Dove and Dart (Under Extreme Editing)

Newbies and Narnia

Dart:

I was stomping down to the room that Phillip had said to meet him in after we all finished our training, a black coffee in my hand.

James had not let me sleep last night because he was so excited about being an agent. He wouldn't stop shoving his shiny badge in my face, and niether would Dove.

The little 'Angel' and her beau sat on the bunk opposite mine and not so quietly whispered to each other.

The point is, at training I broke a guy's arm out of grouchiness and I also broke his nose when I yawned. He got off easy.

So the coffee in my hand, I stormed down to the room, walking in and slumping into a swivel chair where I scowled at everyone in the room.

"Well I am glad you could finally join us." Phillip taunted as he began passing out mannila files to each of us.

I peeked at the contents and then pushed it away with a snort.

James motioned for me to keep my mouth shut and drink coffee.

I pouted and decide to just listen so I didn't break anymore body parts.

"So what's this all about?" Dove chirped up. She was sitting cross-legged in a chair and was absent-mindedly swinging it from side to side by pushing off the table with her hands.

"Well when we decided to put together this team our initial plan was not to just have you four in it. We have two recruits that we have been considering making Dart's team mates for a while. You have their files in your hands. We just wanted to make sure you approve of them before we give them the go."

I peeked into my file once more, pulling out the two profiles. One was of this big guy who looked frankly like me in that he had a perfect scowl on. Apparently he exploded stuff with sound like some epic punk rock band.

The other guy was a smallish, well smaller than former Kiss band member gone suicide bomber, Latino who apparently was so full of himself he actually could make more of himself. Yay!

I rolled my eyes. So what, we were technically adding how ever many duplicates of a skinny George Lopez and Sparky Sparky Boom Man? Because putting me on a team with a lot of people is such a swell idea!

I just said swell...kill me.

"Wait do we actually get to see them before we decide? Or are we just gonna wing it after just seeing their files and hope it works out?" Kris asked.

"Actually this window right here is a one way mirror wall. So you can see them but they won't be able to see you. There are through there right now," Coulson explained. " Let me just open the blinds."

I cast a bored glance towards the two guys on the other side. Latino is all smiles, well smirks, as he totally knows we are here, and the other one is just kind of staring straight ahead like he would rather be wrestling a bear then be here.

I took a sip of my coffee. "I like the quiet one."

James casts me a look before nodding. "Of course you do," he mutters with a sigh.

"The smaller one on the left is Adrian. His hero name is Xerox, and the big guy is Ethan, his hero name is Jolt." Coulson filled us in.

Dove was still twisting in her chair when she commented, " they seem pretty cool."

Josh didn't say anything he just noded.

"So are we going to stare at them, or can we go talk to them?"

Phil shakes his head. "We just wanted you guys to see them."

I shake my head. This is not ok. I stand up and walk over to the glass, tapping on it not so gently in a banging-like fashion.