Kaleb went through his routine, Vaughn was late. He thrust his fist into the air and then twisted to kick the invisible enemy. His frustration still growing within him, he sought to exhaust himself hoping he'd too exhaust his leopard that was baring its teeth. He grit his own as a bead of sweat rolled down his brow. He didn't want to think of the possible consequences of his unrest. Lucas had already noticed, soon the others will too, he didn't want to lose respect. He was calmer more collected than anyone else his age, he'd never once gone off the rails or had to be punished during his teen years like all the other juves had. Sure he played and had his fun but he was always the one thinking ahead, never had to prove his dominance to earn respect. He let out a grunt remembering his lack of troublemaking causing Tamsyn and some of the other maternal females to be worried about him. Perhaps it was the calm before the storm? He discarded the idea, he was 20 if his hormones were going to play up they would have done by now. Nevertheless he had to deal with what was making his cat go crazy before it pushed him over the edge. Vaughn opened the gym door with the two snow leopards beside him. Kaleb noted he hadn't sensed the three nearing which sent alarm bells ringing in his head, how badly was this beginning to affect him?
"Kaleb, this is Torah and Hebe" Vaughn entered followed by the girls who were playing coy. He was confused as to why and then realised how intimidating he must have seemed, shirtless, sweating caught mid-training.

Torah couldn't help but trace his body with her eyes, rock solid abs damp with perspiration and gorgeous shoulders that threatened to made her weak at the knees. As Kaleb had reached for the towel she mentally slapped herself to get a grip.
"Training partners" He said wiping his face. No one was sure if it was a question or observation.
"Yes." Vaughn answered anyway.
"Full assessment" Once again neither Torah nor Hebe could tell whether this was a question or statement from Kaleb. Vaughn didn't reply or answer not clearing up matters, he was watching Kaleb carefully however.
"You okay?" Vaughn asked blinking lazily which barely hid his alertness. The juve stiffened and fought back a growl, contorting his face a little.
"I'm fine" Kaleb turned away to put down the towel and get a drink.
"Whatever" Vaughn said not believing him turning to face the girls. Hebe widened her eyes in mild worry, Torah seemed to recognise the leopard but he seemed shifty. Not someone she was happy to trust training with.
"This is Kaleb" Vaughn began "He'll be training with the pair of you." Bonnie's boy Hebe thought to herself, and looked over to Torah who was trying her best to maintain eye contact with Vaughn. Hebe rolled her eyes at Torah's inability to focus around shirtless men.
"I need to assess the both of you, Dorian says you were mid-level soldiers in your last pack."
The girls nodded, even though they had been so much more than that. Kaleb looked up; the girls seemed too young to be anything but new recruits.
"With all due respect however, your pack was considerably smaller than that of DarkRiver and therefor perhaps less competitive." Torah fought back a growl and knew what scalding remarks Hebe was fighting the urge to say. The aggression radiating off of the girls was not as limited as they'd hoped and Vaughn dropped his head hoping the girls would see his body language as a non-verbal apology. It had been accepted as they reigned themselves in.
"Torah you will spar with me and Hebe you will spar with Kaleb" Torah didn't like the idea of Hebe fighting Kaleb. Hell Torah didn't like the idea of Kaleb being here at all after last night's encounter. She didn't say anything however and removed her top leaving her in leggings and a sports bra ready to fight Vaughn.
"Claws?" Torah cocked her head.
"Not this round darling" Vaughn smiled and ushered her towards him.

