Cause that's where a Ranger's gonna be

[Decay]

Sky was in a case of some serious giggles and was trying hard for Ian's sake to keep her laughter quiet. A hand was clasped over her mouth and her thin body shook with laughter, first from Gavin's joke and then from Chase's comment to Heather. That right there was one of the reason why he was her best friend, just the whole bluntly honest and asshole nature was just amazing. Sky leaned over and put her forehead on his shoulder, still shaking from laughter. "You're so, heeheehe, wrong and yet so, heehee, right!" She said through muffled laughter.

Taking a second to compose herself as much as she could, Sky looked up and wiped a tear of laughter from the corner of her eye. "Oh man, Heather don't listen to him, there are much more ways to use your mouth that would be more fun for all period and hey if you're like me, you'll like it too," she said with another giggle, winking at Chase after glancing at the large purple hickey on his neck.

"Chuck Norris is the man, look at him pull out that gun. Other dudes didn't have a chance. Now he's gonna get action from that chick he just saved, even if they don't show it cause come on! It's Cordell Walker!" Sky exclaimed with her eyes glued to the TV and then looked back at Chase and Gavin, since they were the closest. "Chuck Norris man, he's so fertile that when he bangs a chick in America, a chick in China gets pregnant." Sky then looked at Heather and winked at her. "That's how its done."

[Torri]

"EEEeeeeew! That’s a gross idea, ew ew ew!" Torri whined quietly as she walked through the doors with her hands over her ears after hearing Decays latest 'Norris Notion' normally they were alright and the tiniest of the Acolytes had grown a small liking for the show her team mate Ian seemed obsessed over although who could blame her when it was part of some sort of rule that he be allowed to watch it whenever it was on TV.

Never the less Shimmer had gotten changed after dinner into somewhat a set of make shift pajamas consisting of some stretchy cotton trousers and a long sleeve baggy top. She didn't like the idea of proper pj's as she had a constant worry of something happening when she was sleeping and the embarrassment of having to leave the building in proper kiddie stuff was just far too much for her.

"Are there any crisps left?" She enquired quietly, shrinking down a little into her shoulders as she caught the look on Ian’s face that everyone seemed to be getting. She didn't want it too, he was still one of her team mates that she knew would be fantastic in a fight with but not too easy for her to be as friendly with as she was with Taffy and StormHawk. She adored those two; they treated her like a proper friend. In a way she saw them as her big brother and sister, Ian was in a way one of those cousins who you never spoke to much and Haven was his girlfriend who you spoke to even less.

That was her view on it anyway.

Looking up at the huge screen and pulling a face she mumbled quietly something about having missed most of the episode trying to find her slippers and not even finding them. Making sure that she would upset no-one interested in seeing every minute detail of the show, the tiny teen flashed invisible for a moment while she skipped past the front of everyone and plopped herself down on the floor by Gavin and Heather before regaining visibility again. It amused her endlessly how simple that aspect of her power had become, the part she was best at.

That in itself amused her, that she was indeed good at her power now. Shape shifting was getting easier with each team practice and with Iceman’s lessons on developing her mutation but what seemed to come as simple and fluid as breathing was her invisibility. Sometimes it came in handy too, if she had to sneak into class a little late or pass the Helions in the hallway she was a lot less timid if she could not be seen. "What’s happened so far?" She whispered up to her team mate with wide eyes, half looking at the screen still.

[Hardlight]

Turning with a smile and whispering he said to Shimmer "Hey Torr. You know those guys are the baddies, they're gonna finish gettin their butts kicked and then Walker's gonna say somethin and then the end- but the next one's starting right after so stick around for it." Kevin said slurping on his orange soda some more and turning back around to watch the end of the eppisode.

Sure as he had said the next one started right up after the comercial, but in the down time while the TV was selling Shamwows and Erectile Pills, Kevin had his eyes on what was going to happen with his new team member Katana and the girl who he had come to like even though Frostbite hated her.

He didn't take all of his influences from friends as he was his own person and so even though his best friend hated Ian and Niki, Kevin found them fun and inspiring in an odd sort of way. He saw inspiration in Haven because she had turned her life around in so short a time. She still had people problems, she wasn't very nice at times, but there were moments when she was and even sometimes she smiled and that was the coolest thing to see.

