As his fists approach my face I quickly analyse his stance and notice his plan to change his power and have me block his left hand that's aiming for my ribs and collect an even stronger hit to the head from his right hand. I make a tactical decision and cross my right hand over to the left, exposing my ribs to his left hand. His fist connects with my ribs which hurt like a bitch but my right hand grabs the wrist of his right hand as I turn on my heel and drive my left elbow into his face, the force knocking out a few teeth and hopefully giving him a concussion. He stumbles back and shakes his head probably trying to get rid of the ringing in his ears before charging straight at me.
'dumb move Rodney' I think to myself as he launches himself at me. An attack that would have surely ripped my midsection in half if I wasn't already running straight at him. At the last moment I plant my right leg on his head and launch off his head twisting in the air to see his face plant into the ground.
He gets up and charges for me as I get ready to hit him. Suddenly a strong set for arms wrap around me and hold me in place as Rodney approaches with his right arm ready to strike. Time slows down as I see the light reflecting off a piece of metal sticking out of his left hand. I look to the left to see Kat passed out on the floor. Blood rushes to my ears as my heartbeats faster. The reality of my mortality causing a tight pain in my chest as I struggle against Rodney's lackey's arm. I struggle enough to loosen his hands up a little and pull my arms out of his hold stretching them backwards and grabbing his head. I stick my hips out and use them as a sort of lever to throw Mr lackey over my shoulder and towards his boss.
Rodney sidesteps and launches himself at me with his right hand out not knowing that I already know about the threat in his left hand. I use my left hand to block his right and grab his left wrist before planting my feet on his chest and pushing lightly. I swear I didn't push him that hard. That 15ft tall oak tree was always uprooted. Rodney groans and tries to get back up so I pick up his knife which he so graciously dropped.
"Get up you bastard" I say as I grab his shirt which got torn when he decided to hug the tree.
"Please don't kill me" he says in his posh English as I press my blade into his neck and see some satisfying drops of blood rolling down his neck.
"Oh I'm not going to kill you. I'm just going to make your life a living hell" I say as I raise my knee up and drive it into his nuts. He immediately drops his arms to his nuts and makes a funny face as I let go of him and he falls to his knees groaning.
I turn around satisfied and approach Rodney's lackey. I grab him by the back of the head as he is on all fours and grab him till he's on his feet.
" I don't like it when people touch what's mine. You knocked my girl out and I can't overlook that so I'm going to have to return the favor" I say and then I wrap my arms around his neck putting him in a sleeper hold. He struggles for some time but eventually black out. I push him off and get up to my feet. I look at him for a second before taking 2 steps away and turning right back around and kicking him in the nuts too.
I go to check on Kat and some seconds later she start to wake up. She opens her eyes and looks around at the carnage I unleashed.
"Looks like I missed the party" she says as she rubs her neck where Rodney's lackey must have choked her. I carry her in my arms and start to take her inside when a groaning voice stops me in my tracks.
"Where do you think you're going you coward" Rodney says as he tries to get to his feet whilst clutching his bruised nuts.
I shake my head as I laugh at Rodney for just not knowing when to quit.
"I'll be back babe. I'm just going to murder that idiot back there" I say to Kat as I set her down carefully on a stone bench which miraculously didn't get destroyed during our fight.
I look at Rodney to see his fists up, I smile as I pull a karambit and approach him with a single purpose in mind. To kill this fucking idiot.
As I get closer I start to notice a few things wrong. Rodney's fists have gone back to his bruised nuts and he is making a funny face once again.
'well this is no fun' I think to myself as I grab his shirt and place my knife to his neck. Before I can make my usual threats my hands are pulled off of Rodney by more feminine hands. I turn to get in the face of whoever attacked me when I see Kris staring right back at me with tears in her eyes.
"What's wrong with you Ethan" she screams as her fists pound on my chest.
" It's alright, I wasn't going to hurt him" I say as I try to grab onto her hands.
" Just go " she says as she helps Rodney up to his feet and carries him into the house without so much as a glance in my direction.
I feel a storm brewing in me as I turn angrily to the tree beside me and punch it in half. Kat's hand on my shoulder calms the storm brewing inside me. I look into her eyes and then she does something we don't usually do. She hugs me.
