• [M] An Anniversary of Sorts, Open

[Jake Mitchell]

[mature]

There are always some days that people celebrate things that means everything to them. Some days are birthdays that people cherish for themselves for others they love, like family and friends. Those days were meant for something special, especially when it directly effects those around you and those who you love. Those days were meant for a party that everyone can enjoy themselves and have the time of their lives, eating and drinking their towards a good time.

As the mansion welcomed a new day with the bright sun rays flowing through the stain-glass windows, Jake Mitchell walked down the stairs as he headed towards his destination, wearing a black sweatsuit, a pair of black jeans with a couple of holes that were ripped on the thighs, and a pair of Converse sneakers. For him, this was a little lighter than he usual goes into, but the day would present him with a moment to himself. Now, granted, he has had moments to himself before, and he was ever grateful for those days because he would let go of everything that he had went through during the day. However, this day was different.

This was the day that his powers had first manifested themselves.

It was a constant reminder that either he may be going crazy or he had a power that could his life as he knew it. It brought out some good, but it brought out the bad as well. Namely, the unfortunately, or fortunate if you talk to Jake, death of his father. No matter how he looked at it, the shadows were with now and forever, and he was happy with that.

As Jake entered the kitchen, he was hungry for some cereal and milk. A good breakfast would start his day nicely, especially since he would have a class in a couple of hours. He needed to be refresh and ready for the day's events, and a box of Total would be his salvation. He grabbed the box and headed towards the fridge, knowing that some milk would help him out as well. In opening the fridge, he smiled as a full gallon of 2% was in front of him. He grabbed that and shut the door with his foot, heading towards the kitchen counter with a purpose in mind: to eat and enjoy the day.

[Hayley Tonin]

Hayley sighed as she sat on the edge of her bed. She had had to set her alarm early the last few days for morning shifts at work, but today had meant to have been her day off, instead she was wide awake and it was thanks to that damned alarm. She was sure that she had not set it, but in this school as one of the biggest pranksters she was always getting one done to her in return. Sure this was tame, but everyone knew how hard it was for Hayley to get to sleep once awake and they all knew that she was rarely in her room apart from for sleep and changing her clothes, they had motives and opportunity. Whoever it had been would be getting it returned sevenfold.

She had no chance of falling back to sleep and didn't have work or early classes today so it meant the could just relax in the library all day. At least that would be the plan once she had had some breakfast and returned to her room to get changed. Whilst today was going to be a day for being lazy, she wasn't going to spend the entire day in her PJ's, whilst comfortable, they weren't the look she was hoping for today. She was in a Gothic Lolita mood. Still at least it was just a simple t-shirt and pants set, no chance of getting embarrassed being seen in it.

Hayley opened the door and made her way down to the kitchen, whilst there was a cafeteria that served food, most of the older students would leave their own food in the communal kitchen with labels on, almost like student housing at a college or university. Hayley was one of those people. She would have a box of lucky charms hidden in the cupboards and a full two litre bottle of Dr Pepper in the fridge with her name practically etched into them.

As she entered the kitchen she saw a familiar face, Jake Mitchell, whilst she didn't talk to him much, she did always say hello to him in the few classes they shared like Music. "Hey Jake." she said as she grabbed the foot stool and climbed up to reach for her box of Lucky Charms. Sure it was a dumb move to put something out of her own reach but her logic was that if it was out of her reach, it would be out of the reach of most of the other students apart from those insanely tall ones. Which given that she had to kneel on the counter to the reach them did actually make some sense.

Once she had her Lucky Charms in hand she proceeded to get herself a bowl and a glass from the other cupboards before finally getting her Dr Pepper and milk. Taking her food to the main counter she started to make herself her breakfast. "So what brings you up this early Jake?" she inquired.

[Jake Mitchell]

The taste of the flakes in his mouth caused Jake to feel a little bit happy about the day that was before him as he pulled the spoon out of his mouth. It wasn't everyday that something as small as a bowl of cereal could delight his day like this, but given what the day was and what it meant for Jake, the moment was right. He could already hear the shadows that were inside the kitchen talking amongst themselves, celebrating the anniversary in their own ways from pushing to hugging. Hopefully, their master would let them come out and make some mischief to make the day complete. Jake was still undecided about that, but he would see what the day's events would take him in order to make that decision.

