Gym

[Proxy]

(Created per demands!)

[Stricken]

((Where is it on the plans for the base??))

[Kazzy J]

((We got a gym, we got a gym. Thanks Proxy :p I'll stop pestering you now...on second thoughts....no I wont :D :D :D ))

[Proxy]

((Where is it on the plans for the base??))

((How should I know, Sharp is incharge of the plans... Now if you are going to do InCharacter posts here, stop OOCing here, thanks.))

[Kazzy J]

((Slaps wrist..sorry Sir))

Kaz walked around the base, trying to avoid any other personnel. She finally came to the Gym. She pushed open the door, the place was empty. The usual machines and pieces of equipment were placed around the room. Kaz pulled her trousers (pants) up and went to the bench press, knowing she was going to do herself some damage she started pumping at the weights. She didn't care, the pain in her shoulder seemed dimmed by the pain in her heart. Bill, mum, dad, everyone she loved was gone. Everyone, now she was one of the survivors, one of a few Tau'ri left, they would be hunted, hunted to extinction.
She ignored the pain, the burning sensation and carried on pushing, trying to work the grief from her body...

[Stricken]

Rag'nor had walked into the gym soon after Kax, he nodded his head in her direction, and then began his training, with his staff which he had used on SG-1 ealier ((see mission thread)) he started to practice his attacking technique on one of the mats in the room, he hopped he could take up Colonel Sharps offer of a sparing match, he continued untill he flet a pain, his symbiote was hurting and he felt the pain, he walked out the room holding his stomach as he made his way to the quarters...

[Kazzy J]

Kaz watched him leave, but not really taking much notice. She pulled up a bench and laid down, before long she was asleep, the traumas of the day forgotten, at least for the time being.

[Proxy]

On the way to his office, Blue passed by the Gym and looked inside...

Oh my god. Blue thought as he rushed in and approached Major Johnson. I knew she wouldn't take no for an answer. He thought. He nudged her hoping she would wake up.

[Kazzy J]

Kaz mumbled in her sleep. Turning, forgetting she was on a bench and landing on the floor. She swore and looked up. Straight into Blue's eyes.
To say he wasn't impressed was an understatement........

[Proxy]

"Major please." Blue helped the woman up and spotted her shoulder. "Now you are going to make things difficult for us aren't you?" Blue asked.

[Kazzy J]

Kaz straightened up, winching, feeling the stiffness in her shoulder.
'No Sir, I'm just impatient Sir. I'm afraid waitings not a strong point of mine.'
(( :D ))
He raised his eyebrow, reminding her of Teal'c.

[Proxy]

"I fully understand." Blue said. He move her to sit down on one of the chairs nearby. He walked back over to the intercom outlet. BASE INTERCOM: "This is General Blue, can I have chief medical officer come to the gym at next available moment. Thanks." Blue taped the intercom control and walked back to sit next to Major Johnson. "I understand your loss, we all have the same thing. Its no excuse for you to be alone."

[Kazzy J]

Kaz waited in silence, her head spinning. Eventually a medic appeared with a wheel chair apologising because the Doc was dealing with another patient. Between them, Blue and the medic got Kaz in the chair and back to the infirmary.
((yep, back I go>infirmary))

[Jynjyr]

Tyler strode into the gym and, totally oblivious to the other occupants, stripped off her cap, jacket, boots and socks. Dressed in only her trousers and black tee shirt, she started pummelling the heavy bag. Spinning around after a high kick that would have taken off an opponents face, she froze in a crouch and stared back at the General staring at her.
"General," she panted and saluted, "I didn't see you." She rose and padded over to the pile of her clothing, "I'll go."
She reached down to gather her stuff, "Aw, crap!" The knuckles on her left hand were split and bleeding.

((OOC - Yeah, I use 'trousers'. Ever since I found out that 'pants' means something totally different :o in the Queen's English.))

[Proxy]

"Was just leaving Lieutenant." Blue said. "As you were." He said before leaving.

>>>>>Goes for a wonder>>>>>>

[Jynjyr]

Tyler wrapped her bleeding hand in cast off towel laying on a bench. Gathering up her gear, she started barefoot toward the Infirmary. "That wasn't particularily bright now was it, chickie?"

(off to the Infirmary)

[Proxy]

(((Okay everyone. I think a new set of missions is needed... With Sharp's permission I'm pausing the RPG until I get some ideas in the Info thread about what the teams would like to do.)))

[ShelBel]

Jaime wandered into the deserted gym, her footsteps echoing hollowly on the bare concrete floor. With a sigh, she fished her iPod out of her pocket, strapped it on her arm, tucked the headphones into her ears, and turned it on "random".

With that, she stretched for a couple of minutes then got on the nearest treadmill, quickly settling into a comfortable pace while her mind wandered between the music in her ears and the emptyness of the base.

Man, it'll be nice when a few more teams get back from their missions, she mused. At least then there'll be a few more people to talk to, and some fresh stories and rumors to digest.

[Jynjyr]

(( Hi ShelBel. I thought I come down to keep you company. Dean is an NPC that Ascended Times.2 and I keep alive. Tyler, my PC, is off-world. Along with everyone else. :D ))

Dean swung his arms around and did a couple of torso twists as he entered the Gym. He did a double take at the purple striped hair of the woman on the treadmill. She seemed oblivious to her surroundings as she trotted steadily along.

He ran thru his usual Yoga / Martial Arts routine to get loosened up, then started hitting at the heavy bag. The smack of hands and feet on the vinyl echoed in the almost empty room.

[ShelBel]

(( Hey Jynjyr, thanks for the company! ))

Jaime kept an eye on the pedometer of the treadmill, and when she reached three miles slowed to a cool-down pace. After a couple minutes she stepped off the treadmill and stretched again before noticing the faint sounds of a vinyl workout bag being used filtering thru her headphones. Surprised, she popped the earbuds out and draped them around her neck, finally finding the source of the activity. Intrigued, she moved over to the exercising man, watching his trained movements carefully.

[Jynjyr]

Dean finished his routine with a fast flurry of punches and kicks that left him puffing for air. He waved soundlessly to the woman watching and picked up his water bottle. After gulping down a few swallows, he coughed and spoke. “Hi. Didn’t mean to interrupt your run.”
He wiped his hand on his towel and stuck it out. “Dean Andrews. Armory Officer.”

(( ShelBel – we don’t know what Dean looks like. :( You want to give him a description? ))

[ShelBel]

(( Will do! ;) ))

Jaime took the offered hand and shook it firmly, taking in Dean's tallish build, activity-rumpled dark hair, and hazel eyes.

(( Okay, so I'm a bit of a sucker for Shep. Sue me! :D ))

"Jaime Taylor, resident computer geek. And I was finishing up, so you didn't disturb me at all. Its kind of nice to see another body around, to be truthful; I was starting to wonder if I was the only person here other than the control room crew." She inclined her head toward the exercise bag. "So.... what exactly do you call what you were just doing?"

[Jynjyr]

He shrugged and rolled his eyes. “It doesn’t have a name. My own mixture of a lot of formal fighting styles with a dash of good old street brawling. Guaranteed to keep opponents guessing.”
While he was talking, he dried off his face and arms. Sitting on a bench, he put on his socks and shoes. “Most of the teams are out on missions. They don’t tell me much. Just pick up weapons and dash out.”

[ShelBel]

Jaime snorted. "At least you get to talk to them. I feel like I've been holed up with a bunch of equipment for company for weeks. God forbid I happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and get run over by someone heading for the Gateroom."

She took a swig from her own water bottle. "Well Dean, it was nice meeting you. I need to shower up. Maybe I'll swing by the armory sometime and say hey."

Jaime turned and started off, vaguely disappointed. Even when I meet the folks around here they don't seem interested in making friends, she mused to herself. Must be because I'm not really one of them... She felt a pang once again at the memory of of Earth and SGC. At least Col. Carter and Dr. Jackson took some time with me there. And bless them for it, otherwise I wouldn't be here... although right now I'm starting to wonder if that's a good thing.

Lost in thought, she wandered away.

[Jynjyr]

“Hey, Jaime.” Dean followed her toward the locker rooms. “Don’t be too harsh on them. No one here got too close. The Alpha site was a way-station on the road to somewhere else.”
He snorted, “General Blue has the most time and he’s been here less than a year. Most of us got rotated back to Earth every 3 months. I was due to go back soon.”
He left her at the stairs. “Once the teams come back and we stop operating in ‘Crisis mode’, it’ll change. It has to.”

[ShelBel]

Jamie thought about Dean's words as he left, suddenly feeling ashamed of herself. Geez Taylor, get your head outta your ***; its not like you're the only one feeling disconnected and isolated here.

"Hey Dean!" She waited until his head appeared from around the corner he'd vanished behind. "Same time tomorrow? Maybe you can teach me some of those... whatever you want to call it moves?"

[Jynjyr]

(( Sorry for the delay, ShelBel. We're actually moving on the mission. We'll be home soon. :) Then you can have the rest of SG-3 to talk to as well. ))

Dean grinned and shook his head, "Not tomorrow. Next day. I couldn't survive doing a full workout every day."

< back to the Armory (after a quick shower and change) >

[ShelBel]

(( NP Jynjyr. I'm patient. Well- to a point. ;) ))

Humming to herself, Jaime cleaned up in the locker room and headed back to her quarters. She could check the duty roster on the system and maybe see if she could extrapolate a possible ETA of some of the teams...

I hope things pick up around here soon, she thought. It's dead boring.

<< back to quarters >>

[Jynjyr]

(( OOC - Taaaa - daaa! It was hiding. :D ))

[DragonGate]

((You're a bad, bad thread for hiding;) ))
((from Armory))

Jen entered the gym. This was the only place she could think of to practice her hand device. The captain preferred to be alone for this, because it brought forward the memories of her time as a snakehead, to quote General O'Neill. She shook off the bad memories and raised the hand device at arm's length, then thought, '10%, 10%' The red crystal glowed faintly, not enough to even torture someone, but just activated. 'OK, that's good. Let's kick it up. 40%, 40%' The crystal produced a beam. This was the torture setting. She would never use it on anyone like this. 'Now let's throw something! 70%, 70%' The shockwave from the hand device knocked over a pile of dumbbells and sent them skittering across the floor. The slight recoil from the device forced her hand and arm backward slightly. Jen gasped as she dropped the power, de-activating the weapon. This was the key difference between her and other former hosts. They feared the power of this weapon. Jen accepted it. 'Now, I'll find SG-3.' Jen walked out, stripping the hand device off her hand, re-stacking the dumbbells, and leaving for Colonel Harvey's office.

((to Armory))

[RockinHobbit]

<<from mess hall>>

Kateira quickly changed and wandered into the empty gym. She decided to do some martial arts exercises while waiting for Captain Marshall. She tried a few reverse side kicks to test her balance.

[White Knight]

Marshall entered the gym, and went over to Kateria, who was doing some dort of martial arts routine.
"Hi," he said, putting on his boxing gloves.

[RockinHobbit]

"Boxing, huh?" she replied. "Well, I've never boxed before, but throwing punches sounds like fun."

[White Knight]

"You got gloves?" he asked through a smirk.

[RockinHobbit]

"No, but they should have a few pairs in the gym supplies."

Ka'te searches a nearby storage closet, finds a pair, and puts them on. She swings at the air a few times to get used to the gloves.

"Whoa, they're like bloated oven mitts."

[White Knight]

"They're so you don't hurt me," Marshall said as he stepped onto the mat and got into a boxing stance. "Or vice-versa."

[RockinHobbit]

Ka'te mimicked his stance.

"Well I sorta figured. They're obviously no good for taking cookies out of the oven."

[White Knight]

"Are we gonna yammer for a while, or are we gonna box?"

[RockinHobbit]

"Let's box, then."

[White Knight]

"And don't think I'm gonna go eas on you," he said, grinning, as he jabbed at her.

[RockinHobbit]

Ka'te used a standard block, then jabbed back, starting to get a feel for the technique.

[White Knight]

Marshall sidestepped and the blow missed him.
He jabbed again. Jab, jab, jab, then a right fist towards the stomach.

[RockinHobbit]

A low spear-hand effectively blocked Marshall's jab, but left Ka'te a bit off balance. She made a mental note to watch for that from now on.

[White Knight]

((OOC: I hope you don't mind me taking some creative liberties here.))
Marshall jabbed again a few times, trew a right hook, but couldn't get anything past Ka'te's solid defence. He had to admit, she was pretty good.

