Carolina Reed
Location: The Xavier Institute
Carolina had just left her room, carrying her drawing notepad in one hand as well as her pencils in another, as she started to head down the hallway. She still couldn't really believe that it had been a year since their last mission which was successful, and took down Magneto. She didn't have classes at least as far as she could tell, as Carolina walked into the common area of the Mansion seeing one other person sitting on the couch. Carolina gave Mirembe a friendly smile and wave towards her, as she decided to start randomly doodle on the notepad there.
Then she paused for a moment, her attention turned towards the TV seeing that the news was playing the news reporter doing a story on the MRA. Which made her blood run cold, and seeing the presidential candidate Alexander Jakobsen's face on the news, Carolina really and truly hated OMEN. Carolina blamed both herself and the two agents that killed her friend in Coventry, which she managed to kill one of them as well.
"Can you change the channel please?" Carolina asked, looking over towards Mirembe as much as Carolina liked to watch the news, all that was being played on there was the MRA as well as the election coming up.
Cassandra Reed
Location: The Xavier Institute
Cassandra spent the last few minutes doing her routine of exercising as she made a run around the mansion, she had been with the X-Men since this assignment had started. So far she enjoyed working with the team, and working alongside her sister more closely now as well, Cass was running around, when she made it towards the front of the mansion on her third lap now. When Cassandra noticed a car coming up to the front of the building. Cassandra stopped for a moment as she watched rather closely, seeing a young guy coming out of it, and spotted Marygold tending to the plants there.
She watched the two make a few pleasantries before the boy turned and started to make his way towards the inside of the mansion, she shrugged slightly. However Cassandra was a little bit curious and started to make her way over towards Marygold and gave her a quick wave and smile.
"Hey Marygold, who was that you were talking to?" Cass asked, she assumed that he was actually just a new student, but she couldn't help but be a little bit curious.
Cassandra Reed & Guinevere Stark
Location: The Xavier Institute, Cassandra's Room
Cassandra sat in her room in the Xavier's Mansion, she was leaning back in her seat as she started to go over some of her SHIELD reports to Director Fury. It had been a few weeks since the last mission, which she was still very proud of everyone involved with the mission. The managed to take down Magneto and prevented the virus from being released. When she was finished sending the last of her reports, Cass went to go and tend to her
suit. There were a few holes and tears that she had been meaning to tend to for awhile now, she did a small patch up with her encounter with Sabertooth at the Hanson Powerplant, but it wasn't the greatest fix up job she had done to it.
There was a soft knock on Cassandra's door.
"Cass? You wanted to talk to me?" Guin said. Her paperwork had been processed the week before and she was now considered to be an inactive agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. until she completed her studies. She was in the midst of her final semester of undergraduate education and hadn't made any plans to apply for graduate school just yet. Truthfully, she wasn't sure what she wanted to do with her life.
Cassandra turned her head when she heard a knock on her door, seeing Guin she gave her a smile and waved her in, she had gone over Guin's paperwork and helped her send them out to S.H.I.E.L.D. HQ. She understood and respected her decision to put her S.H.I.E.L.D. career on hold, and she was pretty sure that Mr. Stark was happy about that. Cass set her suit aside for now and leaned back in her chair.
"Just wanted to see how things have been going for you, and catch up."Guin nodded, before taking a seat on Cass' bed.
"Things have been great - really. I mean, it's stressful doing the labs, but I love driving so it works going back and forth from NYU," Guin said.
"Plus whenever I'm too tired, Pietro gets me there and back in under a minute - which is fucking amazing. I can't imagine what the world must be like for him sometimes..."Cassandra gave Guin a soft smile as she started to listen to her, as she started to think of her time at MIT, all of her courses were really hard for her.
"I remember my studies back at MIT way back when, and just binging on ramen noodles, fast food and coffee." Cassandra said with a light laugh.
"It must be great having your super speeded chauffer to get you there and back again."Guin couldn't help but chuckle - yeah, that was pretty much her life right now. It was a frantic mess of lab reports and exams and problem sets, with the occasional break to eat, sleep, and maybe even watch a bit of a show if she was lucky.
"Way back when? You're not that old, Cass. You haven't even started to go bald yet," Guin then teased. It was nice, just talking with Cassandra - and it reminded her of how things used to be just a year ago, when Cass started to train her to be an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
"So...anything new with you?""True I haven't had a grey hair yet." Cass said with a light laugh as she ran a hand through her hair and stood up and reached for something under her bed. She pulled out a can of soda and tossed it over towards Guin, and grabbed one for herself before settling back down in her chair, Cassandra liked Guin a lot when they worked together back in S.H.I.E.L.D.
"Not much really to be honest, just reports, the occasional sparing match with Ayita, or my sister." She answered.
