Page 31 of Citiali: Teach
Freedom shakes her head. “Hannah you’re up first, everyone else take a seat.”
They do a bow thing again then Hannah launches herself at Dyani. I suck in a breath and let it out slow when Dyani drops to the floor and pops up facing a rolling Hannah.
“Jesus, this is going to take forever, it’s shopping night.” Raid has me elbowing him.
Hannah raises her leg for a kick and Dyani gets a forearm under it and flips her. This doesn’t feel like sparring but it’s sort of entertaining.
Four more moves by Hannah and Freedom is up. “Good job. That was all on your list, Hannah. Did you add any?”
“No, it’s all from our test but she’s got them. The others are too easy to defend if she’s got those.”
So, this really is just assessment.
I watch Kateri with close hand-to-hand and think she’s trained better than some Brothers I’ve seen in Security. Dyani scrambles at first but settles and defends herself by the end with a smile.
Kateri hugs her when she’s done. “Those were the hardest lessons I’ve learned.”
Freedom smiles at them. “Good job. I haven’t seen that last one.”
Kateri looks proud. “It was the first I learned from Luke Rayne. He’s bigger than us both but the speed and agility work for any opponent.” She’s right.
Ginny jumps up. “I brought the training sword. Don’t let it hit you.”
The Brothers laugh.
Ginny’s first swing has me wincing. The woman is almost six foot and uses the power behind that sword.
“Fuck.” Teller doesn’t like it either.
Dyani dodges and weaves like she’s a dancer. When she bends back and kicks under a swing, Ginny loses her balance and Dyani kicks with her other foot. The sword flies while Dyani flips making me laugh as soon as the sword is in her hand. The woman is a Protector and great candidate for the three musketeers. Freedom gives her the props and Ginny sits.
We watch Freedom use moves I’ve never seen before, but Dyani must have, because she uses defensive moves like it’s natural to her. This is more like sparring with hands and hits as if it’s a real fight. Both are winded and scrambling.
After a few minutes, Seren is up. “Hold!”
They stop with Dyani bent holding her knees to catch her breath. Freedom is looking up with her hands on her head, elbows wide.
“Is she a Protector?” Raid asks.
We all just look at him.
“What? I didn’t see her use ability.”
“Get in there and test her.” Cort has my eyes huge. Raid is a fuckin’ giant.
Teller holds my arm. ‘Relax.’
I move closer with Teller by my side but don’t step on the mat. Freedom and Seren move off the mat quickly.
“Take him down, girl.” Freedom plops on the floor right in front of me.
Raid takes two steps, his long arm moves fast with some power behind it. I wince but keep watching. Dyani leans back and does the two kick move I saw with Ginny but she’s in the air and catches Raid under the chin.
Cort laughs when Raid is on one knee. I don’t take my eyes off Dyani. She almost gets caught when she moves closer but grabs his ears and flips. Raid screams like a girl and we’re all laughing again. Dyani’s last move is a two footed drop kick to the center of Raid’s back. He’s flat on his stomach and Teller is beside him trying to stop the yelling with some energy.
I shake my head smiling at my amazing Protector girl. “Good job, Dyani!” Lifting her right up, I kiss her cheek. “I’m glad I got to see this. You want a job?”
She laughs. “I do but not on Ops. I’d like to train. That’s what the assessment was for.”
