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“I’ve been thinking about the next challenge, and it occurred to me that several of you are particularly well suited to it. Our resident assassins.”

Klein raised his eyebrows. This was a new trick this place was trying. But Klein was curious. Given the situation, capable fighters were needed. Assassins were quick and accurate. For now what they might have done was irrelevant.

“Lorcan–”

Klein already knew that.

“Niarok–”

Strange but it made sense. Any medicine taken in sufficient quantities was poison and quite a few poisons were proving to be medicines in the right quantities.

“And Siya Aydin.”

One of the newcomers apparently. Klein hadn’t had time to really see any clues. He did now. Lorcan opened the distance. Tactical. Put all enemies in front of him. Yila rushed Aydin only to be stopped by Niarok. Caution. Two veteran fighters who knew better than to go toe to toe without knowing the other. Yila’s idea was good but flawed. While striking first was a solid strategy, failure could be fatal.

Battle lines had been drawn. Both sides were too scared or worried to proceed or stand down. All that happened was simply entertainment for a psychopath. Something Klein had already seen.

“Idiots, knock it off!” Yelled Klein. “Look at yourselves. You go and try to kill each other just because you learned the other is an assassin like you. After all we’ve gone through. Think about it. Y’all could have been killed a dozen times over but you weren’t. This… entity is trying to pit y’all against each other for sport.”

Klein paused. Everyone was looking at him. Klein froze for a second. His helmet was off. They would tell he wasn’t normal. His cat eyes would show in this light. But he couldn’t stop.

“Since this has proved to be an issue, lets eliminate it.”

Stepping forward, Klein looked over everyone. At six foot five, he towered over most. Sitting on the ground, Klein placed his hands on his lap. He hated this idea but he didn’t have a better one.

“My full name is Klein Mattias Gray. I’m a gunnery sergeant in United States Marine Corp, part of the Marine Raiders special forces detachment. I am a biologically enhanced soldier. I am trained as a scout sniper and shock trooper. I’ve been deployed to Iran, Afghanistan, Mars and the Asteroid belt in nearly ten years of service. I have 89 confirmed kills with nearly as many unconfirmed.”

Klein felt very vulnerable fore revealing this much. This better have been worth it.

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