“Chae! Saku! Can you hear me?” Sofia calls them with a bit of a panicked voice while she is trying to take control for the flight. Gunshooting keeps going on the other side which is the one that is on Citrina's plane. From the beginning before meeting with the lions, Elio already gave them small divided devices for them to communicate secretly. The devices allow them to at least hear of what is going on around them even though the sound might be slightly muffled. It’s loud enough for them since they have been working silently and noticing such small little things is no longer a big deal. After all they need to look around and be aware of everything that might happen including those impossible things. With that being said, because Sofia hears shooting sound from the device, she starts to feel worried, especially when it’s happening for a few minutes already. “Yes, Capt! We can hear you!” Chae replies once they get called out. “Thank Goodness! What happened there? Are you guys okay?” Sofia immediately can get an ease of relief, the long due of worries finally get the answer. “That maniac Zircon suddenly aimed his guns toward us!” a bullet hits the tip of where she is hiding. Hearing that, Sofia squirts her eyes and thinks something suspicious about how they behaved out of nowhere. Previously Heliodor said he didn’t tell any of these which means none of them knew about the plan. Then why did Zircon start the gun shooting? What did he or Citrina notice? “Then where is Citrina?” Asking the third question to the person who is currently at the same place. “She is in the cockpit and Zircon with his deadly robot is the one who guards the door as if they already knew about our plan!” Chae answers and suddenly the robot shows up, instantly attacking her. “Robot?” Sofia asks confusedly. Seems like the other side's condition is a lot worse than what they are facing right now, the opposite position with them. It’s two against three and none of those shouldn’t taken care of easily. “Yea.. the one that I had fought before getting such an honorable promotion! It feels like redemption!” Chae answers while fighting back from the robot’s attacks. That doesn’t last long because Saku is also there to fight with her and he won’t let the same thing happen from last time. This is their redemption, not only one of them. “Okay, I can see that you guys are struggling at the moment.” Sofia replies still with a lot of questions in her mind but on the other hand not wanting to disrupt them. “I will try hijacking the plane’s control from here.” “That would be a-” Chae shields herself up with a knife, making the robot miss its attack “bunch of help!” she continues. “Is it possible for one of you guys to spread more of the chips?” Sofia asks and opens Elio’s laptop beside her. “Gladly.” Saku answers and gives a signal to Chae for spreading the chips. Thankfully for only a few in a thousand times, Chae doesn’t hesitate first for doing such a work with him. Usually she will hesitate first of not wanting to leave and fight this thing alone but it seems like Chae already learned her mistakes from the past missions. She should believe and listen more to her teammates, not trying to take control or handle everything on her own. After all this is not her teammates, it’s her new family. Chae quickly turns around and grabs some of Saku’s duffle bag then starts to run around the plane. Just at the right timing, Zircon suddenly shows up behind his robot and sees Chae who is running away from them while holding a bag. He looks at it and immediately tries to chase her but Saku is not someone who can be dealt with easily. At the first step of avoiding him, Saku almost successfully puts a bullet through his head if he doesn’t stop himself in that merely second. “Going somewhere?” Saku says arrogantly while in the middle of fighting close combat with his robot. Technically he just shoots at Zircon’s direction without actually looking at him while his other hand is pushing the robot away from him. Now their position changes as Zircon and his robot are right in front of Saku who is guarding the way of getting to Chae. The way is not really that wide so in case of holding these two of, Saku draws another knife in his pocket. “Don’t get too cocky, you little brat.” Zircon says before charging forward with maximum seed along with his robot. The battle continues as Chae tries to run as fast as she can to spread all of the chips they have. Back to where Elio who is facing the lion pack’s leader as both of them now holding a knife on their right hand. Elio’s position looks steady and defensive at the same time because all he needs to do is to survive. Can’t let the lion get anything he wants by force anymore. Meanwhile Heliodor’s position is totally relaxed as he doesn’t seem to be getting into ready position. They are circling around the spaced plane, facing each other, but the way Heliodor’s walk is just like how people usually enjoy the morning breeze. “How ironic isn't it?” Heliodor speaks up, giving a goosebump toward Elio who is prepared for the worst. Looks like Elio backs himself as he doesn’t say anything back, just glaring at him and completely alert of everything. “Two people that have the power and are capable of running the world, fighting with each other. Just like in those super heroes movies.” Continues and scoffs then directly looks at Elio’s eyes. “Do you know where the divisions’ names are coming from, Elio?” Heliodor asks with a smirk on his face and stops walking. “Obvious, isn’t it?” Elio simply replies, not slightly interested in answering such a cheap question. “It is. You do know that a tiger will never take over the role of king of the jungle, right?” Heliodor says with a wide smile. Heliodor was expecting Elio to at least show a sign of irritation, Elio changes his expression into something that annoyingly di “True. But tigers do exist until now.” Elio replies, sarcastically meaning that his only target is to survive against Heliodor’s will. As someone who has a brain like Heliodor, of course he can get it right away without thinking twice and how effective that simple insulation is to him. Just like mentioned before, lion’s patience is just as thin as a tissue which means from what just Elio said, Heliodor