As he brought the spoon down to the bowl for another helping, Jake's eyes suddenly became focused on the form of Hayley. Her arrival caused him to stop in the middle of his meal to acknowledge her greeting of him. "Hey there, Hayley." It has been a while since he has talked with the young girl, even though they share a good amount of classes together. Jake did have certain 'urges', as he calls them, towards Hayley, but he has kept them bottled up for his own good. He, or the shadows, didn't know what would happen if that secret would ever come out, so it was best to close that chapter for now.

However, her outfit was making that really hard to do so.

Jake shook his head slightly as he returned to his breakfast, giving another spoonful of cereal and milk to his mouth. The taste was still good, but his eyes were focused on Hayley's attempts of getting her choice of cereal. He chuckled within himself as he watched her use the foot stool to her advantage. It was apparent of her height disadvantage, but it was still interesting to see her make the attempt and conquer it. Another spoonful of his breakfast enters his mouth as he watched the orange-hair girl make her way to the counter, Dr. Pepper and Lucky Charms in tow. Another series of words came from Hayley, and Jake was, at least, a little happy to respond. "Just thought I could start my day with a good breakfast before my classes today. How about you? Any classes today?"

Jake could already hear the shadows starting to complain about the moment. This was supposed to be their day, so all of his focus should be on them and them only. Jake could only give a mental sigh as he knew that this was going to be a long day. However, at least with Hayley's presence here, he would enjoy her company this morning, just as long as he didn't make a fool out of himself.

[Hayley Tonin]

A slight smirk spread across Hayley's face when she sensed what effect she was having on Jake's body as she climbed onto the counter. Guys always tried to hide their bodies reactions, but to Hayley every single one of them was as apparent as if they were being displayed in mile high letters in the sky. But that was the way her powers worked. She could 'read' every minute hormone and chemical in the human body when focused but when she was just around people she could sense the changes and to which hormones. Before she had gotten with Randy she was always looking at who found her attractive and by how much, but since they became a couple she just found it flattering.

She didn't even need to use her powers to know what had caused it, whilst her t-shirt and pants PJ's that she was wearing weren't exactly skin tight, they did hug her curves a bit, and given she was currently braless she was probably showing him more than she realised. Especially with her climbing onto the counter, but she had chosen to use her powers to make herself this height and build and she planned to stay that way. Sure extra height had its benefits, but she liked the short and petite look a lot more, and given she was one of the few women here who could actually use their powers to perfect her own appearance, albeit in a slow process, she couldn't complain too much.

"No real classes to speak of." she said, obviously lying. The truth was she was playing truant to most of her classes. It wasn't that she was antisocial or a rebel, it was more that she wasn't learning much in the classes, she was nearly eighteen, had an IQ of 178, and was most of the time seen in the Library reading not only literature, but actual text books. The classes were just boring to her, that's why she only ever turned up to her optional classes, Sophia's personal seamstress 'classes' and the PE and Power training lessons. Okay so that wasn't exactly true either, she would turn up to the odd 'compulsory' lecture just to keep her attendance up, but nine times out of ten she would be asleep on the back row for those classes.

"I'm only up this early cause some asshole decided to set my alarm clock. I know I turned the alarm off yesterday morning cause I had the morning shift at work and always turn it off after waking, save it going off again whilst I'm out the room. But it went off this morning which meant that someone went in and turned it on. Luckily I have a few ideas who it would be. Pranking a prankster is never a wise idea." she explained, she really did hate waking up when she didn't need to.

[Jake Mitchell]

How this morning started off was actually a good thing for Jake to handle because of what it offered so far. It came with a good conversation with a nice girl, a view of an amazing body, and the fact that the shadows were actually mute during the viewing. If that's what it took to keep them in check, he would have to talk to women a lot more often than he has before. It has been a long time since he was talking to someone as pretty as Hayley, but his shyness would prevent him from doing so. It was the old song playing over and over again with no success.

