A Kick in the Pants
~ROSEBUD(Jason McCallister)~
*Jason rests on his bed, going through everything that had
happened in that training exercise. He wasn`t sure of much, but
he was told that he had done something to help knock him out. Was
that what Metallic was talking about when he was talking about
powers? Was he some kind of "Knock yourself-out boy"?
God....what a stupid power. This whole scenario was confusing to
him. He had tried to lock himself up in his room to think this
whole thing out for himself. Whenever he had a problem, he always
retreated to someplace where he felt safe to think about it. But
here, nothing felt safe. Everything was too alien for him to
fully understand, and too uncomfortable to feel at rest, and this
bothered him. He tried to remember the training he had
practically grown up with, but it was deserting him right now,
and that worried him even more. He hadn`t eaten for nearly a day
and a half, and his sleep was troubled by dreams of the crimson
energy that enveloped him in silence before his world exploded
around him*
~VENIN~
*Her fingers fly rapidly over the keyboard as the computer screen
scrolls before, displaying file after file...her emerald gaze
raking instantly memorizing faces and facts...she seems almost
startled as new disply flashes up on the screen, overiding the
one she was viewing....new orders for her....a sigh leaves her
body as she reads them..then after typing in an acknowledgment
she turns off the console and pushes back from the table...she
stands her arms reaching above her head as she stretches, the
vertabrae in her back popping audibly before turning and heading
out the door and turning towards the rookie quarters.....she had
been on this base for two days now, her primay job over here was
a makework job and she knew it...she was organizing the rookie
files...and now she was about to check up on a rookie who had
apparently neglected orders to attend classes for the last
day....seemed a wreck room incident and freaked him out or
something..she door chimes signalling her arrival*
*the young man is so engrossed in his own thoughts that he
only just barely registers the chime on his door. He didn`t know
who it was who could possibly be coming to visit him, and
frankly, he didn`t want to know. All he wanted was to be left
alone to think. This was something he had to do on his own damn
it all! He remains on his bed, unmoving, should whoever it is
just enter the room, as if in silent defiance to their intrusion*
*She stands there patiently while the door repeatedly signals her
presence, her brow slowly furrowing in disaproval as it continues
to remain unopened....She activates her comm unit* Venin
requesting override authorization code for Rookie quarters *she
pauses as her mind runs through the file trying to locate a file
name..no file name had yet been assigned, except a joke one left
in Mettalics training file report* Rosebud, Jason McCallister
..*she hears a chuckle on the other end as she uses the joke
name, kid weren't careful it would stick..she recieves the code
and punches it into the control panel, overriding any safeties
the kid might have instilled*
*the door opens easily enough, and Jason`s face darkens slightly
as it does. Didn`t they get the hint that he just wanted to be
left alone? Sigh...it looked like it was going to be one of those
days. He doesn`t look at Venin when she comes in, just continuing
to stare at the ceiling. Maybe it was a mistake that he ever
agreed to come here...then none of this would be happening...*
*She stands in the doorway, not yet crossing the threshold, her
gaze raking over him as he lies motionless on the bed* Ok,
Rosebud, get up! *Her voice dropping an octave and belting out
the order like a drill sargeant* This not a holiday resort!
*ordinarily, he would have responded to that order in an instant,
given his background in the military, but this time, from the
lack of sleep, food, or human contact, he merely sits up in bed,
glaring at Venin* My name isn`t "Rosebud". It`s Jason.
*he looks over Venin himself and then looks into eyes, seeing how
she`ll respond to this* And you can drop the bad cop bit. I`ve
seen better. Now, if you`ll please just leave me alone, I`ve got
things I`d like to think about.
