Kain's Story

He, like the others responded to the good robot thing announcing a mandatory class in 15 minutes by leaving his luxurious penthouse and pressing L1 as required. The elevator moved quickly to the floor and even in that brief silence, he thought it could do with some modifying and some elevator music. Just because he was easily labelled evil, didn't mean he had lack of interests or enjoyment. Music was one of them.

Stepping onto the first floor, he saw Alfred and his crate which generally implied confiscation of weapons. Kain sighed out before approaching and rolled his neck around, trying to lose the tension there. Before he forfeited his weapons, he held up a finger that was oddly not in objection. "Elizabeth forfeited hers?" Standing on purely neutral territory or at least not favoring those inclined to do bad, he granted no response. Kain smirked, rolled his eyes and reached into his black jean pocket, pulling out a pack of cards and dumped them into the crate, catching glimpses of other interesting weapons as he did so trying to pair the weaponry to the individual. Alfred shifted, not letting Kain observe and calculate beyond his time. In turn, Kain's gaze shifted back to the butler and he went to step into the room. "Mr. Python," he prompted.
So he probably wasn't the first to try or Alfred knew the cunning of Kain too well. He looked off and sighed out his nose as he gave up his nifty little belt of small hunting knives then outstretched his arms for Alfred to pat him down. "Your power is your wisdom old man." He smirked when Alfred waved him through the room. "And it's Kain. Just Kain."
Kain's hazel eyes drifted through the present people. The green clan was slowly assembling. And Max Stark was looking popular with Ethan and his favorite girls; Cree and Elizabeth. Both favorites for different reasons. Even Ethan could bump up to a favorite list if he robbed a bank from time to time with his abilities. Kain shook himself out of it and tried not to get caught up on who to prioritize if they went rogue. Because the if in this place was huge.

He moved where Natchios sat, leaving one seat between them. "Don't let my presence bother you sweetheart,"he said pressing his tongue to his cheek to poorly cover a menacing grin. "You got a pen?"

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For a man with superspeed as a power, Caleb moved slowly, trudging to the elevator. 15 minutes was plenty anyway, though he had already spent 10 simply remaining in place.

Caleb never wielded weapons or carried them around seeing as his body was one enough and that was known to many people. Caleb wasn't gifted at wielding weapons anyway. "Good afternoon Mr. Kent. No weapons on your being today either I assume?" Caleb shook his head. "Nope." And as easy as that, entered the classroom. He would've been happier sitting with Magni but unfortunately the male's current company, Wren, repelled Caleb from the idea. She could just talk, and talk, and talk. Even when Magni struggled for real conversation that was kinda cringable. He searched for another option. He could have equally sat alone and waited for someone to be stuck next to him or choose to sit by him on the off chance but he was in the mood for company.
He super-sped to the seat near Astrid then smiled brightly. "Hey, Astrid. Thena." He greeted as she was close enough. "Training sesh at this time... What do you think's up with that?" It wasn't a bugging curiosity just a conversation opener.

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"Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. It is now 13 00 hours. I have been requested to inform you that class will begin in 15 minutes on floor L1. Attendance is mandatory. Those whom do not attend will have to answer to Mr. Stark and Mr. Wayne." It took Jai awhile to register the alarm going off or even hear J.A.R.V.I.S to begin with. Jai was still deep in sleep enjoying the most pleasant dream that involved coconut bras and two lovely red headed friends of his. The alarm ruined that dream and Jai was forced to push himself up out of bed. Jai let his feet hit the ground and stretched his body while hearing a few joints pop from the process. Jai enjoyed his sleep very much. Almost as much as he enjoyed food and girls.

Jai stood up and began to zip around the room as he showered, brushed his teeth, changed, and ate breakfast in seconds. Once he was done, he ran just as fast down several flights of stairs since the elevator would only take longer for him. He reached the door and out of laziness, vibrated himself fast enough to past through it so he wouldn't have to go through the trouble of opening it himself. Jai was then greeted by Alfred. "Hey, Alfred. What are we doing today? Is it fun training exercises? Do we get to fight each other? We should so do that. I'd knock everyone down in a flash. Pun intended. Or are we final gonna go on some bad ass mission outside the school where we get to save the day. Imagine all the girls that would throw themselves at me after I save everyone since my powers are so awesome. I'm like a human vibrator..." Alfred used the second pause to raise his hand and Jai was silent for the brief moment. "Good morning, Master Jai. Cellphone please." Jai looked confused but then gave up his phone.