[RockinHobbit]

Thanks to her martial arts training, Ka'te was able to block most of what Marshall threw at her. But, she wasn't experienced enough to get in any decent punches so far.

She decided to take a chance at leaving her defense open and throw a left hook and a jab to the stomach at once.

[White Knight]

"Ow!" he said as the blow connected. There was a suprisingly large amount of force behind the blows. Winning's not such a sure thing anymore, he thought as he made a couple of quick jabs - easily blocked, but that was the idea - and then a right hook to the chest.

[beale947]

James walks in on the sparring match, and watches for a few seconds. "Hey Paul, i need to talk to you immediatly. We have a mission"

[White Knight]

Marshall saw his commanding officer out of the corner of his eye, and immediatly snapped to attention, standing rigid and saluting.
"Sir!" he barked with the military precision that had been honed into him for over 15 years.

[beale947]

"Paul we have a mission. Sg-1 needs rescuing. They are being held as prisoners on the planet they were studying. And we have been ordered to rescue them. Quickly we need to get to the armory. You can finish later. Follow me" He walks over to Ka'te "I'm sorry about this, but this is very important." He walks to the armory with Paul following him. "I Will explain more when we get to the Armory."

<<TO Armory>>

[RockinHobbit]

Ka'te was sort of relieved that the match was cut short. She walked over to the punching bag to practice for a while, then went to get cleaned up.

<<to quarters>>

[White Knight]

Without hesetation, Marshall followed his commanding officer out.

<<to Armoury>>

[Jynjyr]

<< from Armory >>

Kym wandered into the empty gym. Looks like I'm not going to be late, after all. She pulled off her BDU trousers, revealing a pair of bike shorts. Jacket, trousers, boots and socks got piled neatly in the corner. She put on a pair of flimsy sneakers that she kept there and started riding the stationary bike. Eyes closed, she fell into a nice, smooth touring rhythm that could be kept up for hours.

[Somnium]

Harvey arrived at the Gym to find Tyler already there, eyes closed and peddling away smoothly on the exercise bike. She slung her bag on the bench and started to look at the equipment around the room, deciding what they were going need. She checked her watch 1755hrs Jaime would be here shortly.

[Jynjyr]

"Hi, Colonel." Kym kept pedalling along, eyes closed.

[ShelBel]

Jaime made a quick stop at her quarters to change into some comfortable workout clothes, then jogged to the gym, entering to find Kym already on an exercise bike, and Colonel Harvey sorting thru various equipment.

"Hey," she said, a little breathlessly. "What's on the schedule?"

[Futura]

McCoy entered the GYM, and looked around his team was in there training. McCoy walked over to the boxing bag and started to lay into it, with fast and hard punchs, David had let himself go alittle and need to get himself back in to firm shape.

[Jynjyr]

Hearing more people arrive, Kym slowed her pace. When she checked the odometer, she was surprised to see that she'd done 15 miles in 20 minutes. Wow. 45 MPH. Not bad.
"Hi, gang," she greeted everyone casually as she started walking slowly on the treadmill, still cooling down from her ride. "Where do we start, Colonel?"

[Somnium]

Harvey acknowledge Captain Tyler who's sixth sense seemed to be in good working order. Moments later Jaime arrived looking a little breathless. "Hey, what's on the schedule?" she asked. She was closely folowed by Captain McCoy who seemed to have something on his mind as he started to lay into the nearby punch bag.

"Hi, gang," Tyler greeted everyone casually as she started walking slowly on the treadmill, still cooling down from her ride. "Where do we start, Colonel?"

Harvey trying to ignore the slaps of McCoys bare fists hitting the bag asked Jaime a few questions "Well we need to get warmed up, Then we need to take a look at Jaime's fitness levels. Hows your stamina? Have you done much running or long distance walking. Then Id like to run you through some basic fitness tests, if we have time Id like to see what hand to hand combat skills you have too. Its a lot to cover but Im sure your up to the challange!" She paused and looked over toward McCoy, are you Joining us Captain?" Without waiting for an answer she turned and asked " Captain Tyler do you wanna run us through a quick warm up routine?" This was gonna be as much a test for the freshly healed team members as it was for Jaime, this way they could find out just how good a job Captain Stevens had done, before they were really put to the test in the field.

[DragonGate]

((from Control Room))

Jen entered the gym, noticing the entirety of SG-3 was there. 'Poor Jaime, getting fitness-tested by a bunch of Marines. I just hope they don't over-do themselves. I said to take it easy. Yeah, like Lt. Col. Harvey has to listen to anything I say.' Jen laid down on a mat and pressed her feet flat. She proceeded to do several reps of sit-ups while watching SG-3. 'Reminds me of Major Stim and his training sessions.' Jen had planned to be sparring with Colonel Richardson but he was waiting to see General Blue. 'If Gator was here, I'd be on my back for about the sixth time.' Jen switched from sit-ups to several reps of push-ups.

[Jynjyr]

"Sure, Colonel." Kym kicked off the sneakers and stood on the workout mat. "We'll start with some stretches and go from there. Colonel, if anything around your injury starts to pull or cramp, let me know."
She started with a cat stretch toward the ceiling, up on her toes with her arms up and fingers wide spread. This led into yoga style moves.

[ShelBel]

Jaime knew she wasn't a slouch in the fitness department, and the stretching felt good, but she had to admit she was a bit leery; after all, most of her new teammates were seasoned Marines.

She followed Kym's examples and hoped she wouldn't embarass herself too badly.

[DragonGate]

Jen leaped to her feet from her push-ups. What she really wanted to do was spar, but Jen was not going to bring it up with SG-3. She was positive they couldn't be in as good shape from her healing as they claimed. And sparring with Marines?! Jen got her butt kicked against another fighter jock. Finally Jen settled for solo kickboxing with a human-sized dummy, as opposed to taking on a live opponent.

((OOC: Your characters are 100% from earlier, Jen's just insecure.))

[Somnium]

"No problem, but I think Captain Stevens did a pretty thorough job Ive not even had so much as a twinge." She followed Tylers lead, it felt good working those muscles the bath had eased them a bit but it wasnt the same as a good work out "Just do what you can Jaime, I dont need you to prove anything I just wanna find out what your capeable of. Its pretty rough out there some days." She looked over to find stevens working out on her own "feel free to join us Captain" she called out " Were just running Jaime here though some basic fitness stuff."

[Futura]

"in a bit Col" McCoy answered the Lt Col's question. As he stopped punch the bag to running between lines on the ground, McCoy started at one line and ran and touched the other one, then ran back and did the same. He continued this over and over.

[Jynjyr]

“Yeah, Cap. C’mon. The more the merrier.” She grinned. “Or misery loves company. I’m not sure which.”
The flowing motions of yoga gradually sped up and shifted to a routine that included many of the standard exercise moves. Kym only faltered once, during push-ups, when she planted a hand on the end of her braid and tried to stand up. She wrapped the hair around her neck and tucked the end in before continuing. Finally, she asked, “Colonel? Enough or more?”

[DragonGate]

After one last roundhouse kick, Jen dropped into a crouch as the dummy swung back forward. She had heard Colonel Harvey and Captain Tyler's invitations to join them. Jen trotted over and joined their stretching exercises. "Colonel, Tyler. Nice to see you're getting back to normal. And you, Jaime, I pity you. I spent my first few months at the SGC with a Marine commander, Major John Stim. You have my sympathies for who your trainers are." Jen smiled to show she was joking, a bit unsure of how the Colonel would take it. She seemed not to stand on ceremony. 'Oh well, if she gets upset, at least she's not my CO.' She planted her hands and feet, then arched her back, curving her neck in an opposite curve to her back. A small twinge in her neck reminded Jen of old vertabrae damage, 'Courtesy of Snakey-*****. Never heard that part of Goa'uld entry. Then again how many folks have been a host and survived? Well, Dr. Jackson's girlfriend did, but she didn't look mentally stable after they got the snake out. Colonel Carter had a Tok'ra, they go through the mouth.' She held her position then dropped and rolled onto her stomach, going into rest. Her hair lay on both sides of her neck, leaving the ridged entry scar visible.

[Somnium]

Captain Stevens Joined them and made a joke about Jaime training with Marines and feeling sorry her, Harvey let it roll you got used to people making comments when you were a Marine, 'besides your only jelous!' " No I think that'll do us" She answered Tylers question " Time to move on to the stamina part of our training", she pointed to the running machines in the corner of the Gym. "How many Ks do you think you can comfortably manage?" the question aimed at Jaime.

[DragonGate]

Jen came out of her rest position, rising to her feet and feeling her hair brush around her neck as it settled. 'They must have seen the wound. Oh, can it, Stevens, you used a healing device on them. They know you had a snake in your head. But except for the scar, people usually assume I was Tok'ra. Oh, great, now I'm talking to myself.' Jen went to the weight equipment and set to bench-pressing while SG-3 rode the stationary bikes.

[ShelBel]

"Time to move on to the stamina part of our training", she pointed to the running machines in the corner of the Gym. "How many Ks do you think you can comfortably manage?"

"Ummm..." Jaime did a quick miles-to-kilometers conversion in her head. "I should be good for 8 to 10, providing you're not looking for me to break any speed records. I can do a mile in about 10 minutes..."

[Somnium]

"Okay lets aim for 15k then we'll take it from there, and dont worry about speed as long as you dont stop thats fine" Harvey was trying to go easy 'shes not a marine' but at the same didnt want to pussy foot about her as she needed to be able to take care of her self while they were out there. "Jaime you set the pace me and Tyler will go along with you" she nodded to Tyler and smiled letting her know she didnt want Jaime busting a gut trying to keep up with two seasoned soldiers, it would be hard but they were gonna need Jaime and she had to fit in with the team.

[Jynjyr]

Tyler watched as Taylor (confusion time :D ) started out on the treadmill. Kym's longer legs let her run at a slower pace and cover the same distance. Since she was already a little over exerted from the workout in her room and the bike ride previous to the exercise routine, she got to her 'runner's high" quickly. With a little smile on her face she ran on, oblivious to the others.

[ShelBel]

Jaime set off, trying to judge her pace. After a bit she settled into her stride and allowed her mind to drift, Captain Tyler and Colonel Harvey in her peripheral vision. She was grateful that the Colonel hadn't seen fit to push too hard; 15K was reasonable, she'd be tired and not worth much after, but she could do it.

I guess I better get used to doing this, she thought. I have the feeling it'll be happening on a much more frequent basis. I wonder what else Colonel Harvey has in store?

[Jynjyr]

Kym ran on, the smooth terrain generated by the treadmill allowing her to let her mind wander. She was running endlessly on the track at Shiprock High School. A sports scholarship was her only way off the reservation and into college. Track and Basketball were her sports. Every mile she ran was a mile closer to college and getting into the military as an officer. She wanted to make Grandfather proud that she was keeping the warrior tradition in her family alive. Ancestors as far back as they had history had been warriors. Kym fought back tears of frustration. The Marine recruiter had figuratively patted her on the head and told her to run along. "Screw the Marine Corps. The Navy wants me."
The wetness on her face brought Kym out of her reverie. She sniffed and wiped her eyes with her fingers. Maybe nobody noticed.

[DragonGate]

Jen placed the bar back on the stand and sat up, then stretched her back and arms. 'Looks like Jaime's holding her own.' She rolled off the bench, then stood up. The workout had felt good, Jen had worked off the slight aggression the use of Goa'uld tech had kindled from the resurrection of Nemesis' memories and now she decided to head for the commissary for a post-workout snack. "If Colonel Richardson comes looking for me for a mission, tell him I went to the mess, would you, please?" As Jen headed out, she thought of the fact that if that happened, it'd be the second time in a short span of time. 'But first I'd better shower from the exercise.'

((to Locker Room))

[ShelBel]

At the end of the 15K run, Jaime slowed the treadmill to a comfortable walking pace, legs rubbery and lungs burning. Swiping her water bottle off the holder, she continued to walk, sipping as she went. After a couple minutes she felt almost human again, but knew that by the time they wrapped things up here she'd be bone tired- and didn't look forward to waking up tomorrow once the stiffness had set in.

What's next? she wondered to herself.

