After the previous events, both returned to the Fortress. Inside, Trixxie and the others were waiting for them (Pointy had already rejoined them). They were in a large room with a semicircular table in front of a huge window through which the Earth was visible. Just so you know, this place was next to the room where TRX and the others first arrived.

Once there, Pointy addressed everyone:

"Now that we’re all here, before we start this journey, let’s talk a bit."

"Okay..." Mat replied.

"We want to apologize to you..." Blocky said.

"But... hadn’t you already done that before?" Mat asked.

"No..." TRX said. "Only Blocky, in a way, but... to be honest, we could have saved her."

"R-really?" Samantha asked. "B-but then why..."

"We were only supposed to help the Hero, and indirectly at that, because, apparently, we’re very powerful... But that’s no excuse for what we did, or rather, what we didn’t do..." Pointy said, feeling guilty.

"I see..." Mathias said, looking a bit sad again. "But... it doesn’t matter anymore... Really..."

"I see..." TRX said. "But... from now on, we’ll help you in everything. We know we can’t make up for what we did, but... at least let us do this."

"Okay..." Mat said. "But please, don’t feel guilty anymore."

"Alright..." Blocky said.

There was a silence for a while. Mathias knew they were children, so he didn’t say anything else.

"So... now let’s talk about Miss Samantha." Pointy said.

"Huh? Me?" she asked, surprised.

"Yes. You’re the one who shot that guy ‘last night,’ so the best we can do is figure out how your ability works," Pointy replied.

"Ah, I understand," she said.

"But where would we do that?" Mathias asked.

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"In the Arena!" Blocky exclaimed.

"Huh?" both Mathias and Samantha said.

They now found themselves in a kind of Combat Arena.

"Hey, wait." Mathias said. "What exactly are we supposed to do here?"

"Tell them!" Samantha exclaimed. "Wait, you don’t want us to fight strange creatures... do you?"

"Of course not." TRX or Trixxie said. The others were watching from the stands. "Look around you."

"Oh, okay." Sam said. Mat had already been looking around since he arrived.

"Ah!"

Targets started appearing from the floor and ceiling.

"So... this is for her to practice or something, right?" Mathias asked.

"Yes, to understand how it works and how to help her improve," Pointy said.

"Yes, that’s right," Blocky said. "Now shoot."

"Huh? B-but... I don’t know how..." Sam said.

"Let your boyfriend tell you," Blocky said. "He knows more about this than we do. Besides, he’s human like you."

"Huh? Ah... Well, that’s true... Let me explain," Mat said.

Throughout this discussion, Roundy didn’t say a word.

"Although... I don’t think I can really help. The nature of our powers is different. Also... I’m still a bit shaken from earlier..."

Mathias told her to try to feel something. Samantha didn’t understand what he meant by that. Mathias told her to imagine feeling something at the tip of her finger. Samantha did, but nothing happened. Mathias told her to imagine something coming out of the tip of her finger. Samantha did, but still, nothing happened.

"Wow... I don’t know what to do, sorry..."

“...”

"Hmm..."

"Now that I think about it, when I ‘shot’ for the first time, I did it thinking I had to attack someone..."

"Oh... Then... imagine you’re going to shoot at someone," Mat said. "Aim at that target."

"Okay..." she said, making a gun shape with her hand and aiming. "Ah!"

"Wow."

A light appeared at the tip of her finger. It shot towards the target.

"Ah!" both exclaimed.

The target was unharmed, only hit. TRX and the others remained unmoved, as it wasn’t impressive.

"This is... really weird," Samantha said.

"Why do you say that?"

"I never thought I would have this kind of... powers... Ah, I’m embarrassed to say that out loud."

"Nah, it’s fine," Mat said, adding, "And... I’m kind of happy, you know?"

"Why?"

"Because now we’re more similar, since we both have powers."

"Although... It seems very weak... Wait, I’m not one to say that," Mat thought.

"Yes... That’s true," she said. "Now that you mention it, I also feel a bit happy for the same reason..."

"Hey, you two, stop flirting and continue!" Blocky shouted from the stands.

"Ah, right!" Mat said, then told Sam, "Try doing it more times with the rest."

"O-okay."

She shot five more times but couldn’t continue.

"W-what?"

"Hmm... Do you feel tired or something?"

"No, not at all," she replied. "But... look."

Her index finger was a light blue and glowing. It didn’t feel like skin when touched. It looked like energy. It was somewhat warm.

"T-this is weird..." Mat said. "Doesn’t it hurt?"

"No, it doesn’t hurt, but... about shooting... I don’t think I’ll be able to do it again. Your PSI Creation tires you out when you use it, right? So... the rules for mine must be different."

"I see... Try again."

"Okay."

She did, but this time the light took longer to appear. She only shot 5 times and couldn’t do more. Additionally... The shots seemed more powerful (since they now pierced the targets), so they thought that if it took longer to "charge," the damage would be greater. This time, her hand was glowing light blue. It didn’t hurt either.

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After that, she recharged, taking more time, and shot 4 times, but now, instead of piercing the targets, she completely disintegrated them. Now the blue light reached up to her elbow. All this worried Sam a bit.

She repeated the same process, and now she was shooting enormous spheres of energy at high speed. She could only do this three times. Now her whole arm seemed to be made of energy and burned, causing her some pain. It also felt somewhat heavy, numb... something like that.

Mat and Roundy tried to heal her but couldn’t do anything. She started to disappear slowly. After she had completely vanished in half an hour, she still couldn’t shoot.

After this, no matter how much she waited, she couldn’t shoot anymore. Also, Samantha didn’t seem tired in the least. Because of this, Mat tried to find out if she had more powers or something.

No, that was it. Just shooting an energy beam, and her arm turning like that.

"Why is my ability only for killing?" That was what she thought after all that. She seemed disappointed...