Snippet #1552722

Maia:

After Will told his story, Maia felt reassured. Death shouldn't be a problem. Though it scared her to even think about being just a limp body, she knew she was nothing more than that already to some people. She sighed and followed the crowd out of the elevators. Standing next to Will, she listened to General Hargreaves. Her confidence from just seconds before was shattered as she listened to him speak. On top of that, the slide show of the 8 kids demonstrating their abilities was unnerving to her.

"You have to stop and kill them..." I'm not a murderer... Maia thought, biting her lip nervously. "...These are not your ordinary kids. So do not underestimate them. Do not take pity on them, or it will be your life... This will be the hardest test we have ever given. There will be 45 of you, against 2 of them for each round."

"These odds aren't great at all," she mumbled to herself, then followed the other into the testing area. "Godlikes, huh? Must have created the most successful beings ever." She looked up at the trees around her, trying to decide her tactic for this test. Should she ambush? Just hide so she could live? Or guard the base from either the outside or the inside? Maia looked at the others, who all seemed to being doing the same as her. Each was calculating which move they should make, as if all were playing chess.

"Where are you going?" she asked Will. Without waiting for him to reply, she darted off towards the building.