Alexandra moved her body on the small blue yoga mat to the 'cat' position. She was doing her yoga session for about a hour now, her mind away, sounds pushed away by the music she was listening on her i-pod. Sean Paul's Temperature began to play as she changed her position.
Her body felt sore, after almost nine months of not being used and now pushed to the limits, but Alexandra didn't care. Before the yoga session was a serious work-out. Most of the people that were in the gym when she came were long gone and now she was alone. It was perfect. She hated when boys stared at the... curvy parts of her body, especially that she always wore tight clothes when working out.
She closed her eyes as she locked her body in the position as her mind was emptied again by all unnecessary thoughts.

Ever since CS had come to Luke and discussed the possibility of crime fighting as a team the two had been trying to work out together at least once or twice a week. Not only in combat training but in basic physical work outs that would help them better learn how their future partner might react in any given situation. Luke knew that there would eventually be others joining their little group and though he might not know exactly whot hose other individuals would be he trusted Sam to make the right decision.

"So, Raina's been so busy at the aquarium that we just haven't had a lot of opportunities to spend time together." Luke spoke easily to the man that had become one of his best friends here at the mansion, "You'd think that since we're both in the same organization we'd have more time together but with her work at the aquarium and here at the school combined with my work at the security company, we really seem to have a hard time. Heck, since our trip up north I think we've spent a grand total of like... two hours together or something."

Luke was dressed for the upcoming workout in comfortable white sneakers, white ankle socks, gray sweat pants, and a black "wife-beater" tank top. He wasn't dressing up to impress anyone since he knew that Raina wouldn't be there, but he had just grabbed the most comfortable clothes that were closest to the top in his dresser.

"So any suggestion on how I can snatch her away from everything for at least a little while?" Luke asked as the two turned the corner and walked into the gym. Automatically Luke's sonar swept the room, locating the lone and very attractive figure that was center stage on one of the padded mats.

"Oh... uh... 'scuse us." He said without thinking, coming to an abrupt halt. Luke was a man and even though he was absolutely head over heels in love with Raina it was difficult not to notice just how well... proportioned the young woman happened to be within her extremely tight fitting outfit. "Uh... CS?" If anyone knew who this young woman was, it was most certainly the man standing right beside him.

Walking next to Luke as he was stretching his arm in his tight white t-shirt and basketball shorts Sam listened to Luke and nodded, “Sure it’s just this month, been a hectic one for everyone man.” He two had been to busy to see Leila as much as he liked, he was after all still busy with paper work, not to mention him coming up with a sweet idea for him Luke and a few others to form a crime fighting team that sides with the police. They have it rough as is with all the mutant attacks on them weekly.

Laughing slightly Sam said sadly, “an hour more than Leila and I have spent together, when ever I’m free she is off some where and won’t pick up her phone, hoping it’s work…” said Sam as they rounded the corner into the gym shaking the possibility that Leila isn’t staying faithful to Sam.

“Well Luke the best piece of advice I can suggest is you both take a personal day and spend it with each other, what me and….” Sam stopped speaking as his mouth slowly dropped down as he spotted Alexandra in a few provocative poses on the mats. As they were walking past her Sam stopped and crouched down and waited for her eyes to open. He heard Luke but saying hello to Alex would only take a second right?

Well woman the way they time cold I wanna be keepin' you warm
I got the right temperature for shelter you from the storm
oh lord, gal I got the right tactics to turn you on, and girl I...
Wanna be the Papa...You can be the Mom....oh oh!
The music played loud in her ears as her left leg extended from the basic position.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11... she continued to count the seconds till she needed to change the position again. But strangely, as she reached 60 she began to feel strange and unfocused. Like someone was watching her. With a frown, she opened her eyes. And Sam's face appeared in front of her.
And of course, she was startled. The equilibrum she had for this position suddenly dissapeared as she jumped back. She fell, her legs in some awkward position as her whole body weight was supported on her left hand.
Alexandra blinked surprised, her eyes registering now the second figure in the room. Her eyes shifted from Sam to the other man then back in a repetitive motion.
"Uhmmm, hi?" she finaly managed to say as she removed the earphones.

