X - SequelIN A DISTANT ABANDONED government facility, an elevator creaked to a sub-sub-level and flickering fluorescent lights turned on bank by bank. They exposed a huge empty room with concrete walls. Around the walls at varying intervals were discolored patches in the shapes of humans, as if someone had outlined around them and colored inside. The elevator opened and a man wearing a three-piece wool-blend suit emerged, along with a woman in skin-tight black leather. They carried nothing in their hands. No weapons of any kind. Because they knew what they were up against, the challenge ahead of them. Walking into the center of the room, the man cleared his throat. "It's time. You can come out now." One by one, at varying timings, a shape emerged from the walls in front of each human

