Self-Defense Class with Mr. Miller

[redpen]

November 21, 2008

Vick entered the gym with bags full of equipment. As he walked he spotted a table and unpacked his bags there. When Vick unpacked, he took out rubber knives, guns, mats, boxing gloves, and lots of other gym equipment. Once he unpacked the equipment he went to the store-room and borrowed several dummies.

"An hour early...", Vick whispered to himself. The dummies were set up in a line and Vick put on some boxing gloves to wait for his students. One punch after another, Vick jabbed the dummy to pass the time. He wondered what his students would look like and how he could pose as a self-defense instructor. The sounds of Vick's punches on the dummy echoed throughout the gym.

[austin]

Austin walked in to another room he expected to be filled with a bunch of crazy people. He however was the first to walk in the room so far. He looked over at the gloves and the dummies. Well this looks like it could be fun. I can have fun and take my anger out he thought to himself as he walked in the room with a pair of sweatpants, tank top, and sneakers.

He walked over to the wall and took a seat waiting for class to begin. He sat down on the floor with his knees drawn back and his arms resting on them. He let out a sigh wanting to get this over with. Hopeful he won't get too angry and set one on fire. It was easy for him to set things on fire especially when he was mad. He ran a finger through his unkempt hair.

[redpen]

Vick stops his punching rant and takes a deep breath. He takes off his boxing gloves and points at the newcomer. "You're early. Let's wait for other people to come, but in the meantime, have some fun." Vick goes to the table and reaches for some new boxing gloves. He tosses the punching gloves towards the kid. From his physique he could tell he probably would like a few punches or two.

He set up another punching dummy next to the one he was using earlier. "I'm Mr. Miller, call me Vick." He put his boxing gloves back on and started hitting the dummy. The dummy wasn't exactly a punching bag, but acted like one. It was as heavy as one and was mounted to the floor. "Take a few hits while we wait for others."

[austin]

"I'll wait.." he said nodding at Vick. "I'm Austin.." he said with a half smile. He still sat there even though he should be listening to the teacher. He didn't feel up to it as he thought he would but he would. He ran his fingers through his hair and set the boxing gloves down. He twirled and toyed with his fingers as the blue flame dance around his fingers.

Austin opened his palm and the flame engulf his whole hand. He touched his left hand and ignited that hand as well. He extinguished the fire and let out another sigh. He looked to his side at the gloves slipped them on and hopped up from where he sat. He walked over to the dummy and starting punching it with lots of force.

[henry]

Henry walked into the self-defense class. Normally he wouldn't be taking such a class, but this was different. His dad was here, at the school. Henry had thought he was safe from the man, but apparently not. He needed to be safe, now more than ever. And if taking a few self-defense courses here and there was necessary, then so be it.

"This is the self-defense class right?" Henry asked as he walked through the threshold. He only saw a man with a lot of piercing and a kid about his age with his hands on fire. "Ok then." Henry said as he stared at the pyro maniac.

[redpen]

Vick smiled as another student entered in the gym. "Hey there new guy, I'm Vick. And welcome to self-defense. I'll teach you guys how to keep yourself alive when someone tries to attack you." Vick took off his gloves and threw them on the table. "Gloves off Austin, I'll give you guys a preview of what to expect in my class."

Vick took a rubber knife from the equipment table. He walks towards Henry hold the knife with the blade side up. "First we'll need to train your reflexes and shorten your reaction time. The shorter the reaction time, the more time you can decide what needs to be done to survive." Vick creates illusions of assailants running towards Henry and Austin from behind with a knife. "Lets see how fast you guys act and how you'll respond."

[austin]

Austin took off the gloves and tossed them back on the table and walked back over to where the new kid stood. He looked around and the whole room had changed he now saw a couple of guys running after them with knives. Austin started running and dragging Henry along. He looked back as he watched them running after them. He snapped his hand back at the assailants creating a blast of fire creating a block in the area giving them some time to run.

"Where the hell did the teacher go?" he asked the kid as they ran. It was too bad he didn't know where they were. He looked back once more before turning back around to start running again.

[redpen]

(You guys don't know that Vick can use illusions)

As Austin shot out fire from his arms Vick became angry. The point of this class was to defend oneself without powers. "No powers from either of you dammit. What if you're in a situation where you can't use your powers? That's why you guys are here!" Vick stopped the illusion and walked towards Henry.

Vick held the rubber knife with the blade inches away from Henry's chest. He stood directly on front of him and put his left hand on Henry's shoulder. "This is a basic technique to survive a knife attack. Henry, I want you to grab my wrist and push my arm under my other arm, redirecting the weapon." Vick thought this lesson would be useful since it didn't look like Henry had any defense mechanism in his ability.