[Somnium]

Harvey kept with the pace that Jaime set, quietly impressed at the young womans pace, for a civvee she was pretty fit! By the time the 15k was up she was just working up a sweat, you trained hard as a Marine and after so many years it started to get easier. She was again impressed by Stevens and her use of the healing device, she wasnt showing any signs of the injury. "Okay 5 minute breather" Harvey headed to the water fountain filling cups for them and returning "Drink up, dont want you dehydrating" she sipped her slowly. "Right just want to go through a few fitness tests you know bleep test, sit ups and such" shouldnt take us too long. Harvey moved off to set up the markers for the bleep test and gather the rest of the equipment.

(OOC - Jynjyr Im gonna be away for weekend as of tomorrow eve, will try to pop in tomorrow but cant make any promises, Ill be back sunday eve tho. In the mean me because I want to keep this moving Jynjyr you can RP Harvey if you need just PM me if you move from this thread. Have fun :D )

[Jynjyr]

(( OK, I give. What's a "bleep test"? Sure, Kym can give Jaime a workout. *evil grin* ))

[ShelBel]

(( Oh, be nice to poor innocent Jaime.... ;) And I don't know what a bleep test is either... ))

[Jynjyr]

(( OOC - Unless it's a routine where everytime you miss a target you say, "BLEEP!" :eek: ))

[Futura]

(OOC - A bleep test is similar to what McCoy is doing but you have to reach the other side before a bleep is heard (Usally form a cd in a cd player), the bleeps start to get faster and faster. if you fail to reach the other side before a bleep your out, and say if you survied 10 bleeps then (from memory) your score is 10 (or something).)

[Ascended_Elite_mercenary]

OOC my character isnt here.

lol i remeber the beep test, or bleep test. its also known as the shuttle run. I had to do it as part of my TAFE course to get into the army.

what u do listen to a man or woman on a cd or tape say, "Start level 1.1" then you run to the other side of the 50 meter cones or markers. when you get there, you wait for Start level 1.2. is goes up to 1.8 then goes onto 2.0

I manged to get up to 8.2 which i think is pretty reasonable but footy players in Aus get up to 18, or 19 which is absolutly incredible. The thing is each level, the secondary number goes up by one. so level 1.8 is the last "1" level before level "2" begins, but level "2" will finish at 2.9 and level 3 will finish at 3.10 and so on.

[Jynjyr]

Harvey kept with the pace that Jaime set, quietly impressed at the young womans pace, for a civvee she was pretty fit! By the time the 15k was up she was just working up a sweat, you trained hard as a Marine and after so many years it started to get easier. She was again impressed by Stevens and her use of the healing device, she wasnt showing any signs of the injury. "Okay 5 minute breather" Harvey headed to the water fountain filling cups for them and returning "Drink up, dont want you dehydrating" she sipped her slowly. "Right just want to go through a few fitness tests you know bleep test, sit ups and such" shouldnt take us too long. Harvey moved off to set up the markers for the bleep test and gather the rest of the equipment.

(OOC - Jynjyr Im gonna be away for weekend as of tomorrow eve, will try to pop in tomorrow but cant make any promises, Ill be back sunday eve tho. In the mean me because I want to keep this moving Jynjyr you can RP Harvey if you need just PM me if you move from this thread. Have fun :D )
(( OK. Here goes. ))

Kym watched the targets getting set up with dread. She hated the bleep test, at least when it was run inside. As she got tired, she had a tendancy to overshoot.
Harvey started the cadence and pointed to her. "Show Jaime how it's done."
Kym started jogging back and forth, tagging the targets. As the cadence sped up, she could feel the fatigue starting. I hope Harvey quits this soon. It seemed that she was being tested, too. On one of her circuits, her foot slipped on take off. Kym staggered and fell, skidding across the floor. She rolled over and stared up at the ceiling. "I quit," she panted. "I'm not too proud to say it. I QUIT! For now."

[ShelBel]

Jaime watched Kym run the bleep test, a sense of good-natured dread stealing over her. Well, it doesn't look like fun, but it doesn't look too difficult. When Kym slipped, she knew it was her turn next. She stepped up and helped the captain to her feet and took her place on the starting line.

Jaime looked up and met Colonel Harvey's eyes, and could swear the there was a mischeivous glint lurking there. She took a deep steadying breath and nodded, and the trial began.

She pushed herself as hard as she could, legs still feeling rubbery after the 15k run, and kept going until mid-stride she managed to trip over a non-existent bump in the floor and went sprawling. She heard the colonel call out for time but couldn't get herself to move. The floor felt cool against her cheek, and she concentrated on simply breathing for a while until Kym's hand was on her shoulder.

"Just.... gimme a second. I'm fine, just catching my breath." Jaime rolled over and draped one arm over her eyes- the lights were too bright. A few seconds passed and then Jaime sat up, taking Kym's offered hand and help, and got shakily to her feet.

She grinned wearily at H. "I don't even want to know how I did," she laughed.

(( OOC: I'll let ya'll figure out what kind of "score" Jaime got. :D ))

[Jynjyr]

Tyler handed a bottle of water to Jaime. "Sip it. Otherwise you'll be throwing up."
Kym led the other woman to a bench. "It's called the 'bleep' test for many, many reasons. You didn't do too bad for someone who's never ran it before. The track team used to do it as an agility exercise." She made a face. "I hated it then, too."
Harvey approached the two, "Are you going to survive, Jaime?"

[sandyer]

"SG-4 to the Science Lab 1, SG-4 to Science Lab 1."Says Dr. Lanstar over the intercom then he adds, "all Stargate team scientists to science Lab 1 if interested"

[ShelBel]

Harvey approached the two, "Are you going to survive, Jaime?"

She took a sip of water and laughed a little. "Yeah, I'll live. I may not like it, but I'll live." She cocked her head and listened to the intercom call for scientists. "Wonder what's going on?"

[Jynjyr]

She took a sip of water and laughed a little. "Yeah, I'll live. I may not like it, but I'll live." She cocked her head and listened to the intercom call for scientists. "Wonder what's going on?"
Kym nudged Jaime, "Your first SG-team dilemma. Do you go with the science or the military?"
She took another swig of water, "Myself, if they want me, they'll come get me."

(( OOC - I tried keeping up with the threads. Some of the posts I couldn't read and make sense of. Then they got all jumbled with no quoted replies. OY! I gave up. ))

[Somnium]

(OOC - Hey guys Im back :D great work on the bleep tests especially seeing as you had to fig out what it was first!)

Harvey scribbled some scores down for the two of them on a note pad. "Ok moving on to sit ups, let me know when your ready to go. Tyler can you hold her feet steady. This ones nice and simple as many as you can in 1 minute." She had always enjoyed these tests, mainly because she had always been good at fitness thanks to her brothers and the Marines.

[ShelBel]

Jaime got up, stretched for a moment, then laid down on the mat and let Kym take her feet.

"Sounds a little too science-y for my taste, personally. I'll take a computer any day; I get bored with all those scientific experiments." She looked up at the Colonel, stop watch at the ready. "Whenever you're ready."

[Somnium]

"Okay on three.... One, Two, Three" she hit the button on the stop watch and began counting Jaimes sit ups.

[ShelBel]

I don't think I've done this since I was in grade school, Jaime thought as she set to doing sit ups. She'd been doing crunches fairly regularly, but full-on situps were something else entirely. She stopped counting at 30, her concentration wavering as her abs began to burn and her rhythm to falter.

Come on, Taylor, she growled internally. Keep it together, dammit. Keep going... one more... ONE MORE...

When Colonel Harvey called out time, Jaime gratefully collapsed onto the mat with a groan. She wasn't too far out of breath, but was positive her stomach would never be the same.

"Owwwwwwwwwwwww," she groaned. Opening one eye, she looked up at her new CO. "PLEASE tell me we're done."

(( OOC: Again- I'll let you choose how well Jaime did. She's in shape but no superstar, by any means! :D ))

[Somnium]

"Ok thats great, I think with your performance so far its safe to say your in pretty good shape for a civvie and shouldnt have too many problems keeping up with the team" she smiled at Jaime to put her at ease "I think we can finnish with our testing phase of the programme. How are you at hand to hand combat?"

[Jynjyr]

Kym sympathetically patted Jaime's leg and offered her a hand to sit up. "Good job," she muttered.

(( Who's doing hand to hand? :) You and me as a demo? Where's McCoy? ))

[ShelBel]

Jaime groaned and sat up. "Hand to hand? Eeeesh. I kind of remember a few defensive moves from basic training but honestly? Probably get my butt kicked in less than 10 seconds." She got to her feet slowly, breath hissing between her teeth. "Alright then, lets get on with it."

[Somnium]

(OOC - Fab idea Jynjyr me and you to demo first!)

Harvey let Jaime take 10 minutes to catch her breath and take on some water. She wanted her to have a clear head for what they were about to do next. " Right were gonna start with some defensive stuff first as thats the most important for you at this stage, Tyler and me will demonstrate and then we'll talk you through the move and then practice. Sound ok?" she paused and Jaime nodded. " First we'll start with stationary attacks from the front" Harvey planted her feet firmly on the ground so she was face to face with Tyler " Ok Captain go ahead and attack me and dont be shy!" She flashed her wicked grin once more, 'boy she loved being a Marine'.

[Jynjyr]

Kym did the obvious first attack. She charged, trying to tackle Harvey. :D Of course, she got tossed to the mat. Rolling to her feet, she laughed and tried again. This time, she feinted a grab at Harvey's arm while she stuck out a foot to trip her.

[ShelBel]

Jaime watched the pair spar, resting and inwardly groaning. Oh, I am SO screwed....

[Somnium]

Harvey recognised the feint and went with it stepping aside, but being nimble enough to dodge Tylers foot that shot out to trip her up. She spun around and knocked Tyler off balance, sending her to the mat for a second time. "See what you have to do is use the element of surprise and momentum, its not so much about strength as agility". She held out her hand to help up Tyler, "Ok now your turn, Capatain would you mind?" she motioned for Jaime to join her and Tyler to go again.

[Jynjyr]

"Two against one, eh?" Kym chuckled. "Shall I try to take both of you?"
While Jaime was watching the conversation, Kym reached out and dragged her into a head lock. She lightly thumped her fist into the other woman's sternum. "You're dead."

[Futura]

(OOC I'm here, just been alittle busy at work lately)

McCoy walked over and sat down on the bench, and watched as his female team members spared. McCoy smiled as he watched Jamie get up for her turn, this would be fun to watch he thought to himself.

[ShelBel]

Jaime found herself immobilized by Kym before she could even blink. "Oh crap," she sighed. "I *told* you... ass kicked, ten seconds." Thinking frantically, a faint memory crossed her mind.

She twisted in Kym's grip, simultaneously reaching around with her right arm while shifting her weight to her left foot, sweeping her right leg out to hook her foot around Kym's left ankle. She felt Kym's weight shift away from the foot Jaime was trying to sweep from beneath her, and grabbing hold of the waistband of Kym's pants, she pulled Kym toward her- in the direction of Kym's shifting weight.

Kym didn't go down, but at the brief stagger in her balance, Jaime changed direction and pushed against her roughly. She wrenched free of Kym's grip and tucked into a roll, coming up in a coiled crouch a few feet away.

"Well?" she asked, shaking her hair out of her face. "I know, it wasn't pretty..."

[Futura]

"Different I'll give you that" McCoy said from his seat on the bench, claping his hands at the same time in a slow pace.

[Jynjyr]

"Pretty don't count in battle." Tyler shook her head. "Results do."
She crossed her arms and looked down at Jaime. "What was your first mistake?"

(( OOC - This is a test. :D ))

[ShelBel]

(( OOC: I HATE POP QUIZZES! :D ))

Jaime blinked. I *knew* it, I'm screwed... "Ummm... Do you mean other than the fact that I wasn't paying attention?" She sighed. "Essentially, I had my guard down because I know Kym and didn't expect her to turn on me."

[Jynjyr]

Kym gave Jaime a big smile. "Exactly." She offered a hand. "I was an unknown, a potential enemy. That was a casual attack, a crime of opportunity from which you could have simply stepped back." Kym wiggled her fingers at other woman. "C'mon. No tricks. I promise."

[ShelBel]

"All right." Jaime grinned ruefully. "Take it easy on the poor untrained geek civilian, would ya?"

[Futura]

McCoy watched as Jamie was being lifted up. Only if i had some popcorn, it would sum up this day so well McCoy though to himself.

