Pov: Musashi
Diana or mauve as she was now calling herself plowed ahead. Her strategy seemed to be charge confiden'tly into the largest groups of droids and somehow dodge darts all while scoring accurate hits against droids themselves. despite how ridiculous this strategy seemed theoretically she somehow made it work. How exactly someone so tall could dodge that many darts was beyond Chung's comprehension. When asked about it Diana's only reply was "Fortune favors the brave". Chung thought this was an accurate depiction of her entire strategy in general. However as they took out more and more droids it became clear that their secret to success was not only bravery but also Matilda. Matilda stocked them from a hallway or two back, the small blonde was the best shot Chung had ever seen. She would cover Diana and usually take out two thirds of the droids without hitting her Dianna would take out the rest. Between the two of them there wasn't much for Chung to do, so all he did was try and avoid being hit. This was a lot easier said than done. Despite being only a little bit taller than Matilda, avoiding being shot took all of his concentration. How Diana could do it so naturally, he didn't have the slightest clue.
"TEAM 4 IS NOW ELIMINATED" the voice seemed to be coming from everywhere at once. Chung took a moment to figure out how the mechanics of that would work. His train of thought was interrupted by Diana.
"Finally a little less competition, forward" she said charging on without looking back to see if anyone was following her. There were three drones in the hallway Mushashi laid with his back flat against the wall a series of darts flew past him and struck two of the drones, a third was taken out by Diana as she moved forward without missing a step. Suddenly a cry of warning came out from behind them. Before Chung could figure out what was going on Diana grabbed him and pulled him passed the hallway corner and let a series of shots fly blindly behind them. The drones who had just finished eliminating Matilda returned fire. While Diana and the droids exchanged rounds of darts, Chung inched over to the next corner. Having enough sense to put his gun before his head as he rounded the corner. The two drones who were creeping up from the opposite direction fired a couple of rounds towards him.
"Damn it" he heard Diana shout as the sound of ricocheting darts echoed down the hallway. Chung moved back towards Diana
"were surrounded" Diana whispered as if she was afraid the droids might be able to overhear.
"There's only one left on this side, I need you to hold him off while I take out the two on the side. Can you do that?" She asked
"Uh..."
"Brilliant" she said as she took off towards the hallway.
Pov: T.L.
despite the fact the Labyrinth was... well a labyrinth, it wasn't hard for them to find their way to the flag. The drones were the key, the closer you were getting the greater concentrations. They had risen from groups of one or two to groups of four and five. It was only because of Alvin's sense of caution that they were able to continue without another player eliminated
"TEAM TWO HAS BEEN ELIMINATED" Alvin stepped close to Amanda
"Use your power see how much further we have" He whispered purposely to avoid Susanne overhearing
"I already have. We are really close, just two or three more hallways. But..."
"Do I even want to know?"
"Between us and the flag is a large group of droids. At least a couple dozen...and i'm out of darts"
"Great, are they moving towards us?"
"No, they appear to be staying in one area."
"How much further?"
"The hallway after next, the hallway after that is the flag"
By the time they reached the next hallway, the only way to win was clear to Alvin. He signaled for their group to stop.
"Paragon, I need you to make a magnetic shield around me, something to deflect these darts.
"They were quite explicit when it came to the rules, no powers" Susanne said crossing her arms defiantly.
"Technically", Amanda interrupted, "they said were not allowed to use our powers against other players or the environment. Whe're just going to use them to deflect darts.
"How do you know the darts aren't part of the environment?" Susanne countered. Before Amanda could answer Alvin grabbed Susanne's right hand and pulled her forward causing her to drop her weapon. Pulling her behind him he dashed into the droid infested hallway. The droid's instantly began firing at them but much to Alvin's delight the darts circled around them and fell to the floor. The droids circled around them and continued letting loose an endless stream of darts yet their persistence did them no good. The two of them were halfway down the hallway when from the other side emerged Diana blank when she saw Alvin her face twisted in rage and Alvin could tell she knew exactly what he was trying to do. She dropped her weapon to the floor and raised her hands. There was a crack that sounded like a mix between a gunshot and thunder, instantly twin bolts of lightning emitted from her outstretched palms. They sliced through the droids like a blade through water. In less than a minute the dozens of droids were reduced to smoldering piles of metal and plastic. One of the bolts came so close to Alvin he could feel his hair on end his pace doubled all thoughts of winning out of his mind. He was only occupied with escaping the destruction around him. Suddenly the walls flickered as the simulation matrics call the labyrinth struggled to reboot itself. Then wall appeared seemingly out of thin air separating team 3 from team 1. Seizing the opportunity Alvin dashed the short distance to the flag only to slam face first into a new wall separating him from the flag. The wall between him and Diana flickered and then vanished if Diana would of moved right then she could have won she wouldn't of had to hurt anyone it just would of taken a little bit of electricity. No more than a low powered tazzer and the flag was hers. However the changing environment had left her a little dazed. Those few seconds of hesitation cost her everything. The wall between Alvin and the flag faded Diana conjured up another bolt but Alvin ducked at the last second and the bolt harmlessly cut through the air above him. His hands closed around the flag before Diana could shoot a second round