As Jake listened to Hayley's explanation on why she was up this morning, he took another spoonful of cereal towards his mouth to continue his meal. The truth that she told was funny a bit because whoever it was that set her alarm was going to pay dearly. He realized what her powers were since the last time they talked, and the fact that she could make that person pay would be humorous to see. A front-row seat would be proper, so he could see the hilarity unleashed. "Well, I hope that you catch whoever did set your alarm. Someone like you doesn't deserve to be messed with."

Jake smiled at Hayley as he took another taste of his cereal, wanting to say something else to her. He had heard a couple of rumors that she was already with someone here in the mansion, and it that was the case, then he would back away and continue to hide in the shadows like he has always done. However, in gazing at the body of the youthful and curvy Scot, certain feelings began to stir within him. It was as if another type of hunger was awakening within him, and it wanted to be satisfied on the kitchen counter right here and now. Even though his face didn't show it, even he knew that it has been a long time since that type of hunger was satisfied.

Calm down, your idiot.

That moment of reality and sense snapped Jake back into the real world, knowing for a fact that he had to chill out and continue what was a good conversation with Hayley. It had to be this way because he would feel so bad if anything would happen to her. It would be his fault and his alone, and that would haunt him for the rest of his life. It was best to control his emotions and keep them buried for a while. It was for his own good, and the shadows actually agreed with that.

[Hayley Tonin]

Hayley took a large spoonful of her cereal as Jake talked. She started to speak but stopped herself realising her mouth was still full. Not the most attractive sight for anyone, and definitely not the ideal way to her to act around someone she was just an acquaintance of, close friends it was fine, best friends and boyfriends almost a given, but not amongst people you only just knew. Covering her mouth for a second she swallowed as much as she could and swallowed the rest soon after "They will, and I know just how to get her." she said almost as if she knew exactly who it was. The truth was she didn't have a clue which of the usual suspects it was, but she knew it was one of them. Her best guess was Sophia, their music teacher. Just for a bit of fun she could let Jake watch as she pulled it in the class room.

As she continued eating she couldnt help but still notice Jake's hormones at work in his body. She had had this ability long enough to separate it mentally from what she was doing, otherwise it would have been uncomfortable to be eating knowing that the guy sat opposite her was more than likely getting hard from looking at her, or at the very least admiring her and not realising what reaction it was having inside his body. Still at least it wasn't the worst of the hormonal changes that she was familiar with. Walking along the boys wing early of a morning was a funny but at the same time uncomfortable one. the sense of half the male student bodies waking up with morning wood. Its probably why she headed to the library instead of Randy's room when she wanted to see him in the morning.

"So what classes you got today?" she enquired, Jakes hormonal changes were becoming harder to keep off her mind, which was making her a little uncomfortable. Sure she could use her powers to reset them back to normal levels but she didn't like doing it without permission. Pranking Sophia and Nadia was fine, acquaintances however not so much. Still she did know how she could make him feel uncomfortable. Tell him what she had already told the few people she cared for in the school her little secret, well the ones who didn't already know. Anya and Sophia were teachers they were informed when she arrived about her unique status. well former status, Alex had made sure of that.

[Jake Mitchell]

The shadows decided that they needed to give their master some assistance as the ones within his clothing gave him a chilled feeling that would help him calm his raging emotions. Jake would have shivered a bit because it felt like having an ice block coated all along his chest, but he didn't want to let Hayley know of their intentions, which was smart. The cold helped tremendously, and he would have to thank them later with some mayhem later.They always loved a good dose of horseplay once in a while, and their help right now just saved him from being a complete jackass.

His eyes now noticed that he was down to a couple of helpings left in his bowl, which meant that this discussion might have to come to an abrupt end. Jake didn't know if that was a good thing or a bad thing, seeing as how he had trouble keeping himself in check. It wasn't right to lust like Hayley like this, especially someone as young as she was. She could be considered 'jailbait' to the proper authorities, and having his way with her just wouldn't be right. Another spoonful of cereal entered his mouth as he listened to her next question towards him. He would wait until he was done chewing before answering her.

"I have journalism, math, and English to start with. After that, I have a power session in the Danger Room, then the rest of the day is mine." It sounded like a tall order, but Jake has had days like this before, and it was good to keep himself busy. Besides, he would have plenty of time to celebrate his anniversary after his courses were order. He was actually considering going into town and have a good dinner in a pizzeria, but he would have to see how the weather was later in the day. It was a moment that was meant to have its own special party, and Jake would deliver on his promise to his 'friends'.