It was usually when he was with Ian, because Nikki never really opened up unless she was very relaxed or felt safe. Kevin had been spending a lot more time with Ian and so he was spending a lots more of that time with Haven around, he got to know her a little and what he did see he liked.

This part of her though, this 'going to kill you' part that it looked like she was about to do with Katana, this part Kevin didn't care for. He knew she would be great iin the next battle through something like Linbo but for a night of WalKer it was maybe a little too much. He hoped she didn't go too far. He didn't really like Leah all that much because she was a mess and he felt she should at leats try to pull herself together, but if she was going to get her ass kicked for talking during a show, well he might have to stick up for her. Kevin held his breath, not wanting to make an enemy of anyone, but knowing what was his place as the moral compass of the team he might have to get involved.

[Allure]

Veronika could only blink innocently at Haven's little threat, a convincing display of her looking completely innocent to any intentions that she may have had. "Pardon me," she said with an adorable voice, turning away from Haven as a smirk formed on her face momentarily. It appears I am a threat to the albino whore. Not that it is surprising, naturally I am the most obvious choice in just about everything. Looks, manners, overall on everything. If I was her I would be threatened by me as well. It is not like it's a competition or anything, I suppose if I decided to make myself as loose and easy as the albino whore, then I can steal away Ian in a second. A pity that he's not worthy of my affections, otherwise I may just do so for the fun of it. That silly albino is not worthy for someone like him, but I suppose she knows that without being told. Just look at him and then at her. Pathetic. The smirk left her fact to be replaced by an adorable pleasant smile, not phased by the threat that seemed rather empty and just plain amusing to her.

At the sound of the muffled laughter, Veronika glanced at her team and she could not stop the proud and almost smug look from coming onto her face. She was quite happy with the turn of events, despite that she would most likely would have chosen someone better for the team. Her dislike for Frostbite lessened some what since she broke up with Ian, perhaps cause she felt disappointed that Diesel traded down rather than up. Going from a girl who was out of touch with style was one thing, but going for a freak of nature who happened to be best friends with that harlot that Veronika so hated was just a large disappointment in her eyes. None the less, she was extremely pleased that Katana was off the Paragons and would not come back on.

Having Frostbite will be a much nicer turn for my team than that useless wrecked bag of bones. She has a much more useful ability and I suppose I can look past the hair as long as she is an improvement from that Butch Dyke that left our team. Now I can cultivate this team to surpass all the others easily. Oh this will be simply delightful. Veronika didn't need to say a word or felt the need to as she crossed her legs elegantly and winked at Sean, her mind conspiring things no one would ever think possible for such a sweet red headed girl.

[StormHawk]

Gavin was thankful for the end of the episode cause right then and there he burst out laughing at Chase and Sky. He nearly spilled his drink and his chair rocked from the shaking of his body while laughing. For a minute he didn't know what was funnier: Chase's rant to Heather or Sky's Chuck Norris fact. By the time Gavin calmed down from laughing, he had tears running down his face and was hiccuping. "C'mon guys, *hic* She can't help it, she's just a *hic* Brooklyn gnome. Oh man, I'm sorry Heather that was too funny," he said and took a long drink from the soda to get rid of the hiccups.

He reached down and ruffled Shimmer's hair affectionately. "Heya Short Stuff. Sky's just telling it like it is, you know Chuck Norris is the man," Gavin said before poking Heather. "Man Heather only you could mess up a Chuck Norris joke. It's supposed to be 'When Chuck Norris doesn't do push up, he pushes the Earth down.' It's times like this I'm convinced you're a real blond," he teased her and then let out another laugh.

Gavin handed the bag of potato chips to Shimmer and looked over at Chase with a big smirk on his face. "So... Chase you got into a fight with a vacuum cleaner there? Musta been one vicious fight. I take it you lost," he said with a snicker looking at the giant hickey on his neck.

