SPEED TEST
Rene had set up motion sensors across the laboratory, creating a measured 100-meter track from wall to wall, with laser timing systems and high-speed cameras to record his movement because normal cameras wouldn't capture enhanced speed properly.
"Try running slowly," she instructed with emphasis on the word 'slowly' that suggested she expected chaos.
Orion started what he thought was a gentle jog, the kind of easy pace you'd use for warming up—
BOOM
He crossed 100 meters in microseconds, the sound barrier breaking behind him, a miniature sonic boom in the underground laboratory making Rene's body rock backward from the pressure wave, and Orion slammed into the far wall hard enough to crack it because he'd been moving too fast to stop properly.
"400 kilometers per hour," Rene announced with a tone that suggested she was impressed despite having expected something like this, "and that was your 'slow jog' apparently."
