The Greatest Mecha-Chapter 37: A Spar Between Cadets

The cadets of division #1056 and division #1176 were now face to face with each other. Amy and her mates looked at the two new figures with contrasting looks in their eyes.

Amy turned away from them and went to start her own training, totally ignoring the two cadets that had approached them. She had no interest in mingling with others so early in the morning.

Marie saw this as a sign of disrespect as she reached out and grabbed Amy on the shoulder. "Hey, hold on miss."

The moment her hand touched the young woman’s shoulder Marie was surprised by the reaction that came her way. Amy swerved back swiftly and planted a kick in Marie’s belly, Marie raised her leg and blocked it with her knee. The force of the impact still caused Marie to stagger backwards before finding her footing.

"That’s some crazy instinct you’ve got there." Marie said with a dark chuckle. "Do we begin the spar now or do you want to wear your battlesuits for protection?"

Kram eyes the two figures deeply before saying to Vexar who stood by his side. "I forgot one am not against a fight."

Vexar glared at him before saying. "As expected of a brute like you, besides it’s called a spar and not a fight. It would be best if we took this matter with caution, despite the fact that they seem to be the same rank as us we still can’t just spar with them. They are not from our division, so it could spark some serious concerns."

Kram groaned and replied back, "Fuck if I care, I’m done playing with these tools."

Denise kept quiet at the back of the group.

Marie walked up to Amy and stood right before her, she paused a bit before speaking. "So do you want to spar or do I need to ask permission from the commanding officer of this division?"

Amy turned around and walked away, on her way she passed her group and said. "If you want to, fight them. I’m staying out of this."

Vexar nodded as if understanding, he walked forward to address the two. "I apologise but as much as we don’t want to, we really don’t want to. This was a bit sudden and we will not be able to spar with you."

Kram walked forwards with a proud smile, "Speak for yourself. I want to fight the big guy."

Vexar frowned at his colleagues impulsiveness, "You really are insufferable aren’t you?"

Kram smiled as he looked back at Vexar, it’s one of my charming qualities."

Vexar who was used to exercising caution took a few feet back, he wanted to guage the newcomers who would not be staying for long but not like this.

Unknown to the group the change in atmosphere that was carried within their circle managed to garner the attention of the second grade officers in the training room. Most of them were a bit interested in a little action while some simply ignored them.

Kram stood a few feet apart from his target who was a huge young man taller than he was and apparently more muscular. The man took off his jacket and tossed it aside, his huge chest and shoulder muscles fought against the fabric of his cloth, Kram was not intimidated by this.

Back in his early days in the orphanage he had actually been a scrawny boy who always got beat up, he soon realised that to be one a stronger person he would have to defeat stronger foes.

In Kendall’s mind he accessed his opponent as best he could, he soon came to the conclusion that his opponent was an overconfident person who specified in street fighting style. In his eyes he was seeing an easy win.

Since there was no one to announce the start of the fight both opponents waited for the first person to make a move. Kram who was not one who loved to wait for his opponents to move first started to sprint towards his opponent. Kendall reacted swiftly and swung his huge legs at Kram, it only took one decisive blow to the side of the neck for Kram to collapse on the ground.

Everyone in the training room was shocked to see that one of the newbies had been felled in one move. The speed of the attack was far unlike what anyone expected from someone at the cadet level. For the second year officers they quickly got over this since not many of them believed that having peak physical prowess meant they were the best when it came to piloting mechs.

Vexar gritted his teeth, "That numbskull just had to go down like an ape." As disgraceful as it felt, Vexar knew that the technique used by the huge figure was nothing short of remarkable.

Kendall felt like he had wasted his time on the amateur fighter, he contemplated falling back to Marie when he noticed a flinch on Kram. He raised an eyebrow and looked at his fallen opponent to confirm it, a few seconds passed before Kram pushed himself to his feet roughly and coughed.

Kram held his aching neck and groaned, "Damn, that hurt like hell. That was kick boxing right?"

Kendall was surprised that his opponent was still standing from an attacked that should have shocked all the nerves in his body but even more surprised that he knew his fighting style. Kendell did not know but he was smiling just from looking at Kram, he had expected him to be rough and untrained but it appeared there was more to his opponent.

This time Kendall was the one to take the initiative, he leapt forward with one leg and with the other he drew a wide arc in the air aiming the point of impact to be Kram’s head. Kram reacted by jumping to the side at the very last second, with his opponent wide open before him he threw a blow of his own at his opponents chest and to his surprise it hit a wall.

"What on earth are you wearing?" Kram screamed as he landed another blow on his opponents belly only to receive the same result.

Kendall landed on both hands in a handstand, he outstretched his legs and landed a solid kick on Kram’s face, splitting a corner of his cheek wide open and causing blood to ooze out of it. Kram managed to avoid the second blow barely, he felt he would have died had he taken the second hit.

Vexar eyes widened from where he stayed on the sidelines, he had never seen such levels of brutality surpassing even Kram’s dexterity. From where he stood he imagined every one of the blows Kram recieved hitting like a truck.

Kram groaned loudly as he staggered back wards and assumed a fighting stance, the moment his heads looked up again they were greeted by the sole of a thick dark leather boot. Taking this blow shattered his nose and he yelled out in pain as he collapsed into the ground.

Seeing this Vexar charged forward to help as he got closer to them he was at high alert, ready to vanish if need be. Kendall saw him approaching and got offended immediately, he threw a sweeping kick for the intruder. Vexar dodged the kicked with alarming reflexes but that did not stop him from feeling the powerful burst of wind the attack carried with it.

"What kind of power are these moves packing?" Vexar hissed as he dodged another kick. He was already close to a defeated Kram who lay on the ground.

Kendall grinned as he managed to catch Vexar off guard, Vexar had believed his only source of attack to be his legs. Knowing this he lost track of his opponents arms which was now smashing his head down to the ground and they were also devastating and heavy. Vexar screamed as he met with the ground.

"Haven’t you heard, it’s rude to interrupt in the fight of others." Kendall raised his leg and prepared to bring it down on Vexars back to teach him a lesson for failing to understand the proper etiquette in battle.

A swift blur zipped across the massive training room and shot at Kendall who was a beat too late to notice it but one person did. Marie had spotted the blur before it arrived giving her enough time to react, she jumped in front of her colleague and blocked the blow from the blur who had appeared to be Denise. Denise’s eyes was cold and distant as she watched her blow get blocked by Marie.

"Sorry dear but no cutsies here." Marie sounded proud but she was too late to notice a second figure who was soaring through the air and aiming for Kendall before he dropped his leg on Vexar.

Amy who was right above Kendall did a heavy dropkick on his head with all her energy. "Don’t bully my squad, you big oaf."

Kendall screamed in anguish as he fell backwards and hit the ground. He felt his head exploding from the pain.

Marie was distracted for a fraction of a second but that was enough for Denise to drive her fingers into her throat. The impact shattered her throat causing her to choke on her own blood. "What the hell, that was barely a second and she got me?" Marie thought.

Amy looked at the bloodied Kram and Vexar who were getting back up to their feet and said. "I told you I had no interest."

Marie and Kendall stood side by side, with mad smiles on their faces. Their eyes begged for more and they would have made a move had officer Pedro Lascara not stepped in to shut down the fight. The injured participants were taken to the sick bay to be healed afterwards they would receive their due punishment.

In the minds of the cadets who had faced each other they still wanted to decide the victor but that would be reserved to another day.