'Hot' Morning Workout

[Ember]

Aideen let out a breath as she stared back at Mason. Her tan skin was glistening from sweat and her chest was rising and falling with each heavy breath. Her dark chocolate eyes met Mason's own dark hazel eyes as she looked up up at him from the closeness of the situation. A slow, seductive smile formed on her face as her eyes got a bit of a sultry look to them. "Me? Give in?" she said biting her lip a bit as a smirk formed on her face that added to the seductive little act she was giving him.

"Never." Aideen's head shot forward, the harder top part of her head hitting Mason hard on the mouth. It was enough for his grip to loosen and Aideen to shoot into action. Her hands pressed against his thumbs to get loose, since the thumb is the weakest muscle of the hand. She pushed him a bit away from her, brought her knee up between them and kicked out hard enough to send him to the floor. She pushed her self from the wall and smirked down at him now. "So.. ready to call it quits?" Aideen asked with amusement behind her voice.

[Hotwire]

Ariel walked into the gym to in her workout clothes- a black sports bra with matching black shorts, and her hair tied into a messy bun atop her head. Like normal she came after the majority of her team was already there, and when she was lucky she caught the ending of Mason and Aideen's daily spar. Today she was lucky, and saw Aideen kick him onto the floor right after being pinned to the wall. Ariel laughed to herself and smirked. Well I'm a little jealous that was kind of hot right there, but then that probably hurt, she thought as she looked at Mason on the floor. "Well good morning there Cap'n is the floor comfortable?" she asked with a smirk. Looking to Aideen, who seemed to fit right in, she grinned at her. "Nice one there, I almost wish I had been in his place," she said still smirking as she turned to Tracy.

Over the two months, Ariel had come to a bit of a realization. One night out with the team she was a bit drunk and made out with a random girl, and found she liked it. Since then she opened her mind and now she found herself checking out girls and flirting with them a little. She didn't even have to tell Tracy as she figured it out for herself but still seemed to be okay with it. She tried to tone it down around her, but sometimes she couldn't resist checking out a girl and thinking about how hot she was. Tracy's looking good in that suit too, yay for flexibility, she thought and then went over to a wall to drop her bag, taking out her hand wraps and boxing gloves. After she got both the wraps and her gloves on she went over to the big punching bag and started her daily stretches, taking deep breaths to get into her flow before pounding on the bag.

[Ironclad]

Mason was many things, but above all he was still a guy. And any guy would have a hard time not getting affected when they were pressed against a girl who was obviously gorgeous and hot in more ways than one and her face looked like the perfect image of seduction with just a little effort. He lost his focus for only a second to get his head straight and the next thing he knows he's on the ground blinking up at the smirking face of Aideen, who looked pleased as ever. "That was dirty Fox, I can't believe you pulled the seduction card on me," he said with his mouth slightly opened and he chuckled. "And shut it Reyes, she was playing dirty that caught me off guard," he said as playfully as he was able to, though Ariel knew him enough to know if he was serious or not. Mason got up and dusted himself off, chuckling to himself and slinging a sweaty arm around her.

"Yea, that warranted me calling it quits. Damn," he said patting her shoulder before stepping back and shaking his head. "When did you decide to use that trick? Living up to your nickname Fox?" Mason said still smirking as he went to grab their towels and toss her hers. He wiped himself down still in disbelief by the whole situation. Since Tracy, he was a one woman kind of guy and didn't go looking since he had no reason to. Aideen just came at him out of nowhere enough to lose his focus. Damn, I gotta hand it to her on that one. She's slick, he thought looking back at Tracy. "Fox plays dirty Doll, she got more tricks than we thought," Mason said with a chuckle, though he was proud of the girl. That's probably how she always got the upper hand in the contests against the Hellions.

He chugged the rest of his water and then turned his eyes to the newest member of his team. "Good workout," he said and handed over her water bottle just as Ariel began her workout. His eyes went back to Tracy, where they softened slightly as they always did.