[FreezeFrame]

Looking over to Gavin with a smirk Chase said "Yea duuude, you should see what else it left purple- heh heh." He grinned at the thought of Gavin on his knees, eyes wide and staring at him while he showed the massive hickies he had on and around his manhood. Thinking of his buddy looking at him, even pretending that Gavin would want to touch the spots that Sky had left him as reminders of their fun time, was starting to get him aroused.

Damn man I'm freaked up. This is getting me all turned on, shit! Maybe I am just a fag after all, what the hell. Chase didn't want to let on that he was getting hard or that it bothered him why he was. He needed to take his mind off a the whole thing. He looked on his lap at Decay's stretched out legs and reached to pull on her one sock. He pulled it and it kept coming, kept coming until it was almost off and left it hanging all floppy like and long dangling there. The stripes that were at the very top of the boy's style knee socks were now around her ankle and he tickled her foot for added measure. He could feel the pressure in his jeans start to fade and he was thankful.

[Diesel]

A small grin came on Ian's face when Niki let him know she was present. He loved that she knew just how to get through to him and calm him down when he was a bit tense. Sure the two of them had their own minor fights here and there, but in the end they always made up and came to some kind of an understanding. Times like this though, they both knew just how to calm the other down and make stuff look up a bit. Thanks to that, Ian was able to happily enjoy the rest of his show since everyone else was cool enough to keep it low when the show was on.

Ian needed this show, he had a lot of things to sort out. He was pissed as hell at Lorelai for just up and leaving the team and even more pissed that she barely gave him a chance to try and make things cool between them. He had been straight up with her from the start and told her everything even though he could have easily kept it from her and who knows where they'd all be now. Ian meant it when he said that he wasn't sorry for kissing Niki. At the time, he needed that kinda comfort that she was really the only one who could really give it to him after all they went through in Limbo. He was willing to work things out, and when she ended it, he really tried to be friends with her afterwards. She had still been his first friend really when he got to the school and it sucked that she didn't give a shit about that. After today, Ian was done though. He'd had it with her attitude that went on no matter how hard she tried. He was not dealing with her bitter little tantrums anymore or her attitude towards him. As far as Ian was concerned, Lorelai turned her back on the team and on Spitfire by helping out Rumble and now hanging out with him. He knew from Hardlight that if it hadn't been for Spitfire, both of them would have been done for. Ian was just plain out disgusted by her at this point, not able to believe that he didn't see the foul and nasty side of her when they met.

And to top it off, she got Katana stuck with them. That girl's reputation in the school was infamous around the school for her being as stable as a tower of cards on a windy day. Ian took on the role as a team leader and he didn't know how his team would respond to her. He for one was not going to deal with her shit. Ian heard more than once from the other Paragons, particularly Chase and Veronika how much of a whack job she was and her crazy bipolar mood swings. That was the last thing that the Acolytes needed.

Ian looked back behind the couch and gave a crooked grin at the sight of seeing Niki standing over Katana like that. "Babe, c'mere. I saved ya the best seat in the house," he said with a crooked grin and patted his knee, winking at her. They agreed that they had too many close calls today to risk going out at night to see each other, so he wanted to spend a bit of time with her before morning came. "The shows starting again soon."

[Haven]

Biting down softly and then pulling her bottom lip out from between he teeth slowly Niki chose to let the girl off the hook and leave this whole situation to diffuse itself. Less said the better, besides it is just a T.V. show and not a very good one at that. But dammit it's Ian's show and I'll be dammed if I let somebody ruin anything he likes. With a slow steady nodding of her head Niki took a step away from Katana.

She had made her point and the girl had said nothing, just sitting like a good girl the whole time that Haven had been standing over her. If she had a 'Scooby Snack' she would have given it to her and patted her on her head like a puppy dog, but that was a cruel thing to think for anyone. Katana had a similar childhood to Haven and so she, probably more so than anyone else, 'got' Leah.

There was hope for the ex-Paragon yet, she was at least not going to be teased by anyone outside of the Acolytes. Not now, not after she had surrendered herself to Haven just now. By her not speaking, and not doing anything off kilter Leah had unknowingly just began the process of building a bridge to her salvation. Haven winked at the new join and nodded her head in the direction of the door, granting permission for the girl to get out of the rec room with her little chessbuddy.

