"Now one of the key components you must have in a team is trust" "I wouldn't say we have that in our group" Alan muttered looking mainly at Ania and Mitch "What it's in my nature to not trust people easily" he grunted as Ania nodded her head "If you knew my back story you'd know I'm the same as he is" "Well I trust each and everyone of you" Tom chimed in grinning like he had given the correct answer to a problem.
"Then I suppose we'll work on your trust building exercises with a rather simple technique" Lara split them off into a group of two with Alan and Mitch together then Tom and Ania. "Now the key here is one person closes their eyes and leans back till they fall knowing that the other person will catch them" Mitch and Alan went first as Mitch closed his eyes and fell back while sure enough Alan caught him while Ania followed suit catching Tom. When the roles were reversed Tom caught Ania but they suddenly heard a loud crash followed by Alan's voice of "OWWW". Everyone turned to find Alan lying on the floor and Mitch rolling on the ground laughing "YOU ACTUALLY THOUGHT I'D CATCH YOU" "IT'S THE EXERCISE" "But it's more hilarious when you fall flat on your ass hoping I'll hold you up". "Well I'd say all of you passed except well Mitch" Lara walked over whacking him over the head "Oww what it was funny" "But that wasn't the exercise" she sighed "Alright let's move on to something else".
"Remind me next time you're falling and I have to catch you to just watch" Alan grumbled rubbing his head as Mitch shrugged his shoulders "I'm fairly certain I can handle myself in that situation". "So next thing is how your team functions in battle" "Normally we all kind of charge in and do different things hoping they work" Mitch said "But every once in awhile we co-ordinate our strengths and pull off some pretty amazing stuff" he grinned yet again hoping he gave the 'correct' answer.
"Well first things first I suppose we need to figure out your methods of fighting and then it can be co-ordinated where each strength is covering the others weakness". "Mitch is the aggressive attacking type with no real defence, Ania utilises her speed but lacks the physical strength and defence, Tom has more an all-round style of fighting and myself I'm a mixture of strength and defence depending on the situation" Alan finished briefing Lara on their fighting styles as she sat there deep in thought.
"Alright well it seems then and I'm guessing Ania would lead off with her speed confusing the opponent and keeping them distracted then Mitch would be come charging in using all of his offensive might on the distracted opponent but then someone would have to cover him since he lacks the ability to defend the enemies counter attacks which is where perhaps Alan comes in with his stealth, he could then switch to attack and have Tom cover his back". Done suggesting her strategy Tom and Alan both sat there musing over what she had told them before they both nodded "It's a rather sound technique and covers everyone's weak points" "Can't believe I didn't think of it myself".
"Good well now that we've discovered ways you can fight let's put it into practice with a little friendly sparring session" the remainder of team LEET appeared while Erza was carrying a red and blue flag as she tossed the red one to Mitch "We'll be playing a nice game of capture the flag using the school grounds as the battle field" "You can have the oval as your base and we'll take the garden's for ours" Lara said as her team raced off to get started while everyone on team ATAM stood there for a seconds "So ermm all we have to do is grab their flag and get back and we win? Seem's pretty easy" Mitch said as he went to run off only for Alan to grab his shoulder "If we don't work as a team and decide on strategies they'll beat us though" "Fine just this one time I'll work with all you guys".
They all sat in the middle of the oval their flag planted firmly into the ground while Alan was busy drawing his plan into the dirt with a stick. "Now one of us has to remain behind to guard the flag and personally either Tom or myself are suited for the job" "I see because both of our semblances can be utilised for defensive purposes" "Exactly either I can turn invisible and give the appearance our flag is unguarded and then surprise them or Tom could slow time down and grab the attacker before they flee". "I have no objections with not having to sit and babysit that piece of material" Mitch laid back in the grass his arms behind his head "So all I need to do is go all out offensive and grab their flag while they're busy dealing with me Ania can utilise her superior speed to sneak it along with the other person".
Everyone stopped to look at him "What I can create good plans when bothered" "Alright in that case Tom you go with Ania seeing as her semblance doesn't slow her down quiet as much as everyone else when activated so it can used together". "If I'm being overwhelmed and they have the flag I'll fire shots into the air warning you so we can play defensive and make sure we get the flag back as soon as possible" "That means if we need to defend you go back and defend" Ania glared at Mitch "I know, I know I'll drop whatever I'm doing to help you guys out if it comes to that".
"You know we might actually have a shot here" "I wouldn't get ahead of ourselves Alan after all we don't know the combat capabilities of LEET not to mention what their semblances are" Tom chimed in as Mitch sighed "Way to be a buzz kill to team moral" "What I'm just being honest?" Alan looked down at his watch "When it hits exactly 9:00 then the contest will begin". Everyone was counting down the seconds as it ticked over from 59 to 0 and straight away Mitch, Ania and Tom went racing off in the direction of the garden while Alan took a seat against the flagpole "Guess all I have to do now is sit and wait for someone to come to me".