Amelia North: Mentorship On Marksman Island

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A Prequel-Spinoff (Pre-Spin? Spinquel?) of the main story covering Amelia's grueling training under The Major that will turn her into the Ace Marksman of the Heroes in the future.

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Marksman Island was a massive sprawling tropical island that had an advanced military base within it. This was where the country's greatest marksmen, the best in the world, trained to hone their craft in complete privacy so they could focus strictly on honing their craft. Amelia North, clad in blue jeans and a red t-shirt short sleeves to show off her well toned muscles, sat cross-legged on a boulder with the wind blowing around her and blowing past her beautiful fiery bright red hair as she stared at the holo-screen in front of her depicting a drone's camera view of a target that was currently bobbing in the water 300 KM away from the island. The Major set up her sniper rifle and crouched down on the ground and took aim. 

"Ma'am. I don't mean to disparage you but is a shot like this really possible?" Amelia asked her.

"Of course it is. I might not be incredibly flashy with my Vital Force usage, since I prefer to keep it simple, but that's because I utilize it to enhance my weapon and senses. The rest is all skill as you're about to discover. Long range is just a mere suggestion for people like us. Keep in mind however that you'll still need to perform the proper calculations regarding the Earth's curvature and the wind changes. 50 meters away from here the wind direction could be drastically different than 100 meters away and it would be different as well from another 100 meters out. Take all that into account and then do that until you reach your target. Understood?"

"Yes ma'am."

"Cool. Then keep an eye on that screen." The Major informed her and then she finished performing her mental calculations until she had everything in her mind, adjusted her sniper rifle, and took the shot. The bullet shot out of the sniper rifle, shot across the island, shot away into the distance, disappeared over the horizon, kept firing, soared over the curvature of the Earth, kept flying, flew over the sea and kept right on going until it finally hit the target dead-on and blew it apart! Amelia's jaw dropped in amazement. The Major smirked and stood up. "Like I said: Distance Is A Suggestion. I expect you to be able to hit a target at least 100 KM away by the time you finish your Summer Training here. You're an exceptionally talented young lady with an ocean of potential and I'm going to bring it out of you." 

"That...that...that was amazing! That was incredible Major!" Amelia swiftly did the numbers and physics in her head and realized that she could snipe targets in space or even in other cities! From Arcane, on whatever building was high enough, she could hit a target in Daydream City or Vibrance City! She then moved on to doing the mathematical calculations on the speed of Major's shot and came up with an insane bullet speed of = 5884420.20 m/s, Mach 17155.74, or approximately 2% SoL! WITH A SNIPER RIFLE! THIS WOMAN WAS JUST BUILT DIFFERENT! "And...you did all that...with only a bit of energy you poured into it?"

"That is correct. I merely utilized a small fraction of my Vital Energy, channeled it into my firearm and heightening my senses before I took the shot. The crux of the matter is this: One does not necessarily require an extravagant display of my Vital Force to defeat their enemies or complete their mission. Sometimes, simplicity is more effective. Individuals such as myself, and especially you, possess the ability to achieve success from a distance through a stealthy approach. Your Vital Force remains within you, continuously circulating throughout your body and enhancing both your physical and mental capabilities. Furthermore, your energy remains elusive and difficult to detect. While others constantly unleash powerful attacks and radiate energy, making themselves easily discernible to one another, you do not. This means that your energy remains concealed within you which renders you undetectable to anyone who doesn't know what to look for. This is especially advantageous when sniping from a long distance. Furthermore, you, Amelia, would not be infusing any energy into your arrows, thereby eliminating any traceable energy emissions. Consequently, you would be able to snipe your targets with weapons that they wouldn't be able to sense with Vital Detection.  If they are unprepared or unaccustomed to detecting weaponry through means other than their primary senses, the outcome would be swift and decisive."

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Jun 6, 2024 20:30:10 GMT superkamiguy1 said:

Marksman Island was a massive sprawling tropical island that had an advanced military base within it. This was where the country's greatest marksmen, the best in the world, trained to hone their craft in complete privacy so they could focus strictly on honing their craft. Amelia North, clad in blue jeans and a red t-shirt short sleeves to show off her well toned muscles, sat cross-legged on a boulder with the wind blowing around her and blowing past her beautiful fiery bright red hair as she stared at the holo-screen in front of her depicting a drone's camera view of a target that was currently bobbing in the water 300 KM away from the island. The Major set up her sniper rifle and crouched down on the ground and took aim. 

