Rebecca had finished her training and had just gotten out of the shower. She was also hungry – flinging spells around for three hours straight burned up a lot of energy. So, after changing into an outfit of a violet t-shirt, blue jeans, and white sneakers, she walked to the kitchen. She was mildly surprised to see that Kenshin was back to his normal, polite, non-homicidal self.
"Hey, Kenshin," she said, smiling. "Anything decent to eat? I'm starving!"
The samurai smiled at her. "I assume that it was you in the Danger Room, then?" he asked. "I know that throwing spells around burns up your energy."
She nodded. "Yes, that was me," she said, walking over to the cupboards and rummaging through them. "Let's see…"
Five minutes later, she had the ingredients for her spiced chicken on the counter.
"Kenshin? You want to help with the cooking?" she asked, looking at him with a smile.
"Sure," Kenshin replied. "I haven't got anything better to do."
Rebecca nodded and explained the recipe to him.
"First, you make the batter," she said. "This is just like a normal batter, except you put spices in the batter – just enough to make the chicken spicy, though, you don't want to burn your tongue when you eat it. Then, you…"
It only took her two minutes to explain the whole recipe to him, and they started to cook. With Kenshin's help, she prepared the entire meal in record time.
Naturally, the rest of the Guys showed up, but Rebecca and Kenshin had made extra chicken, so there was more than enough for everybody.
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"Sir? It's been three hours," the soldier said.
"Launch the attack."
"Yes, sir."
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The first clue that they were under attack was the pool exploding. Rebecca's head shot up and her eyes narrowed.
"I knew it," she said. "Those bastards tracked me down! Everybody, get ready to fight!"
She drew her sword and used her magick to change into her white dress/enchanted armour outfit and used a Diem Wind spell to open the doors, an aura of power surrounding her.
"You want me?" she called out. "COME AND GET ME! FIREBALL!"
The fireball slammed into the front line of the soldier's charging them, slowing them down, and giving Kang enough time to cast a Dynast Brass on them. Rebecca, knowing that they were in for quite a fight, prepared a Dragon Slave spell.
"Darkness beyond twilight, crimson beyond blood that flows…"She got interrupted when Duncan leapt in front of her, taking a laser blast in the back.
That would have killed me! These guys aren't messing around!
Rebecca glanced at Duncan, who had temporarily 'died' as a result of the blast. That does it!
She stood up and stuck her sword into the ground, barely registering the fighting going on around her.
Kenshin was fighting off three of the soldiers, with help from Kang.
Nightcrawler was confusing them by teleporting all over the place.
Wolverine was discovering something that would really help them later – when he sliced one of the soldiers open, he saw not blood, but circuits!
"Sweet flamin' shit!" he said. "They're robots of some kind!"
Beast, who was busy slamming a couple of them around, paused. "I would like to take a look at that later," he said. "After the battle is over. It might prove interesting."
Rebecca finished the chant for the Dynast Blizzard spell, and her eyes snapped open. "DYNAST BLIZZARD!"
The blizzard surrounded the group of cyber-soldiers that was charging towards Rebecca, turning them to ice instantly.
"Now for the rest of them," she said to herself. She grabbed her sword and charged into battle…
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"This is…interesting," the Commander said. "Open another Gateway! Bring out…the Elites!"
His second-in-command saluted. "At once, sir."