Lance looked down at the small girl who whispered a hello to him her voice shook slightly perhaps she was nervous he wasn't sure "Hi" he responded quietly he wasn't used to talking to people he didn't know not many people wanted to talk to a bum but she seemed nice, "it seems our numbers are wrong, you two will be your own squad, squad X" Lance looked down at her once more and back at the course<span style="font-style: italic">"Looks like we got the short end of the stick..."</span>she said with a sigh Lance looked at her "Na we have the advantage, one less person who has to cross the line, one less person to worry about" he said his tone was somewhat cold but logical a gun shot went off and the others piled towards the course "Oh man..." she whispered.<br/><br/>"Our problem is going to be the swarm of idiots..You're big, burly and stuff. In order to do this - we have to use strength to break past them. Me.. being fragile and small, they will trample me and wreck me. But if we go together, we can break past them." Lance looked at her again "don;t worry I'll keep you from being trampled if you keep an eye out for trouble" he said with a weak smile.<br/><br/>"In case I die, my name is Eve." she chuckled. Lance chuckled back "I'm Lance, don't worry you have me,no one will kill you" his slightly arrogant nature took over as she gripped his arm and lead him towards the mass of people, Lance jogged in front of her and smashed a smaller guy out of the way, they both jumped and landed on the beam his weight bowed the beam slightly and he felt Eve lose her footing slightly, she was lighter so he had flown slightly in front on him but was falling down swifter Lance placed his hand on her ass and with a grunt shoved her in the air carrying her over the gap and landed with a thud at the edge of the pit he scrambled to pull himself up but the loose dirt fell under him, then he felt her small hand clamp onto his arm and heave his mass up.<br/><br/>Lance thanked her and yanked her across his body as an ODST member opened fire it hit his shoulder and he grunted "stun bullets, bastards" looking over he saw an ODST member with dried blood on his nose smirking Lance grimaced and looked at her "run" as he set off he tried to move his arm, not much happened but his fingers twitched<span style="font-style: italic"> electric impulse stun</span>he continued to run by her side the bullets whizzed past them Lance slide down next to a small bit of wood that could conceal them both "can you run faster than me?" he asked he had felt in when he grabbed her ass to throw her, her legs were muscular the next challenge was a rope but it had no shelter so the stun bullets would get them he had a plan if she could get a head start but she needed to get there first "if so run and start climbing I'll climb with one hand and carry this wood to shield up, there's foot holes on the wall so I only need one arm to climb" he pointed at the wall awaiting her response as he clenched his arm using his numb arm to carry the wood would not be ideal but he could manage it.