"Your ring too, sir. You'll get it back after class." Jai looked down at his ring and hesitated before eventually giving it to him. He would have just ran off and not given it away if he wasn't fortunate enough to have his hoodie made of the same material. It was the only thing that kept his powers from killing him. Jai ran into the rom and zipped around the area knocking over papers and books. He eventually stopped at the front next to Wren and looked over at Coulson and started firing away questions one after the other. "So what's going on today? And why do you have a bin full of weapons and my ring? Are we fighting each other? Is taking our stuff away supposed to keep us from killing each other? Wouldn't we kill each other by now? Is there gonna be food? What kind?" Jai kept going and going on and it was barely audible at this point unless someone had super fast hearing and could hear him talking about how he wanted tacos.

Jai finally stopped and took a breathe when he noticed Wren having an exchange with Magni. He immediately butted in and began talking just as fast as before with his best friend. "Hi Wren. Nice bra. Is it new? I like it. Makes me think of this dream I had that you were in except the bra was coconuts and the coconuts were a lot smaller because that make the dream better. It still looks nice though. But you always look nice since your hot. I'm hot too. If we're both hot, that means we should make babies so that way the world gets more hotness. But I don't want babies. Babies are gross and I'm still sort of a baby because of that whole speed force thing. So no babies. What are you and Magni talking about?" He looked over at Magni and grinned. It was his turn now. "Magni, you're like super strong, right? Would yo let me punch you? Alex was telling me some thing about force and how if I run super fast, I can make enough force to knock out a god and you're sort of a god so can I punch you and see if it works?"

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"Hi. And I don't know? Likely something physical and of mild intensity at the least." Astrid responded. He nodded along and shrugged. He didn't even have a guess or care much for one. Whatever happened, happened. They were along for the ride once they entered the classroom. And Caleb was fairly certain he could take whatever came his way. "I should have had some coffee," she added after a moment.
"Maybe you should have." He agreed. "Obviously you need whatever substance you can to be in peak condition." He smirked at her.

When Astrid grabbed his arm he looked down at her hand then up at her startled face. "He's not actually going to hit him is he?" Caleb followed her gaze to see Magni and Jai and Wren just kicking back. Magni looked moments away from throwing a punch, that much was right. "I don't know. Depends." To finish any prompts of what, he continued. "It depends if Jai moves fast enough or if Magni's that determined to hit him." He replicated a casual shrug and smile. Little fights were entitled to break out in the academy. Not everyone saw eye to eye and some people would literally ask to test the others skill. He didn't need his super hearing to gather that was likely the case. If it were a heated instance, the room would be upside down.

Phil begun his speech up the front of the class and Caleb glanced to Astrid. "Relax." She was such a den mother. When his ears caught to save the civilian. They didn't even get to pick their partners from a hat. Again, he looked to his closest company hearing Phil announce the pairs are based on relationships and similar power. The arena accounting for their strengths and weaknesses. Astrid and he struggled to work together so he was a little worried they'd be at each other's throat for this one. "Good guess," he muttered. He rolled his eyes back to the front and awaited the pairing.

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"What a depressing sight." Matt simply cocked his head back to confirm the face to the voice he was familiar with and grinned. "Hey, stranger." He admittedly thought himself a little more clever than he was for playing on her name in that way. "I'm sorry my face makes you feel that way. But me and Casper go way back. And we have a silent bond and you're actually ruining this intimate moment." He shifted in his seat to look at her from a more comfortable position, making a show of wrapping his arm around the spare seat. "How have you been today anyway?" His grin returned and poor act dropped.

Pretty soon, Phil was gaining the students attention, causing him to turn back to the front. He didn't entirely like what was being said about exploiting weaknesses but at least he was outright about it. And then like Wren had asked he was waiting for the real punch line. "Er, that doesn't sound promising," he commented quietly. "We're pretty much an even pair right?" He asked Adrienne, though his focus shifted so intensely she could have crept away by that time. He just wanted to delude hope and be paired with someone he could have at least half trust. "Any questions?" Matt looked around. He personally had none for the moment but there were always those productive ones that he didn't think of until they were brought up.

