Niah Bautista, Griffin Lee, Maria Smith & Marygold Isley
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Location: S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy - Training Room
Once again, Mary found herself waiting in the training room for her next group. It was interesting for her to say the least, though she knew that she tended to be a little nicer with training sessions than the ones she started out with when she first joined the team. Training with Wolverine tended to make you want to keep track of what you were doing, and always stay focus, otherwise, you would usually end up injured in some way.
Maria entered the training room as she looked over as she noticed Marygold there and gave her a friendly smile and wave towards her as she quickly ran up towards her.
"Hey there, how are you doing today?" Maria asked, she was pretty excited to be training with the leader of the X-Men as she extended her gloved hand over towards Mary. She wanted to make a better impression this time with her than when they all came out of the Framework.
Niah was tired. She hadn't been sleeping well and everything felt like it was weighing her down. She wanted to work on her powers though so she had signed up for some training with Marygold. When she showed up Maria was there, she gave her running friend a small smile. Then nodded at Marygold.
"Thank you for the gloves." Last to arrive, Grif walks into the room in the same training outfit he had on last time.
Agent Lee reporting for duty. Pleasure to be training under you again ma’am. Setting his eyes on Marygold before stepping into a brief salute. He thinks to the last training session, his fall left bruises across his back and they were still sore as they are; not that he would admit it, of course. Nevertheless, today was a new day to further improve his skills.
"Nice to meet you," she said, shaking Maria's hand, and giving Niah a smile before she turned to Griffin.
"Nice to see you again too Lee, though might I say, don't feel too bad about falling like that. Try getting pushed out a four-story window by Pietro Maximoff, before he kind of ended up becoming a friend... Anyway, we are going to still be working on power control. I've noticed we've got a few people here who I haven't already met, so let's see how much control you have over your powers, at least for the moment, and you are welcome for the gloves. I might have raided a few things from the old team that they had left lying around, the gloves the pair of you have are from my friend Rogue... Anyway, I want you two to show me at least somewhat how much control over your powers you have... And Lee? Let's see if you have better control over yours..." she said with a bit of a smile.
Maria looked over towards Niah and nodded towards her.
"Good morning." Maria said, though she felt bad for her friend after hearing the training session with Cass when they lost Z for some weird reason. She didn't even know what happened in the first place, but she would be there for her friend if she needed. Then Griff came in as well and she nodded towards him as well, before her attention went back over towards Marygold. She was also grateful for the gloves as well, though she couldn't really touch anyone unless they wanted to feel their life trained from them, and also copying their powers if they had any. She gave Marygold a friendly smile for a moment she was looking forward to the training session.
"I'm really looking forward to be training with you as well by the way." Maria said as she rubbed the back of her neck slightly.
"Speaking of Rogue, it seems I sort of have the same powerset as hers, anyone okay if they share?" Maria asked.
"I'm okay with sharing. I have the ability to amplify my senses as desired. But depending on what I amplify I lose something. My other power is psychometry, touching things tells me something about them. I haven't used that one at all yet." Niah pulled her glove free and offered it, Maria. She then looked at the latecomer
"Hello I'm Niah Bautista." Grif eases from his salute and looks to the two agents, nodding back to Maria before greeting Niah,
"Griffin Lee, Operations. I'm called a 'photokinetic' meaning that I absorb and control light if you put it simply." He briefly considering sharing his own powers with his fellow Operations agent but Bautista had already offered and truth be told, he was looking forward to putting his powers through a good showing today. Stepping away from the others, posthaste, he crosses his arms in an 'X' shape with hands spread out wide. It was all a matter of control, gather up and convert the light energy in his body into proper constructs before shaping them as he pleased. Small rounds of highlight would materialize between his fingers on both hands, none being any larger than a marble, each one giving off this intense glow.
"I strongly recommend that you all shields your eyes for this." Without another moment to waste, he fires them up into the air at once, the whole barrage instantly flaring up like some high-grade fireworks. The sudden, blinding light fills the entirety of the training room.
"Looks like you might have gotten better at this Agent Lee," Mary said to him with a bit of a smile before looking over at Maria and Niah.
