Combat Training

Clack, clack, clack, clack. The sound of Victoria's black combat boots could be heard easily in the silence as she would make her way to the Shield Training Facility. She was dressed in her tailor made black outfit with her abilities in mind consisting of a black body suit, black vest, and a gas mask. Her brown and red hair was down and out, flowing behind her as she walked quickly. Sheathed on her back, strapped, was a black katana. This chick was bad, in a good way. Anyway Vick, as some would call her, would enter the facility with the purpose of training some of her abilities and techniques. Training was usually a quiet, solo event for her and that was probably for a good reason in order to not put her fellow agents in danger. However she would not mind a little company, a sparring partner or whatever.

At the center of the large facility, Vick would begin to work on focusing her telepathic powers. This would start with a simple meditation. She would stand still as she focused her mind. This would take several minutes of quiet concentration.

The sound of the street being swerved upon could be heard as the daylight brought out a motorcycle and its crazy driver... The Red phantom was in action and it was making a few stops today with its driver known as Red Arrow. The bike was driving at the appropriate 30MPH limit for this area and was sticking to the lane. While driving Arrow decided it was in his best interest and stop and grab something from his old place of operations. He would cut infront of this tractor trailer and make a sharp right turn coming down south shore drive and hitting an ally. From there he would get off the phantom and press the lock code.. After doing that he would kick in a door and start walking down the stairs that followed. With each step the sound of some weird goop could be heard sticking to Arrows feet but that was no virtue to him.. His boots could be cleaned. Once down the stairs arrow noticed one lightbulb which wasn't good because this was a long hallway and it reeked of shit and piss.. Not to mention it was alot of rats around here.. Anyway Arrow hadn't mind this small problem.. He would just quickly walk down the hall not paying much attention to anything around him just so he wouldn't get caught screaming like a girl or something.

Anyway Arrow finally made it to the adjacent door and turned around to make sure he wasn't being followed.. He noticed no one but a few rats eating what appeared to be a molded beef patty which was lying in the corner to his far right.. Arrow just shook his head and turned the knob to the door opening it and noticing about 9 men pointing guns at him all at once.. All colt anacondas from the look of it. Arrow raised his hands and spoke "Guys calm down.. I'm here to visit Moe". The men just looked at Arrow before a voice came from behind them and they opened up to reveal a short old man "Red that you?" the old man started walking forward through the split men holding the gun and jhe was limping.. He had a cane and he was just a smiling old man... He noticed red and spoke "Red my boy its you! come here" It was moe. Arrow hadn't seen Moe since he first left for Beijing. Moe started walking back the way he came and the men put their guns down and just started at Arrow.. He started to flex and looked at the biggest ugliest one in the bunch.. He stared down Arrow and Arrow looked around him before looking back at the big man.. Arrow jumped at him to see if he would flinch. The big guy didn't flinch but everyone started laughing and Arrow wondered why.. They pointed down and the dude was peeing his pants. Arrow just shook his head and facepalmed and continued walking..

Moe would pull up a black box and open it.. It was his colt anaconda. Arrow had ordered this awhile back but just now came to pick it up. The box was flipped with clips and the gun and two holsters.... Arrow smiled as he picked the gun up and placed it on his holster on his back well near his ass and on his waist.. He rubbed against the desert eagle and Arrow knew he was good to go.. He hugged Moe before running to the door "Thanks Moe!. I gotta go now man" Moe waved as Arrow ran out the room and back to the staircase where he would run up and right out to his motorcycle. He hopped on and jetted towards the Research Company down on 13th street. His guns were clicking his seat and his arrows were spinning in his quiver. In his left pouch were two lightsaber things which he took off the man he killed last night. He was going to report to S.H.I.E.L.D his findings. As he continued to drive he just rushed passed speed lights and drove down some train stairs.. He then hopped on the tracks and drove down them in the correct direction so he wouldn't cause a national incident. Once down there he would zoom past stops making his way to 13th street and hopping off the tracks.

