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"I guess I have some explaining to do." Shawn said as he opened the door for Juliet.
They stepped into their home and hooked their jackets onto the coat rack. Shawn then quietly closed the front door and mad his way to the couch with Juliet.
"No. No explaining tonight, Shawn. Let's just stay here and watch The Breakfast Club, eat a little take-out, and snuggle."
"Okay, Jules." Shawn said as he set the take out down on the coffee table and opened up the contents. He sat down next to Juliet and pulled her close as she ate her Lo Mein. He turned on The Breakfast Club and opened up his own food to eat.
Juliet turned to look at Shawn and said to him, "Tomorrow Night. You can explain then." She turned back when he nodded and snuggled onto his chest deeper.
~SHULES~
"Jules, wake up!" Shawn yelled from the kitchen. When he heard her groan, he took the fresh pot of coffee and poured it into her mug. Then, he walked up to the bed and knelt in front of her on the floor. "Wake up, Jules. You don't want to miss my amazing, awesome, superman, skills don't you?" He grinned.
Slowly, Juliet opened her eyes then said, "Superman is way hotter than you, Shawn. Let me go to sleep. You never wake up this early." She turned so her back would face him, slid her hand under her pillow, and then used Shawn's pillow to cover the other side of her face.
Shawn chuckled and pretended to sound hurt. "Jules, I'm hurt." He set down her mug on her nightstand and sat on the bed. He wriggled his pillow from her grasp and made her lay with her back on the mattress. She opened one eye and then quickly closed it.
"What time is it?" She mumbled.
"6."
"6?! You never wake up this early!" She screamed in shock.
"Well, I do now. Once, I only slept for 2 minutes. I actually don't know how I did that." He said in realization. He paused for a moment before returning his attention on Juliet. "Come on, Jules. Wake up." He shook her lightly.
"No." She grumbled.
Shawn, knowing this would wake her up, leaned over to kiss the crook of her neck - the most sensitive part of her body.
Juliet stifled back a giggle, but when Shawn kept attacking the crook of her neck, she couldn't take it anymore and started to laugh like crazy. "Alright, Shawn! Alright! I'll get up!"
She shot up, still panting for air.
"I hate you, Shawn." She said while throwing a pillow at his head.
After receiving the hit, Shawn placed the pillow back in it's original spot and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "I love you too."
~SHULES~
Shawn took a deep sigh as he stood in front of the police academy. Juliet intertwined her hand in his and squeezed it, giving him some comfort and assuring him that she was there for him.
"Come on, Spencer." Carlton said cooly and led the way.
Shawn and Juliet followed, as did Gus, Henry, and the Chief.
When they reached their destination, the obstacle course, everyone gasped except for Shawn. The obstacle course was upgraded, like military style upgraded. The outside land itself was a span of two acres, but the obstacle course it self was only about 2,500 yards. (1 Acre= 4,840 yards or 43,560 sq. ft.)
The starting point was a chalk line drawn on the ground. The first obstacle was 10 sets of tire pairs, followed by a barbwire/mud crawling obstacle. That was followed by a wall climbing obstacle. The wall climb was different, totally different than the one you normally see for training in military or police. It was basically a giant ladder and was 12 stories tall. Next, was a giant block of wood, approximately 7 stories tall. That obstacle was followed by another block of wood that was 3 stories tall. Then there was a giant pull up bar with a rope attached to it that was about 4 feet away from the previous obstacle. After that, there was a balancing beam, which Shawn had to obviously land on. After that was something called an island hopper. Lots of logs were placed at different locations- the biggest difference between two logs was 5 feet. After that was a giant net that he had to climb and then efficiently land onto a long pole that went sideways, so he would have to move along the pole as he was holding it upside down. Last, but not least was a shooting range. Not an ordinary one though. On a nearby rack were revolvers, pistols, snipers, crossbows, and ammo. The ground was covered with different cardboard cutouts of targets and civilians. Farther out, were 3 different modern shooting cutouts at different ranges.
"Oh my god, Shawn! How are you going to be able to do this?" Juliet asked worriedly.
"Don't worry, this is a piece of cake, trust me."
"Indeed that is." Paul came out of the nearby office and then continued, "But you'll be fighting against one of our own first, knives."
"Anything else? What about the jumping out of a helicopter part?" Shawn said jokingly, thinking that he wouldn't have to do it.