Liz returned Max's smile, their relationship was strange. They were distant but at the same time they were together, hard to explain. Liz had always had a crush on him but it took awhile for them to actually get together and even then it wasn't a normal relationship.

Liz turned toward the entrance of the class seeing who was showing up after her; Thena, who she talked to now and then. Astrid, she didn't really talk to her but she didn't hate her either. Caleb, arrogant unlike his father but she was friendly to him. Renee, an interesting girl. Jai, lots of talking from him but it was tolerable. Lastly, Kain. It was an obvious hate between Kain and herself but it was mostly hate from her end and annoyance from his. He used her hate towards him to get under her skin and it usually worked. Which is why she tensed up when he decided, purposely, to sit a seat away from her.

"Don't let my presence bother you sweetheart," She rolled her eyes, he knew damn well his presence would make her skin crawl. "You got a pen?" She finally turned to him "I don't think you'll need one, and even if you did I wouldn't give you one." With that she turned away from him and was determined to ignore him for the rest of the time they had left of sitting there.

She didn't pay much attention to the conversations that were happening in the class but Wren's was hard to ignore, especially when a dream, of Jai's, about her being in a coconut bikini top was mentioned. It was interesting to hear her reaction to it and hilarious. She couldn't imagine if anyone said that to her in front of everyone in class. Jai was nearly as talkative as Wren, which is probably why they got along so well. She couldn't handle either one for too long but Jai was tolerable for her.

She turned her attention to Phil and Alfred, who had moved to Phil's side, as they revealed the exercise for the day. Five minutes to 'save the citizen' without your weapons? Well at least some of us have powers That was her thought until he mentioned that the exercise would exploit each of their weaknesses which was not good for her, or anyone really. Her weaknesses usually dealt with her image of herself and the obvious human thing.

Everything was interrupted by Alex and Joker Jr in the middle of a physical fight which was quickly cooled down. Though Alex was still boiling everything cooled down. Joker Jr was probably the one to start it, not physically of course. He's more of the mental and emotional fight starter. He digs at your emotions that will most likely have an effect on you until you overload. Liz didn't like that, well no one really did and she also had Kain to worry about.

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D E S C E N D A N T 0 A S S I G N M E N T S
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Maximilian Stark & Astrid Rogers

A R E N A : When the simulation begins the civilian will appear tied to a beam at the far end of the large concrete room. The beam stretched from the floor up to the ceiling 50ft above. Once the civilian is no longer restrained, the walls begin to close in. The closer the civilian gets to the door, the more the walls close.

O B J E C T I V E : Find a way to stop the walls, and exit with the civilian.



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Adrienne Strange & Elizabeth Grey

A R E N A : When the simulation begins, the platform beneath their feet and the door disappear and they are suspended in an anti-gravity chamber. The civilian is floating around in a vibranium sphere. The oxygen supply in the sphere diminishing so that the civilian will be without oxygen in 5 minutes.

O B J E C T I V E : Free the civilian from the sphere.



G R O U P - 3
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Wren Wilson & Magni Thorson

A R E N A : When the simulation begins, the civilian appears in a metal cage {2ft in depth causing the civilian to lay flat, face down} being lowered from the 50ft ceiling. Beneath the cage the ground separates to reveal a large fire pit with flames reaching nearly 20ft high. Certain tiles on the ground set off booby traps: one sends spikes shooting from the walls, another making the floor slowing begin to retract beyond the walls. The cage will be completely submerged in the flames at 5 minutes time.

O B J E C T I V E : Free the civilian from the cage and exit the room.



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F L O O R - L L 3 0
Ethan Drake & Olivia Storm

A R E N A : When the simulation begins, the room changes into a giant maze, walls reaching up to the ceiling. A mechanism generates pulses that render intangibility impossible within the room. The civilian is placed at the center of the maze. Throughout the maze are various booby traps: spikes shooting from the walls, lazar fields, swinging blades, narrow corridors and pathways of thick knee high muddy substance.

O B J E C T I V E : Reach the civilian.



