As smoke was blown into Alek's eyes he was momentarily blinded and his hand caught and forced into the wall. He smiled grimly, good... the novices and the moroi were at least attempting to work together. He'd been keeping his eyes half on Gunner and half past them and to the rest of the fighting, making sure no one got too injured when he spotted Trishia who seemed to be acting strangely. He should have been watching Gunner and Anna with his full attention though because the two were magic when they fought together. The minute his hand hit the wall and the pain spiked through his wrist, Anna had wheeled around behind him and he felt her two fingers make contact between his ribs from behind, emulating a staking... He held up his hands as he was vanquished and congratulated the two before taking off after Trishia distractedly.

After a moment more of fighting it was all called to a halt by several of the Guardians who congratulated those deserving of it. "Good job to all of you, especially those Moroi who helped aid their Guardians in their protection... From what we saw here today there is hope for our races yet and you should all remember today... Always be prepared, never be lax in your duties, you never know when something like this may happen out in the real world...."

Aleks heard all of that distantly as he caught up to Trishia... his Russian accent lilting as he spoke to her quickly, "Ms. Matila, are you alright?"

~*~

Sebastian flinched when Serena froze up and it was partially due to long distance compulsion that the Guardian did not berate her. He caught up to her and sighed, "It's alright Serena... really. That's what these fights are for, to show us where we need to improve. We all have our fears... You're strong, you'll get through it..."

He caught her arm and after giving dirty looks to a few of the surrounding students he drew her with him out of the hallway and into the actual cafeteria. "Deep breaths okay?" He used just a little compulsion, just enough to help her anxiety cool and to help her begin feeling okay again... safe. "You're secret is still safe."

~*~

Anna put her hands on her knees, catching her breath as Guardian Belikov walked away and she listened distractedly to the teacher, she was too busy checking on her ward and thanking Gunner. "You okay Basil? Sheesh, that came out of no where... Thanks Gunner, if it hadn't been for you I'm pretty sure I'd be toast right now... Guardian Belikov isn't exactly someone I feel that confident taking on. He seemed distracted too..."

She ran a hand through her hair and smiled again at their wards, "And thanks by the way, for the compliments..." She glanced at Gunner, "Maybe we should figure out a way to keep near and far guard going on these guys... Especially if they're going to be attacking us like that all year... Ugh I'm hungry." She wasn't even aware she was rambling, she was still hyped up on the adrenaline from the fight.

~*~

Jordan was about to finish off his own 'strigoi' when a halt was called on the fighting and he went back to his casual, hands in pockets stance. He glanced at Niya, "You can fight seriously well... I'm impressed, and I'm really not easily impressed."

He smiled at her, "Maybe we can train together in class unless Belikov really ripped you a new one about breaking that girl's leg... Honestly, if you don't expect to get a bone or two broken in a real fight you're in trouble in the real world..." He didn't always agree with Belikov but he was the teacher so what he said went.