Once everyone was gathered in the kitchen David told them what he had found out. The reactions were mixed.
"So what you're telling us is that we were lied to about this mission?" Emily asked.
"I don't think he means that," Adamus remarked. "It just means that Mom and Aunt Lix didn't have all the information."
"That or they knew and didn't tell us," Emily retorted.
"Hey. It doesn't matter. Our mission remains the same," Aurélie remarked. "We find Tracker Jacker and then we help capture him."
"I zink zat I have a guess about what Death is looking for," Phoenix remarked. "Ze stone in ze giant xenomorph. Someone should be watching zat at all times."
"You're right. Or at least we should tap into nearby cameras to watch it," Adamus added before turning to Aurélie and Marina. "Can one of you do it?"
"It should be a cake walk for Amelie," Aurélie remarked. "She says she'll get right on it after this meeting."
"Good. Now, we should probably get some training done for today," Adamus remarked. "Marina, Tor, you guys can join us later, get some more work done on making the DeLorean." The two teens nodded before heading out.
The remaining teens went into the training room where they partnered up. Adamus and Aurélie and David and Emily. Adamus and Aurélie began to square off first. Aurélie's hair turned yellow before Adamus held up his hand. "Sorry Adeline, but I want to fight Alice today," he remarked as he pressed his hand on the linoleum floor. His skin took on the same glossy color of the floor as it looked like he absorbed the material into his body, much to the shock of everyone.
"How long have you been able to do that?!" David asked.
"Just now. It was a gut feeling I had."
"I can now see why you wanted to fight me," Alice remarked.
"Yup. Adeline has better fighting technique, but you are physically stronger. Perfect to test the limits of Externa."
"You might want something stronger than linoleum though."
"I know that you won't try to hurt me too much," Adamus remarked with a smile.
"Oh, I am definitely going to wipe that smile off of your face," Alice responded as she got into a fighting stance. Adamus charged at her and the two of them locked into a grapple. The two of them threw massive punches against each other. Adamus dodged and weaved a few times, but every time Alice landed a strike his armor cracked a bit. Adamus backed away a bit to try to reform the armor, but Alice kept the pressure up. Adamus attempted to sweep her leg, but she jumped over it and landed a kick to the young man's chest. Adamus stumbled back into the brick wall of the room. He pressed his hand against the wall and absorbed it. Alice threw another punch at him. Adamus ducked the punch, of which pulverized the wall. She threw another punch at him, this time though instead of dodging, he caught her arm and used the momentum to sling her into the wall. He then grabbed her arms and pinned her to the wall.
"Looks like I win," he remarked.
"Not yet," she replied before kneeing him in the crotch. Even though it was protected, it still hurt like hell.
"Fuck!" he yelled, the armor disappearing.
Aurélie took over and helped him up. "Sorry," she whispered, feeling the need to apologize for Alice.
"It's fine," he winced as David came over and handed him an ice pack. Adamus went over to sit in the stands with the ice pack on his sore area.
"What happened!?" Marina yelled as she and Tor entered.
"Alice kneed Adamus in the balls," Emily remarked. "Which is a low blow by the way."
Alice took back over to shrug and say, "We're training to fight villains. Fighting fair isn't the worst of my concerns."
"Di immortales Alice. We're allies. We still need to be concerned about the safety of others," Marina retorted.
Aurélie took back over. "Alice isn't one for gentleness. Sorry."
"Fine. Fine. Let's just keep these spars going," David remarked as he stood up and unsheathed his sword.
Emily followed, standing across from him. She activated her shoes and pulled out her sword. "You know, you should invest in a shield, Knight-Boy."
"Tennis Star was better," David responded. "And I've been thinking of it. I learned in most of my spars that I lack defense. Also, please no firebombs."
"Yeah, yeah. Don't want to burn the building down," Emily responded before flying at him. David barely had enough time to deflect her first swing, but didn't expect her 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th swings to happen quickly afterwards. She was a literal blur in the sky and David couldn't keep up to block her swings. Instead he created a massive ice wall that Emily bashed through. It slowed her down enough to allow David to land a hit on her leg, knocking off one of her shoes. She fell out of the air onto David, the two of them becoming a mass of limbs. Marina and Adamus went over to help their roommates up.
"So who wins?" Marina asked.
"Neither of them," Adamus answered with a chuckle.
"It won't be a tie next time Ishihara," Emily remarked.
"It would be rather disappointing if it was Bayliss," David responded.
"Now it is Tor and Marina," Aurélie remarked.
"I'm actually pretty tired, maybe tomorrow," Marina yawned before heading upstairs. Adamus knew she was lying, so he followed his sister upstairs. He knocked on her door. "Come in!" Marina yelled.
Adamus opened the door to see Marina spraying herself with something. "You forgot to do that this morning, didn't you?" he asked.
"Yeah," she admitted.
"Mar, when will you trust others enough with your secret?" Adamus asked.
"When I know they won't hate me for it," she responded.
"Fine. Can I at least see the true form of my sister?"
Marina nodded as her form disappeared. She no longer looked human. Instead she was a xenomorph.
AN: Hello everyone! I am pleased with how this chapter came out. I hope that you enjoyed the fights and the little twist at the end. Please review if you have anything to say.