“You're an idiot, Dom…” Dominic heard Sam say and as soon as the words processed in his mind, the younger sibling turned back to the older one wearing a scowl. "Well, YOU'RE NOT BEING A BIG HELP EITHER! YOU TELL ME NOT TO BABBLE SO I BE ASSERTIVE AND I'M STILL IN THE WRONG! WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?!" Dominic exploded back at Sam. "You...eh?!" Dominic held his tongue as an eerie feeling came through his mind. The kind of feeling someone gets when they think something bad was gonna happen except Dominic didn't have to think because this feeling was always 100% right. His second gift, his ability to sense danger around him had began to go off, and he slowly turned around to investigate only to see Alexandra's eyes blowing blue and water rising out of the pool. It didn't take long for Dominic to take the hint and he attempted to run away, but he was inevitably washed away in the wave a good 6 yards away from Sam and Alexandra on the pool deck. Coughing heavily from the water that he had swallowed during his wash out, Dominic looked back over too the two older mutants, mainly at Alexandra as she started speaking again.

“Look, I’ll let it pass this time, but if that happens again…” she looked at Sam for a brief moment then back to Dom “Your brother can tell you what I did when someone called me a hottie.”

He gulped at the warning as he got back to his feet, completely drenched and nodded to Alexandra showing that he understood. He didn't really want to know what else she was capable of with her satanic powers of evil that had punished the misguided and adorable Dominic Johnson.

“Well, we are here to take a swim, so what about actually starting it.” she added, her eyes still on Dominic. “You are first.” she added, gesturing toward the pool.

He was first? He was already drenched thanks to her, even if he might have deserved it, but not really cause he never had any experience on dealing with women and his brother whom was supposed to be teaching him on the how to wasn't doing anything but saying 'no', hitting him and calling him an idiot. Sam needed to be punished as well. Though what Dominic was about to do might lead to a real big brother beat down, he figured it was totally worth it.

"Ok, I'll go first," the young blond shrugged and backed up a few more feet and bent over on his hands and feet. He concentrated on the Squirrel DNA that had been acquired during his meeting with Luke. Squirrels were very underrated creatures in the animal kingdom, but Dominic loved the burst of speed and agility they possessed and it would come in handy. Dominic ran across the pool deck on all fours like the tree rodent seemingly heading straight for the pool. Then with a final burst of the squirrel's speed and switching to agility, Dominic leaped over in Sams direction, Dominic "I love you, Bro!" he cried with a devious grinned as he tackled Sam and wrapped his arms around his big brother as both siblings fell into the pool with a nice splash.

Staring with an open mouth was all he could do. The fact that not only his brother slapped Alex’s butt was way out of left field from his brothers personality but the fact that he called baby got back was even more unnerving. He half expected Alex to kick Dom in the wedding tackle for his inappropriate comments and gestures but instead he watched as her eyes turned blue as he watch a large amount of water from the pool fly out and force itself upon his gutsy brother.

The reason he wasn’t helping his brother was because the upcoming attack was well deserved and not to mention the Alex was a few years older than his brother but also way out of his league. “I tell you not to babble because it makes you look stupid, and why would you go to the other extreme and grab her?” sighing and watching Dom get forced away with water Sam shrugged and said, “What did you think was going to happen? You think she was going to thank you for something like that Dom?”

Looking back to Alexandra he said, “Really sorry Al, I am. It’s just…” Sam turned his head to his brother and saw him on all fours charging him, “Seriously?” Sam asked playfully as he tried running a little to the side of the pool away from Alex so she wouldn’t be caught up in the oncoming tackle. Bending his knees as his brothers quick movements turned into a jumping tackle. Sam felt the short amount of air leave his body as his brother wrapped around him as the fell in to the pool.

Instead of surfacing Sam brought his hands up and playfully started on wailing on his brother underwater. As they were coming up Sam pushed himself on top of his brother and used his feet to force him down father towards the bottom of the pool as Sam surfaced.

“Your turn!” Sam called to Alex as he gave her a playful grin and splashed some water in her direction, hopefully she wouldn’t use her powers to drown Sam the way she used them to throw his younger brother.

