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David.
“Yep,” Jake replied. “Time-travel? Great. Undercover work? Awesome. Both together? A death sentence for sure.”
“It’ll be fun though,” answered Charlotte making them smile. “Imagine what it’ll be like.”
John nodded.
“It’s going to be great fun, and we’re all coming home. We can only do what we can do and if we have to get out, we get out.”
“Let’s do it then,” whispered Jake.
“Yeah, let’s get it done.”
Six
6 th June 2014
“Alreet, Gents? And ladies of course,” said Geordie Pete, smiling with his broad accent as he nodded to Jake at his last comment. “First fight session,” he continued. “We have to move quickly as we don’t have long and you need to be able to fight your way out of trouble without back up. You need to learn to strike where it matters and grapple while you’re in armour and while you’re out of it. You’ve got to use weapons such as swords, shields, bows and spears; and you have to do it both mounted and on foot. We have three weeks for all that and Knights born into their position will have studied this stuff for their whole lives. Three hours a day doing this plus three hours riding, and after ten days we’ll combine the two. I hope you’re ready.”
The team looked around at each other grinning at the aggressive introduction, then proceeded to warm up for twenty minutes with Pete leading them through a range of exercises. They moved through a number of strike drills, swapping partners as they went, and used both gloves and bare hands for their basic training. John relaxed his effort as he moved across to Chris, but despite dripping with sweat, the young man maintained a one hundred per cent effort throughout each exercise leaving John having to work hard to match him.
“You ok, Chris?” he asked, impressed with his attitude.
“I’m not much of a fighter, John, and I don’t want to get killed. I’ve got to learn quickly or I’ll be dead in a month.”
“The way you’re going you’ll be knocking us all out within two weeks!” John said as he moved around the punches.
Chris grinned back at his boss and attacked him with renewed energy as John relaxed, trying to re-establish the motions back into his body. He’d boxed for a period with his father as a teen, and then both boxed and wrestled in his first few years with the Met Police; but it had been a long time and he felt older and out of practice as he danced around with the young, eager technician in front of him. He watched David and Jake from the corner of his eye as he picked up the focus pads and continued with Chris. David looked awkward but was trying his best, while Jake moved so slowly that he almost looked bored. He accepted David’s attacks with politeness and encouragement, but put no effort back into his own returns.
As they swapped partners, Jake looked up to see Charlotte approach him.
“Jake,” Pete called out, making him look round. “Is there any reason you’re not working to improve in this? You don’t want to get hurt out there, do you?”
“I’m letting you all get your practice and putting back what you require,” he shrugged. “No point me going mad and hurting someone in practice is there?”
Pete laughed out loud.
“Who are you, Bruce chuffing Lee or something?” he shouted. “Arrogance can get you killed, mate. Right, everyone, begin!”
Jake turned to Charlotte, shaking his head at the accusation and saw her grin up at him as she
“Yep,” Jake replied. “Time-travel? Great. Undercover work? Awesome. Both together? A death sentence for sure.”
“It’ll be fun though,” answered Charlotte making them smile. “Imagine what it’ll be like.”
John nodded.
“It’s going to be great fun, and we’re all coming home. We can only do what we can do and if we have to get out, we get out.”
“Let’s do it then,” whispered Jake.
“Yeah, let’s get it done.”
Six
6 th June 2014
“Alreet, Gents? And ladies of course,” said Geordie Pete, smiling with his broad accent as he nodded to Jake at his last comment. “First fight session,” he continued. “We have to move quickly as we don’t have long and you need to be able to fight your way out of trouble without back up. You need to learn to strike where it matters and grapple while you’re in armour and while you’re out of it. You’ve got to use weapons such as swords, shields, bows and spears; and you have to do it both mounted and on foot. We have three weeks for all that and Knights born into their position will have studied this stuff for their whole lives. Three hours a day doing this plus three hours riding, and after ten days we’ll combine the two. I hope you’re ready.”
The team looked around at each other grinning at the aggressive introduction, then proceeded to warm up for twenty minutes with Pete leading them through a range of exercises. They moved through a number of strike drills, swapping partners as they went, and used both gloves and bare hands for their basic training. John relaxed his effort as he moved across to Chris, but despite dripping with sweat, the young man maintained a one hundred per cent effort throughout each exercise leaving John having to work hard to match him.
“You ok, Chris?” he asked, impressed with his attitude.
“I’m not much of a fighter, John, and I don’t want to get killed. I’ve got to learn quickly or I’ll be dead in a month.”
“The way you’re going you’ll be knocking us all out within two weeks!” John said as he moved around the punches.
Chris grinned back at his boss and attacked him with renewed energy as John relaxed, trying to re-establish the motions back into his body. He’d boxed for a period with his father as a teen, and then both boxed and wrestled in his first few years with the Met Police; but it had been a long time and he felt older and out of practice as he danced around with the young, eager technician in front of him. He watched David and Jake from the corner of his eye as he picked up the focus pads and continued with Chris. David looked awkward but was trying his best, while Jake moved so slowly that he almost looked bored. He accepted David’s attacks with politeness and encouragement, but put no effort back into his own returns.
As they swapped partners, Jake looked up to see Charlotte approach him.
“Jake,” Pete called out, making him look round. “Is there any reason you’re not working to improve in this? You don’t want to get hurt out there, do you?”
“I’m letting you all get your practice and putting back what you require,” he shrugged. “No point me going mad and hurting someone in practice is there?”
Pete laughed out loud.
“Who are you, Bruce chuffing Lee or something?” he shouted. “Arrogance can get you killed, mate. Right, everyone, begin!”
Jake turned to Charlotte, shaking his head at the accusation and saw her grin up at him as she
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