Agent Cassandra Reed; Agent Niah Bautista; Agent Zoya Nikolova
Location: S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy - Building Two: Training Facilities
Cassandra after getting her things set up she stood in a small training room, she got a few things set up after the round of questioning and getting her mind read the whole nine after finding out that Agent Rivera was a HYDRA Agent. She stood in the room there was a shooting range she had set up along with a few ICERs set up on the table as Cassandra started to set up a few shooting range targets. She figured she would start with some shooting practice since they would be out in the field and they needed to learn to shoot if it did come down to it.
It was a bit of a blur to Niah. She moved through the motions of getting her stuff. She had carefully packed everything she would need for a field kit. Even making sure she had her childhood microscope. Though with some testing she was able to realize her vision would be more powerful than it for most things. She could easily tell the difference between hair types, but she couldn't get DNA, she would still need equipment for that. She didn't have as much of a chance at testing her distance with her new enhanced senses.
Niah met with Agent Reed and had asked for some help with her shooting. It was something her and Antoine had been working on, but she had less than a dozen lessons. She knew she had to get back into the shooting range as soon as possible or she'd never be able to get past the emotion she felt when thinking about it. When the appointed time came she made her way there, pausing outside the door of the range. She wore the gloves from Marygold now, finally having learned she had a secondary power. She was thankful for the gloves, fearing that touching the door would open not just the power, but her own memories. That was something she didn't think she wanted to experience. Niah took a deep breath and stepped into the range.
"Hello, Agent Reed. How are you today?" She held out her gloved hand to shake Agent Reed's.
"What all have you planned for us today?"Z was mildly impressed with the after-measures following Rivera's big reveal. It was a bit like putting the umbrella up after it had stopped raining. Of course, she was miffed with herself as well. She'd been friendly with Rivera and never once caught wind of her true self. So Z endured all the testing and the mind probing and whatnots unsure of their actual effectiveness keeping in mind Rivera had already infiltrated them and not only that, she'd managed to sneak into the experiment program. The thing still bothered Nik, but there was nothing, in particular, she could do, but be more vigilant and careful.
If there was a bright spot in this whirlwind of confusion and insecurity, it was when
Terry had arrived at her doorstep. Shortly after all the medical check-ups and other testings had finished Z'd received a call about a delivery waiting for her at the dorms. Guessing immediately what it was, she'd rushed to witness her beautiful Triumph Speedmaster chopper, Amaterasu or Terry for short, being unloaded from a delivery truck. She was beside herself and couldn't wait to show Terry to Niah. But that would have to wait for another time as she needed to move her stuff to the Buss and begin the training with Agent Reed. Agent May would have been Z's first choice, not that Reed wasn't an outstanding agent... It was just... Agent May! The Cavalry!
But she was worried about Niah losing Antoine to the experiments and wanted to be there for her as much as possible. So Nik had agreed to train together with Agent Reed.
As Z walked into the range, she found Niah and Cass already there. Nik gave Niah an encouraging smile and a polite, if albeit curt, nod to Agent Reed.
"So, what do we start with?" Z asked in a respectful tone. Of course, she needed training in team tactics and maybe some pointers on how to boost team morale, to help the agents under her care perform better, but she was sure Cass had a plan for their training sessions and there would be time for Nik to share her concerns and ask for guidance.
Cassandra turned her head when she heard the door opened seeing Agent Bautista come first and gave her a friendly smile and shook the fresh agent's hand.
"Sorry for the loss of your friend during the experiment, my cousin isn't really known for sugarcoating things." Cassandra said, as she looked over towards the door again seeing Agent Nikolova come in next for training as well.
"Glad that both of you are here." Cassandra said as she waved the two of them over where she had some ICERs on hand.
"First thing I'll be teaching you how to shoot, and once you are comfortable handling these then we will go over mission tactics and strategies. And if we have time then we will go over to a shooting course, using the ICERs we have and you will go against one another." Cassandra said looking at them and gestured towards the eye and hearing protection if they did need it and the guns.
"First though tell me what an ICER is and what it does."She nodded her appreciation at the consolation about Antonie.
"Incapacitating Cartridge Emitting Railguns, originally a 'night-night' gun. It knocks people unconscious." Niah said as she put on the eye and hearing protection. She then took a spot along the range in front of a gun but didn't pick it up. Niah was looking forward to everything Agent Reed said they would be doing, except the shooting course. She didn't think she would be able to hold her own against Z, or honestly even bring herself to shoot her friend. It didn't matter that it would be an ICER round.