Instead of trying to step in and help the situation at all, CS chose to simply crouch down and stare at the woman. For a moment Luke was flabergasted, trying to understand what in the world his friend was up to and then it hit him. The woman was wearing ear phones and it was quite likely that her eyes were closed so she probably didn't even know they were there yet.

"Hey, if the room's taken maybe we should come back another time." Luke said as he turned back toward the door. Unfortunately for him turning away didn't really keep him from 'seeing' the way the young woman's body was positioned. It might help everyone else remain comfortable but the one problem with sonar was that unless Luke was able to concentrate and control where the sonar went, he saw everything around him. Including women that were now behind him and continueing to stretch into positions that really shouldn't be allowed in mixed company.

Right as Luke was about to make his great escape something happened. Apparently the young woman finally realized she wasn't alone and in that moment her concentration broke causing her to fall to the ground rather awkwardly.

"Uhmmm, hi?"

Mentally all Luke wanted to do was curse up a storm and run out of the room but he was an adult. He could handle the situation and focus on the training session that he and CS had been planning. "Besides... Raina looks much better doing yoga." He reminded himself, a slight grin moving over his features as he thought back to the first training session on the beach. Not only had he gotten to see her in that form fitting clothing but that was the day he'd first seen her... well... that was another thought for a much different setting.

"Sorry to interupt your stretching." Luke offered apologetically as he turned back around, his cloudy eyes looking in Circe's general direction. Now that Luke had his focus and confidence back he was ready for anything. "I'm Luke Jacobs and from the way CS is looking at you I'd guess you two already know each other."

As soon as the earphones were off Sam managed to say, “Hey Al, how is it going?” he couldn’t help but grin slightly as Luke was clearly a little uncomfortable about the situation. “Thought you were the type of girl to do yoga,” Sam smiled as he stood up offering a hand to help Alexandra up after all it was his fault she fell. He tried not to think about how good she looked in her outfit, after all he still had Leila even if things weren’t as good as they could be. Sam had a feeling that Luke was trying to place his mind elsewhere.

He looked over to Luke and flashed a grin; “I saved her life she better know who I am right?” then finished asking Alex as he met her gaze. He quickly realized once again what blue eyes she had. He averted his eyes and then pointed to the rest of the weight room, “you don’t mind us working in here do you?” Sam asked with a grin, the weight room was big but it was difficult for someone to hide because everything was on one floor and in the same large room.

His eyes shot over shot over to a few of the guys in the back on machines who were giving Alexandra the “nod”. Sam knew the “nod” all to well, the “nod” meant one thing, ‘If no one goes for that I’m gonna try getting a piece.’ Frowning slightly in their direction Sam was caught up in the heat of the moment, he nodded his head in their direction and asked, “You know your quite the attraction here at the mansion,” he grinned and said, “If you want I can help you out with your little problem…” he looked to Luke and grinned.

There were two ways he could do this, one was him and Luke could go over there and say something that could result in a fight or Sam could just show them that Alex was taken and all that would take was a simple sign of affection. But of course if she liked the attention Sam would have just grinned and he would watch as she would eat them alive.

"Keeping myself in shape." Alexandra said with a grin as she took Sam's hand and got up. She rotated her left shoulder as it was starting to hurt from the falling. She continued to smile as her eyes shifted to Luke. "Yeah, he's my personal hero." she confirmed, her smile turning into a grin. "I'm Alexandra Kettler. Nice to meet you Luke." she said, and she extended her hand to greet him.
“You know your quite the attraction here at the mansion, If you want I can help you out with your little problem…”
Sam's comment made her follow the dirrection Sam was watching and make a face. Yeah, those. That was the reason she had earphones on. If they wanted to look, then they could, it wasn't much she can do about it... well, except burrowing their feet in the floor, or... nevermind. They were annoying, staring like that but in the hours she spent in the gym only one came to her. That was when she put her earphones on... after he left disappointed that he's not getting anything. A satisfactory smile appeared on her face and she blinked innocently at Sam.
"Mhmmm, I think it's becoming a job for you to be my hero." she said, a grin spreading across her face as she put one hand on her hips. "How do you plan to save me now?" she asked, in a hint-hint tone, but carefully disguised under the innocent look.

