Two days later
Saturday
West Ridge
The weekend had arrived and with it trouble!
Josh had arrived first and he was not happy!
He was ranting about Chloe; apparently she had embarrassed him at school yesterday and he wanted payback. He told me that the moment he saw Chloe again, he was going to floor her and apparently he didn't give a shit about the consequences! I was actually impressed, I had never seen Josh so focused or so angry; I had better keep those too apart today!
I went upstairs and took a shower. Dave appeared as I was getting dressed and I told him about Josh and that we would probably need to keep him and Chloe apart today.
"Oh shit!"
"What...?"
"I just let Chloe in; she went downstairs to see Josh," Dave said.
"Oh fuck!"
I ran downstairs, with Dave close behind me.
As we got to the bottom of the stairs I could hear shouting; Josh and Chloe were well and truly at it! I rushed down the next flight of stairs to a major fight. Josh was raging and kicking out at Chloe. Chloe in turn was fighting back, as expected! Josh's face was a mess; it looked as though Chloe had punched him hard, in the face. Chloe so far seemed unmarked, but that was before Josh kicked her legs out from under her and then span her around, so she landed on her front, with her face absorbing some of the blow. I saw blood fly from her nose and she screamed in pain. Josh moved in to attack her again, but I had had enough and I ran towards them both, then kicked Josh to the floor with a well aimed kick to his chest.
Dave went to scoop Chloe off the mat.
We sat Josh and Chloe down and cleaned them both up.
"What the fuck are two playing at?" I growled angrily.
Chloe's face was bruised, but thankfully for her, her nose wasn't broken. Josh's face was bruised too and he had a black eye.
"He attacked me, so I fought back!" Chloe said.
"Well you fucking deserved it, you fucking psycho!" Josh retorted.
"Calm the fuck down, both of you!" Dave roared, getting an instant reaction from Josh and Chloe. "So Chloe embarrassed you, fucking get over it and grow the fuck up!"
"Don't you dare come here and start fighting like that, Chloe! I really expected better from you; don't let Josh provoke you. So Josh looked at another girl, get the fuck over it! He's a boy; I thought you'd worked that out! Boys can't control their urges; they think with their dicks!" I said.
"You two gonna be friends now?" Dave asked.
"With her? Fuck that!" Josh retorted angrily.
I noticed that Chloe looked upset with Josh's response.
"Right! Both of you little shits sit down and neither of you are leaving till you both make up and start talking to each other! Anybody starts or takes part in a fight and I'll make you both regret it!" I said vehemently. "Joshua sit!"
I went back upstairs with Dave.
"How long?" I asked.
"Five minutes!" Dave said, chuckling.
Five minutes later
I went back downstairs and... Oh...!
Josh and Chloe were kissing and well... I couldn't really tell where Josh finished and Chloe started! Josh's left hand was up her top and his right hand was caressing her backside. Chloe was moaning and seemed to be enjoying herself!
"Don't let me disturb you two!" I tried, but I was completely ignored.
I went back up to Dave.
"Well they've made up! Must have been a while since they last interacted, if you get my drift!"
"I see!" Dave said and laughed.
Twenty minutes later
I wandered down to check on Josh and Chloe, as we hand't heard a word from either of them!
They were still at it!
"Er, Chloe, don't suppose you fancy covering up?" I asked, averting my eyes, as Josh seemed to have stripped Chloe topless.
Chloe looked up at me and then down at her chest, blushed and held her t-shirt over her chest; Josh looked up and blushed too!
"Love won out in the end then?" I asked with a smirk.
"Yeah, we were both being stupid idiots!" Josh admitted.
"Speak for yourself, Josh!" Chloe said. "Seriously though, we're both sorry, Dave!"
"Yeah, we are!" Josh agreed.
"You seemed to be enjoying yourselves, I have to admit!" I commented and went back upstairs to allow Chloe to get her bra and t-shirt back on.
..._...
"They're okay; Chloe was topless by the time I got down there, but they did both apologise for the fight! If we'd left it another twenty minutes, they'd probably have been having full on sex!" I told Mindy and she laughed.
Josh and Chloe soon appeared from downstairs looking a bit sheepish and both apologised again for their behaviour.
After lunch we settled back down to training.
I concentrated on Josh and his Ninja-To; improving his movements and cuts.
"Mindy, have you ever thought of starting a training centre for this kind of stuff?" Josh asked.
"You mean a dojang for Taekwondo?" I replied.
"Yeah, you're really good at teaching. Hell, you trained Dave; Marty told me that he was a complete wimp, not that long ago!"
"Thanks for the vote of confidence, Josh!" I replied. "I am good, aren't I?"
"Josh, her ego is big enough; don't encourage her, please!" Dave said.
"I really hate to admit it, but Josh is right! You should open a dojang and teach others how to defend themselves," Chloe said.
..._...
