Blind Gladiator

Today is the day I enact the plan Lightshow explained to me, she handed me the gadget for it when I was heading to school. However, she forced me to travel to school parkouring across the roofs. This increased the amount of time it took to reach it and dirtied my school clothing, rips were appearing at my knees from the landing. It was tiring particularly with all the training I've done.

"3 months later and its barely gotten easier," I huffed as I climbed onto a ledge.

Even through all this it was more fun than the usual walking around.

"No wonder she travels like this," I realised.

I reached a gap like the one I encountered yesterday and remembered the movements I must do. Sprinting forward I activated my shield and spun in the air, using the force of the shield I was launched into the air, I reached the other building with a crash. My bag was a bit ripped and the wind was knocked from my lungs, so I laid there to recover. After a few minutes I was back at it. I reached the school and hunched over to and began breathing heavily.

"I wonder, could I have done this when I started all this? 3 months ago, I could barely run to the fridge," I mused.

When I reached form, I saw Sylvia in her usual seat doing work on her special tablet.

"Why are you late Philip?" my form tutor said, "and why is your uniform ripped up?"

"Oh, I'm sorry I fell over a few times when I was getting here," I lied.

"Be more careful when you are coming to school next time ok?" my form tutor bought it.

I sat next to Sylvia and pulled out some work Derek had given me.

"What are you up to Sylvia?" I asked.

"Doing some work for music," she said.

"Is it going well?"

"Yes, I've nearly completed it," she replied.

"Hooo boy I've not even tried to do it?" I sighed.

"I don't know I'm not musically gifted unlike you; these questions Are going over my head."

"Here I'll help you tonight, clavicus is busy today so we're off training today," Sylvia suggested with a smile.

"Thank you," I replied.

Through my first 3 lessons, I was wondering whether to follow through with the plan. Sylvia has offered to help me with my work, I couldn't treat her the way the plan wants me to. This deep thinking continued to half way through lunch. Me and Sylvia were chilling when you started a fight with me.

"Sylvia this is the last time you do this, if I beat you, you will not be allowed to fight me again," I challenged her.

"Hahahaha, I'd like to see you try," she said playfully.

All of this is a game to her however, she hits like she's trying to break a bone. She doesn't realise her strength. She rushed me however I was now fully invested in the plan, this will stop her from doing this and I needed her to chase me. Going straight for the location would be suicide, she's faster than me and the location for the plan is open. Instead I ran towards an area with many obstacles. My school has a climbing area which is a good route to the location. She's inexperienced with parkour so she'll likely have a hard time chasing me. In addition, she tunnels visions quote a lot when chasing me, she doesn't try to analyse the fastest path to take. While thinking about all of this I was sprinting to the climbing frame. I jumped and grabbed onto the railings to pull myself up. When I was at the top, Sylvia was slowly climbing it. Next part was monkey bars which were thankfully free of students. Good thing to because I began to run on top of them. Halfway through I slipped on one and began to fall. I managed to grab hold and saw Sylvia was at the monkey bars. She went the route as me on them however she stumbled multiple times, she resigned to crawling on all 4s carefully. I'm thankful for lightshows training, it allowed me to recover from the fall and continue going.

"Come and catch me Sylvia," I yelled back.

I heard her groan in frustration but continued running. This was a home straight now; the climbing frame faced the location I need for my plan. It was a roofed alleyway where garbage bins were found. I rolled onto the field ran to the entrance. I looked back to see Sylvia had just landed and was running to my position. I placed a gadget on the floor and waited at the end of the alley way in a fighting stance to bring her more easily into the place. She reached the entrance.

"Got you!" she smiled and slowly walked into the place.

Suddenly a think sound emanated from her feet. A net launched from the ground upwards, surrounding her and pulling her off the floor to shoulder height.

"Got you," I exclaimed and went to examine the net.

She was thoroughly secured in their, only a laser cutter could get through this.

"This isn't funny, get me out of this," she shouted at me.

"Nope not until you admit I've won," I replied.

"Why do you want to win so much?" she begged.

"I'm tired of you always hitting me!" I pushed the net "I'm not strong like you, a bit from you leaves me lying on the floor for ages. I barely faze you. I'm just sick of it, I don't know whether or not your going to tackle me to the floor at lunch."

There was a long pause "I thought it was just a game," she whispered.

"I don't know what to tell you Sylvia. None of that really is a game, friends don't beat each other up," I chose my words carefully.

"But but we play it all the time in swords and shields," she whimpered.

"I'm not trying to sound like your enemy, that is not a play session, that entire time clavicus was training me," I explained.

"Training you for what," she questioned.

"Training me for... One moment, someone's coming," I said and saw a man standing at the entrance way.

"Why thank you brat, saved me the trouble of capturing her," he pulled a gun out, it was black and smoking "here's the reward from the empress," he fired at me, red light and heat filling my vision and the alleyway.