[henry]

Henry looked around confused when the teacher disappeared and he suddenly found someone coming at him with a knife. He let out a sharp yell and jumped out of the way. "Where the hell did he come from?" Henry asked. Henry was also where the teacher had gone. Who lets people enter a school and attack the students?

Suddenly Henry realized everything was normal. The teacher appeared with a rubber knife at his chest, his arm on his shoulder. The man told him to redirect the attack. It seemed easy enough. "Ok." the boy said. He went to grab the man's arm and push it under his arm like he said. He really wished he had a more defensive or at least active power.

[redpen]

Henry had performed what Vick asked perfectly, "Good job. Now take this rubber knife and give Austin a chance to work this exercise." He hands the knife to Henry. "Henry I want you to place your knife-hand just like I did and your other hand on his shoulder."" Vick walked towards Austin. "Now Austin, do the same thing Henry did with me. Redirect the knife."

Vick crosses his arms and watches his first students prepare to do the drill. "Sometimes an assailant will sneak up on you before you have the chance to do anything. And probably kill you if they see you trying to pull something off." He begins pacing left and right. Vick creates an illusion which changed the surroundings to a dark alley. "That should make things more suitable for the occasion. Now redirect the knife and I'll tell you what to do next."

[rocky3]

Keith teliported into the school. He wasn't sure were to go or what to expect. He needed to better himself but that wasn't the reason why he was here. The real reason was a bit more personal and self motivated. He had just had a nice encounter with a well known murder. His plans were coming in nicely tho he needed to form a team together. What better place to recrut then a school full of people with abilities. Keith walked down the hallways. "Self Defense." He read off the door.

Keith opened it and to his surprise it was a doorway to a dark alley. The door witch he came in threw was gone. It vanished. Keith looked over and saw that there were two students and a teacher. " Hello?" He said. He wasn't sure if this was the right place to be in or the right time. he wondered were all the other students were or if this was it. " Small classes " He commented as he walked up to them. " Hey i wanted to join the class sorry I'm late is it still open? " Keith asked the teacher. He looked more like a criminal to Keith which made him feel a sense of respect. If the man was wearing a tie and glasses Keith wouldn't have taken him seriously.

[redpen]

Vick stopped the illusion and smiled at the new student. He could already sense a dark side inside this kid. he wasn't sure about the others. ""No you're just in time. What's you're power? Big guy's a pyrokinetic. Other guy's a... Not sure." Vick had a sense of respect for his new student. He was different from the other two. He knew where he wanted to be, what he wanted to do with his ability.

"I'm Vick, I create Illusions." He wanted to be an influence to this kid, to invoke his darker side, as well as these two other students. Vick set down the rubber knives and listened to what he was about to say.

[henry]

Henry did as he was told. He held up the rubber knife. This was kinda stupid if you asked him. When would he ever need to know how to block a knife? Well on second thought, with wackjobs now a days, you never know when you'll need to know how to block something.

Henry frowned at the teacher's pause at Henry's power. Well he didn't exactly tell them what he could do. "I'm a smart ass." Henry said.

[rocky3]

Keith smiled when Vick told him that he was able to join the class. It was a relief that they were open about there abilities. Most people Keith had meet were concerned with there powers and often tried to hide what they can do. Who they really are. Keith was open about it. He loved his abilities and hated the normal people who judged him for it. Keith smirked a little.

" My ability?" He asked then he questioned himself whether to describe his full ability and tell them exactly what he was capable of. Or he thought he could lie and just give a sample of his ability. Just enough to pass as an evolved human. " Oh my ability, yeah i can bend time and space to teliport place to place or slow time down. Ive learned from my Aunt who has the same ability a more advanced form. I can focus time on a specific subject and change time for that thing alone. " He described.

Keith thought maybe it would be better if he showed them so he teliported to the teacher and placed his hand on the ground. He used his ability to rot the wooden floor, " I'm making time age the wood. " He told them and then brought it back to normal turning time back wards for the wood alone. he could also use this with living people also. Keith started to burst out laughing when henry said his ability was a smart ass. "Dude you funny" He said as he caught his breath.

[redpen]

He smiled as Henry said he was a smart-ass. "Okay well that's why you're here. You can't do crap do defend yourself with your ability. And that's why I'm here to teach you..." Vick made an illusion where the gym turned into a giant jail cell. He also made it appear like he was creating fire in his hands. "Line it up!", he yelled as he ordered his students to get in a line. "I'm going to toss fireballs at you guys, and you people do all you can to get close to me without being hit."

Vick began tossing fire at the kids. It wasn't real fire, it was all just an illusion. This was a perfect ability for this class. He can create the most lifelike simulations. "You want to think of ways to get close to your enemies so you can take them out. If you're in a life or death situation, you must fight back for survival." Vick momentarily looked to the floor of the jail cell and created some illusionary knives and firearms in front of his feet. "If you can get these weapons and attack me, you successfully fought back with no abilities..."