When they arrived the spot where the hole was, they pass through it, they find the staircase and the room not to be lit up at all. They stayed there for a while so there eyes could fix in the darkness. After a while they could see just the faintest light at the end of the stairs but it appeared that the stairs had almost quadrupled in length and they were long before. They started down the stairs, Maya was behind Nick mostly because his increased speed, she speed up and eventually fell into step with him.

“What you said, when you were fighting those people, was it true.” Maya asked, she could feel herself start to blush.

“What, what did I say?” Nick asked

“When the man punched me and you got up you yelled that they could mess with you but not the people you loved.” Maya asked blushing more.

“Oh, you heard that.” Nick said shamefully.

“Yeah, but that did not answer my question, did you really mean it. I just want to hear the truth, I don’t care if you like me or not I just want to know.” Maya said getting more serious but still blushing.

“Yes, I did mean it.” Nick said in a way that seemed like he was defeated.

Maya was now in a full blush she could not believe that he liked her, the rest of the walk was in silence. When they got to the bottom they found a short hallway with a fire lit room at the end of it. They walked into the room, Nick had his fists ready for a fight since they had no idea what was beyond the opening into the room. They walked in ready for a fight but they saw no threat in the room. All they saw was a wall with markings and a doorway with a gold door and a hole the size of a hand on the door.

“I am going to go try and open the door.” Maya said

“Ok, I will go look at the markings.” Nick said starting off towards the wall with the markings.

Maya looked at the lock, she tried putting her hand in it but nothing happened when she did.

Nick was studying the markings when Maya called him over, eh came at the beckoning wondering why she was calling him over.

“Can you put your hand in here.” Maya said

“Yeah but why?” Nick said while putting his hand in the hand shaped hole on the door.

The door immediately started reacting to the action. Black vines started crawling down the sides of the door, when the vines reached the bottom they started to lift the door up. After a while the door was all the way up and they walked through it with fists ready. All they saw was a man probably in his eighties and with a long beard and a staff and he wasn’t very tall.

“Hello.” the man said.

“Who are you.” Maya said

“Who am I,” the man laughs. “Who am I.” raising his voice. “I should be asking you that question, you are in my sanctuary.” the man said, his voice booming. “So who are you?” the man finished

“I am Maya and this is my friend Nick.” Maya replied

“I have no name but people address me as The Master.” The Master said.

“Sick name.” Nick replied “But why do they call you that?” Nick asked.

“Because I have trained many heros over the ages.” The Master said.

“Ages?” Nick wondered “How old are you.” Nick asked

“One million three thousand three hundred and forty six.” The Master said. “But who's counting.”

Nick made a low whistle. “Man, that is old, what moisturizer do you use because you look eighty.”

“Olay, But do you need training because the only way to enter here is if you are in need of training so who needs training.” Master said.

Both Maya and Nick both raised their hands. The Master accepted them both and brought them both to a room with a window and a nice comfy looking chair. Nick stayed behind as Maya went into a room with the Master. He looked out the window to see if he could see them in the other room. He saw them moving so fast he could not see what was going on. After a while he felt sleepy for it had been a while since he had slept last and he fought a horde of angry people and three men in black suits. He leaned back in the chair and felt himself fall into a deep sleep.

He woke up to Maya with a big stick just taller than her and The Master talking to her. Then an angry horde popped out of the walls and Maya got ready to fight them but she looked exhausted the people started running at her and he got worried that she would die. He ran to the door and tried it, the door was locked he could feel determination to get to her he punched the door with all of his might but nothing happened and the door didn’t even have a dent in it. He was feeling even more determination and anger then he had ever felt and started punching the door rapidly, but nothing happend. He could feel himself not giving up he felt his hand tingle again but that did not make him give up. He started punching the door again and he noticed that his gauntlets were glowing he looked at them and they were glowing a brilliant blue flame. He decided to give it one more punch with all he had. He winded up and punched the door with all he had. The door went flying off the hinges slamming against the wall the wall seemed tougher then the door and did not crumble. He looked to see Maya on the ground looking at him, all of the people on the ground unconscious. The master looked at him in awe.

“H-h-h-how d-d-did you d-d-do that?” He asked stuttering in awe. “That door, is indestructible, made of pure adamantite.” The Master finished.

“You mean was indestructible.” Nick said tired from all of the punches.

“How did you even have enough will and strength to break it down?” The Master asked.

“I, I don’t even know myself, I just fell asleep in the room and woke up to the people charging at Maya, I just felt the need to protect her immediately and I would not let anything get in my way.” Nick said.

Maya slightly blushed and smiled looking at him.

“So you would break down an indestructible door just to protect me?” Maya said

“I would always protect you no matter what.” Nick said confidently.

“I think you are ready for now Maya, I will talk with you later but let’s put the door back up and Maya can sit in that room. And hopefully Maya is not strong enough to break down the door too.” The Master said.

Nick and Maya snickered, Nick started to the door and picked it up as if it were ten pounds.

“WHAT! HOW ARE YOU DOING THAT!” The Master yelled astonished

“What?” Nick asked

“Do you not notice the um you know, the ten million pound door you are currently holding.” The Master said more calmly

“This feels like ten pounds.” Nick said surprised he was lifting that much

He looked at his gauntlets the flame started to die. As the flames started to die, he could feel the door getting heavier and heavier. He let go when it got too much for him to lift, the door fell fast and hit the ground hard, it fell over with a loud clang.

“Maya can you get that.” The Master said

“WHAT!” Nick yelled “If my increased strength can’t lift the door how will she lift it.”

“Watch and learn Nick.” Maya said

Maya made a few hand gestures and slammed the staff against the ground. The door started to lift off the ground with a blue hazy aura around it she guided the door over to the spot it had previously been. She placed it in the slot and made a few more hand gestures and said words that sounded like it was in a different language so Nick could not understand it. A loud snap boomed and the door was back in it’s place and had the hinges reattached to the door. Nick stood in awe,

“H-h-how did you do that?” Nick asked

“We all have hidden abilities, hers is to use magic. Which is not a very common ability.”

The Master said. “Now Maya will you leave me alone with him I want to train him.” he finished.

“Yes, Master.” She turned around and walked out.

The Master clapped three times and said words that he could not understand, the door behind Nick slammed shut.

“Let level one of the simulation begin.” A computer voice said.

The walls opened up and hordes of people started pouring out just as they had done when he was watching. One came up to him and punched him. He went flying into the air and just before hitting the ground another man uppercutted him in the back sending him straight up. Nick was feeling a lot of pain, he turned around facing the floor and he started falling down again, as he was falling he could see Maya in the window watching him. He did not want to mess up, so he figure being punched around was not a good idea. As he got closer to the ground the people seemed more angry than the ones he had taken out a while ago. He winded up for a punch and punched the ground where he landed.