Silvia has gone from the aggressor to the defender. "What just happend?!" the only times she has gotten hit by such a powerful kick was against one of the Fusion teachers.
One has to remember that all the Fusion teachers at the IGA academy are at least of the high-grade and are a candidate to become an Evolution Stage Trigger.
Silvia herself has been a high-grade Initiate for a few years now and has been stuck at trying to get to the Fusion stage for some time now. It really frustrated her so she took some of the missions to take care of the new Recruits.
This way she would get some ground breaking insights from the IGA after completing enough of these. She also thinks that this is the same for all of the teachers of the academy. It's quite a smart system to get teachers this way, since they are highly motivated to perform well. Otherwise they don't get the resources to advance themselves.
She sees Russel dash straight at her. She decides to do the same after waiting to see what he would do. "Poison Touch" she whispers.
Russel sees Silvia whisper something. "Must be an active ability." So far he did not see her use any active ability.
"I will throw another kick to the sides of her rib cage." Russel decides. He sees a medium red spot there from his Killer Point Vision.
BAM!
Russels eyes widen as he gets almost a clean hit in. He attacked her left side with the arm that has the dagger. So either he gets a clean hit or she blocks his leg with her arm. Silvia went for the second option. However that means that she still suffers damage and does not get to attack in return!
Then Russel feels something burn on his right arm. He looks down to see that Silvia closed the distance and sees 2 of her fingers buried in his arm!
"That is not good." Russels Bird Eye tells him that the dagger does not have any dangerous properties anymore and that it transferred to her whole hand!
Silvia grits her teeth. "How is his body so tough?!" she thought that the fight was over and she could bury her whole hand in his arm and inject an instant lethal amount of poison but she only managed to get 2 fingers in!
Russel pushes Silvia away and instantly goes for another attack, this time he decides to go for the side of her head since a bright red spot has appeared there! He also sees that Silvia's shield is now positioned around her ribcage. This is because Russel let his eyes linger around the same spot where he just hit her. She probably knows that she can't take another hit there.
Russel fakes another kick to the same spot and then goes straight into a jab with his left fist!
He sees her shield move very quickly towards her head. Russel frowns, he mistimed his fake and gave her plenty of time to still see the attack coming. His dad and brother never gave him any training, they refused it because they wanted Russel to be shaped by the IGA and their superior training methods. The only experience he has is from watching movies.
He still gets the hit but it does no damage.
Silvia feels her energy points plummet to just 10%! Never has anyone gotten her energy points down so quickly. Her body can't take another hit and she also cannot allow her shield to take a hit! She is screwed and can only evade from now on or she will lose this fight. "Just a little longer Silvia, it should almost work...
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Russel knowns she must be standing on her last leg. He sees a certain desperation in her eyes. He decides to take a step back and assess the situation. Silvia does not seem to mind this as she also takes a step back. They start circling around waiting for the other to take the next move.
BADUMP
Russel falls down to one knee. "What is going on?!" he suddenly felt his heart skip a beat and his body did not listen to him for a moment.
He sees Silvia gritted smile turn into a normal one. "It's over" she says out loud as she sprints towards him.
Russel shoots into a panic as he wants to sidestep and counter attack. He steps to the side. However as soon as he wants to swing at Silvia his body stops reacting and he limps over as a lifeless doll. "It's over my. My chance at entering the IGA is gone." he thinks, as he closes his eyes.
STAB
A burning sensation comes from his abdomen. Russel rolls to the side and sees a huge amount of blood coming out of it. It seems one of his major arteries has been hit. Darkness starts creeping in from the corner of his eyes.
"No, I can't let this happen" he sees Silvia dash in once more. "I gotta keep fighting." he thinks before the darkness takes over.
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Russel opens his eyes. "Back in the hospital bed" this time however he is one of the more high tech ones. He looks around to see the IGA logo on the wall with their motto: "For humanity".
Tears start streaming down his face. His future is dead. He lost the fight.
"Hey, is everything alright? Why are you crying, do you have any pain?" two beds away a boy with short blond hair asks.
Russel wipes the tears away as he looks at the boy. The boy seems very young. He has short blond hair that is extremely messy and bright black eyes that seem to look into his soul. It makes him a bit uncomfortable.
"Yeah I'm okay. I'm just sad." Russel replies.
"Oh, sorry to hear that. My name is Jack, what is your name?" the boy asks.
"Russel" he replies. "You can already forget about me anyway since I'm not part of the IGA. I screwed up." Russel says with a broken voice.
He sees Jack tilt his head in confusion. "What are you talking about?" we are in the IGA soldier exclusive care unit. Recruits do not get treated here" he says with a chuckle.
Russel looks at him with confusion. "That is weird. I had a duel and lost the duel, but now I am here." he says out loud.
"You are the one from the duel! I heard about it a lot, but you won I heard." Jack says. Russels eyebrows almost reach his hairline hearing this.
Just as he wants to reply to not mess with him someone walks in. He sees Jack immediately salute and he decides to do the same.
"At ease Officers." A burly man with biceps the size of Russel's head walks in.
Russel quickly counts the stripes on his shoulder. "One, two, three, four..." this is a commander!!!!!!
Russel hopes the floor is strong enough so his jaw can't shatter through it seeing this.
"Officer Russel Darrington. My name is Commander Brian Martin and I am the second in charge for the second military academy base of the IGA." He says with a strong and hard voice. Russel notices the man is missing one eye. "I officially welcome you as an Officer in this academy. Make us proud." the Commander says.
Russels eyes widen. "So Jack was speaking the truth!" he realizes. "Thank you sir! May I ask how the duel ended? I thought I lost." Russel asks the Commander.
The Commander looks at him with his one brown eye. "Officer Silvia used up all her energy points hastening her poison and collapsed due to energy point exhaustion." he replies.
"So that's what happend" Russel realizes.
"General Miyamura, the head of the first year Officers, will be waiting for you in his office when you are ready. He will explain some things to you and get you started. Any further questions may also be directed at him." the Commander continues.
Russel nods his head in acknowledgement.
"Now get some rest Officer Darrington. Your fight was entertaining to watch and the IGA looks forward to your progression." the Commander says as he takes his leave.
Russel gives him one more salute and then looks over to Jack. "It seemed you were right."
He sees Jack nod his head. "Well yeah, why would I lie? Don't really have a reason for that."
"Anyways, since you are also a first year we might become classmates! Looking forward to working with you 'Officer Darrington'" Jack says with a smirk.
This makes Russel laugh very hard. A bit too hard even as tears of happiness come out.
After chatting with Russel for a bit more he closes his eyes to get some well deserved rest. Tomorrow morning he will start his career in the IGA!
