The one that made the comment and I stepped up. "Hey! I was the one who said it! Leave him alone." the hothead said. "Don't mess with my squad." was all I had to say to them. We were getting into each others faces when a tiny bell began to chime. We all looked at the instructors and moved back. "Since you are all so rowdy, lets have a good competition." they said. My squad and the squad of Indigos were going to face off in combat. Since it was a 5 on 5, it was going to be best of 3. I decided to go third because I did not know how strong all the others were. The first ones to face off were the 2 hot heads on either group. They were both good fighters but the Black was just too angry to be put down and too stubborn to quit. Our teammate was able to just eke out a hard fought victory. In the next fight, our mediator got his ass kicked by the Indigo. The commander let it go on a bit too long, but a loss was a loss. It was my turn. I was level 10. I had also had some practice with Suzie. I was able to out maneuver the Indigo and escape 2 submission grapples. I knocked him out with a right hook.
Everyone was watching with baited breath. Blacks were supposed to be the weakest of the sub entities, but we were leading this series. Also since we had 2 wins, it was going to go to the final round to decide the winner. There was a strong reaction from both sides. The Indigos wee looking at us with disdain and disgust. The Blacks were looking at us like we were heroes. The fourth fight was over quickly as the Black was utterly pummeled. The fifth round was back and fourth as it was where both sides had their heavy hitters. Both of them went back and forth for a bit before the Black hit the Indigo where the egg sac was. That was considered dirty, but it was allowed. In a certain respect, this was probably going to bite us later even if we did win. The fight was more in our favor after that. Eventually, the indigo tapped out to a submission hold. The gymnasium erupted from the reaction from the others. The instructors rang the bell and the whole room fell silent. "That's enough! Blacks win. Now we have to get to work. We obviously have a lot of work to do to get you in fighting shape." they said.
Running, jumping, punching, kicking, and blasting beams was what training consisted of. When we were all finished we were dismissed and able to do as we pleased for the rest of the day. The 2 squad mates that won came up to me. They were happy. "We should them not to mess with the Blacks!" the hot head said. "All right we get it. It was a good fight. Just don't cause a scene. We can't be running to save your glow every time." the other said. It was true. We could have easily lost without that dirty shot. The hot head just pulled the 2 of us closer to him. "Lets go see the humans to get the gear on. Then we can see what's going on." he said. He did not let us refuse his offer. I did need to see what the humans were up to if we were going to accomplish the goals. The hot head lead us out of the barracks floor to an elevator. We got on and it took us to a lower floor. It took several minutes. "This is a long wait." I remarked. The others just shrugged. We then spent a few hours walking to a docking bay. It was a long trip We were nowhere near close though. They were unfazed as we walked.
