After about an hour car ride the group had made it to the waterfall. Sasha had parked her car while Dean rode up next to them on his motorcycle. They had to go off road to get to the waterfall, but it did take them right up to it. Once getting out of the car and stretching her limbs, Bayley walked up to the massive waterfall. It truly was a breathtaking sight, just the way the water fell from the top of the peak and cascading down into the river bellow made such comforting noise, one that you might fall asleep to. The way the river still remained calm with only little ripples flowing throughout the water. Even the moonlight added to the beauty as it reflected off the water, giving the surrounding area a navy blue glow. Bayley took an even closer look near the waterfall and could feel the mist of the water hit her face. The entire area just felt so calm and peaceful, a perfect place for friends to hang out and have a picnic or go swimming perhaps.

Liv walked up beside Bayley "Yup, welcome to Whisper Wind's Fall, they named the town after this waterfall. Most people just call it The Falls for short though".

Bayley took a deep breath of the clean air filling up her lungs "This place is so amazing, why don't people come here anymore."

Liv shrugged "Well, people use too, it use to be a huge chill spot, but people like Nikki's parents didn't like how mutants also got the use the falls. Since they couldn't get mutants banned from The Falls they decided to ban everyone from using it and because of that it just made even more humans resent mutants. In the end, I guess you can say they got what they really wanted. Don't worry though if you come late enough at night no one will bother you".

This made Bayley rather frustrated. After what Dakota told her about Nikki's parents, she wasn't all that surprised to hear that they would stoop to that level. It still bothered her that even though it was Nikki's parents who caused The Falls to be banned the mutants still got blamed for it. It was so obvious, but the people in the town still ate it up. Bayley clenched her fists, she cursed herself for being too weak. She wanted to do something to help solve this hate, but how, how could a powerless girl like her do anything. Even though she said she was willing to help Becky out in any way and meant it, she wished they was something more she could do. If only she had been born mutant too, then maybe she wouldn't feel so worthless.

"Come-on, we better get out of their way" Liv said, pulling Bayley behind some rocks

"Why, what's about to happen"

Liv pointed to where Sasha, Becky and Dean were standing along the river side "You haven't been here for a training session yet so I'll tell you. The way they train is Sasha and Becky both fight Dean at the same time and try to beat him".

Bayley eyes widened "Is- is he really that good".

Bayley hadn't gotten to know Dean very well yet, other than his comments on her butt, a short conversation and a bike ride. They didn't have a lot of one on one. She had heard he had a power of some sort, but she never got around to asking him what it was. Dean just seemed like your everyday guy who didn't seem very motivated to do anything but sleep. So for him to take on two other mutants regardless of how long they have been one was rather impressive.

Liv smirked "Oh yeah, don't let his appearance and stoner attitude fool you. He's actually very skilled with his power. You see Dean's kinda like a dog. His smell and hearing is way better than most people's. Not to mention his stamina is out of this world, he can sprint for miles and not be tired".

Bayley looked on at Dean as he burped into his hand, then went to scratch his head. It may be hard to believe, but Dean was the real deal and even with it being two on one the odds were still in his favor.

Liv wasn't done, however "To be specific, Dean's kinda like a pitbull. No matter how undersized he is or how many times you knock him down, he'll keep standing up and come at you like it's the first time".

Dean had cracked his neck before looking at the girls "Ok, I'm filled with pizza and ready to do this. Same rules as before, you guys need to get me in a position where you could kill me if this was a real fight".

Sasha and Becky nodded their heads, they knew if they were going to do this they needed to work together. Once both sides were ready, you could hear Liv yell "FIGHT!" off in the distance.

Making the opening move Sasha smashed her fist into the ground sending cracks throughout the field, even reaching below Dean's feet. Soon the very ground he stood on had risen and was crumpling. Realizing he needed to move, Dean jumped up to avoid the hit, but Becky had unleashed a blaze of fire to where Dean was jumping. In order to avoid the fire Dean used one of the boulders that had been launched into the air by Sasha's punch to jump off of and change his direction to land safely on the ground.

Bayley had yet to see Sasha's power so to see it first hand made her never want to piss her off again.

Liv just smirked "You should count yourself lucky Sasha had already masted her power, or else she would have split your head open like a watermelon earlier".

Bayley gulped at the thought "Yeah, it's pretty impressive she was able to master how to control her power, Becky hasn't even done that yet".

Liv nodded "Yes, but she does have real life fighting experience now, so this will be a much tougher fight for Dean than it was before".

Back to the fight, Dean realized he couldn't just dodge their attacks now that they have more experience or else he'll get seriously hurt. He needed to go on the offensive, which meant he was going to have to get a little bit rough with his friends. Sasha and Becky watched Dean, deciding to wait and see what his next move would be. Dean took off his leather jacket and threw it in the direction of Liv and Bayley. Dean took a deep breath and then all of a sudden this red aura began to show up around Dean's body. Then slowly Dean's body began to change, his hair got longer, his teeth got longer and sharper, as did his fingernails. Not to mention it seemed as if he got stronger and more masculine then before.

