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lan was rolling with the real deal, a crew of ace players who breezed through the talent screening like it was child's play.

Before long, fourteen of the bunch had made the cut and were herded into a spacious van, told they were headed off for some

intensive training.

Gazing out the window, lan overheard the chatter inside.

"Man, I can't believe I made it. Gonna rake in sserious dough this time."

"If I bag three hundred bucks, I'm set for life. Mom and Dad would feel proud."

"Dude, imagine rolling up in your own ride. We're talking about Wall Street, the glitziest joint on the planet."

lan leaned back, his eyes growing dark. Not the glitziest, more like the most terrifying hellhole imaginable.

The van kept pushing on, and besides lan and his companions, no one had a clue where this so-called intensive training was taking

place.

After a solid four-hour drive, they cto a halt deep in the mountain ranges.

The driver hopped out for a quick pow-wow, and then barked at everyone with dialect to disembark and line up.

lan could catch the drift of the local lingo but the specifics of the driver's dialect eluded him. The message was clear though:

someone was coming to lead them, and they'd better put on a good show.

were chosen this time, and fourteen arrived to take charge - one

prep them for the big leagues on Wall Street,

the group. His

a secluded cliffside where staff began

headcount confirmed everyone's presence, they

caught on instantly; this was no research hub's epicenter but a remote appendage, undoubtedly linked to the main

a word, he followed down the entrance into a lobby, then through to

included an injection

in a hazmat suit into a room until

leave this place alive.

him, lan grabbed the wrist, flipped the

scream, but consciousness

stepped out to find more hazmat-clad workers

the downed man in lan's room, and quickly hauled

emerging from the next room, and in that single glance, he

exchanged, they both slipped into the throng of workers

were plentiful and restricted to this zone, barred from wandering

strict compartmentalization of the research base, something akin to an upgraded

Forbidden Island.

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research base, geniuses from around the globe were assembled. But the

the “monster” of

contemplating the living weapon they'd bred. The weapon was just