A relieved sigh left her lips as soon as Dominic had seemed to understand what she was saying. With a gulp that is, but he understood, none the less. Alexandra began to laugh when the youngest of the brothers tackled the other and they both fell into the pool with a splash. One that got to her, but not enough to completely soak her. She turned her back, her hand raised in a protective manner over her face. A second later, she turned around and looked at the underwater struggle with a giggle. She watched Sam getting at the surface first and gave a mocking applause.

“Your turn” he called at her, with a grin, followed by another splash. Hmmm, she smiled as she was half tempted to give him the splash of his life. Using her powers. But decided against it in the end. Instead, she gracefully jumped in the water, head first, holding her breath. If she calculated right both Sam and Dominic should have been seriously splashed. She resurfaced next to the boys with a grin on her face and threw some more water in Sam’s direction, followed by a mocking smile and her tongue stuck out to him.

Holding his breath, Dominic struggled to fight off Sam under the water's surface but seemed to be losing as expected while Sam continued to pummel him and ultimately, stepping on his back sending the younger sibling to the pool's floor. Sam had surfaced first and Dominic's head appeared from the water moments after. "Owe..." he said blowing water out of his nose, now filled with the scent of chlorine. Then Sam started to splash Alexandra and the young woman leaped into the pool splashing both the boys. It was understandable since Sam splashed her first, but hadn't he been splashed enough? Not to mention the underwater beat down he received. Dominic swam away and while Sam was distracted by Alexandra's splashing. Dominic took this opportunity and dove beneath the water and swam behind Sam. "Got you!" he screamed hopping on the ice elemental's back and poking him repeatedly in the forehead. "How do you like that? Huh? Huh?!" he laughed. This was what he had been missing his whole life. The fun of laughing and horse playing with his older brother and now was the time to make up for lost time. He shot a thumbs up at Alexandra as he held on to Sam's back.

Glad she didn’t use her power Sam felt a large sum of water crash on his face as he and Dom got hit with Alex’s splash. He was a little surprised at how big the splash was considering how big Alex was. Either she knew how to create big splashes or she was heavier than she looked. Think over that fact for a second he came to the conclusion that she was just awesome at making waves seeing as Sam had carried her once or twice before.

As Alex surfaced Sam’s attention was on her and he could tell his brother was going to try something that something he just wasn’t sure yet. Sam closed his eyes and raised his hands as he was splashed a second time he looked back after and matched a grin to her but he didn’t match the tongue he was to busy coming back with another splash. Grinning slightly he again noticed how attractive Alex was and why it was so dangerous for him to hang out with her. She wasn’t just attractive, but she was awesome all around, her playful personality in particular was something that Sam was beginning to become more and more interested in.

Taken by surprise Sam started moving around forgetting about his brother on his back. “There’s a monkey on my back!” called out Sam as he moved forward making a grab at Alex hoping to pull her under with them. But as he leaned in he slipped and being wet was just as good as being covered in lotion or a lubricant of some kind so when he slipped his hand went from her shoulder to her strap and he continued to fall under water.

Feeling a small bit of resistance Sam looked to his hand and realized what he was holding… it was Alex’s bikini top… he stayed under for a second calculated what he should do; his mind was racing as he tried to figure the best way to solve the problem.

Throwing an elbow and getting Dom off of his back Sam shot out of the water to see a full frontal Alexandra and his face instantly got red from the embarrassment he was causing her. “Uhhhhh….” Was all Sam could say.

Another splash headed her direction and Alexandra barely had the time to pull her tongue back into her mouth before the water hit her face. Unfortunately, she didn’t close her eyes in time and soon found her vision to be a bit clouded. She blinked twice trying to gain her vision back. Hmmm… The image got clear. Just in time to see Dom jumping on Sam’s back and the ice mutant coming her way calling out ‘There’s a monkey on my back!’.

