[center][h1][color=6ecff6]Cassandra Reed[/color] & [color=773FE3]Jim Kennedy[/color][/h1][/center]

        Jim was day dreaming about a blueberry pie as he waited for Cassandra in the training room. He had a playlist from the 90's pumping throughout the area. Unlike with the newly graduated cadets, he felt comfortable letting his guard down and relaxing a little more around Cass. Of course, most recruits thought his guard was down around them already and that's the way Jim wanted it. [color=773FE3]"Morning, Cass,"[/color] he greeted with a smile. [color=773FE3]"Drinks and pie afterwards?"[/color]

         Cassandra got changed into something a little bit more comfortable for training, it would be her first time really to test out her abilities. And she trusted working with Jim as she entered the training room, and made her way over towards him, and gave him a friendly wave and nod. [color=6ecff6]"Good morning to you as well Jimmy."[/color] Cass said, as she stretched slightly and thought a moment when he offered some pie and drinks after their session. [color=6ecff6]"I certainly wouldn't mind, so long as your paying for the pies and drinks that is as well."[/color]

	He shook his head at her, chuckling. [color=773FE3]"Why do you always want me to pay, Cass?"[/color] he asked. [color=773FE3]"Just because I'm getting old doesn't mean I'm made of money. Plus, I've got a nephew to take care of. He's probably going to go to medical school eventually."[/color] Jim then set aside his water bottle and turned into his rock form, charging at Cass without any prior warning. Sometimes, you had to run before you could walk. 

        [color=6ecff6]"Your the one who always offers, the one who offers usually is the one who ends up paying."[/color] Cassandra said jokingly as she got ready, she didn't really pay attention to her shoe laces. [color=6ecff6]"I'm sure SHIELD has great coverage for family as well for whatever money they need for their agents families."[/color] Cassandra then watched as Jim went into his stone form, as she got ready she tried to dodge however she didn't know that she stepped on one of the lose laces which made her stumble forward into Jim's charge. Groaning loudly as she was knocked back feeling the wind getting knocked out of her, every part of her body stung as she laid on the ground while looking up at the ceiling.

	[color=773FE3]"I think you and I must be getting different benefits packages, since SHIELD isn't going to give my nephew shit,"[/color] Jim explained, getting up and looking down at her with a smirk. He held out a chiseled hand to her, waiting for her to get back up on her feet. He doubted it'd take very long. [color=773FE3]"So I guess now we know who wins in Stone and Bulletproof Skin, huh?"[/color]

       Cassandra rolled over onto her side slightly as Jim started to walk over towards her, offering his hand to help her up using that time despite her insides aching slightly from the impact. She used her legs to trip him over and quickly got on top of him pinning Jim to the ground, cracking her neck slightly. [color=6ecff6]"I'm just getting started you know."[/color] Cass said before pulling back and offering her hand to help him back up to his feet.

	Jim shook his head, jumping back up to his feet. He was expecting her to attempt to flip him or something. At her remark, he had to smirk slightly. She was a spitfire, that was for sure. [color=773FE3]"I'm gonna ask you a personal question, Cass - your sister,"[/color] Jim prefaced. [color=773FE3]"One of these days, the X-Men have to become a legit organization...S.H.I.E.L.D. offered them that...So how long do you think it'll be before she gets wise? The MRA was just the start."[/color] He then threw a kick at the back of her knee. 

