Fandom Into the fire (1x1 MzHyde/Gallifrog)

[_gallifrog_]

He nodded, she was correct, but it was a pretty basic move, so it wasn't that big an achievement "in essensce yes. I used the same feet movements as you would for a chimney climb to push me upwards. It is the angle of the ankle and the knee that propelled me upwards." He made a zig zag getsure, "this motion is more stable, its reduces the risk of falling."

But as with most things in life explaining it isn't as easy as actually doing it."Now why did I use my left leg first and not my right?" He asked, arms crossed, one eyebrow raised. He severly doubted Kay would know, this was his way of testing her.

 

[MzHyde]

Kay listened and nodded. What he said made sense to her. Then he went and threw a curve ball of a question and she honestly did try to rack her brains for the answer. It was evident she was thinking it through.

Sadly, the answer just didn't come to her. "Okay, you got me... Why?" She admitted, shoving her hands in her hoodie pocket. She hated admitting defeat as she was stupidly stubborn, but she had to nonetheless in this instance.

She was however, open to learning new things. She did wonder by his body language and facial expression if he was willing her to not know and got a strange kick out of her not knowing the answer.

 

[_gallifrog_]

She thought and thought and thought, but couldn't get the answer. Elliott wasn't expecting her to know. He may have gleaned a tiny bit of satisfaction from her not knowing, but he was mainly curious to see how far outside the box she would go looking for an answer. Parkour was about thinking on your feet after all. She admitted defeat, obviously a hard thing for her to do. The annoyance was writen all over her.

"It was kind of a trick question, you really couldn't have known the answer." Elliott replied, he help up his left hand and continued. "I'm a leftie, so I'm left foot dominant. You need to get the most strength possible out of that first push, so that you have enough momentum to get up the rest of the way. So you use the dominat foot, which is, in my case, my left."

 

[MzHyde]

She noticed his gleam when she didn't know the answer but she refused to let it get to her. She felt glad that it was a trick question and when he told her it was down to him being a leftie, she nodded. She didn't feel as bad not knowing the answer.

"Makes sense" she simply replied to him but truthfully answered. She was right handed so she made mental notes to use her right side for momentum. "Shouldn't be difficult to remember that" she thought to herself.

"What next?" She asked him. Not knowing the answer actually fuelled her determination more to do well. She was always that kind of person, difficult to break down.

 

[_gallifrog_]

He gestured at the corner "now you try it. I'll put a field up so if you fall, which everybody does when learning parkour by the way, you won't fall and do any serious damage."

Elliott learned parkour by getting extremely bashed up and bruised. He'd dislocated his shoulder at least three times and crushed some fingers too. For his first week or so, he had been covered in brusises, which he really could have done without. But as he had learned the hard way, pain is a good teacher, almost as good as practice. He was going to make Kay keep going until she could do it perfectly.

(Last post for today)

 

[MzHyde]

She nodded and walked to the corner. She looked up to calculate everything and familiarise herself with the height, angle of the corner and everything else. It's just how she worked.

"Okay, I'm ready" she said, waiting for him to put up a field then she rubbed her hands together and prepared herself. "Why did I agree to this again??" she thought to herself, now seeing the daunting task properly. Shaking those thoughts away, she used her right side to jump up, she managed to get to the wall at a decent enough height but she didn't quite push herself off with her left foot strong enough to get across. So she fell but landed on her feet.

That spurred her on. She hated failing, so she tried again... Again she fell, she scraped her hands this time but she just shook it off. Another try, success! She got to the other side but her push off to land behind Elliott was less than graceful. "Urgh...so close. Again!" She said, the determination she oozed was strong. Do she got back to her original position and tried again. It took her a few attempts but she quickly got the hang of it and landed the move. She nodded smiling, more to herself than Elliott.

 

[_gallifrog_]

Elliott watched, his eyes glowing blue, something that Kay would realise happened whenever he used magic. The colour would change depending on the type of magic or whether he was Mindwalking or not. He watched as she tried and failed, and tried again more times and failed again. She was determined, he'd give her that, but he wasn't entirely happy with her technique.