“Sam, don’t, you’re-” Too late. He had already reached for her. His hand slipped from her shoulder under the water. Along with her bra. No. That just didn’t happen. She wasn’t standing in the pool with her upper half completely naked. Her eyes widened in shock. Her mind stopped working. Sam resurfaced from the water looking at her bare chest, his face red. That did it. That pulled her out of the shock. Her face was burning and she was somehow convinced that there were actually flames around her head. Her cheeks weren’t the shade of pink you usually got when you were embarrassed by something. No, they were a deep shade of red. Alexandra Leigh-Kettler aka Circe, spy supreme of the Kabal, never afraid of a fight found herself embarrassed in front of a man. Nooo. This was just some nasty dream. She felt the urge to pinch herself to see if everything was real. But she didn’t. Mostly because she was still standing there, naked, in the Mansion Pool.

Her mind began to react. What should she do? Reach out and grab for her bra and desperately try to put it on? How much time would that take? She wasn’t even sure if her hands could do the job anyway. No, she couldn’t stand there in the middle of the pool, with people looking at her while struggling to put her bra back on. So she did the next thing that came into her mind. The only thing she could think of right now. She threw herself on Sam, her arms wrapping around him in a tight hug. Yeah, she was using Sam’s body as a cover for her naked body. A man to shield the naked body of a women. Great idea. It didn’t matter. Her face buried into his chest. It wasn’t like she was able to look at anyone for the time being. Even though she couldn’t see anything, she had her eyes closed tightly. “Just tie it back.” she said in a half barking – half pleading tone. She wasn’t mad at him. It wasn’t his fault. But she couldn’t help to feel nervous about the whole situation.

And so what was just harmless fun slowly turned into the most awkward scene Dominic had ever found himself in his entire life. He laughed at the monkey comment and held on tighter to his brother refusing to let go and then Sam had to go and drag Alexandra into the struggle and ultimately stripping the woman of her bikini top. Dominic's eyes grew wide as Alexandra had been exposed, but then suddenly felt Sam's elbow go into his stomach, knocking the teen off his back and into the water. Seriously, what was with Sam being so abusive? Well Dominic would get to the bottom of that later. Right now, all Dominic could do was float, eyes wide opened and jaw dropped at Alexandra's chest. Her soak and wet bare chest. He learned from the past and decided to keep his mouth shut, figuratively anyway because his mouth still hung over from shock. And a few more seconds....he was about to speak but then Alexandra decided to move and hug her barre chest up against his.

"NO SNOO SNOO IN THE POOL!" Dominic finally screamed, pointing to the two. "PEOPLE SWIM IN HERE!" he said accusingly.

As a kid Sam was lucky he had the ability to recall certain things he had seen, sort of like selective photographic memory and for the time being he really wished he didn’t have it. The mental photograph of a bare chest Alex was now going to be brought up every time he saw her most likely turn his face as red as the color hers was now. Yet for some reason Sam couldn’t stop looking with his face getting redder and redder as his jaw continued to remain dropped.

Wanting to do something in this awkward situation before Dom did something Sam tried to move but his body wouldn’t respond. His eyes remaining in between Al’s face and her chest Sam continued to stand there dumbfounded he needed something to kick his body into gear, something to make him start moving. From the look on her face she was trying to do something as well but unlike Sam Alex made a move but unfortunately for Sam it was a movement that made his brain shut down even more.

Now standing with Alex wrapped around his body pressing her self against him making sure she was covered less she give Dom something else to comment about. One thing Sam was not ready for was this. The hug however did get him moving though as she half yelled half begged for him to tie it back on. Awkwardly Sam gulped and said, “A-A-Alright…” before he was about to move his hand holding her top to her front Sam heard Dom call out about the no “Snoo Snoo” law in the pool.

Instinctively Sam raised a small cylinder of ice from the floor of the pool around him and Alex so she could have her privacy while he tried to put it on her top. “Ummm…” Sam said as he raised the top over her head as he tried to pull it down between him and her, “Really S-S-Sorry bout this…” Sam said as he gently worked his way through her hair, as it was still wet. It took him a few seconds but he managed to tie the top half of the suit around her neck.

The second half was a little more difficult for him seeing as he had to pull Alex into more of a hug so he could see what he was doing. “Again, I am really sorry…” Sam said as he tied the bottom half of her top together. Hoping she wouldn’t be as mad at him as she should be.

