The gym, Sunday after cheerleading

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As soon as the cheerleading practice is over, Aeryn's in the gym, cursing pretty much all of them silently just for being there. She goes straight to the bag, not worrying too much about gloves and figuring yesterday will have kept most people away from the gym. She's okay with that.


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[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras, who had gotten up from her chair and begun to walk over towards him, stopped. She frowned.

"Don't," she said, "I didn't ask to spar with you because I wanted someone who'd go easy on me."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter shook his head. "If I don't slow down, you're going to be flat on your ass before you can do anything. Trust me. Or do you want me to demonstrate?"

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

"Yes. I want you to demonstrate," said Seras. Her tone was even, neutral. She didn't disbelieve him. She just wanted to see for herself.

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter shrugged. "Alright." He put on a burst of speed to come up behind Seras, pushing her in the small of her back.

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras stumbled a bit as Walter pushed her, but she managed to turn around and made a grab for his wrist or his shirtsleeve.

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter used her motion, still moving full speed, to grab her hand for a lock that would end with her hand pulled painfully up behind her back.

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Feeling him grab her hand, Seras stepped back into his arm lock, then dropped to her knees while pitching forwards, hoping to at least throw Walter off his step.

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Except that Walter let go of her immediately, since his first option would likely dislocate her shoulder or break her arm entirely.

"And now you're on your knees. Not a power position." He was completely prepared for a lunge or kick, and still behind her.

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras stood, not bothering to dust off her pants.

"Now, what would you have done, if you were in my position? If you were up against someone that much stronger and faster than you?"

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"I wouldn't get into a face to face fight with them at all," Walter said firmly. "I'd make use of every possible advantage I could and take them out by any means possible. When it comes to fighting - fighting fair just gets you dead."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

"I'm more than aware of what gets people dead, Walter," said Seras, her voice low, "But, sometimes a fight comes to you, and there's not anything you can do to avoid it. Apparently, that's already happened to one version of myself. I need to know what to do if it happens to me."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Wear silver as a start. Panicking or running make you more of a target. Go for head and heart. And if you're in hand to hand with a vampire, you're dead." He shrugged. "That's a brutal fact."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras snorted.

"Silver's a bit outside my budget at the moment. And, running makes me a target, but if I get stuck in hand to hand, I'm dead anyways?"

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter shrugged. "Yeah, that's about it. Vampires are fast, strong, and impervious to most means of harming them. Silver works on all of them, blessed silver is even better. Sunlight works for some, but not all."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras was quiet for a few moments, then she nodded.

"Well, that does sound grim. But, it seems to me that the majority of humans manage to avoid getting made into vampires. Have for centuries, by all accounts. So, I may still stand a fighting chance."

She forced a smile.

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"There are many bad things that can be hurt by a human. There's no reason you shouldn't be learning how to fight. You're more likely to be fighting another human than a vampire anyway."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

"Agreed," she said, "So, let's get to it, shall we?"

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Right." Walter came around to stand in front of her. "When you're ready?" He waited for her nod and threw a punch at her midsection.

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras darted to the side so that his punch grazed her own side rather than connecting wither solar plexus.

She then faked to the left and tried to slip around behind him

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter pivoted and went for a low leg sweep.

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras felt herself take a tumble, but grappled for his waist coat on the way down.

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter twisted away and stood out of reach of her hands or legs, waiting for her to get up.

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras fell and rolled, something she was quite good at from playing football.

On her feet once more, she observed Walter, trying to decide what to do. She wasn't used to being the agressor. Her fits of violence only came when she was acting in self defence.

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter rolled his shoulders and circled her before stepping in to aim a kick at her upper thigh, intending to pull the kick's force if it contacted.

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

He was strong and fast on his feet. If she could eliminate or limit one of those, she might be able to handle the other.

And, he had said he was going to go slow with her...

Seras made a half-hearted dodge around the kick to get nearer to Walter, and hit him with a tackle while he still had only the one leg to balance on.