The tension in the room grew heavier as the two parties tested each other with their words.
On one end of the room were the tall scientifically enhanced cyborg men who were physically and mentally ready to fight.
On the other hand, there were human-looking individuals, three males and two females who also looked like they had fully prepared themselves for a fight.
"You still have a chance to drop out of this and back away before things get ugly." He warned before mentally activating his battle physique.
A neon-blue light shimmered from the joints of the male, leading the cyborg men.
It glowed bright and sharp before dimming, then gradually shifted to a glowing neon red that pulsed in steady waves.
As the light settled into rhythm, his body began to change.
Muscles swelled across his legs, veins bulging like wires under pressure. His arms thickened, his chest and abdomen expanding with dense, controlled power.
His nails extended slightly, just a bare inch but sharpened like claws.
A tinted helmet slid over his head with a soft click, locking into place.
Then, the pulsing red flared bright one last time before turning green.
A shrill screech echoed across the room, metal vibrating under its weight, signalling that the transformation was complete.
The cyborg men behind him underwent the same transformation, intimidating the other group.
"Tsk!, stuff like that won't suddenly make us back down so easily." One of the females chuckled openly, making sure they all heard her.
"Alright then, but I do hope you remember your words when we're done with you."
They advanced at a quick rate without even considering any possibilities. The cyborg men all charged ahead while the other group moved back a bit, with their weapons aimed properly at them.
As fast as they were, they arrived right in front of the mercenary group before they could properly prepare themselves.
"Say what you said again, I dare you." Their leader whispered to the girl's ear, his hands inches away from her throat.
She moved closer to his face, staring him deep in his eyes like a seductive waitress about to ask for his order.
"I said you all are a bunch of garbage." She whispered close to his face while biting her lips.
"Tsk!," he was enraged and fell directly for the bait.
Moving his hand up to her throat, he advanced closer to her. Their bodies were inches away from each other, only by a hair's breadth.
Their breaths touched each other's skin as they heaved slowly. He stared directly in her eyes with a sour expression on his face, his fingers tracing her neck up to her Adam's apple.
"You see, the weak don't tend to understand when the strong pardon their foolishness. They see it as them being stupid, not knowing they're doing it for a reason." He murmured slowly.
None of the others advanced from their spots. Everyone stood still, opposing each other while staring at the tension between the two.
His eyes went low and traced her body curves, from her lips down to her thighs.
Licking and biting his lips with a deep smirk, he raised up his face.
"But I can pardon all you said and did, only you if you allow me to have my way with you. And if you want me to pardon all your friends, then my men also have to take turns when I'm done." He negotiated, his fingers still pressing her neck tightly.
His men chuckled at the background, their laughs loud and annoying to her ear.
She glanced between him and his men before looking at her teammates.
"I'd rather you s*ck my imaginable d*ck!" She cursed, kicking him in the nuts.
"You have that attitude I adore in a girl. Even though it was a request, you have no say or option but to accept because you and your teammates are at my mercy." He smirked, using his fingers to trace his face.
She brought her face closer to his with a frown expression on her face.
"That's enough coming from the nasty hole in your face!" She yelled, pulling her hand forward and pulling the pin from a grenade before dropping it to the floor.
Before he could fully look down to see what it was, it tipped off and exploded.
He released his hands from her neck and covered his face to block the explosion from hitting his face, but it was just a wave, a really loud sound wave.
He removed his hand and looked up, realising what she had detonated.
"Come on, Lisa, we said when they're close enough to each other. So the effect could reach all of them, but you let your anger ruin the whole plan again!!."
Lisa turned to him with a sneer on her face.
"You seriously expected me to continue enduring that until they were all close together?!!, didn't you see what he was doing!?" She yelled loudly while pointing at the person she was talking to.
"What did you do!!" The leader barked, turning Lisa around and staring angrily at her face.
She turned around with an irritated look on her face, biting her lips out of anger before answering his question.
"I simply detonated an EMP. Now, all your cyborg additions and gadgets will be temporarily unavailable."
"Doesn't that also mean your gadgets are all temporarily unavailable as well." He asked with a smirk on his face.
"You see, that's the problem. We planned everything before coming here but sadly, I doubt you had the time to."
Her last words before she charged forward with a glowing red dagger behind her.
He instinctively dodged the first strike but the second strike was fatal and it was not from her.
He pulled out the arrow from his neck and looked in the direction from where it came.
"You didn't think she was alone now did you?," they reminded him of their presence.
"What are you all standing there for?, freaking attack them before I put an end to your existence!." He barked at the other cyborg men.
They all moved at the sound of his command and rushed to each other in the opposite group.
Before he could turn around, Lisa charged at him for the second time. This time, she was faster than she was, slashing him through the chest.
He stumbled backwards before attacking her, blocking her next strike and giving her a blow to the gut, leaving her struggling for air.
"Shit!" She gasped, trying to take in air into her deflated lungs.
"I can't.." she fell to the ground, still struggling to take in deep breaths.
He folded his hands together and raised it to give her a final blow but she swiftly dodged it with the pain still gnawing on her stomach.
"Tsk!, you foolish brute!" She cursed, spitting out blood before raising her head up to him.
"Curse you!!" She charged forward.
Without his physically enhanced cybernetics, he was not as fast as he usually was, but he was still strong due to the weight of the additions.
His blows still came with impact, but they weren't fast enough to touch Lisa who kept dodging them swiftly.
Her strikes on the other hand, were clean and precise, years of practice and experience showing in her movements.
After some minutes, she had successfully struck all his joins, making him fall on one knee.
"I remember my words clearly, now do you want me to repeat them to you?!." She whispered to his ear.
He raised his head and gave her a sharp, quick nod that sent her stumbling and falling to the ground.
Then he quickly stood up and jumped high enough to increase the impact of his punch.
But before his punch could land on her face, a flying arrow found its way through his cranium, causing him to fall to the ground lifeless.
"Lisa!!" A voice screamed in the background.