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Chapter 2: The Beginning

"What even is this level?" Groaning in frustration you tried to keep your distance from the robot marching around the training deck, it's spear swung furiously only in your direction. You had been darting around the circular training deck for nearly five minutes now in the defence. Well, you were always in defence considering your position as a sniper but this was just ridiculous, you should have been able to get a shot in by now.

"I don't know. Level nine?"

"NINE?" Your face contorted in horror before you had turned around to shoot an expression to your father which read; do you want to kill your one and only daughter?

You regretted your decision to turn around because the robot had managed to back you into a corner. You had no chose but to discard your beloved sniper and opt for using your throwing knives which sat on your thighs at the ready.

The robot pointed the spear forward and you barely dodged it. You quickly ducked down and threw your sniper at its legs causing it to lose its balance. This gave you the opportunity to slide in between its legs and gains some distance between the two of you. You sprinted to the middle of the circle all while both of your hands went to grab the throwing knives. You poked your finger into the handle of the small weapon while the diamond shaped blade was pointed in the robot's direction.

"Come at me you piece of scrap metal." The few seconds of confusion the robot experienced allowed you to catch your breath. But it quickly locked itself onto you once again and took long strides to your position.

In a blink of an eye, it had swung it's spear downwards causing you to block the attack with your knives. The spear rested a few inches away from your face, the only thing stopping it from touching you being the small crossed-over blades. It took every ounce of your energy to break the clash of the three weapons, as soon as you did you jumped back and threw a blade onto the shoulder of the robot preventing it from moving its right arm. It may have seemed like a success but that only left you with one small blade as protection.

"Well shit." You raised your small knife and eyed it before returning your gaze to the robot. You hated to end training sequences without completing it but you might not have a choice this time. You honestly had no idea what was going through your fathers' mind when he set the sequence level in the first place.

Your eyes widen in fear when the robot lunged at you with the six-foot-long spear and you raised your puny knife for protection before yelling; "Surrender." At your command, the robot fell limp on to the floor, the loud sound created by the robot signalling to you that the sequence had ended.

"Oh come on you could have taken it." Your father exclaimed from outside of the training barrier.

Your jaw dropped in both disbelief and exhaustion when the barriers of the circle disintegrated, your body also joining the robot and laying limp on the floor. "Dad, need I remind you that you only have one daughter?"