"Hows the ability training coming along?"Guin raised her feet up as Cassandra reached underneath her bed, careful to keep Cassandra from accidentally brushing up against her. Despite Professor X's insistence that she could get her powers under control, she hadn't been able to do so just yet. It tended to be flares of emotions - so for Guin, almost all the time - that ended up kicking them off. She caught the soda that Cassandra tossed with a gloved hand, sighing a bit as Cassandra asked her how ability training was going. It wasn't that great. For once, Guin was actually struggling with something - rather than just getting it straight away.
"It's hell," Guin admitted.
"I mean, part of it is whenever I try to switch, it doesn't work. And when I try not to, it always seems to happen...Plus, it's weird - have to find someone you trust enough to switch with. And I really don't trust a lot of people...But then, if I switch with someone who also has a mutation, I can use their mutation. Like...Like last week, I got into an argument with my dad about something stupid and Pietro was trying to cheer me up - and I fucking switched with him. I didn't even notice how fast I was pacing around the room until Pietro told me to slow the fuck down." She sighed a bit.
"I've been working on upgrading my A.I....It helps a bit as distractions go. Hopefully I'll be able to control this fucking thing soon."Cassandra look a sip from her can as she listened to Guin as she started to answer her question about her ability.
"It does sound difficult, if you ever feel like practicing. I could help if you want to try switching with me that is anyway." Cassandra said as she ran a hand through her hair, as she thought about it for a moment.
"You know Carolina's is a little bit similar to yours in a way, she could also help out with that as well to. You are one of the smartest people I know, i'm sure you will find a way to control and master it." She suggested and gave a slight smile.
Guin nodded, hugging her knees to her chest. That was pretty much what everyone was saying -
practice and you'll figure it out. But that wasn't always true, was it? There were some mutations that couldn't be controlled - ones that just happened. Like Wonderland, her mutation was completely involuntary when it came her hallucinogenic touch. She bit the inside of her mouth for a moment before glancing out Cassandra's window.
"And what if I'm not as smart as people think I am?" Her voice was very quiet. It was something she hadn't confessed to anyone else.
Cassandra looked towards Guin for a moment before setting her can down, and moved over to sit down on her bed looking at her and gently rested a hand on her friend's shoulder.
"I believe in you, you are probably smarter then I am." Cassandra said looking towards her.
"You had a full ride to NYU, and you finished it in no time and you are the youngest SHIELD agent as well." Cassandra said trying to cheer her friend up.
She took a deep breath, trying to stay as calm as possible while she was making physical contact with Cassandra. It didn't help that she tended to be an emotional person and her powers were activated by strong emotions. She then shook her head.
"Is it because I'm smart or because of my last name?" Guin pointed out.
"Let's face it - I could have gotten a full ride to almost any school, just because my dad is fucking Tony Stark. That's the same reason S.H.I.E.L.D. recruited me as well - not for me but because of him." "It's not because of your last name Guin." Cass pointed out.
"Besides you could have turned down the offer to join SHIELD and yet you stayed, you always have choices and I will support whatever choices and decisions that you make, even if you decide to leave SHIELD permanently. We will always be friends no matter what you choose to do.""That's just kind of it - I don't know what to decide," Guin admitted. She took another deep breath, feeling a little less anxious at Cassandra's words. It helped to hear that one of her insecurities wasn't real - to have her self esteem brought up a notch. Yet just as her eyes started well up slightly, Guin blinked and found herself in Cassandra's body.
"Fuck, I'm so sorry...It'll wear off. I'm not very good at switching back...But um...longest was a few hours, I think? Please don't be mad.""Give it time Guin, you are still young and have a whole life ahead of you to decide what you want to do." Cassandra said, as she gave Guin another pat on the shoulder. Then all of a sudden she felt weird, feeling like her position had suddenly changed she felt a hand on her back, and heard her own voice next to her. Cassandra looked and saw herself, then looked at the mirror in her room and realized that she was now in Guin's body.
"Well, this is a little bit awkward." Cassandra said, looking towards Guin.
"It's alright, just you know don't ding up my body to much." Cass said jokingly.
Guin hesitated for a moment, before breaking out into a huge grin. She then just started to laugh - it wasn't a sad or pathetic one, but an earnest one. Something had just clicked in her head. Sure, it felt weird to be in Cassandra's body...but this wasn't something to be terrified of. She could switch back whenever she wanted, as long as she controlled her power - and didn't allow her power to control her.
"Thanks, Cass. You're the best fake older sister ever."Cassandra looked towards Guin, seeing her starting to break out into a grin and started to laugh, which she started to do as well, it still felt a little bit weird. But at least she would get her body back in a few hours, or if Guin managed to get it down and they would be able to change back.
"I try to be the best older sister I can be." Cass said with a light chuckle, looking back at well herself.
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