He made his way up the stairs after popping a wheely and then his bike started slowing down... A door opened up and Arrow drove through it. He hopped off the bike and then pressed the button to the elevator. A female ran in behind him and they both stood in the elevator. Arrow would type in his universal code to get passage into the basement area.. The man next to him would speak. "We heard of your little incident in D.C.. Arrow you can't be so reckless. Just because no one saw you doesn't mean no one saw you.." Arrow ignored these words as he got off the elevator when it stopped and continued walking. His bow in his left hand he stopped after he reached the end of the hallway seeing hundreds of men and females in the blue slick suits with the white boots and gloves. Arrow then turned to the man following him and spoke "Wheres Vick at?" The man responded "You're just gonna ignore me huh?" Arrow just continued to look at the man. The man just let out a sigh and spoke "Shes in the training facility.. You sure you wanna go in there?" Arrow let up a smile and spoke "I'll be fine.". After saying that Arrow would start walking to the facilities as he needed to speak with Vick. While walking to the facility Arrow noticed the main entrance or the stairway to come from up above. He decided to take the short walk up the stairway and mess with Vick. He came out the upstairs exit and noticed her sitting down meditating in the center of the training room. He then pulled quickly and silently grabbed an arrow with his right hand which happened to be normal.. He then pointed his bow forward and pulled the arrow back with the string coming from southback position.. He then fired off the arrow to the other end of the room just to make a loud sound of steel clashing to mess up Vicks focus.
The loud sound was like a ting sound which would come from banging that triangle instrument very hard. He noticed that he had gotten a new arrow which he had forgotten completely about from the looks of it.. He obtained it by creating it with various lighter fluids and chemical elements which in return would make him an explosive molotov arrow. He was going to save this for a special occasion but messing with Vick always proved to be special considering the two haven't seen eachother in so long.. As for the molotov arrow it would stay in the quiver still waiting for the moment it needed to be used on the telepath. While all this was going on agents started watching from the glass window to the far right to see who would win in a showdown between the premiere shield agents.

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Vick's concentration was the sole thing that kept her from getting out of hand at times. The mind of a telepath could be deadly to everyone even herself if left untamed. At this moment she would attempt to focus her mental energy into a physical existence. Many people think telepaths are only good for their mind games but they could be just as much a threat outside the mind as well. Not that Vick did not have that area covered, it did not hurt to be even more prepared. An arrow would whiz by and hit the wall making a loud noise. Vick's eyes would snap open and a playful smirk would appear on her face as she would see the arrow fall to the ground. There would few that would willingly mess with Vick during her training, knowing that it could put their own lives in dangerous. Vick would turn to face the lone Arrow, then she would glance to the left seeing other agents looking behind the glass.

"You here to show off little Arrow? Got something to prove to the other guys here. Wanna show them how big your....bow is? I'm flattered, really. But you know I'm serious business, so what do you want hmm?" she would say through the gas mask, that happened to be purely aesthetic for her. Her eyes would stare right into those of Arrow, or little Arrow she would like to call him. Though during the time of her conversation, she would still be focusing her energy attempting to achieve the physical result of a shield. Flickers of its existence would show at moments, however it had yet to complete form or be mastered. Yet her ability to still concentrate on this while engaging in what could turn into a very interesting talk with Arrow was remarkable.

In all honesty Arrow was about to burst out in laughter after seeing Vick turn around. Damn that woman got bothered easy.. Only if Vick reacted this way to her ex boyfriends. Anyway Arrow knew she was flustered from the arrow and wall thingy but the question was who wouldn't be? It was a very bad position to be in if your trying to focus but then again Vick knew Arrow was in her unit so that situation was a no brainer... Anyway she would start speaking and Arrow knew this wasn't going to be good.. This girl had issues and talking trash was not one of them. Anyway Vick started her banter on Arrow and mentioned him and something big and then changed it to arrow. He thought Vick was going to say something else.. Actually if she wasn't his teammate Arrow would tap that.

She did say one thing right.. Vick was serious business and that was something Arrow couldn't take from her. She would ask what he was doing there and he would jump over the ledge and land kneeling down with his arrow intact. He would start walking up to Vick and dug into his pocket pulling out a rod and tossed it to Vick. He would stay just a few meters away because he wasn't trying to get anywhere near what she had... No not a House in Virginia but that poison stuff. she was deadly with it and she hadn't got the codename Toxic for no reason. Arrow would look at Vick with all seriousness and start speaking. "In all honesty i wanted to brief you on my findings.. I got this from a man whom was in D.C looking rather suspect.. I killed him and he had these things. You have one and thats purple the other is in my pocket. I came to you first because I can trust you.. But then again I see your training so wanna throw down and talk? Just like oldtimes." Arrow would say that and put a smirk on his face.

Victoria would watch carefully as Arrow would approach her. She would shift her weight to her right, putting a hand on her hip and cocking her head slightly to the side, curious of what he was doing. Her light green eyes gentle yet hungry like a wolf's. Arrow would toss her a mysterious rod. Instantly she thought of something rather perverted observing it. "Look I told you I'm not interested in your sex toys." she would say instantly right before Arrow would go on to give his explanation. After his explanation Victoria would find a button on the rod pressing it causing a beam of violet energy to extend out of it like a blade. "Oh. How cute." she would say, pressing the button again to cause the beam to retract. She would place the rod in one of the many spots she had around her waist for weapons and items.