Z walked to the ICERs and picked one up respectfully. She had experience with handguns but had never fired an ICER before. Admittedly the principle would be the same, though without knowing the characteristics of the weapon...
"It's basically a tranq gun on steroids." Z added her two cents in to what Niah had already said about the ICERs.
"Can't say I've ever fired one. What's the recoil on these?" Nik was turning the gun this way and that in an attempt to gauge the workings of it with her engineer's eye. Unfortunately, firearms technology was beyond her preview.
"If any." She put the gun back down. Z wouldn't mind the practice at the shooting range. But personally, she was more keen on those mission tactics and strategy lessons. She looked at Cass a bit uncertain but forged on.
"Um... I was wondering if you could also give me some pointers on how to... Well... Rally the troops so to speak." Nik fidgeted a bit.
"You know, raise team morale and stuff."Cassandra smiled and nodded at Niah.
"That is correct, originally made by Fitz as well." Cass said as she watched Niah put on the eye and hearing protection, then looked over towards Zoya and nodded slightly.
"Yep, powerful enough to take out a mutant as strong as Sabertooth. Which I managed to do in that very mission you all did in the Framework." Cassandra then moved over towards one of the ICERs on the table and picked it up, removing the clip, and showed the bullet inside.
"The bullet contains Dendrotoxin which stuns a person essentially, very little to no recoil and completely harmless to those who end up getting shot by one." Cass said before looking back at Z when she asked about team morale and how to raise it.
"As a team, you will have time to get to know one another and work together as a team, but you would essentially become a family as well, make the time to get to know them. Compliment them, help each other out while off or on missions, watch each other's backs make them smile anyway to get to know the individual team members." She said and then motioned for them to begin shooting.
Niah picked up her gun, testing the weight of it. Niah reflected on everything Antoine had taught her, being careful with her stance and how she held the gun. She flicked off the safety and slowly applied pressure to the trigger. Her first shot missed. She winced mentally and took another shot hitting the target in the chest area, missing the heart, but it would not be a pleasant experience for whoever received that bullet. Though a vest would easily block it. She was not proud of herself.
Z followed Niah's suit and, putting on her ear muffs and protection glasses, picked up her ICER as well. Everyone in the army had basic training with various firearms but it was a hot minute before Z'd handled one. So she took a moment to feel at ease with her stance. Nik sighted the target and squeezed off three shots in fast succession. The first two shots missed horribly, but the third managed to ding the target in the shoulder area. Z glanced at Niah. She was having a slightly better time than Nik as one of her shots had landed square in the chest area of the target.
Okay, let's try this one more time. Z encouraged herself, readjusted her stance to compensate for her bad aim and slowly and methodically squeezed off the remainder of her clip.
Pop! A head-shot!
Pop! Another miss!
Pop! She hit the same shoulder as before. The remaining ICER bullets also managed to hit the target in various locations. Z placed the gun on the counter and removed her ear and eye protection.
One head-shot! I'm not as rusty as I thought.Cassandra stood back and watched as Niah took her first three shots, noticing the stance was a bit off along with the aim, one missed the target and the next one hit the chest area. Niah would need a little bit more help in the shooting department, while she looked over at Z seeing some of the shots miss. She did manage to get a headshot and a few good placed shots across the body.
"Your doing good." Cassandra complimented Z as she then turned her attention towards Niah and then approached her standing next to her.
"Its good you managed to hit the target, however you'd need to adjust your posture." Cassandra said as she gently helped Niah adjust her stance and then looked at her once more.
"The key is to try and relax as best you can and take a deep breath, then focus on where you would like your shots to go." Cassandra said before stepping away from Niah and motioned for her to try again.
"Once you two feel that you are comfortable with handling the guns, then we will hit the course." Cass said looking over at Z if she wanted to fire a few more shots it was up to her.
With a nod, Niah followed Agent Reed's directions. She relaxed into the stance picking up the small adjustments she had given her. Then she had an idea, would her enhanced sight make shooting easier? She focused for a moment to draw her attention to her eyesight. As she did her hearing left her. Even with the ear muffs on she had been able to hear Agent Reed talk, now she wouldn't be able to at all.
Her eyes watered as she sighted the target and her first shot went wild. She blinked away the tears and took her second shot. It completely missed the target too. Niah wiped at the tears clearing her vision and took one last shot as she exhaled the shot landed near the heart. A good shot against someone not wearing a vest. That was better, but she was going to be spending some serious time here. She dropped her enhanced sight so she could hear if Agent Reed had any remarks.
"Thanks." Z muttered at Cass' encouragement.
