A/N: Yayz, I think I probably did a little better with the action scenes in this one, probably coz they actually had a point to them. Chapter is a little short, but that was the most appropriate cut-off point for obvious reasons.
Enjoy
Chapter 11
It didn't take long for Elena to fight the other recruits. She had easily beaten Camille and Kia, although they had put up a good fight. Kyle however was a different story, and he had managed to catch her off guard and land her on the floor.
Only Joey and Phoenix remained, and despite Joey being told to go next, he was reluctant.
"Go on Joey." Phoenix said, slapping him on the back. "Show us ya skill."
Elena put her hand over her mouth, hiding the smile that had just formed on her face. She looked at Joey seriously as he began to approach her, then he smiled arrogantly.
"This should be fun." He said. Elena felt a nerve twitch and she scowled at the brown-haired youth. She looked over at Tseng and he nodded, indicating for her to start.
Joey made the first move, hitting her unnecessarily hard in the shoulder. She staggered a little, and then regained herself, even angrier. There was no way she would let this jerk beat her.
She kicked him in the leg, resisting the temptation to kick a little higher, because she knew Tseng would not allow that. He jumped backwards and laughed.
"Come on." He said. "You're supposed to be a Turk!"
Elena gritted her teeth and thrust her fist forward as hard as he possibly could, making contact with Joey's face. This was no longer a friendly match; Elena was doing this out of pure hatred. Joey stumbled a little, almost falling over, but not quite. Elena hated to admit it, but Joey was a good fighter, and there was no way she could win this without and sort of weapon or materia. She was more of a fighter of tactics instead of just physical strength. She looked briefly over at Phoenix while Joey was pulling himself together and saw he was standing quite close, with a look of immense concentration on his face. He had his hand in his pocket and was muttering something under his breath.
"Don't think it's over yet." Joey suddenly said forcefully, then flew at Elena, obviously giving her everything he had, Elena did her best to block him, but he caught her, in the stomach, and he stopped as she leaned over, winded. For a brief second, Joey looked slightly stunned; Elena took this as her chance, and threw another punch at him. She caught him hard in the face; he cringed, cursed loudly, and then fell over.
Elena sighed a breath of relief and looked over at Phoenix, who was smiling mischievously. Elena could feel her hand tingling, slightly too much for just a punch. The feeling was familiar, and she suddenly remembered Reno teasing her with his EMR, giving her an electric shock. That's what it was; somehow, Joey had given her an electric shock.
"Well, my turn, eh 'Lena?" Phoenix said smiling. Elena stared at him; she hadn't even noticed him walk up. "Ready for it?"
Elena smiled and nodded her head. Phoenix grinned and stepped back, obviously waiting for her to make the first move. She ran at him, immediately trying to get his legs, to trip him. It would have been the easiest way, but Phoenix's agility was astonishing, and he always managed to move out of the way.
"You'll keep doing that…" Phoenix said, still dodging out of the way, "And you'll end up down just 'cause I catch you off-guard."
Elena smiled at him and stepped off, seeing if he would attack her.
"My turn." He said, smirking. He threw a light punch at Elena, obviously not his best, and she blocked it easily. "Nice." Phoenix said. Elena was slightly confused for a minute, and then nearly screamed as she felt something catch her leg and pull her over. Phoenix had just managed to trip her up when she wasn't even moving. She soon began to laugh at herself; he had told her what he was going to do, and she hadn't paid any attention. He would make a better Turk than she was.
"Nice." He said, offering a hand. Elena stood up and dusted herself off. "You know where you went wrong I s'pose?" he asked smiling. Elena was surprised to find that she wasn't angry at Phoenix talking down at her, but for the second time her life, she felt like a rookie.
