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C.T let out a sigh as Esther got out of the bed and started to get dressed, she had actually expected the girl to put up more of a fight, but it looks like she was wrong in that regard, she could give Esther more credit at least, the girl got it together faster than most people she had seen on their first time being forced out of their sleep.

She watched as her girlfriend got dressed before giving her the go ahead to lead them outside, and C.T simply nodded before leading Esther out her room, into the empty halls. Most members were sleep with the exception of Mag, she and C.T were usually the first up and the last down, Mag getting breakfast started, and C.T just being up because either she didn't sleep or she couldn't be asked to stay within her own head for too long. Usually the two kept each other company, but Mag would have to go through the morning routine alone, C.T was sure the woman would understand.

C.T lead Esther out back, to the factory's forested back yard, the yard was rather large, but the brush had taken over most of it, but it would serve it's purpose for now. C.T walked a few paces out, looking around, before she turned back to Esther. "Assume push up position." C.T stated, kneeling in front of where Esther would be performing her pushups. "I'll count them out for you, and you go into failure. Also," C.T looked up at Esther. "I want you to go all the way down, chest bumping the ground, and then come back up."

(Hope so.)

Just as C.T expected from Esther's slight build, the girl wasn't packing a lot of strength in her small frame, and while her first two pushups halfway decent maybe even promising despite the girls wobbly arms, Connie soon found that Esther had little to no strength to speak of, but that wasn't the girls fault, not really. She was thin, clearly never needed to work out to keep her figure so there was no reason for her to be a physical specimen, that and the girl wasn't trained to be a soldier like Connie had been, luckily for Esther, Connie hadn't set her expectations high so she didn't disappoint her girlfriend, or else Connie when have been a lot more....elaborate with today's workout. "The point of this isn't to make you a boxer, a boxer is too much of a frontal fighter. I would never allow you square up with anyone. However I will need to teach you some self defense just in case, and this is simply to warm you up. Get you in the right state of mind."

Esther still seemed to be in a mood to tell jokes, and Connie didn't mind that, but she couldn't let Esther know that she didn't mind her chatter, it would be detrimental to the overall process. So after Esther's surprisingly 'naughty' statement, Connie smirked at her. Raising a hand and settling it on her back, rubbing along the girls back sensually using her fingers to rub circles around the girls lower back, before moving her hand to the spot right between Esther's shoulders. "More enjoyable? I doubt it, I am enjoying myself thoroughly.' Connie spoke, before pushing Esther down to the ground forcing her trough half of her sixth push up. "Give me 4 more, and I won't make you run laps for that last comment." C.T added removing her hand.

"Good job" C.T complimented ignoring the look of disappointment on Esther's face, it was a good sign at least. Esther wanted to do better and that's all C.T needed to see.

Esther prompted a continue in their exercise and so C.T would move on, with a nod, she approached a lone table in the back yard, and she made a show of pulling the gun out of her waist band, showing it to Esther before placing it on the table. She then walked up to Esther, and let out a deep breath.

"I can, and will teach you how to use a gun, that's probably where you will be most effective, but it's not easy to shoot someone Esther. I don't think your the type who can kill. So I need to teach you something else." With that said C.T slipped into a fighting stance, her hands raised on either side of her head, one leg ahead of her other, and her body slanted back. "You need to be able to trust your body before you can trust that weapon. It won't happen over night, but I can teach you at least how to defend yourself." C.T paused, before taking a deep breath. "Attack me, don't hold back. I won't be retaliating just yet, right now I'm just testing you. Also," C.T added this time grinning, hoping to improve Esther's mood. "For every hit you land, I'll award you a kiss, you even get to choose where it's placed." And with that, C.T took another deep breath, letting her grin fade, replaced by a fierceness in her eyes that was only present in combat, as she locked her eyes on Esther. "Start"

This wouldn't do.

C.T had expected Esther to hold back, she wouldn't call it a halfhearted effort, but, it just wasn't going to get them anywhere, she needed Esther to actually try and hurt her, because out there, if things went wrong, no one was going to go easy on her. She had to train as if this were live combat.

So C.T continued to dodge Esther's attacks, slapping away punches that came to close, as she formulated her plan. She'd have to put her hands on Esther, that much was certain, but she'd have to do it in a way that wouldn't hurt her, she wouldn't be able to live with herself if she ever betrayed the girls trust. Maybe she could startle her.