"Since you don't have any classes, what are your plans for the day? Besides getting your revenge, of course? It was a intriguing question to ask her since she would have the rest of her day to frolic around the mansion if she sought fit to do so, Jake looked at her and gave her a soft smile as he awaited her answer, the shadows giving another cold blast to his senses to keep him in check once more. It was funny to feel the sensation once more, but Jake knew that it was necessary. If it was his choice, he would have had his way with her over and over again, but that wasn't the right type of thinking. The shadows were doing him a favor, and they would be repaid in kind once the true party begins tonight.

[Hayley Tonin]

Whilst she ate her cereal she noticed that Jake's hormones were starting to to return to more suitable levels, sure they were still elevated but they were enough for her to ignore now. Seems that Jake had sensed her discomfort and had started to remove his thoughts from those urges that all guys got when they saw an attractive girl. She actually wondered if Jake actually considered her jail-bait given her size and youthful appearance, both of which were affects caused by her powers, well because of her use of her powers to be precise. She kinda hoped he did, knowing that she was actually only a few months younger than him and he was trying to calm himself down thinking 'no its wrong, she's just a child', she really did have a wicked sense of humour.

"Well if I'm honest, I have classes today, I'm just not going to them. Don't see the point really. I'm nearly eighteen and I could actually be teaching some of these classes better than some of the teachers. I only turn up when I feel like it, or when they are PE, power training or my optional classes." she stated, as she started drinking her glass of Dr Pepper. Giving an almost cliché refreshed sigh as she put the glass down. She had needed it though, she was quite thirsty and it would be a while before she'd finish off the cereals enough to drink the remaining milk in the bowl. Yet another one of her quirky traits.

"Till then though I'm probably gonna head to my home away from home. The library and do some reading whilst I wait for my boyfriend to wake up. I used to meet him outside his room. But when you can actually sense all the other waking male students suffering from their morning glories it isnt quite as romantic to wake your boyfriend." she said, not realising that the stuff she was saying could make others uncomfortable. Then again Hayley wasn't one to sugar coat things or avoid talking about things like that, she just spoke her mind and if others didn't like it they could take a hike.

[Jake Mitchell]

Boy, did everything come into prospective within a few seconds time.

As Hayley spoke her piece, the truth came out in more ways than one, much to Jake's chagrin. First of all, she was nearly 18? She was only a few months removed from Jake's actual age, and that meant that she was mostly attainable, according to his standards. Even though she was still youthful-looking, her own words became her undoing. As he took another spoonful of cereal into his mouth, he could feel time itself slowing down as his eyes scanned her body once more, especially when it came to her upper half. The shadows tried to mentally warn him that this was a very bad idea, but those urges started to drown them out. The other 'hunger' was starting to take over.

Another truth that came from Hayley's mouth was the fact that she had a boyfriend, and that she was definitely in love with him. It wasn't fair. Why should he had all the fun with this beautiful girl? It just wasn't right, in Jake's new opinion, because he wanted to try to taste the same lips that Hayley possessed. One way or another, Jake would have his way with the Scot, even if it meant getting in trouble because of it. There was no fighting that hunger this time.

As the final spoonful of his breakfast entered his mouth, Jake grabbed the bowl and drank down the rest of the milk that was inside, trying for one last attempt to cool himself down and think more clearly. He couldn't do this, could he? Was he that desperate for love that he would take the innocence of a young girl? Was the darkness within him that strong to overpower his common sense? This couldn't happen, for if it did, it would be the biggest scandal in the mansion since the Outbreak a few months back. Why would he risk his life for this?

That answer was simple. Because it was well worth it to feel her touch against his.

With that said, Jake placed the bowl gently on the counter ans stood up from his seat, taking in a deep breath as he walked towards where Hayley was sitting. She was honest with him, and he appreciated that. The least that he could do was to do the same and put in out there, At least, then, she would help make his decision for him. To love and share his darkness with her, or to run away and hide in his own shame. He approached her and looked at her eyes. "Listen, Hayley, there is something that I want that, right now, only you can give me. Now, I know that you will refuse my wish, and that is fine. However, I just wanted to be honest with you, just as you were honest with me just now. I'm sorry if I have offended you, but this is how I feel."

