Chapter 193 Taking Advantage (2/2)

He had specifically instructed that the shots be slightly louder than normal but not that loud! The last one took the cake and having the ping pong balls hit Midnight was not within the plans at all. All that was supposed to happen was that the kid fell off the horse.

He would be hurt, but not too badly. The grass here was thick and Midnight wasn't running fast at all.

Now, however, Midnight was out of control and dashing away before anyone could catch him. To fall off at that speed was unimaginable. It wouldn't be a simple fall anymore.

There were no horses available to chase after them. There was only one other horse on set, and he was secured in the stables without a saddle. By the time he would be saddled up, Midnight would be long gone. She had been a champion racehorse that had to retire early due to trauma.

There had been a shooting incident near her stables. Though she was unharmed, the loud shooting sounds terrified her so much that she suffered PTSD.*

After that incident, Midnight could no longer run. The starting gun would startle her too much and she would either cause damage at the starting point or run haphazard all over the place. She often injured people around her - or herself.

Right now, as Chad watched Midnight galloping away like the Hounds of Hell while Kyle was holding on to her firmly, he gulped.

”What are you doing?!” shouted Sam towards Chad, ”Is the screen test supposed to be this dangerous?!”

Chad broke out of his shocked state and looked at this other kid shouting at him. Though he was pissed at the fact that a kid would talk to him in such a manner, he could not deny that the situation was certainly dangerous.

Not just because of the potential harm Midnight would bring - but also for the fact that the security at Mansion BMX was not ordinary. If they thought Kyle was an intruder ...

Chad shuddered and started barking orders while whipping out his phone. He ignored Sam, furiously trying to get the situation under control.

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Midnight was having the time of her life. It had been an extremely long time since she was allowed to run freely without restraint. It felt like she was on the tracks again but this time, there as no pressure to beat the horse in front.

She loved the wind in her face, the ground at her feet and she just kept on running. She trusted the human that was riding her completely now. At first, she had been hesitant but his voice and demeanor made her defences go down. She found herself obeying him without any rational thought but she didn't think anything about it.

When the loud sounds started, she panicked for a brief moment then she felt complete calm as she heard the human's voice in her ear. She did as he commanded and found it fun. She kicked about to release her stress that she didn't feel any pain or fear even when those things hit her.

The human told her to just run to her heart's desire, so long as she followed his slight jerks in the reins to indicate where he wanted her to go. So she complied.

And ran.

She was so immersed in the joy of running and was completely trusting the human that even when the loud sounds began again, she wasn't scared at all. In fact, he urged her to run even faster and she did.

She jumped over a hedge and landed easily, scaring a young lady that was sunbathing there.

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Kyle, in the meantime, had the situation entirely under his control. Though he kept up a scared expression as he gripped the reins tightly - it was all for show. He directed Midnight to head towards Mansion BMX as he wanted a closer look.

Kyle had already gotten the position of all the guards in the area, helped with the areal surveillance Team Yume was giving him in real time. Kay was with them and giving him the live reports so he didn't need any earpiece (Kyle didn't want to take the risk of it being discovered).

So Kyle merely avoided them.

It wasn't possible to avoid all of them, of course but he was quick enough to guide Midnight away from the shots. The horse really was a beautiful creature, responding to every slight touch and command of his, which made the whole process so much easier.

As Midnight jumped over one hedge right next to Mansion BMX, she landed neatly but scared the young lady that was sunbathing there.

Her screams made Midnight jerk up and Kyle fell off.