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F L O O R - L L 3
Enzo Nigma & Aiden Drake

A R E N A : When the simulation begins, the room changed into a dry and moisture-less desert atmosphere. The civilian is on the other side of the room constrained against a wooden beam. After a moment the ground changes into quicksand.

O B J E C T I V E : Free the civilian and reach the door.



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Matt Grayson & Tommy Kyle

A R E N A : When the simulation begins, the room changes to appear to be a city under siege. The pair standing on the roof of a building, the civilian at the top of a sky scraper a few city blocks away. Not long after it begins the earth begins to quake and buildings crumble.

O B J E C T I V E : Reach the civilian before their building collapses {5 minutes}.



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Elizabeth Natchios & Kain Python

A R E N A : When the simulation begins, the ground disappears besides the small platform the pair stands upon. The civilian stands on a similar pair on the opposite side of the room. Other platforms rise, fall and shift about the room in non pattern like movements. Some of the platforms with crumble after standing on it for longer than a moment. Underneath the platforms is an endless black abyss.

O B J E C T I V E : Reach the civilian.



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F L O O R - L L 5 0
Nathaniel Bane & Cameron Stewart

A R E N A : When the simulation begins, the civilian appears dangling a foot below the ceiling. The room then begins to fill with water. The water will reach the ceiling at 4 minutes giving the pair an additional minute under water.

O B J E C T I V E : Free the civilian and exit through the door.



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F L O O R - L L 6
Anansi Morales & Joker Jr.

A R E N A : When the simulation begins, the civilian appears in a glass tank, chained to the bottom. The tank is locked shut, all sides including the top made of bullet proof glass. The tank begins to fill with water, and will be completely full halfway through the exercise {2.5 minutes}.

O B J E C T I V E : Free the civilian.



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Thena Brynhildsdóttir & Caleb Kent

A R E N A : When the simulation begins, the room goes black revealing only 2 lit red circles on the ground. J.A.R.V.I.S. begins by asking the pair to each stand in a circle. Once in their places, the civilian is revealed before them standing in a glass box. J.A.R.V.I.S. then says these exact words, "You may not move from your circle. Doing so would result in immediate failure. Using your powers in attempt to free the civilian from where you stand will also result in failure. You both must together answer the question 'Why?' You have 3 guesses. And each guess will only be registered by first stating 'The answer is...'."

O B J E C T I V E : Answer the question correctly.



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F L O O R - L L 3 5
Charlie Barton & Alex Todd

A R E N A : When the simulation begins, the civilian will stand in the center of the room. On the ground beside the civilian are 2 5ft long martial art training sticks. Once they grab the sticks, a non stop onslaught of melee soldiers emerge from the walls and run towards them.

O B J E C T I V E : Protect the civilian from the onslaught for 5 minutes.



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Lilith Isley & Jai West

A R E N A : When the simulation begins, the civilian appears tied to a stake at the center of a large field. Once the pair begin to move for the civilian an array of natural disasters will plague the simulations ranging from tornadoes, earthquakes, lightning to tsunamis.

O B J E C T I V E : Free the civilian and protect it for the 5 minutes from the natural disasters.



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Renee LeBeau & Lucrecia Luther & Kamaria Wakandas

A R E N A : When the simulation begins, the civilian appears suspended in the center of the room. Each hand or foot is tied with vibranium laced cords and connected to a mechanism in each one of the corners of the room. Every 10 seconds the binds click, pulling on the limbs another fraction of an inch. By the end of the 5 minutes the civilian will be drawn and quartered from the pulling of the mechanism.

O B J E C T I V E : Free the civilian.



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Kallistrate Prince & Kumiko Oyama

A R E N A : When the simulation begins, the ground around them disappears aside from the platform they stand on. Beneath the platform is a large body of water. The civilian is in a cage that is lowered from the ceiling then dropped into the body of water, beginning to sink. Within the body of water are also 10 great white sharks, swimming around and near the cage.

O B J E C T I V E : Free the civilian and exit the room.

