[color=gray]Delta pinched the bridge of his nose as the smile drained from his face. [color=Turquoise][i]"As always I appreciate the enthusiasm, but as I've said before you simply--"[/i][/color] Kana froze when Delta was behind her suddenly with a finger-gun at the back of her head. [color=Turquoise][i]"--aren't far enough along in your training yet."[/i][/color] The colorful girl pursed her lips and clicked her tongue, she hated when Delta did that, but with Phi being relevant to the topic when he did, gave Kana an idea. She was about to broadcast that thought but Delta spoke up again. [color=Turquoise][i]"I can assure all of you that a time will come for us to take the fight to Phi and his brethren, but today isn't it. Epsilon was cut fairly deeply today, and he wasn't even actually trying to FIGHT the maniac. For now we need to get stronger, take it one day at a time. And besides--"[/i][/color] Delta pulled down the collar of shirt above his left breast. A tattoo of the Greek character Delta adorned his left pectoral, above his heart. A wide scar ran from his left shoulder down over his tattoo before continuing downward. [color=Turquoise][i]"--I'm not too eager to look death in the face a second time. Phi isn't just another super-villain wannabe, he's the real deal. We're going to have to be on the top of our game before we even think about taking him on."[/i][/color]

Kana looked over the scar and tattoo and was about to comment but was cut off yet again. [color=#3fe694]”I’m sure we’ll be able to beat Phi with patience and hard-work,”[/color] Sunny optimistically added. Where did she come from? Damn she's quiet.

[color=f7941d]"I for one,"[/color] Sayuri finally spoke up, [color=f7941d]"would not underestimate Kana."[/color] The nod to Kana made her smirk and nod back.

[color=white][b]"Thank you."[/b][/color] Kana then looked back to Delta, [color=white][b]"I've been couped up in the base for four months just 'training'. I'm telling you, Delta, you gotta take me with you on one of your sorties so I can prove that I'm no slouch with my skills. I'm eager and I have a lot of pent up energy after looking at concrete walls for what feels like an eternity. My car has been sitting in a garage upstairs for [i]four months[/i]. Four. The poor thing hasn't even been turned on. I wanna race or be your getaway driver or just do... Something! Plus! Epsilon is wounded so you need somebody to fill in. I wanna earn one of those nifty alphabetized names, I like Psi... Or Tau... OH! Sigma, I like Sigma. That just rolls off the tongue so well."[/b][/color]

It could be seen in Kana's glowing eyes that she was just bursting out the seams with excitement for going out on a mission. The girl was nearly bouncing with anticipation. It could even be heard in her voice, the pitch and tone were a little uncharacteristic of Kana, she's normally rather smooth with her speech but this was quick and sporadic. She was smiling wide, really hoping this attempt to finally fight some bad guys was going to work; this wasn't the first time Kana had tried.

Kana nearly yelped when she felt something grab her by the ankles. Instinctively, flames burst out around her fists and was just about ready to torch her own feet to free herself from the grip. The flames that Kana directly manipulated didn't harm her, she had used that tactic once or twice when she got in a sticky situation before reaching Pavar. 

[i][color=LightSlateGray]"Matell. Cruz. If you feel so strongly about fighting Phi right now, then I'll allow you two to take as many people as you want to fight him, right now. No doubt he's still haunting Pavar. Probably finishing off any loose ends as quickly as possible, so time's off the essence."[/color][/i] As Epsilon moved toward Kana, she tensed up. Even when wounded, this guy managed to muster the strength to put people in their place. [i][color=LightSlateGray]"If a fight is what you two want so badly, then fight Delta or I. Kill one of us and you'll have our permission to go fight Phi."[/color][/i] Epsilon twisted once more, looking toward Danny. Kana remained silent, though she did want to speak her mind. [i][color=LightSlateGray]"Even with blood I've lost today, I doubt the whole lot of you could even do me in, but by all means if fighting with your fledgling powers is so exciting be my guest and make your move."[/color][/i]

Fledgling powers. [i]Fledgeling[/i]! Kana hated it when they used that word for their abilities. Every time they said she was a fledgling with her power, it always made Kana feel weak and helpless like some sort of infant. Sure, in comparison to Delta and Epsilon, she [i]was[/i] a fledgling, but Kana preferred the term novice or apprentice over fledgling. When Epsilon finished, Kana rose her hand, [color=white][b]"Not to step out of line or anything but... How exactly do you expect us to get any better when we're only sparring with one another? It's just like playing pool, you see? You can go to the pool hall with the same friend every day but you're only going to be as good as one another because you don't learn anything new. I for one want to go up against an omega, the best way to really learn is trial by fire."[/b][/color] Kana crossed her arms and smiled again, feeling pretty good about how she worded that. She must've convinced her superiors. Right?[/color]