Molecular Stampede

I flowed with the 5-rings as best I could, having to kick the synchro-drive to maximum. Without a cadre of Shorties to boost my performance, it was catch as catch can as far as staying in the crowd. There were advantages to not being on the leading edge, but after being passed up by several doublings of tagged 5-rings, I am sure that I would experience all possible advantages of being this far back.

Letting the Eights do their thing helped out a bit, as I was able to catch a bump or two from the migrating 5-rings. Of course, the first such bump was unexpected, as I took a break from the synchro-drive to scan around a bit. Recovering from the jolt, I scanned forward and tracked several 5-rings toward a meshwork that was pulsing and flexing.

Ignoring the complaints, I kept putting my Shorty in the path of another 5-ring, and let the collision push me forward. Being much lighter than the 5-ring gave me the advantage as far as getting away, and I was getting closer to the meshwork to which these 5-rings were so intent on heading for. Now, it was just a matter of slipping into position to catch another push forward.