[ShelBel]

(( OOC: McCoy, ya pig. ;) ))

[Jynjyr]

"All right." Jaime grinned ruefully. "Take it easy on the poor untrained geek civilian, would ya?"
"No more surprises." Kym cocked an eyebrow, "Today."
Tyler rolled her eyes at McCoy as she turned toward Harvey. "What now, Colonel?"
Kym was secretly hoping that they would be dismissed. She wanted to grab an energy bar and Dean and go out to try her new "toy".

[Somnium]

Harvey had been sat back watching Jaime and Captain Tylers moves, she was impressed with Jaime for a civiee she certainly could keep up. She checked her watch at the Captains comment, it was later than she thought. "Ok ladies its getting late. We'll continue this some other time. Jaime your gonna be just fine from what Ive seen so far. I suggest you go wash up and then grab some food. The rest of the evening is yours. Dismissed" she waved her team off and began putting away the equipment they had been using. Then she remembered...."Oh and we'll meet up my office 0900hrs tomorow." She wasnt sure what the day was going hold for them. She planned on talking to the General about scheduling their next mission.

(OOC - Ok I really wanna get us moving so will hopefully have a mission for us in the next day or two :D )

[Jynjyr]

"Yes, Ma'am. 0900, your office." Kym snatched up her boots and clothes. "Later gang," she tossed back over her shoulder as she jogged down the hallway.

<< to Armory >>

[Futura]

(OCC, Who me? :D)

McCoy got up and gathered his things and heaed towards the locker rooms to shower and change into his base uniform.

[Ascended Times.2]

((OOC: So, finally, I know the time, it's quite late at night, thankyou!))

Jim walked into the Gym, it was currently deserted, he walked over to a punching bag.
He didn't say anything, but he started to punch in nice steady motions.
"One, two, three, left, right, uppercut, left..." Jim said to himself while punching.

((OOC: Ok, not gonna be postin' for a bit to anyone it may concern))

[Ascended Times.2]

Jim was beating the absolute hell out of the punching bag, he had upgraded to kicks aswell, he had been punching this thing for almost an hour, and he could feel his muscles burning, his hands were rather saw and red, but he didn't care at the moment.

Jim finally finished when his hand began to loose feeling. "God dammit, that felt good. Time to go wash up." Jim said, he then headed to the locker rooms.

<<To lockers>>

[ShelBel]

<< to Quarters via locker rooms (shower) and Commissary >>

[Somnium]

After packing all the equipment away Harvey headed back to her quarters.

[Somnium]

Harvey arrived to find the Gym completley empty, which was fine by her. A few stretches and the like later and she was ready to start. She stuck the head phones in her ears and flicked through the settings until she found the music she required. Switching on the treadmill she started to walk at a steady pace the machine gradually gaining spead till she was running at a much faster rate. She continued this pace for half an hour, which was when the music on her MP3 changed pace too, she gradually came to a halt and cooled off with a few more stretches. She could feel her T-shirt sticking to her the sweat on her back having changed the colour a few shades darker. 'Time to hit the showers' .

(OOC - dashes to locker room for much needed shower.)

[gatelover12]

<<from infirmary>> Rowena walked into the gym and began sparring with a punching bag. Some days it seemed like she was surrounded by idiots, actually it always seemed like that. "I picked the wrong time to join this team." she lamented.

[Tracy Jane]

Clayton shrugged off her fatigue shirt, leaving her in her blank tank top and khaki trousers. She slung it on a nearby bench and got back to punching the living daylights of of the bag.

That pr*** Dobson giving me a lecture on f****** team loyalty. It's him that needs the lecture on military regulations. As for that cow Howard, did you see her face? She was just trying to get a rise out of me. Puhlease, hasn't she got anything better to do with her time? She's a frigging Air Force Major! I don't know what the Australian sees in her. She's not even that pretty. Just a walking Irish Cliche. And he's a complete arse and a half. Look at him strutting about, when he's been ordered to stay in bed. I suppose Major Perfect doesn't do anything to help that. She's got him wrapped round her little finger.

God, that woman didn't belong in the Air Force. She had heard the rumours. Conduct Unbecoming of an Officer. She had seen it herself in the infirmary. But it seemed Major Coward was just as bad out on the field.

What the hell had she done to get stationed with such a bunch of incompetant idiots?

[gatelover12]

((ooc hey tracy, was it ok that I didn't leave Clayton standing dumbly in the infirmary?))

[Tracy Jane]

(((no problem. in my head she had already left when Howard dismissed her, but that's fine)))

[gatelover12]

<<from mess>> Lt. Dobson walked into the gym and watched Rowena spar for a full minute before she noticed his presence. "Kate Jim or me?" He asked simply.

[Tracy Jane]

Rowena jumped up in surprise, saluting at the Lieutenant.

"Sir?" she asked questioningly.

[gatelover12]

"Is the bag Kate Jim or me?" He clarified with an impish grin.

[Tracy Jane]

Rowena frowned in disgust.

"If one were in the habit of personification, Sir," she replied carefully, "It would be unwise to divulge the inferred identity of the object to a biased party."

She turned back to her punch bag and started to hit it again rather more violently than before. She hated being disturbed.

[gatelover12]

"Would you like to take a swing at me?" He asked. "For training of course." He added quickly.

[Tracy Jane]

Rowena looked up from what she was doing. She hated these interruptions and was determined to be as antisocial as possible. Perhaps then he would leave her in peace.

"If the Lieutenant wishes for me to partake in physical combat, I shall comply, Sir" she replied emotionlessly. "Desire has no place in military life."

[gatelover12]

((OOC desire has no place in military life? man she REALLY needs to see someone about that stick.))

[Tracy Jane]

(((she's just the complete antithesis of Kate, who firmly believes that it is impossible to live without emotion, love and real human ties. Clayton is, in effect, following all the guidelines and regulations. Kate is throwing them out the window. Even before the kiss)))

[gatelover12]

"Hey I'm not gonna force you, geez lighten up." He replied as he walked over to the weight training section and began lifting two 10 pound hand weights.

[Tracy Jane]

"Scared to take on a girl," challenged Rowena, her eyebrows raised and her arms now folded. He wasn't getting away that easily. She was gonna show him what she could do. Yeah, she was small. But she was damn tough.

[gatelover12]

"Ouch, no need for insults." He playfully said as he set the weights down. He never really realised how short she was before, It was gonna be hard to land a blow. "Let's see what you got." He challenged as he moved to a position directly across from her.

[Tracy Jane]

Rowena heard the playful tone in his voice. Arrogant B****** she thought angrily as he strode into position across from her. He thinks he's gonna win. It was a strain for her to look upwards to his face, he was over a foot taller than she , but it wasn't his face she was interested in.

She started to bounce on the balls of her feet as she held her fists raised. Good job she was wearing gloves. She was about to cause some damage. A smirk played across her face as she realised that she was in a much more advantageous position, as she landed a heavy, forceful and painful blow just below his ribcage and into his diaphram.

[gatelover12]

'D***, she a manueverable little thing!' He thought as he doubled over in pain. "That was very impressive, (gasp) cadet" He wheezed out. 'Well, now I know how she got so arrogant' He mused.

[Tracy Jane]

"I haven't even started yet," she sneered, taking the opportuniy to hook her lower leg inbetween his and pull, crashing him to the ground. "It's all very well being tall, Sir, but it only means you have further to fall."

She stalked out of the gym.

>>>to lounge

(((Sorry, had to do it. Those words are coming back to bite her one day, mark my words)))

[gatelover12]

Richard lay curled on the ground as he watched her walked away. "Ow." He groaned as he eased himself into a sprawled position.

[gatelover12]

After a good hour of making friends with the floor mat, Rich managed to ease himself into a standing position. "Well I did ask for it." He whispered to no one in particular. He slowly hobbled to his quarters, giving more then a few SFs looks that screamed (I'll slam you with waste disposal so fast...) <<to quarters, slowly and carefully>>

[Oranos]

>>From Mess hall

Walking in, the lieutenant moved over to a mat and began going through a complicated series of kicks and punches from both ninjitsu and karate. Even though he was working quite hard, he did not break a sweat. Later on he deceided 'Enough practice. Need to find something else to do. Now.'

>>To brig

[ShelBel]

(( OOC: Hey, there was talk of a basketball game in the Mess; I was gonna join it but it doesn't look like anyone is here.... ))

[gatelover12]

((OOC the B-ball hoop is outside))

[ShelBel]

(( OOC: I checked there too and all I got was people running around in the rain. Oh well. So much for socializing... ))

[DragonGate]

((from General's Office))

Jen entered the empty gym. She sat down a mat and started to do leg stretches, holding the toes and extending thigh and calf muscles completely. "1, 2, 3, 4 . . ," she counted under her breath, doing thirty on each leg.

After stretching, she went to the treadmill and started running at a good pace, one that could be maintained for a while without exhaustion.

[AcidSquid]

((From Infirmary))
"Hello Ma'am"
Mckay entered
He stood at Attention.

[DragonGate]

Jen looked from the front readout to see Mickey. "At ease, Lieutenant. I'm just doing some running." Jen took her pulse, counting fiften seconds and times by four. 'Not good enough, I'll step up the pace.' Jen ran a little faster. "Going to lift or box, Lieutenant?"

[AcidSquid]

Mckay stood easy.
"Yes Ma'am" Mckay laughed
Mckay walked over to another treadmill
beside Captain Stevens's
and set it to 20mph.

[DragonGate]

Jen thumped along, keeping a good pace as she told Mickey, "I stopped by the general's office earlier. Made an appointment with Sergeant Mykonos to see him about a mission. After Blue gives us an assignment, I'll be calling a team meeting to discuss supplies and equipment."

She gradually slowed down the treadmill and got off. Then Jen laid down on the floor to do crunches, wedging her feet under the heavy treadmill to keep her legs down. She started counting as she pulled her upper body off the floor with her ab muscles. Each time she laid back down, she spoke. "So . . .how's . . .things . . .going . . .for . . .you?"

[AcidSquid]

"Great, Ma'am"
Mckay pushed the button ^
32mph

[DragonGate]

Jen collapsed, panting a little after doing 3 reps of 10 crunches. Her abs were sore from the exercise, but she got to her feet and trotted to the punching bag, which looked like it had taken some significant abuse. 'Somebody was p***ed at somebody.'

Jen beat around on the bag, varying punches with kicks while Mickey ran at a quick pace on the treadmill. "That's good, Mckay."

[AcidSquid]

"Heh, thanks Ma'am"
Mckay started to get a cramp in his chest
"Damn cramp"

[DragonGate]

Jen looked at the running Mickey. Assuming it was a leg cramp, she called over after ducking the swing-back of the bag, "Try stretching, that might help it, Mckay." She landed a heel high on the bag, what would be a man's solar plexus and guaranteed to take his breath away. The re-coil came around and she tried to grab the bag to hold it steady, but it smacked into her, causing the woman to end up on her knees, with a hand balancing. "That wasn't supposed to happen." She glared at the bag. "If you were a human opponent, I would've shot you by now."

[AcidSquid]

"Well Ma'am I gotta go"
((To Lounge))

[DragonGate]

Jen got up from the floor. "I'm calling that team meeting. We'll meet in the lounge. I've got to track Crescent and MacDoreign down, but everybody will be there." Jen left the gym, headed back to the mess, where she had last seen the the younger women.

((to Commissary))

[Tracy Jane]

>>>from lounge

Kate entered the gym. It was the first time she'd ventured down here. She may be toned, but treadmills and cardiovascular exercises weren't her usual way of maintaining her shape. She had been intending on coming here to do this for some time, but she felt like a fraud. Why a fraud?

She didn't know, but something told her that everyone on this base took their exercising seriously, that they were there to punish themselves, punish their bodies. That wasn't Kate's style. She was going to have fun.

She plugged in the CD player and inserted a disc, an old, mellow CD that her husband had given her. She smiled as she looked up and saw the rings above the mats. She moved the walls where the ropes to alter the height at which the rings were tethered. She lowered them slightly, obviously noone had used them in a long while, but not too much, she didn't want to accidentally kick one of the heavy metal objects whilst doing floorwork.

She kicked off her trainers and laced up her black split sole jazz shoes. She sat and stretched out her legs in front of her, bending over to reach her toes several times, before standing and stretching both her calf and thigh muscles, rotating her neck and stretching her arms, as she used to do on a daily basis, to her daughters' delight. They loved this side of their mum, and Kate was a natural entertainer.

Quickly Kate did a few press ups and a couple of leg exercises. It was five days since she had done anything involving balance and skill, and several weeks since she had been outside to tumble in the sunlight.

