So here I am, in one of the available 'training rooms'. It's just a large, empty 4-walled room with a grid-like pattern on each face of the room. The 'grid' is pulsing every few seconds.

I'm standing near one of the walls, and Cray isjust outside. I presume he's looking in somehow, through a window or a camera or something.

"So what do I do now?" I called out. I hope Cray can hear me.

"You will need to practice using your gun. And you can start by shooting at the red targets." As he said 'targets', a small group of 3 red humanoid robots and 4 blue humanoid robots spawned in front of me.

"I presume the red ones are simulating the enemies, while the blue ones are allies." Surely that's the case.

"Correct."

Taking aim, I steady myself, relaxing, and...

POW

Steady again...

POW

Last one...

POW

"Impressive. I predicted that you would miss one of your shots." Cray calmly told me.

"Are you saying that I'm not good?" I jokingly asked.

"I did. But now I am reconsidering that." I guess robots never lie.

The blue targets that I left alone disappeared. Soon after, parts of the floor were moving upwards and shaped themselves to look like hills and rocks. Even right under myself!

"In real combat, you will be in an environment like this and enemies will be firing back at you. Your task now is to shoot each of the enemies without receiving any damage." Cray told me as more red robots appeared in front of me. No blue ones this time.

I turn my body to the right while crouching down a little. If I need to avoid being hit, I'll need to keep moving. That's how it works, isn't it?

"There are many weapons an enemy can use against you. But for now, these targets will only use a Subatomic Pistol Wasp each. The weapon that you are currently using." At least that's nice and simple.

One of the red robots fires at me. I jump towards the right, behind a rock. Without looking I point my gun towards their general location and fire.

POW

I'm not sure if I got one or not. So I carefully look over my cover. Trying not to expose too much of myself, I scan for any targets. One robot is just standing out in the open, not even trying to hide.

Taking aim at the stupid one...

POW

Boom! Right on the head! The robot immediately exploded into red particles.

Ducking back down, barely missing another enemy fire, I calm myself before looking at where that shot came from.

The target is hiding behind its own cover. But I can see the top of its head.

Taking careful aim...

POW

Boom! I got it! Quickly ducking back down again, more shots flew above me. It looked like there are about two left.

Let's try a different strategy and run around the place. Sure, it might be dangerous, but no risk, no reward. Right?

Jumping out of cover, I run around the area that I assume my targets are. None of them are firing at me. Huh... Are they planning something? No, they wouldn't, they're just practice targets. But after running around for a bit, I find another obstacle
to hide behind.

Peeking over, I see two of my targets hiding behind their cover. Seems like they didn't see me. Well, time to flank them. As soon as I shoot one of them the other will be alerted.

POW

There's one. And the other turns towards its partner.

POW

And both of them are gone!

"That is all of them." I heard Cray say. That rhymes. "And flanking them from behind is a good strategy."

"Anything else I should do?"

All of the hills and rocks move back into the ground, the room changing back to how it was before.

"It is possible for a fighter to battle a vehicle on foot. What you will be doing next is to defeat a vehicle." What!?

"On my own?"

"Yes, on your own. Do not worry, the vehicle has a weak point. Find it and attack it to destroy it quickly and easily." How many times did he say "it"?

If my logic is correct, the front of any vehicle is usually the most armoured. So the weak point is likely to be at the back.

Short walls appear in front of me. Along with a large, red vehicle.

It has electroshields at the front of it, and a bunch of guns on top of it. The whole thing is supported by a couple of tank tracks.

"The vehicle will not move or turn. But it will fire at you. Try to destroy the vehicle without taking damage yourself." Cray told me.

Immediately getting behind one of the walls, just as the vehicle starts shooting at me. Or rather, shooting at the wall I'm behind. This one seems quite aggressive.

After a moment has passed, it stops attacking me. Another moment later, I peek out of my cover. The guns are all looking in a different direction.

Now's my chance.

Dashing to its back, I notice that there are no shields on it. Infact, there's a hole that leads inside. This must be the weak point. A real vehicle would most likely not have something as stupid as this.

Climbing inside, I point my gun in any direction (besides myself, obviously) and...

POW
POW
POW

Repeatedly firing at the vehicle, destroying it from the inside. And none of its guns can get to me.

Once I've done enough damage, I climbed back out to finish it off. The vehicle didn't have enough time to fire back at me before it completely exploded.

"Was it supposed to be that easy, Cray?" I asked.

"Once you have found the weak point, yes." The robot replied. "In real combat, vehicles won't have obvious weak points like that. Therefore, it is best to either fight a vehicle along with other fighters, or use a vehicle of your own."

"Makes sense."

"Vehicles are always stronger than fighters. Keep that in mind, Ozone."

"Will do, Cray." It makes logical sense that vehicles are stronger, they're bigger for starters. "Anything else I should train on?"

"That is all you need to know for now. But you can come back here to train on other topics whenever you want to." That's good to know. But I think Lava said that to me. No matter.

I overheard Cray say that I will be in real battles at some point. I wonder when and where...

Auther's notes: Well, that's that out of the way. Now for the reviews.

I only got 1review since last time.

Guest (Chapter 5): "Well, so far so good, but I'm still waiting for the robot training and combat (Build, DRIVE, Fight). I'm happy that I've helped you with development of story. Thank you for responding to reviews."

Rynowm: "Thanks, and your welcome. The training's done, for now, andactual combat will happen eventually, both inside AND outside vehicles.

You should know that updates aren't regular. I work on my story whenever I just feel like it."