Terry practiced walking around in his Garuda form, He knew that eventually he would have to fight in this form so it was optimal if he could get the hang of it. The weird feeling of nubs on his back as well as the clawed feet slipping on the cold cement made him unstable.

Terry practiced with some of the combat manuals that Tyler had provided him. Many of them were Judo, and Tai Chi. However among the manuals were Wing-Chun and Muay Thai.

Terry looked at the manuals and practiced some forms from them. As a Garuda the legs will be of no use as they are easy to break therefore Terry wanted to strengthened the power of hand, elbows and head strikes.

Terry practiced day and night before finally collapsing on the ground from exhaustion. A woman who had lush almond hair partially covering her face in an assymetrical bobbed style. Her eyes were olive green and her smile lit up her face. She had a medium-size figure, was dressed in a sun-dress with a large oval sun hat, appeared with a drink, kneeling down to give it to him.

"Terry you should rest more, you'll burn out before long"

"Mimi I can't do that, If do not train then I might die, I don't want to let the team down, I have more to live for" Terry retorted and as he gasped for air.

Mimi sighed and caressed his cheek. "I know idiot, but you should care for yourself more, you can also die if you are to tired"

Terry had created Mimi on the day he received his enhancements. As a person who liked to shut himself in his room and play games he didn't have anyone who went out of their way to took care of him. Seeing characters on screen who viewed into the distance pondering when someone will comeback was always his fantasy. 'What if they were waiting for me to come back' Terry had thought when he saw these type of characters.

When he went up to create his human he asked the Ball of Light just that, a woman around his age who would take care of him and wait for him to come back to diligently help him when he needs it and to nurse him in times of sickness.

Out from the ball came this girl and when he laid eyes on her she reminded him of an anime he had seen as a kid. Thus the name Mimi came to his mind and thus what he called her.

There was a knock on the door and Terry got up reluctantly and out of breath, he was embarassed that Mimi had to help him up.

Terry made his way to the door and opened it to find Shelby's butler Janis awaiting him. "Master has asked for all members to come together, we are having a meeting to discuss our progresses." Janis bowed and then excused himself.

"Mimi I'm heading out for a bit." Terry called and Mimi smiled and waved and went to tidy up the manuals, placing bookmarks where they were needed.

Terry traveled across the dimension to arrive at a door. Knocking the door and Shelby answered it dressed in blue shorts

"Welcome Terry, sit around the campfire" She said and motioned him to come on in.

Terry thanked Shelby and then proceed to go into the room. Surprisingly it had an outdoor setting with trees, bushes, dirt, and a large campfire with logs to sit on. It was a starry night and not to far from the campfire was a tent all zippered up. A forge was not to far away from the campfire.

At the fire Jesse was toasting marshmallows. Cody and Arielle sat next to each other feeding each other through Arielle was more reserved and shy about it. Cody saw Terry and beckoned him over with a loud voice "Terry the new guy, are you ready for today's meeting?"

Terry sat down and replied "I've been training, the manuals that Tyler left me is great since we both are using more or less the same style of fighting."

"If you need a combat partner I'm sure Tyler would be happy to help" Cody said cheerfully and then called out "Yo Tyler, Terry needs a sparring partner and you're the best man to do it"

Tyler who was standing in the woods looking toward the sky looked over and comes to the campfire. Terry was about to go confront him when Shelby arrived with Janis behind her.

"Alright everyone status reports from everyone" Shelby as she clapped her hands for everyone's attention.

Arielle spoke first " I managed to comprehend some of the wind forces and strengthened by mind so that I can last about five minutes longer as long as I am not disturbed."

"I am new to the team but I've been practicing familiarizing myself with my tools, I am positive that I can do basic healing for many deep wounds in about 10 minutes, it may be a long time to have a deep wound but that is what my equipment allows for me to do" Jesse said

"With a new mana source I can bring out about 15% more power to my runes, I've also comprehended some of the runes from Castlevania and we are now able to have a light source and now I can further reinforce with a shield glyph. " Cody pipped up.

"My blood can now melt through steel in a matter of minutes, the blood energy upgrade also allows for me to increase my combat time up to 6 hours instead of 4, that is if I do not execute techniques that use up my blood. " Tyler said to the group and then it was Terry's turn

Terry coughed into his fist and spoke up "I've been getting used to the training manuals and my Garuda body, I am confident that I can hold out in a close quarter fight, however I do not think I'm prepared to gain an upper hand. As for my 1300 points I've spent 700 points to increase each of my stats with a bonus to reaction speed. The remaining 600 I am saving to upgrade my bloodline or get myself a magic spell."

Shelby took all this information in and thought about it for a moment. "I understand all your efforts till now and I've formulated a plan." She turns to Tyler and orders "Tyler, you shall train Terry in closer quarter combat be sure to teach him how to efficiently use his energy in a fight. "

Facing Arielle and Cody "You both work together to create an efficient shield with your powers, the glyphs will help both of you nicely so I can expect the durability and longevity of the shield to be pretty good, however if both of you are slow at casting then it will put us in a pinch, practice the speed of deploying"

"Jesse all I can recommend is to continue practicing your medical knowledge. For you I see you have some compatibility with your hands so an Arachne bloodline with healing webs is one of many possibilities for you"

Shelby took a breathe and looked at everyone present. "Thanks for coming today and you are all dismissed" Shelby turned around after waving her hands and entered her forge.