Drop and give me fifty!! - OTA

[captaine_sykes]

The open space in the center of camp has been cordoned off for the last couple of days, Ethan has been over seeing as the ground is remarked with clear distinction of combatant training areas. Posters have been dotted around camp notifying the team that they are all expected to attend the team training days that are up coming. First of all is the

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[angelica_jinx]

Angel needed help. Not just because one on one time with Ethan was scarce since coming back but because Angel hated to exercise. There was only one instance in which she didn't mind being sore, sweaty, and dirty and Ethan said while there were cardiovascular benefits, it didn't count as exercise.

So about 30 minutes after lunch, Angel appeared on the field in her government issue workout attire and a ponytail feeling a little sleepy after a big meal. "What do you say we skip all this and go take a nap together?"

[captaine_sykes]

How on earth Ethan is meant to concentrate when Angel is not only sporting some incredibly tight tracksuit bottoms but also a t-shirt that clings like a second skin he'll never know. Forcing his mind back out of dangerous territory he smiles, trying to put aside the fact that he's started to associate hot and sweaty Angel with bedroom (or anywhere private enough) and other cardiovascular activities.

Knowing that the location is far from private, but private enough Ethan draws Angel in closer, pressing a soft kiss to her lips and resting his hands on her lower back. "Now, now Miss Jones, that's not in the spirit of team effort and equality is it? Wouldn't want everyone else getting wind that you'd gotten preferential treatment now?"

[angelica_jinx]

A slow grin tugs on her lips as she slides her arms up around his neck. Even on her tip toes, he was still going to have to bend to kiss her unless he picked her up. Height differences are fun, aren't they?

For a second, she forgets how public they were being and just enjoyed the kiss. Even pressing all those tightly clad, albeit slight, curves against him. She gave him the big eyes. The puppy eyes that seemed to fill up her face. "Maybe a little special treatment?"

[captaine_sykes]

Angel earns a honest laugh from Ethan for that comment and a shake of his head as he finally manages to pull himself away from his girlfriend and put some distance between them. Even if it is just a step or two back.

"Come on now, you'd grumble if it were someone else getting the preferential treatment. I'll go easy on you, just warm up and we'll see what skills you've got to put to use." Ethan realises what that might sound like and flusters, coughing and clearing his throat. "I mean in the sense of what hand to hand combat skills you've got... not anything... you know what I mean."

This dating thing and not saying the wrong thing is going to be far tougher than he first thought.

[angelica_jinx]

The distance earned him a pout then rolly eyes and a sigh. "What's the point of dating the boss if I don't get any perks?" She teased. He could have been janitorial staff and she still would have fallen for him like a ton of bricks.

Though he was pushing the right buttons when he said he would go easy on her. She wasn't super competitive. It wasn't like she would go all Tanya Harding on anyone but as someone that seemed to constantly be justifying her place on the team, it got her back up. She couldn't even appreciate how cute he got when he got flustered. And he was.

Giving her body a twist to stretch her back and hips, she then bent down reaching for the floor to stretch her legs. She certainly wasn't the most bendy person on base. That was probably Betsy with all her ninja stuff. But for a normal person and only beginners yoga Angel was pretty flexible. A fact that Ethan already knew intimately.

Once she was nice and limber, Angel bounced around in front of him like a boxer waiting to throw the first punch. "Now what?"

[captaine_sykes]

Whilst Angel had been stretching Ethan has been filling in the various paperwork and forms that comes with running these assessment days. He doesn't need to warm up as this is what he has been doing all day and okay, there might be a slight moment of him pretending to be reading something on his clipboard whilst he watches Angel out of the corner of his eye.

Next time he's going to make sure that these are held indoors, perferably nearer to the showers so he can urge Angel in there afterwards for a little one-on-one cooling off.

His skin might suddenly appear a little duller as his mutation kicks in but beyond that Ethan gives no other sign that he's using his mutation. "Let's see what you've got then. Try and hit me with your best shot."

[angelica_jinx]

Angel knew how to fight without her mutation. Heck, Emma trained her and she'd been on other teams but it wasn't what she was best at. She didn't know kung fu. She wasn't super strong. And actually she bruised like a peach so if she could avoid it, she did, but she could fight.

Debating what exactly her best move would be, she knew his armor was up so it was likely going to hurt her more than him. If she was going to be effective, she was going to have to be smart about it. Maybe use the element of surprise. So in a moment inspired by the Three Stooges, she poked him in the eye.

[captaine_sykes]

Expecting Angel to utilise her height or her feminine skills the poke to his eye comes as a surprise. And really, had it been anyone else he'd have grabbed their wrist and twisted their arm but seeing as it's Angel there's no sudden urge to stop her from reaching towards his face.