"I'm a bit rusty. But it's coming back to me." Nik said as she stood quietly to the side as Niah took some extra shots to get more familiar with firing the weapon. Shooting at the range was fine if you were new to firearms and wanted to learn to shoot in general. But Z had already gone through that in the army and only needed to reacquaint herself with the feel of firing a gun. The real training for her would be hitting a moving target in the field. She wasn't all too comfortable with using her friend as target practice however. But if that was the training exercise, she would have to grit her teeth and just do it.
"You did better that would certainly have been a kill shot. Both of you are doing well, just practice as much as you can and you will see improvements." Cassandra said giving Niah and Z a smile, before gesturing them to follow her into the next room where she had an obstacle course set up for them, which had various small rooms and hallways with bits of cover as well.
"So next will see how well you do against one another, do not worry ICERs are not lethal you will just be knocked out for a few minutes."Niah looked at Z trepidatiously as she pulled off her ear covering, she left the eye protection on. She knew she would want to listen to Z's movements. Niah moved into the course and started walking away from where Z was to find a starting point. She didn't focus on any senses, for now. Niah was satisfied with the crate she found down the hallway. It probably could have hidden her inside of it, but she couldn't get the crate open. Then she waited, Cassandra turned to see Z suddenly stop where she was, and watched helplessly as it suddenly happened, before yelling out for Niah to come over.
Wow, it's been some time since I've seen you all, hasn't it been? Did you enjoy my movie? I know I did, the soundtrack is also the perfect new sex mix! (Vanessa loves it, Piotr, not so much...But hey, when a guy has silver balls, you don't need much in the way of music to set the mood!) Anyways, it's Christmas Day every day for me, and guess what, someone else is on my
naughty list! And instead of getting a hearty helping of Christmas spankings, they're going to help me with my new yoga routine!
I like to call this one the
bend and snap. ...Wait, what? I don't get to go for the kill on this one? Awww, man!
"Sorry dollface, but you get to be dealt with by someone who knows me better inside than out - my psycho ex, Nera. Or is it Esren these days? Or Golds? It's so hard to keep up with the name changes, you'd think she'd just stick with one by now...But look out, she's got the hairpin of doom and destruction!" "Quiet Wade, I'm concentrating," Nera Hawthorn requested. That's her, craaaaazy! I think it has to be a ginger thing. I mean, you guys know what's happening to Luna and....Oh boy, I can't spoil that yet? Well, let's just say they aren't the only gingers with mental issues here! But wow, look at that form and technique! Z looks like a radioactive dildo and....Eww, she definitely does
not age well. Such flawless work with the Time Stone though on Nera's part, I have to say, it's a great murder.
"Shut up. Your commentary is irritating." "Awww, I remember when you used to hit me with an axe...*sigh* Those were the days..." But oooh, looks like Z is dead now! I wonder how that's going to impact Niah and Cass, having watched that? I guess it's time for me to toddle but I will say this....Your unit is still filled with HYDRA! Better watch out, Nazis are
terrible in bed and don't get much better in the coffin if you know what I mean.
Bye~!
Niah had been waiting for her mark, to say things went sideways wasn't even getting near the issue. She heard two voices. Agent Reed was yelling and Niah was there as fast as she could run there. Z, her best friend, was dead. Niah leaned against the wall. What was happening? She slid down the wall and sat on the ground. First Antoine and now Z. That wasn't even mentioning everything that had been happening since the framework. God this was all a terrible idea wasn't it. She removed her gloves reached up and touched her necklace. She pushed away her other senses reaching out with touch so she could just feel. Nothing seemed to change, but without the globe, she could still feel the familiar grooves of the necklace and it provided a little comfort.
Once whatever happened to Z she turned her attention to face Niah seeing the young agent collapse on a nearby wall, and quickly went over to comfort the young agent. And then quickly started to call in for a medical team to come in, today was just suppose to be a simple training mission.
"It's going to be okay Niah." Cassandra said comfortingly towards her and gave Niah a hug, as she watched a few minutes later there were other agents in and quickly started to see if there was anything that they could do, but there was nothing.
Niah found herself leaning into the hug, as little as she knew Agent Reed until recently.
"I need to get out of here. Do you run?" She took a deep breath, her hand still on her necklace. Niah needed to run.
Cass watched the agents starting to put Z's body into a body bag and then they brought out a stretcher before they started to drag the body away. She sighed quietly to herself two more agents in the Phase Three Program were now dead, her attention then went towards Niah and gave her a smile and nod.
"Sure we can do that the rest of the day if you'd like." She offered.
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