James destroyed the targets by summoning fire into his palms and blasting them to cinders. The scientists took notes, but this time stayed a fair distance away from James. While he destroyed the targets, he noticed that with every attack, he felt weaker. His thoughts momentarily drifted towards setting his captors aflame, but in the end, he would just get hunted by the military, so he decided he would endure this for now until he could formulate a solid plan. When he was done, he took out the packet of cigarettes and lit one with his index finger before blowing out a large puff of smoke. Interestingly enough, he felt stronger every time he took in some of the noxious smoke the cigarette produced.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">~Interesting... better not tell the scientists about this.~</span>He thought, smiling a bit at this new discovery. Walking out of the room, he turned towards the scientists. "I am going to the common area." he stated, then turned and walked to the room that the Ghoul and the other girl were in. none of the scientist questioned him. They were all talking about the millions they would make from their apparent success.<br/><br/>James opened the door just as the Ghoul finished eating... whatever was in that little black container. He wasn't afraid of her today like he usually was for some reason. "So, I guess those idiots got to you two as well?" he asked walking over to a chair and planting himself in it. "Am I the only- wait just a couple seconds." he said, and with that he walked into the rooms security camera's blind spot and conjured a fireball, throwing it at the device. Turning back to the others, he said, "Am I the only one who wants to escape? This is a prison and we all know it!" and he smashed his hand on the table, which splintered like a toothpick.<br/><br/>"Whoops... I guess I don't know my own new found strength!" he said looking at the broken table. "Going to have to work on that..."