Chapter 21: Stormy fight
24 minutes have slowly pass away since Oz's team had gotten on the military base on small island and have been going thru the first few buildings to find out if there opponent was in hiding.
But so far they haven't found anything on the second building that they went to search in, so that left them with searching the warehouse that was the size of a double hanger.
So to begin with there search, they stood right next to a door of the warehouse that was located on the left side of the warehouse.
And there formation to enter the warehouse was that of a SWAT that were ready to break in to an enemy base, but not really.
So the first ones to enter and go right thru the doors and step in were Oz and Elliot ho step inside after having to open the door and quickly walk in with there rifles scanning the area for any signs of moments.
But seeing none Oz motion his team to step inside with a singe gesture with his hand.
"alright guys make sure you stay on the shadows and make as less noise as possible when moving alright" Elliot said as he keep on aiming with his rifle as he told his team what to do.
"me and Elliot will go on forward while you guys separate in to two groups and search on the second level" Oz said as he pointed to the left and right sides of the warehouse that had staircases that led to the second level of the building.
"alright got it, Echo, Gilbert, Leo your with me let's move" Charlotte said as she pick the people she wanted to go with her while she and her 'group' made there way to the right side of the warehouse.
"ok then, Vincent, Hunter and Zoey it looks like your with me" Break said as he called out his 'group' and started to walk to the let side of the building leaving only Oz and Elliot to check the ground level of the warehouse.
"alright you ready Elliot" Oz said as he turn on his night vision on his helmet.
"I'm always ready" Elliot said with smirk on his face as he started to move forward with Oz being on his side as they began looking around for any signs of moment.
As 'Yellow Phoenix' made there way inside the warehouse to scan the building to for any signs of there opponent.
'White Lotus' there opponent was coming in thru the opposite side of the warehouse as they came to the building for the same reason 'Yellow Phoenix' were.
And just like them, they also had weapons of there own that they had gotten for any situation that called for a fight.
But if you are wondering how they survive getting out of the ship, they did that same thing 'Yellow Phoenix' did to get out. And they were actually the first ones to get out and get on the island just 2 minutes before 'Yellow Phoenix' came up.
But now that they were out of the water and refocus in the match, both team were fully set on wining by defeating there opponents.
But as they search around the warehouse to find any sights of there opponents, the only thing that they could hear was the sound of the storm that was going on outside the base as the heavy rain hit the metal walls and celling of the building.
"alright nothing here so far" said Elliot as he walk as quietly as he could through large machinery and crates that they pass by.
"they might be hiding or maybe they might not even be in here, but at the same time they might be waiting for to attack us" Oz said as he walk the same way Elliot did.
Meanwhile top floor
While Oz and Elliot where checking the main floor, both groups that were checking both sides of the building on the top floor where sweeping the area for any signs of there opponent.
But so far they haven't seen or heard anything, just yet.
As they continue to look around for anything of movement or noise, Break's team on the left side of warehouse were able to spot a bit of moment that seem like the top of someone's head on the far side of the warehouse that was located just 300 feet away from Oz and Elliot ho were passing by a bunch of crates and fuel tanks.
"hey guys I spot some moment near your location just 300 feet away from you, it's in the east side of the building" Break said over there communication line that they had set up thru there helmets.
"ok got it, will check it out and at the same time make sure to keep an eye on us and tell us if there is anything or anyone near us" Oz said as he told Break to keep a watch on them as they went to check out the area that Break spotted moment in.
"alright then, will tell you if anything is near you then" Break said as he look over the railing and aim with his rifle in there direction as they move on the ground while he look for anyone that might come in close contact with them.
So after that Oz and Elliot made there way in the direction that Break said he had spotted moment in, but shortly after just walking for about 120 feet.
Oz and Elliot heard what sounded like an object being thrown in there direction that bounce on the floor for about two times before it began rolling in there direction.
Oz and Elliot look down at the floor at the exact same time and then instantly ran back just in time to avoid an explosion that spit out paralyzer needles in all directions.
"what the hell, Break I though you would tell us if anything was near us" Elliot said as he go up from the ground after having to avoid the explosive and then having to aim his gun at the area that the explosive came from.
