I heard my door being slammed open instantly waking me up. I groggily looked towards the door and saw Georgie hopping on one foot to get her shoe on. I sat up and when I looked at my clock it said '5:30AM'. I rolled out of the covers and ran to my closet.
"Geez Jay you could've warned me." She said covering her eyes.
"Sorry Georgie. I got tired and forgot some clothes." I apologized throwing on a sports bra, some undies, shorts, and a tank. I pulled on some socks and my converse before I rushed into my bathroom to brush my teeth.
When I was done Georgie hopped up from my bed and we both ran down stairs to the kitchen. We ate a granola bar, and some fruit before washing it down with a glass of water. We ran outside and to the back as fast as we could trying to avoid our bodies protests. When we reached them they were standing with their arms folded over each other looking down at us.
"Glad to see you're on time today." We nodded, "Now drop down and give me 100!" Jax yelled at the top of his lungs. We immediately dropped down and started our push ups. Even though my body is sore I didn't get tired as easily as I did before.
"Come on girls you're still moving like old ladies!" Levi yelled circling us and I rolled my eyes.
"Jadah roll your eyes or glare at me again and I'll knock you on your ass!" Levi yelled and that was all it took to make me focus and push myself harder.
When I was done I shook my arms out and stood up to began our tiring laps. But this time we did 50 laps instead of 25.
"Come on grandmas, a snail could pass you at this rate!" Martin yelled from the side of us and I pushed my legs to get his big mouth out of my ear. I kept running and passing them until I completed my 50 laps around the territory and I was spent. I was about to collapse to the ground but I remembered what happened yesterday and stood up.
"I see you remembered our rule." Jax said with a smirk and I rolled my eyes. When I did I instantly regretted it because Jax had me pinned down to the ground by my neck. He moved at such a speed I didn't even see him.
"What have we told you girl?" He asked seriously and my eyes widened.
"Not to roll my eyes or glare." I shakily replied he nodded before getting off of me. When I got up I made sure I didn't roll my eyes or glare at them. Don't want a repeat of what just happened.
"Okay girls stretch then meet us on the mats." Martin said and they walked away. We dropped and stretched out our legs when Georgie spoke,
"They're so strict during training." She said stretching her legs.
"Yeah, I now know to never roll my eyes or glare at them unless I want my ass kicked." I said and she nodded in agreement.
When we were done we walked to the mats where they were standing and an obstacle course was set up behind them.
"Now." Martin clapped, "You will run this obstacle course to work on your agility and then we will let you fight us before we show you some proper moves." He said and we nodded.
I walked over to Jax because I want to kick his ass for pinning me down earlier.
"Coming back for revenge?" He asked with a knowing smirk.
"Oh yeah." I replied trying my hardest not to glare at him.
"Jadah are you sure you want to do this? He will not hold back." Martin warned. The cowardice side of me wanted to fight Martin and take the easy way but the new and stronger side of me wanted to kick his ass.
"I'm positive." I guess the stronger side of me won. He accepted my decision and nodded his head.
When I turned back to Jax I was greeted with a punch to the face. I fell to the ground and the familiar taste of blood was in my mouth, I wiped it away and stood in my position. I ran towards him and threw a kick which he caught, grabbed my arm, pulled me to him and head butted me. I fell to the ground and held my forehead.
"Come on girl give me a challenge." He taunted. This caused me to get up and run to him again. I threw a punch to his stomach which had no effect on him, and was about to knee his side but he punched me in the stomach.
"You've got to come more ferocious than that. I would hate to get bored." He said seriously, making me growl before standing up. His smirk is really pissing me off.
I ran towards him and rapidly threw punches at his face but he dodged and caught them without missing a beat. I just couldn't get a good punch to him! So I pulled my leg up as high as it could go and aimed at his face. He caught it and stared at it impressed before he spoke,
"Boys I see the stretching has paid off for someone." He said and I broke eye contact for a minute to look at my leg which was high in the air. Then I felt myself being thrown to the ground, Jax was pinning me down to the ground by my arms.
"Get. Off of me!" I yelled thrashing around and he rolled his eyes and shook his head.
"So if I was the enemy do you think I would just get off of you?" He asked and I thought about it. No they wouldn't, they would have killed my ass right about now. So I did the move Georgia did on me, I pulled my legs up and wrapped them around his head before slamming him to the ground. Then I sat up and threw punches at his face until I saw blood come out of his nose. He used his strength and threw me off of him. My legs unfortunately tightened around him a little too late so I went flying to the ground head first.
I got up and was about to attack him again but I heard claps from the side of me. I turned and saw Martin, Levi, and Georgie with genuine expressions of proudness.
"Good job Jadah, I see all that wrestling with Georgie taught you something." Martin stated amused and I smiled. I saw Jax come over to me and I instantly got in a defensive position ready for him to strike but he didn't. Instead he embraced me in a hug.
"Good job my girl. With some new moves and technique training you're gonna be a trained killer."
He said and I looked at him confused.
"I only got you down once. I'm far from a good fighter let along a killer." I said and he shook his head 'No'.