finally charges forward first. In an instant, Elio manages to dodge it quickly with just bare minimum movement then counter his attack by thrust forward directing Heliodor’s head. Leaving a scar that is not really that deep on the side of his face because Heliodor never expected Elio’s reflex can be this fast of dodging then attacking him in just a mere second. Elio is not stopping though, his leg moves forward to get behind Heliodor and almost make him fall with such a martial arts technique. Remind that this is Heliodor and everything won't come smoothly for Elio as Heliodor fakes that he is going to fall only to swap his position with Elio which makes him the one who hits the ground first. Quickly Heliodor’s knife is already right in front of Elio's eyes and fortunately he manages to hold both of Heliodor’s arms. If he blinks or stays still for less than a second, Heliodor's hundred percent movement will hit him in a fatal target. “Heh.” That smirk on Heliodor’s face backs again when he is locking Elio’s position with his knife just a few centimeters away from Elio. “How long have you been practicing, partner? You surprised me!” He exclaims and pushes it harder which makes the knife almost take one of Elio’s eyes. Not to mention that, Heliodor’s strength is just as strong as a lion who is trying to get a taste of their prey. However Elio’s hard work of practicing and training in close combat won’t be useless since he also learned how to take the correct way in crucial moments like this. Since Heliodor is putting all of his weight and strength on the knife he is holding on, Elio quickly lets go of his hold at the same time directing Heliodor’s knife at the opposite direction of where Elio moves his head. This movement makes Heliodor almost fall to the front which gives Elio a chance to get away from his lock. Even though Heliodor tries to swing his knife right away, Elio manages to kick him off faster than his reflex as it makes him fall on the ground. Once they get away from each other, both of them quickly get into their steady position for combat again, still with the knife in their hand. They are panting slightly and their eyes almost look like their signature’s emblem of a lion and tiger who is trying to take down one and another. At this moment, Heliodor starts to think of how he needs to be more careful of his own movement because of Elio’s previous performance. For him, Elio seems to already practice and train himself a lot since he can keep up with his own movement, who probably has more experience than Elio. While for Elio, he still can’t get his focus away or distributed because of that lock he just got from Heliodor which almost made him lose one of his eyesight. He is totally aware of how lacking in every aspect of close combat with others, especially to Heliodor who is a superior, but there is one thing that he knows for sure. How to stay alive even though his life is already on the edge and his brain can perfectly work in such a vital movement in just that short amount of time. From here, probably Elio is in the advantage position since his target is only to survive while Heliodor needs to keep pushing forward in order to get back all of his program. Without thinking any longer, Heliodor charges forward once again and accelerates his speed which makes him twice faster and quicker than before. His sudden movement once again almost hit Elio if he is not completely aware of their positions. This turn Heliodor’s movement is more fierce by not giving much space for Elio to move or dodge around as he keeps moving and attacking forward mercilessly. Eventually all of his attacks leave some light scratches around Elio’s body and each of them actually make Elio panicked. Although Elio doesn’t show any of it from his face, Heliodor notices it right away because of his movement slowly getting clumsier. To entertain himself, once he gets a clear chance of hitting Elio, he uses his leg the way Elio just did to him previously which makes him fall on the ground once again. The difference this time, Heliodor doesn’t push him just like before but he is kicking Elio’s body repeatedly with all the strength he has which makes Elio can only guard himself with both of his arms covering him. “Let’s see how long you can take!” Heliodor shouts excitedly with a wide grin on his face, enjoying the view he is making right now. True that Elio’s brain can work in such a critical moment, for this one even pro fighters might struggle if they are in this position though. The opponent doesn’t let you think and keeps pushing until reaching the limit. Damn it.. my head starts getting fuzzy.. Elio thinks along with his vision gets blurry as well. On the other hand, Elio also knows that it’s not about his own endurance but also Heliodor's too. Therefore Elio just needs a slight moment until he gets the pace of where Heliodor will slow his movement because of all of these rapid kicks. Since Elio already gets a lot of his attack and has been guarding himself down there, he knows the right timing of where he needs to move. Just like what Elio’s thought, once Heliodor slows down from almost out of breath, Elio immediately takes this chance to grab his leg and kicks back at Heliodor’s vital part. “AGHH!!” Heliodor screams in pain then falls on the ground with his knees with his body bending to the front and his knife beside him. Must be painful since Heliodor's rapid kicks don’t give the same amount of pain he gets from Elio. A simple move can bring sweet victory in just an instant. Elio still can feel the sting from the pain on his arms from those attacks, especially when Heliodor literally was kicking him with thick and sharp shoes, but he needs to use this chance to get back up. “YOU- PIECE OF-” Not letting Heliodor finish his sentence and how the table turns once again, Elio kicks his face right away. Since Elio is someone that hates wasting time, he goes strike to the critical point and ignores other parts. The kick is hard enough to make Heliodor lose his tooth and shred blood out from his mouth. Obviously this view is such an unpleasant thing in Elio’s eyes as someone who never gets into a fight hand in hand. “Heh,” The first sound that comes out from Heliodor which makes Elio twitch