Kate walked over to the corner of the gym, where she found the chalk bowl and chalked up her hands before jogging over to the CD player and flicking it to a chilled latino number. She pressed play before hitting the mats.

As the intro played, she stood on one edge of the mat and judged the space around her, then closed her eyes as the deep throaty voice began to sing. She started with a few shuffle steps, a train step here and there... just tame dance moves she knew well. Her knees slightly bent, she began to move further around the mat, using her arms more as she began to relax.

As the piano began its spread chords, she began to move around in short freeze frames to match the intermittant chords. As the second verse crescendoed into the chorus, Kate ran gracefully, tumbling forward in a series of somersaults, landing with a heavy thud at the end. The gravitational pull and strain on the calves and ankles at the end of a series of flips was extreme, especially for someone of Kate's height, and her curvy figure wasn't best suited for this form of exercise, but Kate enjoyed the release.

She continued to move, using another short run and flip to launch herself onto the rings where she held herself stiffly for a few seconds before pulling her legs in front of her in a seated position, then lauching herself backwards, having to use her quick reflexes to let go of the rings then grasp them again to stop her forearms twisting unnaturally as her body looped over.

Kate lifted her legs in a scissor position, levering herself upwards and looping them securely around the ropes as she let her hands down and slid to the bottom of the rope, back to the rings. She reached up and grasped them again, letting her feet fall, swinging herself backwards and propelling her into a flip before landing on the floor.

The soft melodic piano introduction of the next song started. Kate choked back the tears as the memories came flooding back. It was such a simple theme and variation song. She had always loved sitting by Tom at the piano and improvising.

She didn't want to lose Jim the way she had lost Tom. She couldn't lose him. It didn't matter what anyone said, there was no guarantee anymore.

Kate smiled at the soft piano solo which had begun, tracing an arc with the tip of her left foot on the floor, then shifting her weight to it, tipping her right leg up in a graceful "attitude" to the side, as near 90 degrees as she could, before rotating her hip and leg into an arabesque. Her front arm tipped to the ground and she brought her leg up behind her, tumbling forwards again and losing herself in the music.

[Tracy Jane]

Kate kept dancing and tumbling, moving gracefully around the mats. She started to run and tumble, bouncing and propelling herself higher in every flip until she latched onto the rings with her feet. She hung for a few seconds, feeling the sensation of the blood rushing to her head, before she pulled her hands up to hold the rings and let her feet fall.

Straining, Kate pulled herself up, using her strong arms to push her body weight above the rings rather than let it hang below. Once again, she rocked her body back and forth, gathering momentum, before arching her legs over her.

"F***, Crap, B******s, B*****d, Holy mother of Jesus!" Kate swore as she fell and hit the mats.

The pain from impact was nothing compared to the searing burning sensation in her forearm. She had done one of the stupidest things possible.... forgot to change her hand position, twisting and contorting her own arms painfully.

Multiple expletives flowed from her mouth as she stood up, the pain making her nauseous as she escaped to the infirmary.

>>> infirmary

[Tracy Jane]

>>> from quarters

Kate entered the gym at a fast jog, which turned into a sprint at the end, propelling her into a series of flips and turns across the mat which used the power of her legs rather than her damaged arms.

At the end of the series she flopped down, folding her legs beneath her and sitting awkwardly, thoughts and feelings coursing through her numb body. The tears streamed silently down her face as she lost herself in her past.

[DragonGate]

((from Science Lab 3))

Jen stood in the hall outside the gym, then headed for the miscellaneous storage room. "All right, Colonel Henderson said the traps were down here. You can find them, Stevens." Jen walked through the apparently empty bottom floor and opened the storage room door.

She started moving boxes and sliding crates, noisily moving things until she found the black wire traps. They were made so that the animal's entry caused the door to fall shut behind them, keeping them in until someone collected the trap. And collapsible for transport. She took three traps, adding them to the specimen containers in one pile by the storage room door. She leaned against the wall, resting and contemplating the samples she'd bring back. 'Hopefully, there won't be a repeat of the pig incident.'

[Tracy Jane]

Kate angrily brushed her tears aside. There was no reason for her to cry like this, no reason at all. Tears were a sign of weakness, remember. She didn't break down like this, Caitriona Howard was the one person you could guarantee would remain level headed.

Oh how things had changed.

Kate stood up and moved her arm. The painkillers seemed to be working, it didn't seem so bad. She removed the sling and flexed it a little. 'It was just a little twist,' she barked internally, 'grow up, you big cry baby.'

She marched over to the large horse in the corner, grateful that it was on wheels. She moved the heavy object into the middle of the floor, kicking the mats out the way with her feet. Bending over, she locked the equipment in place, securing it with the fastenings on the floor.

Kate replaced the mats carefully, and strode back to where she had left the CD player. Turning up the volume, she switched it back to the salsa number and placed herself at the edge of the gym.

The redhead sprinted across the large open floor space, using a powerful somersault to launch her onto the box, grasping the cold metallic handles in the middle of her second turn, forcing her body to shift centre of gravity to prevent her from falling forwards.

She balanced there precariously for what seemed like forever, until she felt the muscles in her left arm begin to quiver ominously. 'Oh, alright, you win.' She swivelled round, her long legs still pointed upwards, swapping her hands from handle to handle.

Keeping her legs straight, Kate concentrated on shifting her weight backwards, leaving her legs poised until the last possible moment, and lifting her hand as she gathered momentum to create the effect of taught legs whirling around a still, upright body.

She slowed down, using the momentum to raise herself into a vertical position once again. She paused for a second before lowering her legs in opposite directions, doing an inverted version on the splits. Arching her back, she brought one leg down behind her slowly and gracefully, followed by the second.

Kate winced at the pain in her arm. She had thought it was improving, but she could have been mistaken. Shaking it off as he ran back to the edge of the mats, she angrily reminded herself that she'd been through worse. It was nothing more than a twist

She pulled her tight shorts back down a notch, still angry at her own weakness and fragility. She charged at the vault, venting her anger, and flipped onto it, over it, aiming for the rings hanging just the other side.

She missed.

[Gen Blue]

(( *winces* Ow, OW, OW. Face plant on the floor or the wall? ))

[gatelover12]

<<from Locker rooms>>
Strolling into the gym, Richard cocked his ear at the Latin flavored beat almost blaring from the middle of the room. 'Who would leave...' before his brain could even ask he got his answer, The 2IC of SG7 was lying in a crumpled mess on the ground.

"Kate? Kate!" He called, rushing over to the apparently unconscious woman. After making sure her pulse was strong, he squeezed her hand to try and wake her up.

[Tracy Jane]

Kate was lying slightly off the edge of the mat. As she had fallen, she had cracked head on the hard wooden floor, and the blood was creating a pool on the floor. Most of the fall had been cushioned by the mats. Thin though they were, there was at least some protection.

Her left arm seemed to be pinned underneath her at a strange angle, her right leg wrenched upwards, making it look like she was doing the splits. Her ankle, though, seemed to be bent awkwardly, like a rag doll that had been misplaced.

Kate was vaguely aware of a sound, a buzzing somewhere in her head.

"Gshhhbukdtrlly," her mouth let out quietly.

Slowly she felt something... pain.

[gatelover12]

Richard rushed over to the intercom. "Medical team to the gym!" He called out, worry apparent in his voice, before returning to Kate's side. "Help's on the way Kate, just try to relax." He resisted the urge to move her, remembering that could make things worse, So he settled for stroking her forehead to try and sooth her until the med team arrived.

[captainpash]

((OOC: WTF??? Randomness I thought you guys were trying not to all die....))

[DragonGate]

The medical team came bursting in within minutes. Gus quickly started examining Major Howard while a nurse gently urged Lt. Dobson to the side. "Stay calm, Kate, we're going to take care of you." Gus worked to stop the bleeding, and suspected a concussion. He spoke to her to keep her awake and focused while also addressing the rest of the team. "You've dislocated your left shoulder, but luckily it doesn't look like there's any fractures to keep it company." He didn't like the way her right leg was canted at all. "Nurse, I'll need X-rays on the right leg to gauge the damage. But it doesn't look too bad, Kate, likely not broken."

With the bleeding staunched, Gus gripped the left arm. "This is going to hurt, Kate, but your shoulder will feel a lot better after I do it." Gus carefully braced himself and forced the ball of Kate's shoulder joint back into the socket. ((I'll let you react to the medical procedures, TJ.))

********************************************

If the announcement hadn't got her attention, the medical team would have. Jen dropped her armload of containers and traps in a clatter loud enough to wake the dead. She ran to the gym, trying to stay out of the doctor's way.

"Kate, oh god that looks bad. Lieutenant, what happened?" She addressed Richard while Gus worked on Kate. 'Resetting a shoulder, ooh the poor woman's going to feel that.'

[Tracy Jane]

There was loud buzzing, movement, Kate could sense the activity around her, but lay like a limp rag doll. She heard something, her name, perhaps, followed by unbearable pain in her left shoulder.

"Ggggghhhhh," the muffled sound came out of her mouth.

Everything seemed dark, muffled... liked she was asleep, or watching a muted film. She was disorientated, disjointed, and wasn't sure she liked it. Thoughts started to be processed... dark. move. see. hear. move. think. Her breathing quickened as she became frustrated at the lack of thought, the way her mind wasn't working fast enough.

((Thanks DG. Probably gonna have to go to bed now/in a mo. It's way past bedtime for this camper))

[gatelover12]

"Kate, oh god that looks bad. Lieutenant, what happened?" She addressed Richard while Gus worked on Kate.
"I don't know Ma'am, from her attire and the music she was playing, I'd guess that she was doing some gymnastics and slipped. It looked like she hit the floor pretty hard." He shifted nerviously, trying to keep an eye on his injured teammate. 'I'm just glad I managed to wake her up.' He thought to himself.

[Ascended Times.2]

((OOC:*Towards Dragon Gate* THANKYOU! So very much! Urg, I know zilch on the medical terms, and couldn’t adequately describe that to one tenth of what you did....BTW, just a small niggle (sorry, couldn't help myself) Gus ALWAYS calls people by their full first name...Other than that. *Sticks thumbs up*
BTW, sorry TJ, I haven’t had computer access all day, I should have posted before but...Well, I couldn't TBH. :(
Anyway, thank you!))

[Ascended Times.2]

((OOC: *Cringes again* Urg, a double post...))

Gus looked sympathetically towards Kate, the amount of pain she was in must be almost unbearable.

At that, Gus motioned to the medical crew to come over.
The two of them hurried over but were afraid to touch her incase they hurt her.

"Well, what are you waiting for? Get over here and help me get her onto a stretcher!" Gus demanded.

Gus looked her over, her shoulder was incredibly red and raw now that he had popped it back into place, and right ankle seemed to be pointing on too much of a ninety degree angle, along with her hip that was incredibly red and out of place.

"Caitriona, stay with us, you've twisted your ankle, aswell as wrenched your hip slightly."

At that, Gus wrapped his arms softly around Kates' middle, while another nurse aided in lifting Kate up aswell, holding just above the ankles to make sure she didn't injure anything.

They moved her slowly over onto the stretcher and the two nurses gripped the ends.

"All right, let's move. Get her into the infirmary bed three, it's the best set-up to handle this."
At that, Gus and the stretcher crew headed for the door.

They walked out of it, and Gus jogged ahead, only slightly so he could press the elevator button.
He did so and in a matter of moments the Elevator stopped at that level.

'Hm, that was fast. Must have been on it's way down.' Gus thought to himself.
However, when the elevator doors opened up a familiar face was standing in the doors.

Gus sighed. "James. Move, now. We can't fit all of us in the elevator. You'll have to catch the next one up, unless you want Caitriona to suffer.."

Jims eyes had shot wide open, he was staring at Kate in the stretcher.
At Gus' words however, he almost forward rolled out of the elevator.

He didn't say anything just let Gus and the crew inside the elevator, in seconds the doors closed with a small 'pting'

>>>Gus+Kate to Infirmary.

Jim glared at the doors at they shut, and the whirring of the elevator cables started up, pulling the elevator upwards.

"Damn! It'll take to long to get back down here. Look's like i'm taking the stairs."
Jim had gripped his hands together in a small tight knot. He let them go and headed strait for the stairs at a full on sprint.

