Cue Rocky Montage

[hesam-bb.livejournal.com]

Who: Hesam (hesam_bb), People That Agreed To Train Him. Also open to all who might be passing by or acknowledge he's looking for some butt-kicking classes.
What: Hesam wanting to learn more self-defense to avoid almost being killed again.
When: After his request for training - the exact time and day is up to everyone else's schedule
Where: The gym, outside, anywhere with space to practice fighting skillz
Rating: not rated yet
Notes: Both actionspam & 3rd POV welcome


Hesam felt a lot better after making the first step of asking for help. He was pretty nervous about inviting people to potentially kick him around but he was sick of feeling so outmatched. Especially with the memory of almost dying stuck on a loop in his head. The gun lessons from Zoe had helped but he couldn't rely on a gun to be in reach at all times.

If he got attacked in the clinic again, there wouldn't be a gun to save him. He couldn't keep depending on his super powered friends to help either.

So, time to learn how to at least put up a fight. He knew he looked like he hadn't slept for a while and possibly not strong enough to start but he was sure after a few rounds and lessons he would be more confident. Being less paranoid would help the non-sleeping thing too.

He stood waiting for his new teacher to meet him at the place they agreed to and tried not to look too twitchy.

Comments

/first time doing this. :X

[demontobeloved.livejournal.com]

The Gym. Cole had never been. He hasn't been to many of the places in the castle, actually.

Still, he walks in through the doors, dressed in a grey tracksuit. There was no way he was going to work out in one of his suits...

[hesam-bb.livejournal.com]

Hesam spots him and hopes its one of the people he asked for over the journal. The guy seems like the type so he figures he'll just go over and introduce himself.

"Hey, I'm Hesam - you one of the people I spoke to about training?"

[demontobeloved.livejournal.com]

"That's me. I'm Cole." He walks up to Hesam and offers out his hand. "Nice to meet you."

[hesam-bb.livejournal.com]

He takes the hand with a half smile. "Good to meet you in person." And boy is he glad this Cole guy isn't built like a wrestler.

"So how do you wanna start? A warm up?"

[demontobeloved.livejournal.com]

Cole stands a good 6'2", pretty tall, but he looks a bit lean.

And Cole's hand instantly tightens over Hesam's, and he pulls back, aiming to pull the man down to the ground. He's very strong for his size, due to his demonic side.

If successful, he'll smirk down. "Lesson number 1, don't trust anyone that you think may attack you."

[hesam-bb.livejournal.com]

Of course Cole is successful - Hesam isn't in the right frame of mind. Yet. But he'll play off his unease as best he can by making a show of pouting and then pushing himself up, dusting off.

"Lesson number one could have just been 'don't trust anyone'," he replies dryly. "I let you do that. Totally a warm up. Testing you. That sort of thing."

[demontobeloved.livejournal.com]

"Where's the fun in not trusting anyone?" Cole grins. "And, yes, totally just a warm-up. Hope I passed the test?"

Monday morning bright and early at 0800

[youfallback.livejournal.com]

[Carolina's finishing up her own morning workout and washing the chalk off her hands from working on the uneven bars. The mats are all laid out and ready to go, but she doesn't expect that they'll use them too much today, considering it's the first day of self-defense.

She pulls on her sweatshirt and decides to do a few cooldown stretches while waiting for Hesam.]

[hesam-bb.livejournal.com]

[The badass looking chick doing the stretches is hopefully one of the people he agreed to meet. He's already getting visions of becoming one giant bruise after this but he goes over to introduce himself anyway.]

Hey, I'm Hesam, here for some self-defense teachings.

[youfallback.livejournal.com]

[She certainly is! Carolina nods at his introduction holding out her hand.]

Agent Carolina, here to teach some self-defense.

[hesam-bb.livejournal.com]

[He'll take that hand and offer a firm shake]

Agent, huh? We talking secret-agent or something else?

[youfallback.livejournal.com]

Military agent.

[Stepping back a little.] Ready to get started?

[hesam-bb.livejournal.com]

[Shakes his hands out and rolls his shoulders]

Yeah, more than I'll ever be.

[kungfuwitch.livejournal.com]

Phoebe's never really been good at getting up early, so she'd planned on meeting Hesam one afternoon at the gym. She was already there when he showed up, stretching out and trying to figure out what the hell she could show him.

She'd had years of practice, after all, and she'd never taught anyone anything like this, before... well... except for that one time with Paige... and that didn't end well. She sighed, deciding to just relax, go with it and hope for the best.