"Ma'am. I don't mean to disparage you but is a shot like this really possible?" Amelia asked her.

"Of course it is. I might not be incredibly flashy with my Vital Force usage, since I prefer to keep it simple, but that's because I utilize it to enhance my weapon and senses. The rest is all skill as you're about to discover. Long range is just a mere suggestion for people like us. Keep in mind however that you'll still need to perform the proper calculations regarding the Earth's curvature and the wind changes. 50 meters away from here the wind direction could be drastically different than 100 meters away and it would be different as well from another 100 meters out. Take all that into account and then do that until you reach your target. Understood?"

"Yes ma'am."

"Cool. Then keep an eye on that screen." The Major informed her and then she finished performing her mental calculations until she had everything in her mind, adjusted her sniper rifle, and took the shot. The bullet shot out of the sniper rifle, shot across the island, shot away into the distance, disappeared over the horizon, kept firing, soared over the curvature of the Earth, kept flying, flew over the sea and kept right on going until it finally hit the target dead-on and blew it apart! Amelia's jaw dropped in amazement. The Major smirked and stood up. "Like I said: Distance Is A Suggestion. I expect you to be able to hit a target at least 100 KM away by the time you finish your Summer Training here. You're an exceptionally talented young lady with an ocean of potential and I'm going to bring it out of you." 

"That...that...that was amazing! That was incredible Major!" Amelia swiftly did the numbers and physics in her head and realized that she could snipe targets in space or even in other cities! From Arcane, on whatever building was high enough, she could hit a target in Daydream City or Vibrance City! She then moved on to doing the mathematical calculations on the speed of Major's shot and came up with an insane bullet speed of = 5884420.20 m/s, Mach 17155.74, or approximately 2% SoL! WITH A SNIPER RIFLE! THIS WOMAN WAS JUST BUILT DIFFERENT! "And...you did all that...with only a bit of energy you poured into it?"

"That is correct. I merely utilized a small fraction of my Vital Energy, channeled it into my firearm and heightening my senses before I took the shot. The crux of the matter is this: One does not necessarily require an extravagant display of my Vital Force to defeat their enemies or complete their mission. Sometimes, simplicity is more effective. Individuals such as myself, and especially you, possess the ability to achieve success from a distance through a stealthy approach. Your Vital Force remains within you, continuously circulating throughout your body and enhancing both your physical and mental capabilities. Furthermore, your energy remains elusive and difficult to detect. While others constantly unleash powerful attacks and radiate energy, making themselves easily discernible to one another, you do not. This means that your energy remains concealed within you which renders you undetectable to anyone who doesn't know what to look for. This is especially advantageous when sniping from a long distance. Furthermore, you, Amelia, would not be infusing any energy into your arrows, thereby eliminating any traceable energy emissions. Consequently, you would be able to snipe your targets with weapons that they wouldn't be able to sense with Vital Detection.  If they are unprepared or unaccustomed to detecting weaponry through means other than their primary senses, the outcome would be swift and decisive."

"Do you understand what I'm saying to you?"

"Yes, yes I do."

"Good. Then I'd like to show you something." She rolled up her sleeve and clenched her fist. A tattoo of golden, shining, shimmering, ethereal energy shackles appeared on her wrist followed by wining glowing chains traveling down her arm. The tattoos then glowed and became visible chains of light on her wrist and down her arm! "What do you think?"

"Woah. Cool but what are they for? Is it a kink thing?"

The Major had a good natured laugh over Amelia's reaction before she responded. "HA! Cute but no. These are what we call Vital Bindings and they're an essential part of training one's Vital Force. They significantly suppress your access to Vital Force, acting like weights, not in the physical sense, but by restricting the flow of your energy. They regulate and limit the amount of energy a user can access at any given moment. This constant suppression thus forces you to adapt and become more efficient in using your vital energy. Thus requiring the user to train under extreme conditions, pushing their limits constantly, allowing the users to grow stronger as they adapt to their growing limitations." She explained to Amelia.