C.T watched for her opening now, though it was surprisingly hard to find one, C.T was trained to kill not subdue, so when Esther's punches started becoming crisper, smoother, she found chances to safely counter a bit hard, that was until her chance to strike came, in the form of a straight right jab, C.T caught the girls arm and pulled her close, folding Esther's arm into her chest, before stepping in with her right foot, crossing the girls body, before jutting her hip out and flipping the girl over. Moving quickly now, C.T lowered her other arm down to grip Esther's shirt tightly and released her arm, catching her head, so instead of crashing to the ground painfully, C.T cradled the girls upper body to prevent any harm from coming. "Don't take this lightly. Come at me like you mean it or this isn't going to work." C.T spoke, gripping the collar of Esther's shirt in both hands and pulling her up. "I don't want to hurt you, but people out there will. If I have to be rough with you in order to protect you later, I won't hesitate so please," C.T begged slipping into her stance once again "Try again"

She was improving, that much was certain, it was a subtle improvement but improvement nonetheless. That was fine, C.T hadn't expected much, she knew that in the time frame they had, not much would happen, but Esther was still pushing past her expectations.

Her girlfriend was taking a moment to collect herself, and C.T thought about stepping back, and waited for Esther's attack, it didn't take long for Esther to strike and when she did, C.T was impressed. The girl had managed a fairly decent faint, it wasn't exactly 100% effective against C.T since she had been fighting for years, but against someone less experienced, the blow would have come as a surprise. So it was with a smile that C.T took the hit, before stepping back and dropping her hands.

"Nice." She complimented, the hit hadn't hurt, mostly because C.T core was strong, and Esther didn't exactly hit hard, but C.T didn't expect the girl to be a heavy hitter. "Now do you want you kiss now? Or after we are done? I still have a few things I want to teach you."

"Good choice, that kiss might be the only thing you have to hold on to when this is all said and done." C.T said with a smile as Esther prepped herself to keep going.

However there miniature bout of combat was over for the moment and instead C.T stepped closer to Esther. "Brute strength is obviously not going to be your strong point so you will have to focus mainly on speed and technique if it ever came to a fight. Also, you hit like a girl. So you will have to choose your spots carefully." As C.T spoke she slid in to her stance again, mimicking Esther's movements "You used a very good feint earlier, but where you hit me wasn't very effective given your build, so try pressing your palm into someone's nose if you get the chance." C.T stated, again going through the motions.

"The nose is sensitive, and it doesn't take a powerful hit to create a reaction when it is involved, due to the connection to the sinuses' a hit to the nose can cause an enemy to tear up, temporarily blinding them. Also," C.T dropped her hands and squared off to Esther again. "This is a killing blow, if you hit with enough power, the nose will break and bone will be pressed into the brain. So don't let the effects shock you." C.T decided to move on from her last point quickly, she didn't want to give Esther much of a chance to think about killing.

Instead she approached the girl and grabbed her roughly by the collar with both of her hands, like she had done when she yanked the girl up. "If you are apprehended, since you are small, most will try to simply over power you, if you are grabbed like this, there are a few options available to you," C.T began "Grab my shirt exactly like this."

"Ok, an easy way out of this hold is too," C.T acted as she spoke, placing her hands on either of Esther's and pushing downwards, as she did so she bent over at the waist, forcing Esther's upper body down with her. Suddenly she jerked her body upwards still pushing downwards with her hands breaking Esther's hold on her shirt and holding Esther's hands away from her.

"When you bend forward, you force them down at an awkward angle so that they can't knee you in the face, or something like that. You keep a tight hold on their hands, so if they try and be tricky and release you to put you in a head lock, you can slow them down. Also," C.T placed Esther's hands on her collar again. "If it's a man, and he isn't careful, you turn your body slightly side ways, and drive your knee up into his crouch, resting your shin against his thigh, and then you continue with the same motions as before. If you are up to it, drive the heel of your shoe right down onto his foot, right below his ankle to slow him down further."

C.T grabbed Esther's collar again, shaking the girl a little before smirking. "Give it a try, if you can break my grip, you win another kiss, and I'll show you another trick to this hold." C.T said her grin widening.