Well, this was all unexpected. Really didn't expect as much feedback as I got. I was actually waiting for someone to lynch me, actually. Well, I want to thank you all so much! I'm glad you enjoy it because I truly enjoy writing it. Especially the action sequences, there are more of those to come I assure you!

P.S.: Don't mind Johnny and his weird little fanboy self.

"So you're saying that Mavis's mom was a huntress, right? She like killed monsters for money?" Johnny asked.

"Yes. She took pride in what she did. She was good at it too." Dracula replied.

"Really? What else did she do?" Mavis questioned.

"Yeah, I should totally tell you that I'm picturing Kate Beckinsale as your sister in law, dude." Johnny said.

"Not even going to ask who that is, let's get back to the story."

"All right, Jackie, I want you to punch me as hard as you can." Martha said. She had taken two days to recover but a new client was sure to be coming in soon, they came in threes after the first job had been taken care of.

"Why do you want me to do that?" she asked.

"You'll find out if you do it, right?" she retorted. Jacqueline shrugged.

"Yes, right."

"Now, punch me." Martha placed her hands behind her back and rocked back and forth on her heels, as if she hadn't a care in the world.

"OK." she balled up her first and reared back to punch her, but as her fist nearly connected with her sibling's face, with a swift move, Martha had grabbed her first, twisted her arm, wrapped one leg around her sister's neck, and flipped her over, pinning her to the ground.

"You hesitated and didn't swing fast enough." Martha said as she looked at her sister.

"Air…Air…Air." Jacqueline said, pointing at her face.

"Oh, right. Sorry." she straightened out her leg and her sister shot up, clutching her throat and coughing.

"What was that?" she asked, still coughing.

"I don't know, it's a new form of fighting, learned it from one of father's friends. C'mon, try again, this time, do not hesitate, if you hit me, it's all right. I'm tough." Martha stood to her feet and helped Jacqueline to her feet.

Before she could even straighter herself up, Jacqueline slammed her fist into Martha's face and sent her flying backwards. She slammed into a post and lay there for a moment, her foot twitching.

"Oh God, Martha!" she shouted as she dashed to her side.

Her body shook as she examined her, she was convinced she'd killed her, but she thought wrong. The next thing she knew, she was laying flat on her back, the wind knocked out of her, Martha looking down at her.

"Never check to see if your opponent is fine, just get out of there, do you understand me?" she asked.

"Uh-huh."

"I'm proud of you though, you throw one hell of a punch." Martha rubbed her jaw for effect. "This next part, I don't think your little body can take, I'll show you what's next. One second. ELIJAH!" she shouted at the top of her lungs, causing Jacqueline to cover her ears. A moment later, a tall, tan farmhand came in.

"Yes, Miss Lubode?" he asked.

"Elijah, I'm trying to help Jackie learn some of my fighting styles, would you mind if you and I gave her a little demonstration?" Martha asked. Elijah smirked.

"Anything for you, Miss Lubode."

He ran at Martha and the two began fighting. She blocked his moves like a professional as did he. A few times, one would get a punch or a kick, but Martha was coming out ahead in this one. She dropped to the floor and spun around, kicking him in the ankle and causing him to fall on his back. While giving him a moment to stand, she backed up a few feet. When he was standing up again, trying to regain his bearings, she ran as hard as she could, jumped up and wrapped both her legs around his neck and shifted so that he landed on his side, panting and shaking in pain.

"You win." he squeaked, holding up his fist.

"I always do." Martha smirked. She held out her hand and helped to his feet, dusting him off. She moved his lips apart so that she could make sure he had all his teeth and when she was satisfied, she nodded.

"Jackie, you'll be able to do that sometime soon, but I think Elijah has deserved a well rest, next time we do this, you'll have to be willing to do this." she explained.

"Oh I can do it now, if you want to that is, Miss Lubode." he turned his attention to Jacqueline and smiled. She looked down at her feet and blushed. It was definitely no secret that she had a little crush on him.

Jacqueline's head then snapped up and she punched Elijah, sending him flying backwards, much like she'd done with Martha. Martha dodged out of the way. The fight was on.

Elijah stood to his feet immediately, laughing as he did so.

"Let's do this, shall we?" he tried to punch her, but Jacqueline moved with a rapid pace, moving out of the way with each swing. She finally got in her own punch, but he jumped backwards before she could hit him. That gave her just enough room to try a trick that she had once seen Martha do.

She jumped a few inches in the air and kicked him in the chest and landed on her back, but gaining enough momentum, she hopped back to her feet and looked down at her victim. He was trying to breathe and his green eyes were wide. He was wheezing loudly, but Martha's laughter and applause drowned out the noise.

"Why didn't you do that earlier?" she asked.

"You…two…are…going…to…be…the…death…of…me." Elijah wheezed.

"Well, next time you will be more prepared. Here, let's get you in the house, I'll tell father that you need to be paid double this week. Come on."

She grabbed one arm and Jacqueline grabbed the other and together, they hauled him to his feet.

"Tomorrow, the real fun begins. You learn how to use guns, knives, and crossbows." Martha said cheerfully. Elijah looked at her in terror.

"Please leave me out of that lesson." he begged.

"I'll think about it." Martha smiled. Elijah groaned and they could have sworn they hear him whimper too, but neither one asked him about it.

"Wow, mom was really something else!" Mavis exclaimed.

"I'm liking this story. What happened next?" Johnny asked.

"I think that's enough for one day. I'm rather tired and the sun will soon be up. If I were you, Jonathon, I would start getting used to sleeping during the day." Dracula said as he placed the knife back in the case and put it in his drawer.

"You're gonna turn me soon, aren't you?" he asked.

"I think I'll leave that up to you after the story is finished." With that, Dracula disappeared in a puff of purple and red smoke, leaving the duo to look at one another in wonder.

All right, all right, before you say anything, if any of this sounds familiar, I have taken the fighting style that Martha and Jacqueline do from the Black Widow from Iron Man 2 and The Avengers, so please don't bite me. I actually have been learning this fighting style myself and I will most definitely be adding in a few things of my own. The reason Jacqueline's so good will be coming up in the next chapter and there will be some Dracula/Martha love coming in soon, but not too soon. Hope you enjoyed it and I shall see you all again very soon!

-Chivalrous Gypsy

P.S.: Sorry that it's so short, but I don't want to give too much away.