"By constantly being forced to operate under restrictive conditions, you learn to use your abilities more effectively, thus enhancing your overall energy control and precision in combat. Since the suppression acts as a form of resistance training, then over time, the body and energy reserves grow stronger and more resilient, much like how muscles adapt to weight training. To summarize: The training forces the user to operate at maximum effort within the confines of restricted energy flow and enhancing energy control, endurance and overall power. Which brings us back to you." She pointed at Amelia. "Your body is doing all of this for you automatically. One of the benefits of having it locked inside."

Amelia looked at her arms in surprise and closed and opened her fists. "You're serious? I'm doing all of that automatically?"

"Yeah. Think of it as Auto-Training. Your energy is constantly undergoing this kind of training on its own. Which means you'll get twice the benefits out of physical training. Which is why we'll be attaching Regulation Weights to you soon."

"Regulation Weights? I remember my mom talking about those. They're those fancy new style of weights that automatically adjust as you're getting used to them, right? Like a physical version of The Vital Bindings."

"Bingo. You'll be getting twice the benefits out of training your physical abilities and tactics while your spiritual force is trained internally. You'll be improving your natural abilities by leaps and bounds, enhancing your speed, strength, dexterity, endurance and everything else by training both aspects simultaneously. I'm sure your friends back home will be doing the same training when they enter school so you'll have a leg up on the competition in that regard."

"Heeeey! Hey that sounds awesome! When do we start?"

"Soon. First I have a few tests for you." 

"Awwww yeah! I've been waiting for osme challenges! Bring 'em on! I'm ready for anything!"

"Love the attitude Amelia. So here's your first one." The Major walked over to a small black sphere she'd brought with her and set down earlier. She picked it up off the ground and casually tossed it up and down in her hand. "If you're as strong as I think you are then you should be able to catch this. Despite it's small size it weighs one metric ton."

"Eh?"

"Catch." The Major casually tossed it to her like a softball and Amelia's hands snapped up and she grabbed it. While Amelia got her hands around it she almost dropped it due to being surprised at the weight but she adjusted, kept her grip on it and raised it back up towards the sky and then shifted to holding on to it with one hand!

"BOOM! GOTCHA!" She laughed and then she began curling it. "So was this the test?"

"Well that was part one. Nice job passing it. Now comes part two: I want you to throw that bad boy away as far as you possibly can. Throw it anyway you want and lets see how far it goes."

"You got it!" Amelia turned to look off into the distance licked a finger, held it up to check the wind, nodded and then she took a step back, braced herself, got into a pitching position and then she flung the 2204.62 Lb sphere through the air so hard and fast it created an air burst when it left her hand! The ball rocketed forward across the island like a bullet for approximately 367.65 Meters before it finally dipped back down and plummeted back to Earth where it was caught by one of The Major's Soldiers. The Major gave him the 'Ok' Signal and returned her attention to Amelia. "Very nice! I'm impressed kiddo! You've passed your first test with flying colors!" 

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Jul 14, 2024 19:58:20 GMT superkamiguy1 said:

Jun 6, 2024 20:30:10 GMT superkamiguy1 said:

Marksman Island was a massive sprawling tropical island that had an advanced military base within it. This was where the country's greatest marksmen, the best in the world, trained to hone their craft in complete privacy so they could focus strictly on honing their craft. Amelia North, clad in blue jeans and a red t-shirt short sleeves to show off her well toned muscles, sat cross-legged on a boulder with the wind blowing around her and blowing past her beautiful fiery bright red hair as she stared at the holo-screen in front of her depicting a drone's camera view of a target that was currently bobbing in the water 300 KM away from the island. The Major set up her sniper rifle and crouched down on the ground and took aim. 

"Ma'am. I don't mean to disparage you but is a shot like this really possible?" Amelia asked her.

"Of course it is. I might not be incredibly flashy with my Vital Force usage, since I prefer to keep it simple, but that's because I utilize it to enhance my weapon and senses. The rest is all skill as you're about to discover. Long range is just a mere suggestion for people like us. Keep in mind however that you'll still need to perform the proper calculations regarding the Earth's curvature and the wind changes. 50 meters away from here the wind direction could be drastically different than 100 meters away and it would be different as well from another 100 meters out. Take all that into account and then do that until you reach your target. Understood?"

"Yes ma'am."

