Lethal Up Close

They weren't at all prepared for when I got close. I pinned the first ones arms to his sides as I released a blast of lightning. This one didn't have as much power as the last time I'd breathed lightning so it wasn't lethal to either one of the others, but they both went down easily. It was the same as tazing them. I electrocuted the one I had pinned until his avatar burst into particles.

The other two were immobilized already, but I didn't have time to enjoy this. I had more prey to hunt. I crushed both their heads quickly, and started looking for my next set of prey. There was one close by, and another a good ways away. Chasing the close one down was easy.

She tried throwing me off with her ability, but her control over fire was pathetic compared to Savannah's. Down she went. My head swiveled as I looked for my next target. I was zeroing in on the guy that was a little further out when my left arm suddenly went slack. My head snapped down as I looked at what had used to be my left arm.

Whatever happened to my arm had blown the whole thing off. What was that? I jumped as high as I could looking for what had injured me. Snapping my wings open, and maintaining my altitude for my best vantage point. I needed to find out who'd done that hit on my arm.

I heard a shot go off, and flapped my wings to avoid taking the hit, but it just took out a good sized portion of my chest instead of taking my head off. It was a sniper. The bullets exploded when they hit. This wasn't standard issue gear. It had to be some sort of specialty weapon or an ability.

Inhaling deep as I drew my head back. Gathering lightning in my mouth as I prepared to take him out. I didn't know how fast he could fire off those explosive rounds. This would probably be my last shot to take him out. If I missed now, he would take me out.

Double checking my aim before letting it loose his direction. Unfortunately he fired his shot at the same time. His explosive shot hit me in the neck at the same time as my lightning hit him. We effectively took each other out. Switching forms as I was moved to the observation room was easy.

I actually really enjoyed that one despite not taking out more of them. System my xp.

840/3200 xp until level 13.

"That was a nice change of pace," I chuckled to myself.

That round hadn't felt like grunt work. I'd gotten taken out by someone who actually seemed to know what they were doing. I'd determined that as a dragon it was really difficult for students to put a scratch on me. Yet he'd done massive amounts of damage with every shot. A notification popped up in front of my eyes.

Pod time out. Logging out.

I was thrown back into my body in the pod. I could feel a headache coming on as I stepped out of the pod. I didn't like this part. I definitely couldn't handle more than a couple hours in this thing. It threw me off just enough that getting back in my body was a weird experience.

I climbed out of the pod, and stretched slowly. I wasn't tired yet, but Savannah was right I needed to worry about backlash. Straight back to the dorm room I went. I threw my clothes off once I was in my room, and switched back to my dragon form. Savannah had left the room, but Ethan was still here.

She was still angry with me from what I could tell, and Ethan wasn't in much better of a mood. I curled up in my room, and closed the door. I didn't like having them mad at me. There really wasn't much I could do without telling them there was a voice in my head, and I really wasn't willing to tell them that right now. Until I had a way to show them that the voice in my head wasn't from me being crazy in any way.

So that leads me to needing to teach them how to get into my inner world where they could hear the system for themselves. Problem was I didn't know how to get them into my inner world in the first place. I didn't know how I got in there myself. I just kind of ended up there somehow. My wings twitched as I thought about how I was going to figure this particular problem out.

I could set this line of thought to the side for a while. I clicked on my watch so I could look up what materials my venom wouldn't melt. I chuckled as glass popped up as one of the materials my venom wouldn't melt. Glass was kind of a given. I kept reading.

Metal was also safe. Certain kinds of specialized rubber. My wings twitched as I started to settle in for a good night of sleep. It was getting pretty late. I didn't feel tired yet.

It was nice not to be tired all the time. I wondered how Goliath would react to us being back. Tomorrow was Friday already so I was going to see him sooner rather than later. I was kind of surprised he hadn't come to see us already. My wings twitched as I was lost in thought.

I checked my mental connection to see if Ethan was still awake. Savannah was still awake as well. Her anger had calmed down to minor irritation. I wished she couldn't get angry with me like I couldn't get angry with her. I started fidgeting with my tail.

Moving the bed around the room slowly as I thought about what to do next. I snorted to myself as I gave up on thinking for the time being. I wasn't stupid enough to ask for help when I'd blown them off so epically. Stretching wasn't an option tonight. It would have to wait until tomorrow for now since I was in trouble.