Gym - Friday Afternoon

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Now that Lois wasn't taking a phys ed class anymore, she was responsible for her own exercise. Which kind of sucked. She had to put in effort and everything into it now. That was kind of lame. At least she didn't have to wear stupid uniforms in here.

Lois had Lady Gaga blasting and decided to start off with some stretches. She was thinking about moving on to the punching bag after. She was always up for punching something.

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Lois was more out of shape than she thought since the hit connected. Luckily it hadn't hurt too bad and she only had to roll it around a few times before she got the feeling back into it.

"Man, I'm really out of practice," she said.

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"Why'd you stop practicing?" Dinah wondered, moving sideways and looking for another opening. Hmm. No, wait, wait, for the attack...

She always sucked at that part, and tried a crescent-kick to Lois's side, leaving herself open for a counter-attack.

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"Oh, you know, this and that--" Lois cut herself off as she used an arm to block the kick. Almost immediately she tried again to strike at Dinah's ribs.

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"Aghh." Yeah, that connected, served her right. Dinah regained her balance, arm coming down to cover that side again. Dinah's eyes narrowed as she circled, wondering how Lois would do against Helena. Well, without powers.

Wait. Waaaaait. Waaaaiiiiiit.

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Lois looked pleased with herself for a moment but knew better than to let it go to her head. She kept her eyes on Dinah, trying to remember all the stuff her dad taught her.

After a moment or two Lois went lefty and tried to hit Dinah on the shoulder.

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"Ha!" That one, Dinah managed to dodge, then counter-attacked with a left fake-out, then a right. Lois's style was totally different from Helena's, or the street thugs of New Gotham. Dinah was trying to catalog it while they fought, hoping to remember these moves for later.

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Oh, that's right, Lois hardly paid attention when her father tried to teach her stuff.

"Ah, crap," Lois mumbled, wincing when the hit connected.

One thing could be said for Lois, as long as she wasn't hit in the head, she did have the ability to walk it off. Which would be why she recovered fairly quickly, keeping her feet moving and waiting for a chance to strike back.

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"So, who taught you?" Dinah asked, circling, circling, keeping her eyes on Lois's shoulders and torso to try and get warning of the next move. And the eyes.

There really was a lot you were supposed to pay attention to at once. She was still learning that.

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"The good ol' US army," Lois told her, all the while trying to find a weak spot on Dinah to try to attack. "My dad's a General."

Lois faked to the left before using her right leg to kick Dinah in the side.

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Dinah tried to block to the left, and got hit hard on the hip, ow ow ow, but sparring with Helena meant she was used to gritting her teeth through that. "Good one," she grunted, dodging back, and gulping for breath. Keep moving, keep moving. A little slower now, with that incipient bruise.

A low strike toward Lois's left, hoping she'd fall for it so Dinah could follow up with an elbow to the stomach.

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Lois did fall for it. She fell for it hard. She leaned over, putting her hands on her thighs so she could catch her breath.

"That was a good one too," she said breathlessly. Lois still had a little bit of a smile on her face because, hey, she deserved that hit for not thinking.

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"Thanks!" Dinah didn't drop her arms, but she did bend over a bit too, worried. "You're okay, right?"

Oh, Dinah.

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Lois nodded for a second or two. Then she decided to take advantage of both her lower position and Dinah's guard being let down a little.

Lois suddenly crouched down all the way in order to sweep Dinah's legs out from under her.

Yeah, she was definitely fine.

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"Crap!"

Note to self: just because someone isn't Helena, doesn't mean they aren't just fine.

Dinah landed on her back, then rolled to her left, hopping up and breathing even harder. Partly from laughing at herself.

"I'm such a sucker." She had her arms up again, eyes gleaming, looking for an opening. "Noooow you'll get it, Lane."

Jab!

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Lois had been expecting another hit but she hadn't expected it to come so quickly. She managed to block but not block properly.

Cue to Lois laughing to herself and shaking out her arm because, goddamn, that had hurt.

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Dinah was nearly dancing at getting that hit in, bouncing up on her toes. "Come on come on come on..."

Now this was what she called fun.

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Lois grinned and moved around a bit, trying to find a weak spot.

She circled for a moment or two before going in to jab Dinah on the same side she had kicked earlier.

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"Oooooooo!" Ow ow ow, that had hurt, just below the same place as before. She was going to have one almighty bruise tomorrow. Dinah frowned, spinning away to give herself a second to recover, then hopping back. More slowly.

Then another punch, followed by a side-kick that hopefully Lois wouldn't catch in her hands, the way some people did.

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No, she didn't catch it but she did a silly little jump to avoid it. Not exactly something you were taught but it didn't get you kicked either way.

"You're quick," Lois noted.

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"Gotta be, against my sister. She's way tougher," Dinah said, taking a huge breath. She grinned. "Very Michelle Yeoh, that move."