Gym, morning

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

Needing some room to think, Cameron headed down to the gym. He'd go running, but he wasn't in the mood to freeze his ass off. So instead, he picked up the boxing gloves and started working out.

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[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack hadn't been back in the dorms much since he'd moved out, but he figured it was a good place to work out.

He saw Cam and waved hi. "Need a sparring partner?"

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

Cameron stopped hitting the bag and looked over at Jack.

"Sure, but I'm not exactly good at it." He said, definitely not thinking this might be a great opportunity to get back for the mokcing him as a cub or leaving him hanging when Zero came after him with a mallet. Nope.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Good, then you won't squash me too bad." Sublimely innocent of Cam's intentions, he picks up another pair of boxing gloves and puts them on.

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"I've only ever sparred with John," Cameron says as he moves to the mats and stretches a bit. "I wasn't pretty as we both had no clue what we were doing."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Pretty much the same here. I've only seen holos. Vids. Movies, I mean." Jack raises both fists and sort of hops in place. "En garde. Or something."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"I think that's fencing, which I'm supposedly taking but keep forgetting to actually go to," Cameron matches the hopping as it does seem to be important to have good footwork, if Rocky is anything to go by. Realising they could be hopping around each other for a while, he tries to hit Jack in the face.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack ducks out of the way, and tries to aim a blow at Cam's shoulder.

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

Cameron winces as the blow connects and staggers back a bit. He knows the smart thing would probably be to pull back entirely, but they're close like this, so he pulls up the arm that just got hit in defence and tries to lay in a blow underneath Jack's own defences with his other.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack... was not expecting that. Jack reeled under the blow and stepped back. "Good one. Okay." He raises his fists again and starts with the hopping. Eventually, this will work.

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Thanks," Cameron moves back and this time keeps his hands up as well. "It's been a while since I've seen you around here," he remarks and circles for a moment, trying to look for an opening.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack shrugs, and circles too. "Yeah. I've been living in town. Gotta visit the dorms, sometimes, if only to see my Legos."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Legos rock," Cameron realises they'll just keep circling like this and aims low again, dropping his own defence as he does.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack sees a open spot. He doesn't see the fist, and manages to run right into it while clipping Cam lightly on the chin.

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[aka-vala.livejournal.com]

"Oh my gods, no!" Vala looked appalled. "Seriously, Jack, you do have a one-track mind!"

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[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"I do not! I just can't think why you'd be looking serious talking to me. Pardon me for attempting to be sensitive and responsible."

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[aka-vala.livejournal.com]

"I'm responsible enough for that not to be an issue, o.k.?" She sighs. "Never mind. Look, I wanted to talk to you about the Time Agency."

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[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"The what?" Jack shouted. "How did you hear of them?" He looks startled but not panicked.

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[aka-vala.livejournal.com]

"They came to see me a few weeks ago. They were all hush-hush and insisted I not say anything, so I haven't. But then yesterday this guy shows up again and says you know all about them." She looks uncomfortable. "Too much about them, actually...."

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[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Everybody knows about the Time Agency. At least where I'm from, a lot of people know about the Time Agency. They sponsored me to come here, so maybe I know a little more, but it's not like secret hush-hush stuff. At least," Jack says again, "where I'm from."

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[aka-vala.livejournal.com]

Vala's frown deepened. "And it's not like I ever heard you bragging about it or anything." She shook her head. "Well they want to sponsor me too, or I guess recruit me, after graduation, since I already have... uh... people footing the bill for me here.

"But Mr. Petit told me it was all very secret and I wasn't to tell anyone." She snorted. "Obviously, that doesn't include you, 'cuz you already know. Besides, it's not like I was going to just do anything to you without checking first."

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[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Mr. Petit. Kind scary guy. You think his face is frozen like that or something, right? Wait, what do you mean, 'do anything to me'?"

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[aka-vala.livejournal.com]

Vala pulled out the little flashy-thingy device from her pocket. "He said I was supposed to wear sunglasses or something...."

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[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack frowns at it. "What is that? I've never seen anything like it."

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[aka-vala.livejournal.com]

"He said it was to wipe your memory. That you knew too much about the Agency and that this setting would just *whoosh*! -- wipe your memory of them entirely."

She looked more than a little nervous. "I take it they're not sponsoring you anymore? He sort of said it was for your own good, so you couldn't accidentally spill any secrets you knew."

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[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack swallowed. "I haven't heard anything official from them... since they told me to stop associating with the Doctor and CJ, or they would yank me back. I wanted to stay here, so I thought I'd have to fall in line. That's when CJ came up with the idea of adopting me, so that the Time Agency wouldn't be my legal guardian anymore."