[DragonGate]

Jen stood indecisively as the medical team took Kate away. Kate had her team, Jen wasn't sure if she should follow them. Doctor Aaronson didn't need a bunch of people in the infirmary in his way. On the other hand, Kate was a friend and she was injured. Jen sighed and decided that having her team around her was enough. She left the gym, gathered her traps and headed to her quarters to store them, and then, well she didn't know.

((to Quarters))

[gatelover12]

Richard watched as everyone in the room streamed out, semi-conscious Kate in tow. He decided to take the stairs, walking slow enough to ensure that he wouldn't be in the way when he arrived.

As he entered the staircase he caught a glimpse of someone running, by now almost at the top flight. <<to infirmary>>

[captainpash]

<<From Mess>>

Charles stepped into the gym there wasn't anybody really there most of the people had cleared out. Well, I might as well make use of this gym. Thought Charles, and he headed over to the punching bag. He started wiht his fists up in a guard postion, and he made sure he was far enough away from the bag so that he could extend his arms almost fully, but not lock the elbows, and still be able to hit the bag.

He threw his first couple of punched at the bag. He relied on speed, and amount of punches when doing stuff like this more than he did on how hard the blow was. He won almost all of his fights through speed not strenght. As his fist conected with the bag he felt all the energy in his arm leave, and his arm just stop, and the bag go off in the same direction as the punch.

[captainpash]

Charles started to dodge, and weave as he threw his punches. He was avoiding imagenary punched from, and imagenary oppenet, but there was no one around so he didn't care. As he dodged and weaved he started to flashback.

Charles was standing in a gym. It was similar to the one on the alpha site, but it was larger, and full of people. Most were in shape marines. The room was flooded with sunlight, and it just had an open feeling to it. There was a buzz of people working out, and talking, but Charles really couldn't make anything out. Charles was in uniform. Full uniform complete with that hat, and all that. He had his nice new captains bars on his uniform, and he wore the proudly.

He servayed the room looking for his old buddy Kevin Little. He noticed Kevin. He was near the opisite end of the gym. Working on a tread mill. Harry started to walk over to him.

"Kevin," Called Charles, and he saw Kevin stop running, and look around for the person who had called him. Kevin saw Charles, and gave him the regular nod he always did. Charles walked up, and they gave each other the usual manly backslapping hug.

"So, you made Captain?" Asked Kevin

"Yeah, and I got a transfere to something that is need to know." Said Charles excitedly.

"Aren't we need to know?" Asked Kevin.

"Most of the time."

"So, when do you leave?"

"I am just dropping to say goodbye I will see you when I see you," Answered Charles.

Charles snapped out of it. He almost had a tear in his eye. That was the last time he had ever seen Kevin or any of the other marines he had served with.

((OOC: Since, I am waiting for a mission to start up, I just thought this would be cool to write. Doubt anyone will read it, but....))

[max_omega]

(makes it nice to read a little bit of background on charcters, makes them more human)

[captainpash]

Charles finished with the bag, and decided to go grab a shower before talking to the General about doing a mission with SG-7.

<<LockerRooom>>

[Ascended Times.2]

>>>>From Lockers

Jim strolled in at a very leisurely pace into the Gym, seeing that there were a few airmen currently there, one was doing sit ups mumbling to himself, one was kicking the crap out of a punching bag.

Jim raised his eyebrow as he recognized who it was.
"Roger Michaels." Jim muttered under his breath.
He began over at a leisurely pace, as to not disturb the man until he was right on top of him.

Thankfully, it worked.
Roger was focusing on the bag so much he didn't even notice Jim walking over to him.

In a heartbeat, Roger looked up quickly as more of a reflex and saw Jim in that split second.
It took another two seconds for Roger to register who it was.
Roger quickly looked up and said "Oh, Sh**!" He backed away a few paces, and realised how cowardly he was being. He was in the military for God sakes!

He stood at attention and saluted Jim.
"Sir!" He dropped the salute the pleasentries quickly over, he began to aim his fists at punching bag again.
"If I may ask sir what exactly are you doing down here? I thought you were spending the better part of your time in the Majors' quarters."

Jim had been standing there, with a look of despise on his face, he simply loathed this man.
He had been the one spreading the rumours, he knew it, just from the smug look on his face.

Jim clenched his fists, the only thing stopping him from hitting this Airman was the rules and regulations that bound them both in their current uniforms, despite how rickety Rogers' was.

Jim, through clenched teeth, said "Airman...If you know what's good for you. You'll stop with these incessant rumours I know you've been spreading..." However, instead of doing what Jim expected him to do, which was making a snappy comeback of some kind, he simply remained silent.

Jim raised his right eyebrow and said "Airman?"
Roger was silent again, through a left hook into the punching bag, he was really beating the crap out of it now.
Jim was silent aswell now.

'Maybe he realised how truly pissed off I am at him? Especially that I am using his rank.' Jim stared at the airman hitting the bag for several more punches, and was fed up with his non-responsiveness.

'I can win this game, I just have to get my head into it.' Jims mind echoed, he stood there silently, instead of speaking and continued to silently watch.

However, watching Roger smack the crap out of that bag made Jim increasingly irritated, and finally snapped and roared "ROGER! Damn you. Answer me."

Roger stopped mid-punch and slowly, but surely looked towards Jim.
"Oh, Colonel. Finally decided to call me by name again? Have I earned one? Hehe. The base'll be hearin' about this..." Jims mind interrupted with 'Keep going, I'll snap, then we'll see who'll be laughing.' "...How you think you're better than everyone else. Except of course your beloved second in command...Who, I heard from my sources, you slept with. You dog you!"

'Snap' Jim roared as he grabbed the airman by the shirt and hurled him partway across the room onto the large blue sparring mats.
"All right, Roger. It seems you and I have an understanding to work out. You, me, a sparing match. This Gym...I win, you stop with these ridiculous rumours!"

Rogers picked himself up from the ground with a look that could kill.
"And if I win!?" He snarled back, dusting off his elbows, that had acquired a part of 'carpet burn'

"You get to...Well. You get the honours of telling everyone how much you kicked my arse up, down and sideways, to brag that an airman beat up a Lieutenant Colonel sufficiently older than you."

Roger smiled and said "Excellent. I agree..."
Jim walked over and held out his hand.
"Shake on it."

They did so, and Jim walked over to the side of the mats, picking up a pair of punching gloves and a helmet, unzipping his jacket, and dropping it away out of the area of the mats.

Roger already had a pair on, and he didn't seem to care that he didn't have a helmet on. 'Cocky son of a...'
"So, Colonel. You ready for me? If I pin you in less than fifteen seconds, I think we should do a rematch...You look a little out of shape."

Jim scowled at the younger, taller man, he had the look of superiority, but Jim had been known to pull tricks out of his sleeves, hat and other places.
Rogers raised his hands in the standard boxing positions.

Jim just smiled and raised his hands likewise. 'He's really going to try and take me on boxing-style? Oh, will he be sad when I pin him in under fifteen seconds.'

Rogers smirked back and thought to himself 'The old man's got nothin' on me, he plans to match me with my own style? Ha! I'll show him.'

At that, Rogers began to bounce on his toes and Jim began to slowly walk in, his fists drawn.
Rogers still had a smile on his face, but Jims' had completely vanished, a look of concentration replacing it now.

He was analyzing Rogers moves and was going to spot his weakness and prey on it like a hawk to a rat in the middle of a barren desert.
Rogers was the first to swing, he did a quick jab with his left hand.

Jim managed to duck under it and aimed a quick right uppercut at the younger man.
However, Roger was better than Jim had anticipated and managed to dodge backwards, aiming a blow directly at Jims' head.

Jim jumped backwards, but not quick enough to avoid the blow to the head that was coming towards him.
Jim fell backwards, almost loosing his balance, however he managed to stop himself in time and readied himself, altering his style this time however.

Jim shook his head slightly, that blow had hurt quite allot, but no blood was in sight.
Yet.

Roger just had a smug look that said it all.
'He thinks he's winning.' Jim thought to himself.
'He thinks he's going to get the drop on me. Ha!' Rogers mind echoed.

Jim moved in this time, throwing a quick jab to the left and a wide hook with the the right hand. Catching Rogers completely off guard, his blow landed exactly where he had hoped for, right across the cheek.

Rogers span around for almost an instant, almost in a comical way and looked up towards the older man.
"Damn you..." he said under his breath.

He pushed himself back up and readied his style again.
'That's not going to work again.' Rogers thought pattern went.

Jim moved in and several quick jab at Rogers gut, however roger blocked them all easily, attempting the same kind of trick against Jim, the older man blocked them all.

They continued to do this several more times, they seemed quite evenly matched.
Roger now had a look of anger on his face that obviously showed the younger man was really struggling, and wasn't used to an opponent evenly matched to him, better than him.

Jim decided now was the best time for it. He mockingly attempted his best 'Japanese Samurai' voice and said "We are evenly-matched, it seems, my yound padawan." He couldn't help himself with the Star Wars reference, it was one of the few Science Fiction things he'd actually watched, and deemed it quite acceptable

However, Jim really wasn't that big of a Science Fiction fan.
Roger just scowled and did a bulrush towards him, yelling allot of loud curse words.

Jim preyed on this and dodged him quickly, punching the younger man in the back and then gut several times.
Jim pulled back his right hand and aimed it squarely at Rogers face.

He shoved the punch forward and it flew true.
Smacking him right in the face, Rogers expression turned from Rage, to confusion, to surprise, to pain all in a heartbeat.

Roger collapsed onto the floor, his eyes rolled up in their sockets.
"Oh, Sh**" Jim said, realising he had just given the man a concussion.
'Dumbarse, this is what he gets for underestimating me, and bull rushing! For God's sake...'

Jim just sighed and tore his helmet off, along with his gloves.
He grabbed the man by the arms and hauled his right arm around Jims shoulders.

Rogers grunted slightly, but Jim ignored him.
Jim then began to half-drag, half-carry Roger to the infirmary.

>>>>To Infirmary.

[Tracy Jane]

Rowena walked into the gym and started to stretch, working from bottom to top: ankles, calves, thighs, waist, arms, shoulders, neck... she began to jog gently on the spot, to get the blood pumping, and spotted the vaulting horse in the middle of the floorspace.

The cadet smiled happily. She was no gymnast, she couldn't do any fancy tricks, but a few cartwheels and vaults couldn't hurt anyone.

[KeiranFuller]

<<From Outside>>

Jason walked into the gym looking for his team members. He wasn't quite sure what they would look like, but they would have a team patch on them. He noticed a women working out. Then he recognized her in from one of the files on his team mates. Jason walked over to her to talk,

"Hello, there. I'm Captain Jason Richards, one of your team's new members. You must be...Rowena?" Asked Jason.

[Tracy Jane]

Rowena landed on her feet after doing a somersault, nearly falling backwards at the sudden greeting. After flailing her arms for a second, regaining her balance, she snapped to attention and saluted the Captain.

"Cadet Clayton, Sir," she barked stiffly.

[KeiranFuller]

Jason grinned. It was nice to have someone show a tiny bit of respect. Even though Rowena was doing it because he was her superior.

"At ease Cadet, we're off duty. Nice moves you have there. I wish I was a talented gymnist like you. So, you're part of SG-7. Must be kind of hard being the only cadet assigned to a team."

[Tracy Jane]

"No, Sir," she said tersely. "Major Howard is the gymnast. This is schoolgirl vaulting." She swallowed as she still stood rigidly. "It is not a case of being easy or hard, Sir, it is a case of doing your duty as best you can. This situation is not easy for anyone on the base, irrespective of rank, Sir."

[KeiranFuller]

Jason smiled again and answered, "Well, you're doing better then what I can do. If I tried to do anything you're doing, I would be in the infirmary right now." He reached and patted her on the shoulder "Cadet, this situation is extremely difficult. Just seeing how well you're holding up is just an indication of how well of a team member you will be, no are. The thing that really has me down, is we don't know if Earth is gone, or just the SGC. Hell the Goa'uld could be attacking Earth right now, and we wouldn't be there to defend the world."

[Tracy Jane]

"I would appreciate it, Sir, if you would stop petting me like a dog," Rowena retorted coldly. "You don't know me or any other member of the team, I don't see how uninformed judgements are supposed to comfort me." She turned her back on the Captain and started to stretch again. "And if you reallyfeel the need to spill your guts, it's my mother you need to talk to, not me."