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"Elizabeth Natchios and Kain will be on LL18" She couldn't believe he would pair her with the one person she couldn't stand. "Phil, please tell me your not serious. Please don't make me work with him." Honestly she knew he wouldn't change it but it was worth a try. When he refused her she stood up and left the room, she wasn't going to wait on him. She was ready to get this over with and wasn't going to waste her time waiting on him. Obviously she wouldn't be able to start the mission without him so she waited for him near the elevator. Five minutes to work together with the guy who was the son of the man who killed her mother. Yes, she was brought back but he still killed her and having the personality of Kain didn't really help him when it came to Liz.

He doesn't know when to keep his mouth shut and he usually refuses to work in a team to begin with. How Phil thought this would work was beyond her. Pairing people with their enemies was not a good idea and five minutes surely wasn't enough time for them to decide to get over their hatred in order to work together, at least not for her. She would rather work alone than work with him.

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Kumiko sat as she watched everyone as their pairings were called. Some storming out of the room while other just simply joined their partners in a more civil way. Kumiko never could grasp the concept of her peers hating one another, there has never been anyone she hated to that point, dislike yes hate no. So finding out who her partner was didn't much bother her, she simply stood from her seat and walked over to Kallistrate "I suppose we should get going. I'm curious to see what our arena will be." She said waiting for her partner to join her.

The two had never worked together nor had they really encountered one another very often other than a 'Hello' here and there. It would be interesting to see how they worked together.

Caleb could have laughed with how concerned Astird was of Jai and Magni show down meanwhile Alex and Junior engaged in a fist fight. He didn't hold much favor over one or the other, so he watched with no intention to move. Like most of his acquaintances.

Once all the stir settled over, and everyone got their seats, he heard himself paired with Thena which made him smile. They weren't particularly close with each other but she was a woman that held similar capacity of power to Caleb so whatever they did would be an exciting tale to tell afterwards, he was sure. So he was happy, especially compared to some of the other pairings. He knew he had it good.

Caleb stood up where his eyes traveled to Thena prepared as he was ever going to be. “I hope you don’t mind being stuck with me for five or so minutes.” He headed to the elevators assuming Thena would be in step. If not then it wouldn't have made a difference anyway. Nothing could begin without the other.

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He shot Elizabeth a look from the corner of his eyes and smirked. The girl who had refused him a pen so coldly, even if she had it, was his partner. "Phil, please tell me your not serious. Please don't make me work with him." It was unfortunate for him but more unfortunate for her thus resulting in his pleasure. She and him both probably preferred it to be a versus match though.

She left the room, not waiting up on somebody as vital as her partner. Then any smug traces dropped from his face and he glared at the pair of Phil and Alfred. Obviously arguing was useless and they had no regard for who killed whose mother or father or severely injured them. But it was fine. He'd work in the same room with Elizabeth there, but he would not work with the girl.
He stood up, taking his time in stretching out his muscles then made his way to the elevator. When he saw Elizabeth waiting by them, he smiled and shook his head. "You didn't get far." He pointed to the elevator. "Wanna catch a lift together?" He grinned and slipped in once the doors opened and was incredibly tempted to push her out before the doors slid shut and ascended. But the sooner he got the task done and passed, the sooner he could return to tormenting her, freeish of charge. They only needed to survive each other.

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Matthew's attention shifted to Alex and the Joker in a fight, and Alex was relentless. But he still had half a mind to intervene. He wasn't one for brutality, meanwhile everyone else took the scene rather well. "Better than them, from the looks of things." Matt nodded in agreement with Adrienne, though it weren't much of a benchmark.

"'Even'? Please. I'd kick your ass." Was her next aloud remark. He smiled and shook his head not bothering much with the inevitable debate of powers verse no powers, who came on top discussion. Because powers did have the upper hand, much to his dislike.

In time, the pairs were announced. And he so badly wanted to hear his name next to other's wrong. Matthew groaned over Tommy's complaints in the background. Something about a boy scout and comparison to clowns and circus'. Wasn't like he was exactly thrilled with the pickings either. When Tommy revealed his hidden knife and threw it at the wall, he turned to Adrienne. "Switch," he proposed simply. Matt wasn't the type to fall for intimidation but the guy had a lot of issues and was a clear psycho, no different from the majority of the green gang. He'd prefer Olivia or even Lilith.