"OW! WHAT THE HELL!" Ethan grabs at Angel's wrist, firmly but not too tightly as he uses his other hand to rub at his eye. "This is not what I had in mind when I said hand to hand combat Angel. Jeez!"

Rubbing at his rapidly watering eye Ethan blinks, trying not to laugh at the absurdity of the situation.

[angelica_jinx]

When the yelling started, Angel cringed. "I'm sorry. I thought you had armor! How was I supposed to know that didn't mean your eyes? Ar..are you okay?" Her free hand came up, slower so he didn't think she was going to poke him again. "Wow, it's watering a lot. I swear I wasn't trying to blind you. I just thought I'd surprise you. I mean you were expecting me to throw a punch or kick you or something. Who expects to get poked in the eye?"

Even as she spoke she was fighting a smile to the death. And him fighting the same thing wasn't helping. Eventually, she starts to giggle and then it's all over from there. "Aw, baby. Come here." She chuckles and pulls him down so she could kiss his eye better.

[captaine_sykes]

Ethan isn't really all that angry at Angel for actually using her initiative and doing something very unexpected. Just he wishes that perhaps he had not been the one on the receiving end of her tactical manouver. Blinking at the watering his eye is doing, he leans in, allowing Angel to guide him closer for a better look.

Despite the fact he grumbled Ethan really isn't that angry, and he does smile as she fusses. "I am durable." He holds his arm up for Angel to touch and be able to see that his skin has become thicker and duller, it doesn't look drastically different though and to touch it feels tougher but beyond that the difference isn't too obvious. "If I'd had my eyes closed we'd have been fine but I didn't so you found a flaw in my mutation. Don't fret, I'm already well aware of it."

[angelica_jinx]

After dropping soft kisses around his eye, she slid her hand down his arm. It was sort of amazing that this skin, skin she'd touched so many times, could be impervious. She thought it would at least feel different but it didn't really. "You know, I think I always thought it would feel like metal or something."

Her fingers continued to trace shapes along his skin. Up his forearm to his shoulder, then his neck until she was back up to his face. Her fingertips lingered on his lips before she went up on her tip toes to kiss them. Not as soft as the lips she was used to but still his. As she pulled back, she smiled. "I think this means I win the physical assessment."

[captaine_sykes]

Angel isn't the first to have remarked about the feel of Ethan's skin and how it is different to what they were expecting. It's probably part of the reason he'd never really noticed it in his teenage years, he still managed to cut and bruise himself but as he neared eighteen, those occurrences gradually became less and less. He just considered himself lucky, but now, upon reflection he can put it down to his mutation

[angelica_jinx]

"Fine but I still won." She conceded before giving him another kiss and reluctantly pulling away from him. She had, afterall, found his weakness, injured him, and still got him to drop his guard and let her close. Screw Betsy's kung fu. Angel was friggin' ninja

[captaine_sykes]

The fact that Angel is constantly moving both impresses and concerns Ethan, should she be confronted with a real fight there is a chance that she would have exhausted herself before they even got down to the nitty-gritty of the fight. However she's nimble and lithe enough that the movement would also keep her as a shifting target should anyone be armed. It's something he can address at a later point perhaps.

Blocking each move with a practiced ease Ethan is mindful that when he counter-attacks that he doesn't use his full strength. He also lets Angel make contact on a few occasions, so he is able to see where he areas of weakness might be should she let her guard down.

By the end of their sparring session he's satisfied enough with her efforts and opts to cheat, darting in and using his mutation to his advantage. Lifting Angel up he swings up her into his arms and pins her so that she can't retaliate. "I think you've suitably earnt your green pass form for the day Miss Jones."

[angelica_jinx]

Given that like 80% of her p/t was cardio there wasn't any danger of her wearing out too quickly. It was decided that her primary focus was ranged warfare but her secondary agenda in a fight was just not to get hit. Being as small as she was, without reinforcement, all it would take was one solid hit and she would be out.

And yet despite all that, she still hated her morning run.

"Ack!" Angel cried and squirmed until she realized, hello, she was in Ethan's arms. Then she smiled. "Just a green pass form, huh? I don't know. I think I did pretty darn good. Good enough for something special."

[captaine_sykes]

Setting Angel down outside of the cordoned area he pressed a kiss to her forehead before crossing over to his clipboard, filling in various parts of the form before bringing it over to Angel. "You can have this form for now, it means you've passed this part of the assessment and I will look into doing some more training with you myself. If you can behave. You need to go along and see Frost next, but later I promise we can spend some time together."

Ethan really wishes he could skip out on the rest of the assessment but he can't, that's what being the boss man involves. "You staying in my room tonight?" He reaches over, brushes a errant tendril of hair back off of Angel's face and splays his other hand wide across her lower back.