his eyebrows, his instinct telling him to be aware. “You really are something else..” Heliodor says and looks at him, of course with that big grin on his face. Even though he is in such a disadvantageous and painful position, Heliodor still manages to keep his smile up. What makes it more disturbing is that Heliodor starts laughing from just a small giggle until it sounds like a maniac's laughter. Just from hearing his voice, it already gives a thrilling sensation which pushes Elio forward to kick his face once again. More blood comes up from his mouth but the laughter only stops for a few seconds until now it makes Heliodor as someone who already lost his mind. At first Elio never wanted to use his knife or his own hand to take someone else's life away, but this one must be exceptional. On Elio’s way to use his knife stabbing into Heliodor’s head, suddenly Heliodor is the first one who tackles him and pushes to reach back to the ground once again. Again Heliodor’s speed seems to get faster than before because when Elio tries to use his knife to attack him, Heliodor already takes the knife away from Elio. Now that terrifying face is right on top of Elio which is closer than before. With that wide grin on his face along with how the light reflects on his eyes, Heliodor gatling punches Elio’s face once again just like what he did and Elio backs protecting his face with his arms before but this time is a lot faster and stronger. From Elio’s point of view, this is what a total psycho looks like and the sound of his laughter just makes it even worse. “Come on, come on, come on!” Heliodor says on each of the punches he is launching toward Elio “Give me some more!” Here is the final blow as one of his punches suddenly aims toward Elio’s stomach. Obviously it makes Elio groan in pain but his brain quickly operates him to counter attack by launching a strike punch on Heliodor’s face. It directly hits his nose and probably broke it as Heliodor’s face is facing on the ceiling after receiving that punch but doesn't move an inch away from on top of Elio. Slowly he draws his face back toward Elio with his nose bleeding but the smile is there. Literally his face is already fully covered by his own blood yet still can put that wide grin on which makes Elio’s eyes go wider, surprised and disgusted at the same time. “Is that the best you can do?” He says mockingly before going back to using Elio as his punching bag again. “Come on, Sam Elio! Show me what you made off!” At this point of how strong Heliodor has been attacking him and where the parts it hit, it begins to make Elio’s brain shutting down. It can’t work the way he wanted it to and all over his upper body can’t feel anything other than pain from every punch. Almost reaching his point of endurance as his mind starts going blank as well, suddenly there is something that stops Heliodor’s furious attack. “AGHH!!” Once again Heliodor screams in pain and quickly gets up from Elio which makes him slowly regain his conscious back as someone suddenly grabs his arm to help him get up. “Come on.” A familiar voice no other than his leader who is out of nowhere coming to help him. Without any warning or signal from her, Sofia leaves the cockpit room after turning on the automobile system to go in the opposite direction from Greece. This happens probably because Elio takes off his earset microphone during entire time of fighting against a wild lion which Before turning around, Elio glances toward where Heliodor is heading off to, only to find his blood drops are leaving traces behind. Not only a single drop but it looks like the blood is connecting with one another which means Sofia just did something that made him bleed this much. Elio looks at the other hand of Sofia and knows exactly what she just did, a direct hit with her gun to any or some parts of Heliodor’s body. “Why are you here..?” Elio asks weakly as he still needs to catch some breaths after taking those attacks. “Why didn’t you say anything?!” Sofia firebacks irritatedly and eventually gives a sligh slap on Elio’s shoulder as if she is scolding him right now. “Have you ever thought how worried I am there?!” At this point it is always hard for Elio to argue or fight back to defend himself, especially toward this person, but he still needs to check out their plan. “Yeah, I’m really sorry for that. I thought that I need to put all of my focus into this fight so I need to push away any kind of distraction.” Elio quickly explains while they are getting into a place to hide from Heliodor. “So you think we are just a distraction?” Sofia asks sarcastically with a raised eyebrow. Always, always like this that Elio will end up in a defeated position against her when it comes to arguing. “Okay, I was wrong for that and I’m sorry. But seriously why are you here? Aren’t you supposed to take control of the plane?” Elio replies and hopefully Sofia will have mercy on his words just now. “And letting you be a punching bag for the rest of your life?” Sofia strikes back in and crosses her arms, well that didn’t come out handy. With that response from Sofia, Elio shuts his mouth immediately and looks away, realizing how he almost gave in to let Heliodor win once again. Seeing Elio’s reaction, it makes Sofia chuckle and relief at the same time that she just came in on the right timing. “Anyway, the plane is already set up in automobile and I also already put the code you gave me to make Funkids shutted for real.” Sofia explains like she knows what Elio is concerned about. Hearing that it only makes Elio finally can let out a sigh of relief and lean his body at the nearest wall. “The plane should be landed in ten minutes from now. Therefore-” “Only ten minutes left to survive here.” Elio exclaims before Sofia can finish her sentence. “Yep.” Sofia smiles warmly, still in this condition she never fails to deliver those warm packages, and reaches her hand out “Let’s do this.” Elio finally can normally smile again, the small and pure looking one, and takes her hand to stand up for one last battle against Heliodor who is already badly hurt from them. Even though they might be in the advantage position, a lion always has their own way to win the game.
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