"Cool. Then keep an eye on that screen." The Major informed her and then she finished performing her mental calculations until she had everything in her mind, adjusted her sniper rifle, and took the shot. The bullet shot out of the sniper rifle, shot across the island, shot away into the distance, disappeared over the horizon, kept firing, soared over the curvature of the Earth, kept flying, flew over the sea and kept right on going until it finally hit the target dead-on and blew it apart! Amelia's jaw dropped in amazement. The Major smirked and stood up. "Like I said: Distance Is A Suggestion. I expect you to be able to hit a target at least 100 KM away by the time you finish your Summer Training here. You're an exceptionally talented young lady with an ocean of potential and I'm going to bring it out of you." 

"That...that...that was amazing! That was incredible Major!" Amelia swiftly did the numbers and physics in her head and realized that she could snipe targets in space or even in other cities! From Arcane, on whatever building was high enough, she could hit a target in Daydream City or Vibrance City! She then moved on to doing the mathematical calculations on the speed of Major's shot and came up with an insane bullet speed of = 5884420.20 m/s, Mach 17155.74, or approximately 2% SoL! WITH A SNIPER RIFLE! THIS WOMAN WAS JUST BUILT DIFFERENT! "And...you did all that...with only a bit of energy you poured into it?"

"That is correct. I merely utilized a small fraction of my Vital Energy, channeled it into my firearm and heightening my senses before I took the shot. The crux of the matter is this: One does not necessarily require an extravagant display of my Vital Force to defeat their enemies or complete their mission. Sometimes, simplicity is more effective. Individuals such as myself, and especially you, possess the ability to achieve success from a distance through a stealthy approach. Your Vital Force remains within you, continuously circulating throughout your body and enhancing both your physical and mental capabilities. Furthermore, your energy remains elusive and difficult to detect. While others constantly unleash powerful attacks and radiate energy, making themselves easily discernible to one another, you do not. This means that your energy remains concealed within you which renders you undetectable to anyone who doesn't know what to look for. This is especially advantageous when sniping from a long distance. Furthermore, you, Amelia, would not be infusing any energy into your arrows, thereby eliminating any traceable energy emissions. Consequently, you would be able to snipe your targets with weapons that they wouldn't be able to sense with Vital Detection.  If they are unprepared or unaccustomed to detecting weaponry through means other than their primary senses, the outcome would be swift and decisive."

"Do you understand what I'm saying to you?"

"Yes, yes I do."

"Good. Then I'd like to show you something." She rolled up her sleeve and clenched her fist. A tattoo of golden, shining, shimmering, ethereal energy shackles appeared on her wrist followed by wining glowing chains traveling down her arm. The tattoos then glowed and became visible chains of light on her wrist and down her arm! "What do you think?"

"Woah. Cool but what are they for? Is it a kink thing?"

The Major had a good natured laugh over Amelia's reaction before she responded. "HA! Cute but no. These are what we call Vital Bindings and they're an essential part of training one's Vital Force. They significantly suppress your access to Vital Force, acting like weights, not in the physical sense, but by restricting the flow of your energy. They regulate and limit the amount of energy a user can access at any given moment. This constant suppression thus forces you to adapt and become more efficient in using your vital energy. Thus requiring the user to train under extreme conditions, pushing their limits constantly, allowing the users to grow stronger as they adapt to their growing limitations." She explained to Amelia.

"By constantly being forced to operate under restrictive conditions, you learn to use your abilities more effectively, thus enhancing your overall energy control and precision in combat. Since the suppression acts as a form of resistance training, then over time, the body and energy reserves grow stronger and more resilient, much like how muscles adapt to weight training. To summarize: The training forces the user to operate at maximum effort within the confines of restricted energy flow and enhancing energy control, endurance and overall power. Which brings us back to you." She pointed at Amelia. "Your body is doing all of this for you automatically. One of the benefits of having it locked inside."

Amelia looked at her arms in surprise and closed and opened her fists. "You're serious? I'm doing all of that automatically?"

"Yeah. Think of it as Auto-Training. Your energy is constantly undergoing this kind of training on its own. Which means you'll get twice the benefits out of physical training. Which is why we'll be attaching Regulation Weights to you soon."

"Regulation Weights? I remember my mom talking about those. They're those fancy new style of weights that automatically adjust as you're getting used to them, right? Like a physical version of The Vital Bindings."

