He was tired of it, done with taking the brunt of the consequences to the going-ons that were kept between the three of them, despite that it was him who usually fell into the trap of opening that can of proverbial can of worms, it still wasn't fair to him that his other two friends got into most of the trouble and he was the one who took the fall for their shenanigans. They never dealt with the Power's consequences, not that they caused him any pain, but he was becoming irritated that he was the only one gaining comeuppance for these things, though he himself had contributed to the shenanigans he didn't think it was fair that he was the only one who faced the consequences of it.

So, he devised his plan to ask his old guardian and two best friends to join him in the Garden for their next Day of Rest, and the three of them had quickly agreed. They had not spent that sort of time, just the four of them, since before they had gone through their own Choosing Day, and the Power was more then easy to convince to come with him when he brought up his friends coming with him as well.

Nisroc had planned on straightening his office that day, but the aspect at getting to spend time with his three favorite mentees outweighed that particular plan, besides, who honestly liked cleaning out one's office.

Sasha waited patiently for them all to arrive, arms crossed, starring thoughtfully at the entrance to the clearing that they had always met in when they had been young. The three of them came in together, talking amiably between each other, not taking note of the others serious expression until they came to stand with him, the Power looked concerned at the expression "Is everything alright, Sasha?"

He nodded, gesturing for them all to sit, Paul and Akeelah did so silently, and Nisroc eyed him with a certain amount of scrutiny as he slowly lowered himself to sit as well. The captain huffed when hands curled over his shoulders and pushed him to sit rather forcibly, he looked up when the young angel leaned over him, hands still pressed into his shoulders.

"I'm done."

Paul and Akeelah exchanged a look between each other and Nisroc gave a confused glance up at his other charge, "Done with what, Sasha?"

"I'm done taking the fall!" he leaned further over the Power to point at his two friends, "I'm done taking the fall for your shenanigans! I get stuck taking the consequences every single time while you guys are safe and sound where ever you are!" he swiped his hand threw the air and shook his head. "But no more! I'm done! You hear me? Done!"

"Sasha, what do you mean by that?" Nisroc looked up at him with confusion, "That it is their turn?"

"Exactly that!" Sasha squeezed his left shoulder as he leaned over him, causing the Power to duck under him, and he pointed another finger at his two friends, "It's your turn!"

Nisroc huffed in irritation, reaching back to grab his older charge by the tunic, and tugged him around to sit next to him instead of looming over his head. Sasha let himself be pulled down to sit at the Power's side, glaring at his friends all the while, "What are you talking about, Sashael?" Sasha withheld a flinch, he was only called by his true name when the situation was a serious one, and Nisroc's tone gave away to the irritation he felt at the moment with the lack of answers to his declaration.

"I mean that I'm done taking the fall for the trouble they get into. Every single time!"

The Power turned to look at the other two in confusion "What is he talking about, you two?"

Akeelah and Paul exchanged another glance, as though communicating with each other in a mere glance, and a nod was shared between them after the longest moment of the Power's life.

They weren't scared of him.

"Okay, Sasha," they nodded together, "you're right. We'll take the fall this time."

Nisroc tilted his head at the sigh of relief that was gained from the one at his side, Akeelah elbowed Paul in the side, harshly, as if to tell him that he was going first.

Paul glared at her, rubbing at his side, and looked back to his old guardian.

"I mock you on the training field when your back is turned."

"You what?"

"Every time. Every word you say, every move you make, I mock it. Rather dramatically too."

Akeelah raised her hand slightly, "I purposely sneak into your office when your training to move your stuff around just to confuse you. And I hide behind the corner to watch your reaction every time." She held up her hand, her pointer finger and thumb pressed together in the sign of 'okay'. "Your reaction is always priceless and worth it."

"That's you who does that?"

Paul nodded, he's seen that a few times, at least the aftermath of it, it is indeed hilarious to witness his confusion. "I've come up with a series of nicknames for you; Geiser, Quicksilver, Rocy, to name a few. When my squad sees you that's all they think about and they can't take you seriously when they do."

"You said what about me?"

The female trainee hummed, "I sneak out all the time. To steal peaches from the Garden. Re-lace your boots while you sleep. To see Khonsu. To rearrange your office." She leaned back on her hands "Do you remember the bird that was in your office? I did that."

