"The Commander really seems to like this sort of game" said Alexi as he loaded his gun as Natasha waited for him, she was not going to move from this spot, not until they were completely ready.
"It would seem so" said Natasha as she scoffed, Romanoff was crazy, but after how in depth they spoke last night, Natasha started to see that he was not that bad, in fact, he wasn't bad at all, only a bit misunderstood, he had his reasons for being tough.
"Hopefully we won't have any casualties" said Alexi.
"I hope so" said Natasha as this game sounded very dangerous to her, they were behaving like irresponsible grown-ups who just wanted to play with firearms.
Romanoff looked at the security cameras that were placed in different areas of the arena, Romanoff scoffed as he could see no movement from any of the teams at all, they were all sissies, which meant that he needed to give them a little push, after all, he did like watching games like this.
Romanoff picked up the microphone as there was a mischievous smile on his face.
"Since you all are not moving, I am going to make it interesting" said Romanoff with a smile.
"The first team to reach the exit, will get three days off training" said Romanoff as he smiled.
"And apart from them, I will order them takeout as a reward, whatever you choose" said Romanoff as he smiled.
"So chop, chop, I am waiting for the first team" said Romanoff.
"You cannot be serious right now" said Natasha to herself as she sighed.
"What in the… the commander sounds like he wants us to kill ourselves" said Vicki as she scoffed.
"You think so, it's like he is having fun doing this" said Rodion as he shook his head.
"No, this is crazy" said Tatiana.
Natasha wondered just what was going on in Romanoff's head, he really did want them to all just kill each other.
"Alright, they are still not moving, let's give them a little push" said Romanoff as he decided to get things going.
He took a remote from the table as he looked at it.
"This should do the trick" he said to himself as he smiled and he pressed the button as in the same moment the sound of gunshots could be heard as they caught everyone off guard and they all started to move from their spots.
"Now that Is better" said Romanoff to himself as he smiled and he watched what was going on.
"Are we still going with your plan of going straight to the exit?" asked Alexi as he looked at Natasha as they walked around carefully once the sound of gunshots stopped.
"Yes, we are" said Natasha as she heard the sound of a gunshot from not too far away.
"The other teams are alright taking each other out" said Alexi as he heard another gunshot.
"Seems so" said Natasha as she kept on moving forward, she could not hear anyone here where they were, which meant that their path was clear, or at least she hoped so.
"Tatiana and Artem are out" came Romanoff's voice from the speakers, that was rather too fast for him.
"Vicki you shoot, and so will I, Rodion, you guard the exit" said Kira as Rodion nodded his head.
"Who made you leader?" asked Vicki.
"No one stepped up to be leader now did they?" asked Kira as she loaded up her gun and Vicki scoffed as she heard footsteps of running and she moved ahead from her spot as she saw Sofia running and she shot her right in the back.
"Ouch" said Sofia as she did not expect Vicki to shoot her so violently with no hesitation at all.
"All is fair in the game Sofia" said Vicki as she smiled and Sofia scoffed at her.
"Sofia, Nikolai and Andrei are out" said Romanoff as his voice came from the speakers.
"A word of remembrance, you can shoot your own teammates for fun if you want to, but I do not suggest it" said Romanoff as he smiled, he looked at the cameras as he heard another gunshot.
"Only two teams are left" said Romanoff.
"Oh, and one more thing, even if you get to the exit, your win will not be validated if you and your teammate did not shoot at least one person each" said Romanoff as he was looking at Natasha in particular.
"Wow, what a surprise" said Natasha as she scoffed, she knew that he was saying that just because of her, she and Alexi were almost at the exit, and they were being very careful not to be spotted by Kira and her team.
"He's saying that because of us" said Alexi as Natasha hid behind the wall when she saw Vicki walk from the corner.
"You think" said Natasha as she whispered.
"Vicki is over there, she's guarding the only way to the exit" said Natasha as she whispered as Alexi nodded his head, he stood a foot away from the wall as he saw Vicki and he took aim to shoot at her but he missed as his bullet hit the wall.
"Hey" said Vicki as she shot in the direction where the bullet came from, there was no way that she was getting shot.
"Are you crazy, why are you shooting random bullets?" asked Kira as she was sure that Vicki was crazy.
"Some rat is trying to take me out" said Vicki as she scoffed.
"Then does that mean that you should waste all your bullets and shoot like a madwoman?" asked Kira as Vicki just rolled her eyes at her.
"What's the plan?" asked Alexi as he looked at Natasha.
"There is only one exit, and only one way to get to the exit" said Natasha.
"But Vicki is guarding the way" said Alexi.
"Exactly… do you think that you can get her out?" asked Natasha as she did not want to be face to face with Vicki when she had a gun, because she would obviously shoot her.
"I can" said Alexi.
"Do you want me to lead her away or shoot her?" asked Alexi.
"Can you do both?" asked Natasha.
"I can" said Alexi as he nodded his head.
"Alright then, good luck" said Natasha as Alexi ran in the opposite direction to get Vicki's attention as he purposefully made loud stepping sounds.
Vicki heard the footsteps as she was sure that it was that scaredy cat Natasha who was running away because she did not want to get shot, so Vicki decided to follow after her.
"Where are you going?" asked Kira.
"I will be right back" said Vicki as she ran in the direction that she heard the footsteps as Kira scoffed, they would end of loosing this, both she and Rodion were yet to shoot anyone, which meant that they could not just walk to the exit and win this.
"She is arrogant" said Rodion.
"You think" said Kira as she scoffed.