"A pleasure Alexandra." Luke replied with a quick smile at the young woman as he reached out and shook her hand. As CS and Alexandra began to chat the blind man began some easy stretching exercises. For the moment he focused on his calves and thighs and he leaned from one side to the other, doing his best not to laugh or say anything else.

"CS is gonna get himself in trouble." He thought with a slight grin as he watched Alexandra turn toward the ice man, one hand on her hip in a somewhat sassy body position with just a touch of suggestion in her voice. Luke knew that Sam was loyal to Leila and the idea of cheating on her would never originate in his mind but if the right woman used the right amount of persuasion...

"Well, if he can stick with a look but don't touch policy he might be OK." Luke thought to himself, as he tried his best to ignore the sexy body that was clad in such tight clothes. He personally didn't even want to be doing the 'looking' but sometimes it just couldn't be helped.

"You about ready CS?"

He nodded and grinned, “It’s a hard job but you definitely seem like you need one, you have that ‘Damsel in Distress’ thing going.” Sam said with a small wink. When she asked her question and put her hands on her hips in the sassy manner that could only be described as pure Alex-tude Sam grinned slightly as he drifted off into his what if world.

Sam grabbed Alex by the hips and pulled her in with a smile, “There is only one way for those guys to take a hint” Sam said as he leaned her over a little bit and kissed her, hot and passionate was the best way to describe it, his hand ran up Alex’s Leg as he slapped her on the rear and then brought her back up, “Think that should do it” Sam said nodding to the jocks in the corner who all started to clap along with Luke who were all cheering Sam on. Just then Leila walked in sexy under wear asking, “Why are you stopping Sam, I was about to jump in.” he grinned and nodded as she and Alex got closer to him.

Like most of his crazy awesome dreams his daydream ended to soon, “Yeah,” Sam said to Luke as he nodded over to those guys and said, “Think I am going to say something to them,” he knew he didn’t have to say or do anything but Alex was still new and it was his job to make sure she was comfortable.

As he walked passed Alex with a smile on his face his thoughts called out “Turn around it could so happen! The three way the clapping just go for it man!” he made his way through the weight machines and walked back to where the kids who looked like body builders were. Three of them Sam counted as he approached, “Hey guys,” Sam said as he walked closer to them, “I was wondering if you could stop staring at my friend over there, she is new after all and it kind is my job to make sure the residents are in a safe and friendly environment, and if you guys are making her feel uncomfortable I’m not doing a good job.” Sam smiled and continued, “I like doing my job so if you would be so kind to apologize to her and not continue to stare I would appreciate it great…guh”. Before Sam could finish saying what he was going to say he felt a fist in his stomach.

‘Unexpected cheap shot’ thought Sam as he put his hands on the arms of the man who generously gave a fist to his gut. “if you guys prefer,” Sam said trying to regain his breath, “We can take this outside, don’t want any of the equipment to break right?” Sam asked as he looked to Luke to give him a heads up they were going to get some training done today, teamwork in particular.

Sam's option of saving her from the staring made her shake her head slightly. The outcome, made her take a deep breath and move over to where the guys were preparing for a fight. Her eye color turned darker by a shade as she waved her hand slightly. The guys' feet, minus Sam, were encircled by the floor, making them unable to take a step further. Right now, she enjoyed the fact that she practiced her powers on almost any type of floor. It was handy in situations like this one, for example.
Her face was serious as she placed her body between Sam and the boys and folded her arms. "Be good boys, or you might want to spend the night here." she said. She turned to Sam, taking a step further and leaned into him. "I thought I said to save me, not to get beaten for me." she whispered in his ear then her body returned to her previous position, one of her eyebrows raising. She glanced back at the boys, a stern look on her face. "So, how's it gonna be?"

Luke thought that it was kind of stupid to even bother going over to talk to the different jocks over in the corner but he kept that oppinion to himself. If Sam thought he could talk to them then more power to him. Maybe with his authority at the mansion it would work out.

"And then again, maybe it won't." Luke thought as one of the punks slammed a fist into Sam's stomach. The blind man was quick, beginning to move over toward the group but the female beside him apparently was even quicker. Suddenly the ground liquefied, absorbing the men's feets before hardening into a solid once more.

"Remind me to never make you mad." He muttered to Circe as the two of them walked over to stand near Sam facing the four idiots that had decided they should fight over the brown haired beauty.

