A Trip Through Time

Chapter 3: Swording

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Theresa walked up to the helm and reached out to the wheel.

Jack came from behind her, "Oi, oi, oi!" He grabbed her hands. "Ne'er lay hands on a pirates wheel, luv. Not good fer the health."

She smirked, "Heh, meanie. An' what would ye do te me?"

He scanned her frame, "Well, seein as ye aren't armed, where abouts anything I want ta."

T paced the deck. "Seein as me n Sam are under yer command, we wouldn't want to overburden ye, why don't ye teach us how to fight."

Jack pondered wandering around behind her. If she were afraid of him she'd keep him in her view. She just rested lazily against a rail. "I can't see how ye two are in any danger."

T turned to face him and took his hat. "Well, us two know where we're going, and know tha' 't is dangerous. I foretell it as moderately necessary to our continued living slash breathing."

"Well, I'm captain, I see know reason, and it'd quite exhast me.

Will wanders over from where he had been cautiously going about his biussiness as Sam watched him. "I'm not busy. I could teach them, but two student's would be quite a bit of work."

T gave a dirty look to Jack, "Oi, Will, why don't we go have a chat about you family." She glared at Jack as she walked over to Will.

Jack's eyes widen and he jump to action grabbing T's arm. "I'll teach! So whom teach whom?"

Sam looks at T and T looks at Sam. T moves next to Jack and Sam separates to Will.

Jack grins and Will shrugs.

Will walks over to Sam and puts out arm to escort her. She smiles and takes his arm. They wander over to the opposite side of the deck as Jack wandered with T. The sun was shining down on the weather beaten deck.

Will drew his sword and handed it to Sam.

She took it and held it how she thought it went. Will nodded and fixed her grip.

Sam muttered something.

"What was that?"

"Hmm? Oh, T's sword is heavier."

"She has one?"

"Mm, Aragorn's. Oh, you don't know who that is do you."

"Nooo, ok, lets start. I'll go run and get another sword." He went off down into the lower deck as Sam looked at the sword and fiddled with it, trying not to hurt herself. She soon gave up pretending to know what she was doing. She sat and tried to bounce the light into a dark corner. Will returned with a sword and got her up.

"We'll start with basic defense." He moved in front of Sam. "I'll strike high, you block high." He brought his sword to a stop above her head. Sam brought hers up to meet his.

He nodded. "Then I'll strike at middle, you block middle." He swung his sword to her side, she moved hers to block.

"Yes, then I strike low and you block low." Will swung his blade near her feet. She moved hers to block.

"Okay, we'll do rounds of these, high middle low."

They went through the exchange for a while Will at first not striking hard, then building up strength as she put more power into her blocks. They ran through some rounds for a while as the sun moved across the sky. Every so often Will would stop and adjust Sam's footing.

"Alright, lets start defense."

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Jack went and rummaged through a trunk in the captain's quarters and wandered out after a minute with an extra sword. He tossed it hilt first at Theresa and circled to behind her. She drew it and looked at the markings in the blade.

"Oooh, pretty." She held it delicately. T kept looking at the sword till Jack cleared his throat.

"May we get started, luv?" His sword point was on the deck as he leaned forward slightly.

She sighed and pointed the sword in front of her.

"Terrible grip 'ere," He stood in front of her. He repositioned fingers until it was deemed proper. He stepped back and looked at his work. He gave a nod and continued. "Ok. I took a look o'er there, Will's startin' with defense. I think it's best ta start with the forwarding, so we will." He stepped back and put sword up at ready. "Take a swing."

T blinked and looked at her sword. "Meh." She took a swing at his middrift. His sword quickly came too meet hers.

"Too slow." He stepped back to his starting position and raised sword again.

Theresa mentally corrected herself and swung again.

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Sorry it's short, but it's up, so there. I've been sick so no writing. But now is vacation, so hopefully more.

Thankyou's:

ThereIsNoSp00n: Lord of the Rings rocked so hard! Yes, I am done now.

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