"I am, they must have thrown it at a long distance because I don't see anyone in your area" Break said as he aim his weapon in the area that the explosive came from.
"well I do" Charlotte said on the call as she shoot a few rounds in the area that the explosive came from and with her shoots that she fired, two boys came out of hiding trying to avoid the shoots and ran to the open area where Oz and Elliot took there chance in firing.
But the two boys from 'White Lotus' were able to doge the shoots that were sent at them by simply dodging them like soccer balls passing by them. And one of them was the teen with the green hair and blue hair, the same teen that took out the red head teen from the first match.
So seeing that weapons weren't going to work, Oz and Elliot decided to engage there two opponents in close hand to hand combat as they ran towards there opponent at a fast speed that there two opponents only had seconds to block there attacks.
"Charlotte, Break, have your groups go around us and find the rest while we deal whit this ones" Oz said as he and Elliot began fighting there opponents.
""got it"", both Charlotte and Break said as they told there group to follow them to the other side of the warehouse were they were to search for the rest of the enemy team.
"alright let's see how skill you guys are" Oz said as he sent strong and powerful punches towards his enemy ho was trying to blocks his attacks as fast as he could.
"I will show you just how skilled I am in hand to hand combat" Elliot said as he fought his opponent with strong attacks that it cause his opponent to be on defensive instead of offensive.
Meanwhile, Charlotte's and Break's group were going around the other side of the warehouse were they tough they could find the rest of the team.
And sure in off, Charlotte's group was then being shoot at when they saw 4 members of the other team ho started shooting at them once they were in sight.
"well it looks like we found some of them" Leo said as he ducked and took cover of the metal railing to prevent him from being shoot at.
"4 enemy members it doesn't seem like that much, well let's go" Echo said as she grab her handguns and jump over the metal railing and landed on top of some boxes before then moving down and shooting at her 4 opponents to have them back up and let her teammates come down with her.
But at the moment she started shooting at her opponents, she notice the girl from the very first match ho help her blue hair teammate in taking out the redhead in the first match.
And when both girls meet each other in the eye, both of them started shooting there guns at one another as they fought in a 1v1 in a furious fight.
On the other side of the warehouse.
Break's group was facing a group of 4 opponents that were using there assault rifles to shoot at them and keep them down from returning fire.
But in order to break away from that, Vincent took his chance in shooting at them when they had to reload.
And that gave them a chance in getting out of cover and being able to fight back at there opponent.
In all, the inside of the warehouse it look like a fire show with both teams returning shoots at each other.
oOo Outside the match oOo
"wow they sure are getting things heated up aren't they" John said as he watch the on going match between the two teams.
"yeah and they don't hold back" Martin said as he too watch the match with concentrated eyes as he watch how Oz mainly fought.
"yes but this is just them mainly fighting in a safe way, if they were to fight in a serious way. Then you would see them punching and kicking at one another while breaking bones and making each other bleed." Yui said as she watch the match while at the same time writing (typing) down information on to her tablet.
"and have they ever done that before?" Samantha ask.
"no, but if you like I could set up a match that could cause that" Yui said.
"eh I don't think you should do it, I was just asking is all" Samantha said.
"so Yui, when do you plan on having your students having to start using the 'nightmares'?" Martin said as he ask Yui when she will teach her students on how to use the 'nightmares'.
"well I plan on teaching them on how to use the 'nightmares' by next week. I still need to find out how far ahead or how far behind my students are in basic training before I move them to train to use the 'nightmares'" Yui said.
"I see, Yui there is one thing I been meaning to ask you" John ask.
"and what would that be John?" Yui replay.
"do you need any help in training your students?, because I plan on staying here for a while to do some important 'tests' and I was wondering if you would like some help in teaching?. I after all use to teach in the olden days" John said as he told Yui his request.
"hmm, well... I am new to do this and seeing just how much work I have on my plate already, I guess I can accept your request" Yui said before asking him 'why' he wanted to help her.
"but why exactly would you like to help me?, is this just an excuse for you to want to be around me or what?" Yui ask in playful manner and with a smirk on her face.
"no not really, I just though you would need the help and I also want the chance in helping in Oz with some 'special training' that he needs" John said as he told his reason for wanting to help Yui.