Vick would run her hands through her hair, straightening it out, sighing as she looked at Arrow and considered his spar idea. "You know I'd love to smack you around little Arrow. Also, you have to tell me more about this guy you killed. Was he really suspect or did you just not like what he was wearing? You know, the higher ups might not like your unjust killings." she would say with a hint of sarcasm. As she did she would begin to walk away from Arrow, further distancing herself from him. She would turn around when she was about 7 meters from the guy. Still focusing her psychic energy, she would attempt to draw it into one of her hands to form a sword. The blade would be a violet color and radiant. Her ability to construct with psychic energy seemed to be a success now. She would have to further test it against Arrow, while also work on her next fun thing.

[Trained: Psychic Construction (Total Words: 812)]

Hmm.. Vick that girl she always made smart remarks which weren't needed but it was also what made her a real genuine person. She was honest and liked to have a good time... That was the ultimate partner right there. She started playing with the rod before stating how "cute" it was. Arrow began to smart because he thought Vick would eventually use the rod as a sex toy... Which was possible knowing how she operated. Anyway Arrow would look to his left and notice the shield agents still looking at him and Vick pointing and now holding kit-kats.. These bastards were having a good ol time at Vick and Arrows expense? Surely they wouldn't see the end of this. Anyway Arrow knew he was getting distracted and figured he should pay more attention to Vick who was tensing up as if she didn't trust Arrow for some reason.

She now put the saber of energy away in one of her many holders and Arrow wondered why she had all those but then she would start rubbing her fingers through her long brown hair. She appeared to be straightening it out and Arrow didn't mind. She started speaking again and this time said she would love to beat Arrow around which actually made him laugh because he considered himself on the same level of Vick but obviously this didn't phase him.. She wanted to know more about the suspect he killed and she wondered if he did it for the right reasons.. Or his own personal ones, But she masked the question as if it were meant to be funny.. After those words she proceeded to start walking away. Arrow quickly grabbed an arrow with his right hand and fired it up when pulling it back on his bow from his left hand... BOOM it shot a light out. The moments became dark but as the lights faded you could see Vick turning around facing Arrow once more. This was all good tho because the emergency power would come back on sooner or later. More or less a few minutes. Anyway Arrow would close his eyes for 3 seconds as he ran backwards to his far southeast direction activating his night vision.. He then spoke "You wanna train? Find me in the dark.. Or make yourself a little lighter with your powers"

So sly arrow thought it would be impressive to shoot a light out. Well, Vick was not impressed, she found it humorous if anything. What was the purpose of shooting one of many lights out in this large room? Did he think he was doing something special? Was he showcasing his aim? Vick assumed he was just showing off in a stupid way, because that one light going out did not change nothing for the situation. It did not hinder her nor him. Not only that, he would have said something about finding him in the dark. Well the lights did fade a bit after he shot one out, could be a power disturbance, but none of them darkened the room. So yeah his words were pointless and laughable.

Victoria twirled the 4 foot long sword made of psychic energy she had in her hand, watching the even more distant Arrow standing in a corner about 10 meters away. A thought would cross her calculating mind. She was thinking of messing with little Arrow, seeing how he was always a little cautious around her as he should be. She always found a little satisfaction in making men shiver with a little fear. Vick's body was in the process of producing a new poison or as she would like to call it, a new form of joy. There was a faint vapor rising off her body, through her suit and the gas mask. It looked like smoke yet was not ready to be used just yet. It would take time for her to produce this new joy, get all the kinks out and what not.

"Hey Arrow. You've ever hit a woman's g-spot with that amazing aim of yours?" she would ask jokingly. However she would have a feeling Arrow would not be able to resist answering. Regardless of the response, Vick would kick things off first and fast throwing the violet blade toward Arrow. It was dead on aim but she would not be surprised if he dodged. Which would explain the 3 shuriken she would throw at once right after, 2 would curve inward on Arrow's left and right sides, while one would go dead center. This was skill and showed Vick's natural talents. The attacks could really hurt little Arrow if they hit and this was her just playing around. If he did get hurt, she'd make sure to apologize. It was a routine thing of her's, apologizing. She had done a lot of things in the past.

