There was a golden moment where Asher felt as if time had stopped. The voice had not said it was the start and all he and Laura could do was stare at each other. Neither of them thought they would face the other in the end. One moment there had been a room full of other students and now there was just them. Neither had realized just how much they had been stuck in their own heads to miss so many students leaving.
Yet, this was not what either was truly thinking about. Asher was preparing himself to deal with Lauras' insane speed. Laura was preparing herself to deal with Asher's strange methods of countering and throwing. However, there was way more about Asher that Laura was worried about than things Asher was worried about when it came to Laura.
"Final match, Begin!" The robotic voice announced the start. However, at the first letter, they had already started to battle it out.
