Mantaraia and Jakqoo hid behind a wall while missiles and bullets flew toward them. Justin cursed, “Darn it. We’re pinned down and they’ve got a jamming net up. How are we supposed to take them on with our communications scrambled?” Jakqoo V moved out from behind the wall and dashed towards the incoming attacks. “As long as I can get to them before they have a chance to fire, then it’s already my win.” Seeing Vincent leaving the wall, Justin screamed, “Vincent, you idiot. What are you doing?” Vincent blindly fired in the direction of the incoming attack, hoping to hit the target. “Where the heck are you? I’m going to smoke you, cowards, out of your little holes.” Unfortunately for Vincent, none of his attacks hit. Just as he continued moving in the direction of their attacker, he heard a beeping, before the ground exploded beneath his feet. Vincent’s Jakqoo slammed against the wall of the temple.

The captain observed the Jakqoo as it was getting up and aimed his beam rifle. “Vincent Porter. One of the two new additions to the declining Silver Vanguard. Observations on this pilot revealed that he has an impulsive nature.” The captain pulled the trigger and fired. With his alarms blaring, Vincent detected the incoming attack and avoided it at the last second. Unfortunately for him, when he avoided the attack, he stepped on another land mine. The captain of Brave Berets sneered, “Which means you’re reckless. And you’re blind to team play.” CM-01 fired its rifle while in its other hand, it was holding a grenade launcher.

He aimed upwards at the sky. While Vincent was busy avoiding critical shots from the rifle, he received an alert of an attack from above. The Jakqoo looked up and saw three black spheres about to fall on top of it. Vincent took the initiative to back away. When the three spheres immediately hit the ground, they exploded. “We’ve separated them. Move-in CM-02.” Before Vincent could breathe a sigh of relief upon dodging the attack, he heard a beeping sound and the ground beneath him exploded. He was able to avoid the detonation of the mine in time, but to his surprise, two missiles were already flying in his direction.

Vincent made a quick turn and quickly targeted the missiles that were flying toward him. He pulled the trigger on his mega launcher and fired the beam weapon attached to the launcher and shot down the missiles. “It’ll take more than that to take me out.” Vincent was happy that he was able to defend himself, but his celebration was cut short when a dozen more missiles flew in his direction with him as the target. “Yeah, that ought to do it.” A large explosion occurred when the missiles made contact.

On another side of the battlefield, Frank had his Predator lurking around and activated his camouflage ability. “It’s a good thing I remembered to equip Predator with Mirage Coat.” Frank quietly moved around the battlefield, looking for camouflaged enemy units while he sent his bits to destroy the jammers. Frank was sneaking around when the large explosion was detected, “That was in the direction where I broke off from Justin and Vincent. I hope they’re okay. Hold on you two. I’ll get there as soon as I can”

Frank spotted a clear silhouette not too far from him, so he raised his rifle, “You must be the one controlling the jammers.” Predator pulled the trigger and the beam was fired. It hit the camouflaged CM-03 in the shoulder. After being hit, his camouflage disappeared and his left arm exploded. CM-03 could not see its attacker but after being hit, he became warier of his surroundings. After being hit, he took out a grenade from his back and threw it at the ground. The moment the grenade hit the ground, it released a blindingly bright light.

Inside the cockpit, Frank had to cover his eyes because of the brightness of the explosion, “Flashbang!” When the light dispersed, it took Frank a while before he regained his sight. Frank cursed, “I can’t believe I let that guy get away.” Frank shook his head, before sending a command to his bits. They flew above the trees and fired on the jammers that Frank had been targeting as he quietly lurked around the battlefield after he separated from Justin and Vincent.

CM-03 retreated towards its teammates. With the jammers set up, the only way for their team to communicate was with direct wired communication, “I need to tell the captain, I’ve been found.” Just as he was rushing back to his team, the captain of Brave Berets noticed that the jamming net that they had set up was gone and normal communications had been re-established. He contacted CM-03, “Unit 03 what is your current status? Why have normal communications resumed?”

