Cutting Loose (open)

[Mimic]

Mimic was standing in the middle of training room in a specialized portion of the room. Given his abilities Mimic's powerset changed from time to time and he had to make up for lost time. Unlike other mutants who spent an entire lifetime learning and adapting to one ability and honing their skills with it to perfection. Calvin on the other hand usually only had a short amount of time to learn how to successfully wield a mutant power and be confident that he could use them all successfully without any glitches. Hence why he spent so much time training.

Mimic finished programming the computer for the Training Room and stepped towards the center of the room. He rolled his neck and shoulders and felt the satisfying crack as tension was released. He steadied his breathing and prepared himself for what would come next.

Lights extended from the ceiling and began pouring artificial sunlight into the room. Calvin's body began to devour the solar energy and prepare it to be rechanneled as soon as he would call the energy forth again. From the far wall panels opened and a cadre of robotic soldiers filed out. The robots where designed to look like miniturized versions of the Sentinels they had faced off against in Washington. Mimic supposed it was to help them subconsciously build up their angst towards the deadly machines. As they filed into the room Mimic waited for the right moment to strike. Before he knew it twenty some odd enemies had appeared. Several of them raised their hands and he could hear them powering up their weaponry.

The beams of energy slashed through the air but they failed to reach their target as the blonde haired mutant disappeared in a burst of super speed that allowed him to move at incredible speeds courtesy of Northstar. For the hundreth time Mimic thanked himself for retaining the young Canadian's power. As he flew around the group in a wide arc Mimic raised his hands and unleashed a blast of solar energy that tore across the room and burned down two of the mini-sentinels.

His mechanized opponents had advanced sensors and rotated to fire at his new location but he was already moving again. Several the of the sentinels took to the air to get better angles on him. The closest ones on the ground extend cables towards him as they tore across the space between them. Mimic blasted another opponent down but suddenly their where too many cables for him to continue moving around the group. Instead he dashed inward and above the group.

He returned to normal speed as flesh and blood transformed into organic steel as the newest of his abilities came to life. Strength flooded through his body as a feeling of invincibility washed over him. He dropped to the ground and punched downward, his metallic fist shattering another of the robots. His fist continued downward and struck the ground with enough force to shatter tile and created a shockwave that threw the ones closest to him off balance. Mimic spun and backhanded another and smashed the next sentinel away as it bashed over several more.

Rays of energy struck his hide as he continued to battle against the lifeless warriors.

[valeria]

School was back in session, it meant back to the books and back to the training. Although, Valeria had always been on top of the books her whole life. It was time for some sparring. No doubt that after a fairly quiet holiday, she might have gotten a little rusty in the power area and who knows when some nut job like Magneto will pull another attack like he did to DC and the pentagon. She entered the command room and looked through the window to view that someone was already in the middle of session. A brutal session.

"Calvin..." she sighed glancing down at the other blonde, practically ravaging through his robotic opponents, though they too were holding their own, although there was only one Mimic and several of them. Though when she saw him get struck in the back, she felt the need to pause the simulation and her finger pressed the button to do so freezing the scenario in time. Her hand pressed the intercom button and her lips were moved towards the microphone.

"So...either you are really pissed or you have a death wish." she spoke, though it was probably neither, she still felt that the simulation she had set up was a little bit too extreme for one person, even if he could carry several different abilities at one time.

[Mimic]

The best way to describe Mimic's fight with the robotic opponent's would be controlled frenzy. He felt like he was sitting in the eye of a hurricane as everything was flying around him chaotically. Of course for him it was actually a fortunate situation. He could lash out in any direction and strike an opponet while the mini sentinels had to focus their attacks precisely or an errant blast or strike was just as likely to take out one of their own as it was to hit Calvin.

He was getting a better handle on his abilities and using them in conjuction with one another. His metallic form was great for up close damage and while it slowed him down his steel body seemed tough enough to take what his opponents where throwing at him. When he shifted back to flesh and blood he was able to avoid incoming attacks like they where happening in slow motion and take out enemies at a distance with his solar blasts. Of course his solar energy reserves depleated alot faster that way but he was able to stay a step ahead of his opponents to getting time to recharge didn't seem to be a problem.

One problem did occur when he was shifted back into his metallic form and slugged a sentinel so hard it drove straight into the ground. He was too slow moving on though and a sentinel blasted him from behind. Before he could respond it seemed like the whole world just froze. None of the sentinels where moving and it took Calvin a few moments to see Valeria in the control room staring down at him.

"So...either you are really pissed or you have a death wish."

He chuckled as he transformed back into flesh and blood and felt the exertion of his training session really hit him for the first time. He was breathing through the mouth and trying to catch his breath as several bruises, nicks and cuts came to his attention. Apparently his adrenaline rush and allowed him to ignore these minor injuries for a time. Before he could even stop to assesse the damage his healing factor kicked in and the damage started to disappear. After it was done healing his injuries hopefully the power he retained from Wolverine would work on the rush of fatique he was feeling also.

"What?" he said with a grin as he grabbed a water bottle and took a long drink, "Does a guy really need a reason like to trash several million dollars worth of academy property?"

[valeria]

"Usually...yeah, they do." she replied shaking her head. Exiting the control room, she went downstairs into the training room and paused in front of him folding her arms behind her back and inspecting the damage done to the frozen robots. No need for her to worry about the damage done to him, it seemed he'd picked up a healing factor power. That was a good thing.

"So any particular reason you're in here releasing hell on these poor robots? Just hardcore training? Nothing else?" she asked looking at him. "Or at least tell me how you've been. We haven't talked much since the trip to Paris. Blame dad's decision to spend the holidays in Latveria from the academy. I can honestly say that I've missed you." she smiled.