Jake reached up with his right hand to stroke her left cheek, if she would allow it. The urges were demanded him to grab her and take her by force, seeing that he was bigger and stronger than she was. However, at least, his thinking was permitting him to have some sort of reasoning in this situation. Whoever her boyfriend was, Jake hoped that he didn't step inside the Kitchen right at this awkward moment, for he might unleash his own power upon him. Right now, the ball was in Hayley's court, and he would understand if she decided to deck him to the floor right then and there. She had the right to.

[Hayley Tonin]

When she was talking about herself she didnt notice that Jake's hormones were sky rocketing once more. Firstly when she admitted her age which with her appearance was a little misleading. She looked about fifteen maybe sixteen because of her usage of her powers, but in fact was nearly old enough to buy drinks in a bar in her native country. However she did notice it when she had spoken about having a boyfriend. It didn't take telepathy to know that Jake was being controlled by the green eyed monster now. It didn't take long to figure out that something was going to happen soon, knowing his hormones were raging and that he was jealous, she could only think of one think that would take place in Jake's mind.

In the end though the joke would be on Jake, sure Hayley was small and would definitely take her down in a show of pure physical strength. Hayley was a skilled martial artist. Whilst capoeira was her main style she was skilled in others as well. If Jake tried to force her into any position he would be walking away with much more than a bruised ego. Her fight with Nadia had shown her what her limits are when it came to a real fight, and she knew that she could take Jake out if she wanted. First of all she wanted to see how he was going to try out his luck.

She listened to Jakes admittance that he had urges that he wanted to satisfy. She had to admit he had balls to admit that he intended to force himself upon her, although if he did try it those balls would no longer be attached to him. She'd make sure of that. She'd carve them out of his scrotum with the spoon she was using to eat her cereals. Whilst he talked though she just continued to eat her cereals and drink her Dr Pepper. Soon she too was finished and drunk the remaining milk, before then finishing off her glass of Dr Pepper.

As he glass touched the counter she felt Jake's hand stroke her cheek. She tensed up, but relaxed a split second later. If he wanted to try his luck, she was ready for it. Even if he did manage to overpower her physically and she didn't have an opening to react she had one piece of ammo that would ensure that he list concentration enough for her to counter. After all how many guys would still try and rape a girl if they had just been told by said girl that they used to be a guy. Not many she bet, and no matter what his reaction to that was it was going to give her an opening to react.

[Jake Mitchell]

The touch of Hayley's soft skin sent a feeling of calm and relief to Jake as he stroked her cheek. He felt the tense moment of her resistance at first, but only at first. There was going to be that moment where she wouldn't follow along with the original plan, and he would have accepted that. Jake didn't blame her if she just pulled away from the move and walked out of the Kitchen all together. Probably, to head to her boyfriend and explain what recently happened, just probably resulting in a brawl somewhere in the mansion. In fact, there was a moment in Jake's mind that the event would actually happen.

However, nothing happened.

Hayley's resistance wavered towards a relaxed state within a mere second after the initial touch. What did this mean? Was she willing to give herself to him and his needs? Was she really going to allow him to perform such acts upon her? Jake really didn't know the answers, but he knew that this was the best chance to get what he wanted. The urges were pounding his mind and heart, overpowering any sense of reason that he had left in his head. He looked into those Scottish eyes of hers and knew that the moment was exactly right. They were alone in this place, and no one would know the wiser afterward.

That same hand that touched Hayley's cheek made its way towards the back of her neck, taking a gentle grip upon it as Jake continued to look deep into her eyes. This was it; the moment of truth had arrived. The call of the urges was overwhelming, and he started to enjoy their call as he could feel himself getting bigger in his pants. He wanted to unzip and allow himself to lengthen even more, but that would be rude at this point. Jake still had respect for Hayley and her opinions, and sparing her of the view for now would be the right thing to do. After all, why ruin the moment if this was so right?