[Chupacabra]

Alex had watched the sparring session while finishing his last reps. By this time he was drenched in sweat and almost done with his last gallon which was no longer frozen. He watched the two Corsair spar and it was amazing how good they were. Alex watched and took some mental notes on their moves, actions, and reactions. Hopefully one day I'll be that good.

Alex has been learning Martial Arts for about little over a month and was actually picking it up pretty well. When Aideen took out Mason to end off the sparring Alex decided to go hit the showers and go do something productive. He finished up the last gallon and went to the locker room to clean up.

[RUMBLE]

Clapping was heard from the dark side of the locker room. "I can't believe my eyes. Rictus just got his ass handed to him because of a hot bird giving him the bedroom eyes," Brock's voice rang out as he walked forward with a smirk, his eyes right on Aideen. Her glistening tan skin, the way her silky hair was plastered to her face from the hard workout, and Brock's favorite part, the way that workout outfit was nothing more than a second skin to that amazing luscious body. "Then again... who could resist it coming from you huh Beautiful?" he said in a low voice walking up to her slowly. He had been there halfway through their sparring session and kept his eyes on his latest conquest.

Brock's cold blue eyes took her as he gazed hungrily at her body, his eyes coming to those sultry full lips that mind his mind whirl at the thought of the possibilities that those lips could bring. "Some moves you got there Hot Stuff. When you gonna try some of them special moves on me? I'd love to feel your sweet body on mine like that," Brock moved his hands to her hip going up behind her to smell her sweet smell, like the best dessert out there. "How about it Hot Stuff? Wanna go make things hotter in the shower?" he said moving his thumb just a little bit past the top of her pants to feel the hot silky skin.

[Ember]

Aideen's dark eyes went cold when she heard Brock's voice. The petulant ass just can't take a hint. Fine. His choice. She grabbed his hand and twisted it all the way around and using the right force and maneuver she flipped him to the ground hard. A hard and sharp fire dagger formed in her hand and she brought it down to his neck, her eyes filled with a dangerous fire. Aideen placed one foot on his chest and leaned over him. "You want another lesson why you keep you're hands off of me?" she said in a cold dangerous voice. "Fine, next lesson."

At those words, her fire dagger moved down and sliced across his shoulder quickly, the smell of burning skin filled her nose as she made a neat and painful cut from his shoulder to his chest, stopping inches away from his heart. Surprisingly it took a lot of restraint from Aideen to not go further. Blood pooled from the deep cut as well and blisters formed at the sides of the cut since her fire weapons according to Beast got close to 1000 degrees when she formed them. His shirt was split at the cut area and stained with blood and burns.

"Need me to repeat the lesson," Aideen said in a deadly calm voice, never one to second guess this kind of stuff thanks to her uncle's influence. This time it was personal and all the more easier. She leaned up away from him and a cold smirk formed on her face while looking down at him, fire licking from her fingertips around her dagger. No one touches me when I don't want them to.

[HeartString]

Walking over as she had seen Ariel come in and she needed a breather before she did her tumbling Tracy caught a glimpse of Brock staring lasciviously at Aideen and then she watched in awe as he actually put his hand in her pants. "Oh god this is not gonna be good, I'll be right back" Tracy said and rushed over to the sparring area.

Mason was there so she wasn't too concerned, but when she saw the look on Ember's face and read the emotions in the room she knew she would be needed soon enough. "Oh god, Mason!" she said as she saw Brock get flipped and sliced with one of Aideen's fire weapons. "I thought you said she had control!?!" Tracy said and rushed forward.

[Ironclad]

"She does have control," Mason said putting a hand on Tracy's shoulder to keep her back, his eyes hard on Brock. "The freaker put his hand in her pants, and she didn't kill him. I call that control." His dark eyes gazed hard at Brock. "What the freak do you think you're doing Brock? What did we talk about? You're lucky you didn't get worse and I'm not gonna follow up on her, and my guns are never far away," Mason said in the dangerous voice he used whenever he was on the edge.