"Figures you would have to hide behind a woman's skirt." The man that had sucker punched Sam sneared at the ice manipulator. "Some X-Man you are. Can't even fight for yourself." Standing at about 5'7" the man was relatively short but his flaming red hair was spiked up at least another three inches to give the allusion that he was larger that he truly was. Though Luke had never read files on any of the students he had seen this particular guy lift a couch one handed back during the set up for Raina's party. What was his name? Diego? Dino? Bruno? Bruiser.. that was what he'd been called. Kind of a silly call-sign but it fit the bill with this guy.

"Pretty weak. I thought you were supposed to be one of the higher ups here." A black haired teen with a very dated mullet cut sneered a few feet away from where their leader was currently landlocked, "When did the X's have to start hiding behind women and blind men?" Luke had no clue what this guy's name was or his power but if the way his arm was beginning to twitch and vibrate was any indication, he was willing to bet this kid was some sort of speedster. It made sense since he stood just a touch taller than the other, aproximately 6'1", and was noticabely thinner. He was still built like he lifted a lot of weights but there was no question his metabolism burned off the calories a little easier.

The other two remained silent, though their gazes were piercing as they drilled the three adults and especially Sam with the most hated looks they could come up with. Sweeping his sonar over the two, Luke could identify only one of them. The one off to the right and slightly closer to Luke stood about 5'8" with bottle blond hair and pure black eyes. Jackson was a royal punk and bully that used his ability of being able to channel the force of every muscle in his body into another other part of his body to terrorize some of the younger kids. In many ways Jackson was the ultimate fight, being able to hit or kick someone even when completely off balance with an amazing amount of power.

In the back left corner was the last teen that Luke had never met or heard of before. Stringy, whispy gray hair that would have fit with a sickly senior citzen hung down in long scraggles from the top of his head while piercing green eyes stared out at the world just daring anyone to make a comment about his hair. This boy was ripped but there was something about his expression that let everyone know he could do much more than just fight with the muscles he had. That was the one Luke had to worry about the most since he was the wild card of the group.

"I dare you to make your girlfriend let us go. Winner take the hottie."

"Bruiser, you are an idiot." Luke said quietly, his voice hard as he crossed his arms over his chest, "Are you trying to get kicked out of the school? We work together here at the mansion. We don't try to attack or betray each other."

Clenching his stomach Sam let out a small laugh, “I was getting around to it Al, your just a tad to impatient is all.” Sam who was still out of breath grinned slightly at Bruiser, “Brian that was completely unnecessary, not only did you just hit a teacher, but insulted the person who convinced you’re to let you stay here…” Sam grinned at the perks of being a greeter, “Don’t think Jennifer would be to happy with you…” Jennifer was Bruiser’s mother and a controlling one at that, even though Sam could have mentioned that Bruiser was crying when his mom left Sam resisted the urge to do so.

“Your not even my teacher your two months younger than me! I should smack you around!” Bruiser said through clenched teeth and his fist shaking. Bruiser knew that Sam was holding back on some embarrassing information but that was all the more reason to scare Sam into not talking. “Sides Brian any animal can throw a fist, if I remember correctly the X-Men were about working for a solution. Sides I know as well as you do that you can hit a lot harder than that I don’t even think I’ll get a bruise from that…” he gave Brian a smug grin knowing with his feet in the ground that there was not much he could do.

Looking over to Evan also known Shiver from the way his body was in constant motion like he was always cold, “Evan don’t you start on me to, to think I helped you convince what’s her face that that mullets were still in.” he started laughing and said, “Ungrateful…” he looked upon shivers face which was starting to shake more and more from what could either be from rage or a stomach ach.

Looking over at Brawler a.k.a. Jackson there wasn’t much to say to him. Brawler was kind of an ass, not only was he a bully but he got his butt kicked by Sam a few months ago and was looking for a way to get revenge for staining his title as the Mansion’s ultimate fighter.

Then there was Sid the quiet one of the group. Other than the files Sam didn’t know much else about him. ‘Power of neg. reflection’ Sam had no idea what exactly that meant but from the looks of where they were standing Sid was sort of the outcast of the group meaning he was either weaker than the others or he was stronger and feared by the others.