"That red aura, what is that" Bayley asked.

Liv raised an eyebrow "You don't know? What do you think gives mutants like Dean his power, he uses a different kind of energy than the one me and you use. You see mutants have a whole other kind of energy called vigor. At least that's what they started calling it, that's what the red aura around Dean is".

After many years of experimenting and testing, scientist were able to determine that the source of energy that mutants get their power from is different from the energy regular humans use to walk, move, eat, and more. After discovering this, they decided to name this new energy source "Vigor". With this extra energy source mutants can use it to create powers unique to them. The color may also vary depending on the mutant.

Now the power and strength level of a mutant can be determined by how much vigor they have. In some cases when a mutant is using a large mass of vigor, a type of aura can illuminate around that individual. This is also an indication that this person has such a high vigor level that some leaks out from their body.

What this meant for Sasha and Becky was, Dean is much stronger than he's been letting on and the two were in trouble. Now in his transformed state, Dean took to the offensive and charged right after Becky and Sasha. He seemed much faster than before, so Becky tried to stall him with a blast of fire, but Dean was easily able to evade the attack. Sasha wanted to use this moment to draw Dean in close so she could have an opportunity to hit him with her strength. When he was close enough, Sasha pulled her fist back and lunged forward with all her might. Her fist was inches away from Dean's face as she thought she had a direct hit.

However, at the very last moment, Dean grabbed Sasha's wrist and drove her arm fist first into the ground. Sasha tried to move, but the force behind her punch was so great that she was elbow deep into the ground and couldn't get her arm out. Dean was about ten yards away when Becky charged after him with a fireball spiraling out of control in her hand. Dean simply took a step to the side, and Becky's attack missed wildly. Once in front of him, Dean laid out a kick to Becky's back sending her flying into Sasha. As the two collided, Sasha's arm was ripped out of the ground and the two were sent tumbling into the river.

As Sasha and Becky got out of the water Dean smirked at the two "No offense guys but this is too easy. Sure Becky has experience, but with an out of control power like that she'll never hit me. And Sasha you may have your power down, but you have no idea how to fight with it. Maybe we should just order another pizza and call it a night".

The disrespect from Dean was really getting under Sasha's skin, the girl who had never lost a fight in her life was getting manhandled by one of her closest friends and he wasn't even trying. It was seriously pissing her off. She wanted to charge over there and wipe that smirk off Dean's face, but she knew he wouldn't let her anywhere near him. She had to think, with Dean's power all his senses are heightened, and there wasn't too much they could do about it, or was there? After quickly surveying the surrounding area of where they were fighting, a plan began to formulate in Sasha's head and now she was the one who was smirking.

"Becky, I have a plan. If you're willing to try it" Sasha said receiving a nod from her friend.

Sasha leaned over and quietly whispered something into Becky's ear so Dean couldn't hear it. Once understanding her part Becky smiled in agreeance with the plan. Now with the two on the same page, Sasha smashed a nearby boulder into smaller pieces. Dean looked on curiously trying to figure out what the two had discussed. Then Becky jumped into the air right above the river, grabbing a hold of her right wrist, she held out her hand and let out a large blast of fire. In a matter of moments the water had turned into a steam causing the entire area to be covered.

Dean applauded their idea "So you took away my vision. A good idea for most people, but with this nose I can still tell exactly where you are-".

Just then Dean was cut off, by a softball size of rock that flew past his head. This completely changed things for Dean, although he could still smell Becky and Sasha he couldn't smell the rocks coming his way and thanks to the noise from the waterfall he couldn't hear them either. As far as Dean knew Sasha and Becky were currently running circles around him side by side in this thick steam. As they ran, Dean was dodging the barrage of rocks being thrown his way. He knew he could get close to them if he wanted, but he also knew they had a plan and if he was too aggressive he might be doing exactly what they want. So he decided to wait. As this went on Dean had noticed that the size of the rocks being thrown were getting bigger as time went on. Dean dodged a particularly big one by side stepping it, but something caught his eye, a flash of orange. He quickly turned around and saw that Becky had somehow gotten close to him with her arm ablazed similar to her finishing move against Konnor. By the time Dean realized, it was too late. All he could do was put his arms up to reduce the damage.

So with all her might Becky punch right into Dean's block which caused an explosion. The explosion was so great it blew all the steam away. The blast sent both Becky and Dean flying but Becky would be caught by Sasha, while Dean was sent back first into a big oak tree.

Dean wiped off some of the blood that was coming out of his mouth "Well, fuck, how did that happen. I should have smelled her".

As the rest of the lingering steam would fade revealing Sasha and Becky standing tall, Dean would get his answer. At some point when they were covered by the steam, Becky had given Sasha the shirt she had been wearing.

During the time Becky was still passed out, Bayley had taken the liberty to change Becky's clothing due to her old ones being burned off after her fight with The Ascension. Since she had been wearing the shirt for quite some time and was currently fighting Dean wearing it, it was heavily covered in her scent.

