Dark smiled "Sounds good to me." he got up and followed Vaati out of the room. several heads turned as he walked out, and those people started trembling. "So," Dark Link smiled stretching his arms out and placing them behind his head, strolling along as if he hadn't a care in the world. "How do you think you'll do in the Power Measurement System? or would you rather I did the 'protect the boss' thing while you annihilate the army they send after you?" he giggled mischievously and held his right hand out in front of him. A small black flame appeared in his palm. he turned to an unluckly man who had been walking by and blew on the flame, causing a black flamethrower-like effect. He laughed sadistically as the poor man burned alive. several guns were pointed at the two. "Control that monster, Vaati, or we won't hesitate to shoot!" a soldier said.<br/><br/>__________________________________________________________________________________________________________<br/><br/>"I told you everything already, now stop pointing that sword at my chest!" The Hellmaster shouted. he had been drained of his power within the walls of the negating block's strange properties and had been forced to answer any question he was asked "I don't think you told us<span style="font-style: italic">everything</span>, you sniveling little brat, and you're in no position to make demands of an assassin." Ezio said, poking him in the stomach with his blade. Phibrizzo frowned "You can't afford to lose me. I know too much about your enemies. and you forget, I can read minds, so any info you need, I can get. If you do want an edge in this battle against the Overseer, you are going to have to trust me." He paused and looked at Ezio with sad eyes "Please?" Ezio softened up and asked "Fine, so why are you following a lesser character than yourself? What exactly did the prince do to earn your loyalty. no tricks, answer the question."<br/><br/>Phibrizzo looked surprised for a moment. when he recovered, he said "Doce saved my life when I was at the doorstep of death. And," he sighed "She promised to get me back home." Ezio shouted out the door to the negation block "He said the phrase that qualifies him as an ally! get him back to the others. time to see what he can really do!" Phibrizzo smiled in a jovial manner as he was led back to the Power Measuring facility.<br/>__________________________________________________________________________________________________________<br/><br/>Meanwhile, while these events transpired, Samus asked "He fought Sayzel? well... this might be more difficult than we first anticipated." Masahide was confused. "What do you mean 'more difficult'? Isn't Sayzel dangerous to begin with?" to everyone's surprise a familiar voice (at least to Soul, Masahide and Rukia) came from the other side of the room. "So, the brat survived the Desana Virus, hmmm?" and a man in a white flowing cloak with pink hair and white glasses walked up to soul glaring at him. "Although I did attack you, my boy, it was not for any other reason than you being too rude for my tastes. Shall we start fresh?" and he held out his hand to Soul.<br/><br/>Both Masahide and Rukia's expressions were that of 'What in God's name is Sayzel, the 7th Espada, doing helping the resistance'.<br/><br/>Adam explained how this was going to work. "each of you will be asked to demonstrate your powers at what you consider to be a medium level. Sayzel here will then configure the settings in the room to that level, and you will fight until you are at your strongest. we will know this because eventually, your power levels will cap for a period of 10 seconds straight and you will be assigned a rank at this point. are we clear?" Adam paused for a moment as Ezio and Phibrizzo walked into the room. Ezio walked over to Adam and whispered something inaudible in his ear for a moment. Adam then turned to Phibrizzo and after a short pause stated "Doce is the prince's real name, then?" The monster lord stayed silent. Adam Jenson turned to Soul "You're up first, since you seem to be itching for a decent fight, but I will remind you, this isn't a murder spree. It's a test of power."