Self Defence Rating PG 13 updated Cprs 5/6 posted
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:38 am
This started as a one shot, which took on a life of it's own
Disclaimer :- They belong to others, and I make no money from it. I just get to play.
Rating PG 13 (small amount of violence and sexual implications)
Self Defence Part 1
Beth had decided she really needed to learn how to take care of herself. She couldn’t always rely on Mick to be there. She had been to some classes when she was young, but had stopped when she was in high school. She had looked into it again when she started dating Josh. Took some classes as well, the instructor had said she was a natural. She enjoyed the classes but lately work had been getting in the way. It was time to make some changes. Beth found her editor, in her office. “Hi Maureen, do you have a few minutes to talk?”
“Sure Beth, for my star reporter, you can have five.” She smiled “Now what did you want to talk about?”
Beth took a breath, “Well, just recently some of the reports I have done for you have put me in some dangerous situations.”
“Yes, they have and you’ve always got the best story from them. Where’s this going Beth?”
“I need an afternoon off every week. I’m going to learn some self defence.”
“Self defence, why? I thought tall, dark and handsome looked after you. He always seems to have your back.”
“He’s not always there, Maureen. He has his own work, we just work together occasionally. So will you give me the time off?”
“Sure Beth, but if a story comes up, you still have to run with it. That’s fair I think. What afternoon did you need off?”
“Tuesday. I’m already registered and had a few classes. Of course work comes first, but I need to do this.”
“No problem Beth, Your safety is paramount to me. Where else would I find a new fearless reporter?” Still smiling at the joke.
“Maureen, you’re the best.” giving her a peck on the cheek.
The following Tuesday afternoon, Beth went back to the class. She was determined to learn how to look after herself, she thought all women should take some sort of class. Society the way it was, meant that people were no longer safe to walk the streets. Maybe she could put a report together after, get more women in classes like this one. She would have to ask Maureen later. When ever she trained Beth thought of Mick, wishing it was him teaching her. Thinking of how his body would be close to hers. Instead she had a middle aged, overweight man, who seemed to enjoy grabbing her. Pervert, she thought. He seemed to single her out more than any of the other women in the class. Oh well, she thought, I learning to look after myself, and I never know when I might need it. The class finished and she left heading back to her apartment. Checking her phone she had 3 messages. Two were from Buzzwire, Maureen wanted her to call. She had a story for her to follow. The other was from Mick, he said he needed to see her. She rang the office first. “Hey, what have you got for me?”
“There’s been murder, near the hospital. I want you over there. See what you can find out. I’ll send a camera crew over they’ll meet you there. Now go, get me my story.” with that she hung up.
Next Beth rang Mick. When ever she talked to him her heart beat sped up. How he made her feel, was a shock to her. He answered on the third ring. “Beth, I glad you rang back. I wondered if you would like to work on a case with me? It’s up your street and you could do a report on it for Buzzwire.”
Beth was holding her breath, finally letting it out she said. ”Maureen, has just asked me to cover a murder over at the hospital. If it’s the same one do you want to meet me there?” she was excited at the prospect of seeing him.
“Sorry, Beth it’s not the same one. Maybe we can catch up later. We could share notes.”
“Oh, O.K. how about I come by your place later tonight?” She tried not to sound too hopeful.
“I’m not going to be at my place. I’m working on something for Josef, so I’ll be at his place till late.” he heard her sigh.
Beth was upset, she had wanted to see him. “Well, ring me when your free.” With that she hung up. Why was she upset, it wasn’t as if they were an item. They were just friends nothing more. She headed off to the murder site for Maureen, at least she could get the report done. She met up with the cameraman, and looked around. There was nothing to see. Spotting her police contact she went to see what she could find out. “So, what can you tell me Carl?”
“Beth, why am I not surprised to see you.”
“You know me, I just want to find out the story. So?”
“There’s nothing to tell, it was a false alarm, no body, no murder, no story. Looks like someone’s playing a game with us. Look if anything comes up, I’ll let know, you get the exclusive.” he turned away from her and headed back to his car.
Beth headed back to the cameraman, “O.K. we’ll just do a short lead piece, about the fact nothing happened and someone has sent the police on a wild goose chase.” Having done the report she, phoned Buzzwire and let them know. With that done she went home. Mick didn’t ring that night, nor all the following week. She was starting to worry, it wasn’t like Mick to no ring her. She had tried ringing him, but got no reply, it didn’t even go to his voice mail. Mick was able to look after himself, she thought. She continued to go to her classes, she was starting to learn some of the more advanced techniques, her instructor seemed to think she was ready for it. She still thought he was a pervert, using her for demonstrations to the class, just to get close to her. Still she was learning and she was getting faster in her reactions to his scenarios.