Looking back to her beau a smile very nearly played on her features as one of her eyebrows raised and her head cocked to the side a bit. Unfolding her arms she walked over to Ian and dropping her forcefield as she found herself in his protection she sat down softly on his lap. Her arms lightly sliding up and around his neck and her nose tickling it's way up his neck. Her lips planting little kisses on him until they were poised over his ear and she could whisper "Thank you, I was needing a place just like this to sit. Missed you Papi." she brushed his ear with her lips, he could hear her soft breathing and feel the sweet heat of her breath as she said "I just want to enjoy this time here with you...mmmmm" She squeezed his neck ever so, pulling herself to him, pressing her breasts against him as she did.

[Katana]

As Alex got up and walked away from the table, Katana noticed his limp. He's hurt much more than he's letting on. freak this place. Why does this always happen? I'm the sanest person here as I haven't tried to kill anybody. Seemingly to prove her point, Haven came over and stood silently next to her, giving her a homicidal look and quietly putting one finger to her lips to shush her. Katana just stared at the chess table as the anger welled up inside her. Nightcrawler said have a thick skin. Ignore them. So she stared more intently at the board and then peaked up at Haven to see if the girl's demeanor had changed.

For a few moments there was nothing but icy silence from Haven while in the background Katana could hear some of the other students laughing and talking, but in stage whispers as they were being more careful not to disturb Ian than she had been. As the show ended and Ian called to Haven, the girl nodded to the door and gave Katana a wink. What the hell does that mean? Only after Haven turned around and went back to Ian, did Katana slowly, furtively rise from her chair and quietly slink out of the room to go find Alex in the cafeteria.

[Aqua]

Heather stopped giggling and narrowed her eyes to Chase. She and him were generally pretty cool. She really wasn't the kind of person to take farts in the face well like Sky and Lian were; but hey that is how people choose their friends. She threw a chip to him and stuck out her tongue. She was very comfortable at the moment, being in Gavin's little nook that he allowed her to be in made her feel very good and safe. It was a strange feeling, but she overlooked it as her having love for her best friend.

Looking to Sky, Heather's eyes widened and then she started laughing. Sky was so wrong that way, especially with making hidden sexual remarks. Thanks to being friends with Veronika and Gavin, Heather was able to lighten up a lot over the past two months. Now she had a broader sense of humor and just able to not take things to heart as much. She was still fragile of course, but definitely toughened up a significant amount.

Seeing Torri appear immediately out of nowhere, did make Heather's heart skip a beat; causing her to tense up against Gavin's body. But she then sighed and shook her head. "Hey Torri," she whispered so not to get yelled at by angry Ian. She then poked hard Gavin in the gut for bothering her about her hair color and her joke. "Whatever!!" she whispered loudly into his ear. Chase's new remark made her slap her hand against her forehead. "Waaaay too much info," she replied while rolling her eyes. The sex talk between guys was a little too much for the Brooklyn girl. She still held the "V-Card" and was darn proud of it. However she knew that wasn't the case with several girls in the room, let alone the school. When it came to sex, Heather wasn't one to just give it up right away. It had to be with a guy she really loved and whom she was sure felt the same way.

The show was over, and she wondered what would happen next. Usually half of the group would disperse and do whatever else they wanted to do. Usually that meant Heather and Gavin would chase each other around the mansion and kill each other before bed. But tonight she knew he wasn't in the best mood even though we was able to laugh. Looking up at him she tugged on his shirt and smiled. "You wanna talk about the whole Katana thing after the next show?" she asked sympathetically. The good thing about Heather and Gavin was that they were able to talk about practically everything. She wanted to make sure he could vent everything instead of taking it out all on Katana during the next team practice.

[Torri]

Giving Hardlight a very cute grin and nodding her head quickly the tiniest Acolyte giggled softly as the end of the episode came around and everyone seemed to talk again. This time they where allowed, but it fascinated Torri as to the adverts that where on American TV because alot of them where really strange and she didn't understand what they meant. Sometimes she got funny laughs from her team mates if she asked about some of them and other times it was a pat on the head or more annoyingly a ruffle of her hair from StormHawk. which at that precise moment was exactly what she felt from her team mate. Torri let it slide though seen as she adored Gavin and really looked up to him as someone she should listen to. He was always really very nice but so cool too! Like Aqua! She liked her.

