Ch 10

Howdy! So regarding Adrien's name my brother is named Adrian, with an A so I guess I just autocorrect myself whenever I'm writing his name. -.-; In any case thank you for your criticism regarding the commas. I remember in English class we had to take a test on commas. I think I just overuse them to make up for the fact I don't use them. Okay Oh! and also I'll be going back to the USA soon, If yo didn't now I'm visiting family in Mexico so a new update may be slightly delayed. Thank you for leaving your comments and reading my story. It makes me happy reading all your reviews. Anyway! Back to where we left off...I think you may enjoy this battle too, I hope you do senpai.

I should have known; if Nino was here Adrien would be to! My hands involuntary started to shake. Adrien's toned back was facing me, his soft locks of golden hair were illuminated a sick pale yellowish green under the purple lights. Here stood my crush, the person who I thought I could not live without, here stood a memento of my mistake, my mistake of over idolizing a person, of lying to that person out of a selfish desire. In front of me stands a person that reminds me of every mistake I've ever made, of every person I've ever trampled who got in my way. I stood there for a few minutes agonizing over my internal conflict….I shook my head vigorously trying to dispel all negative thoughts. Now wasn't the time for petty emotions I thought even though my stiff shoulders said otherwise. Remember your plan…

Yes my plan, my plan…okay…get your head in the game, Lila! Currently everything was going according to my quickly formulated plan. The plan was that as soon as I saw Alya sneak up from behind them I would divert their attention to me rather than the flag, so Alya would have a head start at getting the flag and getting out. Plus with me being on higher ground….it would be like shooting fish in a barrel. I smiled at the brilliance of my plan…I had to be careful though…if they saw me before Alya made it I could be in big trouble…So I decided to lay low and hope they wouldn't see me with my flashing laser tag equipment.

I waited….and waited…and waited….Where the fuck is Alya. I thought my mind soon started to panic…What if Nino finds me, what if they see me, what if Alya got caught, what if they sent troops to attack the home base? Millions of scenarios ran through my head, none were positive. I wish we had some form of communicating amongst each other, perhaps then my mind could be more at ease, since I would be constantly informed of my troops' whereabouts and status. Maybe, we shouldn't have split up…I thought solemnly….Screw it!

With that I aimed my gun at Adrien's chest and fired, before he could focus on where I was hitting him from I ran towards the stairs and made my way towards the enemy's base. My heart pounded, my slightly clammy hands gripped my gun as I ran, occasionally ducking and checking my surroundings for any on coming threats. When I found none I would run again…I was so close now and Adrien was nowhere in sight. He must have gone off looking for the mysterious shooter. A wild grin itched its way across my face. I saw the flag…

"Lila!" a female voice whispered harshly as a random hand grabbed my wrist and brutally pulled me down. I hissed out, before realizing it was one of my teammates, Alya.

"Alya..?" I was confused.

Alya merely raised a finger over her firmly sealed lips. I shut my lips sealed. Alya looked from her left to her right with cautious eyes before speaking.

"Listen, the flag's a trap." Alya whispered. I was confused and Alya was able to perceive this, she continued. "I was heading towards the flag when I was caught off guard, and I lost a life, I managed to escape…but at least now I know their strategy, which was to leave one guard to encircle the perimeter of the base while the rest snipped down any on coming threats from the second floor. They probably have another guy by the flag for good measure. They make it seem like its ill guarded and then they trap you." Alya explained…Now it all made sense.

"What do we do know?" I thought out loud…Burrows slightly furrowed. "We need a new approach…." I said as I grabbed my chin thoughtfully and tried to think of a new strategy.

"We need to regroup and rethink our plan…." Alya said.

"At least know we know who's on Kim's team. That should make things easier since now we can exploit their weakness." I said, hopping to maintain high spirits. Alya nodded in agreement.

"Quickly, before they spot us…!"

We made it back to the base safely and relayed the information we found to our boss, who was currently biting the nail of her thumb in annoyance and thought.

"I see, so that's his plan…." She mumbled…

"What are we going to do now?" Marinette asked, also lost in thought. Alix closed her eyes in thought and stopped biting her nail.

"They obviously went with a strong defensive trap…We need to coax them out if we want to have a shot at winning…Ok! New plan, forget the flag we are going to systematically take out every player on Kim's team. Lila, what information do you have over the status of the enemy?"

My back straightens at the sound of my name and I automatically replied with a calculative voice.

"Currently Kim's team consist of himself, Nino, Nathanael, and Adrien." I said…and I didn't miss how Marinette's shoulders seemed to tense at the sound of Adrien's name. "Adrien was circling the perimeter and Nino was one of the snipers. I managed to hit both of them successfully and they now only have two lives. I have no knowledge of Kim or Nathanael's status."

"Oh, Kim was a sniper!" Alya said supplying us with an extra, rather surprising detail…considering that I had originally thought the other sniper would have been Nathanael, since Kim doesn't seem like he has the required patients to wait for his enemy to walk in his line of fire.

"And…What about Nathanael..?" I asked Alya, slightly worried for his well-being.