She heard Dominic yelling in the background for them not to snoo snoo in the pool. Snoo snoo? She wished she was able to melt down into a puddle and be one with the water right now. Oh, how could this happen? The idea of turning into a puddle of water quickly changed to magically vanishing from this situation. How could she even look in the eyes the man she was now hugging so tight? How could she walk out from this situation? Dominic’s voice could be heard again… She promised herself to kick him in the face later. Or… actually teach him how to act in situations like this. Even though she had her eyes closed and her head against Sam’s bare chest, she was aware that all the attention was on them. How it could not when she had lost her bra then Dominic was yelling out loud that they shouldn’t snoo snoo in the pool? Argh! Her head was on fire.

She felt Sam’s hands beginning to tie the straps back together behind her neck. She also heard him apologizing for what have happened but found herself unable to actually get a word out of her mouth. Her head felt like neon red sign flickering on and off as he was touching her. That. That was a first for her. For she had never had someone touch her that much. And now, it was happening in a middle of a public pool and it had nothing to do with physical relationships. Although, Dominic had mentioned the snoo snoo thing. As soon as her straps were back together, Sam apologized again. Alexandra knew she was supposed to let go of him. But how? How could she even do that? Look at him? Look at all those people that were around them and then shrug it off and walk away. She was unable to do that.

Oh. Oh. The rumors. People were already talking about her and Sam after the gym fight. She was terrified when she thought about the rumors this incident will start. She was certain that that the whole mansion will be talking about this. There was no way they could get away with it. It was like Angelina Jolie stripping in a country club and walking off without getting on the front page of every newspaper. For crying out loud, spies weren’t supposed to have this much attention on them but she was like a walking trouble magnet.

Sam. He said sorry. She should say something. She should pull away and say something. But no. Instead, Alexandra pushed herself further into him, her grip tightening, her eyes still shut tightly. Breath in. Breath out. “Ah-” No. It didn’t sound like it was supposed to sound a loud ‘I’. Instead, it came out more like she was struggling to breathe. “I can’t look up.” she finally managed to say, so fast that she wondered if he would even be aware that she was speaking. Her fingers dug in his back. How?

"Really?" Dominic's eyes narrowed as he saw the cylinder of ice rise from the water and surrounded Sam and Alexandra, blocking them from view. "You guys can't be serious.....Seriously?" he sighed. Poor Dominic. From what was going to be a nice afternoon chat with his brother had gone terribly down hill into quite the compromising situation for the two older mutants. "No use in hiding now. Already saw her dirty pillows!" Dominic shouted again. "And you call me rude! I'm not the one ripping off girl's tops and making ice barriers in the pool to make babies! Don't you know what happens, Sam? If you Snoo snoo, Alexandra will get pregnant and die and then you'll be locked away in jail for murder!"

...yes, this is what he said, and he believed every word of it. It was a shame his former foster parents were scary ultra christians who instead of telling Dominic the truth that snoo snoo was the ultimate way of expressing one's love to their significant other, he was told that sex before marriage and the age of 32 kills so that he would be too scared to ever attempt it.And here he was in the pool while Sam and Alexandra were making babies (at least thats what he thought)...In the same pool he was in. The same pool. In the same water.

"EWWWW! Snoo germs!" the teen cried rushing out of the pool, back onto the pool deck and shaking himself dry of the snoo snoo water. "Sam! Don't do it! Wait until you're married! If you don't, the devil will claim your soul!"

After the suit was all set Sam tried to pull away from the current situation he and Alex had gotten into. But for some reason she tightened her grip on to him and said she couldn’t look up… why was that? Why couldn’t she look up? “Are you okay?” Sam asked her quietly as his hands instinctively brought them self up to Alexandra’s back and the back of her head. It was a simple comforting hug; his head still remained high as he looked at the pillar of ice as he wondered how bad this looked to his brother.

‘Wonder how bad this would look to anyone else…’ thought Sam as he closed his eyes for a second to inhale and exhale which helped him keep his calm in the situation. Rumors weren’t something he was worried about even if they spread like wild fire at the mansion. What he was worried about how Leila would take the rumors. She did after all storm out of the ball just because he brought a down in the dumps ghost to cheer her up, opposed to his girlfriend who he knew was going to be there regardless if she had a date or not.

