Madison stayed with Candy as the clock counted down. Constantly hopping and stretching, she was anxious with both eager and nervous energy. The more she moved, the more the soreness faded into the background, but she knew it would affect her run. It didn't matter. Shadow gave two acceptable outcomes and one not acceptable. Not acceptable was to dog it and have to do it over. Acceptable ends were finish strong or get carried out to Med Tech. She was going to go strong and the only way she wouldn't finish that way, was if they had to carry her out.

Strong runs, biathalons, triathalons, endurance courses, Madison was no stranger to any of that. This was a little different. It wasn't an athletic even where planning and pacing were teh difference between winning or losing. This was to train for an escape. Her skeeter had crashed and the enemy was hot on her heels. Catching her would mean torture and probably death. They would come fast. Pacing herself would get her captured. She had to run hard, just below peak and use willpower to go past exhaustion. If this was real, she might be injured and would almost certainly be a bit battered from the crash or pod out. At least she had that extra bit of reality accounted for.

From the way everyone was now getting ready, Madison could tell the run was about to start. But then the strobes started and everyone took off. She was caught a bit off guard, but the first few steps wouldn't matter in the end. Once she got going though, that faded soreness came right back and it was worse than she thought. Fighting through that pain took a lot of will, and though she kept moving, it seemed most were passing her. But she knew that the race was against herself and so she stayed focused on finding a stride that hurt the least and that kept her moving.

 Shadow let most of the rgoup take  off  , he moved to teh Outside    lane, carrying his greasgun as if he  were expecting  trouble. he widen his strides  t to start to over take  the front line.

 The largs were   near rounding  The stern, by the time the leaders  reached  Amidships.

   Roll stayed to the Inside  he was  Jogging Next to Thor  who was tryign to get the  hang of  ;larg  Running' a various times he would  do wel, but  trip over his middle pair of Legs.

  Morris, Bale, Rivets  and Giles walked Orria  tried  to keep up  with  the  back of the Middle pack.

 Sam got her monitors up and going, and watched the runners come to her. She was hard at work monitoring and cataloging as the runners went.

 Meari went our fairly strong on the first section she got a good powerful pace and let her long stride help her. She was near Lilit and Vaka as she ran, she held her 30 cal like she was running into combat to save her friends. Meari as all work at this time, getting into the run and trying to stay with her Grandmod.

 Lizzy gave Izzy a pat on the shoulder and looked so happy she was here running. Lizzy then took off with the pilots and she was full of energy, and she went out on a very good pace, but how long could she hold it.

the  troops  tramped  down the starboard side, on the first leg of the Run... Shade    was catch the lead for  as  he leaned into the  outside  turn

 Tucker  , and Shoey  ran  hard , Lyri was  with them..


 Captain Si was  enjoying herself

Henry, who hated running almost as much as Mila loved it, set off at a steady jog. He wasn't interested in times, just making it round would do.

Through their link he felt Mila's joy, the wind in her fur, her paws pounding. He kept his own toughts down, he did not want to detract from her pleasure.

When the signal was given Zob pounded down hard the tunnel he was doing his best to keep at Shadow but instead was neck to neck with Steele and Hennings but not for long as he inched past them both.

 Rounding the  starboard  Turn, they could barely see the Largs and   Mila round the bend on the far side.

 Shadow  pushed a bit hard  now.. captain Si  saw him, and with a determined  smile   tried to press faster.

 Lilit  was  striding hard  , her armor  and equipment  might have slowed her a bit.. but she  saw   Humans and  Nugest pushing through..

Shade  ran hard.  as Dusk tried to stay close to him as they ran

 Meari on the second leg had issues with her belts, she had to slow way and readjust them. She lost a lot of time, but hopefully she could find a rhythm and catch her Grandmod and Vaka.

 Lizzy was feeling it she was pushing and going strong, she concentrated on just running as hard as she could. She knows this saved her life on Roussa, so she was giving it all so she would be able to get out of worse situations next time.

