance!" He started walking towards me, I noted the weapons. As he came to a stop in front of me I saw he was shaking. From anger? He raised his arms slowly to shoulder level and dropped the weapons.
I grinned at him, threw a quick punch, anticipating he'd go to slash my arm off. He did exactly that, I twisted to avoid his wrist blade, cut his right arm off, then stepped back just outside of his reach. He hissed in pain and yelled "Why not just take my head off already? You're enjoying this aren't you?" I took another few steps back and clashed my wrist blades together. "I'd love to slice your head off, you know that. I'm going to let you live because my distractions and I could use you in our team. Consider this an official invitation." He stared at me for a full 5 seconds before responding "You want me to join you? How do I know you won't kill me at any future time that's convenient and conceielable? How do you know I won't try to kill you?"
I clashed my blades again and stepped closer. "First of all, my two good friends will go up through the ranks like crazy, I'll just be along for the fun. If you join us you'll get partial credit for every successful mission, maybe even complete credit in some debriefings if we're in good moods. We won't try to kill you because having an extra team member is always beneficial. The simple reason as to why you won't kill us is because you need us to advance," I couldn't resist adding this last bit "You don't seem like you're doing so good right now, maybe you should get yourself a new host. One with all limbs working would be perfect."
He ignored the taunt and leaned in so we were eye to eye. He brought up his wrist blade and slowly ran it down my chest. He moved his blade over to clash with my left wrist blade. I didn't dare move a muscle. He smiled a genuine smile, pulled his arm back to his side and took two steps back. He only said one thing. "I accept."
Elizas' voice, issued from the training rooms announcement system beneath the control booth, interrupted any further conversation. "Attention all trainees, that means Visser 47 Heyo 222 and no ranked Yeerk Terrus 5633, please exit the training room floor within the next 20 seconds because I'm now initiating emergency lockdown variation 573 or Shekker. Please note that during this lockdown period, all entry ways onto the training room floor will be sealed and exterior bulkheads will be lowered over the control booth and the overwatch balcony. All dracon cannons will be using the highest power level below the one that blows holes in walls. Remember: Dracon cannons don't care who you are. If you're moving you're dead. Have a nice day."
I picked up the dracon beams and mentally yelled at myself to get moving! Around 20 seconds and we were in the middle of the huge room! DAPSEN! Heyo! I saw that he was already halfway to the nearest exit. I ran after him as fast as I could, counting down the seconds as I saw everything shift. A dracon cannon about as tall as I was rose from the floor inbetween Heyo and me, as another one front left rose up and targeted Heyo's retreating back. The former cannon locked on to me and fired. I saw a 7 foot metallic barrier form. I dove left, rolled, and pressed myself up against it.
15 seconds left. I ran out from behind the wall. I saw Heyo clear the exit. Both cannons focused on me as I ran forward. I aimed and fired my two dracon beams at the front left cannons support braces. Unable to move, it just kept firing straight. Perfect! I strafed left and kept going. As I was directly infront of it I grabbed it and spun it around to fire at the still aim capable cannon ahead. I kept moving onward. As the cannon ahead swiveled to target me, it was struck by cannon rounds from the one I had damaged previously, putting it out of commission too.
Now around 7 seconds left, I put on a burst of speed and threw a quick glance behind myself. I really shouldn't have. 6 cannons behind me, 2 barriers on left and right and 3 in the middle. 2 of the cannons aimed between the barriers and started firing. I ran a little ways to the right, forcing them to fire uselessly at the barriers. I focused again on the exit. I was about 10 strides away from it. 4 seconds left! I glanced once more behind myself and saw on the far wall, cannons coming out and beginning to fire. Heh. Took them long enough to adapt! I cleared the exit with half a second left! I kept on running down the corridor and did a little hop as 3 rogue rounds went past and almost took out my tail and my feet. Finally the metal door slammed shut. I stopped running. I took one step to the hallway wall and just collapsed against it. I lay there feeling the cold hard metal of the wall and floor, and I fell asleep.