"Bingo. You'll be getting twice the benefits out of training your physical abilities and tactics while your spiritual force is trained internally. You'll be improving your natural abilities by leaps and bounds, enhancing your speed, strength, dexterity, endurance and everything else by training both aspects simultaneously. I'm sure your friends back home will be doing the same training when they enter school so you'll have a leg up on the competition in that regard."

"Heeeey! Hey that sounds awesome! When do we start?"

"Soon. First I have a few tests for you." 

"Awwww yeah! I've been waiting for osme challenges! Bring 'em on! I'm ready for anything!"

"Love the attitude Amelia. So here's your first one." The Major walked over to a small black sphere she'd brought with her and set down earlier. She picked it up off the ground and casually tossed it up and down in her hand. "If you're as strong as I think you are then you should be able to catch this. Despite it's small size it weighs one metric ton."

"Eh?"

"Catch." The Major casually tossed it to her like a softball and Amelia's hands snapped up and she grabbed it. While Amelia got her hands around it she almost dropped it due to being surprised at the weight but she adjusted, kept her grip on it and raised it back up towards the sky and then shifted to holding on to it with one hand!

"BOOM! GOTCHA!" She laughed and then she began curling it. "So was this the test?"

"Well that was part one. Nice job passing it. Now comes part two: I want you to throw that bad boy away as far as you possibly can. Throw it anyway you want and lets see how far it goes."

"You got it!" Amelia turned to look off into the distance licked a finger, held it up to check the wind, nodded and then she took a step back, braced herself, got into a pitching position and then she flung the 2204.62 Lb sphere through the air so hard and fast it created an air burst when it left her hand! The ball rocketed forward across the island like a bullet for approximately 367.65 Meters before it finally dipped back down and plummeted back to Earth where it was caught by one of The Major's Soldiers. The Major gave him the 'Ok' Signal and returned her attention to Amelia. "Very nice! I'm impressed kiddo! You've passed your first test with flying colors!" 

"WOOHOOOO! AWWWWW YEAAAAAHHH! GO ME! POINT FOR AMELIA! WHOOO!" She laughed as she jumped up and pumped her fists. "OH YEAH I'M FEELING IT! ALRIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? COME ON!"

"Okay then. The 2nd Test is your Reflexes."

"A reflex test huh? Alright, I think I know where this is going. Bring it!"

"Heh." She vanished into thin air and zipped behind Amelia only for her to turn around and kick up into the air where she knew The Major would be! She caught her foot between her fingers but still smiled. "Goooood! Nice job!" She let go and Amelia lowered her leg.

"So I take it that's a pass?"

"Oh you know it girl. That's two tests out of the way. Now it's time for #3: Resilience."

"Testing my durability, eh? Okay. I'm ready." Amelia replied as she braced herself.

"Don't worry. I'll go light." The Major assured her and then gently raised her left hand and brushed it against Amelia's face as if she was pushing aside curtains. But this innocent innocuous gesture launched Amelia off her feet and sent her crashing into the cliff wall like a bullet! She collided with it, smashed into it and dropped to the ground as the rocks and pebbles and rubble buried her. The Major began counting down but by the time she got to 15 seconds Amelia suddenly broke out of the rubble! She rubbed her cheek where she'd been hit but other than that she seemed more inconvenienced than injured.

"How's it feel? Anything broken?"

"Mmmmmm! No. Nothing's broken as far as I can tell." She replied and hopped out of the rubble and began brushing off her clothes. "My cheek's gonna be sore for a bit but I'm fine besides that." She rolled her neck. "Little warning next time?"

"I told you I'd be checking your resilience didn't I? Anyway that was a love tap. But hey, you still passed. Now I'll give you a chance to get your revenge. Come at me with everything you've got. It's time for Test #4: I want to see how good of a fighter you are."

"You mean it? I really get to throw hands with a Pro?"

"That's right. If you land one hit we'll consider it a pass. If not we'll keep repeating the test until you do. I'll fight on your level so feel free to go all out and have fun with this one."

"Oh don't worry I will!" Amelia replied and took up her fighting stance.

"Starting out with Muay-Thai huh? Alright then. Show me what you've got."

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Aug 26, 2024 2:33:04 GMT superkamiguy1 said:

Jul 14, 2024 19:58:20 GMT superkamiguy1 said:

"Do you understand what I'm saying to you?"

