Acolytes Practice

[Colossus]

Colossus had once again woke up early and wanted to prepare everything for his team. He thought it would be a good idea to get some practice in early and to get the team working together now. Soon they would be in the Danger room and he wanted them ready for it this time. So, he found a place out in the lawn behind the mansion. It was far enough away to not bother any of the other students and with enough room to be able to spread out. Colossus preferred working outside. The cool fresh air always helped people wake up. It was cold out, but in any real life mission or situation you had to be ready for anything. Real danger and times when a student might need to help someone weren't going to happen in a classroom or in a comfy room. He felt that exposing his team to real life conditions would be a good way to help them build their bodies. It was the Russian in him.

Colossus had changed into his massive metallic form and began setting up the lawn. He had carried out a number of very large concrete blocks with hand holds. As well as steel reed bar. Deisel would need to work on his strength training and test the limits of his ability.

Colossus had also had four large blocks of ice delivered and brought them out. His main goal was for Lorelai to work on her control of ice. Shaping and changing its structure. This would be the feelign out process and give him a good idea where to help each student progress.

Setting up a large full body mirror and beside the mirror he had placed a set of large canvas's. Will all kinds of colors and patterns. All different and some plain. He hoped that exposing Shimmer to the different colors and patterns would help her feel where the ability was coming from. So she could pull on it with ease.

With everything in place he nodded and crossed his arms over his chest. Now he just needed his team.

[Hardlight]

His team had been called to practice, and even though Kevin didn't like sports he wanted to get good grades. Walking outside it was cold and he had no idea what he would do on the team, or what position he would play.

He saw the big man and said "Hello, I'm Kevin, am I in the right place?" He was wearing a sweatsuit and he had pressed it so it would look nice, he hoped it would stay clean.

[Colossus]

The big man turned to face Kevin and smiled. His thick deep voice filled with his russian accent called out. "Welcome Kevin. But firsts things first. While practicing and training, will will go by code names. Hardlight correct? I have read your file since you have been placed on my team. It seems I do not need to set anything up for you, as you seem to have the ability to create your own. What I would like to work with is how big and small you can make something, also how much detail, and finally what kind of structure these things have. Please tell me what you have learned on your own till now."

[Hardlight]

Looking at the big metal man confused at first, he grinned a half grin and said. "I like horses, unicorns, pegasus', I can do also flowers and geometric shapes are fun especially." The shapes were easy and it was how he realized his powers to begin with, so it would always be easiest for him he thought.

"I want to try a portrait. Uh, is that what you call it? You know, like the head and the neck and the shoulders?" he asked the big Russian sounding guy.

[Torri]

Torri strode across the lawn in her normal attire, looking like death itself with her scruffy bed hair and eyes that could shoot daggers given the chance. She didn't like the fact that she was up extremely early for her body clock timing. She was usualy up very late into the night, thinking, dreaming. And that gave little time for sleep. "Hey, yea *yawn* im here!" she announced to anyone, pushing her arms behind her to stretch. "What are we doing?" she mumbled tiredly, rubbing her eyes and yawning again as she continued stretching her tired body.

[Colossus]

Colossus looked to the boy and nodded. "I see, very good. So a portrait. Of who? Or would you like to try and create a bust of someone?" He was offering ideas for the boy to try. "Now the items that you create, how long do they last? Are the permanent?" Colossus still had no idea the limits of Hardlight's abilities.

Then he smiled and looked over at the not so pleasent morning Shimmer. "Well good morning, glad you could make out here this early. I hope you have met Hardlight? He is the newest member of our team. I hope your ready to get started today."

[Hardlight]

"Yes a bust, that's what you call them. I have someone in mind he's" Kevin found himself smiling thinking of the wolf boy but when the girl who Riff~Raff seemed to have liked enough to leave with came out for the team practice, his expression fell.

"Oh nevermind- I can make some cubes, in different colors. They are not really permanent, might be i'm not sure, they are very fragile." He said trying to ignore what he was feeling "I don't feel like doing this now."

He turned to go back inside and get out of the cold when he saw three students nearer to the mansion fall over and a white haired girl, a fourth student laughing. 'These kids are hard to understand, are they playing a game?' He wondered. Then there was an explosion on the ground over there.

[Hardlight]

Hardlight stood there at his team practice with Colossus and Shimmer when the micro-bomb went off and then a much larger boom was heard from the front of the school. He felt the ground shake because Colossus had run away to the big boom.

He didn't know what to do. "What do I do?" he called to his team leader, but he had run off already. Seeing how the one girl started to get up he turned to Shimmer and asked "You coming? I think we should help." and he pointed to the spot where the Goth girl and the Implant kid and the Asian girl were at. "Come on!" he urged as he ran over.