"You'll parachute out, land just before the starting point, fight, go onto the obstacle course, and then shoot with a revolver, a 9mm CZ pistol, then a Ruger SR22 pistol, Crossbow, and then a Barrett M107 sniper rifle for the police cutouts. I'll tell you what weapon to use." He then handed him an envelope. "Open it. It gives you which cutouts are civilians and which are targets."
Shawn took the envelope, nodded and then asked, "Who am I fighting?"
"Jenner." Paul simply stated.
"No! I will not fight Jenner while he has a knife. You know, he's gonna stab me with that."
"Then good luck soldier." The president gave him a smile and turned around to walk back into the academy. Remembering something, he stopped and turned and then said, "You have one hour to get ready. The visitors can not interfere with the assessment, or Shawn has to redo it again. We'll be putting security enforcement near the bleachers."
"Ugh!" Shawn threw his hands in the air and plopped onto the lower bleacher stands.
"Who's Jenner?" His father asked curiously.
"He's the one man that I've never won against in close combat."
"Oh." Everyone said in unison.
"Yeah, oh." He stood up, determined to win against Jenner. "I guess I have to go practice." He took his duffel bag with him and gave Juliet a quick kiss on the cheek. "See you guys later." He said as he walked toward the academy.
~SHULES~
Shawn sat on one of the locker room benches with his duffel bag beside him while bandaging his hands.
He wore a white tank top, gym shorts, and running shoes to practice. He took a swig from his water bottle and stood up to stretch.
After about 10 minutes of stretching, he got up and started to practice punches and kicks and defensive maneuvers on the punching bag that was hung up in the locker room for him.
With 10 minutes left, he heard someone come in. He stopped his punching and held the punching bag so it would stop swinging. Then, he took a towel and hung it from around his neck, and looked to see who it was.
"Hi, dad." He said casually as he sat down on one of the benches and started to dab the beads of sweat that were falling from his forehead with the towel.
Henry sat next to Shawn and placed a loving hand on his shoulder.
"Shawn, I know we always haven't had the best relationship and I'm still pretty mad about you not telling me that you went into the military or the CIA, I wanna tell you that I'm proud of you. I always was. Good luck out there." Henry gave Shawn's shoulder another pat and stood up to leave.
"Thanks dad."
"No problem, Shawn."
"Can I tell you something?" Shawn asked him as Henry let go of the doorknob.
"Sure." He made his way back to the bench and leaned against the lockers in front of him.
"I don't know how to beat Jenner." Shawn slumped.
Henry chuckled. "Just do your best. Get that knife out of his hand and you guys will both be on the same level. Defense, not offense. Use a lot of counter attacks and most importantly, find his weakness. Everyone has an Achilles' Heel, Shawn."
"But what if that doesn't work?"
Henry sighed and sat down next to his son again. "How much do you love Juliet?"
"Dad, that has nothing to do with this." Shawn said, confused at his response.
"Just answer the damn question, Shawn."
"She's my everything." Shawn smiled. "I love her just as much as I did the first day I met her. I love her so much, dad."
Henry smiled at his son's words and then said, "Then imagine that Jenner is going after Juliet. Imagine that Jenner is trying to take Juliet away from you. Use all that rage and anger and all your love for Juliet to fight him. Don't forget your techniques and lessons though."
Henry got up to walk away, but Shawn stopped him. "Thanks dad."
"No problem."
~SHULES~
Shawn looked at himself in the mirror as he changed into his Navy camo. He dabbed the little beads of sweat emerging from his forehead with his towel and took another swig of his water bottle.
He heard the door to the locker room click and he turned around to see Juliet.
She gave him a smile which he reciprocated.
"Hey, Shawn." She walked towards him.
"Hey, Jules." He opened up his arms for a hug which she gladly accepted.
She snuggled into his chest while Shawn tightened his grip on her.
They stayed like that for a little while until the loudspeaker rang, "Three minutes until starting. Please get to the helipad Admiral."
Shawn pulled Juliet away, but only at arm's length, still holding her arms.
Shawn gave her a passionate kiss and she welcomed it.
"I love you, Shawn."
"I love you too, Jules."
Shawn gave her one last hug, before grabbing the envelope and saying, "I guess I have to go up."
Juliet nodded and took his duffel bag from him and slung it over her shoulder.
"I'll see you later." She said as he walked out of the locker room. She took one more look around the locker room, sighed, and then headed for the obstacle course outside.
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