"Yes, yes I do."

"Good. Then I'd like to show you something." She rolled up her sleeve and clenched her fist. A tattoo of golden, shining, shimmering, ethereal energy shackles appeared on her wrist followed by wining glowing chains traveling down her arm. The tattoos then glowed and became visible chains of light on her wrist and down her arm! "What do you think?"

"Woah. Cool but what are they for? Is it a kink thing?"

The Major had a good natured laugh over Amelia's reaction before she responded. "HA! Cute but no. These are what we call Vital Bindings and they're an essential part of training one's Vital Force. They significantly suppress your access to Vital Force, acting like weights, not in the physical sense, but by restricting the flow of your energy. They regulate and limit the amount of energy a user can access at any given moment. This constant suppression thus forces you to adapt and become more efficient in using your vital energy. Thus requiring the user to train under extreme conditions, pushing their limits constantly, allowing the users to grow stronger as they adapt to their growing limitations." She explained to Amelia.

"By constantly being forced to operate under restrictive conditions, you learn to use your abilities more effectively, thus enhancing your overall energy control and precision in combat. Since the suppression acts as a form of resistance training, then over time, the body and energy reserves grow stronger and more resilient, much like how muscles adapt to weight training. To summarize: The training forces the user to operate at maximum effort within the confines of restricted energy flow and enhancing energy control, endurance and overall power. Which brings us back to you." She pointed at Amelia. "Your body is doing all of this for you automatically. One of the benefits of having it locked inside."

Amelia looked at her arms in surprise and closed and opened her fists. "You're serious? I'm doing all of that automatically?"

"Yeah. Think of it as Auto-Training. Your energy is constantly undergoing this kind of training on its own. Which means you'll get twice the benefits out of physical training. Which is why we'll be attaching Regulation Weights to you soon."

"Regulation Weights? I remember my mom talking about those. They're those fancy new style of weights that automatically adjust as you're getting used to them, right? Like a physical version of The Vital Bindings."

"Bingo. You'll be getting twice the benefits out of training your physical abilities and tactics while your spiritual force is trained internally. You'll be improving your natural abilities by leaps and bounds, enhancing your speed, strength, dexterity, endurance and everything else by training both aspects simultaneously. I'm sure your friends back home will be doing the same training when they enter school so you'll have a leg up on the competition in that regard."

"Heeeey! Hey that sounds awesome! When do we start?"

"Soon. First I have a few tests for you." 

"Awwww yeah! I've been waiting for osme challenges! Bring 'em on! I'm ready for anything!"

"Love the attitude Amelia. So here's your first one." The Major walked over to a small black sphere she'd brought with her and set down earlier. She picked it up off the ground and casually tossed it up and down in her hand. "If you're as strong as I think you are then you should be able to catch this. Despite it's small size it weighs one metric ton."

"Eh?"

"Catch." The Major casually tossed it to her like a softball and Amelia's hands snapped up and she grabbed it. While Amelia got her hands around it she almost dropped it due to being surprised at the weight but she adjusted, kept her grip on it and raised it back up towards the sky and then shifted to holding on to it with one hand!

"BOOM! GOTCHA!" She laughed and then she began curling it. "So was this the test?"

"Well that was part one. Nice job passing it. Now comes part two: I want you to throw that bad boy away as far as you possibly can. Throw it anyway you want and lets see how far it goes."

"You got it!" Amelia turned to look off into the distance licked a finger, held it up to check the wind, nodded and then she took a step back, braced herself, got into a pitching position and then she flung the 2204.62 Lb sphere through the air so hard and fast it created an air burst when it left her hand! The ball rocketed forward across the island like a bullet for approximately 367.65 Meters before it finally dipped back down and plummeted back to Earth where it was caught by one of The Major's Soldiers. The Major gave him the 'Ok' Signal and returned her attention to Amelia. "Very nice! I'm impressed kiddo! You've passed your first test with flying colors!" 

"WOOHOOOO! AWWWWW YEAAAAAHHH! GO ME! POINT FOR AMELIA! WHOOO!" She laughed as she jumped up and pumped her fists. "OH YEAH I'M FEELING IT! ALRIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? COME ON!"

"Okay then. The 2nd Test is your Reflexes."