He ran across the battlefield with one arm, “I’ve been found, captain. One of their units also had camouflage capabilities and he routed me. He must’ve also taken out the jammers.” The captain cursed, “Must be the enemy captain. We don’t have an updated intelligence on this guy. Unit 03, make a full retreat and regroup with 02. 02 help 03 take out the team captain. Hopefully, the other two will lose morale if we take out their captain.”

Just as CM-03 was about to make his way to his comrade, he tumbled to the ground after he felt something hit his back. He tried to get back to his feet but found that he was trapped under a net. Electric currents flowed through the net and it stifled his movements. He heard footsteps but could not detect any other unit in the vicinity and his camera was also showing him nothing.

The pilot became worried, “Captain, I’ve been captured by the enemy. You have to quickly take out the other two.” Inside his cockpit, Frank sneered, “It looks like the predator has become the prey. Why don’t I show you how a real predator deals with its prey?” Predator takes out three grenades from its back and threw them at the downed Chameleon. When the pilot of the frame saw the grenades, he panicked. The three grenades detonated and the resulting explosion destroyed CM-03.

When communications returned, Justin immediately contacted Vincent, “Vincent, are you okay? Are you still in the game?” Inside his cockpit, Vincent answered, “A little bit rattled. But otherwise, I’m okay.” Frank then contacted his teammates, “Alright, you two, I’ve re-established communications and took out the jammers. Our opponents are using Chameleons. Justin, you should know what that means. Vincent, I want you to follow Justin’s lead while I take out the guy that jammed us.”

Having gotten advice from Frank, Justin was now able to locate his enemy. “Switching visual frequency to detect for anomalies in the light spectrum in the vicinity.” Just as Justin was looking around using this new setting, he spotted an anomaly not too far away and it had raised its rifle and aimed at Vincent’s Jakqoo. Justin shouted, “Vincent, stay down!” before launching the manta ray on the enemy frame.

CM-02 was caught by surprise by the manta ray flying towards it. The manta ray crashed into him and carried him up into the sky before dropping him onto the ground. The captain of Brave Berets cursed, “We’ve been made.” He took out a grenade from his back after putting away the grenade launcher and was about to throw it at the ground when Justin warned Vincent, “Vincent, the last one is about to do something. Move your butt and stop him.”

The Jakqoo stood up from the rubble and threw its two axes at CM-01 before he quickly dashed in for a tackle. CM-01 quickly kicked the Jakqoo off of it before getting back up and CM-02 did the same. Vincent and Justin then received a message from Frank, “Justin, Vincent, get out of the way. I’m going to finish these while they’re still standing there.” When Frank contacted Justin and Vincent, he had already gotten into position to use his ultimate attack on the two remaining units from Brave Berets. “I finally got you two in a straight line. Eat this!” Predator crouched and aimed the large cannon on its back at the two Chameleons. The mechanical voice spoke, “Critical Assault: Giga Vanisher!” A large purple beam was shot out of the cannon and it enveloped the two units and they exploded. When the attack finished, there was nothing left of the two Chameleons but bits and pieces on the ground.

The announcer made an announcement, “Winner, Miles Massey High, Silver Vanguard!” The crowd cheered. Anna made her way to the cockpits with a tear in her eye, “You still got it, Frank.” Anna and Mister Myers greeted the team after they exited the pods. Vincent, fist pumped, “Alright, we did it. That’s another victory for us.” Frank slapped Vincent on the back and laughs, “Looks like you do have a role to play in this team Vincent, bait.” Vincent puffed his cheeks and Mister Myers placed his hand on Vincent’s shoulder, “There’s nothing wrong with being bait, Vincent. It just means that the team’s plan will fail without you. You’re the most important member of the team.”

Overhearing the conversation, Justin could not help but shake his head, “I feel sorry for Vincent. He’s actually falling for it.” Across from them, the coach of Brave Berets was comforting his team, “It’s okay boys, there will be other chances. But for losing, you three will need to be disciplined.” When he looks at Silver Vanguard, he noticed Mister Myers and tried to recall where he had seen the man, “Where have I seen him before?” When Silver Vanguard went to the bleachers, he finally remembered, “I guess I can’t really punish you too badly for this loss. It’s expected. Especially since their coach is the Warmonger. One of the members of that legendary team.