Ning, Naysha, and Liam were among the few who remained.
Ning decided it was about time he did something more than dodge.
A ball rebounded from the wall beside him, and instead of knocking it away, he caught it with his free hand. Then he looked across the chamber toward one of the instructors, a broad-shouldered man who had spent the last several minutes chasing down students along the far wall and was turned slightly away from Ning at that moment.
Ning threw.
The ball crossed the chamber in a straight line and struck the instructor squarely in the back before he had any chance to react.
The cadets on the floor erupted into cheers again, and the instructor looked over his shoulder in surprise as the fields began lowering him toward the floor. He gave Ning a short, rueful nod on his way down.
That left four instructors, Lorna among them, and the remaining ones immediately became more careful.
