At the WOOHP Protected Home – 5:00PM
Jason and his mom, Theresa were relaxing at home.
Jason was reading his comic book after finishing his homework.
Jason was a bit bored, so he went out.
"So Jason, where are you off to?"
"I'm going to the gym. Be back in an hour."
"Alright, just be home for dinner. We're having Enchiladas"
Jason then chuckled affirmingly.
"Looking forward to it."
Jason got on his bike, with his duffel bag with all of his gym essentials, including a pair of fingerless gloves.
WOOHP Training Facility – 5:30 PM
Jason got through warming up when he approached something that felt familiar to him, A climbing rope.
Jason got his gloves on and approached it with a bit of excitement, but focused intentions.
With one deep breath, Jason turned on his watch, jumped on the rope, and climbed up.
Jason was shooting up the rope well.
That is when someone came in, a WOOHP agent/trainer close to his age older by a year or two.
The agent was going to get a workout in on the ropes when he immediately saw Jason, who he never met before.
Impressed, he nodded once he saw Jason reach the top.
That was when Jason started climbing down after reaching the top.
Jason came down and met the guy,
"Is it your turn?"
Jason handed him the rope.
"I just got through with it."
"Thanks, dude, you weren't bad up there, Say you wouldn't mind timing me, would you?"
"No problem."
The agent handed him a stopwatch.
Jason then said, "On your signal"
The guy prepared himself and nodded.
"Go" Jason pressed the button.
The agent shot up there and made it back down in half a second less than Jason.
Jason stopped the watch and looked amazed.
"15 seconds. Wow, that beat my 16 seconds."
"Well to be fair, you beat my last record."
Jason shrugged.
The agent then said, "But seriously you weren't too bad, your upper body strength has been an improvement from many people your age who trained here."
"Thank you."
"I don't think I've met you before."
"That's because I've been in the WOOHP protection agency for less than 2 years. Just came here to blow off some steam and get in some good rounds at the gym."
"You come across as someone who has done this before from what I've seen."
"Yeah, I had a little bit of training from my military family"
"Tell me more"
"My dad was in the Air Force prior to him joining WOOHP and occasionally he would train me."
"Wow, small world."
"How so?"
"My parents were part of WOOHP too, my dad used to be a trainer while my mom was a scientist, I was thrown in the mix a little due to my natural acrobatic and martial arts skills."
"Really, martial arts?"
"You seem shocked, look I know my face seems magazine ready, but I have been known to take a few good hits."
Jason then chuckled at his dry wit.
"No, it's good"
"What about you?"
"Yeah, I actually had a background in it too. I've been doing it since was only 8. I have studied with different instructors like Klahan Lin"
"Wow, that's impressive, Mr. Klahan has been one of the best instructors in Thailand. I hope we train together someday."
"Sure. I'd be fine with it."
"Great, I'm Dean."
"Jason"
Dean and Jason shook hands.
"See you later Jason."
Next Week – 5:30PM
Jason went to the Boxing Area of the WOOHP Training Facility.
It had a ring, Hanging Punching bags, weights, and a few stretching mats.
Jason wore his WOOHP training shirt, his Karate Pants, and hand wraps.
"Yo Jason"
Jason looked aside and saw Dean
"Dean!" Jason saluted.
They approached and gave each other a high five
"What's up, man?"
"Came in to get a few good rounds for today, I figured, if possible, maybe some sparring sessions with one of the members, if not some bag work."
"That's funny, one of my partners is out sick today, so I need a training partner. Care to join me?
"Sounds good."
Dean and Jason then got into the ring after minutes of dynamic stretching and warm-ups.
Jason had on his head guard, gloves, and shin and instep protectors, and Dean did too.
One of the referees came in, one of Dean's mentors, and said. "On your marks get set go."
Jason and Dean got into their fighting stances and Dean took initiative to test Jason's resolve by throwing the punch, but Jason dodged and threw another punch at Dean only for him to dodge too.
Dean and Jason then smiled at each other in a daring way.
"Get ready." Dean chuckled
"You too" Jason smirked
Dean went on to do a few kicks, with Jason dodging and blocking, but Jason did act offensively too in some ways.
Jason's direct, swift, and balanced style went somewhat counter to Dean's style which was more stylized and acrobatic, but both were swift and powerful fighters. Dean's taller height gave him a little more reach as far as his kicks went, but Jason's maneuverability allowed him to have the footwork necessary to move past it.
The amount of blocking, kicking, punching, and striking was so intense that it looked almost like a movie.
Jason got in some good punches to Dean, followed by a few roundhouses to the body and head, pushing Dean back a bit, but Dean had some good punches, kicks, and strikes to counter.
They kept at this for three rounds. Before being back on the ropes
"You're not too bad," Dean remarked between his kicks
"You've got a good clever style yourself," Jason said in between his moveset.
"Klahan Lin really taught you well"
"I could also see that your WOOHP instructors did you justice."
They then got in for the next and final round.
That is when Jerry came in for some weightlifting when he watched with intrigue at the two WOOHP members going at it.
So far Dean got 10 hits, while Jason got in 12. Jason was going to win this, but's Dean's overall WOOHP fighting skills and natural fighting ability allowing him to pull Jason down with a swiftness unheard of for anyone who isn't a WOOHP agent.
With Jason reacting with a Machida Jujitsu move that allowed Dean not to follow through on his finishing technique.
They then ended the match with both tied.
Dean and Jason then went to the opposite corners
"Charyut"
"Kyung-Let"
"Acknowlege your opponent"
"Great job"
"Great job"
Dean and Jason smiled and gave each other a fist bump and a guy hug before exiting the ring.
6:30 PM
After their workout, Dean and Jason left the training facility
"I'm looking forward to having you back here," Dean said.
"Likewise," Jason added.
"See you later, Jason".
"You too, Dean".
Dean and Jason fist-bumped before they headed back to their separate homes.