[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/bwwVNaI.png[/img][hr][b][color=bc8dbf]Location:[/color] Balsora - Planetary Defence HQ[/b][hr][/center]

The command centre was awash with activity, people rushing around in every direction. Sully watched intently as the various individuals with their vastly different skillsets set about their tasks. As people moved passed there were some he had known since his arrival on Balsora, but all were too focussed on what they were doing to give more than a quick gesture of acknowledgement. He leant up against a wall, his Harlequin mask resting atop his head exposing the pale complexion of his face. The way the light reflected from his deep blue eyes gave the impression that they were glowing, however it was just a trick of the light. He glanced up at the clock on the wall and pushed himself up straight, it was time for training.

Prior to Balsora Sully had been a capable fighter, bother in martial prowess and power but the rate of his growth since being able to manipulate ki has been exponential. Due to his capability the Balsoran hierarchy offered him a home in place of his service in the planetary defence force. The benefits granted to Sully included full use of the Balsoran training rooms which had helped him develop himself further than he thought possible. The rooms full capabilities include: the ability to increase the gravity within the room up to one hundreds times Balsora's natural level; turrets that fire incapacitating energy bolts and also a full virtual enemy suite that generates a hard light opponent capable of complex combat maneuvers.

The waiting list for the suite meant that Sully had to get special dispensation from his superiors to ensure that he could use it daily, albeit at unsocial hours. The room itself was on the whole plain in design, high metallic walls with a yellow boxed pattern decorating the metallic floor. The ceiling was high enough to allow a certain amount of flight and was encouraged giving the capability to push the gravity higher. Mastering flight under heavy duress would translate well to the field and was Sully's intention for the day.

As he approached the entrace to the chamber he waved at the system operator Aurelia. She had been extremely helpful in helping him develop himself further, analysing and critiquing his performances within the training room. They had grown close since they first met, seeing each other daily and spending time going over how Sully was performing. They had a mutual respect of each others talent, Sully a capable fighter and Aurelia a supremely intelligent individual. 

[color=bc8dbf]"I hope you are ready for today, I want to push it hard today."[/color] Sully often wanted to push harder than Aurelia would allow him but she knew how much punishment his body could take. She had seen him go to the limit several times, almost succumbing to stress of the high gravity by having his body crumble underneath him. She knew how to get the best results for his development without him suffering from any undue risk.

[color=a2d39c]"You say the same thing every time and by time you're done i'm scooping you up from the floor like a pancake."[/color] Her words were filled with playful tone as they left her grinning face. The smile on her face was wide revealing a smile that made Sully feel things he had not since being on his homeworld. He raised his hand and gestured brushing her way while failing to hide the laughter that brewed within. [color=bc8dbf]"Don't worry about it, you'll be needing to upgrade these rooms soon,"[/color] he said with a smile still on his face. [color=bc8dbf]"Anyway, i'll see you in an hour."[/color] As he walked through the doorway the door behind him hissed as it slid shut. Sully reached up to his mask and pulled it down over his face, it quickly clinging to his skin. He turned to the viewing room where Aurelia sat and raised his thumb. Her voice came from speakers located around the room, [color=a2d39c]"Ok Sully, we'll kick it straight in at fifty times. No warm up, just right into it. Are you ready?"[/color] The Alterran raised his other thumb.

The room began to fill with a gentle hum as the gravity generators began to warm up. Sully dropped to a squatting position and began to charge his ki to go against the gravity. He had experienced up to one hundred times previously, the most recent time several months prior. He was able to move but it was under great duress and took a heavy toll on his stamina. His usual process was to spend several minutes warming up with a gradual increase to the gravity rather than the initial hit that he was going to receive. The hum grew louder and louder before seemingly ceasing, at the same time Sully was dropped to a knee. The generators had activated and Sully instantly felt as if he was carrying half of Balsora on his back. He grimaced as he rose back to his feet, his body quickly adjusting to the gravity. It was a good sign that his development was coming along well that he was able to adapt to the gravity almost immediately. [color=a2d39c]"Well done Sully, you're handling that better than I expected. I'm going to crank it up to seventy five times and then we will begin the simulation."[/color] Sully nodded in response, able to feel the weight of his head increase as Aurelia further increased the gravity. He gritted his teeth and began to slowly jog around the room.

For several minutes he ran, his body adapting and finding it easier with every step. When he was fully comfortable he lifted himself from the floor using his ki and began to fly. His initial few metres were shakey, his balance thrown off by the forces pulling on his body. He focussed hard and soon found himself moving smoothely through the air although at a speed slower than he was fully capable of. From the observation room Aurelia pressed at the console in front of her, activating the hard light enemy system within the room. As Sully completed one further lap of the room he was met with a fist towards his face, managing to avoid it with a very late turn of his head. He stopped flying and turned to the hard light creation that charged at him, the figure crafted to the shape of Frieza's race. The choice was on purpose giving Sully's feelings towards them, he needed to be able to fight them with his head and not the hatred that lived deep within. 

The manisfestation was unaffected by the gravity and closed the distance to Sully in the blink of an eye, throwing a flurry of punches, kicks and tail strikes at the Alterran. The blows were impactful enough to knock Sully back with each shot he parried, before his block failed, catching a foot straight to the chest. It sent him crashing backwards hard into the wall, his head impacting into the metal with a loud thud. The frieza race copy did not relent and fired several energy blasts at the static Sully. Pushing his hands firmly into the floor Sully launched himself into the air, watching the blasts collide with the wall as he narrowly avoided them. He was soon back under pressure from his opponent who relentlessly threw everything it was capable of at Sully.