Slowly, Jake leaned his face forward towards Hayley's, wanting to plant a soft kiss upon her lips. This would the start of the act, a warm kiss that would show that she would be taken softly and slowly. He wouldn't be one of those monsters that would hurt a woman to get his satisfaction. He would rather die that become that type of man. This would be done with easy strokes of passion and compassion, and she deserved that much.

[Hayley Tonin]

Hayley stayed relaxed when Jake moved his hand from her cheek to the back of her neck. Although he was still trying to force himself on her, he was doing it in a rather relaxed manner. Seemed that her lack of a reaction had made him think that she was submitting to him, nothing could be further from the truth though, if there was one girl in the school who was not going to submit to anyone it was Hayley. Jake's decision to be relaxed though was going to be his own downfall though. If he had been holding her by her neck forcefully or grabbing her hair she couldn't have reacted, instead his hand was just resting at the back of her neck.

When Jake leaned in for a kiss, Hayley saw her opportunity. She pulled away slightly before bringing her head forward with all her force, feeling the impact as her forehead impacted on Jakes nose. She felt the cartilage move, but whether she had actually broken his nose she didn't know. Either way, she knew that he was going to be going no further with her. If he was lucky he was walking out of here with a bloody nose and a bruised ego. He wasn't leaving with her innocence though. That was reserved for the love in her life. Be it her current one or a future one. Either way Jake was not getting what he wanted.

Now she was free of his grip it was her turn to release some stress. Whilst Jake's method for stress release was forcing himself on Hayley, Hayley's method involved left and right hooks to the face, a rear naked choke and a kick to the skull, though not necessarily in that order. "Jake, I just want to say, YOU FUCKED UP!!!! You really chose the wrong girl to try this on." she said rubbing her head where her skull had impacted on the bridge of his nose. She was lucky in that her powers allowed her to strengthen the density of her bones. Whilst she had originally done it because of the known causes of osteoporosis being hormone related, now she saw it as a huge benefit. Whilst in most humans the tibia was the strongest bone in the body, every single one of Hayley's bones was as stong as the tibia, until her fight with Nadia it had only been a few bones she had strengthened, now though she had strengthened the lot. It would take more than a punch to break her ribs now.

If she'd been running on logic at the moment, she'd have headed out the kitchen and gone to see Ms Kinney straight away. Instead Hayley was running on pure adrenaline and was focused now. Unless it was insects, Hayley always chose to fight instead of flee when her adrenaline started pumping. She wanted to show Jake why he shouldn't have underestimated her.

[Jake Mitchell]

The minute that Hayley started to pull away, Jake knew that someone was up. His instincts and his guard was down as he went in for the kiss, not knowing what the young girl had up her sleeve. His eyes were closed while wanting to touch his lips with her own, yearning for that one moment that would start a chain of events that the both of them would never forget in their lives. However, that moment was ruined within one second.

CRACK!

The collision of Hayley's head on Jake's nose was enough to send him down to the ground in a heap. The moment was completely destroyed, and to think that he gave her the chance to be civil and accept it for what it was. A couple of streams of blood started to flow out of his nose as he could feel it to be nearly broken, and that just pissed him off. The urges of love and passion were now replaced by an overwhelming feeling of darkness and pain. His eyes were closed as he held back a couple of tears that were a result of the painful blow. She wanted to play dirty, huh? Well, it was definitely time to play a new game.

Jake got to one knee as he heard Hayley speak to him, knowing now that it would take a fight to get what he wanted. He didn't know that her powers gave her such strength, but now, she was about to feel his powers up close and personal. The shadows. once muted by his wanting of her, were now the voices of reason as they wanted him to tear her apart, limb by limb. He was about to give them their anniversary gift earlier than expected. However, with this moment in time, it was warranted. She got first blood on him, and that was fine. Now, it was payback time.

A couple of chuckles escaped from Jake's mouth as he finally stood up to his full height, knowing that this fight was about to get a lot more interesting. Me? No, my dear. You're about to find out that it's going to be the other way around." At that, Jake opened his eyes, no longer the brown of his birth, but the burnt-orange of his powers. Every shadow that was inside the Kitchen shimmered with some sort of life as he turned around to face the one that struck him, wanting her to see her handiwork for herself. If she was pleased, then that moment would passed as her own shadow was about to be used against her. Jake got himself in a fighting stance of a boxer, but his mind was with her shadow, which started to rise behind her in its own shape. With a simple smile to her, Jake stood one step back and commanded the shadow to strike, hoping to turn her around and hit her with an uppercut to the chin that could knock anyone to the ground.

