Bleed, Patch, And Keep Moving - An Apex Legends Story

Chapter 21 - Speed Can Be Tricky

Octane's Point of View

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"The name is Elliot Witt." Elliot held out his hand to the newest Legend to join the Apex team. "Hola Amigo! Octavio Silva. High speed-daredevil at your service!" He shook Elliot's hand just as fast as he spoke; which was pretty fast. It had always been Octavio's dream to compete in the Apex games and his dream was finally coming true. He was standing in the arena and shaking the hand of his teammate for the very first time.

Octavio looked around at the two tall buildings towards the backside of Repulsor through his goggles. "Yeah. No problemo!" He thought to himself as he yanked a syringe, filled with stim, from his pocket. He injected himself with syringe and took off running as the bright green liquid emptied into his body. He ran around the entire perimeter of Repulsor not once but twice before Elliot could even think of his first question for his new teammate.

"So is that your ability?" Elliot tilted his head to get a better look at Octavio as he finally slowed down in front of him. "One of them." Octavio crossed an arm over his chest and used his other arm to give his arm a good stretch. The stim made Octavio run fast but it also drained a small portion of his health when he used it. As Octavio stood there his health began to regenerate on its own.

Octavio yawned, "Nah. I can self-heal too. It's not very fast but it's enough to give me an edge over the competition." He didn't want to give away all of his secrets on the first day but he was going to have to give his teammate some of the details if he wanted to win his first match. He looked around Repulsor for a moment. Oddly the arena felt almost like home; or at least as close as he was going to get to some kind of home.

Elliot smirked at him, "So like Lifeline?" Octavio almost panicked, "What do you mean do I like Lifeline?" Elliot was silent for a moment, "Sooooo, you self-heal like Lifeline?" Octavio laughed it off, hoping that he didn't sound weird when talked about Lifeline, "Is she the one with the heal bot? Nah, I can actually only self-heal myself." Elliot was almost lost in the last part but nodded as it slowly started to make sense to him. "I gotcha. I think."

"What did you inject into yourself and where can I get it some?" Elliot said as he tiled his head and rubbed his bread with his hand. He was genuinely interested in his teammate's injectables. "Those could be great for parties." Octavio chuckled at his teammate's question and statement. "Stim injection amigo. It came from Silva Pharmaceuticals. I don't know how they would do outside of the arena but we could certainly try." Octavio stretched out his legs, he just couldn't seem to stand still for too long otherwise he would get too bored.

Elliot raised an eyebrow when heard the name: 'Silva Pharmaceuticals.' He knew that he recognized the name from somewhere and then it hit him, "I know that name. The card in Ajay's wallet. Does Ajay..." His thoughts were interrupted by Octavio. "What's your ability amigo?" Octavio began tapping his right prosthetic foot impatiently as Elliot just stood there. 

As soon as Octavio went to wave a hand in front of Elliot's face he felt a sudden tap on his right shoulder. Octavio looked over his right shoulder but there was no one there. Octavio then felt a tap on his left shoulder. Octavio looked over his left shoulder but there was no one there. Octavio promptly turned around to see Elliot laughing behind him. He laughed with Elliot, "Teleportation?" 

He watched as Elliot dissipated into blue electrical sparks and then into blue dust that drifted off into nothingness. "Decoys and invisibility my friend." Elliot was still standing in the same spot as Octavio turned around. "Sweet trick!" Octavio smiled and thought of the many ways that Elliot's abilities could be useful in the arena and outside of the area; if that were at all possible.

Elliot moved closer and knelt down in front of Octavio. Elliot made a fist and knocked on one Octavio's legs. "Where did you get these bad boys?" Octavio struck a pose for a moment. Octavio was always one big ball of energy and highly extroverted, "Ah, these beauties. They were made from the left over Stryder Chassis of a Northstar Titan. A super-fast Titan. The only one with hover capabilities I was told. Some assembly required." He paused, "All assembly was done by a friend. Good thing I know a guy. Pretty cool, huh?"