Kat and I have always been wrapped up in desire. Our relationship was 99% about sex and 1% conversation. We've always been busy with our missions and we've never connected emotionally but that hug just broke through all that. It redefined our relationship and connected us totally.
We stand there for a while before going back inside the house and up to our room to sleep completely skirting the party and all the people who want to talk to us but that we don't want to talk to.
I wake up the next morning very early thanks to my nightmares. I look down to find Kat in my arms. For the first time we slept together with no shenanigans involved. I look at her peaceful face as she sleeps and in that moment I'd never seen anything more beautiful. The moment is soon over when she snorts and rolls over with a yawn. She opens her eyes slowly and blinks a few times before rubbing her eyes and seeing me.
"You know if you're going to start watching me sleep I'm eventually going to have to call the cops on you for being too creepy" she says as she grabs me by the neck and pulls me down for a kiss which I happily oblige to.
" Well looks like I'll be a regular in jail cause I don't plan on stopping anytime soon" I say as I kiss her again.
" You know this is the first time we've woken up together and I got to say it feels really good" she says with a smile
I snuggle into her body as she puts her head on my chest and closes her eyes as we enjoy the moment. We eventually decide to go down for some breakfast so we pad down the stairs. After putting on some clothes and by clothes I mean Kat put on my S.T.A.R labs sweatshirt with no pants and I put on sweatpants and no shirt.
We get into the kitchen and I sit on the high stool by the kitchen island while Kat pads around the kitchen sticking her cute ass out at intervals. As she looks for some ingredients for a sandwich in the freezer I can't hold it in anymore so I walk around and grab her ass which draws a shocked gasp out of her. She stands up as I grind into her.
"I was going to wait till after breakfast for some steamy shower sex but the way that you've been swinging your ass makes me want to skip breakfast and go straight to the sex" I whisper into her ear
She smiles and turns around " well nice of you to finally notice. I was scared that I'd have to rip my clothes off and straddle you before you'd notice that I want to have sex" she says as she massages the bulge in my pants.
" Well in that case..." I say with a smirk as I carry her and place her on the marble island counter shifting her lace panties aside and sliding into her. We start to move together, the intensity of the moment and the emotions we feel making every thrust sweeter.
As we continue we're suddenly interrupted by footsteps approaching the door. A second later as my dad, Kris and Rodney file into the kitchen all dressed up corporately, Kat and I are already seated sipping from two mugs.
"Good morning Dad, Hey Kris" I say as I hand Kat my mug which she drops in the sink alongside her own mugeven though they were never used and are still pretty clean.
"Hello son" my dad says with a smile as he sits down opposite me. Rodney on the other hand walks over to me and sticks his hand out.
"I just want to apologise for last night" he says which truly surprises me but is nothing compared to what he says next
"I know you were dealing with some stuff and that's why you attacked me unprovoked but I forgive you " he says as his hand still hover in the air.
My eyes start to turn gray when from the corner of my eye I spot Kris watching me for what I'm going to do. So I decide to be a good elder brother and take his hand but he pulls me up and hugs me.
"I really got to thank you. I had your sister touching my cock all night thanks to you. Who knows, next time I might fuck her cunt till she knows her place as my bitch" he whispers into my ear with a fake smile plastered on his face.
This time I don't let anything hold me back. I pull back my fists and punch the smug asshole in the face so hard that his nose is flattened by the impact. Dad and Kris rush to pull me off of him as I straddle him and lay punch after punch.
"That's it Ethan. Since this isn't working out your sister is going to live with Rodney in LA and that's final" my dad shouts at me.
" That's impossible" I say back to him as he helps Rodney get to his feet.
"It's already settled. Her bags are packed and she's leaving right now" my dad says as he walks Rodney to the door.
Kris walks up to me and hugs me before saying "I'm going to miss you Ethan"
"I'll miss you more. If you need anything call me I'll break you out of there in a heartbeat" I say as I kiss the top of her head. She eventually let's go and climbs into the car beside Rodney.
As the car drives off Rodney mouths one word at me 'checkmate'.