Two more weeks past and she had still not heard from Mick. Beth decided to go and see Josef, Mick had said he was working for him. When she arrived at Josef’s building she headed straight for his office. “Is Josef in?” she asked of the receptionist.
“I’m sorry, but Mr Kostan isn’t in the office at the moment, would you like to leave a message.”
“Where is he, I’m trying to find Mick St John, and the last thing he told me, was he was working on something for Josef.”
“I’m sorry, but I can’t help you with that, but if you want to leave a message, I’ll get him to ring you as soon as he is back in the office.”
“Fine, just ask him to ring Beth Turner as soon as he gets back.” her reporters sense told the receptionist was lying, but she wasn’t going to learn anything from her. Josef’s staff never talked. She left, still worried about what may have happened to Mick.
Beth was getting more than worried, it had been more than a month since she had spoken to Mick. She also hadn’t heard back from Josef. She was getting distracted at work, Maureen finally told Beth to go home. As she drove back to her apartment her phone rang. Looking down she didn’t recognise the number. “Beth Turner.”
“Beth, it’s Josef.”
“Josef, what’s going on? I‘ve been trying to get hold of Mick, but I haven’t managed to.” she sounded concerned.
“Mick’s here with me, we haven’t been able to contact the outside until now. We’re not even in the states at the moment. My office told me you had been in looking for us. We’re still working, but you don’t need to worry.”
“Can I talk to him please Josef?” her heart started to speed up.
There was a pause, before he replied. “Not at the moment , he’s busy. I’ll pass on that your concerned. I’ll let you in on a secret. He misses you, Buzzwire.”
“Thanks Josef, I guess I miss him too. I’m just used to him being around. When are you likely to be back?”
“I hope it will be a couple of weeks. I need to get back to the office, and I need some fresh bl…” with that the line went dead.
Beth looked down at her phone, the disconnection must have been at Josef’s end. Well at least she knew they were alright, but it didn’t stop her thinking that something had happened. Her phone buzzed again she had a message from Lt Carl Davies, to ring him as soon as possible. She finished driving home, she needed to think before she speaking to the lieutenant. Letting herself in, she went straight to the kitchen and poured a glass of wine. Slouching on the sofa she picked up her phone and rang Carl.
“What’s up Carl?”
“Hey Beth, I thought I would get back to you. Do you remember that false alarm?”
“Yeah, I posted a piece about police time being wasted.”
“We had three more calls like that. All of them were major calls, but we have no leads. If we get anything else I’ll let you know.”
“Thanks Carl, night.”
“Night Beth.”
She sat in silence for a while, just thinking. Josef had said they should be back in two weeks, She really shouldn’t worry, but something was nagging at the back of her mind. She had a link to Mick, she sensed something was wrong. But she had no-one she could turn to. Josef had said Mick was with him, but she wasn’t able to talk to him. She would just have to wait it out. For the next two weeks, she worked posting fluff stories for Buzzwire, and going to her classes. At the end of the second week, she was still waiting to hear from Josef or Mick. Nothing came. On Saturday night Beth had been out with some colleagues from work. Walking back to her car, she heard a scuffle coming from an alley. Looking down she saw three men attacking someone. Without thinking she walked into the alley. “Hey, leave him alone.” sounding stronger than she felt.
The attackers turn their attention to her. “Oh you want some do you! Well come here sweetheart.” stepping towards her
Beth stood her ground and waited for the first man to reach her. As he tried to grab her she side stepped him, tripping him up. As he went down the second man stepped up and swung a punch at her. She blocked the punch, and retaliated, knocking him out cold with a strike to face. The third man having seen this, turned tail and ran. The first man had managed to stand up. He caught Beth from behind in a bear hug. Using what she had learnt, she swung her head back into his. His nose caved in with a sickening crunch. Screaming the man, released her and holding his nose ran from the alley. Checking on the man whom she had knocked out, she made her way to the victim. There lying motionless on the floor was Mick. As She reached him he started to regain consciousness. “Mick, what happened?” the concern in her voice was astounding.
“I was waiting for you. Maureen let me know where you had gone when I rang her. I wanted to surprise you. These guys just got the jump on me. I don’t remember much after that. Who knock him out?” he was still groggy.
“I did, I’ve been taking self defence classes. I was thinking that I should learn to look after myself. I never thought I’d be looking out for you.” with that said, she kissed him. Helping him stand, he took her in his arms and returned her kiss.