"alright but make sure you don't do it when I am teaching the rest of my students, they all still need to be train by me" Yui said as she keep on watching the match on the monitors while typing down information on to her tablet.
oOo Back in the fight oOo
As the fight continue with both teams having to shoot at one another and hopping that they have a chance in taking one another out, both teams were still unable to take one another out as they move around the warehouse and try to find ways on shooting at each other.
But soon after having to fight one another for the past 4 minutes with shooting and fighting, both teams were already getting frustrated in having to fight for a long time already and not be able to take out anyone from the opposite team.
So now they were fighting more seriously and more furious then before were now they were using anything in the area that they could grab to fight with.
So is someone grab a metal pole and someone picked up a pieces of metal that where sharped. Then by all means they will use those materials to fight with.
And so far 6 people have been taken down. 3 from 'Yellow phoenix' being Leo, Zoey and Gilbert ho where taken down by the enemy will on the other side 3 opponents from 'White Lotus' were take out as well.
And at the moment, Charlotte and Echo were working together to try and take out two girls from 'White Lotus' ho were using metal poles to attack them.
Both Charlotte and Echo were using the knifes that they found in the building were they got the guns at. But even with knifes, both girls are able to fight against there opponents even with a slight disadvantage.
But shortly after fighting for about 1 minute of swings and strikes, both Echo and Charlotte were able to take down there opponents when both girls from 'White Lotus' lost there weapons and then were strike down by both Charlotte and Echo ho knock them out with a strike to the back of the neck.
But between there fight with there opponents, Echo had to fight as hard as she could to fight the girl ho was very skilled in using the staff in the first match.
And when she had finally beat her, Echo had slight bruises and she was panting a bit heavily after fighting so hard against the girl ho was now laying on the ground conscious.
And by the time she had finish fighting her, she was left with slight bruises on her from her fight.
Next was Break, Vincent and Hunter. They actually ended up beating there opponents in the hard way that it ended up having them receiving cuts and few burn parts in there clothing.
To say it short, they blow up barrel of gasoline that was in between them and there opponents and used the time that they had to knock out there opponents when they were left dizzy from the explosion.
So now the only ones that were left were Oz and Elliot ho amongst there team were fighting two hard opponents that keep on fighting as serious as them.
"go to give it to them, they sure know how to hold there ground" Elliot said as stood next to Oz while standing a couple of feet away from there opponents to take a breather.
"yeah they sure know how to fight" Oz said as he panted a bit as he tried to catch his breath.
"so any ideas oh how we can take them down?" Elliot ask as he put up his fist in a fighting position.
"hmm... well anything that we try to do might not work on them since they are able to react to things fast. But then again they can't be 'fast' in of to block 'all' of our attacks" Oz said as he crack his knuckles while looking back at there two opponents ho were in fighting positions waiting for the fight re continue.
"So what are you trying to say, do you plan on doing you special move the 'black wind'?" Elliot ask.
"maybe I could give it a try you know" Oz replay back.
"alright then, also I guessing you need this don't you?" Elliot ask as he took out his combat knife and handed it to Oz ho accepted.
"yes I do, this technique those require me to use two blades at once, kind of like how Echo use two weapons at once all the time" Oz said as he now has two blades in his hand and spun them around to get the feeling of both blades.
"alright then, let's see if we can take them down" Elliot said as he again put up his fist in fighting position while Oz stood ready with both blades in hand as they stood against there two opponents.
The atmosphere in the area between Oz and Elliot and there two opponents was silence and very cold as both sides stayed silently for only a few more moments until, they heard the sound of a 'ping' hitting the floor and then later hearing an explosive happened right in front of them.
Elliot had thrown a smoke grenade that they found back at the building and used it to help Oz in attack.
When they white cloud of smoke cover up everything in it's area, both of there opponents were a bit surprise to see that there opponents Oz and Elliot started there attack by using a smoke grenade to block there vision.
But they didn't just stand around and waited for something happen, no they instantly went in to defense when the cloud of smoke appear and used there blades to block anything that might come at them.
So then they looked around and tried to spot anything that might come at them by looking around to spot anything out of the ordinary.