Shooting a grin to Bruiser, Sam said, “As long as we take this out side I am down…” shifting his gaze to Alex he said, “That’s her decision, if she doesn’t like that idea, then I guess you four get a chance to ‘smack me around’ with no repercussions, but this is a one time thing only!” Sam said with a smug grin to the four.

He turned his back and headed towards the exit from the gym to the mansion grounds, “Well Luke you did want to work on team work, guess we can have or shot…” he grinned to Alex, “You can let them go, we are going to have a little fun out side with them.” Sam said practically giddy for the fun to begin.

Winner takes the hottie? WINNER TAKES THE HOTTIE? Alexandra's head was about to explode at hearing this. What was she? A golden trophy that could be thrown around from one to another? She wasn't on the extreme feminist side but at hearing that she felt her control slip away.
"Takes the hottie?" she growled between gritted teeth. "I'm still here, moron." she muttered. She really didn't want to start a fight. She was playing the goodie here. And nothing was more important than her cover. But if they break loose and started a fight or Sam would tell her to release them she would do it gladly.
The guy that punched Sam, grinned at hearing her comment but didn't bother to say something. She knew this attitude pretty good. The 'girls are only for a night's time fun' attitude. Another growl escaped her lips as she wished Sam would tell her to let them go. She quietly listened as Sam began to embarrass them. That was good, they didn't seem to take this kind of attitude lightly... but she wanted Sam to be faster. Her hands were itching with having Bruiser have his 'prize'.
As her name was called up, Sam telling her that it was her choice to let them go or not, she stood for a moment silent. She debated on what she should do or say. It didn't take more than a second for her to decide. "Have it your way Sam." she said holding back a smile and keeping her composed face as she took a step to be in line with Sam and Luke. "But I want the 'hottie' over there." she added looking in Bruiser's direction meeting a smug grin. With a wave of her hand the floor liquefied again and the four boys were free.

(OOC: Circe, if you think I took to many liberties or anything let me know and I'll be glad to edit. I wanted to ask you in the C-Box but I guess you'd already left. Just let me know if anything needs changed!)

IC:
Luke fought off the urge to laugh as he listened to Alexandra begin to rage about being called a 'hottie'. Even the slight tightening in the muscles around her shoulders showed that she was having to keep a tight hold to not step out of line. It was funny but he almost felt sorry for whichever of these four decided to try and make things physical with the young lady.

After having made a few comments Sam was already heading for the door that would lead to the mansion grounds and Luke didn't plan on being far behind him. Sam was a formidable fighter but even young punks sometimes go lucky.

"After you Alexandra." Luke said politely as he swept an arm toward the exit that Sam was rapidly approaching, "I think your hero wants to show off some more." Without making it obvious he was doing his best to make sure that he was bringing up the rear. For most people that would have been a brave or courageous decision but for Luke it just made sense. He was the one with sonar that let him see in all directions which meant it was almost impossible for someone to sneak up behind him. Quite literally he was the perfect rear guard.

"So let's see." Luke commented to Alexandra as they walked toward the exit, "They're picking a fight against a jock, a blind man, and a young woman. I almost pity those four."

Once outside Sam took a deep breath and calmly said, “What a great day for some training!” The sky was blue the grass had started to grow and the sun was high. Not sure if it was really cold or not Sam walked towards the side of the mansion where there was a large field that was used in the summer and fall for team exercises such as sports. Considering the circumstance he thought it was a perfect place for a sparring session. Fights between staff and students were forbidden but if it was training that was a different story.

Grinning slightly as the two separate teams took their respective sides Sam blinked and looked to Alexandra and said, “Brian has a mean right hook…and watch out for his guard he likes to catch on the left side.” Normally Sam wouldn’t worry so much but from what he saw when Alex, Shin and himself she wasn’t that fast and he was just glad the Danger Room wasn’t there to ‘help’ her. All he knew was he would be trying to keep an eye on her at all times. He looked her over once and said, “Just be careful, Kay?”

Luke was a different matter. He had seen Luke in action a few times in action and knowing what this group of kids could do he wasn’t to worried about Luke. “Luke I’ll let you take first pick of the leftovers seeing as it seems Al wants to play with her new gal pal.” Sam was cool with fighting whoever but seeing as most of them had something against them he figured it would turn out being more of a team work thing in the end any ways.