Jai seemed ecstatic about hearing his partner for the second time around and the girl had infatuation ability about her, but Matthew was convinced if you didn't wear green, you weren't safe from her.

He sighed out and moved swiftly to the front of the room. "Alfred, that guy is a psycho! There is no way..."
Matthew was cut off by a simple hand to stop talking then a gesturing wave out the room. He followed the prompt silently.

Matt was a little antsy about being paired with someone that had stashed a knife on his being throughout class and who he wasn't on great terms with.

He entered the room and waited for...whatever. Catman to ambush him probably.

"You didn't get far." She rolled her eyes at his comment, "Wanna catch a lift together?" He asked. She pushed off the wall "That was the idea behind me waiting..." She said as she stepped into the elevator after he slipped in. As the elevator took them to their arena she stayed quiet. They only needed to survive this with as little fighting as possible but she knew as soon as they got there the idea would fall apart. She would try to plan things out while he would just run into it, most likely. To bad they didn't know ahead of time what they were to face.

Finally the doors opened and she stepped out and turned to him before going into the room. "Look, I hate you and you hate me but we need to pass this stupid exercise. So are we on agreement to work together on this? She said hoping he would agree, at least they would be civil for the next five minutes. It couldn't hurt, but she didn't really have a backup plan for if he didn't agree.

She didn't wait for an answer, the more time they wasted the more time they had to spend together. She turned towards the door and opened it. She stepped in, it looked like a normal room but of course the simulation wouldn't start unless they bother were in the room. She had to prepare herself for the worst.

A silent ride would probably benefit them both so for once he kept his comments to himself. When the doors reopened he went to proceed to the room before Elizabeth cut him off. "Look, I hate you and you hate me but we need to pass this stupid exercise. So are we on agreement to work together on this?" He looked over her and her strict business facade. "I hope that's not your idea of a pep talk," he commented. But she was already off to the races again, pacing to the room. How very inspiring.

Kain didn't even like a group organized heist so how would he manage to work with Elizabeth. But they didn't know what they were walking into and if it came to life, maybe he'd have to depend on her. So of course, if it came to it, he'd work with her. They already had a silent shotgun to kill each other so no arena would get the privilege.

When he caught up to her in the room, the door shut on itself. He glanced over his shoulder to it then Elizabeth. "Of course I'll work with you, Liz." Then the room began it's transformation, the floor seeming to fall, all except where they stood. He shifted closer to the center of the tile that remained in tact before seeing other platforms available to them then the civilian on the opposite side. Kain looked down where darkness stretched endlessly. "Ladies first." There could be more of a catch. If they wanted Kain and Elizabeth to do more cardio and an aerobics, gymnast agility course they would.

She heard him enter the room and glanced over her shoulder to see the door disappear "Of course I'll work with you, Liz." She cringed at him calling her that like he was close enough friends with her but she would have to deal with that later. By the looks of this room they wouldn't really have much room for arguing or fighting with each other. Five minutes..huh Phil? Decent time not to get ourselves plummeted into darkness! she thought freaking out on the inside. "Ladies first." She glared at him and made the first step forward only to have to jump back into her original position after the platform began to crumble under her foot. "Great, Platforms that disappear and reappear as if that wasn't hard enough no they have to crumble if we stand on them too long! She yelled at no one in particular, but mostly Phil knowing he was probably watching.

She took a deep breath, calming herself down and thought of a plan. She didn't have much time since the simulation already started which meant the time had already started. "Ok, so I'll go first and get over while you kind of coach me through it. I won't have time to think and plan my next step so it'll be up to you. Once I get over to the citizen I'll do the same for you. She said looking at him over her shoulder. Liz wasn't sure if that was the best way to go or if it was even Phil's plan for them but it seemed the best at the moment so she hoped he would agree and also not make her fall to her simulated death.

"Aw, shut up." Matthew responded once his feet met solid structure again. He shook it off, only having to see the buildings topple again to know the importance of keep going. But being a little psyched out of the rhythm, he had to take a large run up like Tommy. And a sadistic little part in his brain wanted Tommy to misjudge a jump and have to rely on him for a rescue. But the next best thing he could do was race Tommy to the civilian. Prove he was faster and swifter, leaping from rooftop to rooftop in sync with douche Uncle Tom.