"Better, but I'd prefer if you got more clearance over the top of my head. Not every demon will be human sized. Try it again, but this time with four pushes off the wall, don't worry about the landing, concentrate on the height." was all he said. He was going to make sure she could do if perfectly, no matter what height was needed, the trick was of course to get a masssive amount of energy behind the first kick.

 

[MzHyde]

His glowing eyes didn't phase her in the slightest she found. Especially after what she saw of herself in the earlier mindwalk. She was just thankful he wasn't going easy on her because she wants to be better.

She looked at him as he spoke to her telling she needs redo. She took his advice on and nodded. Shaking her hands and taking a deep breath before exhaling to prepare, she got back to her original position. "Okay..four pushes then over..I can do this!" She thought to herself and the moment she was ready, she jumped up, using the same technique as before, taking on everything Elliott told her. She did three pushes, then started the fourth and lost her footing, she managed to grab onto a crack on the wall to stop herself from fully falling and continued to push herself up, gaining the height and jumped over Elliott, sticking the landing.

"Urgh..I CAN do this, let's go again" she said, really not happy that she lost her footing briefly.

 

[_gallifrog_]

Elliott watched her carefully, his eyes narrowing and scrutinising her movements, searching for any flaws in her technique that could be hinderering her success. She fell, but managed to catch herself instinctively, which was good. However she didn't achieve the four pushes.

"You need to run towards the wall at a sharper angle and focus the largest amount of energy into that first push, if you don't put enough energy in the initial push, you won't make it all the way up." He ran at the wall and demonstrated, consciously going slower than he normally did so that Kay could catch his movements. He arced over her head and landed on the balls of his feet.

 

[MzHyde]

Nodding, she watched Elliott demonstrate to her again. It's like it all clicked into place to her. "okay, I got this!" She said.

She got into position once more before deciding to remove her hoodie. Throwing it on the floor not caring if it got dirty, she felt just that bit lighter. "I can do this" she quietly muttered to herself. She ran at the wall corner and launched herself at the wall, pushing up and as she did the momentum all clicked into place. She practically flew up the wall four times before bouncing off of it, well over Elliott's head and landing on her feet.

She grinned feeling so much better about that run. She finally cracked it. "Finally" she breathed.

 

[_gallifrog_]

And this time she got it, she arced well over Elliott's head this time, and he was pleased with her technique too. He did notice her removing the hoodie and this made him frown slightly. Weight was a factor for parkour, anybody could master these moves while light, it took real skill to do them when weighed down.

But for now had to make sure it wasn't a fluke. He had a feeling she wouldn't like what he said next "Now do it five times perfectly in a row."

 

[MzHyde]

She wiped her forehead and felt glad she died her hair up earlier in the day. She didn't just remove her hoodie down to feeling weighed down, she was getting hot. She caught her breath and then Elliott threw in another curve ball and told her to do it five times in a row.

She sighed at the request before bucking up her ideas. "Sure...no problem." She said, with a slight tone in her voice that was malicious or sarcastic. But there was SOMETHING there. She just couldn't pin point the tone she used at all.

She went into position and mentally prepared for having to do it five times. "Let's do this! You got it girl" she muttered to herself. She ran toward the wall and yet again the actions came to her naturally, like she always knew how to do it. She pushed herself off the wall each time it was fluid, like she barely even touched the wall. Again, she flew over his head and landed on her feet.

"1 down, 4 to go" she thought to herself as she ran round and did the move again. "2" came her next thought, and so forth til she reached number five. Her legs were beginning feel heavy by this point but she refused to give in to the feeling. By the time she landed on number five, her feet wobbled and she knew she was gonna fall so she styled it out and did a tuck and roll, enabling her to get up steadily.

"Aaaand five!" She panted.

 

[_gallifrog_]

He watched, then nodded, "good" was all he said afterwards. It was obvious that she was tiring, they had after all been working for maybe two hours straight. Maybe now was a good opportunity for the two of them to eat something and then later on he would resume training. He knew John wouldn't be back for ages, and neither would Chas.