And then that's when they heard the faint sound of footsteps heading there way at an fast speed that they almost weren't able to block two knife attacks that were aimed at there chest.
And as soon as the first attack came, so did the second and the third and the fourth and fifth that keep on coming at them at lighting speed that they started to loose focus and started to stumble a bit.
And once he did a few more of coming out of the smoke and slashing at them and going back in and doing the same process over and over, he was able to have them trip and fall where he and Elliot ho came at the right time.
He and Elliot sent a very hard punch to there opponents straight to there face and then to there gut causing them to get knock out.
And with that, the match was over and the surrounding area was set back to it's normal state.
oOo Scene Change oOo
After the end of the match, all teams where seated on the bleachers as they waited for any further orders from Yui.
But at the same time, team 'Yellow Phoenix' was being talked to by four new guests.
And to those ho where in the team where a bit surprise to see just how close Ashley was when she sat next to Oz and started to ask him a bunch of questions.
And at the same time, two people where being a bit irritated with the girl ho was being 'very' close to Oz.
"that was cool Oz I didn't know you could do something like that" Ashley said with a excited tone as she ask Oz.
"thanks, it's something I have be practicing for quite a while now but I still think that I might need to work on it a bit more. The technique requires the user or 'me' to be as fast as I can" Oz said as he explain his technique to Ashley.
"cool and do you do any other types of techniques?" Ashley ask.
"well yes some are solo and some of them involve some of my friends to do a combo of attacks, and some of them are pretty hard to do considering the fact that it takes us days or even weeks to be able to make a successful combo to work after a long time of training" Oz said.
"yup, me and him have over 12 attacks that require both of us to make the combos" Charlotte said as she came from behind Oz and lean on his back while telling Ashley with a 'smile' that she and him had attacks that required him and her to do it.
"don't get so clingy girl", Charlotte said in her head as she acted like normal person from the outside while in the inside she was acting a bit like a school girl.
But just by the way she acted, people could already tell that she was doing it on purpose.
And at the same time, Echo ho was watching the scene couldn't help but feel annoyed and do something a bit more 'forceful'.
So she go up and walk next to Oz and then hop on to Oz's back (she moved Charlotte out of the way) and then she warp her arms around his neck while having to blush a bit from the action that she did.
And at the same time, Oz ho was surprise by the sudden move from Echo. He couldn't help but laugh a bit since Echo was acting 'girly' since she always has the 'serious' and 'quiet' impression on her when look up on.
"me and Oz have over '19' combos that we came up together in our spar time when I was at his house and did a bit of training together" Echo said as she looked at Ashley with a simple 'stare' that it made Ashley feel a bit like she was being told off.
"r-really?, you don't say. So hmm (looking at both Oz and Echo and seeing how close they are with one another) are you guys like... boyfriend and girlfriend?" Ashley ask with curiosity as she tilted her head to the side as she ask them both.
But at the same time her question was really out of nowhere that it cause the group to silence and look at Oz and Echo ho where left on the spotlight with a blank look on there face.
And at the same time, a few bleachers away a 'specific' girl ho heard the conversation couldn't help but grit her teeth.
Meanwhile back with the group, Echo ho heard the question clearly was left stunned and started to blush red while Oz ho turn around to look at her due to him feeling the tight grip from his shoulders from Echo.
When he turn to look at her, Echo was embarrassed to have him see her lie this that she put her head on his shoulder to face away from him.
Oz just laugh at it as he saw Echo's 'cute' side from her, it's been a long time since he saw 'that' side of her since he was a kid.
"hahaha no not really Ashley, were just friends. But aside from that, what are you guys doing here?" Oz said as he ask Ashley why she was here while having Echo still on his back.
But before Ashley could say anything, John step in cutting off what ever Ashley was about to say.
"Well we came to see just how far your training has gone so far and we also wanted to run some tests on you, test that involve your 'bracelet'" John plainly said as he told Oz that he and the rest were here to see his performance with his suit that he had with him in it's simple 'bracelet' form.
"oh I see, and what type of 'test' will I be doing?" Oz said as he ask John what were the types of test he was going to do while he and the rest of his team just listen in to the conversation.