As Jake learned with his powers, a shadow can mimic one's moments. So, he hoped that this would be the case as a little 'shadow-boxing' was in order. He would definitely see to it that he would get what he wanted, by force if necessary.

[Hayley Tonin]

"How so? I chose the wrong girl to try to rape?" she joked, noticing that Jake was now starting to use his power. From what ths could recall it was umbrakinesis with shadow manipulation, although to what extent his powers went she didn't know. Just like few apart from the teachers and those students with a good knowledge of biology actually knew how potent her powers were. Whilst the the effects of her powers were slow, they had a definite action related to them. Adrenaline allowed people to either fight harder or flee quicker, most of the -tonin hormones aided in drowsiness, and then their was her personal favourite Enkaphalin, the pain regulating hormone. She could make herself totally immune to pain. 'Time to fight fire with fire. If he's using his powers then so am I.' she thought to herself.

When Jake took a boxing stance, Hayley attempted to do the same. But she couldn't, her movement was being restricted by some unseen force. It didn't take long to realise that Jake was controlling her shadow and it was in turn controlling her. This was one ability she had yet to see Jake use in the power training classes, it must be a new one, either way it was quite strong, it would take a bit to force herself out of it totally. She could move a bit, but not by much. Still that didnt stop her going to work on her own powers. She started to rapidly increase her adrenaline and Enkaphalin levels. It would take a minute or so for her body to notice them and react accordingly but the way she saw it the adrenaline would give her that strength to power out of Jake's shadow possession and the Enkaphalin would block out the pain of any hits he did manage to get on her.

Soon she was being turned around by Jake's shadow possession, just in time to see Jake throwing a punch. With her training in Capoeira she was skilled at reacting to punches and kicks in mere seconds, at the moment though her movement was limited, and the punch was an uppercut. If she didn't try something quickly she would probably be KO'd by the blow if not the point when she hits the floor. With the punch getting closer Hayley began moving against her shadows wishes, moving her head to the left, whilst it wasn't by much it was still enough for the uppercut to miss her chin. Instead it ended up hitting her cheek at a weird angle, sorta like some halfway point between a hook and an uppercut. Whilst contact had been made her actions had stopped her going down like a sack of potatoes.

[Jake Mitchell]

It really didn't have to be this way.

Jake was thinking those words to himself as he was upon Hayley, looking at the bruise of her cheek as a result of the failed uppercut. The ability that he had use on her was one that he had recently discovered during some time spent in the Danger Room, and if there was a time to use it on some live target practice, he was glad that it was this situation. The pure fact that she nearly broke his nose sent him on a tangent that he had never been in before. So many emotions were riding through his mind right now, but the main one, being pissed off, was controlling his every move.

Jake looked down at her shadow and commanded it once more, the dark mass shifting a bit to allow itself to expand slightly. Black tendrils began to rise out of the shadow and wrap themselves around her feet and legs, hoping to hold her in place while he would do his acts upon her. Despite their thin look, they were strong enough to hold anyone in their area as long as Jake had his will upon it. The fight overall was making Jake's urges even harder to control, especially since he now had blood stains all over his face and clothes. He was going to have her, and the time was going to be right now.

With a shift of his head, Jake looked into her eyes, seeing no fear and no regret in what she did. He didn't expect her to, for she was willing to fight for what she believed in, which was very noble. He didn't know of her powers too well, but he did know that it had something to do with hormones and her control of them. Therefore, there would have to be some caution taken into this. Jake made his move and and fired a hard knee towards her midsection, hoping that she would go down with the blow as he used all of his natural strength towards the knee shot.

"You should have her me have you when you had the chance. Now, we have to do this the hard way." The shadows were enjoying this as this was the master that they wanted to see for a long time. Powerful, strong, and in charge. They were getting an unexpected anniversary gift, and they loved what they saw.