"c'mon, let's go get something to eat, you probabaly need it" He picked up his bag, turned away and began to walk out of the alleyway. He figured Kay would most likely follow. The wards would prevent her from re-entering the apartment anyway.

 

[MzHyde]

She managed to catch her breath as he said about taking a break and getting something to eat. It was then she realised she hadn't actually eaten for at least three days.

She ran to grab her hoodie and tied it round her waist before jogging to catch up to Elliott. "could say that again" she chimed. "Not eaten in like three days" she commented, not intending to actually say that last bit out loud at all. It just came out of her mouth before she could retract it. She would have eaten at John's but she felt awkward just rummaging through his fridge for food and before she even met John, she was too busy running away to find hideouts to even grab anything from a store. She just made sure to stay hydrated.

 

[_gallifrog_]

Her response surprised him slightly. Elliott had to eat, there was no way around it his powers relied on him having enormous amount of energy available. And lets just say that when he hadn't eaten the results were not pretty. It had once resulted in him being hospitalised for three weeks. "Some advice, don't bother looking for food in John's fridge, he never has anything. Just buy a whole load of stuff and keep it in the spare room."

Elliott always made sure to buy food when he was around, it was kind of his duty to make sure that there was actually something edible in the apartment. "So what do you feel like eating?"

 

[MzHyde]

She noticed his surprise when she remarked on how long it had. Unfortunately for her this wasn't a rare occasion. She'd go for days without food then gorge herself before settling into a normal eating pattern as much as she could. Then she'd go days again without food.

She smirked at his advice and did a single nod. "Good to know. I'll keep that in mind." She replied to him before he asked her what she felt like eating. It had been so long since someone asked that it got her thinking...what DID she want to eat? "I'm pretty laid back with food to be honest. I'd be happy eating anything!" She told him truthfully. "But I guess...something like burgers would be good!" She smiled.

If she was going to be going for good with this kid, she was determined to win his trust.

 

[_gallifrog_]

Burgers. Elliott could totally do that and he knew exactly where to go. For him there was only place in London to go to when it came to burgers. He even had an on-off job at points when he and John were really strapped for cash. He still had friends on staff, which meant discounts. "I know a good place"

They rounded the corner. A black and indigo motorbike was chained securely to the lampost outside the building. It was sleek, but strong "you'd better not have a problem with riding bikes, I don't have Chas on call, so it's either the bike or we walk."

 

[MzHyde]

She smiled when he mentioned about knowing a place. She felt so ready to eat a large amount of food. Her stomach was making that tightening hunger sensation just thinking about it.

"Don't have a problem at all with bikes." Came her reply as they rounded the corner. The bike was amazing to her. She always appreciated a good vechile whether it was a sleek looking bike or classic car. "She's a thing of beauty" she remark as she ran her fingers along the bike. "Somehow not surprised you're a bike guy. She suits you" she commented, glancing up at him and looking him in the eye with kindness.

 

[_gallifrog_]

Kay admiring the bike was unexpected, but appreciated. The bike had been a gift, partially Chas's idea, partially John's. The bike didn't look old, but Elliott had had her for years and wouldn't trade her for the world. He had gone through quite a few paint jobs before deciding on the understated black and indigo. "Thanks, here take this" He held out a helmet. "I'll be metaphorically killed if you get injured."

He unlocked the bike, and shoved the lock and chain away. He gestured for Kay to get on after him.

 

[MzHyde]

Kay took the helmet from him when he offered it to her. She couldn't help but register his reaction to her admiring the bike. It was always the same. Even when she was younger guys would thrown off guard when she spoke or admired such things. No one took her for the petrol head type of girl and she loved the fact she was surprising in that subject matter.

She chuckled when he said he'd be in trouble if she got injured as she got the distinct feeling it was indeed true. She climbed on the bike behind him and put her helmet on. She secured it on her by the strap making sure it didn't budge and wrapped her arms around him, lifting her feet up in preparation. This was s clear sign it wasn't for her first time as a passenger on a bike.