"I haven't seen him….I'm guessing he might be the one that is actually guarding the flag." Alya responded thoughtfully.

"Hm…that might be a risky variable….Nathanael may not seem like it, but he's a real threat, considering he can easily hide in small spaces….and I have no doubt in my mind that Kim brought out Nathanael's competitive side…which won't fair well for us…but in any case, let's ends this game." Alix said placing her hand on her hips with a confident smirk. We nodded in agreement.

Me, Alya, and Alix were going to eliminate all the players while Marinette suggested she stay behind to protect the flag. Out first target was Nino. I lead my team to the last place I had saw Nino, which was the right hand entrance to the upper story level. He wasn't there. I told them that the first time I saw him was on the upper story building that overlooked the middle of the labyrinth like street below it.

"If he retook his position, then this makes it all the easier, but still we want to know exactly where he is so we can land two direct shots…" Alix said and after pondering for a bit a simple plan was devised.

Our plan was to take advantage of his two blind spots. There were two buildings that were in his blind spot and Alya and I were stationed on those to buildings, we were the snipers, Alix was going to be the bait. So, as soon as Nino fired at Alix we would know his exact locations thanks to the blinking lights of his laser tag armor, which would greatly contrast the foggy bleak atmosphere.

Alix jogged through Nino's line of fire, unsuspectingly. A shot was heard and Alix was barely able to dodge it by barrel rolling out of the way and hiding behind a trash can. He took the bait. We quickly located his spot and aimed…then bang! Before Nino had even realized it he was shot from his blind spots. But before Alya could get her shot in Nino quickly turned to the sound of the first shot, me, and fired rapidly before Alya shot him in the back, as he fell down in defeat he gave a weary smile…GG….GG…Unfortunately he had managed to land a shot on me before I had enough time to cover. So I was down one life…but at least we got one down….three more to go…

A small cannon explode in the distance signifying the 'death' of a player, and on the screen board that overlooked the entire arena, with the names and faces of all players, showed Nino's picture with a big red spray-painted 'X' over it. Unbeknownst to us at the time that this small victory showed on screen, alerted the opposing team, making them change their tactics in preparation for a more offensive approach.

"So this is where you last saw Kim, right?"Alix asked.

"Yes." Alya replied.

We planned on using the same strategy as before, however something seemed a little off, Alix must have sensed this to because she turned to me and instructed me to switch places with Marinette.

"It would be for the best, you and Alya are already down one life, we don't want to take any unnecessary chances."

I nodded, already understanding it would be far better to switch out with someone with more lives to spare. I quickly turned on my heel and ran towards the base, where I informed Marinette that she will be sent to the front lines. Although hesitant she complied. I watched her go, her pigtails swaying as she ran towards the rest of the squad. That's when everything got thrown into chaos…

To quickly summarize the series of events that unfolded the first thing that happened was a surprise attack from the enemy. The shooters were Adrien and Kim. The team was able to get rid of Kim but at a cost, one life from Alya and Marinette. Marinette could have taken down Adrien, but she didn't, probably because she had a crush on him. (It was painfully obvious.) However, this moment of weakness led to the death of Alya, who tried to protect Marinette. The canon sounded and a gashing red 'x' was spray painted across Alya's face. With one solider down Alix and Marinette quickly retreated back to the base.

"Marinette what was that?" Alix demanded.

Marinette looked apologetically at the floor and whispered a quiet sorry. Alix gave a tired sigh and reassured Marinette that it was fine, but she had to get her head in the game.

"What do we do now?" I asked. Alix bit her thumb in concentration.

"Well…it's three to two…we obviously have an advantage, though that advantage can be easily taken away if we're not careful. We still have no idea where Nathanael is…and Adrien is like a one man army! Our best bet is to try to get the flag before they kill us." We all nodded in unison.

Things didn't go as planned. Even though we cut the head, Kim, out of commission it was clear to see there was another head calling the shots. Because just as we were weaving our way through the narrow streets lined with small buildings we were attacked once again…but this time it was Nathanael.

He came out of nowhere, like death. We didn't realize he was hiding behind a small corner from behind us, until it was too late. He shot both Marinette and Alix. I was left unharmed since I was more up front then they were. Running and hiding would be hard to do in the narrow streets…So I aimed my gun and shot Nathanael square in the chest.

"Run! I'll hold him off just get the flag!" I shouted, urging them to go on without me. They solemnly nodded and ran. I turned to look at Nathanael, who was slightly surprised he got shot.

"I guess it's just you and me again, little red." I said as he tilted his head upwards to look me straight in the eye; I felt a cold shiver run down my spine as I looked into his electric seafoam colored eyes that seemed to glow with power.

"We really got to stop meeting like this, my little minx." He said casually as he raised his gun slightly. I raised my gun instinctively, aiming at his chest. "I'm not entirely unsympathetic so I'll give you until the count of three."

In these narrow streets aiming was easy, it all really depended on how fast you could pull the trigger…however, because of Nathanael's small frame and stature he had a higher chance of dodging and hiding from my attacks.