[hesam-bb.livejournal.com]

It figures that he's spent almost a year watching Peter be a complete failure at social interactions and then they wind up together in a Castle and that damn Petrelli ends up with a girl like Phoebe. A hot, magical, funny girl like Phoebe who apparently can also kick his ass.

Not that he was interested. Well, not that he intends to be interested in anyone. Not that he was checking her out while she was stretching.

He shook his head at himself and rubbed the back of his neck in his usual habit, fingers glancing across the area that thankfully didn't even scar as evidence. It does a good job at getting his brain back on task too.

"So, do I gotta call you sensei or something?"

[kungfuwitch.livejournal.com]

Phoebe was shaken out of her thoughts by the voice. She looked up, relieved to see that he looked healed

"Only if you really want to." She laughed. She straightened up and shot Hesam a grin. At the very least, she was getting him out of his room for a little while and doing something instead of just moping around.

She gestured him over. "Are you ready for this?

[hesam-bb.livejournal.com]

"Try and go easy on me," he drawls. "It's not my fault if I find you distracting."

In all honesty, he knows he isn't back to his full strength yet. He probably should have waited longer but he needs to learn these moves as soon as possible.

[kungfuwitch.livejournal.com]

Phoebe chuckles slightly, suddenly wishing she'd elected for a t-shirt and sweat pants instead of the tighter workout pants and sports bra she'd become accustomed to. She remembers Hesam's admission, how he reacted when she'd told him she was dating Peter. However, there is a way to turn this all around.

"Think of this as lesson number one. Never underestimate or be distracted by your opponent. No matter what, you've got to stay focused. Now. Have you ever had any kind of training or anything? Ever gotten in a fight? If so, then we have something we can build on. If not, that's okay, too. What I think I'll do, though, is teach you more defensive maneuvers than offensive. They're easier to learn and would help you more in the long run."

[hesam-bb.livejournal.com]

He listens to her intently, already knowing the first lesson isn't one he'll forget easily. He'd underestimated Bonnie completely but she'd been faster and stronger. About as good as Peter. Just in a smaller package and obviously way more humiliating.

He rolls his shoulders and tries to get a good defensive stance going. "I don't think fighting as a teenager really counts and that's the only real fighting experience I've had."

He nods at the rest of what she says. "You're the sensei, sensei."

[nocushywill.livejournal.com]

Chase has spent an hour in the gym and is just about to head back to his room for a shower when he walks past Hesam. The guy looks a bit nervous and wait a minute. He recognizes him from the clinic. He hasn't spoken to him before though so he decides to do that.

"Hi there."

[hesam-bb.livejournal.com]

If it weren't for the fact that Chase was the one to pull his head out of his ass the first time, he would never have remembered that voice. Chase had been pretty important in getting him motivated after he arrived at the castle and he'd spent a few days being a dick to everyone after he found out Chase had left. There's no way he would have forgotten the guy.

Besides, the accent was kind of hard to forget too.

"Chase?" He can't help the grin. "Dude, you're back?"

[nocushywill.livejournal.com]

By now he's stopped being surprised whenever someone recognizes him. "Yeah, about a month ago. You're Hesam, right? I saw it on the roster." He lets out a somewhat sheepish smile then. "Sorry I don't remember you. But you can blame the castle for that."

[hesam-bb.livejournal.com]

"A month," he echoes, still pleased. "Man, it is so good to see you back here. And don't worry about the forgetting thing - you're only missing memories of you and I drinking beer and me being an idiot. Far as I'm concerned, you don't need to remember that."

He's so buzzed someone came back though, he might be bouncing a little on his feet. Just slightly. He's definitely babbling. "I'm a paramedic back home," he offers helpfully. "So you'll only see me in the clinic if I got nothing else on. I live on the same floor though. Can't believe I missed you coming back. You settled in okay?"

[nocushywill.livejournal.com]

Chase hasn't written a thing in the journal so far, and it has been behaving itself apparently. No accidental dictation or anything like that, which is probably why only a few people know of his return. "Yeah, I think so. It's been a good month." He puts his gym bag down and retrieves his water bottle from it.

"You waiting for someone?"

[hesam-bb.livejournal.com]

He rubs the back of his neck.

"Uh, yeah. I asked a few people to teach me some self-defense moves." He isn't sure if he wants to admit to Chase he got attacked, especially if this guy doesn't remember him.

"Thought it would be a good side thing to know around here."