She ran head on, ducking the fist he'd thrown at her and twisting to throw a punch that would have broken a human's ribs but only cause serious bruising to a Jaguar the size of Vaughn whom made a mental note that she was faster than she looked. He stepped aside and prepared himself for the leg that was already swinging towards his face, he grabbed it and twisted. Torah responded by spinning her free leg to swipe the hand holding her right foot. The move worked but she mistimed her landing and hit the floor.
"I guess some cats don't land on their feet" Kaleb chuckled as he evaded Hebe's punch but got a kick the jaw. It made Kaleb growl and Torah smile knowing Hebe had done it for her. She turned her attention back to Vaughn who was flexing the hand she'd kicked, at least she'd done some damage. She ran at him again and jumped to hit from above. Vaughn's eyes widened in surprise but he'd just about evaded the hit and cursed at himself imagining the state of his face if he hadn't. Torah was stronger than she looked; he'd also forgotten that Snow Leopards could jump the highest and farthest than any other cat. Landing on her feet this time, Torah kicked Vaughn's legs beneath him and straddled his body a split second after he'd hit the floor. She pinned his left arm down but hadn't reached for his right in time which was already swinging to flip the hold. She growled under his weight.
"You're good" He smiled
"But you're better" She mocked him and kneed him in the stomach which seemed to have winded him quite effectively.
"You fight dirty" He said bent over on all fours as she stood up.
"Girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do" She swung and kicked him in the face, it seemed to make him really angry. He stood up and began an array of relentless attacks that Torah could just about avoid; she was too late for one of them and was thrown back against the gym wall. She gasped sharply and crumpled against the floor. Everything was blurry and she held onto her head to try and stop the spinning, she guessed she'd broken a rib. She saw Hebe out the corner of her eye get distracted and Kaleb near enough knock her out. Hebe lay on the floor as Kaleb went to make a final blow. It wasn't rational, and it wasn't smart but instinct was instinct and habits were habits. Torah's world sharpened in that instant and she leapt of the ground to throw Kaleb's body out of Hebe's reach. He seemed shocked but his eyes had gone cat and he leapt for Torah. He was in the air using the move Torah had on Vaughn, she grabbed his fist in her hand and twisted it round his back disjointing his shoulder, and he yelled and fell to the floor. Torah's claws popped without conscious effort and she had them by his throat within milliseconds. Pinching enough to draw surface blood Vaughn yanked her off of Kaleb.
"No claws!" Vaughn growled. Kaleb stood up holding onto his shoulder blood tickling down his chest, breathing heavily and staring an angry hole into Torah. She let a growl run up her vocal chords in response. His eyes remained cat as he bared his teeth. Now was not the time to fuck around with him and he did everything he could to send those vibes to this girl. Torah didn't care; she was outright challenging him, threatening him. If Vaughn and Hebe hadn't been there to push them apart there's no doubt they would have torn each other to shreds.
"Watch it" Vaughn warned the two of them. "It looks like we'll all need a little trip to Tamsyn's" He said still warning the two of them to calm down. Realising neither was going to back down on the staring competition they seemed to be having he went to block their view of each other, which worked a treat.

The girls sat on the front porch after Tamsyn patched them up. Tamsyn explained she needed to speak to Vaughn for a bit, but from what the girls could hear she was scolding him, probably for getting them in such bad shape on their first day.
"Sorry"
"It's fine" Hebe shook her head "Just a bit annoying I could have handled it." Hebe was a lot more frustrated with Torah than she was letting on, but Torah wasn't in the mood to face a pissed off Hebe and was grateful for her accepting the apology even if it was strained.
"What do you think of Kaleb?" Torah looked at the male figure that had separated himself from the girls.
"Dunno" Hebe shrugged.
"Helpful"
"Sorry, I've only met him once, clearly you're interested in him" Hebe snapped rather aggressively, Torah brushed off the comment.
"I was just wondering don't get in a twiz, and I think he's a dick to clear that up." Hebe didn't respond deciding it was not worth the argument. "I saw you talking to Leo last night" Hebe smiled at the memory but tried to remain detached.
"Yeah he was just being nice"
"Nice?" Torah rubbed her ribs
"Said we could come to him if we need anything"
"We as in you" Torah scoffed. The girls looked up as Kaleb walked towards them.
"What does he want?" Hebe looked at her pack mate. Torah just shrugged and made a noise that implied she knew as much as Hebe.
"Don't worry ladies, not looking for a fight." Kaleb smiled slowly, all feline charm. "Wanted to introduce myself properly."
"Oh don't worry the incorrigible grunting this morning sufficed" Torah smiled sweetly. His eyes narrowed for an instant but he quickly resumed the charming façade.
"You're forgiven by the way, for wrenching my arm out of place."
"I didn't apologize" Torah said dismissively.
"Play nice" He crouched down in front of her so they were face to face. She would have hissed if she hadn't been focussed on his eyes; emerald green rimmed with jet black. Kaleb remained in place but shifted his attention to Hebe. "I've heard whispers about you Snowflake" Hebe's eyes widened in worried curiosity.
"I'm Snowflake, she's Snowdrop" Torah didn't really understand why she'd all of a sudden become protective of the nicknames they'd been given but made sure to correct him.
"What have you heard?" Hebe asked somewhat paranoid. Kaleb shifted to face her better.
"Leo" Another smile crept across his face as he blinked lazily "He's alright, you could do better" He winked at her and nipped her ear.
"Holy shit" Hebe recoiled in shock.
"Oh I also hear you're a healer, careful all the male juves will be lining up at your door to get mended." He stood up as Vaughn opened the front door.

After Vaughn had dropped the girls back to the den they went straight to the canteen for breakfast.