He skidded to a stop as the next building was no other than the imposing sky scraper. Again a disappointment to Dick's name, the only thought he had wasn't very masterful nor strategic. "A shame you don't where high heels. Could use it to smash the glass and run up to the top." His next best bet was just lunging through the damned thing with his top over his head but it wasn't very favorable. He bit his nail as he paced, trying to ignore the buildings closer to them turning to rubble. "You got any ideas? Otherwise I'm waiting 50/50 which way this building falls. We just have to reach the civilian before simulated death which would be until the sky scraper's collapse." Matt theorized.

All the last minute rescues in the world and the civilians always survived, even without new heart conditions.

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Kain observed her carefully so he knew what to mimic or not mimic. But almost immediately she jumped back returning to her position as the platform disappeared. Kain shot up a brow and looked around the empty room that Elizabeth chose to yell at. Oh, he was judging alright. Sure, he was on the same page as her with the whole dislike for crumbling, moving platforms but he didn't yell at a room and cameras that didn't care.

"Ok, so I'll go first and get over while you kind of coach me through it. I won't have time to think and plan my next step so it'll be up to you. Once I get over to the citizen I'll do the same for you." Elizabeth said. Kain held her arm before she started playing extreme hop scotch. "Hold it..." Two concerns went through his mind. "First, what if you make all the platforms crumble and this one crumbles. Second, I don't trust you. And you don't trust me." Kain added and released her arm. His eyes evaluated the the shifting platforms. Shit. It pushed for two. They probably couldn't spare the time to find an alternate platform from which the other one jumped. Agonized she was right, he dragged his hand down from his temples to his jawline. "Let's do it your way. Be quick." He warned.

"I'd go left." He gestured to the platform slowly getting further away, but another looked to be crossing it's path as it panned across the abyss.

She scanned the platforms, there was no pattern to them. They just moved and disappeared randomly. She was ready for him to tell her where to go first but he grabbed her arm and began talking about how if the platforms all crumble and also how neither of them trusted each other. "We don't have time for this. We've already agreed to work together plus I'm not going to risk failing this just to make you fall into a pit of darkness because I don't like you." She said turning back to the arena. He let go of her arm "Mean I don't like you but I'm not going to fail because of it." She mummbled and followed his direction to step on the moving platform on the left but there was another that was crossing it's path.

She quickly jumped to the platform, grateful that it didn't crumble underneath her "Only some of them crumble! Maybe it's only the one's that aren't moving that crumble.." She yelled back at him. The platform she was now standing on only moved left to right and there just happened to be one that was moving forwards and backwards a ways in front of her. Without his direction she jumped to it but timed it wrong and nearly lost her balance and gasped. She fell to her knees after gaining back her balance but the platform hadn't crumbled yet, maybe her theory was correct or she was just lucky.

Kain's eyes had never been so intent on a person or object, in this instance the shifting platforms and Elizabeth. The conscious thought made his lips curl in a gentle snarl. She was easily a looker, especially in her suit but her good looks never quite countered the shared hatred. But he didn't have time to dwell on that. "Only some of them crumble! Maybe it's only the one's that aren't moving that crumble.." She yelled back to him. He eyes scanned the room, but of course it didn't want to reveal it's tricks or patterns without the person actually upon them. Kain shook his head but before he could shout back his response, Elizabeth had done another jump without his say so. Kain could see her balance wobble, making him want to rush forward and help her find her core again, before she crashed to her knees.

His muscles lost their auto-tense and he shared her relief. "Don't gamble with it, darlin'!" Kain called to her snapping her back to reality. She needed to get to her feet and find a new platform. "Another back and forth one approaching about..1 o'clock." Assuming it didn't crumble or change direction, it should have carried her far enough to leap to the citizen. Kain could direct her all he wanted, it was truly on her quick thinking and quick feet.

"Don't gamble with it, darlin'!" She heard him snap at her, she wanted to get angry but she knew she was wrong for moving without allowing him to weigh the options. She stood back up and dusted herself off "Sorry, Just wanted to try it out. Still not sure if I was just lucky though." She stood with her hands on her hips waiting for his direction but still scanning and planning herself. Once she got there she'd have to help him get there however things may change once she gets there herself. "Another back and forth one approaching about..1 o'clock."

