Soldier, Survivor
Everyone here had been trained since birth to fight, and to kill. He admired their dedication and their precision, the way they kept up their training and constantly strove to better themselves despite no longer being forced to. But he too had been trained since birth to fight, and to kill. Only the consequences if he failed didn't involve punishment, it involved death by evisceration or dismemberment or something equally unpleasant.
It gave him an edge, the fact that he had literally fought for his life every single day until the age of eighteen. An edge that not all the transgenics recognized and an edge he had no qualms about displaying in the training sessions. Ever since he left Buffy's team and stopped fighting demons and other supernatural creatures, he hadn't come across an opponent that truly matched him in strength and speed. These fights were the closest he came to being able to really let loose.
Alec's forearm collided with his with a sharp crack and he grinned viciously as he dove for the ground, hand encircling the transgenic's ankle and yanking him to the floor in a painful tumble. The other man's speed ensured that he regained his feet a bare second later but Connor was already behind him, hands jutting forcefully into the small of his back and propelling him back to the cement.
The X-5's return lunge and strike grazed his jaw but Connor was able to knock him to the ground for a third time with a painful twist of the arm and an elbow to the temple. This time Alec chose to stay there and smirked at the gape jawed audience of relatively new recruits to their cause. "And this is why boys and girls, that we never assume that we are stronger or faster than our opponents."
Their unofficial leader had wandered in at some point and nodded her agreement as she stepped up to stand behind, adding a few words of her own while Connor repressed a snort. The transgenics that hadn't gone on missions with him or trained with him tended to see him as just a 'mere' human and he always enjoyed proving otherwise. It was kind of refreshing to be allowed to show his true nature in such a competitive fashion.
Max caught his gaze, her large dark eyes glinting and one eyebrow rising in a silent challenge and he grinned. Alec dove for the sidelines as their bodies collided, her's aiming high and Connor aiming low, thuds and grunts filling the air again. Who knew fighting could be so much fun when his life wasn't on the line?