“Now you’re my guardian angel, Beth. You’re there to look out for me.”
Disclaimer :- They belong to others, and I make no money from it. I just get to play.
Rating PG 13 (small amount of violence and sexual implications)
Self Defence Part 1
Beth had decided she really needed to learn how to take care of herself. She couldn’t always rely on Mick to be there. She had been to some classes when she was young, but had stopped when she was in high school. She had looked into it again when she started dating Josh. Took some classes as well, the instructor had said she was a natural. She enjoyed the classes but lately work had been getting in the way. It was time to make some changes. Beth found her editor, in her office. “Hi Maureen, do you have a few minutes to talk?”
“Sure Beth, for my star reporter, you can have five.” She smiled “Now what did you want to talk about?”
Beth took a breath, “Well, just recently some of the reports I have done for you have put me in some dangerous situations.”
“Yes, they have and you’ve always got the best story from them. Where’s this going Beth?”
“I need an afternoon off every week. I’m going to learn some self defence.”
“Self defence, why? I thought tall, dark and handsome looked after you. He always seems to have your back.”
“He’s not always there, Maureen. He has his own work, we just work together occasionally. So will you give me the time off?”
“Sure Beth, but if a story comes up, you still have to run with it. That’s fair I think. What afternoon did you need off?”
“Tuesday. I’m already registered and had a few classes. Of course work comes first, but I need to do this.”
“No problem Beth, Your safety is paramount to me. Where else would I find a new fearless reporter?” Still smiling at the joke.
“Maureen, you’re the best.” giving her a peck on the cheek.
The following Tuesday afternoon, Beth went back to the class. She was determined to learn how to look after herself, she thought all women should take some sort of class. Society the way it was, meant that people were no longer safe to walk the streets. Maybe she could put a report together after, get more women in classes like this one. She would have to ask Maureen later. When ever she trained Beth thought of Mick, wishing it was him teaching her. Thinking of how his body would be close to hers. Instead she had a middle aged, overweight man, who seemed to enjoy grabbing her. Pervert, she thought. He seemed to single her out more than any of the other women in the class. Oh well, she thought, I learning to look after myself, and I never know when I might need it. The class finished and she left heading back to her apartment. Checking her phone she had 3 messages. Two were from Buzzwire, Maureen wanted her to call. She had a story for her to follow. The other was from Mick, he said he needed to see her. She rang the office first. “Hey, what have you got for me?”
“There’s been murder, near the hospital. I want you over there. See what you can find out. I’ll send a camera crew over they’ll meet you there. Now go, get me my story.” with that she hung up.
Next Beth rang Mick. When ever she talked to him her heart beat sped up. How he made her feel, was a shock to her. He answered on the third ring. “Beth, I glad you rang back. I wondered if you would like to work on a case with me? It’s up your street and you could do a report on it for Buzzwire.”
Beth was holding her breath, finally letting it out she said. ”Maureen, has just asked me to cover a murder over at the hospital. If it’s the same one do you want to meet me there?” she was excited at the prospect of seeing him.
“Sorry, Beth it’s not the same one. Maybe we can catch up later. We could share notes.”
“Oh, O.K. how about I come by your place later tonight?” She tried not to sound too hopeful.
“I’m not going to be at my place. I’m working on something for Josef, so I’ll be at his place till late.” he heard her sigh.
Beth was upset, she had wanted to see him. “Well, ring me when your free.” With that she hung up. Why was she upset, it wasn’t as if they were an item. They were just friends nothing more. She headed off to the murder site for Maureen, at least she could get the report done. She met up with the cameraman, and looked around. There was nothing to see. Spotting her police contact she went to see what she could find out. “So, what can you tell me Carl?”
“Beth, why am I not surprised to see you.”
“You know me, I just want to find out the story. So?”
“There’s nothing to tell, it was a false alarm, no body, no murder, no story. Looks like someone’s playing a game with us. Look if anything comes up, I’ll let know, you get the exclusive.” he turned away from her and headed back to his car.
Beth headed back to the cameraman, “O.K. we’ll just do a short lead piece, about the fact nothing happened and someone has sent the police on a wild goose chase.” Having done the report she, phoned Buzzwire and let them know. With that done she went home. Mick didn’t ring that night, nor all the following week. She was starting to worry, it wasn’t like Mick to no ring her. She had tried ringing him, but got no reply, it didn’t even go to his voice mail. Mick was able to look after himself, she thought. She continued to go to her classes, she was starting to learn some of the more advanced techniques, her instructor seemed to think she was ready for it. She still thought he was a pervert, using her for demonstrations to the class, just to get close to her. Still she was learning and she was getting faster in her reactions to his scenarios.
