Chapter 4

After flying around for a little bit; Ivan got a call on his phone. "Hello?" Ivan answered. "You're in trouble, Mister," Ivan heard his Mom say on the other end. "What did I do?" Ivan asked her, confused. "I'm talking about you bringing Amy to our house to sleep with her. We taught you better than that, Ivan," Chloe told him. "Mom, what is the big deal? I had a condom; she wanted to do it, what is so wrong?" Ivan asked her. "Don't talk back to me, now get to Foley's Fighters HQ, you're going to be training today," Chloe ordered her son. Aw, man! Ivan changed his course and headed into the Foley's Fighters HQ.

The ghost fighting organization was the best of the best, but funding was an issue so they couldn't be everywhere, that's where Ivan's family came in. His parents were actually Lieutenants in it, and his Grandpa had been the Head Commander his last two years before he retired. Ivan walked in to see his Mom standing there, arms crossed. Ivan was 2 inches taller than his Mom, but right now he felt about half her size. "You'll be sparring Corporal Wyatt until I say you're done," Chloe told him as they marched to the sparring ground. Corporal Alexander Thomas Wyatt was there, training others in how to knife fight. Ivan winced as he saw Corporal Wyatt effortlessly block his opponent's knife with his own then turn around to get behind him then lifted and threw the bigger guy to the ground. Corporal Wyatt put his knee on his opponent and sliced his throat with his rubber knife.

Alexander Thomas Wyatt was 5'7" with red hair, blue eyes, and 3 black belts in Jujitsu, Shaolin Kempo Karate, Drunken Monkey Style Kung Fu, and was approved to teach Gatka. "Corporal Wyatt," Chloe ordered. The man stood up and saluted his superior, "Yes, Lieutenant Wulfsson?" "You will be training Ivan until I say otherwise," Chloe told the knife fighter. "Yes sir," Corporal Wyatt said as Ivan took a knife and got into position. This is gonna suck, Ivan stabbed forward only for Corporal Wyatt to grab his hand and slice all up his arm, ending with him being thrown to the ground and jabbed in the neck. Corporal Wyatt helped him up and they resumed their positions.

Corporal Wyatt jumped forward, his arm moving faster than a snake. Ivan blocked four jabs and 2 slices with his knife then tried a kick only to get his leg grabbed, sliced up, and stabbed in his liver. So glad these knives are rubber, Ivan thought as he got into position a third time. After an hour Ivan's Mom left to fight a ghost on the other side of town, saying, "Another hour, then you'll be done."

As soon as she left, Corporal Wyatt helped Ivan up and said, "So, what did you do this time?" Ivan took a second to breathe before saying, "Brought a girl home, Eve caught us. Why did I have to be born in an old fashioned family, Xander?" Corporal Wyatt, aka Xander, said, "Stuff happens man. You shouldn't have taken her to your house anyway, too obvious." The two clashed again, and Ivan was once again defeated. "I don't get it anymore. I thought they were worried that I'd get the girl pregnant, so I got a condom, and here I am, getting my ass kicked by you," Ivan said as he got up. "Trust me, I'm being gentle compared to my knife fighting instructor," Xander assured him as they clashed again. Ivan managed to attack, only to get countered and beaten.

"You don't say," Ivan grunted as he got into position. "Yeah, Dayabir Singh; a devout Sikh, a freaking Saint-Soldier in everything," Xander told him as they clashed. After once again getting Ivan on the floor Xander continued, "A 7' 300 lb lump of dead serious ass-kicking, and the best teacher I ever had. Master Dayabir used to beat me with one hand behind his back until I got good enough to earn him using both hands. Then the real fun began as he tossed me around with one hand easily." Xander punctuated this by grabbing Ivan after deflecting his stab and tossing him once more on the floor. It went like this until the hour was up, Ivan was sore all over from getting thrown so many times, and Xander was winded from throwing him so many times.

"So tell me about this girl you were gonna screw," Xander asked him as they headed to the Rec Room. "She's more 'cute' than 'sexy', but she's got a pretty sweet butt, freckles, red hair, blue eyes, glasses," Ivan told him. Xander took a moment to imagine it, "Not bad. What were you going to do after you did her?" "Uh…I guess I was gonna dump her and move on depending on how good she was," Ivan said. Xander and Ivan sat down and Xander asked, "And how long have you been seeing her?" "Since October 2," Ivan answered as Xander went to a drink machine and got a tea and a fruit punch for Ivan. Xander took a sip before saying, "That's not a good attitude to have towards women. You seduce her, then as soon as she gives it up you leave her? Did you even consider the girl's feelings?"

"Oh, come on, you're hardly one to throw stones, Xander!" Ivan retorted. "But at least I'm honest with women. If I just wanted sex, I'd tell them flat out that I just wanted sex. I'm no saint, but I've never lied to a girl to get in her pants," Xander shot back. "I never lied…" Ivan started; then realized that it was a lie of omission; it still counted in Xander's book. Ivan snorted and finished his fruit punch. "Look, I don't care what you do, or who you do it with, but you should be honest with them at least. You could have broken that girl's heart if you just fucked her and left. You gotta think about that more often," Xander told him.

"Whatever," Ivan said and went Ghost and flew off. Ivan flew around AmityPark, thinking about what to do when all of a sudden a net wrapped around him and electricity flew through him, knocking him out before he could breath.