John and Martin and Samantha had no problems in having the rest of Oz friends listen in on what they were talking about because they found it useless to keep it a secret when Oz will be needing to have to use his 'suit' later on in the future and for basic training.
And also because they wanted to ask them a few questions later on.
"oh just basic training, running, fighting, jumping and other things that require moments and other basic things. But what I want to know is that I want to see if you can activate your 'suit', you think you can do it?" John ask.
"activate it?, you want me to use it 'here'?" Oz ask while being a bit confuse as to what John just told him to do because he was sure that John might want to keep this in a bit of a secret from others.
"yeah it's no problem, you after all are going to be using it later on, and so will 'others' Oz" John said as he reassure Oz that he is ok with using his suit.
Hearing those words come out of John and being heard from Oz's team and the rest of the students ho where seated in the bleachers not that far, they couldn't help but feel curious as to what might happened next.
"ok then, I guess I will do it then so hmm Echo can you please get off so that I can get up" Oz said as he ask Echo nicely to get of his back.
"y-yeah sure" Echo said with a bit of embarrassed look on her face as she realize that she was still on Oz's back through the whole conversation that was going on. So she got off his back and let Oz stand up where he slowly made his way just a few short feet away from them.
Once Oz was just 10 feet away, he look back at them and breathed in and out as he prepare to try and active his suit like he did before.
So then Oz close his eyes and said to himself, "please active Guardian Angel".
And once he said those words, a metal like figure was starting to build around his body in a grid formation that started from his feet to his head. In all it took simply 8 seconds for his body to be dressed in a white and blue suit with the two white wings on his back.
And the last things to appear was his helmet that look like that of futuristic knight with blue eyes that soon change to green to match Oz's eye color. And so did the strips of blue on his suit change from blue to green to better match his characteristics.
So know that the transformation was done and change him from looking like a normal soldier to a full on futuristic soldier that had wings on his back and made him look at least 3 feet taller than before, it also made him look a bit more 'attractive' to most of the girls ho were looking at him like an eye candy.
Everyone in the room was left shocked and surprise and amaze to see Oz in his suit.
"so what now?" Oz said as he spoke thru his suit that made him sound a bit like a robot that had low tone that made him sound like he was tank but not really.
"well my first impression is that you look amazing hahaha" John said with joy in voice as he saw Oz change or transform into his suit with no problems at all, this gave him an even more hopeful feeling that the suit that Oz was wearing could be of a big help later on.
"you sure look stunning in that Mr. Vessalius" Samantha said as she walk closely to Oz and inspected the suit that Oz was wearing.
"can you do anything with it Oz?, I would like to see what it can do. OH I know can you fly with the wings on your back?" Charlotte ho was stun at first spoke with excitement as she ask Oz if he could fly with it.
"I can try" Oz said as he told Charlotte that he could give it a try will acting like he hasn't done it before because he didn't wanted to say 'yes I can' because then he would get in trouble with John for using it without his permission.
So after looking at John to see if he was allowed to try it witch John said "sure", he step back few feet and stood in crouching position and started to active his flight mode on through the screen in his helmet.
And once he did that the wings started to glow a bright green on side of the wings where it shine brightly.
"alright I guess here I go" Oz said as he started to walk and then jog and then run until he had in of speed and quickly jump in the air and then he was sent flying forward with a green neon trail behind him as he flew.
"wow' was what some of the students said as they saw Oz fly around inside the training room while leaving a green trail behind him.
"that's amazing, so flying is ok and his moments are good. There doesn't seem to be any problems so far so we will need to do some other test to further see if anything is either good or bad" Martin said with amaze look on his face as he look at Oz ho was flying around the room.
"Yeah it's amazing, this is one big step for us Martin, hopefully with this we can have some hope in fighting in the war. Were slowly running out time Martin and time right now its precious so it's best if we teach him everything that there is to know about the suit so that Oz can use it correctly once he starts fighting with it in the field" John said as he watch Oz coming back towards them .
"sure but don't push him to much, he is still isn't going to be send into battle to soon so take your time" Martin said seconds later Oz landed in front of them and deactivated his suit in mid air making him land on his feet.