"Jadah you can't doubt yourself. Give yourself some credit, you did get me down once but what makes you a good fighter is that you never gave up. Everyone has strengths and weaknesses, you have to find your strengths and use them, that's what we're here for." He said and I nodded understanding. I am a good fighter even if I was just going by a few measly kicks and punches. I did get him down and went by what I know. I eagerly nodded my head feeling some confidence.
"Yeah I am a good fighter." I agreed and they gave me smiles.
"Now we will teach you guys some moves so come here." I went over to Jax and Georgie went over to Martin.
"This is called a roundhouse kick." He explained to me. He pulled his leg up, pivoted his hips, and kicked. It had so much force I could hear it cutting through the air. When he was done he turned to me.
"Now you try and make sure to use the leg you feel most confident with, and don't forget to pivot your hips." He said and I nodded. I stood up with my hands balled up and lifted my leg, making sure to twist my hips. When I was about to land I almost fell but caught myself.
"Good, but make sure to slow your leg down when you're finished. Or just like what happened you'll lose your balance." He informed and I tried it again making sure to slow my leg down as it was falling. I didn't lose my balance this time.
"Good now this is called a tornado axe kick." He said and got into his fighting stance. He demonstrated and I watched in awe as he did it and felt the urge to try it.
"Now try it." He said. I mimicked his fighting stance and tried the kick. When I was done I felt my hips loosening up allowing my legs to go higher than before.
"Great job! You're a fast learner, maybe once you've completed your training you could become the packs trainer." He said and I smiled brightly.
"Now you've learned a few basic kicks let's work on that punch." He said and I nodded.
"When you punch your opponent always make sure your thumb is never tucked in. That could result in-"
"A broken thumb or knuckle. Got it." I said and he gave me a pointed look for interrupting.
"Always punch using the middle knuckle or....."
"You could break one of your knuckles." I finished,
"Exactly make sure you're always in the fighting stance. It's what forms and controls the punches. If you just punch without giving yourself a solid foundation you could fall over and or give them an opening." He stated and I nodded. "After a punch make sure to snap your arm back in time to block your face, and make sure you hit as hard and fast as you can." He said and I nodded.
"Got it." I said. He demonstrated a perfect punch lightning fast and snapped it back to block his face. He then looked at me waiting for me to do it.
I got in my fighting stance with my right leg back, my fists up, and threw a punch lightning fast before I snapped it back.
"Yes good job. Now I'm gonna teach you some combinations and you demonstrate them." He said, I nodded and waited for the combination. He threw a left punch, Right punch, and round house kick.
"Left punch, Right punch, Round house kick." I chanted in my head
When he was finished I completed it. Left punch, Right punch, Round house kick. After that he threw another combination.
Tornado axe kick, Right punch, Round house kick, Left punch.
"Tornado axe kick, Right punch, Round house kick, Left punch." I thought to myself.
When he was done I completed it all correctly I didn't make one error, I completed it quick and efficiently.
He turned to me and got in his fighting stance, "Ready?" He asked,
I smirked and got in my fighting stance, "Ready." I said and he was the first to throw a punch which I blocked, and followed with my own quick punch to his face and he dodged it, so I only grazed him. I brought my leg up quickly and did a roundhouse kick towards him I got him on the side of the head where I drew blood.
I knew he was holding back but I didn't want him to go easy on me.
"Stop holding back." I said blocking another one of his punches.
"I'm glad you said that because you're gonna pay for that kick." He said then threw a punch at my stomach. I hunched over but kept my eyes locked on him.
I sat up straight then raised my fists, I ran towards him and threw two quick left right punches at his face and as he kept blocking them, the more I got frustrated the more my speed increased. My punches grew at an inhuman speed to the point where he could barely block them. When he was giving up I threw a quick punch to his lips, then followed up with a round house kick to his side. He winced and threw a left punch to my face but I dodged it and punched him with my right fist then as I was about to tornado axe kick him he threw two blows to my face. One on my lips, and nose then he roundhouse kicked my head and I fell to the ground winded.
"Jadah that was good, I guess you discovered a new ability, but ability or not you can't beat your trainer." He said and I groaned. My face hurt and I could taste the metallic blood in my mouth. My ability is speed I guess.
I soon heard another body hit the ground and saw Georgie on her back and out of breath. Martin walked over to us.
"Girls you're good but you can't beat your trainers." He said and I rolled my eyes.
"Okay you both said that already." I said frustratedly. He then picked me up by my leg and threw me. When I hit the ground I wheezed feeling like all the air in my body was just squeezed out of me.
"What have I told you?" He said coming closer.
"No rolling my eyes or glaring." I said, closing my eyes.
"And what did you do?" He asked tapping his foot in a scolding manor.
"I rolled my eyes." I answered and was pulled to my feet.
"Don't get all tired on me yet girls. You still have an obstacle course to run." He said grinning and my eyes widened.
"Come on." He said leading us towards a huge obstacle course. It had really high monkey bars, tires, crawl spaces, high places to climb, and an empty space.
I turned back to him with my mouth wide open.
"You might want to close your mouth, or you'll catch flies." He said and I snapped my mouth shut and listened for instructions.