The first leg was an absolute disaster. Madison's body felt like it was made of lead with rusty ball bearings for joints. She started off strong but then quickly fell behind and then tripped and fell twice. Not only was that painful, it was also so embarrassing. All that must have gotten her blood moving and her muscles cleared because when she got into the second leg, her pace had improved considerably. Passing other runners, her overall time improved dramatically.

As far as she was concerned, if she didn't have to rerun the course, she was doing fine. But with her surprising improvement in performance, she could actually make a strong finish. If her body held out.

Izzy was more than a little surprised by Lizzy’s reaction to her being there, especially considering how they had left things between them, with her not really having the heart to tell her that she was kind of being forced to run, or at least not given any better options. Before she really got the chance to say anything Shadow, no doubt drawn by the sight of Lizzy rushing over to see her, would walk over to speak with them with it clear that Izzy was trying really hard to be civil ”That’s the plan” though it was also clear that she was less than convinced about whether she could achieve this.

After lining up with the others Izzy start off at a run in an attempt to keep up with the others before slowing her pace down to something a little easier for her to maintain, giving her a better chance of reaching the finishing line.

  The   leaders were rounding the   oort stern side  now.. 80% of  the  runners  were more the half  way across.. the last  20 percent    was a bit behind Halfway
 Shadow    geared   down a bit  to take a  quick lok across the ship , then began to  to sent himself up for  his     sprint the last Half  Mile  The walkers  were   just past Amidships.  Admiral Roles Joined the walkers.

Rolls  urging the    playful, Thor along. gregor had   run  with the Big largs

Shade was a bit ahead of Lilit..Dusk a bit behind her, , both siblings  were pushing hard....Lilit seemed  angry, that the LC was so far ahead of her.


 Beth Taked into her  headset...You should see them  .....hey?  Question  from you.... all  stuff i get from  Bura says they are setting up  a defesne fleet, that can go out and strike  at Pistes  and Raiders...  Whan if Sarah doesn't call you back?

a bit  back from the leaders. Supe and  Hodden were having a personal  race  to see who  would finish  first between them..

  to show off a bit,  Supe began a chant, picked up by others...

  I SIGNED  UP , TO JOIN THE FIGHT..

a few voices joined in.

   WITH THE HERMES SHIP I SAIL THE NIGHT

More and more Voices

  IN THE EMPIRE< WE STRIKE FEAR

even the Admiral joins in

 BECASUE  THEY KBOW THE TIP OF THE SPEAR!

 SOUND OFF  351

 Supe repeated it  again as the  charged down the Ports  side.
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 Sam watched and saw the runners coming into view," Yes Beth I see the leaders now." Then Beth asked a question that Sam might not be called back for some time and ehr work here was vital. " Well I guess you are stuck with me then, thats if you want to keep little ole' me around, I just found out Beth I am part Burian Moon Angel." ." Sam giggled as she saw more of the runners.

 Meari lost a lot of time but she put it into high gear and pushed herself on the 3rd leg to make up some distance she wanted to beat her Grandmod so bad. She found a good solid gait and began to move much more fluid as she made up ground quickly.

 Lizzy was feeling it, a really good strong pace and she was towards the front of the main pack when it happened. She just put her foot down wrong, and her momentum was thrown off and Lizzy twisted her ankle bad and hit the tunnel floor hard. Lizzy just screamed out " FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 Lizzy didn't hesitate, she got right back up, Thompson in hand and began running harder using all her will power for her to finish this run hard with a sprained ankle that Lizzy just put out of her mind. Everyone could see the pain on her face, and she had a very noticeable limp in her gait but damn it she was going to finish this tunnel run as strong as possible, unless she was ordered to stop of course.

After finding a comfortable pace Izzy would stick with it even if it did mean she fell behind most of the others with her trying really hard not to flinch whenever someone suddenly appeared within her peripheral vision. After getting around three quarters of the way around the course Izzy would suddenly pick up the pace so as to make up some of the distance between her and those at the head of pack. It was then that she would hear the scream.