"One…" There was a slim chance I would be able to hit him...I only had one option… I ran straight past him, if I wanted to beat him I needed to be in a wider space, even the playing field.

"Two…" I could still hear his voice. I wasn't planning on escaping so I didn't go too far, I just wanted to have a head start…but…something seemed familiar….

"Three…" It was only now that I realized, last time I underestimated Nathanael I ended up losing, even though I thought I had the advantage….it was all happening again and if things played out like they did last time with the arcade game…I'm screwed….

I could hear the soft echoing sounds of his footsteps behind me and I willed my legs to go faster. My breath came out jagged and harsh, heart beat pounding profusely in my ears. I don't understand; why is he walking? He would have surely caught me by now if he had started running. I thought as I skid across the floor and cut a corner, hoping that, that would shake Nathanael off my tail. Suddenly like a flash grenade it all clicked…He wasn't trying to catch me he was trying to tire me out, this was nothing more than a game of cat and mouse…! I let out a shaky laugh of hysteria as I realized how I had walked straight into the palms of his hands.

"Stupid!" I cursed as I smacked myself on the forehead for being so gullible…But…maybe…I could use this to my advantage…A foxy smirk etched its way onto my face as I thought of a conniving plan.

"Lila~" A shiver ran down my spine. "Where are you…? Are you hiding…that's not like you Lila…Come out, come out~"

He was playing with me now…using that alluring, sexy voice of his to lure me out to my doom like a siren. However, if he's teasing me…that must mean he's letting his guard down…I have to keep his confidence up, I have to build it up even more and then ram a sledge hammer through it! First things firsts…act like he has the upper hand. There was a fake trash can near me and I kicked it down. The trash can echoed out and cried out as it hit the ground, giving away my position.

"There you are!" Quickly I ran and headed towards the winding maze of walls of Deadman's land. Nathanael followed behind, walking quickly with brisk steps…

I weaved and navigated my way along the confusing winding roads of Deadman's land. I stopped running and I was now speed walking. I didn't want to lose Nathanael…I just had to confuse him, make him lose his bearings, turning corner after corner, left, right, right, left, right, left, left, right, straight and repeat. Finally after a few minutes I looked back to see I had completely lost Nathanael and although that wasn't the original plan it did help bring the odds in my favor. Now he didn't know where I was. Sneak attacks would be easier…but that could be said the other way around too…

I cautiously made my way through the maze, searching for Nathanael's red hair and blinking laser tag armor. It wasn't long until I spotted him. He no longer radiated power, now he radiated confusion as he looked to his left and right like a frighten rabbit. I grinned, a foxy grin. I quickly survey the area…just in case this was some sort of elaborate trap. Satisfied I proceeded with my plan.

I quickly ran from his blind spot and rammed him into a nearby corner. The look on his face was priceless. Eyes wide, cheeks slightly flushed, lips formed into a surprised little 'o' shape as he dropped his weapon. I grabbed his hands and placed them over his head on the wall effectively pinning him to the wall my grin widened.

"Lila!" he cried out in embarrassment and confusion…

I could feel his pulse skyrocket and I couldn't help but feel proud that I was the cause of it. I gingerly leaned down and hovered over his neck. His face was beet red and all senses of coordination or rational thoughts were gone as I pressed my body closer to his.

"I win." I whispered, my hot breath grazing his flushed skin.

He was a stuttering mess now, neck flushed red, practically shaking in my hold, he was done. Checkmate! I let go of his hands and quickly pulled my body away from him. I took a moment to look at his face, which was cherry red and his eyes seemed to swirl around in utter confusion as he tried to steady his shaking body.

I raised my gun and fired rapidly. The sound of a canon being fired was heard in the distance. I smiled victoriously and ran out towards the exit of the maze to reunite with my comrades, leaving behind a flustered Nathanael.

Exiting the maze I saw the familiar shade of golden hair and green eyes that belonged only to Adrien Agrest. He was running this way. I grinned…Oh my god this was so much easier than I thought…As I raised my gun I decided to boost a little and shouted.

"Justice will be swift, justice will be precise, justice will be me!"

With that I fired and was thoroughly surprised to find he only had one life left, my comrades must have gotten to him first. The canon sounds out and a screeching air horn signals our victory. I felt a rush of pride and I was about to boast when I was suddenly hit in the shoulder.

"Ow!" I cried out wincing slightly, I turned to look at the culprit only to find a flustered Nathanael with his brows furrowed deep in anger and lips pulled down in a frown. "Hey, what was that for?" I asked with a pout…though I had an idea of why he was so ticked off.

"What was…?! Lila! Aug!" He groaned in frustration. "That wasn't fair!" He whined.

"Was too! It's not like I broke a rule…" Did I break a rule…well I wasn't called out for it so….

"Was not!"

"Was to!" I replied back stubbornly.

"Not!"

"To!"

"Not!"

"To!"

That was it for chapter 10 I hope you enjoyed it. Please leave a review I want to hear what you think. I'll see you in the next update.