Arrow had actually forgotten how many lights there were in this building but he didn't really care. He decided he needed to do something to get under Vick's skin... Her fine tight as- Wait nevermind this was getting creepy. Vick and Arrow had a rather checkered past with one another and relationships were not in the blueprint. Anyway Vick was doing something she wouldn't normally do.. Or could normally do. She created a sword out of energy. Oh my god she learned a new trick and Arrow was once again the test toy. This wasn't going to end well so Arrow decided he should just play her game once again just because Vick was a sore loser.

Arrow looked at the weapon and noticed alot of ways this could have went.. Seeing how she was a psychic she could probably throw the weapon and control it. Arrow was prepared just in case that were to happen. For some reason when he looked at Vick and remembered an old cartoon he grew up on where it was a babysitter named Vickie who was rather mean to the kids she sat and this made Arrow laugh abit because Vick could be rather mean and she couldn't handle a child to save her life. Arrow would look at her and speak something light "Soo Icky Vickie... Whats on your mind lately? I heard you poisoned your ex boyfriend" with no malice he said that hoping to strike a nerve just because he could. With his bow still in hand he would press a button retracting it and putting it away next to his quiver which was on his back.

He then moved his hands down and pulled both his guns one from his left and right waist or well behind him on his waist right under his quiver. Colt Anaconda in his right hand and Desert eagle in his left. He was now prepared to get into a close quarter combat fight with his old friend. Some funky white gas was starting to come off Vick's body and when Arrow said funky he meant by the look of it not the smell.. He then used his left hand to pull his filter off his waist and place it on his face with gun in tact still. With that done he was prepared to fight Vick. Haha wow she made a joke about Arrow hitting a womans g-spot with his aim.. He would in all serious say "Vicks... Don't be mad I didn't hit your g-spot" BOOM Vick started things off throwing the blade at Arrow in a horizontally and Arrow would instantly react the moment Vick released the blade... He went down to the ground sliding forward from his knees kneeling back as far as possible with his head almost touching the ground.

From there he noticed 3 shuriken which followed... Oh wow that blade was then when thrown horizontally. He would proceed to shoot the two which were aimed at the left and right side of his respectively each took a bullet and swerved off to the sides further as the one aimed at his upper body would fly past and hit the wall along with the blade thus vanishing from the naked eye. Arrow would then get up after sliding and closing a 6 meter gap and charge Vick with a front crane kick.

Little Arrow was full of amusing remarks today, making Vick laugh a bit behind her mask. She had kicked things off as planned and as expected watched as Arrow would avoid the attacks with finesse she must admit. She watched as he would slide forward, allowing the sword to fly past along with the center shuriken, and shoot the other shuriken coming at his sides, deflecting them away harmlessly. His slide would come to a close, bringing him within 6 meters of her, and he would then charge at her quickly for a kick. When his leg came up and was extending forward to her, Vick would drop low quickly to sweep the single leg he had maintained grounded for the kick. During this moment the light grey vapor she had been working on was ready and would blast out from her body as if she was a human smoke bomb. The light grey vapor would move out from everyone on her body, through her suit, and cover a seven meter radius initially and would continue to seep from her body from then on. True Arrow may have some filtering mask on now to keep him from breathing this grey cloud, however this cloud would serve as a great distraction. How well could he see in such a condition? She was about to find out. Besides, as a coming surprise for little Arrow, he did not have to breath this fog in order for it to work. With him at the dead center with her, this fog would enter his body through any entry available. This included the ears and any open wounds, anything that would allow it inside. And once inside, he was gonna be in for a ride. She did want to see him shake with fear a bit. Following her sweep, if successful, Vick would attempt to lock both of Arrow's legs, wrapping both her arms and leg's around them while positioning herself on his back. In the mean time she was at work thinking of something to focus her mental powers on. It was time she got in the habit of direct mind contact. This of course would take awhile to get done, so little Arrow was safe for now.

[Trained: Fear Cloud(Total Words: 789)]

When Arrow went for that leg kick he realized how dumb it was but sadly it was already to late.. Vick would trip Arrow causing him to fall backwards but not as she thought he would. Some vapor began to fill the air and Arrow knew what that meant. He instantly turned his fall into a backflip and backed up about say,, About 6 meters which gave him an 8 meter gap from Vick.. But Arrow wasn't dumb.. As he landed with his flip you could see 3 black balls rolling forward in about 2 meter distance of Vick and they were blinking fast. What made the flip so more interesting is the fact the guns he held caused him to slide back a bit more making his flip a distance technique for once. From here Arrow would close his eyes for 3 seconds before opening them again being able to see Vick through the smoke because of heat vision.

