Star Force: Trials (SF68) (11 page)

Paul mock coughed.

“We’ll agree to disagree on that one,” Jason added, sharing the same
sentiment. “Are there any more surprises awaiting us?

“The scheduled Trials, but nothing like this,” Vermaire said, putting his
helmet back on and walking towards the exit along with the rest of the Arc
Knights. “Though Wilson has some worthwhile tests for your Clans that you won’t
easily pass.”

Morgan walked up behind Jason and put a hand on his shoulder so he wouldn’t
follow the others out. “What happened to Rio?”

“Not sure, but it was a full body ascension.”

“Think he got Jumat?”

“We can only hope. If not, it’s something totally new.”

Morgan switched to telepathy so no one else could eavesdrop.
That aside, we are going to get even with
Wilson for this one, right?

Jason smiled.
Oh, we’ll think of
something over the next few days. I can promise you that.

Rio lay on a
flat bed
in the med bay with a host
of equipment around him scanning his new tissue that, from his perspective, was
so on fire that he had no idea what it did. He was in total body pain, but it
was easing ever so slightly and from past experience he knew he just had to
weather it for a while until it dissipated. He was in no condition to fight,
let alone train, but was more than thrilled to have gotten a new ability,
though the grimace on his face attested otherwise.

“We have a match,” the medtech said to Scott and the other six Archons in
the room with them, then swung the monitor over to show him. The tissue growths
were not Jumat, as many had suspected, but were an enlargement of his Lachka
tissue in his brain and duplicate particles across his entire body. There was
only one psionic that had that structure, so it was an easy diagnosis to make.

“Tier 3,” Scott told Rio.

“Jumat?”

“No. You got
Ubven
.”

Rio laughed, which shot a super jolt of pain through every part of his
body. “Damn. And I always hated
Amumu
.”

“You’re our mummy now,” Scott said with a smile, realizing what the
lingering Lachka field drop ability was going to mean for hand to hand
engagements, especially large numbered affairs like they’d just been in. “And
you’re going to absolutely wreck team fights.”

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