he's like a brick house (made of steel) VINCE

[Axelle Flint]

Axelle was, not surprisingly, in a hurry.

She tore out of the school and down the stairs, hell bent on getting home in time to watch one of her favorite TV programs. She tripped but righted herself before she could fall and took off again, gaining speed as she took note of the people around her so that she could avoid running into someone like she had that day downtown. But it was all in vain. Just as she was about to sprint through the gate an intimidating figure stepped into her path and before she could stop herself she squealed and slammed right into him.

And bounced off.

Axelle laid on the ground for a moment trying to figure out what had happened just now, lifting her head to see the head of Hammel Security staring at her. "Uh...hi...sorry."

[Vincent Romanov]

Vincent had been updating some of the security logs at the security office at the front gate of the school. It had been a simple mind numbing job and as such had left Vincent a bit out of touch with reality. He slowly strolled out of the security shack, turning at the gate heading back into the courtyard. However, as he turned the corner of the gate, something or more appropriately someone slammed into him with an amazing amount of force. Vincent felt the kinetic energy of the impact fill his body and his chest swelled with strength, causing him to rotate his shoulders a bit. This amount of energy would allow him to stay awake for the next two days at the least. He was curious as to what or who had this much strength but at the same time he was worried as to why someone with this much strength was running around like this with no care of who got in their way.

Vincent looked down, seeing a girl who looked vaguely familiar. He couldn't recall anything important about the girl at the moment and figured he had probably just seen her around the courtyard before. Whoever this girl was, she seemed to have some manners judging by her apology. Her puzzled face amused Vincent causing him to smile, an act not seen by many of the students. With a shake of his head, Vincent held out his large hand offering the girl assistance up from the ground. "It's fine freight train," Vincent said, giving Axelle an amusing nickname. "Just be glad it was me you ran into and not anyone else on campus," he added, still waiting for Axelle to take his offered hand.

[Axelle Flint]

Axelle's eyes widened as she saw the man's already impressive chest swell and then stay that way. He wasn't breathing...he'd actually gotten bigger. She would have swooned if she wasn't already trying to think about what power would allow him to do that. She didnt feel any weaker so he wasn't absorbing her power (in that he was taking away from her to fuel himself) soooo what? Her train of thought was derailed with the arrival of a nickname she hadn't heard before.

Freight Train? Well she supposed it was appropriate as she took the man's hand and tugged herself up. She looked up and up and up at him and narrowed her eyes searchingly. "Why didn't you fall over?" she finally asked.

[Vincent Romanov]

Vincent loved his ability, it seemed like a divine gift from God. His practical indestructibility suited his personality and his drive to be a protector of others. Being the religious man he was, Vincent had made a promise to his God to always use his powers to help those who needed help and to use it to stop those who would try to harm others. Not many people like him existed in the world, as a matter of fact the only person Vincent knew who had a stronger drive to help others was Dr. Sean Neville. This was just one of the reasons why he had such high respect for the good doctor, but all this is getting of course so back to the story at hand.

Gripping Axelle's smaller hand in his much larger one, Vincent made sure to use the least amount of force so as not to crush Axelle's hand with his knew found super strength. Pulling the smaller girl back to her feet was like moving a feather for Vincent and this made him smile. The look on Axelle's face said it all and that look always amused Vincent. He already knew what question was coming and was already to answer. Axelle had such a confused look on her face and Vincent couldn't blame her. Judging from the amount of kinetic energy he had just absorbed from their collision, he surmised Axelle possessed super strength but on a larger scale than he had seen in others like her over the years. She would prove to be a powerful meta when she reached maturity and mastered her power. Vincent just hoped the girl wouldn't abuse said power.

Letting go of Axelle's hand, Vincent crossed his arms over his large chest and just stood there silently for a moment. He was building suspense, giving Axelle time to run through whatever conclusions she might be pondering. Then with a casual methodical tone Vincent spoke, "I'll try to keep it simple and short 'cause I hate long winded speaches," he said smiling just slightly, "I absorbed kinetic energy, you know, the force behind a moving object. Concussive force like an explosion is absorbed as well, as long as electricity. So all that speed and strength you put into that wild and careless running of yours just fed my body," he said, trying to keep it real simple. Vincent assumed from the look on Axelle's face that he was the first person she had ever met who could stop her. "On a side note, I can convert that kinetic energy into various uses. It can make me stronger, give me enhanced endurance and enhanced stamina. The energy you just fed me is enough to let me go without sleep for about two days with no ill side effects," he added, knowing Axelle was probably going to ask what he did with all that energy as her next question.

With a sigh, Vincent looked Axelle over, making sure she was hurt, "Now, it's my turn. Just where are you off to in such a hurry....miss.....?," he asked, also wanting to know Axelle's name. He felt as if he should know this girl, but how? He didn't have any recollection of having to drag her to any of the teachers for punishment. Perhaps he had just seen her face in passing around the school?

[Axelle Flint]

Axelle comprehended this power quickly and was immediately impressed and envious. Though he'd have been wrong about one thing, especially after he'd crossed his arms over that ridiculously impressive chest. The hormonally driven 18 year old girl was mostly wondering what he must look like shirtless, and less of anything else until he's explained things to her.

"Oh, that sounds pretty cool," she finally managed to refocus onto the conversation. She fidgeted when he mentioned all that power and what it would do to him and was grateful that she hadn't slammed into anyone else. "Oh uh....Flint. Axelle Flint," she answered in almost a mutter, looking down at her feet. "I just wanted to get home...to.....watch tv," she admitted with s blush. "Sorry, I won't run that fast ion the grounds again unless the situation calls for it," she promised.

