Squad fun

A giant man, with short brown hair and a scar on his forehead, introduced himself first.

"Hey, you must be Johnathan. I'm Ian. It's a pleasure to have you on our team."

I nodded and flashed a small smile. "Nice to meet you. I look forward to working with you."

The next to introduce themselves was a man with long black hair.

"Hey. I'm Alexander, but you can call me Alex. Nice to meet you."

"Like wise."

The third person to introduce themselves was a man of Asian descent. He looked to be Filipino.

"Hey. My name is Ralph. Nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you."

The last to introduce themselves was a short guy. He didn't seem older than me.

"Names Dustin."

He kept it short and sweet.

Once all the group members introduced himself, Ian spoke. "Now then. We will all be a team in the future, so let's explain our powers a little. I'll go first.

I have the power of lightning."

He then created a spark in his hand to demonstrate his power.

After him, Alex stepped forward. "My power is darkness."

He then created a small ball of black energy in his palm.

After Alex, came Ralph. "I can do this."

He then summoned a blue fireball in his hand."

His power was definitely the most destructive. At least that's what I thought. After all, you can't get more destructive than fire. Especially blue fire.

Finally, Dustin. He said nothing. But I as soon as he lifted his hand, we all felt pressure making us fall to the ground.

"Gravity." He muttered.

Once he released the pressure, I showed my power.

"Teleportation."

I stopped time and went behind Alex. I unfroze everyone and tapped Alex on the shoulder.

He got startled, but laughed it off.

"Damn. That's a good one."

I laughed at Alex's words.

Ian, again, took the initiative to speak.

"Now then. Let's have some squad fun."

We all turned to him, wondering what he meant.

"Let's spar."

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First fight was Ralph and me.

We got into position. Standing in front of each other, we waiting for Ian to signal the start.

Both of us had weapons. I had a pistol and knife while Ralph had a knife.

They were, however, plastic knives and a BB gun.

"Start."

As soon as he said start, Ralph summoned and shot a fireball at me. I quickly stopped time and ran towards Ralph. I put my knife to his throat and unfroze time.

"Better luck next time." I said with a smile.

Everyone looked at me with shocked faces. 'They know I can 'teleport'. Why are they surprised?'

"Good round. Jonathan's ability really is something."

I heard Alex say, but couldn't help think of what they would do if they found out my other abilities.

I imagined the look on their faces if they found out about me slowing their time down.

'Would be fun.'

Both Ralph and I got out of the fighting area and let the next fighter have a turn.

Alex against Dustin.

I wondered who would win. Dustin's ability was the ability the had the most potential I had seen so far. Of course, apart from mine.

Alex and Dustin stood in front of each other. Alex had a sword strapped to his side and Dustin had a BB gun.

As soon as the Ian said start, both used their powers and brought out their weapons.

Dustin used his gravity to put pressure on Alex but it didn't seem as heavy as it was prior.

Alex could still move relatively easily.

He has his sword in hand, which was coated in black. He also had three spears of darkness behind him.

Dustin, seeing this, was calm.

Alex fired off the spears. He then swiped his sword, making a blade of darkness fly towards Dustin as well.

'I doubt Dustin can win. He's trapped.'

However, I was wrong. Dustin, realizing how close the darkness spears were, used his ability to quickly make him get out of their way.

He set the gravitational pull to the left of him, making it draw himself near it. He had successfully dodged the 'spells'.

Dustin then counter attacked. Putting his hand forward, he grasped the air, making Alex fly towards him.

Alex was surprised for a split second, but he quickly used his ability to cover his arm in darkness. The darkness solidified, making his arm into a spear.

Dustin had no choice but to stop moving Alex closer. So he did the next best thing.

"Push."

Once Dustin spoke, Alex went flying the opposite direction. Eventually reaching the wall.

*Boom*

"Winner, Dustin."

Alex got up and semi-limped over to everyone else.

"Good fight."

Dustin and Alex shook hands, and the next fight started. I got into the ring, and Ian followed.

"Before we start Johnathan. Can you not teleport right away? I'd like to see where we are all at in terms of combat experience and capabilities."

I shrugged. "Sure."

"Start."

Once Ian and I heard Ralph give the signal, we rushed at each other.

Ian seemed to be covered in electricity. Making him incredibly fast.

He reached me first. Ian jumped and tried roundhouse kicking me. Because of my slowed down vision 'spell' I could clearly see his moves.

I ducked under his kick and swiped his legs as a counter. Unfortunately, he stepped back just in time, making me miss my target.

I stood back up quickly. We continued to stare at each other for a second before we continued where we left off. I enhanced my body with mana, further increasing my physical strength. When we reached each other, we both threw a bunch.

Our fists collided, resulting in massive gusts of wind.

He jumped back and threw a lightning bolt at me. I dodged it by side stepping to the left.

I then stopped time for a split second, giving me time to reach Ian.

I grabbed him by the face and slammed him onto the ground.

I unfroze time, leading to looks of awe from my other squad mates.

"Argh. That's was a good one."

Ian said with a groan. He then kicked himself up and cracked his neck.

"Let's get serious."

I let out a smile and nodded in agreement. Ian covered his arms in lighting, creating a gauntlet of sorts. He upped his electricity and sprinted my way. I could follow him with my eyes, but I wasn't able to move mana to my body fast enough to enhance it further. I did the best I could in the split second he reached me.

Crossing my arms, I took the impact of his punch. I got sent flying towards the wall, causing a massive indent in when I reached it.

"Fuck. That hurt a bit. Nice one."

I walked out of the smoke with a torn t-shirt. It being torn already, I just ripped it off showing off toned build. 'I worked hard to be this buff. Might as well show it off.'

I saw Ian smile.

'I'm definitely paying you back for that.'

I sprinted at him and used mana on the soles of my feet, projecting me forward even faster.

It was something I learned a while back. It's just a little hard to control.

I then stopped time, freezing everyone but me. Once I reached Ian, I shifted the amount of mana I was using for my whole body to my fist.

Only around 10% of mana was around my body, while 90% was around my one fist.

I unfroze time once again and came eye to eye with Ian. With a smirk, I punched him. He flew to the wall and got imbedded in it.

"Payback is sweet."

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AN: Group members- Ian, Alex, Ralph, Dustin, Johnathan.