To think Leila thought he was cheating with Ghost, the situation he was in now was far more incriminating than anything he had done before while dating Leila. Worst yet Dom was screaming ‘Snoo Snoo’ which if anything would get the attention of more people than annoy Sam.

“DOM!” Sam yelled as it boomed through the top of the cylinder, “Shut the hell up!” he yelled hoping his younger brother would take the message. Sam was defiantly going to have to have a talk with his brother after this, not only the sex talk, how to treat women but something else he would have to straight on. Sam was about as far from religious as you could possibly be. He understood the importance of faith but if his brother was going to think that the ‘Devil’ would claim his soul for having sex… Dom was going to get some good news.

Looking back down to Alex who seemed out of breath he said calmly, “Just breath,” he inhaled heavily and exhaled pushing Alex’s head up and down in the process hoping she could imitate him in the set of mind she was in. “We got all the time in the world, Al…” Sam smiled at her as he gently rubbed her back, “We can leave when ever you want all it takes is a snap of my fingers…” said Sam as he removed his hand from the back of her head and put his fingers together readying them for a snap.

His other hand remained on her back if she still felt like she wasn’t ready to leave yet. Sam remained still other than his lungs forcing his chest up and down. When she said the words Sam was going to shatter the cylinder of ice.

Oh she did try to focus on Sam’s comforting voice and caresses. As soon as she heard Dom’s voice and the outrageous things he was shouting at them rage started building up inside. For a moment she forgot that she was at the mansion with a certain purpose and wanted to kill Dom right away. No, she wasn’t comfortable with the situation she was in. But she wanted to be, she wanted to be cool about this so bad that it hurt. Alexandra always considered herself though no matter what the situation was. She didn’t back away when she had her first kill. She had just looked the man into his eyes and did it. No remorse, no fear. But she never imagined herself being in a situation like the one she was in. She didn’t want to be embarrassed for that was a weakness. And Alexandra didn’t like to be weak. Never. She had managed to get over her parents disapproval. She escaped Stalker robots. She was the member of a secret organization. And a 16 year old kid was now bringing the worst out of her.

She took long breathes, reminding herself she needed to be calm. Inside of her mind, she could see her powers being turned on and off. The water around her began to slightly changed from liquid to ice or vapors. Control. Strangely, in her days at the mansion she noticed the little control she had over her powers when experimenting strong emotions. And she hated it. Because before the head trauma she received in Tibet, Alexandra never had any problems with keeping her powers in check while she was furious. She began to wonder if it was such a good idea for Slate to send her on a mission as a spy after the long coma she had experienced. Although she wished and prayed the Tibet episode won’t leave any damage, her worst fears were coming true. She asked herself how long it would take before she would actually harm someone here. Hope flickered to her. Maybe that was the problem. Before this mission she never had to restrain herself from doing something she wanted to do. She wanted to harm someone? Then she just did it.

A snap of fingers, Sam said. Hmmm. Her head snapped up, her eyes still flickering from brown to blue. The ice cylinder caught her by surprise and her claustrophobia kicked in, having the last saying on her control. Her eyes turned blue and almost instantaneously the ice cylinder was turned into water molecules shooting in every direction. She looked around, a bit surprised of her own reaction then realized she was still standing in Sam’s arms. She pulled away quickly, her eyes meeting his only for a mere second before she turned her head away remembering the incident. She was now facing Dom.

Snoo snoo and babies, right? A strange feeling of calm washed over her as she took a deep breath. She even dared to look back at Sam. “I’m fine, thank you for your help.” she said in some kind of detached manner. She began to wonder if she was having double personality problem or something like that because she felt like someone else was guiding her body instead of her. She looked at her hand and moved her fingers, to see if that was true. They moved. So she was still in control of her body. She closed her eyes as she forced her powers, who were now like steam under pressure, back. When she opened her eyes, they were her usual warm brown. Moving trough the water, she made her way out of the pool and to Dominic. Putting a hand on her hip, she looked at the boy with a sigh. “Dominic, you have so gained yourself a ‘sex talk’.” she said, her head tilting to one side. “With me.” Yeah. And there was no force in the world that could have stopped her from doing it. Because if that happened again, hopefully not, she wanted to be sure that he won’t shout at the top of his lungs that she will die for snoo snoo-ing with his brother.

