her facial change from scared to shock. Gloria couldn’t believe what she just heard. What happened on the cruiser stormed back to her. Jason released her hair and headed to the vent. Gloria was still in shock. When she finally got herself together, she wanted to call him back. Then she realized that she didn’t even know his name. She was just sitting there and watching Jason crawl into the vent.
Chapter 15
An electronic bullet struck Jason on his left shoulder. He lost his balance, fell over and plunged in the trench. “What the fuck are you thinking?” Erikon yelled as he ran to Jason and shot the approaching robots. Lucis and Idi were providing the covering fire with shock wave guns, pushing some robots back. “Are you alright? Get up, man.” Erikon said as he squatted next to Jason. He pulled up Jason with one hand and fired his laser rifle with the other. “Jason, Erikon, get out of there. Now!” Sayilin yelled. Jason picked up his rifle and ran to the nearest bunker with Erikon. A small plate landed at where Jason was seconds ago and then hundreds of laser beams busted out of it. Right now, Jason and his six teammates were in the middle of a ground combat exercise. It was a live fire exercise and they were wearing heavy armor suits. Their target was to capture the flag on the other side of the training field and keep the flag as long as possible. The field was as big as a football ground and was dotted with platforms, trenches, bunkers and steel barricades. Some twenty robots were defending the flag. Titainein and Orizy were shooting behind a steel barricade, holding the ground at Jason’s left flank. In front of Jason and Erikon, about 25 meters away, five robots were approaching quickly. Lucis and Idi joined Jason from the right flank. Now only Sayilin was fighting on the right flank. “Jason, Focus. Focus!” Lucis screamed. “He is bleeding.” Idi said as she checked Jason’s left arm armor. “I am alright.” Jason said as he reloaded his rifle. “Vampire, Idi, Erikon. Cover me.” Jason said and darted out of the bunker. He rolled behind a steel barricade and shot down one robot at the front and then ran to the closest trench. Three Robots were closing to the right flank. Sayilin got on to a platform and destroyed one. But he was forced to back down to the lower ground as two robots left the flag and joined the robots at the right flank. Erikon, Lucis and Idi gunned down another two robots in the front. The last robot at the front took out a laser net plate. Just before it hurled the plate, Jason shot the robot’s hand and the plate fell on the ground. Hundreds of laser beams tore the robot into pieces. Another five robots left the flag and headed to the middle sector. Now there was only one robot protecting the flag. “Move forward. Idi, to the right!” Jason shouted as he headed to the flag. Erikon and Lucis ran forwards and provided the covering fire for Jason. Idi joined Sayilin on the right flank. Titainein and Orizy still held their positions at the left flank. Erikon and Lucis took a platform and fired at the incoming five robots. Jason grabbed a damaged robot and dragged its body to a nearby barricade. He removed the battery and threw it at those five robots. One robot shot the battery in the air. “Boom!” The battery exploded, projecting thousands of bolts of lightning at the ground as if there was a lightning storm. Those five robots froze for two seconds. Jason took this chance and gunned down two of them. Erikon and Lucis took care of the rest. “Cover me!” Jason said as he ran to the flag. It was about 20 meters away. His teammates kept other robots busy as he was closing the distance. Jason ran like crazy, but he somehow saw Gloria’s bloody face in his brain. He shook his head to get rid of her, but it didn’t work. “Jason, the mine!” Lucis yelled at the top of his lung. “Stop! Jason. Stop!” Sayilin screamed as he saw Jason heading right