Chapter 2 2

Training Days 2 - 5

The second day of training was much like the first. Christiano had waited for her outside her house in his sweatpants and a loosely fitted tee-shirt accompanied by a pair of running trainers. She'd chosen to wear her exercise crop top and leggings with her trainers. He nodded. "Let's go."

They put their plugs in while listening to music as they ran, now and then, and would make hand gestures to turn down streets or run over to the other side. They sat on the park bench to have a drink before they were on their way till they reached the gym. They did some rutile exercises before they went to the punching bags to continue where they had left off.

"You're doing better, Sawyer, keep it up. You're learning my techniques quicker than I expected you to."

"Thanks."

A few more raps.

"Come take a rest. We'll get in the ring and use the punching gloves to make sure you've made progress with your punches. What you've learned should help."

"Okay."

They both sat down to have a drink of water before he got the punching gloves on. He told her to take her stance and show him what she'd learned so far. She did as he instructed. She took her stance then punched with her left hand, then her right, continuing.

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Day three was much the same as day two of training. Christiano and Sawyer got into the Mercedes and the driver pulled away. Christiano told the driver that they were going to the gym for an hour and then into town to the supermarket to pick up some groceries.

The driver pulled up outside the gym, and they got out, closing the car doors, he slipped his arm around her waist, and they walked into the gym where he finally let go of her waist. "Follow me."

She followed him as she changed in the girl's toilets before meeting him in her sportswear. He took her into a different room with a tall wooden object with spikes pointing out of it. "We'll be using that. You have to kick between the spikes. I'll show you how it's done, but do we need to exercise before we work on your upper and lower body?"

"Okay."

They did some stretching exercises before he showed her how to use them. Whatever it was, it looked painful if you fucked up.

"Now you try, just remember to hit in between the spikes or, I'll have to get you an ambulance."

She swallowed. "Okay."

She did what he'd shown her over and over again, first her fists, then her feet. It had been the first time she'd had to use her upper body and lower body, and it hurt like hell.

"That's enough for today. Tomorrow I'll teach you how to deliver different types of kicks."

She nodded.

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"Right tonight I'm going to teach you different kicking techniques and show you how and when to use them, we're going to perfect the art of kicking ass literally." He laughed.

"Okay."

They did some rutile exercises before he showed her different kicking techniques. She did what he'd shown her over and over again.

"Let's take a rest, and you can show what you've learned tonight in a one-on-one battle, okay?"

"Okay."

They took a few sips of water, and he walked her over to the mats, and they took their stance. "Ready?"

"Yeah."

"Go."

They attacked one another watching each other's next move, spinning kicks, fly kicks and foot slides. She was doing pretty well until he caught her off guard, and she lost her balance, but he hadn't calculated it too well and as she went down she took him as well. They were breathing heavily, their eyes locked on how he wanted to kiss her right now. "Well done Sawyer, you're getting the hang of it." He said, jumping to his feet and holding his hand out.

She shook her head. "Take it, Sawyer."

She took his hand and he pulled her up. "That's enough for today. Tomorrow we'll put all you've learned together in the ring, okay."

She nodded.

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Training day five was the same as day three and four but combining the techniques together.

"We're going to put everything that you've learned so far together, okay?"

"Okay."

They did some rutile exercises before they then got into the ring and took their stance.

"Your stance is getting better, Sawyer, let's see if your punches and kicks have improved.′ He looked at her. "Let's combine them to see what you've got and what. You will need to improve on it."

"Okay."

"Fight."

They began to fight using different punches and kicks she'd learned well, but she was still a little sloppy. He needed to make sure that there were no weaknesses, so she could take on these assholes at school and when needed. He called time out.

"Why did we stop?"

"You need more training, Sawyer. Your moves are sloppy. I need to get you stronger."

"I thought they were okay."

"They don't just need to be okay Sawyer, they need to be spot on. Do you understand?"

"Yes."

"We'll take a break now and have some water. From tomorrow, we'll be training every night after school. Once you move in, we'll have full access to the gun and I can teach you more than just punching and kicking. You need to know how to defend yourself, okay?"

"Okay."

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"We'll start working on combining them both here on the mats before we even engage in using the ring, okay."

"Okay."

"Go."

They attacked one another watching each other's next move, spinning kicks, fly kicks and foot slides. She was doing pretty well until he caught her off guard, and she lost her balance, but he hadn't calculated it too well and as she went down she took him as well. They were breathing heavily, their eyes locked on how he wanted to kid her right now.

"Well done Sawyer, you're getting the hang of it. Now let's bring the punches in, then combine them."

She nodded

They continued with the kickers adding punches and then combining them both.

He put his hand up to stop. "That's enough for today. Tomorrow we'll continue as we are tonight until you've got the hang of it, then when I think you're ready I'll put you up against one of my brothers, okay."

"Okay." She gulped.