So the fog quickly covered its radius as planned when Vick had performed the leg sweep, which also was successful. Arrow, already surrounded by the fog along with Vick at its center, would fall backwards into a backflip to escape and back away out of its radius. However, some of the fog still managed to enter his body during his movement through his ears. So he would still get a taste of what this fog was capable of regardless. Vick, rising to her feet, noticed three blinking orbs approach her. Not sure of what it was, she would do several flips away from the flashing objects, making her distance from them 9 meters. So now it would seem that there was a large gap between her and Arrow. In the middle of all that, the large light grey cloud that maintained an area of 7 meters. With a wave of her hand, the fog would begin to move toward Arrow, while his eyes were closed. Vick could manipulate this cloud at will. When Arrow would open his eyes, what he would see would not be what he would expect. He would be faced with a monstrous beast, an ogre of some sort, completely black and standing at a height of 9 feet and weighing 300 pounds of pure muscle. The ogre would be right in front of Arrow when he opened his eyes. The ogre would have in its hand a large hammer, the head being about as big as Arrow's mid frame itself. The ogre would swing this hammer at Arrow as if it were a golf club and with just that much speed. Everything about this ogre would feel real to Arrow's senses and the pain from this hit would be delivered by his brain through his body if it landed.

Meanwhile, Vick would be focusing her psychic energy on Arrow, attempting to voice her thoughts to his mind and vice versa. She was practicing for stealthy communication and plus, this would be fun to mess with him. As said before, she wanted to see the man shake with fear today. He was definitely gonna be her play thing for now. So as she concentrated and concentrated, while sitting on a metal crate within the training room, she would eventually get into contact with Arrow. What he would hear would be like faint static, broken sounds of echoing laughter. The ability was not yet fully there, thus she would still need to continue her focus.

As Arrow opened his eyes he noticed a giant creature whom had a hammer. Arrow just looked around and facepalmed.. The giant creature would try and squash him with a hammer but Arrow wasn't down with that. He rolled out the way and during the role he put his guns away, Once stood up he would run back to the corner and pull out his bow same as before with his left hand.. After doing that he would pull out a bow with his right hand and fire it off at the giant creature infront of him. The arrow was caught by the ogre and that is exactly what Arrow wanted. He would then pull out 3 arrows and shoot them directly at Vick and the second he did that he would hear something in his head as if someone was trying to communicate with him.. Arrow bugged out and fell to the ground and didn't know what to make of it until the giant ogre charged him again and this time he was using his hammer as if he was playing a game of cricket. Arrow quickly rolled out the way and shot the beast in his big left toe on his right foot. After that Arrow would start running

Vick was sitting rather calmly, one leg crossed over the other as she leaned back a little with her arms as support. This chick was bad if it needed to be said again. She was watching Arrow go through his fit of hallucination against something that was not present. All she and the other agents observing from the glass window saw was Arrow shooting off arrows randomly and doing various dodges and rolls. It was rather funny to anyone not under the influenced of the fear gas like Arrow was at the moment. Arrow would even shoot 3 normal arrows toward Vick, all of which would collide helplessly to a translucent shield of psychic energy. She did not even move or fret at the sight of them. She would continue to watch Arrow go through his hallucination being produced by his own brain in order for it to attack his own body. She had also found a way to break the communication barrier between them mentally. Her voice would echo loudly to Arrow in his mind and he could talk back if he wished to. Little Arrow? You okay? You look like you're having a hard time over there. Your aim is terribly off or are you just shooting at invisible targets. she would taunt. Meanwhile, the grey fog that had been lingering was making it's way back toward Vick, where it would be absorbed through her suit and into her body. The gas had served it's purpose for now. Arrow would soon be coming out of the effects of it anyway. It was time she got to work on her next little project.

[Trained: Telepathic Relay (Total Words: 686)

Now it was time for Vick to work on some serious offensive skills. Now that she was able to tap into Arrows mind with ease, she was gonna attempt to mentally kick his ass, though she had been doing that much already the entire time. This was more a literal thing however. Focusing her psychic energy she was attempting to send volleys of energy straight to the mind of Arrow. In this weakened and underdeveloped state he would only feel the slight tingling sensation of her power at work on his mind. He should not be able to tell what exactly it was that was happening, just that something would be off. However once she would get the hang of it, he would definitely know what was going on. But that would take time and practice, so for now he was safe to continue fighting invisible things or making pointless attempts of attack against her. She was still sitting on a metal crate looking good as ever while all of this would go on. She made it look so easy, too easy. Or maybe little Arrow was not much of a partner, after all she only got sent out to deal with most super targets and he was merely human with resources.