"You what?"

The archer in training nodded slightly, "I make fun of your age, all the time, and point out your grays to everyone I can manage to. I call them silver though, it's more foxy that way, you're welcome."

Akeelah elbowed Paul again, "We're currently in the middle of a prank war, against you, to see who can manage the best one before you catch on. It's honestly been going on for a while now and you've shocked me, you really have grown inattentive in you growing age, Paul took your sword for like an entire week and you blamed Haniel for the entire duration of that week before he snuck it back into your office."

The Power was speechless, staring at them with wide eyes, beside him, Sasha sat back smugly. No longer was he going to be on the receiving end of the punishment for their shenanigans. Now, this time, it was all on them and he was free from consequence. Nisroc didn't even know which one to comment on first, there was just too much to deal with, and they proclaimed it fearlessly as though he was not the mightiest Power in all of Heaven who could destroy hundreds of demons and creatures on his own.

He quickly recovered, partially, "How long as this been going on?"

"Since the beginning man, Choosing Day, we made it a competition of sorts." Paul smiled at him and Akeelah hummed slightly in affirmation to his words. "To see who can out do the other." He looked to his friend at his side rather smugly, "I've had your favorite leather vest for the last month and you don't even know."

Akeelah quirked her lips smugly, "He does now." Paul's eyes went wide, as though his admissions before weren't enough for fear, this was the one he worried about. He yelped when a hand curled into the front of his tunic and tugged him forward, no matter how big he got, he never matched the strength of his old guardian.

Nisroc had finally broken from his stunned stupor, sitting up on his knees, as he tugged his old charge to lay before him. He dug into his hips and the young archer shrieked, bucking upwards at the sudden harsh attack.

"I may have aged a bit," he dug into his sides just as harshly, smiling at the fingers that curled around his, just as they had when he had been a youngling, "Yet I'm still to strong for you to overtake." He leaned forward to meet his eyes directly, the shined with his laughter, bright in joyfulness, "And my grays are because of you."

He looked up when there was shuffling heard, his little partner in crime scuffling to get away from the comeuppance that was sure to be had, and he reached out with a snap, snagging her ankle and tugged her down to lay beside her friend.

"Not so fast, you."

Keeping one hand curled into the boy's side, he dug his free hand into her belly, "And you had better stop moving my things about my office." He leaned forward, pressing their foreheads together, as they had often done when she had been a small fledgling, "Or we'll spend a bit more time together to ensure you learn to keep your hands to yourself." She shrieked brightly when he dug into her lower belly, where he knew to be rather sensitive, "And I understand you are in a loving relationship with the Egyptian but if you sneak out to see him one more time, I don't care how embarrassing it may be, you will come stay in my room where I may ensure you stay in place." She nodded quickly, shrieking brightly, fingers curling around his wrist.

Nisroc sat back comfortably, continuing his attack unperturbed by the two squirming younglings under him, and his momentarily questionable mercy.

He turned to look to the side when he heard the smug sigh come back from his youngest charge, he hummed to himself, it had been a rather rough week of training this last week passed.

Once more, the Power leaned forward to loom over the two under him, "If you try and run, I will catch you, and you will know just how brutal that I can be." They nodded quickly, vowing through residual giggles, after he had paused his attack on the two of them. He let them go for a moment to turn and pull the youngest charge into his side, Sasha yelped and struggled to get out of his grip, but he maintained it and pulled the third of his favorite young ones down next to his partners in crime, Sasha was just as guilty of shenanigans as the other two were.

With him in position, he dug his hands into his thighs, Sasha shrieked just as brightly as his friends had, kicking out in an attempt to dislodge his fingers "Nonononono! Noooooo! Nis, noooooo!"

"Did you think you would get away without any involvement?"

He found a particularly sensitive spot and focused there for a good amount of time.

"I diihihihihidnt…. Dihihihidnt do anythihihing!"

"No," the Power nodded in agreement, "I just love hearing you laugh. You just don't do it enough anymore." He went back to the other two "And the same could be said about you two as well."

He carried on for some time, it was like they were small fledglings again, and these moments were so far and in between, he took advantage of it.

"I may be growing older, but I am still strong enough to take you three on." He smiled at each one of them, pressing a kiss to all three foreheads, "And I always will be."