Depths of Dimensions/Part 2J (SR)

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Part ???: Put Your Head In The Game

A magenta rift in time opened, and out of it, Kennedy and five other anthromorphs fell. Kennedy landed on his back, but quickly recoiled of it and jumped right back on his feet. Scanning the area around them for anyone else, Kennedy wiped his hand by his forehead with a "Phew...." knowing that they were all safe at the moment.

Kennedy looked straight forward, confused. There were walls around them - thin walls, actually. They were very tall, about twenty times a grown human's height, so it'd be impossible to jump over them. Also, after a few couple meters, the path split - one going into the left, the other going into the right. Hmm.... looks like it's a maze.

Keira landed slowly on the ground, snatching her axe in time before it fell onto the ground. Her eyes scanned the area around her, observing every part. She then saw the path split in two, and the main idea clicked in her head. 'It's definitely a maze. Way to go...' she groaned mentally.

Flyby came zipping out of the portal, running up a wall and backflipping off it. "Where am I now?" He said, not having heard Kennedy.

Lee flew out of the portal as well, smacking into one of the maze walls. He picked himself up, getting a good look at Flyby for the first time. "Oh, crud.." He muttered.

Iris shot out of one of the portals, her left eye still glowing. She landed on the ground, glowed yellow for a second, and stood up. Her eye was no longer glowing, and she looked excited, as if she was about to say something. However, her expression quickly faded to one of confusion as she noticed where they were. "Where...is this?" she asked, looking around. "And why would someone put us in this...maze?"

The winged one snorted, “Clearly the villains would; they must be playing a game with us.” ‘And I don’t like the feeling of this,’ she growled in her mind. “I’ll take the left, and play dirty if I have to,” she continued, before sprinting towards the left part.

Flyby laughed. "I'm going with her." He said, then took off after Keira.

Iris stared after the two for a few seconds, then turned to Kennedy (who looked slightly more responsible than Lee) and asked, "What should we do now?"

A few seconds after Flyby and Keira departed, an explosion went off in their direction. Three sticks of dynamite went off as Kennedy facepalmed and looked to Iris. "I say, after those two get back, we split up into equal groups. Then, we'll be safe (as long as there aren't so many splits that we'll eventually be alone)." Kennedy tapped his forehead. "I'll try to keep all of your energy signatures in mind."

"That...sounds good," said Iris nervously, backing towards one of the walls for protection. "I'll just go with whatever group needs an extra member..."

The winged one zoomed in a straight line, before turning to the left, then right, or which ever way that wasn’t a dead end.

Flyby ran after her, then stopped, shouting. "Hey, you hear an explosion?"

"Explosion..." Keira muttered, while halting to a stop. She flew up into the air, seeing Flyby. "I did hear it," she yelled over to him, "But let me try to find a way out first. That explosion sounds like trouble." After that, Keira landed back on the ground, and sank into the ground, becoming one with her shadow. She was using Shadow Sneak to move around without getting caught.

Flyby simply stood there, blinking in confusion.

Three more full sticks of dynamite fell from the floor right in front of the duo and immediately exploded.

He shouted this time. "Hey! Shadow-girl! Stuff's going boom out here!"

Iris, hearing the explosion, looked at Kennedy and said quietly, "Should we go help them? They might have gotten hurt trying to come back here and might need help now..."

Lee stared at the ground. "If I know anything, my dad can handle himself..."

Keira came back, emerging out of her shadow on the ground. "Firstly, my name isn't Shadow-girl. It's Keira. And I do know that there was an explosion," she growled. "I'm going to scout the place, but you better watch your step."

"You got it, Keira." He grinned, the girl was beginning to impress him, and he began using the walls to spring over any explosives.

With her wary eyes scanning the place, Keira soared up high, getting a bird's eye view of the whole maze. "Now," she muttered to herself. "I'mma wait here till an explosion happens."

The two received a telepathic message from Kennedy - You must learn to strategize and not barge in headstrong. Rendezvous back to us so that we can form a proper plan. To Iris and Lee, it'd look like Kennedy was simply putting his index finger to his head and closing his eyes.

Keira warped back to Kennedy, landing smoothly on her two feet. "I got a nice view of the maze," she shrugged. "So what's the plan Kennedy?" Electricity was crackling around her, as she waited for the tiger to say something, and for Flyby to come back.

Iris backed away from Keira, looking worried.

Flyby zipped in, his power joining Keira's electric storm. "Alright, what now?"

Kennedy observed the group when everyone joined together, assessing everyone's strengths and weaknesses. "Healer, I've seen you heal Ion. I suggest you go with the more foolhardy group. Lee... you're a good assistance unit. I'll be strategist/direct attacker, and the two electrokinetics should go in different groups." Kennedy faced Flyby. "No offense but Keira is stronger than you by quite a bit, so you shall travel with Lee and I. We should take the right path, since it seems safer." He then looked at Iris. "Healer, are you okay with going along the more dangerous path? Keira can take some damage, but could you make sure she's not overtaxed?"

"I think we can handle the more dangerous path," Keira nodded. "As long as me and her don't have any problems with our HP and strength," she finished, before looking at the more dangerous path. 'Hopefully this goes well,' she sighed.

Iris, looking quite frightened, pushed herself against the nearby wall and nodded in agreement.

Keira then looked at Iris, before walking over to her side. “Hey, you okay?” she asked her. “Oh, and I’m Keira by the way, in case you didn’t know,” she greeted her with a real, kind smile on her face.

Iris, who now just looked somewhat worried, said, "I'm...okay. Just worried. And my name's Iris. ...Nice to meet you."

”Ah, okay then,” Keira nodded. “Don’t worry, I’ll tank damage.”

Iris remained silent, not having any idea what "tanking damage" meant, but not wanting to ask and possibly offend Keira.

Flyby's ears turned downward. "Yeah.. Fine." He shuffled his feet against a wall for a moment. "Jeez, how'd I get on a team?"

Lee, who had completely switched from the one that fought Tina to the one that frequently fell off things, was trying to stay...out of this, if possible. He dragged his feet to where he was standing behind Kennedy. "When are you going to tell them you're less useful than normal?" Onyx silently said, then proceeded to laugh at him. Lee just stared at the ground, not saying anything.

“We should head off,“ she growled, breaking the silence. “We must find a way to get back to the rest of the heroes.”

Kennedy nodded. "I agree with Keira. We should get going. Healer, Keira, if I need to contact either of you, I'll do so telekinetically." He tapped his forehead before walking forward. "Now, then, let's go."

Lee and Flyby followed Kennedy.

Iris turned to Keira and said, "I'm really sorry, but I'm...not very fast. Maybe I should hold onto you if we need to move quickly?"