The door to the Generals office opens and Russel sees a tall man with brown eyes and brown hair. He seems to be around 2 meters tall and his hair is slicked back with what seems like an excessive amount of hair products.

  "General Miyamura." The man gives a curt nod to the General. "Hello, my name is Corporal Peterson and I am the leader of squad 955. Nice to meet you." He extends his hand towards Russel.

  Russel stands up and shakes his hand. For someone who speaks in a very strict tone Russel finds his handshake very gentle.

  "Nice to meet you Corporal. I am Officer Darrington." Russel says with a smile. He wants to make a good first impression on the squad leader.

  "I will be leaving the introduction to the squad up to you Corporal." the General says.

  "Yes sir. We will take our leave now." the squad leader says as he salutes the General. Russel follows his example.

  They leave the office together and start walking towards the transportation platform.

  "I watched your fight. It was very interesting." the Corporal says to Russel.

  "Thank you sir!" Russel replies energetic. He feels very honored to hear this compliment.

  As they arrive to the transportation platform Russel sees the trusty disks that he used to get to the recruitment site. However there are multiple versions of it that he never saw before.

  They get into a bigger version that seemed to be able to house at least 15 people in there! Corporal Peterson types something into the holographic screen and the transportation disk starts to move.

  They move through enormous big hallways! Russel has never seen anything like this before. He sees hundreds of transportation disks going through these hallways of all different sizes. After around 30 minutes they arrive at their destination.

  'Squad 955'

  He sees on a digital sign.

  "Welcome to your new home Officer Darrington!" the squad leader says with a forced smile. Russel does not know exactly what his deal is and why he seems so stiff. However he will surely find out at some point.

  As they walk through some big automatic doors they arrive in what seems like a common area. It has a large table where he sees some people eat. There is a couch, kitchen and other things one would find in a common area.

  Russel looks around and is watching everything with curiosity. "Squad 955, assemble in common area." he sees Corporal Peterson speak into his watch and then hears it over the intercom.

  Three Initiates of squad 955 were already in the common area and immediately stand up and walk over to Russel and the leader.

  "Lets wait until everyone is here so we don't have to do introductions multiple times" the leader says. Everyone nods in reply to this. Efficiency is highly appreciated within the IGA and is grinded into everybody's bones.

  After around 5 minutes everyone has arrived. Russel recognizes Lex, Jack and Manu! Russel does not like Manu but Lex and Jack have been good to him so far, they both give him a smile and small but unnoticeable nod.

  Then the squad leader starts talking again. "Alright everyone. This here is our new All Rounder. Introduce yourself Officer."

  Russel steps forward with what seems like a lot of confidence. However he is extremely nervous. "Hello everyone! My name is Russel Darrington. I have an Enhancing Body Trigger, am 18 years old and look forward to working with you all." then he takes a step back again.

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  "Thank you Officer." the squad leader says. Then he gives a short woman a nod.

  A woman who is around 1.6 meters tall, has short brown hair in a ponytail and green eyes steps forward.

  "Hi Russel! My name is Isa Ivans, 20 years old and I have a Syringe Trigger. Also I am the other All Rounder, so we will be coordinating together a lot." she says with a wink.

  "A Syringe Trigger?" Russel thinks to himself. What could that do?? He just found out about one more Trigger and it already exceeds his expectations. He can't wait to find out about the other Triggers!

  "Thank you Officer Ivans. Next." the leader says, as Russel sees the leader looking at Jack.

  He sees Jack step forward. In the hospital ward he could not see how tall Jack was but he knew he was short. He seems around 1.62 meters tall. His short blond hair is now neatly separated in a middle part and is not messy at all anymore. His pitch black eyes are exactly the same and Russel feels like they are looking straight through him again. This gives him a small shivers.

  "Howdy Russel! My name is Jack Ambivillion and I have the Transparent Eyes Trigger" Jack then points towards his eyes. "Oh I am 15 years old and am one of the Protectors!"

  Now it makes sense to Russel! Why he looks so young. But wait, 15 years old. That should not be possible right?! You can only enter the army from when you are either 18 or 19 years old. Also, this small boy is one of our Protectors?! Shouldn't the protectors be someone like Manu who is incredibly big??

  Jack steps back with a bright smile. Russel then looks at the squad leader with a confused look.

  "Jack is a special case. He has been with the IGA for 2 years already because he got his Trigger in a special way." the leader explains. "You should not judge on size also, Officer Darrington. Jack may not seem like it but he is a very capable Protector." he says with hint of respect to Jack.

  "Okay keep the introductions going everybody. After this we will have a joint training session." the leader says lightheartedly.

  This gets Russels blood pumping already, but when he looks at the other Officers he sees a little bit of fear. This seems very weird to Russel but he shrugs it off.

  The introductions then continue.

  "Qion Makane, 19 years old, Shield Trigger and Protector" a bulky young man with no hair at all says while eating some chips.

  "Charlotte Everdale, 18 years old, Flute Trigger and Supporter" a slim and tall young woman says. She has long dark blond hair which goes all the way to her hips and sways very loosely.

  "Liam Rodriquez, 22 years old, Handgun Trigger and Supporter" an average looking guy says with a bored tone. He seems the oldest of the bunch and has a beard as well.

  "Theo Miller, 20 years old, Sniper Trigger and LRA (Long Range Attacker)." He has a grey buzzcut and sharp brown eyes.

  "Olivia Howard, 20 years old, Sword Trigger and CRA (Close Range Attacker)." A woman with curly brown hair and brown eyes says.

  Then some familiar faces introduce themselves to Russel.

  "Manu Fironion, 18 years old, Flaming Fist Trigger, CRA." Russel recognizes him from during the recruitment. However Manu does not seem to recognize him.

  Manu still looks the same. Short red hair that is close to being a buzzcut, big muscles that seem to have grown a little bit and a stoic look on his face.

  Then Lex steps forward.

  "Lex Lightning, 18 years old, Lightning Shoes Trigger and I am the scout!" Lex's spiky yellow hair seem spikier than ever.

  Lex seems as energetic as he was the first time Russel met and talked to him. He feels like they will become great friends.

  The squad leader then takes the word again. "Thank you everyone for the introductions. Now it is time for our light introduction training." He says with a warm smile. "Let's go to the training room."

  Qion and Liam seem a bit gloomy and bored hearing this. The rest of the Officers seem a bit scared except for Lex, Manu and Jack.

  Russel follows them excitedly. They enter a big white room and it has a red cage in the middle of it. Everybody immediately begins to spread out and takes their battle stances. They all summon their Triggers from their bodies as well.

  Russel frowns a bit. He expected some explanation of some sorts but no one tells him anything. Isa, who is standing close to him whispers to him: "Just take your battle stance and be ready. Shit will hit the fan very quickly!"

  He listens quickly to her. Squad leader Corporal Peterson seems to jump towards a small ledge where he takes a seat and looks to everyone.

  "Alright! Let the training begin!" he says with a suspiciously cheerful voice all of the sudden. Again Russel does not seem to notices this as he is very excited for what his first group trainings opponent will be.

  Then the cage drops into the floor and so does Russels jaw.

  Around 3.5 meters tall. Big red scales and muscles which make Manu look like a small baby, a ferocious grin and one blue eye on its head that seems to look at everyone at the same time.

  It's a real Trigor....