6: An Unusual Meeting

An Unusual Meeting

About half an hour passed with the trio just watching Dante in the Hazard Room.1

"So, what do you think?" Nicole asked the duo, somewhat curious for their opinion.

The man, also known as Darren, continued to stare for a few more seconds before answering. "The kid's pretty good, to be honest. It seems like he's actually improving the longer I watch him. There's a lot of potential just waiting to be unlocked."

Nicole smiled to herself, happy to know that she wasn't the only one who felt that way.

Jada, the busty woman standing next to them, cleared her throat and kept her eyes on Dante as she spoke. "In all seriousness, I agree with Darren on the guy's potential. Just from watching him dodge and weave, along with occasionally destroying the Hazard Room's weaponry with relative ease, it's clear that he could become a force to be reckoned with if he gained more experience."

She paused for a moment before slipping in one last remark.

"Also, that man is unbelievably attractive, which is a bonus."

The girls began to giggle among one another while Darren just rolled his eyes.

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It had to have been around an hour that I was inside the room, constantly moving and alert for whatever came at me, before everything suddenly powered off and began reverting to normal.

Honestly, I'm not too sure how it was possible, but I actually managed to never get hit nor tire out with the constant physical activity. Although, my body would've probably not have lasted much longer, considering that it's not used to this kind of workout.

Not to mention, this was the most that I'd ever used my power in such a short amount of time.

The walls eventually went away and I was left with the debris of destroyed weaponry, which was practically littered everywhere around me.

Facing in the direction of the observation room, I noticed two other people that were unfamiliar standing next to Nicole. The blonde haired man nodded to me, a stoic expression on his face. Although, the one that caught my attention was the woman who energetically waved at me. My eyes were drawn to her sports bra, which contained a heavy pair of fun bags that jiggled with every movement she made.

It was almost like she wanted me to look with that provocative smile on her face.

Nicole's voice carried through the glass she was behind as she spoke into the microphone. "That was amazing! You did really good, Dante." There was a short pause before she said something else. "Go through the door on your right. I'd like for you to meet some friends of mine."

I nodded, making my way over to the observation room.

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"The name is Darren Collins. It's nice to meet you." The blonde man told me with a smile that you could barely perceive, sticking his hand out.

"Dante Luca. It's nice to meet you as well."

I returned it with a firm grip before looking towards the other person who was unfamiliar to me.

Her eyes were one of the first things that I was drawn to simply because of how much they captivated me. They felt almost... supernatural.

Aside from that, I had to consciously hold myself back from being too obvious with my glances at her tantalizing body. Either way, I think she was aware of her own sex appeal, and there was some secret test that I was being forced to take without my consent.

Restraint, Dante.

"Like what you see, big boy?" She teased, a grin stretched across her face. I must've been staring at her for a while.

"Don't mind her, she likes to mess with people." Darren announced from the side, casually leaning against a wall to view the entire room.

I shrugged, not bothered by it. "So, what's your name? You've already heard mine."

The teasing wasn't something I had a problem with. It was the fact that it was coming from such an alluring woman. Although, she probably did this all the time so I'd eventually get used to it.

She let out an amused chuckle, crossing her arms under a pair of breasts that had to be giving her back problems. "It's Jada Lopez, pleased to encounter such a fine specimen."

Nicole cut into the banter, steering it to a better topic of conversation.

"How about the two of you show him your powers?"

I raised an eyebrow, interested to see what they were, considering I didn't even know that either of them had any in the first place.

Jada became energetic once again, eager to reveal her unique power to the new guy. She began to walk towards me, seductively swaying her hips as she went. After stopping just a few inches away from my body, her eyes released a pulse of purple light.

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That's when my surroundings changed to the scenery of a beach and I was suddenly relaxing on a towel in green swim trunks.

A couple feet away from me, I heard the sound of someone yawn and turned in their direction. My eyes landed on the luscious body of Jada, wrapped in a skimpy two-piece swimsuit that left barely anything to the imagination. She was laying on her stomach, a bottle of lotion nearby, and her top was undone for easy access to the back. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to really see anything.

My mind couldn't help but notice how her huge breasts looked even bigger squished under her body as she laid there taking in the sunlight.

She turned to me and motioned towards the bottle of lotion, a smile on her face. "You mind helping me out, handsome?"

Before I could even respond, the utopian world got washed away in a sea of murky water.

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My surroundings became clear once again only for me to realize that I was back in the observation room, staring directly into the face of Jada, who licked her lips and winked at me before returning to her previous spot.

"I have the power to cast illusions on people with eye contact."

That was actually really cool, to be honest. It could be useful for distractions and misdirection during a fight.

All of us turned to Darren, who simply raised his hand, which started to release an unsettling black vapor-like energy. It quickly formed into a tendril that acted as an extra limb, launching out and grabbing ahold of a pencil from one of the tables nearby before throwing it at a wall.

The strength put behind that throw caused the pencil to break into pieces when it hit steel at such a high velocity, creating the sound of a loud crack.

Holy shit.

"Umbrakinesis. The power to generate and manipulate darkness or shadows." He said, the tendril slowly receding back into his hand before it disappeared.

I nodded, aware of what his power was from just the first few seconds of seeing it. This world had movies, tv shows, and comic books that were inspired by things regular humans fantasized about so there wasn't much that I didn't know when it came to the kinds of superpowers people could have. Funnily enough, it was a great source of information and ideas for special abilities or moves.

On top of that, I actually liked some of them.

The four of us kept talking for quite a while before we split our separate ways. Nicole happily gave me a vacant room to spend the night since I didn't feel like going back home, which reminded me to contact Esther with an excuse and let her know so that she wouldn't worry.

Once I was done, my head hit the pillow and I fell asleep soon after.

Tomorrow would be an eventful day.

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