CHAPTER 3
1 The serpent's kiss
Storms heaven
And captures everything within
- Symacee -
Sarah lightly treaded from one foot to the other, shifting her balance as she waited to Jack to make his move. From the corner of her eye she could see Lil laying a full on attack on Luke. Push kick, left round kick, jab, punch. but everything Lil gave Luke defended. 'Concentrate on your own fight' Sarah berated herself and just in time as Jack leaded with lightning fast round kick. Sarah blocked it and then went into autopilot mode and lost herself in the movements of the fight.
Jack had only joined them around six months beforehand, but he was a developing telepath and was using that ability to his best advantage. That was why Luke loved to pit Sarah and Jack against each other. Sarah fought by instinct, which meant that she didn't really think about what she was doing and therefore Jack couldn't read her thoughts. However those times when she did think about what she was doing Jack took her down within minutes.
After dancing around each other for a few minutes Sarah led with an attack going for the waist up, when the moment was right she dropped to the ground swept a leg around and brought Jack crashing to the ground. Before she could even finished the movement and stand up she felt her own feet being knocked out from under her. The soft mat broke her fall and she looked up to see Luke grinning down at her. "That was mean, how the hell am I meant to fight you both at once?"
Luke shrugged. "Guess I should teach you it first before I try it out on you then."
"Yeah, that might be helpful" shot back Sarah but accepted his hand in getting up. Luke paired Lil and Jack together and then called over Paula. Paula threw a smirk towards Sarah. Sarah lips quirked in response. With hair as dark as her own Paula had been coming to the dojo for nearly four years, almost as long as Lil, and never failed to remind Sarah that she couldn't use magic and without she would always be second best.
"The trick with this is to never get inbetween your opponents because then they can hit you from both sides. Start from that and see how you go. We'll go easy and slow at first until you get the hang of it. Sarah inwardly gave a sigh of relief and didn't fail to notice the almost disappointed look on Paula's face.
***
The first thing Jareth saw walking into the upper level room was Sarah pinned beneath the body of some male. An unbelievable ocean of rage swept through him and without a though launched a crystal towards the male that dared to touch what was his.
***
'Damn' thought Sarah as she hit the mat again. 'What is this, beat up Sarah day?' Before Sarah could even try to flip Luke off of her she felt his body weight suddenly recede. Thinking that he was releasing her she was surprised when she heard a loud thump against the far wall. Looking over she saw Luke slumped on the ground and at the same time hear Lil say, "who the hell are you?"
Seeing that Paula was going to attend to Luke she turned to see who Lil was talked to. Her next breath stuck in her throat. Her body froze. Her heart stopped beating. Silence.
"Jareth?"
Jareth stared straight at her, mismatched eyes pinning her to the spot. Suddenly the only thing which Sarah could hear was the deafening sound of her heart beating at a millions miles per hour.
1 The serpent's kiss
Storms heaven
And captures everything within
- Symacee -
Sarah lightly treaded from one foot to the other, shifting her balance as she waited to Jack to make his move. From the corner of her eye she could see Lil laying a full on attack on Luke. Push kick, left round kick, jab, punch. but everything Lil gave Luke defended. 'Concentrate on your own fight' Sarah berated herself and just in time as Jack leaded with lightning fast round kick. Sarah blocked it and then went into autopilot mode and lost herself in the movements of the fight.
Jack had only joined them around six months beforehand, but he was a developing telepath and was using that ability to his best advantage. That was why Luke loved to pit Sarah and Jack against each other. Sarah fought by instinct, which meant that she didn't really think about what she was doing and therefore Jack couldn't read her thoughts. However those times when she did think about what she was doing Jack took her down within minutes.
After dancing around each other for a few minutes Sarah led with an attack going for the waist up, when the moment was right she dropped to the ground swept a leg around and brought Jack crashing to the ground. Before she could even finished the movement and stand up she felt her own feet being knocked out from under her. The soft mat broke her fall and she looked up to see Luke grinning down at her. "That was mean, how the hell am I meant to fight you both at once?"
Luke shrugged. "Guess I should teach you it first before I try it out on you then."
"Yeah, that might be helpful" shot back Sarah but accepted his hand in getting up. Luke paired Lil and Jack together and then called over Paula. Paula threw a smirk towards Sarah. Sarah lips quirked in response. With hair as dark as her own Paula had been coming to the dojo for nearly four years, almost as long as Lil, and never failed to remind Sarah that she couldn't use magic and without she would always be second best.
"The trick with this is to never get inbetween your opponents because then they can hit you from both sides. Start from that and see how you go. We'll go easy and slow at first until you get the hang of it. Sarah inwardly gave a sigh of relief and didn't fail to notice the almost disappointed look on Paula's face.
***
The first thing Jareth saw walking into the upper level room was Sarah pinned beneath the body of some male. An unbelievable ocean of rage swept through him and without a though launched a crystal towards the male that dared to touch what was his.
***
'Damn' thought Sarah as she hit the mat again. 'What is this, beat up Sarah day?' Before Sarah could even try to flip Luke off of her she felt his body weight suddenly recede. Thinking that he was releasing her she was surprised when she heard a loud thump against the far wall. Looking over she saw Luke slumped on the ground and at the same time hear Lil say, "who the hell are you?"
Seeing that Paula was going to attend to Luke she turned to see who Lil was talked to. Her next breath stuck in her throat. Her body froze. Her heart stopped beating. Silence.
"Jareth?"
Jareth stared straight at her, mismatched eyes pinning her to the spot. Suddenly the only thing which Sarah could hear was the deafening sound of her heart beating at a millions miles per hour.
