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Post by marko on Nov 13, 2009 16:03:34 GMT
The bell had rung and the students had all filed out for their next class. Most of them groaning about muscles they hadn't used in years. Cain had a good class, there were a few that he was worried about, namely one Colossus. The kid had all the skills, but he seemed afraid to crack out the big guns to throw down the real strength. Which meant he was afraid to pull the trigger. Cain had an idea but that was something he would have to work on later.
Putting the last of the mats away into the locker he closed the door and locked it up. Resting his forehead against the locker door he blew out the breath he had been holding all day. How was he supposed to teach the kids control when he was more worried about them cutting loose.
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Post by Colossus on Nov 15, 2009 3:46:48 GMT
Piotr had finished with his classes for the day. While some of his friends had decided to go out and have fun the young Russian had a different plan for the day. He had recieved a message that Mr. Cain wanted to see him after classes where finished today, something about needing to speak to him. Frankly Piotr didn't know what the massive teacher wanted to speak to him about but frankly when someone the size of the Juggernaut told you to show up somewhere, you showed.
He walked to the combat classroom and stood outside the room as he leaned in the doorway and knocked on the doorway.
"Sir?" he said somewhat tenatively, "You wanted to see me?"
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Post by marko on Nov 15, 2009 18:56:49 GMT
Turning around when he heard the young man he motioned him to walk into the room. "Yeah I need to talk to you about something don't worry your not in trouble or anything." He rubbed the back of his head cause he wasn't sure how to handle this, but he had to make sure the kid understood the times to hold back and the times to just cut loose. "Col, I noticed something in class, and I wanted to talk to you about it. Why do you keep holding back even against the kids that can take it?"
He wasn't known for his tact, and to him this was too important for him to beat around the bush. He liked the kid and this kid was going to get himself hurt, killed or worse someone around him either of the two. So Juggernaut was going to do some work on the kid. He hoped.
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Post by Colossus on Nov 16, 2009 7:01:24 GMT
Piotr was of course nervous when his teacher started addressing him. When Mr. Cain told him he wasn't in trouble that didn't help much either. Teachers usually opened with that line when in fact you where in trouble.
"Col, I noticed something in class, and I wanted to talk to you about it. Why do you keep holding back even against the kids that can take it?"
And there it was. What his teacher was saying was completely true. Whenever they where training in combat tactics Piotr never used his full strength against anyone. He always held back a majority of his power and for good reason. Embarassed the large russian stared at the ground and his voice quieted a bit as he answered.
"Because Mr. Cain, how do we even know they can actually take it? There are not many mutants around who can handle being struck with 90 tons of force like it was no big deal." When he came to Xavier's the first time Colossus of course had been run through a series of tests to determine his power level. The knowledge of the strength he possessed in his Organic Steel form was part of the reason why he always held back. The sheer strength he could put behind his punches was simply awe inspiring. Frankly the boy had been doing some research and he discoved that it would only take a fraction of the strength he had to pulverise a normal human being and turn them into nothing more then a stain on the wall.
"I.....I hold back because I did not come to Xavier's to become a killer. I know the strength that is possesed behind my fists and I have no desire to hurt someone. I don't see the point in using more strength then is needed to subdue an opponent, but that is just the way I see it Mr. Cain."
The student waited patiently for his teacher to respond.
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Post by marko on Nov 16, 2009 15:36:55 GMT
He looked over at him as he spoke, he liked the kid liked him a lot. "Good answer, and I can respect everything you just said." He nodded his head slowly as he thought about it, standing up he turned to him. "Can you let that go in a fight? I promise you one thing and take it from a guy who was on the other side for a while. They aren't going to be so nice to you or your friends." He felt bad for saying this, but he needed to know this kid could cut loose. There was another reason, if he kept fearing what he could do then he would start hesitating in a fight and that could be dangerous for the boy. So he figured to do one thing.
"Hit me."
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Post by Colossus on Nov 23, 2009 3:48:58 GMT
"Can you let that go in a fight? I promise you one thing and take it from a guy who was on the other side for a while. They aren't going to be so nice to you or your friends."
If Colossus had known the nature of the conversation the oversized teacher had wanted to have with him he would've found an excuse not to be there, even if it meant angering the Juggernaut. The fact was Piotr had been able to let his control go, in the Morlock Tunnels he had become like a raging bull, battering through Hydra Agents like they where children. However he had felt embarassed and ashamed at his actions and had been haunted by the memories of what had happened when he lost his control. It wasn't an experience he wanted to repeat any time soon.
"Yes Mr. Cain but isn't the point of being the heroes that we do not stoop to their level? No matter how far they go, what they do that we hold ourselves to the moral highground. If we do not then who is to say who is the heroes and who are the villians in this story?"
Now before anything else Mr. Cain said two words that almost floored Piotr, not an easy feet for most people in this world. His teacher wanted him to hit him? This wasn't class and certainly didn't seem like it had a point or reason for it.
"Wha....what?" he managed to stutter out at his held his hands up in a peaceful gesture. Mr. Cain couldn't be serious about his request could he?
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Post by marko on Nov 23, 2009 14:26:59 GMT
For a while now he had heard that the big kid had lost something in the tunnels. Juggernaut was worried that if he couldn't find it again he wouldn't be worth a crap in a fight. "Come on and hit me. Give me everything you've got. The point of being a hero?" That actually caught him off guard he thought about that for a bit and looked over at the kid. "The ability to be a hero isn't to stoop or not to stoop to their level, its to know when to stop. Which I'll admit that isn't something I'm very good at, and is something I'm working on." Shaking his head he looks out the window and motions for the kid to look out there. "I came to realize something a long time ago kid, there are certain things that we have to be willing to kill to defend." He watched the kids playing basketball, or what a group of mutants called basketball.
He turned back to the kid and watched him. "What would you kill to defend Col? Or will you let it slip through your hands?"
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