"A reflex test huh? Alright, I think I know where this is going. Bring it!"

"Heh." She vanished into thin air and zipped behind Amelia only for her to turn around and kick up into the air where she knew The Major would be! She caught her foot between her fingers but still smiled. "Goooood! Nice job!" She let go and Amelia lowered her leg.

"So I take it that's a pass?"

"Oh you know it girl. That's two tests out of the way. Now it's time for #3: Resilience."

"Testing my durability, eh? Okay. I'm ready." Amelia replied as she braced herself.

"Don't worry. I'll go light." The Major assured her and then gently raised her left hand and brushed it against Amelia's face as if she was pushing aside curtains. But this innocent innocuous gesture launched Amelia off her feet and sent her crashing into the cliff wall like a bullet! She collided with it, smashed into it and dropped to the ground as the rocks and pebbles and rubble buried her. The Major began counting down but by the time she got to 15 seconds Amelia suddenly broke out of the rubble! She rubbed her cheek where she'd been hit but other than that she seemed more inconvenienced than injured.

"How's it feel? Anything broken?"

"Mmmmmm! No. Nothing's broken as far as I can tell." She replied and hopped out of the rubble and began brushing off her clothes. "My cheek's gonna be sore for a bit but I'm fine besides that." She rolled her neck. "Little warning next time?"

"I told you I'd be checking your resilience didn't I? Anyway that was a love tap. But hey, you still passed. Now I'll give you a chance to get your revenge. Come at me with everything you've got. It's time for Test #4: I want to see how good of a fighter you are."

"You mean it? I really get to throw hands with a Pro?"

"That's right. If you land one hit we'll consider it a pass. If not we'll keep repeating the test until you do. I'll fight on your level so feel free to go all out and have fun with this one."

"Oh don't worry I will!" Amelia replied and took up her fighting stance.

"Starting out with Muay-Thai huh? Alright then. Show me what you've got."

Amelia sprung into action with a series of quick revolving kicks on her but The Major dodged and brushed her kicks aside. Undeterred, Amelia dropped her legs and stepped in with an elbow strike but The Major stopped that so Amelia switched it up for a backhand up at her chin but that was blocked as well so she backed off and went for a sweep at her leg but The Major just stopped her by putting her foot down on her leg and smiled. Amelia smiled back and got back up and tried to jump into the air and grab her head but The Major just pushed her backwards. Amelia flew back a considerable distance away but she stuck the landing and slid back a few more feet before she stopped herself and then she ran towards The Major again before she suddenly jumped up onto a rock and then she sprung off of it for a spinning tornado kick but The Major grabbed her leg and tossed her away. Amelia flipped in the air, landed on her feet and went back to it with a 540 degree spinning kick! The Major just dodged her though so Amelia straightened back up and assaulted her with a series of Muay-Thai kicks while mixing in rapid fire punches to force The Major on the defensive as she was backed up closer and closer to the edge. Once she was finally seemingly teetering on the edge Amelia went for a final haymaker punch but The Major just jumped over her and lightly kicked Amelia in the back of the head with enough force to send the young heroine trainee tumbling off the edge! Amelia cried out in shock as fell while The Major landed on her feet and turned back around to look down the cliff to make sure Amelia was okay. (Did I overdo it there? As strong as she is that shouldn't be too big of a problem but still if she starts falling I'll run down-) Her train of thought was cut off when Amelia sprung back up towards The Major with a rising dragon punch! The Major laughed in relief as she dodged it while Amelia brought up her rising knee and then kicked out at her! She nearly got her but The Major caught her foot and tossed her into the air. Amelia flipped and turned in mid-air, planted her feet against the cliff wall and then jumped off of it and came flying down towards her mentor. Amelia grabbed her hands and then tried to thrust her knee into her face but The Major tossed her backwards before she could make contact. Amelia was flung backwards a dozen feet before she came back down and then she slid backwards on her knee and one foot while dragging her hands through the ground to slow herself down. Once she finally stopped she got right back up, dusted off her hands, checked her fingernails, shrugged and then closed her fists as she got ready for the next round.

One hit. All she needed to do was land just one hit. She just needed one solid hit to pass the test. Amelia began to bounce on her feet. She could handle that. She could do this. She was going to land that one punch and it was going be one hell of a hit.