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"I’d pair us up, just like how Coach told us to pair up during the last battle Salem with Reuben, me with Damien, Stuart with Denny, David with Butch, and Max with Harvey That way, everyone has soift complements theirs in soly pleased with the plan

"You wouldn’t decide to sie into the battle as a whole to co uys not being there The worst thing to do would be to deviate from e’ve been trained to do We’d stick to e know"

I smiled "Excellent answer" I spoke to them all then "We’re your commanders and we’re powerful, but we’re not invincible If so were to happen to us, you will still be expected to fight alongside the other squads You cannot afford to dwell or to have a moment of doubt You need to turn any emotions you feel into fuel, and you need to protect this place and the people within it"

"I knohat it’s like to suddenly find yourself without a co to slowly pace "It happened to the squad I joined when I was first accepted into the legion It’s scary It’s a shock to your system It can shake your confidence And that’s exactly what your ene on in that situation No other coh about you and your capabilities It would uys were on your own"

Unease snaked around the entire squad as they cast each other nervous glances

"But that doesn’t have to be a bad thing," continued Jared "You know each other inside out You know each other’s strengths and weaknesses You knoho the best strategist is, who is the fastest, who is the stealthiest, and who is physically the strongest – you know all of this infor to try soy of the earth, I built a large wall near the far end of the arena Following that, I added a few ledges to the rear of it before springing to the top and perching ine that this wall is the entrance of a building Commander Michaels and I have been captured and you suspect that we are being kept behind it For all you lot knoe could in fact be dead"

"Until we knew for sure, ouldn’t assurowled Chico "We’d do our da" The others all nodded, looking resolute

I couldn’t help be touched by that "The probleuarded The other issue is that you’re being pursued fro yourselves safe?"

"You wouldn’t leave us behind, and ouldn’t leave you behind," Salen tainted

"Exactly," said Denny

"So, then, what next?" Jared asked Chico

"Next, I’d do what you guys would do: I’d split the squad into two Five of us would work on getting into the building while the other five covers us I knoouldup, but that particular situation would call for it"

Pleased, Jared gave him a nod of respect "How exactly would you split the squad?"

"I’d have Harvey, Reuben, Damien, David, and Butch cover Sale, Chico I’ to ask you all to split up just like that now"

Brows drawn together in confusion, they obediently divided into two groups

"Chico, you and the four who you believe would be the best choice to invade this building are going to try to do exactly that"

"Are you and Co into position in the middle of the arena with the rest of his tea to do that I agree with you, Chico – they et past the we’re still alive, that is If any of you receive ould be classed as a ‘fatal’ hit if Reuben hadn’t weakened your gifts for the training session, you’ll be expected to sit in the spectators’ area Harvey, I’rinned at that and pulled his ed in a huddle, Jared and I jumped down from the wall and sat in the front row of spectator seats The commanders had now been removed from the equation, and the squad had to think for themselves

From where they stood in the centre of the arena, Chico’s team made the firstDavid, the strongest link, at the top of the wall They both ducked by squatting on one of the ledges that I’d added to the rear of the wall Instead of retaliating, David psychically ‘zapped’ Max before he had the chance to rob their senses, taking him out But it was no more than a minute later that a psychic hit from Saleht that he would then have a clear shot at David, but he’d greatly underesti as cover Jared and I had trained him never to rely on Butch, to be prepared to protect himself if the need arose, and he had clearly listened extremely well

Each time anyone from Chico’s team came near the wall, Reuben would dash from behind it – the bloke was seriously fast – and attack, siift At that point, Harvey would send their ‘attackers’ flying away; never attacking fro the attention of Chico’s teaet his astral self while he kept his physical body safe behind the wall This then gave David a chance to eliminate those ere distracted by Daotten rid of Salem and Stuart Denny eventually snatched Reuben with his yellowy-green ooze, chucking hiainst Chico, Stuart, and Denny

Stuart repeatedly did his best to get near the wall in particle for away Apparently deteret rid of Harvey, Denny took a h distances like a copepod, he abruptly jumped to the top of the wall, where Harvey was currently situated He wrapped hiround – eli his own team a better chance