Even had she not recognised Lizzy’s voice it was easy to pick out the limping pilot with her not finding it too hard to catch up with her ”Damn it Liz, you’re going to cripple yourself running on that!” she said, clearly annoyed to see her running on an injured leg, however knowing that she was unlikely to persuade Lizzy to stop would instead go for plan B ”ok, come here and put your arm about my shoulders” she said, looping her arm about Lizzy’s waist in an attempt to keep the weight off of Lizzy’s foot. It would severely damage their times and finishing positions but at least they should both finish and without Lizzy crippling herself in the process.

 Lizzy was tuning out the pain she had to run for her life that what this training was all about. Lizzy too the quick breather and then said," Hey I might pod out injured lets see if I can still save my life injured, I got this Izzy trust me. Plus Stefi will fix it up for me." Lizzy then grinned down gave Izzy a pat on the should and then pushed herself on pure willpower on the last section to the finish line.

 Yes Lizzy looked visibly hurt and was limping but she kept pushing thanking Izzy but she had to know if she could do this if it happened out there, so Lizzy dug deep and pushed that last section on a twisted ankle.

Coming into the third leg, Madison was feeling almost good. Maybe it was the medicine, but the pain she felt earlier seemed to have vanished, or at least she was temporarily numb to it. Whatever the case, her pace was strong and she was already halfway through the exercise. That was when she recalled her friend and running partner's cleverly cynical refrain. Victoria would say, Halfway means that for every miserable step you already took, you have to take another miserable step. Madison laughed because in her mind halfway meant she was closer to her goal. It was the difference between counting up or counting down. For Madison, two legs of this run were done, and the third was already underway.

The problem with catching up was that Madison hit the traffic. She felt good, and she wasn't going to slow down for slower runners. Navigating through was always an issue because some people just didn't like to be passed. They probably didn't mean anything by it. It was most likely just instinct to stay ahead of the pack, but it still meant that they were in the way. Navigating around those obstacles force some delays, but by the end of the third leg, she still made decent time.

”yeah and if you screw up your leg by running on it they won’t let you fly! And don’t be so sure about Stefi fixing it, she might leave it to teach you a lesson!” Izzy retorted, clearly annoyed by Lizzy’s s foolish stubbornness, not to mention the fact that she would be the one that would have to look after if it went badly ”…also if you get hurt in the field we will come and get you, I will come and get you!” she continued, easily keeping pace with her in her current condition.

 Lizzy will look to the LC, comms for Beth or Stefi on if she should stop, she knows they can all see her and no one told Lizzy to stop so she replied," I will keep running until I am ordered to stop I must get to safety." Lizzy was pushing it and giving it everything she had she didn't want to bow out she wanted to make it the whole way. " Just please let me try to finish it Izzy I have to do this for me." Lizzy slowed down and Izzy was easily able to keep pace," Izzy run with me help me get to safety." Lizzy was in pain, but she was pushing through it all those lives her evil father took, he deserved his fate. Lizzy ran hard with determination that said nothing was going to stop her now.

    running down the  port side straight away..they could see Sam watching, and watching the screens, The Front  Folks   were  Getting   ready to   round the corner , for the 1.2 mile sprint to the finish line, Shadow Purposely allowed Captain  SI the  Inside   track as he   stayed out   side.  sprinting for all he was worth.. It felt  damn good to let loose!

 Larry  , Mila  and the Largs  were   already nearing the  Starboard  Stern for thier  second Lap... The Largs  would stop  when some one told them too.

The walkers    were turning the   corner on the  starboard stern...  Roll was a good  50 yards  behind them  getting  Thor to try to scamper.

  Hodden Pulled Up   she sworte   and Hobbled  as her    Angel turned  , rounding the  bend.. she griamced  and pushed towards the  Finish line..Supe slowed up   but she snapped...DON'T YOU DARE!!

 and Supe kept  running.

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