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The safehouse was no longer a place of comfort but of tension and anxiety. Shen sat in the dimly lit briefing room, his mind racing with questions about the mysterious cloaked figure they had encountered. The rest of the team was equally on edge, their expressions a mix of confusion and dread.
Viper nursed her injuries in a corner, while Sienna paced back and forth, clearly agitated. The Oracle sat quietly, typing furiously on their laptop, trying to trace any digital footprint that might lead them to the identity of their enigmatic adversary.
Hector broke the silence first. "We've faced some serious threats before, but nothing like this. That... thing wasn't human."
Shen nodded, still replaying the encounter in his head. "It was too fast, too strong. And it seemed to know exactly what we were going to do before we did it."