Aurelia watched on as her friend struggled, but she was not concerned. She had seen enough of him, especially recently, to know what he was capable of. She tapped at the console once more and looked on as Sully dropped several feet while in the air. He looked up at her and grimaced, she had cranked up the gravity again leaving him even worse off again his dominating opponent. The constant flow of attacks and increasing gravity made it difficult for him to mount any sort of counter and the constant defense was taking its toll. [color=bc8dbf][i]'I need to do something...'[/i][/color]

The hard light construct cranked it's arm back for a punch, bringing it forward with a menacing intent. Sully managed to catch the incoming blow with his hand, locking it firmly around his opponents wrist. As the frieza race fighter began to throw it's next attack, Sully drove his head firmly into it's face. The construct stumbled as Sully loosened the grip on his wrist, following it up stiff knee to the abdomen. The constructs reaction was much like a real persons would have been, arching over and gasping for air. Sully began to drive his elbow down towards the back of his opponents head but his arm was stopped mid air, wrapped up in the tail of his adversary. An uppercut flew towards Sully's jaw but was dodged with a movement of his head. With arm still trapped, Sully was once again on the defensive, this time only able to dodge and block with one arm. He took a solid shot to his ribs which was followed up with an impactful blow to his face. As the follow up shot came in Sully focussed his mind and felt relief cover his body, the impact of the gravity disappearing for the most brief of moments. When the tugging pull of the rooms artificial gravity took over him once more he was free of his opponents grip and located behind it. Without hesitation Sully drove his fist deep into the lower back of the frieza race fighter, sending it crashing to the wall in front. 

Aurelia watched on in disbelief, [color=a2d39c][i]'What was that? He just disappeared and then reappeared from nowhere.'[/i][/color] She had seen Sully train for a long time but he had never displayed any sort of ability like she had just seen. He could move quick enough to seemingly teleport, but this was something entirely different. The hard light fighter had a firm grip of Sully but he somehow managed to escape and land that solid shot.

Sully didn't wait for the construct to stand back up, charging forward and unleashing a solid combination of strikes. As the blows began to connect, his hands and feet started to glow. Punches and kicks were getting easier and easier to throw in the oppressive gravity, each one more impactful on his opponents body than the last. Soon the glowing limbs of Sully were bright enough that he decided to finish the fight. With both feet he kicked his opponent into the air, the ki around his legs exploding in an impactful and devastating shot. Sully launched himself into the air, passing his opponent. He raised his glowing hands above his head before bringing them down onto his opponents back. The construct hurtled towards the floor before disappearing, Aurelia ending the program. Sully breathed in deeply, the effort under the high gravity pushing even his races extreme stamina to its limit. He lowered himself to the floor below and looked up at Aurelia.

[color=bc8dbf]"I felt you crank the gravity up mid-fight again. What did you do? Put it up to eighty? Eight five?"[/color] Aurelia looked at Sully and pressed the communications button. [color=a2d39c]"I put it up to one hundred."[/color] Sully took a second and looked down at his body as he could feel the exhaustion taking over. He hadn't successfully fought at one hundred times previously but his recent progress over the last few months meant he'd pushed himself to a point where it was now possible. [color=bc8dbf]"Are you serious?"[/color] Aurelia nodded from the observation window. [color=a2d39c]"Yes of course. I think we should leave it there for today though. Your vitals are showing signs of extreme exhaustion and I have something I need to talk to you about."[/color] Sully nodded and made for the door. He almost face planted the wall as the gravity was reduced to normal levels, launching himself forward faster than intended.

Outside the room he was greeted by a smiling Aurelia who gestured him towards the observation console. She tapped away at it and pointed towards a nearby monitor. [color=a2d39c]"Take a look at this."[/color] A playback of the fight was on the monitor, showing the moment where Sully escaped the grip of his opponent. [color=a2d39c]"In all the times I have seen you fight I have not seen this. You can move quick but not when you are held like that. It is like you teleported from one place to the next."[/color] Sully lifted the mask from his face and stared at the monitor. One moment he is there and the next he is launching the opposing fighter flying. 

Aurelia slowed down the playback to a frame by frame replay, catching a glimpse of something that caused her to lean in closer. She paused the playback and pointed at the paused frame. [color=a2d39c]"Look, around your body. It looks like there are cracks around you. It makes no sense."[/color] Sully looked at the mask in his hands and raised it in front of Aurelia. [color=bc8dbf]"Recently while I have been training out in the field I have felt these moments of what I can only call, being comfortable. I find myself several feet from where I started but I put it down to sudden bursts of speed."[/color] He paused briefly, lowering the mask to his side and looking directly at Aurelia. [color=bc8dbf]"I have been capable of so much with the Harlequins suit, I can only assume that as i'm getting stronger, it's helping me to unlock even more of its power."[/color] Aurelia cast her glance back down to the monitor, deep in thought. [color=a2d39c]"I'm going to go over this and see what I can discern from it. You should go get yourself some rest. Once you're back up and about come and see me, we can go get dinner."[/color] Sully smiled at the proposal, one of the best parts of Balsora was it's wide range of delicious delicacies. [color=bc8dbf]"That sounds great, i'll come by your place later."[/color] 

As Sully left the room he caught a glimpse of a nearby monitor that detailed vitals and data from the training session, he scanned it to the line that he was most focussed on, it read 95,000...