HANG ON

*FLASHBACK*

" Many consider stab wounds on vital organs lethal" A calm clear voice rang out in a large classroom brightly lit, with windows letting in sunlight from outside.

The walls are painted white, with inspirational quotes hanging from them. The desks are arranged in neat rows and the students are all sitting up straight, facing the front of the room.

They are all dressed in black sweatshirts and black trousers listening intently to the man standing in front of a projected screen which was showing different parts of the human anatomy.

The man who is the formal trainer of the human body for the Expendable sector was in black camouflage, he had an eccentric look on his face.

Among those present in the class is Five, listening attentively like the others and taking notes.

"They are right though for thinking that" The man continued chuckling, "But, they are only fifty percent right cause there are many lethal places you can be stabbed and survive even after some time has passed."

"Hey you, tell me one lethal spot where you can be stabbed." He suddenly pointed at a young girl with short hair.

She stood up and answered dutifully, "The heart"

"The heart," The man repeated, with his hands exaggeratedly pressed on his chest. He turned to the large screen and clicked on the image of a heart on it which made it zoom in.

"Indeed the heart is a delicate organ to be stabbed, both literally and figuratively, hahaha," He said, while laughing at his own joke. " A direct stab to the heart can kill a person within seconds or minutes. Take a look at this here".

He said while pointing to a hollow tube just above the heart," This is called the aorta, a stab here can be lethal, as this is what carries blood from the body to the rest of the body, you don't want such important element of the human body to be stabbed right?" He asked, but without waiting for an answer he continued.

While pointing at one of the layers of the aorta, "This is what medical jargon will tell you, but I will tell you this a precise piercing stab here can ensure you immobilize your opponent without you killing them, although if they move too much or the knife is pulled out without immediate treatment they will surely die." He stared at the curious faces fully focused on him.

"Though we will be having practicals later, I think a presentation should be in order first and I will demonstrate how this works, who wants to be my partner for this presentation?"

Only a fool would agree to such a thing as they all looked down, so they may not unwittingly cross eyes with this their crazy trainer, but instead of getting angry he laughed "I like that, no one really likes getting stabbed" he then pressed the side of his ear where a tiny hearable device is attached," Please send a soldier to E10 training room"

A few minutes later soldier is seen standing at the forefront of the class facing the Componeres in training. The trainer now had an excited glint in his eyes, coupled with his eccentric behavior, a foreboding fear that something crazy was about to go down.

The trainer went towards the soldier, who tried to maintain his discipline as he stood there, but his eyes gave off his fears. The training slowly took the soldier's KA-BAR knife from its sheath, "Don't worry I've done this many times and only a few people have died on me." He said in a low comforting voice, which brought the opposite effect as the soldier started sweating buckets.

Turning towards the now excited and curious students, "Now watch this closely, 'cause you won't see me doing this again " he then turned to the soldier, "Are you ready?"

"N...Aah"

The soldier was about to reply in the negative when he felt a sudden pain in his heart, but that was it the pain was gone as it came, looking at his chest his own knife was sticking out from it, and he wanted to pull it out but a shout from the trainer halted his movements.

"Don't do that, unless you want to bleed out and die immediately, also before I forget, try not to make too many movements, once I'm done with the class I'll call the doctor to treat you, you'd still got at least 3 hours to live without treatment "The man said in a nonchalant attitude, as if he didn't just stab someone.

The soldier just stood there transfixed and scared, as the man continued his explanation to the students who were still mesmerized and wrapping their minds on what just happened.

"So where was I? ....."

*END OF FLASHBACK*

Eighty knew that Five didn't lie, she knew very well that the moment she moved or tried to remove the knife, she'd be breathing her last.

If she hadn't exhausted her mental strength the knife wouldn't have penetrated her skin, but there's no If in real combat, is either that or not.

Five slowly removed his hand from the knife hilt and fell exhausted. Eighty just knelt there on the ground looking at Forty-Four, her eyes filled with resignation as her emblem turned red signifying she was dead.

"You okay man?" Forty Four asked

While chuckling, "I should be asking you that?" Five replied, which made Forty-Four to start laughing.

But his laughter soon seized as Five started coughing out blood due to the external injuries he has mostly from fighting Eighty, the cough left him wheezing for air.

"I don't think, I can continue, she did me dirty. " Five said in a low voice.

"Nah you have to continue," Forty-Four said with resolution in his voice. He started struggling to stand up which he finally managed to do.

"Just hang on there." He said to Five as he started jumping on one leg back to the direction of the cave, falling and getting up again and again, not minding the pain in his broken leg.