"So I heard... Don't worry Bautista, she can try out mine. Chlorokinesis is the technical term for my powers, not to mention I am somewhat used to having my powers get zapped at a moments notice," she said, shaking her head slightly at Niah as she held out a hand to her,
"Though should warn you about a few things that can happen with your powers if you aren't careful, namely you could potentially put someone into a coma if you aren't careful, or nearly kill them. If you hold onto someone else who has powers for too long, well, odds are that you'll knock them out cold, for like ever, and permanently gain their powers... I know this based around a few stories I've been told over the years. So be careful when you try to absorb powers, especially from a teammate. But feel free to try out my powers, they can be a little difficult to control, I will warn you... When I first got them I couldn't walk on grass since I'd just make everything around me burst into flowers," she said before with her other hand she tossed out a few plant seeds from her pocket and they started swirling around into vines.
"No need for all that saluting stuff really Lee, I wasn't a soldier before joining SHIELD." Maria said giving Lee a slight smile for a moment, she watched as Lee started to show off control with his powers and shielded her eyes. Seeing the display was rather impressive for her to see and smiled.
"That looks amazing Lee." Maria said as she listened to her friend Niah as she spoke about hers and offered to let her use her ability. But she listened to Marygold as she warned her about her powers and nodded, it was something that she didn't want anyone to go through at least those that were enemies. But friends and allies she wouldn't let that happen to them, she watched Marygold showcase her powers seeing the seeds grow into vines which was pretty cool.
"I'll take Mary's I don't want to accidentally hurt anyone of you guys." Maria said as she then went to take off her own glove and gently took Mary's hand and started to manipulate the vines that Mary had just made and smiled to herself.
But I was and still am. A chain of command within any military institution should be properly respected, I'm just giving my dues. Grif replies back to Maria, he pauses and hopes that he didn't sound too snappish,
"Thank you for the compliment. You're quite adept at using Marygold's power after seeing it for the first time yourself." He'd shift into a light warm-up, mostly some stretches to work out any kinks, just to prepare for a more hands-on, physical exertion of himself later in the training session. As he was stretching out his deltoid, he was reminded of something he had to tell Marygold about his own powers. Grif walks over to the instructor,
"Marygold, ma'am. I've had a development concerning my powers and to put it frankly.. I can't sleep." "Nice job, you are a quick learner aren't you?" Mary said with a smile. Though when she let go of Maria's hand, she looked a little pale after that, maybe a little tired even.
"Keep it up like that, and you'll easily be able to take on a lot of people, using their own powers against them..." she continued, now the slight exhaustion could be heard slightly in her voice, but she wasn't letting it get in her way. She turned to Griffin,
"So... What? You can't turn it off or something? That could be a little bit of a problem." Maria looked towards Griff and Mary and smiled towards them as she moved the vines around her hands and arms a little bit just to get used to them.
"Thank you." Maria said towards both Mary and Griff as she looked at Griff for a moment as he asked about his power, and not being able to sleep.
"Your power is like what controlling of light and stuff right?" Maria asked then looking over at Mary for a moment.
"Could be sort of like solar panels, there's light all around us, they absorb light and then be used as power which probably keeps you running at night as well since it's stored?" "I couldn't have put it better myself. With all the light I absorb throughout the day, physically speaking, my body doesn't have any real need for sleep." Grif explains, nodding at Maria's theory behind his newfound insomnia. At first, he was genuinely concerned with the lack of sleep ever since when he first gained his powers, thinking it be some sort of debilitating side effect of the Phase Three experiment. But now, after learning he was still more energized than ever even after going days without any sleep. His powers were already developing past his expectations,
"To be honest, I don't feel any fatigue. Really I feel more bored if anything, my days are considerably longer now and I'm looking for some way to put the extra hours to good use." "That would make the most sense, your body is also probably still getting used to the amount of energy and whatever that you constantly have... So, with that out of the way, we are going to do a similar little chase or whatever, you are going to see about hitting me or whatever, or stopping me in whatever way possible. Lee was in the last group I was helping out, and since you three should know at least somewhat how to control your powers, it'll be you three against me, but this time, I'm going to keep things on the ground since I don't want anyone falling 20, 30 feet again. Things also might be a little easier, since Maria has my powers, but we'll see," Mary said, before she got more seeds out of her pocket and tossed them, creating more that she moved around by her, and she stepped on one of them, and got away from the group rather quickly, before she stepped off, she was about 100 feet away from them on the ground.
Maria gave Griff a smile and nod, but she wasn't a scientist it would probably be a better question asked by one of their SciTech colleagues anyway.
"Could ask the SciTech people when we are done I'm sure they know a thing or two about powers." Maria then turned her attention back towards Mary and gave her a nod, as she got the vines in her arms again. However, the vines had something other in mind, as they moved the complete opposite direction that she wanted. Not getting very far.
