Rebel Born [FIRST DRAFT]

Chapter 25: Guardian Angel

The next day, I walked over to the labs to do my virtual training for the day while still thinking about the plan I had concocted the day before. I went through the usual procedure in silence and pushed the thoughts out of my head as I prepared to dive into the virtual world.

From the start of the training, I realized that something was different. As I entered the virtual simulation, I felt a static charge run through my entire body. I could feel my head begin to throb and my heart beating against my ribcage.

All my sensations became extremely amplified and I felt my body jerking in a spontaneous manner. Once I had calmed down, I could hear my own heavy breathing.

Am I in the virtual world right now? My thoughts rang loud and clear in my mind.

I opened my eyes and was shocked at what I saw. I was in the room that I was usually in for my physical fights except my vision was different. The lights were brighter and there were neon blue lines spreading across the room outlining the dimensions of the room. It was as if my eyes were breaking down the room into smaller components for calculations sake.

I tried moving around. I felt a lot lighter. I heard footsteps with my advanced hearing and looked towards the other side of the room. I watched the door slide open as the same muscular person that I had yet to defeat, walked in.

The moment he walked in, neon blue circles appeared in my vision and focused on certain parts of his body. I just barely stopped my jaw from dropping. I blinked my eyes but it didn't do anything to my vision.

Before long, I heard the signaling beep for the start of the fight and I began to rush towards my opponent without even realizing what I was doing. I aimed my fist for his arm, which he caught, but immediately used the force to swing my leg towards his side and delivered a strong kick there.

To my surprise, my kick managed to deal pain to him and threw him off balance. I then realized that I had kicked in one of the spots that the neon circles had zeroed in at. Something in the reasonable side of my mind clicked as I rushed towards him again and delivered another kick to his back, knocking him forwards.

Without thinking, I grabbed onto his shirt and jerked him backwards so that he was now falling backwards. One hand reached behind me and grabbed onto a sheathed dagger and the other found its way to his neck. I pinned him down by the neck and aimed the edge of the dagger at his forehead, stopping myself just as the tip touched him.

Not a second later, the ending bell sounded. Soon the paramedics came in and took my opponent away, leaving me in the room.

The static feeling returned and my head began to feel extremely constricted within my skull. I gritted my teeth in pain, refusing the urge to scream. As the feeling began to fade away, I jerked my eyes open and looked around me. I was back in the room I always go to for my virtual trainings. The various wires were still connected to me. I released a heavy breath and relaxed into my seat as Isabelle came in to remove the equipment from me.

"How are you feeling?" She asked softly, placing a tray with a cup on it on a table beside me. She began to detach me from the chair. I sat up straight and grabbed the cup and downed it in seconds.

"Okay, I suppose." I replied, beginning to feel better from the virtual training. I thought I was getting used to it, but I guess they had to change it up sometimes. I stood up on shaking legs and stretched. I took a few deep breaths to calm my heart down.

"Well, you're free for the rest of the day. Just make sure you're back down here for the physical training tonight." Isabelle picked up the tray, placed my cup in it, gave me a soft smile and walked away.