Darren and Anya began moving once they were sure Jon was gone, they were heading to a building they hadn't had to infiltrate yet, it was some form of tech corporation that had floors both above and below ground. The actual servers were below ground but they'd have to activate the magnetically sealed doors to get to them from the third floor of the building, Darren expected they'd be forced to fight before they could get the doors open. "I wasn't expecting this....we'll need to get those doors open before we face them" he said confounded, "How are we going to reach the security office before they catch us though?" Anya asked. Darren had an idea but he instantly hated it, "We'll scale the outside of the building" he finally said, "The security office is on a corner, we can climb up unseen till we reach the room itself." "You think I can do something like that!" Anya said exasperated, "How long have we known each other now!" "You'll have to climb onto my back" Darren said looking away, He could feel Anya's lascivious smile, "Is this just your way of asking to touch my ass" she asked innocently. This is why Darren didn't want to have to use this plan he knew what was going to happen before he even brought it up.
They arrived at the building shortly after the conversation, Anya was positively beaming the rest of the way, Darren found the location he intended to scale, it was about midday so there was only so much they could do to stay hidden. Even without his climbing gear Darren was convinced he'd be able to scale this area, Darren crouched down and waited for Anya to climb on, "Hold on tight I won't be able to support you with my hands while I'm climbing" Darren warned her. "Much to your frustration I'm sure" Anya replied a perverted smile still plastered on her face, this woman Darren thought to himself as she climbed onto his back.
It didn't take them long to reach the security office, Darren was an experienced climber and going directly up is always faster then maneuvering through a building "You'll have to deal with the glass" Darren whispered, "It's all I can do to maintain balance." "I'm not that heavy" Anya whispered back in an exasperated tone, "Problem" she said, how am I supposed to take things out of my pouch and cut the glance while I'm clinging to you?" she asked. "I'll get the tools you need out of your pouch hold on as tight as you can with your legs" Darren said, He moved one hand from the wall and maneuvered it to Anya's waist pouch. "Where are you touching!" Anya whispered blushing, "You tell me I can't see" Darren responded as he felt around eventually finding the bag, "You did that on purpose" she protested. Darren ignored her and found what was needed in the pouch handing it to her, Anya moved through the motions of removing the glass she adhered her left hand to the window while she used a small handheld laser to silently cut through the glass.
When the were through the window Anya silently placed the glass on the carpet and removed the adhesive, "You owe me" she pouted, Darren ignored her as he looked around, "Seems clear get to work" he said quickly. It didn't take long for Anya to get through the security, while she was working Darren prepared his submachine gun, he taped to mags together for quick access. The two could hear the magnetic doors unsealing from here, "They'll be on their way lets go" he whispered to Ito.
The two made it to a hallway intersection when gunfire stopped them, Darren caught a glimpse of Akira and the Russian, "I'll suppress them you go around the other way" he said loud enough that he was sure they would hear. Darren dove around the corner and unloaded fire, he got to his feet and sprinted in their direction draining his clip as Akira and his teammate took cover. As his clip emptied he quickly got off the ground and above them while he reloaded, the sudden shift caught them off guard, they had begun to return fire but Darren had managed to make the room opposite them. "That was daring of you" Akira said laughing "What would you have done if one of us decided to sacrifice ourselves," "Honestly that thought never occurred to me" Darren responded. "We've got the advantage now though, I'll keep the two of you pinned here while Anya finishes the mission," Darren could slightly make out a whispered conversation and unloaded rounds into the doorway. "Now!" Akira said unloading fire at Darren's door while the Russian escaped, "Looks like everything is going according to plan isn't it?" Akira asked, they were interrupted by the speaker system crackling to life. They both started laughing "Looks like Jon has another trip to the medical room coming up" Darren said, "How about we bring our match to a close as well" Darren tossed his gun into the hall and drew his katana, Akira did the same.
Darren dove into Akira's room just barely dodging a thrust, he came to his feet blocking the downward slash just in time, he retaliated with a series of thrusts pushing Akira back "You haven't lost your edge" Akira admitted. Darren was confused by the comment but kept at it, "Tell me Darren, do you ever feel like the life you're living isn't your own? like your a puppet with its strings being pulled?" Akira asked. "I don't have any idea what you're talking about" he said driving aside a thrust, "Lost time? not remembering going to sleep or waking up exhausted?" Akira continued, the conversation struck a chord with Darren. It hadn't happened recently but earlier on in the month he had many occasions where he was exhausted and losing time, Akira pressed him harder "There's no way that weapon doesn't feel unfamiliar to you." Darren remembered feeling like his katana was somehow wrong, and the incident where he was changing at Oedo Kiwamono, Akira backed him into a corner. "You're slipping" He said "So I assume some of what I'm saying is getting through?" Darren felt stupid letting himself get distracted he quickly pushed Akira back with another series of thrusts then sheathed his katana taking a stance. "An astute decision" Akira agreed doing the same, The blades met producing a rain of sparks, Darren's was faster, Akira's blade flew out wide while Darren spun. The back of Darren's blade finished the battle as it collided with Akira's ribs sparking with energy Akira was thrown back into a wall, "That will have taken out a couple of ribs" he admitted. "This is your win congratulations, promise you'll think on what I've said here today" Akira asked.
Anya had been laying a series of traps behind her but took her time to prepare an extra impressive one after passing through the magnetic doors, the Russian came around the corner just as she finished she dove around the corner as he shot at her with Akira's pistol. "You might be smarter then me and more technical but you'll never win a straight out fight" the Russian said, Anya fired a couple shots from the corner with her own pistol. "Not one for speaking, that's fine" he said, he began approaching but noticed the box in the center of the hallway, "Such a simple trap won't work" he said laughing, he shot the box. Anya activated her trap before the man could pass through the doors, lines of tesla energy shot out from devices behind the door connecting to each other creating an effective wall of energy. The man looked astonished, he could see one of the devices but couldn't get an angle at it from where he was so he attempted to pass the weapon through one of the openings. The unstable energy immediately grabbed the weapon which he released before it could affect him, the gun was fried almost instantly, "Where's that bravado now idiot!" Anya exclaimed. "Don't be fool, you still have to pass me if you can get the information" he said, Anya smiled, Darren walked up behind the man and tapped him on the shoulder with his katana. "Game over" Anya said, the work the Russian had put into attempting to prevent the files from being downloaded was impressive but with him and Akira neutralized she had all the time in the world to work it out. With that time she was able to remove all the fake information and disarm any traps left to muck her up, it took her a few hours but the end result was a successful retrieval, she disarmed her tesla gate and all that was left to do was claim victory.
Jon was hauled away on a stretcher after the match had concluded flanked by campus security, there was no way he was going to get away with just a slap on the wrist this time the faculty came out and announced that had Jon's team won they would've been disqualified. Akira was escorted to the medical room with a couple broken ribs before it was officially announced that the student council had won the first year tournament.