Strong Words

“You’re making me interested in your power.” Cassandra cocked her brow. “I think our powers shouldn’t even be used in a match like this. What’s it meant to achieve? That some of us are strong and some of us are weak?” For an individual that hadn’t really taken part in town events before, this is all new to her. Even socialising to a degree. Simply, there were better things she’d much rather be doing. Her eyes narrowed as the boy scurried off without a fuss. “Now, I definitely want to know what your power is,” she smiled.

“Here. Out of sight, out of mind.” Cassandra lifted her hand, concentrating on cloaking the male in front and herself from the naked eye. Her power had grown exceptionally while at Lake Grimstone, even becoming so powerful as to conceal her subject from the most clairvoyant of minds. “No-one can bother us while you’re under my cloak. We’re safe.” She reassured. “I’m Cassandra, but you can call me Cassie.”

“It does normally pique peoples interest, or fear.” he chuckled with a shrug “Yeah i can see why they would want to test us but some powers are more meant for this than others i would say.” he said motioning around at the fighting around them. Once the man had ran off he chuckled at her “Well i guess the best way to explain it is that people do what i say. If i command...or if i request or ask, even by mistake.” he said wondering how she would react. it freaked some people out.

He watched as she cloaked them and hid them from view. he looked around to see that no one was able to see them any longer and he he smiled in wonder. “Fascinating. that’s really amazing.” Simon said sincerely. “Nice to meet you Cassie, I’m Simon.” he said offering a hand shake.

“It’s okay. I don’t like using mine either, so I understand.” Elizabeth nodded and then offered a smile. “That’s actually a great idea, especially when it comes to most of these people.” She chuckled. A lot of people would use their powers and ask questions later. Elizabeth wasn’t like that though. “It’s nice to meet you, Simon. I’m Elizabeth. If I could move towards you I’d offer you my hand but I can’t seem to at the moment.” 

“Well that’s good to hear, at least I’m not the only one.” he said with a friendly smile to her. “Nice to meet you too.” he agreed. He decided to give her the benefit of the doubt and hope he wouldn't regret it. “Fair point. Never mind what i said before then, you can move closer if you like.” he said so that she could approach if she wanted to. 

“my power is automatic, i can’t use it on you, it’s used on myself.” harley spoke, a smirk on his lips as he looked at simon. he remembered seeing the amazement on his expression when harley had been able to push through what his power had told him before, but then harley hadn’t been fighting all day, hadn’t been exhausted from it. he managed to toe forward a slight amount, but he was still a reasonable distance from the other. “you don’t want to fight, simon?”

“Well that’s sort of good news then.” said Simon with a smile. Simon knew Harley was a tough foe for any he might encounter. At his question he shrugged “Ah you know me, classic avoidance of situations that might make me want to use my power. Just a natural reaction at this point. I know its all for the team but it’s still strange for me. My power isnt really a physical one so im trying to just stay out of the way.” he chuckled.

Cassandra could see the apprehension in her competition’s eyes and dropped her cloaked appearance, revealing herself to the man. She’d never been a quiet sneaker. “Don’t worry, cutie. My powers can only stretch to my own personal use and something tells me I’m not about to cloak you to death… or whatever.” Cassie laughed. “What’s up with you?”

Simon smirked a little as she spoke to him. Cloaking was an impressive power, he was lucky to hear her coming. He chuckled at her joke and nodded “Fair enough, i guess its a good way to avoid conflict. My powers could be used more offensively but i think i would rather just keep people at bay. They don’t tend to like it when i get too outward with my powers.” he said with a shrug. “Nothing really, just trying to avoid getting pulled into to much conflict but its proving somewhat difficult in this environment” he said his eyes turned to the right as someone seemed to charge towards their location with some kind of offensive power charging up. 

“Please go away we are having a conversation.” he said to the new person and they instantly headed off away from them. Simon turned back to Cassandra “So is your strategy to just stay hidden as much as you can then?”

Elizabeth hadn’t even been planning on using her power, but when she heard the guy speak, it was as if she couldn’t think about using it at all. She stayed where she was and placed her hands up, in a surrendering motion. “I wasn’t going to use my power in the first place.” Elizabeth confessed to the guy. 

“Well......that’s good news.” he said trying to be as friendly as he could in the environment. “Sorry about that. I don’t really like using my powers on people but it seems like it’s a bit of a free for all here.” he said with a shrug. “As far as my powers go i thought a preemptive shut down would keep me safest.” he chuckled. “There is quite a lot of impressive competition going on.” he said having a glance around. “Sorry, i’m Simon by the way. I don’t think we’ve met properly?” he said with a nod.

Isabella shook her head and laughed at his words knowing that he was joking. “I mean that and the hot sex.” She said, clearly joking too. Her arms wrapped around his neck when he pulled her closer to him and she took in a deep breath taking in his scent. Her place had never felt like home to Isa, not until Simon came along and now she couldn’t imagine the place without him there. “I’m sure that it still tastes amazing.” She said with regards to the dinner not being fancy as he had stated. “I better behave then because a massage sounds amazing.” Her hand traveled down his arm as she walked to the dining table. “Is there anything I can help you with?” She asked even though it seemed like it had all been set up already. His question made her chuckle and roll her eyes playfully “oh yeah, I so much rather be at work then at home with my extremely handsome boyfriend.” She joked.

“Well yes there is that too.” he smirked and walked over to the table with her. “I hope so, wouldn't want to disappoint. Plus if it is garbage we can just get pizza, always a winner.” he shrugged. “Well then so long as you behave then i am sure you will have a massage to look forward to then. No no, its all ready. just take a seat my dear.” he said pulling the chair out for her like they were on a date. Her answer made him laugh back “Well i can see why, i have been known to be.....distracting.” he said leaning in and just before his lips touched hers taking a pause before saying the last word and planting a kiss. He moved ver to his seat then and began opening the bottle to pour her a drink. “I bumped into Liam yesterday actually.” he said as he remembered their chat.

Work, that seemed to be all he that Isabella spent her time on, well, that and training. It was great that at least a few people knew about her power because that just meant that there were fewer people that she had to hide it from. She was especially glad that Simon knew, it had been so hard keeping it all from him. But things were now good between them and she was thankful for that.

The government agent walked from her office to her home, she was glad that the distance wasn’t a great one because with the heels she was wearing she didn’t think that she could take a long walk. After a few minutes she arrived at her place and when she opened the door she was greeted by the man she was fortunate enough to call her boyfriend. Her smile immediately grew wider when she laid eyes on him and after kicking her shoes off she walked over to him. “Hello handsome.” She said just before pressing her lips against his for a quick kiss. “Have I told you how much I enjoy having you here, I love coming home to a nice hot homemade meal… and you of course.” She chuckled.

Simon chuckled “No need to lie, i know the hot meal is what you keep me around for.” He was of course joking but it was nice to see her smiling so soon after getting back from work. “nothing too fancy.” he said motioning toward the dinner table after returning her kiss, his arm slipping around her waist to pull her into his body as she pressed in for a second, his hand resting in the small of her back. “Maybe if you play your cards right i might even give you a massage later.” he offered with a raised brow. “but only if you are good.” he teased. “Anyway, how was work? manage to pull yourself away, i know how much you love that desk.” he joked knowing Isy would rather be home than there by this time.