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Sarah continued to make efforts to crawl silently to safety.

Mike withheld his urge to shoot the man with ice shards knowing that if the fight were to continue they probably wouldn't stand a chance. He had single handedly disabled each of them, apparently without even exerting himself. The only thing that truly confused him was the lack of sound the guy made while moving, even in a puddle of water, and how the man had gotten behind him after throwing him into the darkness. He had thought his counter-attack to be rather well executed and yet it hadn't even phased the man. "Ok, now I'm confused."

"Yeah, they practically did already, some of us are still recovering." Mike said a hint of a mix of annoyance and enlightenmint crossing his features upon seeing the second man. "So want to explain what you're doing and who you are since you're apparently not Indigo Rose?"

The man smiled broadly. It was almost impossible to dislike or even distrust him, so open and warm was his entire demeanor.

"Right, right right. In order:

"What I was doing was a quick field test of your skills. Who I am," and he tapped his own chest, "well, I'm General Psyche of the Guardians, Division VI. And my friend," he said, tapping the other man lightly on the shoulder, "is not my friend at all."

He stepped back, facing away from the silent man, then spun suddenly, whipping a hook kick up and around. The young Blazers gasped and nearly vomited as the silent man's neck snapped and he fell to his knees, though his face never changed once. Psyche spun again and kicked him square in the chest, sending his crumpled corpse into the far wall.

From around a different corner, a voice said, "Damn it Psyche, you need to stop doing that!" And then emerged an exact copy of the crumpled body. "Hey," he said distractedly to the Blazers. "Name's Tech." Like his brother, it was nearly impossible to dislike him, for despite his pushy and hurried attitude, he had a straightforward and honest set that mae you want to trust him.

"We're brothers," Psyche explained. "That thingy that I just tore to pieces was one of his special...well, he can explain."

Tech straightened up and said quickly, "My Stickers allow me to create a copy of myself that is mostly unaffected by the laws of physics but retains all my powers unless my powers need the laws of physics to work and then..." He stopped to breathe, "then it become susceptible to the laws of physics for that moment then goes back to how it was."

He turned back to his creation, and Psyche smiled broadly at them. "And there you have it. Nice to meet you all."

Nathan stared. "That was a... copy? Then - I tried to burn its eyes out - why did it react to - do you control it I mean - what the hell?" The look in his eyes revealed the spinning of his mind; his consciousness was torquing to try to keep up. "You're saying - why did you - there are more Blazers then? More Guardians? We're not alone? We can stop worrying about surviving?"

"Well I'm pretty sure anyone will die quickly when the laws of physics no longer apply to the people they're fighting." Mike said a bit of anger seeping into his voice. "And if you're the only others left why the ******** are you testing us? It seems rather pointless to me." He really wanted to leave, but right now any answers that he gets might help him later.

"You must be the Blazer Black. You're free to go do whatever you want then. Have fun dying."

Psyche turned happily to Nathan. "I should have a couple of spares. I didn't get a chance to grab any extra Stickers on the way out. Tech, did y -"

"No."