Natasha sighed in relief when she heard Vicki's footsteps as she went in the opposite direction after Alexi, and she carefully took one step at a time, to the other wall, this arena was built like some sort of maze, with many walls that you could easily hide behind.
Kira and Rodion were not paying much attention as Natasha peeked through the corner and she saw Rodion guarding the exit as Kira was looking around.
Natasha gently and cautiously raised up her gun to take aim at Rodion, she made sure to be as careful as she could, as she closed one eye, she took slow breaths, and in an instant, she pulled the trigger as she hit Rodion right in the chest and he fell down.
"What in the…" said Kira.
"I was shot" said Rodion as he sighed, he was out.
Natasha quickly ran as fast as she could because she did not want Kira finding her here.
"Well now it's fair, 2, to 2" said Kira as she ran in the direction where she heard footsteps, she knew that Natasha had taken that shot, she was the only one of them who had that kind of accuracy.
Romanoff comfortably watched as the four remaining people hunted each other down in order to win, now this was more like it, they were behaving like real agents, they were thinking on how to get the leverage on their opponent, and that was not something he could teach them, that was something that they had to learn for themselves through experience.
Alexi ran as he took a wrong turn and he ended up in a dead end, there was nowhere else left for him to run, and he could hear Vicki as she was fast approaching him, Alexi knew that now was the time to get Vicki out.
Alexi turned around as he took aim and waited for Vicki to come into his view as she had a smile on her face, thinking that she had caught Natasha in a dead end, when the smile of her face dropped as soon as she saw Alexi instead, and she did not even have time to react as Alexi shot her right in her chest as he smiled.
"Idiot" said Vicki as she scoffed.
"You are the idiot" said Alexi as he smiled and he walked past Vicki, he had to get back to Natasha, Vicki angrily threw her gun on the ground.
"Vicki is out" said Romanoff as his voice came out from the speakers.
"One team against one team, 2 versus 1, rather unfair, but in the field there is no such thing as unfair" said Romanoff.
"Natasha has gotten one shot, Alexi had gotten one shot, and Kira is yet to get her own shot" said Romanoff.
Natasha ran as she quickly turned to the left corner as she rested her back on the ball and kept very quiet. Kira held her gun tightly as she walked to where she last heard footsteps, she walked carefully as she stayed on guard, she knew that Natasha was hiding here somewhere.
"In order to leverage the field, Kira will get some assistance" said Romanoff.
"Natasha Is behind the first wall to the left Kira" said Romanoff as Natasha's eyes went wide, Romanoff was crazy, he was telling Kira where she was.
Kira quickly turned as she received that hint from Romanoff and Natasha knew that she had to get out of there as soon as possible, so she gave it no second thought as she ran straight back in the direction where the exit was as Kira followed behind her.
Alexi ran to the exit as he hoped that Natasha was there as well, as Natasha was running, she realized that she still needed Alexi before she could actually win this.
Natasha got to the exit as she was stuck, she could not see Alexi anywhere, Natasha sighed as she heard Kira slow down and she turned to see Kira aiming right at her.
"Sorry Natasha" said Kira as she got ready to aim as Natasha closed her eyes getting ready to be shot as she heard a gunshot, but she opened her eyes when she did not feel any impact at all, and she was confused for a second.
"Good one" said Kira as she sighed, Alexi had shot her in her back, it was a good one, if she said so herself.
"Come on, let's go" said Alexi as Natasha nodded her head and they ran to the exit door as Natasha opened it and she was met with Romanoff's smiling face as the others were there as well with their bulletproof vests still on.
"Congratulations Alexi and Natasha, your team won" said Romanoff as he smiled, he was proud on the inside even if he did not show it on the outside.
Natasha wondered how they all got here, it was clear that they were lied to about there being only one exit.
"You both showed teamwork, intelligence, and accuracy" said Romanoff as he smiled.
Kira walked out of the arena with a smile on her face as she walked to join the others, sure she lost, but it was actually fun, Natasha and Alexi both made this a difficult task for them.
"As the good man of my word that I am, I will buy you takeout of your choice, for you and everyone" said Romanoff.
"Oh thank you Commander, you are the best" said Tatiana as she smiled.
"Thank you Commander" said the others.
"So Natasha, Alexi, what is your choice?" asked Romanoff as Alexi looked at Natasha.
"You can choose" said Natasha.
"KFC" said Alexi as he received accolades from Tatiana and the rest who thought that was a good choice.
"Good choice, alright then" said Romanoff.
"Natasha, Kira, Olga, I will need you three to clean the weapons, you are the only ones who haven't done so yet" said Romanoff.
"Yes Commander" said Olga, Kira and Natasha in a chorus.
"You can choose to do it now or later" said Romanoff.
"The rest of you, come with me, you can order what you want" said Romanoff as he walked ahead.
"Are you coming?" asked Alexi as he looked at Natasha.
"No, I will clean the weapons first" said Natasha.
"So will I" said Olga as Kira agreed.
"Aww, alright then, I can order for you guys, what do you want?" asked Tatiana as she looked at them.
"Burger Tati" said Olga.
"Burger as well" replied Kira as Tatiana looked at Natasha.
"Fries will be fine for me" said Natasha as she smiled and she removed her bulletproof vest.
"Alright, I got it, burgers and fries" said Tatiana as she nodded her head.
"Thank you Tati" said Olga and Natasha as they smiled and Kira smiled at well.
"Anytime guys" said Tatiana as she and the others followed after Romanoff and so did Alexi.