[Vincent Romanov]

Axelle Flint, the name rung a bell and Vincent tried to figure out where he heard the name before. He knew it wasn't from reading a file on the girl nor from any sort of filed reprimand report, it was something smaller, something common and everyday. The newspaper from town, that was it. He remembered an article about a girl getting hit by a car in town and sent flying several feet through the air and into one of the town statues. What had stood out about such a terrible event was the fact that the girl had apparently slammed right through the statue, shattering it into rubble and walking about with very minor injuries. He then remembered hearing some of the teachers talking about the event not to mention the slight buzz around the students about about the event. Thankfully nothing serious came from the incident besides a police accident report being filed and sent to the school along with an insurance claim report. Copies of both had crossed his desk for him to file for any future reference which might come along.

"Axelle Flint, the girl who managed to walk away from being slammed into by a car not to mention walking away from being thrown through a stone statue down in town. I read the story in the paper not to mention the police report which crossed my desk a while back. I have to stay I was impressed and I'm not impressed easily," Vincent said looking somewhat serious even though he wasn't trying to. Vincent just had this imposing personality and look about him, but in reality he was rather an understanding individual who was slightly more forgiving than one might assume. "I was hoping to run into you around campus, just not in the literal sense," he added with a slight laugh, "Although I pictured you a little bit bigger, but that's a mistake on my part. Assuming is a dangerous and foolish thing," he went on to add shrugging his shoulders casually.

[Axelle Flint]

Axelle still didn't like talking about her accident with the statue and the car and shifted uncomfortably when the giant brought it up. The fact that he was impressed did little to take away from the fact that certain people still flinched when she walked by and now every time she went downtown she had to look at a vacant pedestal.

"Ah yeah, most people tend to think I'm bigger," she mentioned a bit feebly. As if such chaos could be wrought by 5' nothing of energetic faux-redhead. "So you uh....read a police report? Was it bad?" She asked curiously in that baited-breath voice everyone used at least once in their life. Her posture wasn't submissive but a bit shy, given the subject matter of their conversation and the fact that she was still smarting a bit from the entire fiasco.

[Vincent Romanov]

Vincent couldn't help but laugh again at the slight nervousness in Axelle's voice as she asked about the police report which had crossed Vincent's desk. "Don't worry, it wasn't anything bad just routine red tape. The town got used to things like a long time ago, ever since Hammel was established. No one was hurt, save for you, and Hammel is insured for just such accidents. The school usually doesn't make a big deal out of things like that if they are honest to goodness accidents which in your case it was. The local police and town council will get their panties unbunched and in a few weeks they'll move onto something other bull crap to worry about. Your fine so really, don't worry about it," Vincent said so casually indicating that it was indeed true that he had seen these sort of things before. "Besides, I've got a few friends on the force and I've already talked to them and smoothed things over," he added trying to reassure Axelle that she wouldn't be reprimanded or anything else of that nature.

Crossing his rather large arms over he equally large chest, Vincent took a long deep breath before speaking again. "A television show eh?," he asked clearly not believing Axelle's story as to why she was in such a rush. "Forgive me if I'm having a had time believing that Axelle. I'm mean with all those apps out there on smart phones these days, its easy to watch any show that's already been aired. And a pretty young girl like yourself makes me think you were rushing off to meet someone...say a boyfriend maybe?," he asked smirking a bit. "Hey, don't get me wrong, I'm not going to give you the third degree or anything, I just don't like being lied to and I really don't care if you are running off for some date. I just want you to be more careful. Your ability is an can be a very dangerous one. If you had run into anyone else besides me, things had have went south real quick. Part of my job here is making sure you kids don't hurt or kill one another so please just take what I've said to heart and slow it down a bit. Okay?."

[Axelle Flint]

Axe was immediately affronted when the older man claimed she was probably lying to him. Her mood went from relieved at the news her accident would be soon forgotten, to indignant within a matter of seconds. "I'm not lying! Besides you need memberships to those sorts of fancy app things and my family can only afford the most basic of basic cable!" She huffed, crossing her arms over her chest now. Normally she would never dream of arguing with an authority figure but she hated being called a liar.

"Besides if I had a boyfriend, which I don't by the way, I would be WAAAAAY more calm. People always want to know why you're running and I suck at lying. It's much easier to just sorta walk/jog a little until you're out of sight!" She protested, unwittingly giving up her secret meat God to remaining subversive and undetected...it was bound to happen eventually. Then it hit her that that's EXACTLY what she'd done. She deflated a bit with a sighed, "well shit."

[Vincent Romanov]

Vincent found Axelle amusing as she ranted about, fighting for some odd sense of reasoning in this awkward situation. Being the adult in moments like these was amazing as one didn't have anything to prove nor to deny. You could just simply stand there, stare disappointed like at whomever and silently enjoy the show. Being head of security only made this moment all the more sweeter. Vincent knew he intimidated most of the student body, in some form or another. With Axelle is seemed to be his rather stoic nature and he would use this to his full advantage.

"Easy kiddo, I'm just yanking your chain here. If you're off to see your boyfriend or girlfriend or whatever, it's fine by me just as long as your back on campus when you're suppose to be. The only thing I want out of you is a promise not to tear down anything else in town.....or on campus for that matter," Vincent said doing his best to hold back a chuckle.

[Axelle Flint]

"You are the worst-informed security dude ever," Axelle rolled her eyes. "Again, no boyfriend and seriously, girls are nice and all but they aren't THAT nice," she groused. "I promise not to break anything on purpose," she promised. "I live with my dad in town...so you can't get me for curfew...FYI," she said triumphantly. She stood there, when she should have ran off, mostly because she was still mostly mesmerized by the older man's pectoral region and she'd been known to space out once in a while when a good one came along. Why did he have to be an adult? That wasn't fair...

Why was she mad again?