 

[_gallifrog_]

As soon as he knew she was on and felt her arms around his waist, he took off. Elliott wasn't a dangerous driver as such, but he was closer to road racer than regular driver. Even with the addotion of a passenger he found himself slipping into a racing position. His whole become shifted into a more streamlined position, his head down, his hair flying behind him, his elbows locked, as did his knees.

London traffic wasn't an issue, he simply wove around everything, enraging motorists, but sticking to exactly the speed limit so he couldn't be pulled over by the police. He had also got Chas to teach him shortcuts, so the journey did involve him swerving sideways into alleyways. It was clear that he was enjoying himself.

Ten minutes later he pulled up outside a grey rendered building. The sign simply read "Macs" in plain font. The outside gave no clue as to what the inside would be like, it was hard to tell it was even a restraunt. Elliott locked up, then gestured for Kay to enter first.

Inside the walls were covered in writing. Some was done in marker, some in spray paint and some in crayon. There were quotes, drawings and in one case even some scribbled song lyrics. There were all kinds of handwriting on the walls. The tables were wooden, as were the chairs, and they ould be easily moved to clear out the floor. A projector hung from the ceiling along with a whole jumble of different coloured lights.

"Jayzus, Mary, Joseph and the bleedin' donkey! The wanderer returns!" was yelled out in a thick Irish accent as soon as Elliott entered. The owner of the accent was twentyyear old male with spiky red hair and yellow-green eyes.

 

[MzHyde]

She held on tightly for safety reasons but she loved the feel of the air rushing passed her. She truly felt alive in that moment. If he was anyone else she would have no doubt leaned forward as he did, but she didn't. She found herself smiling inside the helmet, and as he swerved round corners she linked her fingers together around his waist. It did pull her forward a bit despite her not wanting to.

When they got to Mac's, she got off the bike and remove her helmet, placing it on his bike. She was glad her hair was tied up as otherwise she'd no doubt would need to sort it out. Looking at the outside she was surprised she never came across this place before but as she walked in when he let her in first and gazed around. "So cool" she muttered.

She adores these kind of places. It comes from having an artsy background. Then an Irish voice broke her out of her gazing and looked to where it was coming from. She quickly realised this person knew Elliott well.

 

[_gallifrog_]

Elliott's face split into a grin, he was clearly delighted to see the Irish guy. "A.J. it has only been two months since I saw you last." He replied in mock complaint, holding out his hand for a fistbump, which the Irish guy immediately returned before asnwering "Two months, seventeen days to be precise."

Elliott rolled his eyes, A.J's love of things being precise could be considered annoying at times, but it was just part of who he was. "I'm here for food A.J, not a lecture. Can you provide me with such a thing or not?" "Yes, yes, I can. You want to eat in here or in the back room?" "Ask John's guest, not me" he asnwered gesturing at Kay. The word guest was a codeword that conveyed to A.J. exactly what Kay's reason for being with him was.

He turned to Kay "this A.J., mandatory crazy Irish guy and a long time friend who never shuts up. You want to eats in the retsraunt itself or in the backroom?" A.J. grinned by way of greeting

 

[MzHyde]

She watched as the two of them chatted and caught up with each other. It was nice to see Elliott smile.

She did think it was a bit odd to just introduce her as a guest of John's but she just let it slide. All she cared about right now was food. She smiled back at AJ in greeting. "Here is fine" she said still smiling. "I'm fascinated by the art on the walls" she admitted with a chuckle.

 

[_gallifrog_]

A.J. pulled out a selection of markers from the extremly baggy cargo trousers he was wearing "go nuts on the walls, but make it original, yeah? Menus over there" he gestured at a black board with the menu written on it in chalk. "Elliott, you're taking the usual, yeah?" "Most definitely"

Elliott took a marker from A.J., grabbed a chair and pulled it over to the wall and climbed up on it. He started to write, his handwriting jagged and slanted.