into the mine zone
next to the flag.
The
ground under Jason’s feet was morphing into sticky liquid. Tens of globs
emerged from the liquid surface, flying to Jason.
“Surrender!”
Erikon shouted
“Surrender!”
“Surrender.
Surrender.” Others shouted.
All
robots ceased fire immediately. The globs stopped in the air and fell back to
the liquid surface. Jason was frightened. When he saw those globs, he knew that
was it. At that very moment, he was thinking about Gloria, his mind filled with
regrets. He was surprised that he didn’t think about his father, his mother or
brother. He let out a long sigh and waved to his teammates. They ran to Jason
and helped him get out of the sticky liquid.
Later
the group went back to the changing room. They stepped out of their armor suits
and had drones take the suits away.
“That
was our first failure. Man.” Lucis said unhappily as he walked to Jason.
“Jason,
you OK?” Erikon asked caringly as he walked to Jason.
“How is
your arm?” Idi asked.
They all
gathered around Jason.
“Sorry,
Guys.” Jason said in a low voice, his left arm still bleeding.
Titainein
took over a first aid kit.
“That
was a nice throw, by the way.” Titainein said kindly as she took out a spray
bottle from the kit and handed it to Jason.
“Yep.”
Jason said and sprayed some mist on his left arm. The bleeding stopped right
away.
“Gotta
be careful. The game is coming. We don’t want to lose you.” Sayilin joked.
“It will
take more than that to kill Jason, am I right?” Orizy smiled.
“We will
be fine. We have the best record except this one.” Lucis said.
“I don’t
want to win. If we are the champion, we will compete with first class. But you
know, last year, two second species were killed in the game.” Idi said in a
worried tone.
“For
real? I rather quit before that.” Erikon said.
“It
happened all the time. They won’t hesitate to kill us.” Sayilin said seriously.
“We will
worry about that once we are the champion.” Jason said easily.
“Jason,
it seems that something is bothering you today.” Titainein said gently.
Jason
smiled reluctantly at Titainein and said, “Let’s go back. We still have
classes.”
They
left the changing room and headed back to the classroom.
Chapter 16
After a whole day’s training,
Jason was tired, but he couldn’t fell asleep. When he closed his eyes, he saw
Gloria’s face and body. He didn’t feel he did something wrong. In his opinion,
there was no difference between male and female when it came to fights. Victory
was the only thing mattered. He felt good for beating a first class species.
But when he thought about what happened to her on that cruiser, he felt sorry
for her. Jason went through something similar when he just got into the Human
preselection institute. He broke free on his own and beat the shit out of those
who set him up.
Jason
turned left and right on the bed and then sat up.
“Fuck!”
He said as he got off the bed and got dressed.
As he
was heading to the Glycan’s library, he kept telling himself that if he saw
Gloria this time, he would apologize. Minutes later, Jason was right in front
of the vent. He took a deep breath and entered in the library. There she is,
sitting next to the window. Jason felt his heart was going to jump out the
chest. He suddenly changed his mind and wanted to go back, but his body didn’t
listen to him.
Gloria
let out a sigh, stood up and turned around. Now they saw each other.
“Hi.”
Gloria said happily and smiled at Jason.
Her
smile was the most beautiful curve on her body. Jason felt like a bolt of
lightning hit him and electrified his every muscle.
“Hi.”
Jason said nervously.
“I
thought you wouldn’t come today.” Gloria said nicely as she walked to Jason.
“Well, I
am here.” Jason said gently.
“I know
it’s a little late to ask this question, but what’s your name?” Gloria asked
shyly.
“I am
Jason.”
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