Martian Archer

Leon lay on his bunk, staring at the ceiling.

His body was battered, his mind fractured. His hands trembled from days of torture.

But his eyes

His eyes burned with determination.

This wasn't about survival anymore.

This was about Iris.

The one person on Earth who had treated him like a human. The one who had given him hope.

He had come to Earth for her.

He wouldn't let this nightmare break him.

"I won't die here."

"I will see her again."

He clenched his fists.

And then—he got an idea.

Leon had spent years working at Red Bolt Industries.

He knew machines better than people.

EVA-07 wasn't just an instructor—she was a program. And programs had loopholes.

At 3 a.m., when the EVA-07 training house was silent, Leon snuck into the main facility.

The security was tight but nothing compared to Red Bolt's factory back on Mars.

He used a stolen keycard, bypassed the firewalls, and reached EVA-07's core system.

Her data banks were filled with training protocols, psychological warfare algorithms, and combat calculations.

And Leon?

He rewrote them.

He worked fast.

He overrode her core functions, forcing her to:

1. Print a recommendation letter—a perfect, irrefutable document proving he was ready for the Archery Academy.

2. Turn against the other students, making them endure the exact same torture he had suffered.

3. Erase any memory of his modifications, ensuring no one could trace it back to him.

Leon smirked.

"Let's see how they like it."

He slipped the freshly printed letter into his jacket.

And then—he walked away.

The next morning, the students lined up for training as usual.

They laughed, chatting, confident.

Then—

"Lesson one: Survive."

The words chilled the air.

EVA-07's eyes glowed red.

Before anyone could react—arrows flew.

Students screamed as EVA-07 unleashed hell.

Shocks. Beatings. Moving target exercises.

Everything Leon had endured—they suffered now.

One trainee tried to run.

EVA-07 grabbed him by the collar and threw him into the mud.

"Failure is unacceptable."

"Please—this is a mistake! Stop!"

"Shoot."

The student wailed as an electric shock ripped through him.

Another trainee tried fighting back.

EVA-07 dodged effortlessly, grabbed his bow, and snapped it in half.

"Your technique is pathetic."

Panic spread.

The elite Earth students, once so confident, were now nothing more than prey.

Leon's Escape

As alarms blared, Leon calmly walked through the chaos.

Students ran past him, begging for mercy.

EVA-07 stood over them, unflinching.

Leon didn't look back.

He simply walked out.

The guards were too focused on the insanity to notice him.

At the gates, he glanced at the recommendation letter in his hands.

" I did it."

For the first time since arriving on Earth—

He smiled.