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	Aram could hear Rurik, albeit barely, from his position behind the stone pillar. It seemed he was making a plan to flush Aram out, from the sound of things. He'd have to come up with a plan fast.

It grew silent. And then... [b]BOOM![/b]

[color=fff79a][i]The big one looked like she had some of those missile-launcher thingamajigs-[/i][/color]

[i]Whoosh..[/i] [b]BOOM![/b]

[color=fff79a][i]Those probably launch at a handsome speed-[/i][/color]

[i]Thud..[/i] [b]BOOM![/b]

[color=fff79a]And I think the boy...is chunking pebbles? That's what I thought I spec'd out before Brutus went boom... those are gonna be much slower[/color] he thought, [color=fff79a]And if they're taking turns-[/color]

[i]Whoosh..[/i] [b]BOOM![/b]

[color=fff79a]-then I'll have to wait until pebble boy is the one guarding the sides...[/color]

[i]Thud..[/i] [b]BOOM![/b]

[color=fff79a]Here we go...[/color] he said inwardly as he changed his stance to a sprinting one.

[i]Whoosh..[/i]

He took off full-speed, heading straight for the hall's doorway.

But unfortunately for Aram, the pillar he was hiding behind was the one Bak had been aiming for. [color=fff79a][i]Shit.[/i][/color] The missile soared through the air to his left until it impacted behind him as he ran, the resulting explosion sending him into a semi-controlled tumble towards the entrance.

His tumble was short, leaving Aram in a half-lying, half-sitting position a few feet from the doorway. [color=fff79a][i]Wait-[/i][/color]

The boy barely had enough time to raise an edge of his shield into the path of Rurik's pebble, the small object coating him and his shield in a blast of force then sent him rolling a couple more times.

He would be groaning if he could. He rolled his left shoulder and wrist this time - the explosion had jarred his arm a bit through the shield, which obviously wasn't comfortable. Not to mention than it had messed up his hair and sent his hat flying.

He stumbled to his feet as quickly as he could.

[color=fff79a][i]This is no fun...I can't even jeer at them because of this damned silence![/i][/color] he complained.

He turned towards the two Mephisto students, and held up his index finger in a "one moment" gesture, before turning towards his hat that was a few feet away.

He wobbly-walked over to it, and picked it up, before dusting it off, placing it on his head, and squaring it with his left hand.

He walked back to the spot he had ended up in after the tumble, and then faced the two again. He smiled. And sprinted to his right, out of their view.

But he stopped shortly after, hiding behind the doorway. Hopefully Rurik would follow suit.

(feel free to interrupt hat-retrieval)