With a shake of her head Torri stuck her tongue out at Gavin and closed her eyes tightly at him. She didn't think Chuck Norris was 'the man' as everyone seemed to think. But she didn enjoy being with people while she watched the show. "I heard one of them the other day there you know, well, i didn't hear it really. I read it on this website i found, it was so fun it had so many games on it. I never knew so many games existed. And no-one even tried to make me get off the computer that time, it was brilliant!" With an excited look in her eyes the small blonde girl waved brightly at Heather and laughed a little as she shifted around and stood up by her knees, looking at StormHawk and thinking hard of one of the phrases that was on the site.

"Chuck Norris is so fast he can ... he can run around the world and punch himself in the back." Opening her eyes she gave him and Heather a sort of 'waiting to be approved' apprehensive look as if to ask if she was just being silly now and carrying on something that was finished. That was never fun and Shimmer was still getting used to talking to people so animatedly. At times it could not be helped and she simply rattled on about nothing even in particular, simply having to talk even if about nothing because she enjoyed someones company so much that she wanted to have them around more often. Other times she was a little worried that she might say something wrong and make someone angry. That was still one of her biggest fears, if she upset someone too much or got into trouble she would have to sit in the headmistresses office again and feel scared. Grown up women still frightened her alot, Karma was ... ok in a way. Shadowkat still seemed like a teenager really and Rogue was a little iffy too to the little girl.

Strangely enough she felt more keen to be around the male teachers than the females still. They always reminded her of mothers, and mothers held no good connotations for her at all. At the rate she felt, she never wanted to have children, ever. She liked to take care of people, but if it ever came to anything she would hate to be someone that her child hated, feared or cried about. Like she had over her own mum. Still to this day Torri had told no-one personally of how bad her past had been. Other than Ricker of course, but she felt ashamed for having told him at all, if anything it was something that hung over her head alot. One of the people she never spoke to anymore was someone who knew the worst of her story. Now Torri thought that keeping to herself about her abusive mother and tragic loss of a father would be for the best. People always got strange after hearing that kind of thing.

"Thank you Gavin!" She cheered gently at being given a crisp packet that was however miraculously still un-opened. Sitting back down on her bum and crossing her legs she tried to very carefully peel open the packet. There was experience in being deadly silent on her part, practice and necessity before this school. If she had ever been caught eating without her mother having been fully fed and each of her 'uncles' that came around all the time - some of which their faces where never seen again - being the same, then she would be sure not to eat anything until the following night close to midnight when her mammy would be either asleep in bed, out, or passed out on the couch in the sitting room. "Yay, thank you thank you thank you Gavin you are amazing! You know i love cheddar cheese flavour!" Leaning her head quickly against his knee happily she started picking out the crisps quietly. She enjoyed the flavour over any as she had realized upon arriving in America that the flavours where completely different and her beloved 'cheese and onion' was nowhere to be found. This though was the next best thing.

[Decay]

Sky gave Chase a weird look and pulled her sock off. "Was there a point to that?!" she asked with a laugh, shaking her head and popped her binky in her mouth while fixing her sock. She glanced at the TV and groaned when she saw that today was the alternate lineup. "Ok freak that. I am so not sitting through Matlock for nothing. CHUCK NORRIS OR DIE!" she yelled and pumped her fist in the air. "He IS AWESOME! I'd still totally do him now cause come on what kinda chick doesn't wanna do him. You know what they say right? The day Chuck Norris sleeps with your girl is the best day of your life. BOO YAH!" Sky said and let out a giggle, collapsing back on the love seat.

She turned her self around so her legs were hanging over the couch and her head was on Chase's lap. She screwed up her face all funny and pouty to poke fun at Heather and then laughed. "God Heather quit being such a prude, we all know you bounce around on that stick in your ass. Yea that's right I said it and what?" Sky said and turned her head to stick her tongue out at her.

