Severe Training (open)

[parker]

Parker heaved breaths as beads of sweat formed on his forehead. He was trying to make precise hits into the minds of others, trying to make major changes in just minutes. He dropped to his knees and wiped the sweat off his brow. More people closed in on his and he made more changes and commands in the minds of his targets. Parker missed some of them, so he jumped up and brought his right leg down on the head of one of them. The projection immediately disappeared, while other projections started fighting one another. Parker grunted as he kicked his targets, mainly using round-house kicks. He then jumped back and sprinted forward onto his hands and he flew up into the air. Parker took down two more enemies, while others fought projections who were not in Parker's control. Soon, all of the projections were gone and Parker finished the simulation.

"I need...to do better." He heaved, taking a drink from a nearby water bottle. He gritted his teeth, focused on what he needed to do. Parker needed to strike fast and precise in the part of the brain that controlled behavior and make major changes in just a minute or less. He was still over a minute and he cursed.

[tokra]

Getting away from Bobby and Rory was easy, but sneaking past Hazel when he saw her heading out of the door seemed a little more difficult. He had to practice trying to see if he could change his shape or at least the shape of his hands while in stone. He had been practicing for over a month now, but so far all he had managed to do was get an odd feeling in his hands. He could tell he was close, but not as close as he wanted to be. He walked to the danger room and noticed that the light for usage was on. He waited but curious on who was inside. When the light went off, he pressed the button to open the door and saw Parker on the floor sweating.

"Hey, you ok?" he asked as he walked into the room, the door shutting behind him.

[parker]

Parker felt someone coming, but he didn't bother to check who it was. When David walked into the room and asked if he was ok, he nodded, still breathing hard.

"You need the room?"

[tokra]

"Yeah, but we can share. I just need a few targets, that's all."

He walked up to the console and pressed a few keys, causing some targets to appear on the far wall. He was about to go over to them and begin his own training, but then his curiosity got the better of him and he turned and looked to Parker.

"What were you training so hard on?"