OLDER
CONTACT ME
DIARYLAND
2005-01-01 - 12:19 p.m.
Exploiting an opponent's weakness is never easy, that was one of the better lessons that Parker had taught me before I left Redstone. It's not easy, but it can be done.
He lunged at me after regaining his balance; he was fighting angry and that made it easy to sidestep his attack. His anger would cloud his mind and make his fighting sloppy, something that I could use to my advantage. When he moved past me I struck his back, I pulled my arm away from him and there was blood on the forearm of my armor. The armor is invisible except for a faint shimmer when Serge and I make contact of any kind, so the blood was a bit of a shock. I heard Nikki's voice in my head when I looked way too puzzled, "I told you that you shape it. If you imagine spikes or something on the armor, then there will be spikes or whatever. So imagine it helping your strength and reflexes and let's get out of here." Serge was writhing on the ground reaching towards the holes in his back without much luck. I took that moment to do what Nikki said and concentrate on the armor making me stronger and faster and less winded. The armor heated up slightly, but not too much. It felt like I was being coated in warm jelly or something like that; I could feel the tiredness fall out of my muscles and the windedness just evaporate. I felt stronger and faster than ever. Since I was in control of the armor I decided that I needed some weaponry. I imagined a short sword of light forming in my right hand and the armor on my left arm spread out to become a shield. I flexed a little and tested out the movement of the armor with the sword and shield; it moved like a second skin, as if it wasn't there at all. When my attention returned to Serge he was standing up, facing away from me, and the holes in his back were closing up rather quickly. I knew something was up because if he could have healed himself then he would have done it quicker; one of the others was helping him. I concentrated on Serge and saw a line of energy running from Lily to him. I reached towards it with the sword and cut at it; it severed with a snap and an audible gasp from both of them. "Play fair now Serge, you said you were a man of honor, what happened to that?"
