It wasn't long before the rest of the teenagers caught on about my powers, and fortunately they were thrilled to pieces over it! They all welcomed me and the other newly-teenaged folks as I entered a place they called "the Delightful Mansion", and there I met a tall, fiery man with bright golden eyes. After welcoming us, he shortly sent us into a large training base FAR under ground, where the other beginners and I were given a quick tour around before we began training. I was a bit unsure and anxious, so Cree tousled my hair reassuringly while saying, "Just think of it as KND training, except a little more advanced. Plus - you get to wear cool armor, like this!" she then pressed her necklace, causing a bunch of metal plates and red clothing to quickly wrap around her! "Oooo," I exclaimed as my eyes glistened. "You can do this, my dear. Just keep your chin up, okay?" I anxiously nodded, forcing a smile.

The first thing Father ordered us to do through the P.A. was write down all the KND sectors and their locations. At first I wasn't sure why we were doing this again, but shortly guessed that it had to do with spying? I fortunately finished my work sheet with all answers being correct, but it seemed like something on the inside of me was trying to tell me that I didn't belong here. However, that thought quickly vanished as I saw Cree's smiling face as she lightly applauded me for getting a perfect score. Maybe it wasn't right, but at the same time I didn't want Cree to be all by herself, especially after she was forced to abandon Abby, Chad and Maurice to get here. I smiled back as we bumped our fists together before the next training session: physical combat and armor practice.

Now, since I was already quite a master at throwin' punches and kicks, I aced the physical combat and martial arts classes quite easily. Then we received our new "Battle Ready Armor" and activated them. I giggled excitedly and bounced slightly when i saw myself in my new gear - I looked so.. tough, like I could take on anything! Steve came up to me and said, "Lily, we built your armor a certain way so it'd hopefully withstand different transformations. We call it the "B.R.A.Z.I.E.R":

Battle

Ready

Armor for

Zoological

Individual's

Every

Reappearance

Pretty neat acronym, huh? Go on, try and change into an animal," So I took a deep breath and changed into a rhinoceros. Upon noticing that my armor didn't break or anything, the teens all clapped, and I let out a confident chuckle.

After we all learned how to control our armor (as well as my animal transformations, at one point I accidentally shifted into a gorilla and broke some equipment), it was finally time to wrap-up. I had just exited the Mansion when that strange feeling came back, freezing me in my place as I almost completely zoned out, until I heard a voice behind me.

"Delilah? Dills?" someone grabbed my shoulders, startling me in the process. "Delilah!"

"GAH! Huh..?? Cree, don't.." I shook my head, "D-Don't scare me like that."

"Sorry, Dilly-bean. But you were spacing out. Are you okay?"

"Uuh.. y-yeah, ah'm.. okay." I held my tail, petting it nervously, ".. uhm, Cree? Do ya ever think about what Abby and the rest of the Kids Next Door would say if they.. i-if they saw us like this?"

Cree's expression turned gloomy, ".. I don't like to think about it."