Well, it is rosebud now *using her unatural speed and strength
she is beside him instantly her hand darting out to haul him
physically to his feet* You have neglected orders for too long,
you have expended your limit rookie...we do not baby anyone
around here
*Jason`s eyes go wide as he is yanked to his feet by Venin...this
he did not expect at /all/. Most of his initial defiance washes
away like a sand castle after a tsunami. His military training
comes back to him, and if there was one thing that he remembered
right now, it was that if he did anything aside from what was he
was told, he was in BIG trouble...and if he wasn`t told what to
do, he did nothing but stand at attention...though deep within,
he could feel nothing but dislike for this woman...and it was
slowly beginning to bubble up inside of him...like it had those
three other times before. Realizing what could happen, he tries
to keep it under control, and for the moment, does a fairly good
job of it*
*She smiles down at him as he suddenly seems to remember his
training* thats better *She releases him and steps back* you have
not even been acessing the computer files you were assigned,
training here is essential....*she walks over to his console and
calls up Mettalics report on the recent training session* as you
should have learnt in this little session....training includes
disclipline, which means following orders....*She turns back to
him* you volunteered to join us, which is why we have been
relatively lenient, however with your military background you
know what is required in an organization like this amd we expect
you to live up to it as we expect everyone to
*Jason nods quickly, and now that Venin seems to to have eased
up, he wishes that the feeling he was getting would go away...but
it wouldn`t. In fact, it was growing, and his face becomes
visibly strained as he attempts to try and control himself. He
nods to everything Venin is saying, knowing that she is right,
and though he doesn`t like being proven wrong like this, he can
accept it. With some difficulty, he croaks out a wavering,
"Yes Ma`am!"*
*a smirk crosses her face, she can see the struggle within
him..shes read the file and they can pretty much figure out his
powers, they just have to teach him control of them* as for your
powers..... *she almost smiles at him* You can feel them building
can't you? *she didn't know what it was like to have powers you
couldn't control, she was GUARD, had grown up as one and had
always been taught how to control them since before they
materialized..but control she could still help him with..and if
nothing else the Psis could implant a temporary block* You have
to learn to control them...don't push them down instead feel
yourself absorb them become them..then you can control them
*using her comm she silently signals so that if his powers emerge
they will be instantly tranported to a training room and any
damage contained*
*he twitches a little as the feeling in his gut reaches out to
the rest of his body with the rythm of his pulse. He was keeping
it under wraps, but just barely now...his normally green eyes
changing to a vibrantly bright red* Shit...*everything Venin was
saying was essentially meaningless to Jason right now...he
couldn`t feel much more than the force of whatever it was inside
of him begging to come out...and like after having had a 42 ounce
drink in a four hour movie, he was having trouble holding it in
for much longer*
*she nods briefly at the visible transformation.... nothing
surprises her about powers, she had pretty much seen it all,
besides, she had been trained to show no reactions* fine *she
signals, and they are instantly transferred to a training room*
okay then...we'll do a different approach *she steps back * reach
for the powers and slowly let them out try to control it
*sensing the transferral, Jason figures that somehow he has been
moved somewhere else...and he just hopes that it is somewhere
safe. Unable to take the pain any longer, he falls to his knees,
letting the energy out of him as quickly as he can, not worried
about keeping it in any longer. Suddenly, the air around him
seems to explode as the crimson energy envelops him in a ball of
energy, which promptly seems to flow into the floor. The floor,
now glowing as red as the energy, seems to pause for a moment,
something which gives Jason a chance to react, a chance that he
instantly takes. Rolling away from the spot on the floor, he
barely gets out of the way of following explosion* Whoa....*he
blinks, thoroughly stunned by what just happened.*
*she stands back leaning agaisn the wall, arms crossed before
her..a frown of disaproval crosses her face as she watches him
unleash the powers, showing no attempt at control..she lets the
little display continue through its finale then steps forward,
her tone once more harsh with discipline* next time control it!
*his senses regained, Jason gets to his feet and nods, not
looking at Venin. He was able of putting two and two together
now...if he got angry, or frustrated, it just showed up. And if
he could irritate himself enough...maybe through her
drill-sergeant orders...that might do it* Ma`am, yes Ma`am! *he
barks his reply, focusing on her harsh tone, and the snooty
waiter that he had refused to give a tip, and just about
everything that had been bothering him for the last month or so.
And, to his pleasent surprise, there it was again, growing, but
not festering. He was taking everything that had had ever made
him mad now and gathering it up, letting it condense. He breathes
in a deep breath, then lets half of it out, like he would in a
firing range. This time, however, his body was the rifle, and
this weird sensation the bullet. It was the oddest sensation in
the world, but the energy wasn`t burning any more...it was more
like he was just very flushed*
good! now study it, learn it....*she had watched him earlier, she
knew what had triggered it..anger was what initally triggers it
in most, anger or fear.....from there they then learn to control
it* Harness it *she indicates the room* whenever you feel it
coming on and you cannot control it signal control and have
yourself immediately transferred to a training room *she shrugs*
unless you want to do clean up afterwards
*Jason forgoes nodding to Venin just yet, as the energy is still
building up in him. Once it gets to the point where he feels that
he is going to lose control if he builds up any more, he winds
up, like he was going to throw a baseball...and promptly sends
the energy in the opposite direction of where he was
aiming....the blast crater from before ((blasted dice!....~_~)),
the energy going wild.*
*This time she does smile and nods as he obviously tries to
control the powers* thats better *powers are never instantly
controlled by their wielder it takes a long time to get full
control, especialy when training is this late, but at least hes
trying* Don't be afraid of damage here, These rooms can take
anything you can dish them....they can contain the most powerful
of us
*once the resulting explosion has passed, Jason nods. His knees
were weak now...doing that twice in such a short period of time
had seriously drained him. He does, however, manage to get out,
one more "Yes Ma`am" for good measure*
Ma`am...requesting permission to go lie down? *Jason smiles
weakly...his condition must be obvious to Venin...and while he
fully didn`t expect her to grant him permission to rest, he
figured now was probably the time to get on her good
side...that`s why the smile. In reality, he expected her to order
him to run laps, or give her pushups now, or something.*
*She's silent as she looks him over...well he's apparently shaped
up from what he was earlier...just needed a good kick...* Denied!
go to the mess hall first, then return to your quarters...your
excused from duty today, but tomorrow you will attend all
classes, and will read all assigned materials