As well as getting Josh using his weapons correctly, I wanted to get Chloe into some more advanced movements with her body. This generally involved back flips and other more advanced movements that might assist her, when in a combat situation. Chloe, in general, was very flexible and should be able to cope with these enhanced movements, easily.
I started her off with some simple exercises, to loosen up her body. Then demonstrated to her what I wanted her to learn, which Josh thought was really cool, as I managed a couple of back-flips in the limited space available.
"You think I can do that?" Chloe asked and sounded a little unsure.
"You can do anything that you put your mind to, Chloe," I replied.
..._...
Over the next hour, I managed to get Chloe performing a good back flip, which would improve with time and practice.
"That was pretty cool, Chloe!" Josh said.
"Thanks!" Chloe replied and blushed a little.
I had a thought.
"What about you Josh?" I asked.
"Me?" Josh asked, incredulously.
"There's absolutely no reason why you couldn't do a back flip!"
"Okay, I trust you... I think! Just go easy, I like my neck intact!"
..._...
The next hour was fun!
Josh was not the acrobatic type, but with Chloe's assistance we managed to get him doing a reasonable back flip, it need a lot more work, but it was a start! Chloe and I had tried not to laugh at Josh's attempts, but Josh didn't seem to mind; he seemed to see it all as a bit of fun too!
I advised Josh to keep practising, as he might need such skills at some stage in the future.
..._...
I had explained to Chloe and Josh about the two vigilantes that Dave and I had observed the other night and who seemed to be out causing trouble.
Surprisingly, it was Josh who asked the intelligent question that had not even occurred to me yet!
"What are they accomplishing? Are they acting for good, or for bad?"
I was actually stumped by the question.
"That was a very well reasoned and thought out question Joshua!" I commended him.
"Always the tone of surprise!" Josh moaned and Chloe and I laughed.
"You have your moments, Josh!" Chloe said, giving him a hug and getting a kiss in return!
"So far these two vigilantes have just been getting in the way. They haven't hurt anybody that we know of! They haven't stolen or damaged anything. I think they're just kids, out being kids!" I reasoned.
"How would you know what 'being out and being kids' would be like?" Dave asked.
"Okay! I don't, but you know what I mean, ass!"
"The only thing we know for certain, is that they are British!" Josh said.
"You're not alone, kid!" I quipped.
"No, I have Chloe!"
"Yuck!" I groaned.
That evening
Safehouse A
"You ready, Jackal?" I asked.
"I was born ready, Shadow!" Jackal replied.
"Bit sure of himself isn't he!" Kick-Ass commented.
"Cocky little shit, more like!" Hit Girl chuckled.
"He does look kinda cool, though!" Abby added.
"Thank you, Abby!" Jackal growled, with his voice modulator active.
"He sounds cool, too!" Abby commented.
Southern Chicago
The night was dark and cold.
I hated these late nights, I never felt safe walking home; what young woman does enjoy walking home alone after dark!
I had this weird feeling that I was being watched. I stopped and looked around, but saw nothing out of the ordinary; just a few cars heading home. I continued walking up the street, towards home.
A few minutes later, I felt something jammed into my side.
"Into the alley bitch, now!" A voice said, into my ear.
I started to shake, but complied. I was sure that I had just heard a large motorcycle not too far away, but I was pushed into the alley and then shoved against the wall.
"Purse, jewellery, everything!" The man ordered.
I sensed movement close by and heard a voice, a British accent!
"You don't want to do that, dickhead!"
I looked up and to my left and saw a figure wearing all black, on a fire escape above me.
"Who the fuck says?" The mugger asked.
"I do!" Another voice growled.
I looked to my right and saw another figure; this one clad in black and purple armour. It was Hit Girl!
Hit Girl strode forward, grabbed the mugger and threw him bodily across the alley.
"That wasn't very nice!" The black clad, British vigilante exclaimed.
"Fuck off you British twat!" Hit Girl growled. "I'm working here!"
"You okay, ma'am?" Another voice asked. I turned to see Hit Girl's partner, Kick-Ass.
"Yeah, I'm fine, just a little shaken, is all!" I replied.
"You should go, you will be safe!" Kick-Ass said.
"As for you two!" I growled.
"What you gonna do Hit Girl?" The black clad vigilante said, as he was joined by another, similarly clad, partner.
"Oh wonderful, it's the Dynamic Duo!" I growled and rolled my eyes.
"Let's go Hit Girl!" Kick-Ass called.
"Yes, time to go Hit Girl, listen to your boyfriend now!" The other black vigilante said and laughed. This one was definitely a girl.
I was getting very annoyed with these British vigilantes.
"I advise you both: keep out of my way!" I growled.
..._...
Kick-Ass and I headed back over to Shadow and Jackal.
"Why is it that all the Brits I come in contact with are cocky bastards!" I growled.
"You love us deep down!" Jackal replied.
"Very deep down!" I grimaced.
"That hurts!"
"Get over it!"