Chapter 11
Winter's Training
A month has passed since Winter's dual against Reese, now she is recovering from the knife wound that Reese gave her at the time, now Winter is back on her feet and getting active so that she can help Reese and Yang out on their combat training.
On this day in particular it was sunny and nice no wind, and Reese had a sniper rifle set up so that Yang could practice on breath control,because according to Reese when Yang uses her weapon ("that her shots go wide.") as Reese puts it.
"Come on Yang control your breath it not hard to do." Reese says.
"Well i dont shoot at targets at long range that frequently, that's why i use my explosive shots that reason." Yang says.
Winter was watching from the porch, and from the looks of it Reese was losing the argument against Yang.
"Reese it's her fighting style leave it be." Winter calls out.
Thumbs up was all she got from Reese.
Reese then put away the rifle and began to spar with Yang again.
Winter was enjoying watching them fight hand to hand she thought that it helped Reese vent a little bit, but from the looks of it Reese was getting tired much faster than he use to, that made Winter worry.
"Stop fighting Reese." Winter called out.
Reese then stopped and as always Yang was confused as to how Reese could stop on command.
"Winter how come i stop on command when you say it?" Reese asks.
"Come here and i'll tell you bring Yang with you too she needs to know to." Winter says.
Then Reese with Yang went to Winter and she said this.
"When it was apparent that you were going to exceed everyone's expectations, Gen Ironwood ordered that you only answer to him only to him under a new system, where he could control you with absolute power, so after some time he was able to get you to respond to his commands,but i wasn't going to standby and let that happen so one day I sunk into the chamber where they were keeping you, and i changed the programing in your head to respond to me and to one other person , and the details of that person is that they will love you unconditionally, that's why you Yang have have the other half,thats why Reese comes to you every time." Winter says.
"So that explains it." Yang says.
"Explains what Yang?" Reese asks.
"The reason you were scared of Winter, and the fact you gave me your trust on the first day we were in a relationship." Yang says.
"You got it right Yang." Winter says.
"So you both have absolute control over me?" Reese asks.
"Well no not absolute control, i put in "override rules" as you say so that you can retain some agency, the first one is that i or Yang cant use you for any personal gain, number two is that you can be used for sex unless you agree to it like if your married, and number three you can't be ordered around unless it's a mission, their a few others but i can't remember them for the moment." Winter says.
"Humm." Reese says.
"Yep so that's why you respond to me and Yang."Winter says.
Before Reese could ask anymore questions Winter stopped him.
"Reese you need a nap go take one." Winter says.
Reese just nodded and went upstairs to the room where he and Yang shared, then Reese blacked out from the tiredness.
After a few hours of napping Reese then woke up, he found Yang and Winter doing a basic sparring match.
"Now the secret to Reese's fighting style is that you need to stay lose if your tight in a certain muscle region then it wont work as effectively." Winter says.
"So stay lose is all your saying right?" Yang asks.
"Yep that's how Reese moves fast while he is fighting anyone." Winter responds.
Reese at this point is sitting down on the porch watching the match go down, then after some time Reese grabbed one of his sniper rifle's and started cleaning it.
"So our match is not that interesting anymore Reese?" Yang calls out.
"It that my rifle here is really dirty and i need to clean it before i use it next time." Reese says.
"Well then make yourself useful,come and show me a match between you and Winter." Yang commanded.
But Reese just sat there not moving.
"Hey why aren't you moving?" Yang asks.
"Well for one thing it would be a waste of my time, because Winter is in a state where i could win, and secondly she is hurt so teaching you how to fight is the better idea." Reese says back.
"He is right tho,Let's get back to it." Winter says.
Then after a little bit Winter is done with Yang.
"Ok Yang let's see if you have been paying attention for the last 3 hours, do a light sparring drill on Reese,let's see if you win."Winter says.
Reese then got up from the porch and walked over to Winter while he was cracking his knuckles.
"Lets see how long you hold out on Reese, ready? Begin!" Winter says.
Yang then took her stance and waited for Reese to attack her, but Reese didn't move ether,then Reese moved forward at a good speed but Yang was ready for him and easily blocked his fist,then she delivered a roundhouse kick,and as per usual Reese blocked it.
"Try not to use kicks Yang I can see them coming at me." Reese says.
"Well then how would you use them?" Yang asks.
"I'll tell you if you win."Reese says.
Yang then attacks Reese with all she got,but Reese had his armor on and it was analysing Yangs attacks, then after 30 seconds Reese then finished the match after he got the data he got.
"Well Yang it looks like you were doing good up until you started getting frustrated at the fact you were not getting anywhere." Reese says.
"So what is the point?" Yang asks.
"If you use your head and think 3 steps ahead of your opponent then you might win." Reese says back.
"He is right." Tai says.
"Dad not you too." Yang says.
"Well think about it how did he win against me when i fought him in the snow storm? It was because he was thinking 3 steps ahead of me." Tai says.
Yang then stopped to think about it, then in her head she saw Reese then smile during the dual before he jumped back into the snow drift to start the attack.
