Cameron nodded and began to sprint towards the wooden beams when the woman on the opposing side entered her line of vision, blocking the pathway to her destination. In the time she took a deep breath, the woman began to charge at her quickly, and Cameron quickly ducked as a leg swung over her, the lack of impact causing her attacked to spin momentarily. 

She blew a piece of hair out of her face as she widened her stance, and the woman approached her again, this time delivering a blow to Cameron’s side. Her eyes bulged – the woman hit her directly in the healing wound – and she lost focus for a moment. The woman scoffed, obviously not amused, and she began to slowly circle Cameron as she tried to catch her breath. 

But the attacker’s attitude began to light a fire in Cameron, and without warning, she lunged at the woman and jumped in the air before connecting with her and bringing her to the floor. Her knees sat upon the woman’s arms, and she began to hit her in the face with closed fists, but only until the woman used her legs to knock Cameron off of her. 

Before she was attacked again, Cameron decided to run for the beams, and as soon as her hands grabbed one, she swung it behind her. The woman dropped to the floor almost instantly after impact, and she ran quickly to check the attacker’s pulse to make sure she was still alive.

“Okay,” Cameron whispered, confirming a weak pulse, before directing her attention over to Justin and his attackers. One was out cold on the ground, but two still working to take him down. She began to sprint towards one of the men and leapt onto his back, then after a bit of a struggle, she wrapped an arm around his throat and squeezed tightly until she felt his legs buckle underneath him. Cameron dropped to the floor with him, and just as she did before, she checked his pulse quickly before popping back up into a fighting stance.

Justin had already taken care of the one remaining attacker, who now laid face down on the ground in front of them. She couldn’t help but smile; it all went much better than she originally thought it would. Maybe her anxiety was all for nothing.

Her hands were tingling down at her sides, and as soon as they were in her line of sight, Cameron could see the veins running down her arm raised and pumping blood through her body. “That’s weird,” she mumbled as she looked up to Justin. “Do you feel anything… [i]weird[/i]?” she whispered to him, but before she could get an answer, four men appeared out of a door in the corner and walked to each of the unconscious attackers, and after some effort, removed them from courtyard.

“Very good,” Avery’s voice boomed over the loudspeaker. “Please prepare for phase two.” 

At this point, Cameron had her hands on her knees and was catching her breath, but she stood up straight as soon as Avery finished speaking. They had mentioned something about creatures before, could that mean –

Another larger door [b]whooshed[/b] open once again, this time on the opposite side of the courtyard, but no one was on the other side. It was dark. She looked to Justin with widened eyes, but only momentarily before placing her focus back on the door. A growl sounded from deep within whatever room the door led to, but nothing stepped of of the darkness to show itself. Not yet. Cameron stepped back closer to Justin until she bumped into him by mistake, but she didn't move away, instead grabbing his left arm with a tight grip as they both stared in anticipation.