As for Becky, she had covered herself in mud, to hide her natural scent. Thanks to that, along with the noise coming from the waterfall, and the steam blinding everyone's vision, Becky was undetectable by smell, hearing or sight. And Since Sasha had Becky's shirt Dean thought she was with her the whole time. Not to mention Sasha was able to keep Dean distracted by throwing rocks at him, she even slowly made them bigger so he wouldn't notice immediately that that last rock was actually Becky running by him. Dean had to give it to the girls it was a great plan and worked to perfection.

"BECKY!" Bayley yelled "Now you're all muddy and shirtless with your sports bra showing!"

"It's all good love, ain't no shame in my game" Becky smirked giving Bayley a thumbs up.

Becky had thought for sure she had won the fight with that last hit, even Sasha let out a sigh of relief. However, as Liv had said to Bayley, Dean was like a pit bull and would keep getting up as many times as he needed. So he slowly propped himself back up.

He leaned on the tree he just slammed into for support "Well, that was intense, let's keep going".

Bayley was stunned looking over at Liv "What, how is that possible. That same attack took out both members of the Ascension earlier today".

"Like I said, it's going to take a whole lot to beat Dean" Liv said looking on intensely.

Becky threw her head back while Sasha growled "Cmon Becky, he's weaker now, if we go at him together we can beat him".

Not seeing any other option Becky nodded. So the two ran right for Dean as he looked on and shook his head "It's over".

As the two girls came right for Dean he just put his hands in the pockets of his jeans. Sasha grinded her teeth, furious at the fact Dean could be so smug to think he could beat her without even moving. Once the two were close enough Dean let out a whistle. All of a sudden the girls could feel the ground began to vibrate beneath their feet. They looked down to see what it was but just as they did something came popping out of the ground and whatever it was latched onto the legs of the girls. Next thing they knew, they were face first on the ground unable to move. They tried their best to get up, but their body wasn't responding, it was as if their body's had shut down. Using every last ounce of willpower she had, Sasha was able to look down just enough to see that a pair of dogs had bitten their legs. One dog on Becky's leg, another on hers, and one right above their heads growling at them ready to pounce at any moment.

The girls could hear Dean walk up to them and stop right at their heads "These dogs have been with me for a while now. Sorry I never told you guys, I just wanted to keep it a secret. I found them shortly after I got my power. Once they latch onto you, they suck your vigor out until it's all gone. Also, their bite leaves you paralyzed for a little while so you can't escape".

Dean gave a different kind of whistle then before and the dogs let go of the girls legs. Then the same dogs that were just biting them are now licking the girls wounds and slowly Sasha and Becky got their movement back.

"My dogs also have a healing ability if they lick you, I can do the same thing too but it's better when the dogs do it. I was going to have them heal Becky's wounds if they were serious but you healed all on your own so i didn't have too. Anyway since I won, you guys wanna get another pizza" Dean asked them

Soon the girls were able to move fully again and were now sitting upright. Bayley and Liv started walking over to join up with their friends. Although Sasha and Becky were unable to win, everybody learned something. That Dean was the real deal. When people first meet Dean, it's easy to write him off as lazy and unmotivated but after tonight it was very apparent that was far from the case. Dean was strong, cunning, and unpredictable.

Sasha looked away disappointed in herself. Not so much that she lost the fight but because of who she lost to. Sasha had called Dean her best friend for years and thought she knew everything about him but after what just happened. She feels like she doesnt know him at all, like he had this different side to him she never seen before. These thoughts were running wild in her head and were seriously pissing her off until Dean extended his hand to help her up with that dopey grin he liked to sport. Shaking her head she took a hold of Dean's hand, after all how could she be mad at him for hiding a part of himself when she does the same thing everyday.

Liv extended the same courtesy to Becky, as Bayley spoke "Aww Becky your clothes got all burned up again".

Checking herself out Becky realized Bayley was right. The legging she was wearing were practically shorts now, her shoes scorched, and her sports bra was hanging on by a thread, which she found great amusement in "huh at this point I look like a discount stripper. Better get your money ready guys".

This caused everybody to chuckle, lightning the mood. Dean then looked over at Sasha and Becky "Well I gotta say you two have definitely gotten better, I'd say let's just work on the basic some more instead of killing each other. One because it's getting dangerous and two, im really tired".

"Your so lazy" Sasha stated as Dean just shrugged.

Although this was true, Dean had a point. When the training had first started Dean was able to take care of Sasha and Becky quickly and without effort. Now it was as if it was a full fledge fight, almost like they were really trying to kill each other. If they had a fight like this everytime they trained and got injured like this, then that would be doing more harm than good.

Even with this being the case, the man that had been keeping taps on the girls since he released their seals was now sitting atop a tree not to far off. He had witnessed the whole fight, and was very pleased to see how much they were growing. Which was a good sign as they will need to be ready for the challenges they will face in the future.

And done, next chapter we'll be going back to school. Hope your enjoying the story so far, this is the first story i've ever done where I had to write fighting scene so I hope they're good. If you guys wouldn't mind commenting and telling me if you can understand the fight scenes and if it make sense when you read it that be a huge help for me. Literally any comment helps me alot. Thanks for reading.