forum Tidal Wave // One-On-One // CLOSED

Started June 01, 2019 by Deleted user

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"How long have you been training?" TK blurted, hoping to force her to pay attention. She was half ready to give up and go train on her own, but she really wanted to spar.

Carter didn't hear, caught up in her training. Sometimes she could start training and hours would pass before she realised she had stuff to do.

TK gritted her teeth. Control your anger, she thought, clenching her fists. She took a calming breath, raising her voice to a near yell. "Carter! Do you wanna spar?"

Carter heard a yell over her music, and took her earphones out as she looked around. When she spotted TK, she frowned. "What do you want?"

God she's rude, she thought irritably. She forced a smile. "I remember you bragged –um, told me you know a lot about fighting. I'd love to spar you. If you want."

"I don't spar with people anymore," Carter replied simply, going back to her training. She hit the punching bag a few more times, a new found irritation for it in her feet and fists.

"Seems like you'd get out of practice that way," TK remarked. "C'mon. What made you stop?"

"I don't spar with people. I don't need to. High clearance agents get to train with a program." She glared. "But you have to have 10 years in the agency."

She made a face. "You've only been here for seven years, sis. Sounds like you're not there yet."

"You seem to forget that I have one of the highest clearances in the agency. They made an exception. I don't expect you to understand."

"So it doesn't take 10 years," TK laughed, refusing to get angry. "I'm already much further than most agents after a few months. Give me two years and I'll match your clearance. But for now…I would do literally anything to spar you. It'd be so much fun."

"You won't be allowed to do it after two years. And no, you won't be able to match my clearance. My clearance is the highest - and it's for people that are the best in their fields. You don't do tech, so you won't be able to overtake me in that area. And you won't be able to get higher than Iniko or Taylor. So don't bother."

"Oh, so you've got me all figured out!" TK said with a dangerous smile. "God, you're so fucking clever. I wish I were you. You're the best there is! Wow. Like it's not your brother's company and his arms dealing that's gotten you this far." She shrugged lightly. "I asked you politely to spar, and all you do is insult me. It doesn't take much to realize how you got where you are today. Congrats on your achievements, they mean nothing."

"You think they mean nothing because you have no idea of their true weight. Unlike you, I know my skills and practice them. I don't like people like you. You think that you know everything even though you don't. You are inexperienced. You don't know anything."

"TIDAL doesn't hire people who don't know anything," TK snorted, rolling her eyes. "You realize an insult to me is an insult to your precious agency, right? Clearly I'm damn good at my job because here I am. Also, I practice my skills constantly. As in, since I was four years old and realized I hated…hated being weak." In her anger she'd almost revealed much more than she planned. She'd caught herself in time.

"Oh, poor wittle trainee hates feeling weak. And an insult to you is not an insult to T.I.D.A.L. You are a trainee. The mission you went on last night was the mission that makes sure you'll be good on a proper mission. You haven't gone through the ceremony. And guess what? You failed last night."

TK paused, her anger dissipating as she began to chuckle. "I'm not…I'm not a trainee," she said around laughs. "I was trained by Agent Chase. My training was cut short when she was killed, so they decided to let me go through the ceremony early. Get your facts straight." She kept laughing, but her anger was returning quickly. "And what makes you think I failed anything last night?"

"You're still a trainee in the eyes in the agency until you go through the official ceremony at the end of the year. They don't do exceptions for the ceremony for safety reasons. And you failed because you messed up the mission. I was only able to complete it when I abandoned you. And, where the agency is concerned, it means that you failed."

TK rolled her eyes. "The official ceremony is just for show. You clearly didn't know Agent Chase." She hadn't heard any feedback from their mission yet, but since she was given false information, she doubted that she failed it. "Look, I didn't come here to argue with you. You take on a snobby attitude every time I see you. Can't we just talk without you acting like a high school cheerleader?"

(also i would prefer you didn't reboot this as i'm turning this idea into a story
i was going to before i started this and used this to develop carter a bit more
its not using tk, and its going to follow a very different storyline)