Niah listened to the conversation slipping her glove back on. Everyone's powers were so spectacular sounding, hers, on the other hand, didn't seem to add much in the way of combat help. She could probably track better, she hoped. Niah pushed away the other senses and focused on her sense of hearing. Her mouth got the now familiar tasteless-ness. There were a lot of sounds to sort through, but the strange sound of plant matter against the hard surface of the training room was easy enough to pick out. As long as Maria didn't get too exuberant with her plant making Niah thought.
"She went that way." Niah spoke in quietly. She pointed the way Marygold had gone and kept her finger in the general direction she was currently.
"About a hundred feet out." She added.
Maria looked over towards Niah as she started to use her own powers as well, as she started to get ready to use the vines that she borrowed from Mary.
"Thanks for the info Niah." Maria said towards Niah.
"Keep relaying where she is and track her." She then turned to look over at Griff. "Try and knock her down or something with your lights or something." Maria then extended her hand forward, only to have it not work and just flop uselessly in front of her. Grumbling to herself Maria decided to get closer, using the information that Niah had given her and ran in the direction of Mary.
Grif gives an affirming nod to Maria before she ran towards where Marygold had taken off to,
"Affirmative. But first.." He trails off as he turns back to Niah,
"It doesn't seem like you have much in the way of offensive abilities or training." Beams of light are given off of Grif's stretched out, left hand, slowly coalescing into a solid form; being shaped into a hard-light construct, resembling a machete. The glowing blade of light would hover in the air, floating within Niah's reach,
"You'd be more effective against the vines with a bladed weapon, nothing overly complicated." With that said he'd make off to follow behind Maria, sparks flashing across his hands as he rushed to catch up.
Niah nervously took the light sword. She had absolutely no skill with it except the ability to swing it wildly. She might be able to use it like a machete, but it was better than nothing she supposed. She followed behind Grif listening for breathing or even footfalls that didn't belong to either Grif or Maria. Niah frowned, she thought she had heard Marygold land, but she wasn't hearing her walk. She could, however, hear her breathing and quietly gave directions accordingly to Maria and Grif.
Maria looked between Niah and Griff for a moment, before running forward a bit more trying her best to keep up with Marygold, with the vines wrapped around her arms. She concentrated and then finally forced the vines forward, watching them fly forward and couldn't help but smile proudly when it managed to hit her mark. Knocking Mary directly into the wall, but she realized that she used a little to much strength in it and quickly ran over towards Mary holding out a gloved hand to her.
"I'm sorry, didn't mean to hit you that hard." Maria said looking a bit worried.
"Don't worry about it... I've definitely been hit by worse... Though that's a first getting hit by vines like that..." she said with a slight smile, accepting her hand to stand up.
"Oh the stories I could tell you about every fight I've been in since I was 16... Anyway, nice job... You guys completed the goal and actually caught up to me... In a normal fight, odds are it wouldn't end with you having a conversation or anything. So, I think we're going to end the training session here, I think you guys are going to be fine, so don't worry about it... Also, Bautista, I didn't mention this before, but I heard about what happened during your last session with someone. I know how you feel, the second mission I was leading we lost someone. I still blame myself for it, since we split up and I changed the lineup of who was on which team at the last minute. Switched him with myself... That sort of thing... It will never go away... But you can use it to help yourself, to push yourself to make sure that it never happens again, that you protect the others around you... That's what I ended up doing, despite the guilt I still feel. Anyway... Thought you should hear that... I might see you all around, I might not, we'll see what happens, our session here is over," she said with a smile and small wave, heading out of the room. She helped them out the best she could, and now she was going to see about tracking down some painkillers for her headache.
Niah nodded at what Marygold told her.
"Thanks." It would be difficult, Niah knew that. She also knew that Z and Antoine both would want her to push on. They had wanted her to better herself. Z had even said they would work on hand-to-hand, even though that had obviously never happened. She took a deep breath and offered the unused light back to Grif.
"I appreciate it." "Anytime." Grif replies back as he eyes Marygold's back leavinng the room, though his training under her was brief; the leader of the X-Men had helped hone his newfound powers for better use, in and out of combat. He grabs the blade as Niah handed it over, the hardlight construct shattering into traces of light while his gaze turned to the other two still in the room.
"Nice going today the both of you. I can rest easy knowing I'll have capable agents to rely out on the field, hopefully, you can think the same as well. Until next time." Before stepping out of the room, he gives a curt salute, and then heads off to retire for the day. He'd need to find something to do to, with all the time free to himself during the nights. Maybe this could be time well spent for some individual training, the more he does the better he would on his first mission, whenever that may be.
The gym it is.
