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There was no warning, no shout or snappy footfalls of heels running down the hall. No. All Jake got was a hard boot to his side, the glowing sole of Atropos connecting with the hostile trainee's side to shove him off the Moon hunter. If Jake looked up he'd see the deceptively calm face of Candace glaring down at him. On the outside she was simply bristling like an angry cat, but on the inside she was furious. Who the <********> did this kid think he was assaulting someone, someone who ranked above them?

Trainees were given a lot of slack. Understandable, they were new and didn't always know how things worked. This was not acceptable by any means. You did not assault someone. Hostility outside of the training field was something Candace felt very strongly about, it just led to too much trouble.

"Get up." She ordered, eyes narrowed. Candace moved, forcing herself between the trainee and the Hunter. If Jake hadn't been shoved off before he was most certainly going to be moved down. Candace was not being gentle. The Mist Hunter only softened to look back at the Moon Hunter, helping him up with a look of genuine concern. "You okay?" The Hunter nodded, rubbing his throat and scuttling away to return to his duties.

And then Candace turned back to Jake, her expression icy. "Explain yourself. Now."

"I'm the Mist Hunter who outranks you and won't report your a** for assaulting a Moon Hunter unless you give me damn good reason." Candace didn't like to pull rank. She hated when it was pulled on her, she didn't want to pull it on others...but she was angry. She didn't back down, completely unimpressed by the kid's attitude. He was like a dark-skinned Otto.

She kept Atropos summoned, the glowing gems on her boots blazing brightly with Atropos' excitement over being used to punish someone for being naughty. Naughty, naughty little boy! Haha!

"I can deal with whoever I want, especially when they're being a ******** imbecile." Candace replied sweetly, waiting ever-so-patiently for him to explain. She actually wasn't at all surprised when he did. Candace smiled, squatting down in front of the boy and propping her head up in her hands with her elbows on her knees.

Yes, she's giving you the head-in-hands look to please go on I'm totally interested in what you're saying.

"That's cute. No, I don't need to pull rank on you, boy. But I'm very good at getting what I want, and you're stuck with me until I do. What would you prefer? I say 'tell me now or I'll kick your a**'? Seems counterproductive to my cause." Candace could always just ask the Hunter he'd been strangling but she'd rather find out what the hell this kid's problem was from the kid himself. "So tell me, what will it take for you to be cooperative, hmmmm?"

Candace arched a brow as the boy walked away. A brat. What was he, sixteen? She hated teenagers sometimes. Rolling her eyes, she followed after him until she was close enough to drop down, spin on one foot and sweep the other out against the boy's legs to send him to the floor. She stood then, putting her foot on the boy's back to keep him pinned there.

"How's the floor taste, little boy?"

"Pretty sure that Moon hunter said the same thing." Candace wasn't even slightly impressed by his little growl there. He was just some snotnosed brat who thought he was so amazing~~~~~~

"Give me one good reason why I should leave you alone. A good one."

"Make me."

The blade made a loud metallic clang as it clashed with Atropos' boot. Candace feigned a yawn.

She was not impressed.