"Answer her question Van Alstyne. Learned your lesson? I don't wanna put a bullet in you but I will. Don't mess with my girls," he said looking at him calmly and hoping this would be over quick.

[RUMBLE]

"YOU freakING CRAZY BITCH!" Brock seethed through his teeth as he groaned in pain, eyes looking up at her coldly. Christ she's hot, even like this. That's okay she's gonna get it one of these days and take it like the bitch she is, he thought and got up painfully. "Yea I learned my lesson Rictus," Brock said with gritted teeth. He walked up to her so they were close and he looked down at her, breathing heavily. "Now I got a pop quiz for you Hot Stuff. Wanna know what happens when a bitch in heat needs to be cooled down?" Brock asked in a low voice, eyes glinting dangerously.

His palm flattened and he caused the ground under them to rumble a little bit sending a small seismic ripple under them. In that second of distraction, Brock's hand went up and he backhanded her right in the face and hard. Hard enough to send her to the ground and to look back on his hand to see blood on it that wasn't his. "You bring her down to her place," he said with a dangerous smirk that was not as cold as hers, but a hell of a lot more malicious. "Look at that, you're right where you should be. Looks like you passed," he said to her in a dangerous voice, perverse thoughts running through his mind as he looked down at her.

"freak you Rictus, she needed to be cooled down. She freaking sliced me and got only half of what she deserves," Brock spat down at her, getting a little weaker from the blood pooling down the front of his shirt.

[Hotwire]

"OH shit!" Ariel said, having stopped jabbing the punching bag to see this. Brock went too far this time and she thought he quite had it coming. Oh shit that was hot! Kind of bloody, but HOT! she thought as she couldn't help laughing a little. She walked over to see him laying on the ground bleeding and crossed her arms over her chest as her lips twitched to keep a smile down. "He had it coming, Trace," she said as she stood next to her and shook her head. "Damn," she said, only to be silenced by the ground rumbling and Aideen getting backhanded in the face.

That's enough, he does not do that and get away with it, Ariel thought as she pulled off one boxing glove and electricity crackled around her hand and gathered into a bright ball in her hand. The lights around flickered as it gathered around her hand and surged up and down her arm. "I'll give you what you deserve," she said, bolts of lightning shooting so fast out of her hand and hitting Brock squarely in the chest for a good few seconds before aiming at his head. He does not do that and think he's going to get away with that and I don't care what Aideen says I don't stand for that shit especially since it's on the girl I think I'm getting a crush on, she thought as another wave of electrity traveled up and down her arm. "I'll freaking electrocute you for that," she said, just waiting for him to hit her next.

[HeartString]

"Oh no.No no no! Stop you guys, if you kill him I can't bring him back! Stop!!!" Tracy had seen her fair share of death and did not want to have her team be the cause of it. She would never get over the death she had felt at close proximity, when all a person is... suddenly is no more. It was an awful feeling to feel them go. She remembered Elixir at that moment watching Brock take one of Hotwire's electricity arcs. She felt something from her then, something of a protective feeling..almost what she felt from Mason when he would protect Tracy herself...but coming from Ariel.

She wanted him to pay for his actions too, but she didn't want it to go too far. She wouldn't heal him, she wouldn't. How can I not...I'm here to heal people...it's not for me to choose who needs or deserves it, but oh god he needs it now...but he does not deserve it at all. she thought standing there with Mason's hand on her holding her back, her mouth open and her eyes wide.

[Ember]

The only thing at that point that did stop Aideen from killing him was her control on her emotions. Her mind stopped her natural adrenaline from gaining control of her and doing what she was bred and trained to do. Aideen leaned up from her position on the ground, feeling the blood drip down the side of her face. Whatever ring he had on left a nasty cut on her brow, and she felt it. Her mind worked in overdrive, grabbing that surge of anger and impulse to dig a sai right into his heart and working it to the side of her mind. In the same method as a computer, her conditioning stopped her from going after him the way a virus scan catches a tracking cookie.

