[A few moments later.]
The Humans, Three Blood Mutants, and a Gifted had just completed the second out of a ten-phase training series inside the Granian Mothership's Simulation chamber. After killing their Ethisians, the Humans were allowed to rest for a moment to regain their lost strength.
Once that was complete, they were alerted by the ship's automated system concerning the Third Phase. Just as they were about to start the Third Phase, Ace was pulled aside by his sister who had questions concerning the 'ranking up' he promised.
"How soon are you going to rank me up?" Cherry asked, clearly excited about it but at the same time losing patience.
