Best buddies

"I wanna be your bodyguard." He said while looking at Cain with bright eyes.

"Why do you want to be my bodyguard, didn't you see how I was when a came back?" Cain asked while having a puzzled look.

"Of course, that's why I want the job. Also, because you're so powerful. When we first met on the track, I could tell you were gonna grow powerful and I wanna grow with you." Lux answered with quickly.

"Well how do I know your strong…." Cain was interrupted by the waiter asking for orders.

"You should continue this conversation after we eat." Callie said.

They ordered their food and got it after only a few minutes.

"Lux how did you meet Cain?" Kayma asked between bites of food.

"He beat me in a race during testing." Lux answered after taking a sip of his drink.

"How old are you Lux? How many family members do you have? what's your specialization? Have you ever killed a person? Can you spot and enemy from miles..." Kayma began to spew a barrage of questions at Lux.

"Ok enough Kayma let him eat than answer." Cain interrupted.

"Fine but I expect answe.."

"Fourteen, 3 Mom and two younger brothers, cybernetics and augmentation, no, and 5 five miles from any location ten from up high. Is there more?" Lux said at the same speed Kayma asked.

"Wow, I'm impressed you caught all that." Kiero looked up from her food to say.

"I have a great memory and listening ability not to brag. You're all from the white lotus family and the honor to serve one of you was also a big reason." Lux said keeping the same bright grin.

they talked and ate their food then headed out.

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"As I was saying before how do I know your strong enough to protect me." Cain asked hoping to lead him to spill some more about himself.

"You don't know if I'm strong enough so, come up with some requirements to prove myself." Lux said with full transparency

"Ok then, the requirements are, me and you one on one, bare fist fight no magic, no weapons, ends when one of us is knocked down. Also, you win if you last more than 10 minutes." Cain told him bluntly.

"My body is 75% cybernetics so does that count as a weapon?" he asked.

"No, it doesn't count." Cain said while wondering about cybernetics. They went to the gym's arena, which was the size of a football field. It has a forcefield all around the battlegrounds. The bleachers went made of a strong alloy called Magmite, which is magnetized to itself to make it stronger and more resilient, its problem is the difficultly to melt down and forge with. Cain and Lux entered the arena while Kayma, Keiro and Callie sat and watched in the bleachers.

They were 15 feet away when they both yelled "Let's begin!" They rushed at each other, with their fists raised high. four yellow lights shined through the clothes on each limb Lux was wearing. His eyes began to glow, while crosshairs appeared in his eyes.

On the opposite end, silver steel scales covered Cain's arms to his elbows and legs to his knees. Two tiny silver horns emerged from his head, with three short fins in a row appeared on his back immediately after.

The two clashed fists causing a small shockwave to burst out, but neither budged an inch. A barrage of blows began to collide most met fist while few reached their head and bodies. The onslaught of attacks increased in speed and power as neither combatant was willing to give an inch of ground.

That changed when Cain sent a quick kick at Lux's side, but it was stopped by the latter's knee.

The barrage of punches continued but Both of them are Beginning to wear down. It was halfway through the time and each heavy breath signaled a punch or kick. The ground around them had cracked at their feet and a crater was forming around them.

'Let's see how much you can handle' Both minds shouted out. The seams of the scales started to glow white light. And his ashen core started flowed with his fists.

"Overdrive activate", the lights in the hoodie shined with a bright blue. And the engine that replaced his heart started to hum.

Both went even harder as each clash caused an explosion of blue and white sparks to fly out.

Boom*

Cain landed a hit directly on his face sending is flying a good 15 feet. Lux activated the boosters on his feet and send a punch right into the abdomen. Sending Cain 5 feet back, while coughing up some blood. Cain recovered quickly and jumping up, he slammed down on Lux who blocked his attack causing cracks in the ground.

He followed up with a kick, and the exchange of blows continued. Both were depleting in energy quickly, but that didn't make their attacks any lighter. Soon the buzzer rang but now both were so infatuated with the fight, they didn't hear it.

Brimming with excitement the battle continues.

The twins lost interest and left the stadium, and Callie watched while giggling at every funny or awkward hit.

Both slowed down greatly. Cain couldn't keep up the dragon form, so he deactivated it. Lux engine stopped humming and the glow returned to a dark yellow. Neither were blocking now and, they were just taking turns punching each other.

Bam*

Lux received a clean hit to the face. He dropped to the ground while panting like a dog. Cain followed suit and toppled to the ground as well.

"Ha, I won this fight." Cain slowly pointed.

"You may have but I've lasted double your time required." Lux said as the both looked up at the timer. They had expressions that looked beyond exhausted.

"I guess this means your qualified." Callie said as she walked over to them.

"Here's two towels, I'll leave you to get up yourselves." She said as she dropped two towels on their faces. Which were drenched with sweat and covered in bruises.

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After half an hour they got up and went to the gym showers. Cain was bruised from head to toe while Lux was covered in dents and scratches. After washing up they walked out with their arms around each other.

"So does this mean I got the job?" Lux asked with a worn out voice.

"Yeah your definitely overwhelmingly qualified." Cain said with a undertone of raspiness in his voice.

"So what's your next move?" Lux asked.