175 Teacher Vivi (2/2)

*I need a room. When the time comes, I will come out,* Vivi said. Kennedy then directed her over to her own private bathroom and sat down in the only two chairs that were there. One for her and one for Malene.

*You sure that Vivi is up for this?*

*Well. I have never seen here fight before, but you have. Do you think she is up for it?*

*After following that man around for almost two years, I think she is...*

*Sounds like you're not sure.*

*Well, I mean. How do you know? How do you know that a guy who has been on the run since he left here has actually grown. And that's coming from saying that we have grown as much as we did, based on the money that you have spent. They didn't have that...*

*I know. But if she says she can, then we have to believe her.*

*Alright.”

It didn't take long before the ten minutes was up, and everyone was ready in battle gear. A few of the members of the group wore heavy padding including balistic vests and shields along with helmets while other members had lighter, Kevlar based clothing that allowed for faster movement. While a few carried fire arms, most of them did not and this was at Kennedy's judgement. She didn't want them to become to relient on the guns when they needed to develop themselves first. She remembered something Laz had told her once, that although guns worked for now, they wouldn't always work. What was the point in having abilities if you weren't going to use them.

Seeing them gather and set themsevles up, Malene couldn't help but laugh as she wondered if it was intentional that they had set themselves up like a MMO raiding party with tanks in the front, melee in the middle and long range charaters in the back. Despite this, Malene had to admit that it was the set up that made the most sense.

As they all waited, facing the bathroom door, nothing happened.

One minute went by.

Then two.

Five minutes.

After ten minutes had gone by, the originally tense group had already started relaxing, the tanks setting their shields to rest on the floor while some of the others actaully sat down. When Kennedy saw this, her eyebrows twitched, but she didn't say anything and continued sitting there while drinking some coffee with Malene. Mentally though, they were sharing quite a few things.

*Wow, how lazy can they get.*

*Sigh. I know. I know.*

*She's doing this on purpose...*

*Yeah, I know she is. And it's working perfectly.*

*Are they sitting down and acting uninterested?* Vivi's mental voice chimmed in.

*Yes.*

*Good.*

*This was your plan?* Kennedy asked, a look of regret in her face.

*Just the start. But as you can see, they are treating this as though it was a game.*

*I see it and you're right.*

*See? That's why I like my big sisters so much. Whenever I argue with that brick for brains brother of mine, he just wants to do things his way and hear no excuses.*

*Well, I think even he would admit this is a good plan...* Malene giggled while thinking of Vivi and Laz's relationship.

*He would... but only because it was something he suggeted to me in the past...* Vivi admitted. Both girls couldn't help but smile at this.

Just as they were talking in their heads, Renee walked over, having left her position in the middle line. She was also serving as the coordinator for this excerise by leading the entire team.

”Mam,” Renee said, standing at attention. Kennedy didn't respond back and instead, just looked up over her coffee up at Renee, neither smiling nor frowning.

”I'm not sure what has happened, but maybe we should check to see if your friend is...”

Before she could even finish, razor sharp spears of ice had risen from the floor and bashed into all of the lazily assembled group members, sending many of them flying while only one or two people were able to dodge it. At some unknown time, a almost invisible white mist had drifted out from the bottom of the bathroom door and made a very fine layer which covered the entire floor of the training room. Had someone been paying attention to it, they would have noticed it.

But they had failed to take it seriously.

As the fallen members tried to pick themselves back up, Renee, frozen at the sudden attack, swore to herself while running back into place. She had just gotten there and was about to organize people into position when the bathroom door flew open and a shadow, devoid of all light, pounced forward. Before Renee could identify it, it had reached the three closest members of the group. The three tanks grabbed their shields as quickly as they could to try to get a defense up, but in the end, all three were touched by something and their eyes went wide. Looking at them from a distance, one could see a purple glow surrounding the victims and freezing them quickly. Before other's had proccessed what happened, all three tanks were now ice statues with their life and death unknown.

Just as the remaining members were about to go nuts randomly start firing everywhere, a large, seven foot tall wolf appeared in front of them. The black fur seemily devoid of all color while the white star mark over the eye lent it a dangerous sort of appeal.

Yes, Vivi had taken her full size form and was about to teach these kids a lession.