Two more weeks past and she had still not heard from Mick. Beth decided to go and see Josef, Mick had said he was working for him. When she arrived at Josef’s building she headed straight for his office. “Is Josef in?” she asked of the receptionist.
“I’m sorry, but Mr Kostan isn’t in the office at the moment, would you like to leave a message.”
“Where is he, I’m trying to find Mick St John, and the last thing he told me, was he was working on something for Josef.”
“I’m sorry, but I can’t help you with that, but if you want to leave a message, I’ll get him to ring you as soon as he is back in the office.”
“Fine, just ask him to ring Beth Turner as soon as he gets back.” her reporters sense told the receptionist was lying, but she wasn’t going to learn anything from her. Josef’s staff never talked. She left, still worried about what may have happened to Mick.
Beth was getting more than worried, it had been more than a month since she had spoken to Mick. She also hadn’t heard back from Josef. She was getting distracted at work, Maureen finally told Beth to go home. As she drove back to her apartment her phone rang. Looking down she didn’t recognise the number. “Beth Turner.”
“Beth, it’s Josef.”
“Josef, what’s going on? I‘ve been trying to get hold of Mick, but I haven’t managed to.” she sounded concerned.
“Mick’s here with me, we haven’t been able to contact the outside until now. We’re not even in the states at the moment. My office told me you had been in looking for us. We’re still working, but you don’t need to worry.”
“Can I talk to him please Josef?” her heart started to speed up.
There was a pause, before he replied. “Not at the moment , he’s busy. I’ll pass on that your concerned. I’ll let you in on a secret. He misses you, Buzzwire.”
“Thanks Josef, I guess I miss him too. I’m just used to him being around. When are you likely to be back?”
“I hope it will be a couple of weeks. I need to get back to the office, and I need some fresh bl…” with that the line went dead.
Beth looked down at her phone, the disconnection must have been at Josef’s end. Well at least she knew they were alright, but it didn’t stop her thinking that something had happened. Her phone buzzed again she had a message from Lt Carl Davies, to ring him as soon as possible. She finished driving home, she needed to think before she speaking to the lieutenant. Letting herself in, she went straight to the kitchen and poured a glass of wine. Slouching on the sofa she picked up her phone and rang Carl.
“What’s up Carl?”
“Hey Beth, I thought I would get back to you. Do you remember that false alarm?”
“Yeah, I posted a piece about police time being wasted.”
“We had three more calls like that. All of them were major calls, but we have no leads. If we get anything else I’ll let you know.”
“Thanks Carl, night.”
“Night Beth.”
She sat in silence for a while, just thinking. Josef had said they should be back in two weeks, She really shouldn’t worry, but something was nagging at the back of her mind. She had a link to Mick, she sensed something was wrong. But she had no-one she could turn to. Josef had said Mick was with him, but she wasn’t able to talk to him. She would just have to wait it out. For the next two weeks, she worked posting fluff stories for Buzzwire, and going to her classes. At the end of the second week, she was still waiting to hear from Josef or Mick. Nothing came. On Saturday night Beth had been out with some colleagues from work. Walking back to her car, she heard a scuffle coming from an alley. Looking down she saw three men attacking someone. Without thinking she walked into the alley. “Hey, leave him alone.” sounding stronger than she felt.
The attackers turn their attention to her. “Oh you want some do you! Well come here sweetheart.” stepping towards her
Beth stood her ground and waited for the first man to reach her. As he tried to grab her she side stepped him, tripping him up. As he went down the second man stepped up and swung a punch at her. She blocked the punch, and retaliated, knocking him out cold with a strike to face. The third man having seen this, turned tail and ran. The first man had managed to stand up. He caught Beth from behind in a bear hug. Using what she had learnt, she swung her head back into his. His nose caved in with a sickening crunch. Screaming the man, released her and holding his nose ran from the alley. Checking on the man whom she had knocked out, she made her way to the victim. There lying motionless on the floor was Mick. As She reached him he started to regain consciousness. “Mick, what happened?” the concern in her voice was astounding.
“I was waiting for you. Maureen let me know where you had gone when I rang her. I wanted to surprise you. These guys just got the jump on me. I don’t remember much after that. Who knock him out?” he was still groggy.
“I did, I’ve been taking self defence classes. I was thinking that I should learn to look after myself. I never thought I’d be looking out for you.” with that said, she kissed him. Helping him stand, he took her in his arms and returned her kiss.
“Now you’re my guardian angel, Beth. You’re there to look out for me.”