"Seriously though, I mean it's not like the girls dorm is all pure and stuff. I mean, come on Heather, you're right next door to me and Lian and I know you hear us screaming down the hallway every night all those wonderful stuff and hear us play the PENIS game at 1am. Last week I was streaking through the hallway cause Lian chased me out of the shower with that fake dead rat, which totally looked real," Sky pointed out on a side before looking at Chase's neck and poking the hickey lightly. "Hearing these two talk about some simple bite marks shouldn't make you be all 'OH GOD. INTERCOURSE! NO ANYTHING BUT THAT!' Get Da freak over it," Sky said with a roll of eyes as she pulled up her shirt a little bit so she could clap her bony non-existent stomach. "And now for a drum solo," she said and clapped her stomach as if it was a comedy drum.

[StormHawk]

Gavin laughed a bit and ruffled Shimmer's hair again playfully. She was an adorable little thing and she reminded him so much of his sisters back home that he couldn't help but like her. "Now that's a joke. You oughta give Heather some lessons, she really needs them," he said with a chuckle that turned into a loud laugh when Sky spoke. "Oh man! Thats hahhahahha hilarious! Oh shit man," he said laughing with one hand on his stomach that was really starting to hurt from all the laughing.

"Whoa wait," Gavin stopped laughing and looked at Sky with his mouth open a bit. "You were streaking down the halls? What the hell I wanna live in the girls dorms!" he said with a laugh and a look of disbelief. He looked down at Heather and snickered at her. "I surprised you're not blushing like crazy when Dr. McCoy touched on anatomy in science. Actually you did, didn't you?" he teased her and continued snickering.

"Guys we gotta stop talking like that in front of the gnome. She's like the FCC from like the 1940s were you can't say 'pants' or anything that obscene. Heh like that Simpsons episode," Gavin added chuckling. He wasn't a Matlock fan either so he could spend his time indulging in his favorite hobby of bothering Heather.

[Hardlight]

Kevin rolled his eyes at the scene on the TV. He didn't care for the show and the general ruffhousing around that would follow a Walker episoed was not his thing really. He still liked to be softer and more refined he told himself but really he only ever wound up getting hurt when he would try and horse around. Once he banged his head on the table prety hard and then another time he got hit in the eye by one of Skylers elbows and it looked like he was some little thug from the way it got all black and blue. He looked to Veronika and with a pleeding glance raising his eyebrows up he smiled at her.

Usually this time of night him and Loralei would go off and hang out, but tonight she was gone. It wasn't like he was choosing Veronika as a second choice because they were really close friends too, but he needed to talk to sombody and she was there. He might have talked to Ian, because they were tight but he looked like he was having fun with Nikki in his lap and her arms wrapt around him. He screwed up his mouth for a second or two bitting on his lip before saying "Veronika? You got plans? Cause I was um, wondering if," he shruged a little "-uh, can I talk to you please? It's kinda," he was going to say important but he didn't want to put any pressure on her. He wondered if he had been too needy and part of why Frostbite had left the team "well it's O.K. if you can't, but I was just hoping you know?"

[Allure]

Veronika was torn from her daydream about her parents upcoming visit by Kevin speaking to her. She flipped her hair and returned his smile with a dazzling one of her own, keeping up her image perfectly. "Of course darling, I always have time for you no?" She said and stood up daintily, swishing her hair around to shield her from the disgusting sight of that albino mutt slobbering all over the handsome jock. It was more grotesque then the hairy half ape man shirtless. "Come Kevin darling, let us go somewhere more private," Veronika said in her sweet light Russian accent as she walked with Kevin out of the room, waving to Chase, Sky, Heather and Gavin on her way out.

Kevin was one of the few people that Veronika did truly like in a sense. He was well dressed, well mannered, and a person of absolute taste, the perfect friend and companion for her. He met all her high standards and Veronika was smart enough to know how to bend his will just slightly so that he could see a little more than just the sweet side of her and not condemn her for it or give it away to others.

Thank God to leave there. That albino's cheap perfume was making me gag. They're meant to be sprayed lightly, not used as bathwater. Speaking with Kevin will be a much better way for someone like myself to spend time. "Where do you want to talk darling Kevin?" she asked in a sweet concerned voice.