[KeiranFuller]

Jason grinned, he was going to have a lot of fun toying with Rowena. "Cadet, your right, I should go spill my problems to your mother, but wait...she's on Earth. I am trying to get to know you all more, it just seems that the team is hiding from me."

[Tracy Jane]

"I f***ing wish she was on Earth," grumbled the Cadet in bad humour. "And I'd have hidden too, if I had known you were trying to make nice."

[KeiranFuller]

"Cadet, don't worry...I'm not making any moves on you. If I were, we would be on the floor right now having a little too much fun. I am however, scoping out the team. Which includes you," informed Jason

"I didn't know you're mother was here, or at least not on Earth. Gosh, I wish I could kick the Goa'uld jack*** who sent that bomb through to Earth. Of course, tif Earth is still around, and we find a way back, you can always hide from me then."

[Tracy Jane]

"Trust me, Sir," she said to him coldly, "I'd happily go through that Gate with a closed iris on the other side to escape this torture." She turned to look at him, an eyebrow raised. "You seem to fancy your chances, don't you, Captain?"

[KeiranFuller]

He tried to return the cold stare, but couldn't and looked down at the ground, trying not to laugh, "I honestly believe that there will be a day where this "hell hole" will be over. Where you can go and be what you really want to be. And me...I can get drunk as much as I want on beer."

[Tracy Jane]

"If you think it's such a 'hell hole', try getting a transfer," she snapped. "I for one won't miss your attitude. No one's forcing you to stay." She paused. "And quite frankly, Sir, if your aim in life is to be inebriated, perhaps you aren't best suited to a life in the military." She turned and sprinted to the vault, springing lightly onto it.

[KeiranFuller]

Jason shook his head, and muttered loud enough for Rowena to hear, "Yeah, a transfer would be better then getting turned into pulp by an iris. But as I promised myself, I am here to make a difference. Getting drunk would be my only goal after retiring from the miltary. The kid should try it sometime though."

He started to walk to the door, but just waited. To see if she would respond.

[Tracy Jane]

"Not throwing me on the floor and having your wicked way with me, then Sir?" Rowena quipped, transferring her weight to her hands and doing a handstand on the vault.

[KeiranFuller]

Jason turned and responded, "Now why would I want to do that?"

[Tracy Jane]

"Noone plays this nice with the Ice Queen without a motive, Sir," she replied whilst upside down, before letting herself fall over and roll into a couple of messy somersaults, nothing like Kate's.

[KeiranFuller]

"A motive of trying to make a friend. That's all I want. If you want to be just team mates for now. That's fine also. However, in the little time I have been here, I have heard, you are already with someone," replied Jason.

[Tracy Jane]

Rowena stood up and laughed derisively. "With someone? I don't think so, Sir," she sneered. "Nothing more than a little stress relief."

[KeiranFuller]

"Ahh, I'll be sure to tell him what you said. I intend to go visit this Lieutenant of yours," informed Jason.

[Tracy Jane]

Rowena twisted the corner of her lips. "Well, he's a lot friendlier than me," she told the Captain. "If that's your thing, Sir." She flashed her eyebrows, then launched herself onto the rings.

[KeiranFuller]

Jason fell on the floor laughing. After catching his breath he responded, "Funny, no I'm not that kind of guy. However, I could also tell you what I've heard about him and this other person."

[Tracy Jane]

"A gossip as well as an egotistical drunk," smiled Rowena sarcastically. "You'll fit right in with the moral fibre of SG7, I see, sir."

[KeiranFuller]

"A drunk? I wish, I haven't had a real drink for years. A Gossip? Of course. Who isn't?" Replied Jason.

[Tracy Jane]

Rowena stared at him coldly from where she was hanging. "Look, was there a reason you came to the gym, Sir. Or do you just derive pleasure from p*ssing me off?"

[KeiranFuller]

"Maybe, I think it was to try to get to know my team a little, especially if we're in a combat situation. It's just the way I tick. I hope I haven't offended you though," replied Keiran with a blank look.

[Tracy Jane]

((replied Keiran. lol))

"Not at all, Sir," she said passively as she continued on the rings.

[KeiranFuller]

"Well if you need someone to listen to you, I don't expect it will be me, but if so, I'm all ears," said Keiran as he began to leave.

<<To Lounge>>

[Tracy Jane]

Rowena sighed a breath of relief. Thank God that pr*ck was gone. She dropped off the rings and walked to the treadmill, where she started a slow jog.

[Tracy Jane]

Rowena was restless and this workout didn't seem to be doing the trick. She needed something else, something more, something that would make her break out in a sweat, make her muscles ache all over, leave her tired and content.

She needed Richard.

She needed a cross country run.

>>>to lounge.

[Spudster]

Nathan entered the room with a blank face, his eyes looking around. all alone it seems... he thought, so he walked over to the treadmill and began his usual weekly 2 hour exercise that he never seemed to complete and left half until the next day.

[Spudster]

after 5 minutes or so Nathan was bored, no one had come or gone and running on a treadmill with nothing else happening bored him more than staring at a blank wallwith your hands tied behind your back and a rubix cube on your lap. pfft, i can do this another time, there must be more interesting things to do around here.... he wondered. 'sigh', i guess i can go see if anything is more interesting in the brig...., and with that note, he stopped the treadmill, put his shirt back on and left for the brig.

>>to Brig

[Atlantean_Fan]

<<From Quarters>>

Natasha was restless and thought some exercise could wear her out until dinner time. She entered the Gym and it was empty.

"Well, I guess it was too much to ask to actually have people in here now, wasn't it?" She thought while approaching one of the equipments and beginning her series of exercises.

[max_omega]

<Lounge (http://forum.gateworld.net/showpost.php?p=5236655&postcount=356)>

They were talking as they entered the gym, "This is a great place to unwind after a busy day, or to begin your day right." Rachael said while entering the room than noticed someone was in here. Not wanting to completely disturb her so she waited till she was done with her exercise before introducing herself and her brother.

[Atlantean_Fan]

<Lounge (http://forum.gateworld.net/showpost.php?p=5236655&postcount=356)>

They were talking as they entered the gym, "This is a great place to unwind after a busy day, or to begin your day right." Rachael said while entering the room than noticed someone was in here. Not wanting to completely disturb her so she waited till she was done with her exercise before introducing herself and her brother.

Natasha sensed people getting into the Gym room and decided to finish her exercise right then and there.

"So I'll get to know more people on the base, perhaps someone else from my soon to be team. They seem close." She thought as she stood up, but still sitting over the bench (?) of the equipment.

"Hi, Captain Natasha Bystronski. Came to join me?" She said in a playfull tone to warm the newcomer couple into a conversation.

[max_omega]

Rachael walked forward and said, "Dr. Racahael Ezekiel, chief base engineer."

"Major John Ezekiel, transfer from the beta site. Not sure which sg team I will be joining."

[Atlantean_Fan]

Rachael walked forward and said, "Dr. Racahael Ezekiel, chief base engineer."

"Major John Ezekiel, transfer from the beta site. Not sure which sg team I will be joining."
"Pleased to meet you too, Doctor, Major. If you don't mind me asking, are you siblings?" Natasha said to both of them thinking "They must be...". Then looking at the Major's direction. "New transfer like me, Major Ezekiel?"

[max_omega]

John look at Rachael and said, "Yep, this is my baby sister. She was just giving me a tour of the base. I arrived early this morning."

"Yeah he even had the nerve to wake me up, if he wasn't my brother I would have slammed the door in his face." Rachael said with a smile.

[Atlantean_Fan]

John look at Rachael and said, "Yep, this is my baby sister. She was just giving me a tour of the base. I arrived early this morning."

"Yeah he even had the nerve to wake me up, if he wasn't my brother I would have slammed the door in his face." Rachael said with a smile.
"Me, I'm awake for quite some time now. I arrived late last night. Slept in the Lounge, woke early, walked around to know the base, alone cause I didn't know anyone, well, now I do, had a meeting with General Blue and a good Roman friend from Dakkara Centurion Gaius Justinius, let my new CO clearly embarressed in front of the general and Gaius, well, not on porpouse, I might add..." She described her day so far in a snarky tone, especially in the end, but forgot to mention about the location of her quarters or that she was organizing her stuff before coming to the Gym and to say where she came from.

[max_omega]

"Well it is very nice to me." John said, "maybe I'll get assigned to your team."

"I am normally a night person, just been up and busy so haven't gotten much sleep. Any if you are ever near the Science lab, drop by I am there alot, or running around the base making sure everything is working jsut fine." Rachael began.

((I have to go. It is thundering at my house, and am on a dial up. Don't want to blow the modem.))

[Atlantean_Fan]

"Well it is very nice to me." John said, "maybe I'll get assigned to your team."

"I am normally a night person, just been up and busy so haven't gotten much sleep. Any if you are ever near the Science lab, drop by I am there alot, or running around the base making sure everything is working jsut fine." Rachael began.

((I have to go. It is thundering at my house, and am on a dial up. Don't want to blow the modem.))
((No problem. See you tomorrow night.))

"There is a high probability that you might join my team, SG-8, the base's new team, Major Ezekiel. Well, actually, Major Rhea's team, sir. He is the CO of SG-8, not me. So you said you are a newcomer from Beta, huh? I've come officially from Gamma, unofficially, everywhere else, sir." Natasha said to Jonathan in a playfull tone.

"Don't worry, Doctor, I'll remember that. If I'm ever around the Lab. I'll knock on the door for a chat." Natasha said to Rachel still in a playfull tone. "Are you working on something cool right now?" She asked, a curious tone in her voice.

[max_omega]

John looked over at the Captain and said, "I wasn't officially a member of the beta site that is where the tok'ra brought us after we helped them, on a mission, you don't have to call Major, you can either call me John or Bullet."

Rachael was looking around the room she hadn't really spent much time in the gym, "Well right now I am working with SG1 on an ancient device they brought back."

(I'll tell the stroy on how John got the nickname 'Bullet' later.)

[Atlantean_Fan]

John looked over at the Captain and said, "I wasn't officially a member of the beta site that is where the tok'ra brought us after we helped them, on a mission, you don't have to call Major, you can either call me John or Bullet."

Rachael was looking around the room she hadn't really spent much time in the gym, "Well right now I am working with SG1 on an ancient device they brought back."

(I'll tell the stroy on how John got the nickname 'Bullet' later.)

"So I see, I guess both of us have many stories to tell. Perhaps some other time? Bullet? That's interesting..." Natasha said playfully.

"I guess you don't spend a lot of time in here, doc. It's good to relax sometimes and let go. MDs also say that exercise is good for the mind and the body." She said to doctor Ezekiel. "So, Ancient device? So what's it? I mean what does it do, Doc?" She said and noticing the look the doctor gave her because of her eagerness, she decided to backtrack. "It's not that I would understand anyway, I'm just curious..."

[max_omega]

John noticed the Captains interest of his nickname, "I'll tell you stroy about the nickname later, when my sister is not around, she has heard it about a thousand times." He smiles and continues, "She informed me that she doesn't wish to here it again."

"It is actually a pretty straight forward device, it is an Ancient Articifal Inteillgance or AI. Right now we are trying to figure out if it has been tampered with. Now I won't bore you with those details." Rachael answered. "And I am sure you understand more than you give youself credit for."

[Atlantean_Fan]

John noticed the Captains interest of his nickname, "I'll tell you stroy about the nickname later, when my sister is not around, she has heard it about a thousand times." He smiles and continues, "She informed me that she doesn't wish to here it again."

"It is actually a pretty straight forward device, it is an Ancient Articifal Inteillgance or AI. Right now we are trying to figure out if it has been tampered with. Now I won't bore you with those details." Rachael answered. "And I am sure you understand more than you give youself credit for."

"Ok, later then. I understand how she feels about it." Natasha said looking to Bullet and then Rachel.

She then focus herself in Rachel. "AI, that must be cool to work with, it's not some sort of mind controled killing robot, it it? Cause we all know the Ancients like this mind melding tech thing." She said in a snarky way. "And perhaps you give my brain too much credit, Doc."

[max_omega]

John just looked at the captian with a yep, than started to walk around and inspect the equipment.

Rachael began, "Well I have not really had a complete conversation with the AI, I am just creating a program to analysis her program, it is complicated. I don't believe she has any intention of harming us, there is always a chance the goa'uld tampered with her program. Anyway, I suppose I should actually be getting back there."

John said, "What was that your leaving?"

"I need to get back to work, but you are perfectely capable of exploring the base on your own." Rachael said the last bit scarastically. "It was really nice to meet you Captain."