"so how was that?" Oz said with a smile after having time to fly around and show off a bit.
"that was great, you show some promise Mr. Vessalius" Samantha said as she complimented Oz making him smile again.
"oh well thanks" Oz replay back.
"alright so it seems that you can use it ok with not problems so far that's good to know, but we are going to need to see just how you perform in combat with it, so are you ready to receive some training form us?", John said as he smile back at Oz.
"yeah sure, it sound interesting and exciting to say the least" Oz said he told him that training to use the suit for combat will be of some fun.
It's always interesting to do something new.
oOo Scene Change oOo
It was now night time and the cafeteria of the school that was filled with all of the students ho where chatting and eating food as they all eat food for the time before going back to there rooms/homes before calling it a night.
So to find our group of champions that won there match in today's training exercise, we find them located on the far side of cafeteria seated next to the large windows of the cafeteria where we find Oz, Echo, Charlotte, Break, Elliot, Leo, Vincent, Gilbert, Hunter, Zoey and Ada and Sharon and even Ashley ho was invited by the group of friends to come in a join them.
"so your name is Ashley, it's nice to meet you and to meet someone with a whole ton of knowledge about technology and science and mechanics" Leo said as he eat his food with chopsticks.
"well t-thanks I guess, but it's also great to meet you all. This is kind of the first time I have eaten food with people around the same age as me and in such a crowed place" Ashley said with a bit of a shy voice as she spoke and told them that it was her first time she ate with people around the same age as her.
"well don't worry about it to much Ashley, there is always a first time for everything, by the way my name is Charlotte" Charlotte said as she welcome Ashley to the group and also telling her name.
"hi Charlotte it's nice to meet you as well. Also I wanted to ask you guys something if it's ok with you all" Ashley said.
"sure it's ok, go ahead and ask away" Vincent said as he drank some of his coke and continue eating his food while paying attention to what she had to say.
And the same went for the others ho pay close attention to what she asked.
"well what I wanted to ask is that I wanted to know how do you guys manage to make it this far with all of the hard training that the school gives you?, I have heard from my aunt Madison that life in Pandora was very hard and sometimes difficult" Ashley said.
"well that's very simple Ashley, you see to be able to make it through the whole four years of hard training you must have something that drives you so that you can keep on going no matter what is thrown at you. All of us here that you see in the cafeteria, all of 'us'. We have something that drives us and because of that we can step another feet on the ground and keep on walking even with a 100 pounds of coal on our bags on hot day". Echo ho was looking at her food while she ate said as she told Ashley the 'short' answer.
"she has a point, we have 'something' that keeps us moving or motivating to make thru the hard training, mine is simply to fight for honor" Elliot said as he eat his food.
"mine is to follow in my sister's foot steps" Break said.
"to fight for our country" Vincent said.
"to protect those in need of help" Leo said.
"to fight with my friends" Gilbert said.
"be able to put an end to this war" Echo said.
"show the enemy what it takes to be a pilot" Charlotte said.
"to fight for my family" Zoey said.
"to bring peace in to this world" Hunter said.
"to show what one person can do" Alice said.
"to be able to show that we are strong as one" Kate said.
"to fight next to the ones I love" Ada said.
"to show our strength and dignity" Sharon said.
"to fight for our freedom and to live in peace" Oz said.
""""""""""""""to fight for justice"""""""""""""" All of them said at the same time as they shouted out there words while standing up at the same time to show there pride in there words.
Ashley was stunned and truly amazed to see that all of them were fighting for something worth keeping.
And the moment that they all stood to say that, all of the students ho where listening to what they where saying smiled in return nodded in agreement and stood up as well and yell out together.
"TO FIGHT FOR JUSTICE AND FOR PEACE EVEN IT IF IT MEANS OUR LIFES, WE WILL FIGHT FOR WHAT IS RIGHT" all of the boys and girls in the cafeteria said with voices of pride as they shouted out as one.
"..." Ashley was now completely stun as to how all of 'them' responded, she felt as if she was in a room where everyone was already heading to war with guns in there arms as if they where about to enter to battle and ready to die fighting.
In in those words of there respond, Ashley ask herself.
"what am 'I' fighting for..."