Aideen concentrated on a spot on the ground, her mind storing away that anger for another time and place. Right now, she needed to get out of here before she did something that no one would look the other way for. Wiping the blood that ran down the side of her face off, Aideen stood up slowly. She didn't even look at Brock or anyone else as she picked up her towel to wipe away the blood after wetting it with some of her water.

"I'm going out. I'll be back for practice," Aideen said in a deadly calm voice. She picked up her gym bag on the way out and left the gym, not looking back as her mind tried to settle itself in a calm itself and form back into her usual formation.

[Ironclad]

Mason already had his gun in his hand and pointed at Brock a second after his hand made contact with her face. "You dumbass, did you freaking think I was playing with you," he seethed when Ariel shot him with a bolt of electricity right in the chest. His gun was still pointed at Brock and he turned to watch Aideen leave without glancing at everyone. God damn, that's self control. I thought she was gonna kill the asshole. She needs to cool off though. The freaker got fresh with her, but to hit her? freak that, but from all the other times he confronted her I shouldn't be so damn surprised.

He walked over to Brock's body that was still slightly convulsing from the electric shock. His gun stayed on him while he leaned down to look at him with hard eyes. "You are one dumb mother freaker. What did I tell you about freaking around with my team? Huh? You realize you deserved all that shit? You better thank God that it's all you got. I ever catch you hitting her at all like that again, me just shooting you will be the least of your problems," Mason said in a low voice. He smacked the guy's thigh and stood up, his eyes moving to Tracy.

"Doll, I know you don't want to," he began seeing the look on her face, at this point knowing how to read her fairly well. "But fix him up. I don't want Fox getting in trouble, cause you know Cyclops won't be happy she turned to violence," Mason finished and ran a hand through his hair. "Leave Fox to cool off, she'll be okay. How was she doing Doll?" he asked Tracy with a sigh, patting Ariel's shoulder.

[Hotwire]

"The asshole doesn't deserve it," Ariel muttered as she took a deep breath in and exhaled out, the crackling electricity absorbing into her arm as she shoved her boxing glove back on. Smacking a woman is unacceptable, and it didn't help that it had to be Aideen. Ughh, whatever, he tries that again in front of me I will fry him, she thought as Mason patted her arm and Aideen left. Ariel normally was pretty chill and it took a bit to piss her off, which Brock had managed to do. She was also well aware of how useless having a crush on the fire girl was, but even still she knew she felt a little something there. She turned around and went back to the punching bag, jabbing at it and pounding at it again, concentrating to work off the anger.

She knew Tracy probably caught on to what she was feeling, but was glad she was staying near Mason because she didn't want to talk about it. At least, that was, not until she cooled off.

[HeartString]

"I.." Tracy took a step closer to Mason and Brock. She knew how she felt, and how everyone else in the room felt too. She looked back at Ariel, then down at Brock and finally up into Mason's eyes.

"...I'm sorry I can't. He earned his pain, and I wont undo it. I'm not here to cover things up and I am sorry this happened like it did, but it was his fault." She walked to the doorway and looked out and down the hall after Ember. "Aideen's a good kid Mason, and she doesn't need him groping on her. Forget it I'm not gonna fix this for him." It was a hard decision to make, and she did not make it lightly. She saw the look in her boyfriends eyes and felt him react to her words, the realization that she was not going to do as commanded.

"So now Ember's off the hook, I'm the one in hot water for disobeying a direct order from my Team Captain. I could have made this all go away but instead I'm choosing to make it right. I'm sorry Mason, I'll report to Cyclops for disciplinary action. He'll probably make me heal him anyway, but at least he's going to suffer for a little while and learn where to draw the line." She looked again at Ariel and making eye contact she nodded to her slightly.

She hoped this wouldn't put too much of a cramp in her relationship with Mason but she had to stand her ground on this one. "You'll want to stop the bleeding, there's a clean towel in my bag, and try not to pop the heat blisters it'll make matters worse. I'll let Beast know he's coming when I go by the Med Lab...if he's in." She walked out of the Gymnasium determined to not help that scumbag feel better after all he had done.