"Okay girls. This is the obstacle course from hell." He informed, "You will high knees through the tires, cross the monkey bars, climb up and over the walls and mounds, army crawl through the holes, and at the end give me 20 push ups and 50 jumping jacks. You will do this 5 times." He said and by the time he was finished my mouth was back open. He walked to me and closed my mouth.
"Now get going!" He yelled making me jump out of my skin. I ran as fast as I could to the tires where I high kneed about 20 of them, and then ran to the monkey bars.
These things were about 15 ft high but under it was a net for if we fall. I wiped off my sweaty palms on my shorts and began to cross over. It was pretty easy if I didn't look down, and as I was about to touch the last one my hand slipped and I was hanging on with one hand.
"Oh my god! I'm gonna die!" I yelled and I heard them chuckle.
"That's what the net is for." Martin deadpanned and I rolled my eyes knowing he couldn't see me.
I reached over and wrapped my now calloused palm around the bar and continued swinging until I was at the end and jumping off and on to the next. I ran to a 50 foot sized wall with groves in it so we could climb it.
I gulped before walking over to it. I blew out a breath before placing my hand on one of the rocks. I pulled my self up and used my feet to give myself some leverage. I continued this until I was in the middle. I stupidly looked down and squealed before looking back up. All of a sudden my body felt frozen in place. I couldn't move my arms and legs so I started to panic.
"Guys, I can't move I'm scared!" I yelled and I heard their footsteps come closer.
"Jadah calm down first." Jax cooed and I started taking deep breaths and releasing them. I kept doing this until I felt calm.
"Okay now do you think you can climb over?" He asked and I tried moving my arms but I could barely reach up. So I stood on my tippy toes until I reached another rock and in that time my foot slipped. My hands instantly grabbed onto the nearest rock and my feet were dangling in the air. I heard Georgie gasp but I was too worried about trying to save myself. I closed my eyes,
Maybe this is when God decides it's my time to go. My change wasn't enough to save me.
"No! We are not quitters! We will continue to fight! Jadah climb your ass over this wall!" I heard Amaris say in my head. I popped open my eyes. She's right the new Jadah doesn't quit.
With that I speedily climbed up and over the wall and down until I touched the ground. I can't believe I moved that fast. I didn't ponder too long because I continued on to the next activity.
When I came to the crawl space I dropped down on my stomach and began army crawling through the crawl space. I crawled as fast as I could until I reached the other side. When I reached the other side I ran to the empty space and completed my push ups and jumping jacks. I repeated the course 5 more times until I was completely finished.
I collapsed to the ground in front of them forgetting that stupid rule about resting and relaxing. I was breathing heavily, my body is sore, I have stupid bruises all over me, and I stink. Fabulous right?
"Alright girls you did great, head to your rooms. This time you get a break and won't have to get up early tomorrow, you have a day off. Now go before I change my mind." Jax said and I hopped up before sprinting inside the house. Everyone was gone so I headed straight upstairs too exhausted even for food.
When I got to my room I stripped out of my clothing and headed straight to the tub. I made sure the water was hot and filled with bubbles before I got in. I dimmed the lights and slid in, groaning as the steamy water covered my aching bones. I continued to slide in the water until my head was under the water, leaving just my nose out so I could breath and before long I was sleep.
I heard the sound of banging but paid no mind to it and remained relaxed. I heard the bathroom door being slammed open before somebody gasped,
"Oh my god! Jadah!" I heard Georgie's cries and I sat up out of the tub. I was blinded by a curtain of my hair, I took both of my hands and wiped away my curls before facing Georgie who had a terrified expression on her face.
"What's the matter?" I asked looking around for danger and waiting to hear screams.
"I thought you were dead." She said with tears in her eyes. I gave her a confused look.
"Why would I be-"I was cut off by her bone crushing hug.
"Jadah don't ever scare me like that again!" She said hugging me and I awkwardly patted her back. I guess she doesn't care that I'm wet and naked.
"Georgie you know I'm naked right?" I asked her and she instantly let me go.
"Ewww." She scrunched her face up and threw a towel at me."I came to tell you dinner is ready." She said then walked out.
I got out of the tub dripping wet, drying myself off. I dried my hair and twisted it up, before drying off.
I went to my closet and pulled on a matching bra and panties set, a big t-shirt, and some leggings. When I was done I headed downstairs to dine with the family. I walked through the door smiling at everyone, earning some back but I stopped. I felt this cracking in my chest where my heart is, and I felt like my insides were on fire.
"Aghhhhh!" I yelled collapsing to the ground on my knees holding my chest. I heard chairs scraping the wooden floors before everyone was in front of me.
I could hear Amaris howling out in so much pain I screamed more.
"Aghhhhhh!" I yelled to the top of my lungs. By now tears were pouring from my eyes, and my heart felt like it was ripped from my chest.
"Amaris what's happening?" I asked in pain.
She whined and weakly collapsed laying down before she spoke 4 words that made dying sound like the best thing in the world.
"He marked someone else." She whimpered and I cried out loud. He didn't do this to me. Not us, No. He couldn't have.