        Cassandra shrugged slightly when Jim didn't take her offered hand and got back up on his feet, she started to get into a fighting stance as she looked at Jim letting him make the next move, raising an eyebrow slightly when he asked about her sister. [color=6ecff6]"The X-Men are doing fine for the most part even before the whole thing with OMEN and Jakobson. And S.H.I.E.L.D. sort of messed up when Mary found out about Phase Three, and we were sort of using them in a way I guess."[/color] Cassandra said as she quickly side stepped Jim's kick to her leg, and quickly did a round kick towards Jim's back. [color=6ecff6]"But it's her choice whether to stay with the X-Men, or join up with S.H.I.E.L.D. or settle down for a normal life. She is an adult now, so I cant force her to do anything that she doesn't want to do. And the last I talked to her she seemed content and happy with the X-Men now."[/color]

	[color=773FE3]"Maybe I ought to talk my nephew into joining the X-Men,"[/color] Jim mused, as Cass kicked him in the spine and he was sent flying to the ground. He turned into his rock form before he hit, in a way to kickstart a mild regenerative process, as that had smarted. Had they not been playing by dirty rules, he would have called foul - instead, he just smirked as he got to his feet again, slower this time. [color=773FE3]"Not bad, buttercup."[/color]

        Cassandra smirked as she watched her kick hit home as she stood there as Jim briefly turned to stone once more, she started to circle around Jim slightly watching and trying to anticipate his next move. [color=6ecff6]"Let me ask you a personal question now, why take the job for being the SO for Phase Three. Aside from training the cadets with getting used to their powers?"[/color]

	[color=773FE3]"It's all about the cadets for me,"[/color] Jim admitted. [color=773FE3]"I didn't have someone there for me when I got my abilities...Hell, I never see my own family as much as I desperately want to see them. I'm alive, but...I'm something new. And it's my job to give back - to help the next generation - to make sure they don't make the same mistakes,"[/color] he explained, staying light on his feet. [color=773FE3]"Plus, let's be real...If it wasn't me, they would've got some asshat to be the SO for Phase Three and those cadets would end up dead."[/color]

        Cassandra nodded slightly as she decided to try her second ability season manipulation, and try and get some use out of it and focused on the colder seasons as she watched Jim closely. [color=6ecff6]"Its certainly a better way to help the others. And someone who isn't an ass would be better as well."[/color] Cassandra said as she backed up from Jim somewhat in case he made his next move.

	[color=773FE3]"Yeah, I find that my day is always improved when the amount of asses in it is minimized,"[/color] Jim said with a cheeky grin. He then feinted a punch to the left, catching Cass off guard as he instead used the momentum and drove his entire knee up into Cass, turning it into rock as he did so. The younger SHIELD agent was sent flying upwards and would be incredibly tempted to empty the contents of her stomach. 

      [color=6ecff6]"You are the best trainer for them after all, and you certainly aren't like Fury."[/color] Cass said towards Jim giving him a slight smile as she started to focus on making the weather effect into a blizzard outside. Her eyes looking over towards the windows seeing the weather changing, that's when Jim made his move. Falling for the feint the moment she felt Jim kick her directly in the stomach, flying a few feet up into the air. When she landed Cass got down onto her knees nearly wanting to vomit all over the floor, but tried her best to hold it. [color=6ecff6]"You are definitely going to buy me some drinks later.."[/color] Cass said between deep breathes.

	Jim offered her a hand up. [color=773FE3]"Is that all I am to you? A human cash machine for drinks?"[/color] he asked, laughing a bit. He was planning on buying her a drink anyways. After everything that they'd been through so far in this program, he had no doubt that Cass needed one. 

       Cass smirked slightly but accepted his hand as she stood back up leaning forward slightly taking a few more deep breathes as her stomach started to settle down a bit. [color=6ecff6]"Not at all, you'd certainly be a great drinking buddy during our free time. I'll buy the next round."[/color]

	He nodded, looking at her. [color=773FE3]"So, should we continue to beat the shit out of each other or hit the bar now?"[/color] he asked with a smirk. 

        Cass smirked, before she decided to feint Jim with her arm, before feeling Jim grabbing her by the arm feeling herself suddenly being tossed over his shoulder and onto the ground with a rather loud thud. Cassandra looked up at Jim awkwardly before holding her arm out to towards him. [color=6ecff6]"I think i'm done now. And I am ready to hit the bar now."[/color] She said awkwardly