John looked over at the captain than said, "Well who is hungrary?" There was a slight moment of silence, "Anyone?" He smiled, than continued, "If you are going to your science lab, I am going to the mess hall."

Rachael headed for the door and paused, followed by John.

<Rachael to Quarters. John to Mess Hall.> (http://forum.gateworld.net/showpost.php?p=5245339&postcount=967)
((Implying you can still talk to her before she completely leaves the room.))

[Atlantean_Fan]

John just looked at the captian with a yep, than started to walk around and inspect the equipment.

Rachael began, "Well I have not really had a complete conversation with the AI, I am just creating a program to analysis her program, it is complicated. I don't believe she has any intention of harming us, there is always a chance the goa'uld tampered with her program. Anyway, I suppose I should actually be getting back there."

John said, "What was that your leaving?"

"I need to get back to work, but you are perfectely capable of exploring the base on your own." Rachael said the last bit scarastically. "It was really nice to meet you Captain."

John looked over at the captain than said, "Well who is hungrary?" There was a slight moment of silence, "Anyone?" He smiled, than continued, "If you are going to your science lab, I am going to the mess hall."

Rachael headed for the door and paused, followed by John.

<Rachael to Science lab. John to Mess Hall.>
((Implying you can still talk to her before she completely leaves the room.))

Natasha also stood up and began following the siblings. "Well, I'm gonna take a shower and meet you at the Mess Hall. We can explore this place together then." She said to Bullet and then to Rachel. "Wouldn't be wise to rest a little, Doc? I'm sorry to say, but you still seem kinda tired... Well if you think you're up to work again. It's your decision, ma'am. I hope this is a realy nice piece of tech, but if it isn't, it will be best if you're rested, right?" She said in a friendly way.

[max_omega]

As they were walking out Rachael said, "Well I am used(?) to getting little sleep. I just need some coffee and I will be ready to go. Bye." Rachael said than realized she forgot her lap top in her quarters so she had to travel back there first, before going to the science lab.

John just continued walking out and headed to the mess hall.

<Rachael to Quarters (http://forum.gateworld.net/showpost.php?p=5244042&postcount=770)>

[Atlantean_Fan]

Natasha also leaves the Gym towards her quarters to grab some clothes to wear after the shower.

<<To quarters>>

[TheGreatLordGeorge]

george walked into the gym and went over to the resistance machine. he began to pull down the bar and used the time to think over his long, interesting night.

[TheGreatLordGeorge]

George kept on pumping the bar while thoughts raced through his head. wow, she kissed me, she actually kissed me. yeah, it was a just a peck on the cheek but it was more than i was expecting. was it just a friendly kiss, like we are friends or was that something more? i hope it was something more, i really do. i really like her. but that in it self is a problem. her brother, her only living family is under my command, that could prove to be awkward. if something were to happen with me and rachael, would he still respect me? or if something happened to him offworld, would she blame me. UGH! this is tough, i really like her.

[TheGreatLordGeorge]

George soon crashed and realized that the high he had gotten from Rachael had worn off, the excersise though had failed in helping to clear his mind. george decided to try and get some sleep, hoping that he would be able too.

<to my quarters>

[max_omega]

<Quarters (http://forum.gateworld.net/showpost.php?p=5354744&postcount=916)>

John walked into the empty gym, he out down his his bag and began to stretch. He stretched every muscle in his legs, back, and arms. He took a deep breath than headed over to the bench press machine. Since he did not have spotter he deciede to go a little easy on himself, he only put 100 lbs on it. He took a deep breath than did three sets of ten. John continued to do all the machines just to release some of the energy he now had.

He began to think about his team and the exercise, There are alot of things I think we do need to work on. Although I think trust is the most important, the only memember of the team that I am in any way concerened about is Lt. Nelson. Even though he said he is a talkative person I feel that he is hiding something, maybe not anything important. Now Captain Bystronski she is an interesting character. She has a lot to learn about a team though. She has spent most of her time with the Free Jaffa and doing her own thing. My CO, I like him and I trust him with my life.

John finsihed with the machines than walked over to his bag and got out his boxing gloves. He walked up to the bag and began to punch and kick it. I wonder what our first mission will be.

[max_omega]

John had finished his main work out but wanted to finish up with some cardio he walked over to the tred mill and started out slow. But was soon at a full run, he did this for about twenty minutes before stopping.
He took a deep breathe and walked over to his bag, he grabbed a bottle of water and took a drink. Wonder what there is to do on this base? Oh, there is a lounge, I think I will go check that out. Right after I clean up a bit.

He gathered out his stuff and headed to the locker room.

<Locker Room (http://forum.gateworld.net/showpost.php?p=5361124&postcount=145)>

[ShelBel]

<< from the Lounge, via the locker rooms >>

Jensen walked into the Gym and looked around, suddenly feeling a bit at a loss. He had an emotionally-fueled need to do something, to move, and yet couldn't figure out what to do first.

Finally, his eyes settled on the punching bag in the corner. Flexing his fingers, he walked over and from the nearby shelf took a roll of tape. He began taping his knuckles, and when he was satisfied with that, he picked up the small foam protectors and slid them on, making sure the velcro-bound elastic bands at his wrists were snug.

That being done, he began to warm up by throwing a few punches.

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[Tracy Jane]

Kate sprang lightly up onto the horse and sat watching Jensen tape his knuckles and protect himself. She smiled thinly, at least if anything went wrong this time, her knight in shining armour was on call. After a minute or so, Kate grew restless. She resisted the urge to jump straight on the rings, and started to do her warm ups first, working from her ankles up to her neck, stretching and rotating in the same sequence she had practised since she was young.

All the while, she kept watching her friend, he seemed tense and aggressive, not his usual self. She wasn't surprised, she had seen how worried he had been over the gunshot last night, and his worry was about more than just injury in the town, of that she was sure. He was worried about Mary.

Her stretches completed, Kate stood on the edge of the mat and began to gently turn over the mat, not particularly exerting herself, still cautious after the last incident. Once finished with this first, tentative experiment, she sat and watched Jensen once more, cat like in her observation.

[ShelBel]

Jensen was vaguely aware of Kate behind him, doing her stretches and preparing. By now his muscles had warmed up and he was throwing punches with full power, feeling the resistance of the bag as he worked on a pattern. he could feel the sweat starting to drip and his arms were getting a little tired, so he decided to change things up a bit and began punch/kick combinations.

He went through all the combinations he could remember, sadly thinking about the tae kwon do classes he'd taken back on Earth; he'd gotten to a purple belt before being transferred to Gaia. He missed it.

With a final backspin kick, Jensen caught the bag as it ricocheted back toward him. Breathing heavily, he settled it and let go, turning to find Kate watching him.

"Well," he panted, dropping down next to her on the mat, "I feel... a little better."

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[Tracy Jane]

"I should hope so too, after that display," smiled Kate, keeping her tone neutral. "Remind me not to get on your bad side." She got to her feet again and stretched out.

After briefly dipping her hands in the bowl of chalk, she ran, launching herself onto the horse and onto the rings on the otherside, now unfortunately a fair way higher, someone had adjusted them so that they could do floor work. She felt the strain in her arm muscles as she pushed herself upright, locking her elbows so that her arms were straight. She began to rock herself back and forth, as if on a swing, trying to gather momentum, before executing a more intricate routine, which finished with her landing on the floor with a hard thud, huge amounts of pressure exerted on her calves and ankles, then followed by some fast and furious turns on the mat. Though sweating, she felt there was still some energy pent up that she needed to release, and so she jogged back over to Jensen, a frown on her freckled face.

[ShelBel]

Jensen had gotten up and gotten a drink, walked around a bit to cool down, and was stretching when Kate came back.

He looked up at her and noted the frown. "I was thinking about a run on the treadmill," he told her. "Whatcha think?"

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[Tracy Jane]

Kate raised her eyebrows in disgust. "If you're going for a run, you might as well do the job properly." She sighed as she lowered herself to the floor, doing the splits and stretching forward over the front leg. "I wish I could go for a swim. It's about the only... well, one of the few things that would get rid of this energy." She flushed a little and got back to her feet, tipping herself over to walk on her hands, acting like a twelve year old in the school playground.

[ShelBel]

Jensen grinned. "One of the few things, eh? I can guess as to some of the others." Then he sighed. "I'm with you on the swim, though. I'd go out to run, but its too late. Maybe tomorrow."

He got up and stretched expansively, watching Kate meander through the gym on her hands. "For the life of me I do not understand how you can do that. When I try I just fall over!"

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[Tracy Jane]

Kate tucked her head in and rolled out of the somersault. "It's all about finding your centre of gravity," she explained. "I think it's actually harder for women, trying to find that balance. If you noticed, my legs weren't quite straight. A lot of people bend their knees, actually. Helps them balance better." She smiled playfully and held out her hand so she could be pulled to her feet. Rolling her eyes, she continued, "As for stress relief, am I really that transparent?"

[ShelBel]

"Well, you know, I think that kind of stress relief is pretty universal." Jensen grinned at her and helped Kate to her feet. "I don't think its you being transparent as much as me having a dirty mind!"

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[Tracy Jane]

Kate got up and leaned against the horse. "Shame he's on a mission," she sighed, then grinned wickedly at Jensen. "I knew I shoulda stocked up on batteries before leaving earth."

[ShelBel]

"You wouldn't happen to have anything that might help a lonely doctor, would you?" Jensen laughed. "I dare you to go down to the labs and ask them to modify a ZPM for you."

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[Tracy Jane]

"Give it a few days and I might take you up on that one," grumbled Kate good naturedly. Going over what she had just said, she added, "Either one."

[ShelBel]

Jensen laughed. "I thought we tried that once?" he grinned. The banter was doing more to relax him than the exercise. "My own fault, I guess, for turning you down." He waggled his eyebrows at her. "You know, if we'dve been thinking properly when we first met, we could have had that whole 'friends-with-benefits' thing going... I think it's too late for that now..."

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[Tracy Jane]

"Damn," laughed Kate. "Are you sure it's too late?" She ambled back over to him and put her arms around his waist. "It would never have happened, you know that. I was only posted here because of the girls. I would never have been..." she shrugged, then smiled widely. "But I get enough benefits as it is. And I'm sure you can requisition some batteries for me on medical grounds," she giggled.

[ShelBel]

Jensen couldn't help but snort with laughter at that. "I'd love to see the look on Gus's face- AND Blue's- if I put THAT req form through! It might be worth it, just for their reactions." He leered at her. "Although you'd probably have to use them in the Infirmary only, because we would need to verify that you were using them for their intended purpose."

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[Tracy Jane]

"Oh, no," corrected Kate, "we wouldn't want this fever spreading, now, would we? Far safer to confine me to quarters." She leaned against him, giggling helplessly. "Come on... you argue that it would keep me from breaking regulations, it would keep me on an...errr. even keel and..." she shook her head. "So? Friends with benefits?" There was a half serious tone to her voice now.

[ShelBel]

"Oh Katie," Jensen sighed, still chuckling, leaning over to kiss her cheek. "Just having you in my life is benefit enough. Come on, I think we both need to get cleaned up, although I don't think a shower can reach the dirtiest parts locked inside our brains!"

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[Tracy Jane]

Kate laughed and grinned, trying to help the slight twinge, or rather, huge sinking feeling, of disappointment that she felt. She hadn't really expected that reaction, she honestly thought she had been joking about it herself. At the mention of showers, her mind instinctively wandered southward again, and she cringed. "Better make it a cold one."

[ShelBel]

Jensen shook his head, still chuckling as they parted ways to their respective locker rooms. He recognized that expression; he'd probably had the same one on his face on the way back from Foreston.

Don't think too hard about the what if's, Katie, he thought to himself. Things happen- or in our case, don't happen- for a reason.

Feeling a bit more introspective, he headed for the showers.

<< to Quarters via the locker rooms >>

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[Tracy Jane]

((Just thought I'd double check to see if someone's been messing around with my character. It seems that she's being channeled by Callista!!! :P))

[ShelBel]

((Just thought I'd double check to see if someone's been messing around with my character. It seems that she's being channeled by Callista!!! :P))

(( OOC: Another intergalactic space hussy? Say it ain't so! :lol ;) ))

[Gen Blue]

(( OOC: Another intergalactic space hussy? Say it ain't so! :lol ;) ))
(( She's off-base and off-duty. :p ))