Paladin and Amethyst are sneaking in some late night sparring in an unfinished training room. Drill Sergeant Malice comes in and sends Amethyst to the seet the commandant. Paladin is supposed to graduate tomorrow and become a government sanctioned and sponsored superheroine. He orders Paladin to do a training match with her and she obeys and realizes her powers aren’t working. It seems like Sgt Malice has one innate power- to negate other peoples innate powers. It also turns out Sgt Malice, through training and government experiments, has nearly superhuman speed, resilience and strength. The fight goes badly for Paladin and her last thoughts before going out are that this seems way beyond training.
