The S-Force

39: Toni

"Alright let's take note of everything Catherine mentioned." Yvonne clicked open Jacqueline's phone. A large empty screen popped up, waiting to be filled with notes.

"Wow! I'm surprised you were listening." Jacqueline snorted.

Yvonne glared at her then turned back to the holographic screen. "As I was saying, everything Catherine said could prove useful."

"Well she mentioned our leadership skills." I said to Yvonne.

"True and Jacky and Kylie's exceptional powers." Yvonne added, typing everything up as she spoke.

"She said our powers, combat and weapon skills will be tested." Kylie mentioned.

Yvonne typed it onto the screen, humming strangely as she did so.

"She also mentioned that it will be astronomically difficult." Jacqueline said.

"Yup!" Yvonne mumbled and typed.

"Change in strategy." I announced. "We shall continue training but we need to also remind them that we were chosen for a reason."

"How?" Yvonne asked.

"We will need to show off the leadership qualities and exceptional skills that got us chosen in the first place."

"Ahhhh! Gotcha!" Kylie said, her eyebrows raised in realisation.

"We will need to confirm if we are going to be skipping the next test and instead going for the final test."

"I think we are but it's better to confirm." Yvonne said.

"Alright we use the rest of the week to improve on our hand to hand combat. Then we will move on to working on our abilities."

"I'm thinking we should ease up a little bit during Catherine's training as well. We observe more than we train during those times." Jacqueline suggested.

"Good idea. Whatever we observe, we demonstrate later." I agreed, adding my own two cents.

"Exactly."

"Type that up Yvonne." I instructed.

"Done." Yvonne announced with a flourish.

"If that is all, let's do some training." I said.

Jacqueline closed up her phone and we all stood up.

"The purpose of hand to hand combat is to make sure you're not defenseless when your powers have been compromised by a weakness." I reminded the others about what Catherine often said during training.

"Now Yvonne. Imagine a supervillain has dunked you into a vat of raw milk and you've practically run out of air." I beckoned to her.

Yvonne stepped forward and planted her feet in the ground. "OK."

I stepped forward, ready to attack. She quickly grabbed my arm and in seconds, I was on the ground.

"Woah!" I heard Kylie and Jacqueline exclaim.

Yvonne stood and got back into position. "Who's next?"

Kylie stepped forward and wasted no time in bringing Yvonne down to her knees. She tried to get Yvonne on the floor but Yvonne slipped out of her grasp and flipped her over.

"My turn." Jacqueline shook off the look of surprise on her face and got into fight mode.

Jacqueline successfully had her on the floor then Yvonne locked her locked her legs around Jacqueline's waist and rolled the both of them over until she had Jacqueline pinned down.

"Have we been slacking off or have you been secretly training?" Jacqueline said as she helped herself up.

Yvonne shrugged in response and moved out of the way. Then suddenly she stopped.

"OK but how is Catherine like an actual humanoid android?" She suddenly said out of the blue.

"Another time Yvonne." I groaned. "Another time."