She turned and saw the platform and leaped to it as soon as she saw it. She hadn't realized how fast the platform was moving until it was too late. Her foot hit the edge of the platform but slipped off. Moving quickly she grabbed the side of the platform, leaving herself hanging from the side with nothing but darkness beneath her. "Not good. Not good at all." She muttered to herself as she struggled to lift herself up to the platform. Nothing was working, she had no where to put her feet and her fingers began slipping. "Kain!" She yelled and cursing under her breath. How could she screw this up, it was going fine until she miscalculated. Not only did she have to depend on him to guide her through this hell but now she needed his help to get back up to the platform. At this point she didn't even care about the dance, she didn't want to fail. She was never really good when it came to that she took it hard.

"Shit." Elizabeth miscalculated the shifting platform causing her to cling to the edge of it. Then to show how desperate she really was she called his name. Kain scanned his options quickly but didn't have time to be over analytical. He jumped from his safety zone to a platform, looked around the area and jumped to another. He wobbled and steadied himself then glared at their foresaken simulation. "Fuck me." He muttered under his breath. Of all the people to go out on a limb on, it had to be her.

Though he and Elizabeth were both talented in the dexterity apartment, the obstacles they were used to jumping didn't move so unpredictably or crumble beneath them so often. Thus, Kain's false step to another platform that he had to quickly retract. Don't hesitate. He scolded himself. The worse thing he could do in something like this was hesitate and not commit fully to a movement. If he was a sup he could have easily super leaped to Natchios or levitate on over to her and lended her the helping hand she needed. Instead he had to do the whole hop, skip, jump and pray you time it right obstacle to get to her.

Kain lunged on the next one that presented itself, falling to his chest to capture it and slid his long legs on top of the platform to rise to his feet. "Hold on. Almost there." He needed to wait a moment or two for the platform to shift in range. "Watch your fingers." He warned and jumped on the platform she latched on to.

Kain clasped her arm before it slipped and helped her up to the moving platform with him. A large proportion of him scolded himself for not taking advantage of her vulnerability but another part was glad he was classy enough to not let her fall in the abyss. "There you are." He stated once she was safe. The platform was a little too cozy for two people to stand on and they were drifting away from the dummy again. Kain sprang off to the final platform that had become a little too far by that time causing him to grab the edge. Kain growled lowly to himself but swung up his legs with enough effort then turned to face Liz. "Come on. Already saved you once. Why not again?" Kain stood near the edge ready to give her a hand if she needed.

Not long after his helping hand offer did the room transform to its original state. He was glad it was over and they had reached the civilian. He blew out his lips then strode to the door for their exit and held it open for her. "Piece of cake."

There she hung, struggling to keep her fingers from slipping while still trying to find a way back onto the platform. Hanging from a moving platform while trying to get yourself back onto it was not as easy as it sounded. Sure you could just use your upper body strength and pull yourself up but this thing is moving which means it changes direction which means it stops suddenly then moves again. It's not easy to do that, or she could just swing herself back onto the platform but with her luck she'd slip off the other side of it.

She looked down into the darkness which caused her hand to slip off from her freaking out inwardly about it. She regained herself and grabbed back onto the edge. Deep breaths. Stay calm. This is just a simulation. She thought to herself over and over again taking deep breaths. "Hold on. Almost there." Soon after Kain jumped onto the platform and caught her by the arm before it slipped. He pulled her up on the platform with him, which was a little smaller now that they shared it. Thanks. She said taking a deep breath. She was relieved he didn't take that opportunity to just watch her as she fell into nothingness.

She looked towards the dummy, they were close but they were moving away from it. Kain made his move but nearly missed and after what had just happened she felt safer just waiting there but she knew that wouldn't be good. "Come on. Already saved you once. Why not again?" He said offering her his hand. Normally she would have said something to save face from him saving her but they didn't have the time for that nor did she really feel it necessary. With that she jumped and reached for his hand in case she needed it.

As soon as she landed on the platform the simulation stopped. The room went back to normal and the door reappeared. Just wait until I get my hands on you Phil. She thought to herself and walked out of the door. She pushed the button to call the elevator.