"Now you see it, we are done training for today." Reese says.
Then Reese went out for a short run into town where he meet several new people, many of whom were shocked that Yang had a boyfriend.
"I thought that was an impossible feat." said a younger boy.
"Well i must be a lucky one when she found me." Reese says.
Reese then made his way into town to the market town for some meat and vegetables, he was going to get Yang to eat up and build muscle mass.
Reese then got back to the house and saw Winter doing drills on her own.
"Um i don't think you should be doing that, you could open up your wound and start bleeding again." Reese says.
"Well the mixture of drugs you gave me accelerated the healing so it's almost done just
2 more weeks and it's gone." Winter says.
"Hum ok just you know don't get hurt." Reese says.
"Aww your so caring for your mom, so what did you do with Ironwood?" Winter asks.
"Well in short i uploaded the file i gave you and his orders to kill you to the net and now everyone in the whole world saw how bad the Atlas military is, then to make it better your dad called him up, and but from the looks of it he got in real big trouble for what Ironwood did." Reese says.
"Well i hope dad won't be to mad at me for this." Winter says.
"I don't think he would be you were just doing your job,but i don't think you would be happy that he ordered me to kill you, so the next time you see him kick him in the dick for me will you?" Reese asks.
"Sure will, hey when you put the groceries way come back out and i'll teach you a new something new." Winter says.
"K." Reese says.
After Reese put the fresh food away, he then puts on the Predator armor on so that he can have protection from Winters attacks (she hits hard).
As Reese went outside there was Winter waiting for him, standing straight up in the usual military stance she was accustomed too.
At this point Yang was looking outside watching the both of them.
Winter then pulled out a syringe full of a purple liquid.
"What's that?" Reese asks.
"Think of it as a key." Winter says.
"I don't understand." Reese says.
"Well your combat skills are top notch, but what if i told you can unlock more of your armor and combat abilities, so this shot will unlock all of your combat abilities." Winter says.
Reese then took the shot and jabbed it into the thigh of his leg, then without warning energy surged through Reese's mussels.
"Good." Winter says as she grabs her weapon.
Reese then saw everything in a new way that he didn't see before,his mind was open to new tactics and strategies that he never thought of.
"Now engage me, ROE disarm and incasipate me without hurting me." Winter says.
"Got it." Reese says.
Winter then started attacking Reese with her swords, while Reese then drew his katana and started swinging at Winter,then they got their swords in a lock.
"Now remember Reese you are not indestructible, you are tough, but anything can drop you if they plant a good hit on you." Winter says.
"I got it mom." Reese says as his voice is shaking.
"Oh really?" Winter asks as she kicks him away.
Reese then hits a tree and for a moment he saw stars, then Reese saw Winter charging at him.
"Augg!" Reese says as he ducks out of the way while kicking Winter in the arm.
"Good." Winter says.
Reese then got up and took a stance,but then Reese sees that he lost his katana.
"What the!?" Reese says.
"Looking for this?" Winter says as she holds up the katana.
Reese didn't have time to question how she got it but now he had to put on a defence strategy.
"What are you going to do Reese?" Winter says.
"I'm not telling you." Reese says.
Reese then charged at Winter then engaged the active camouflage on the armor, then Reese stopped and changed which direction he was running.
"Where are you Reese?" Winter taunted.
Reese was hiding behind one of the trees that was present, Reese then got on his belly and started to crawl toward.
"In out in out." Reese whispers as he stalks Winter.
Winter meanwhile was standing in the middle of the field with her eyes closed.
"Got you!" Winter says as she kicks.
Her kick connects to Reese's guts and Reese breath was taken away.
"What!" Reese says as he flies through the air.
Lucky for him the armor stayed invisible, even tho it flickered a little bit, then Reese hits the ground and stays there for a moment.
"Looks like you still have a lot to learn Reese." Winter says.
She then brings down her foot where she thought Reese was, but what she got instead was air.
"What?" Winter says.
"Got you." Reese whispers as he jumps up from the grass fom just a few feet away from Winters right.
Reese then grabs both of her arms and twists them to drop the weapons, then grabs her by the waist and lifts and drops her to the ground.
"I win mom." Reese says.
"That you did good job." Winter says as she patted his face.
They then made their way back to the house where Yang was waiting and she was in the same black dress she was wearing before she wanted to dance but didn't because she was nervous.
"Hey Reese i want to go dancing again will you escort me?" Yang asks.
"Yang i care for you so yeah i'll go with you, i'll be a few minutes." Reese says.
Then they were back in town at the same place where they host the social dance, and after a few bumps they were able to stun the crowd with their dance moves, then Reese and Yang went to get hot chocolate, and then went to a nearby lake where they chatted for a bit, then they went back home, and then they got ready for bed and went to sleep together.
End
Author's notes
Well this took a long time to make so many dead stops and writers block so now i'm going to speed up, so as a fair warning Hunt for Reese may not be as long as the last one so that's what it's going to be, see you in the next one.