“DOM!” Sam yelled as it boomed through the top of the cylinder, “Shut the hell up!” he yelled.

And the younger sibling snapped to attention, shutting his mouth at Sam's command. Dominic let out a heavy sigh and ran a hand through the short wet strands of blonde on his head. All he was trying to do was warn Sam about the supposed dangers of snoo snoo he was taught. It was unfortunate that the teen didn't realize how ignorant he sounded. He still remained silent and stood watching as the cylinder disappeared and Alexandra had her top back on. A grin came upon Dominic's face as the figured Sam and Alexandra had listened to his twisted words of wisdom. Until Alexandra approached him...

“Dominic, you have so gained yourself a ‘sex talk’.” she said, her head tilting to one side. “With me.”

"Uhhh..." Dominic blushed looking away because thanks to Sam all Dominic had in his mind when he looked at Alexandra were her breasts. "I don't need a sex talk. I had it already. A man and a woman fall in love and they get married at the age of 32 when they can start a healthy family. Anytime before that will result in death." he stated sticking his nose up in the air like a know it all. "Yep. Thanks you Alex, but I don't need you to tell me about what I already know."

The mood quickly changed one they were out of the cylinder of ice, Alex’s mood changed from embarrassed and vulnerable to her usual strong and empowering self. He didn’t know what triggered the sudden change but he didn’t say anything al he did was watch as she approached Dom and told him that he would get the sex talk from her. Seeing the look on his brother’s face and the way Alex sounded it was going to be a very interesting conversation one that Sam knew enough about.

Looking between the two Sam shook his head as his brother spoke, “That’s not how it happens Dom…” he kicked back to the opposite side of the wall and looked between the two as he hopped out of the water and grabbed his things quickly as he grinned over to Alex and Dom. “Well this has been fun but I think I’ll let you give him the good ‘ol talk so I don’t have to!” letting out a small laugh Sam took off running.

There was no way he was going to sit through another, ‘sex talk’ he got enough of those while with TATMAH, and he didn’t care for another one, not to mention the fact that it would probably be easier for Alex to talk about it with out the “Big” brother there.

Her jaw could have almost dropped to the ground as she was listening what Dom has been told about sex. Now seriously, Alexandra never got her sex talk, the relationship with her parents wasn’t that good. Well, she didn’t get any talk anyway, for Alexandra was considered the freak, therefore she didn't need anything. But then again, there were magazines. There was the tv. There were her friends who were joking about it most of the time. So with parents or without parents she was pretty much aware of what sex meant. And never in her years since finding out about it, never had she thought that someone would actually believe what Dom was saying. And whoever told him that… Alexandra was far away from believing that some higher authority existed somewhere in the sky, one that would make you burn into the eternal fire if you did anything wrong. Not after finding out about being a mutant, not after having the life she had. If God existed he wouldn’t have left such terrible things to happen, things like the Registration Act, for example. She was now half inclined to believe that if there was someone who created the humans, and Darwin’s theory was wrong, then those would be aliens. Hell, she lived in a mutant mansion, and couldn’t believe that there was life in the outer space? The Universe was too big to hold only one populated planet.

Realizing she had gotten too carried away with her theories, her mind got back to Dom. Who was not even looking at her and she got some pretty good idea on why not. As she waved Sam, this time her not being able to look at him while doing it, her eyes fell on the kid in front of her. “Dom, I think you’re gonna get some good news.” she said. Taking a deep breath she looked around, then back to Dom. “Of course, certainly not here, and not while I’m dressed like this.” she said with a sigh. Who thought that she’ll have to give a teenager that talk? “But I’ll give you a head start. Good news! I won’t die and Sam’s not going to jail, ok?” she continued in a half joking tone as she picked up her clothes, I pod and camera. “I’ll go change and then I’ll talk with you.” Turning around to leave, another thing came into her mind. “And I didn’t snoo snoo-ed your brother in the pool!” she said looking back at Dom then taking off. Long day. And it was getting longer.