"Not much of a talker, are you? Do you even know about the others in each individual class, Abaddon?" he wondered with a hint of condescension.

Adrian narrowed his eyes at this. The tone in Benjamin's voice seemed to only put off Adrian, and Adrian wasn't exactly trusting of Benjamin. In fact, Adrian wasn't trusting of anyone. Adrian was never sure who he could trust considering the ranking matches were full of backstabbing and betrayals. 

"Tell me," he said, attempting to deflect the question. "What happens when you graduate? Do they come and take everything?"

"Hm. I don't know. I hope they don't. They'll definitely strip me of my powers, but not take what I've acquired with it. I have a few billion dollars hidden away if they do though. More than enough to live a few times over!"

Before Adrian could reply, a man in a suit came up to Benjamin and whispered in his ear. "Ah, good. Thank you. If you'll excuse me, Abaddon, your rival has arrived and I'd like to speak to the other guest of honor."

"Don't piss her off. Or else you won't be around long enough to enjoy your billions."

"Noted," and with that Benjamin was off to see Steelia.

Adrian planned to follow suit, but he decided to wait it out. He didn't want to go see Steelia while mister money stacks was talking to her. 

Adrian leaned against the dark corner of the room as he watched the other villains and minions dance. He spotted a few girls eyeing from the other side of the room. Not long after Benjamin left was he approached by a girl in a black tank top and blue jeans who was with the group of girls eyeing him.

"Hello," she said. "It's good to see you again."

"Not interested."

The girl cocked her head to the side like a confused puppy as her long, scarlet hair fell over her face slightly. "In... me?

"You're one of my many disinterests, yes."

"I don't think you know who I am."

"Nope."

"You don't remember me? At all?"

"Not even slightly."

She looked hurt, and Adrian had to seriously wonder if he previously met this girl. 

"Who are you?"

"My name is Dillon. Dillon Hunt. I'm your partner."

"What? My partner?" 

"Well, 'minion' seems so... demeaning. I prefer the term partner."

"So you're Metallica. You're the first ranked senior minion. I figured you'd be more upset about what I did to your last 'partner.'"

"No, he was an asshole womanizer who got what he had coming to him."

Adrian chuckled at this, "Never thought I'd hear that come out of a woman's mouth."

"You really don't remember?"

"No, for the second time already."

"Well, you beat up some jackass bullying me our freshman year. I tried talking to you once, but you brushed me off. Sorta like you're doing right now."

"Don't take it personally."

"Oh, of course not," she said sarcastically. "How could I ever do that?"

Adrian began to wonder if Benjamin had finished talking to Lydia. So he stopped leaning against the wall, and began walking in the direction he last saw Benjamin go. 

"Hey, wait!"

"What is it?"

"Well, aren't we going to get to know one another? After all the exit exam is soon. We shou-"

"Listen," he began as he suddenly spun around to face her. "I don't do this whole, 'work as a team' thing. There's me, myself, and I and we prefer to keep it that way," he turned back around, but was stopped by Dillon's hand on his arm that caused him to turn back to her bright blue eyes.

"I know you think you're a badass, lone wolf and all – and I'll admit taking on Titan and Lilith was pretty damn impressive – but you can't take the exit exam on your own."

"I've done well enough on my own so far. I can continue do so," he said before attempting to turn around, but was again stalled by Dillon's hand on his shoulder.

"No, you can't. There's only so far your swords can take you. You think the minion and villain arena was bad? It's worse for the exit exam. There are kids willing to tear one another apart to keep what makes them unique. What makes them whole. Don't think that just because their younger means they're weaker. They'll eat you alive if you get in the way."

Adrian could feel the volatile anger that he always tried too keep in check begin to rear its ugly head.

"Then I'll eviscerate them from the inside out. They won't get in [b]my[/b] way and neither will you!" Adrian, for the last time, turned back around to find Steelia.

"You stubborn mother hubbard! Wait!" she called to him as she quickly followed.

[i][b]Benjamin Grant's Mansion: Benjamin, Lydia, and Thomas[/i][/b]

"Yes, I believe he does," interjected Benjamin. "Begone, plebeian. You see our guest of honor wants nothing to do with you."

Benjamin then proceeded to place himself between Lydia and Thomas, not bothering to see if he'd actually leave, and proceed to pretend as if he wasn't there. "Tell me, love, how are you experiencing everything? Is everything to satisfaction?"