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Allegiances 2 – To fight like a Klingon
by Soghla' Marie St. Helene & Eredh Hay'legh
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Hay'legh was easy to find. Marie waited until she was off-duty then went straight to her quarters.
Hay’Legh’s eyes flicked open at the impatient knocking at her door. Cocking her head slightly, the Rihan starched the cramped muscles in her neck before rising to her feet in one fluid motion. Neck and shoulder muscles always make you pay for neglecting your stretching exercises.
She frowned as the offending knocking sound came again, though louder this time.
“Who is it?” She called.
What does she want? Hay’Legh thought as she banged hard on the control to open the door – She will have to remember to get Tell to look at it sometime, the thing had been playing up lately…
Marie fretted. Maybe I shouldn't have stressed my new rank so much. Maybe she feels.... No, there's no way Hay'legh is going to feel intimidated by me so.... Maybe she feels I'm so far beneath her that.... She shook her head. Get a grip! You're as good as any of them – Klingon or Romulan. If she thinks you're beneath her, good. Listen and wait and use it against her. That's what you're good at.
Finally, the door opened. Hay'legh stood across the room. Her face did not present a particularly inviting persona. That was something Marie was well used to in her line of work. She adopted the method she found best in such situations – plough ahead and let the other person make the mistakes.
"Hay'legh, May'bel suggested I talk to you. He thinks you can teach me how to fight like a Klingon. I doubt it. I don't think anyone could do that but I do think you can teach me how to beat a Klingon. Now that I'm an officer I have a BeQ breathing down my neck. Right now I could possibly beat him but only because he's likely to underestimate a mere human. I need to do more than that. I need to let him know that he's not ever going to beat me."
The Rihan raised an eyebrow in surprise and then muttered Klingons are so uncouth, their way of promotion is so uncivilised under her breath. She gestured to Marie to take a seat if she chose.
“The only thing to know about fighting like a Klingon is how to use brute force.” Hay’Legh glanced at the human. “That is something you clearly do not possess – not against a Klingon and not against myself either. Which means that you will have to actually use what is contained in here.” Hay’Legh deliberately tapped an index finger against Marie’s forehead.
"I am willing to learn – with both body and brain."
"Are you now... Tell me - what do you consider to be your strengths?" Hay'Legh asked as she stepped away from the woman. "And then tell me what you know about Klingon physiology."
"Strength," Marie replied, deliberately misquoting Hay'legh. "As you pointed out, I don't have any. As for Klingons, not only are they bred tough but they have a redundant physiology. So it's no good trying to take one out by damaging his organs. And a good swift blow to the head wouldn't make much difference to most of them either ."
Hay'legh did not respond – not in words, anyway. A leg shot out, catching Marie unawares. Pain shot through the back of her leg and she felt herself pitching over. The force of hitting the deck jolted her spine, sending a new wave of pain through her. Before she could react, Hay'legh had kicked her in the side. Her kidneys felt like they were on fire.
Brute force. Yes, that was brutal. From here there was only one way to go. The lessons would be long and hard and she'd probably to black and blue all over but Marie St. Helene was determined that she was going to learn and that, one day, she would pay Hay'legh back for that little demonstration.
by Soghla' Marie St. Helene & Eredh Hay'legh
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| Title | To fight like a Klingon | |
| Mission | Allegiances 2 | |
| Author(s) | Soghla' Marie St. Helene & Eredh Hay'legh | |
| Posted | Mon Apr 18, 2011 @ 5:06am |
Hay’Legh’s eyes flicked open at the impatient knocking at her door. Cocking her head slightly, the Rihan starched the cramped muscles in her neck before rising to her feet in one fluid motion. Neck and shoulder muscles always make you pay for neglecting your stretching exercises.
She frowned as the offending knocking sound came again, though louder this time.
“Who is it?” She called.
What does she want? Hay’Legh thought as she banged hard on the control to open the door – She will have to remember to get Tell to look at it sometime, the thing had been playing up lately…
Marie fretted. Maybe I shouldn't have stressed my new rank so much. Maybe she feels.... No, there's no way Hay'legh is going to feel intimidated by me so.... Maybe she feels I'm so far beneath her that.... She shook her head. Get a grip! You're as good as any of them – Klingon or Romulan. If she thinks you're beneath her, good. Listen and wait and use it against her. That's what you're good at.
Finally, the door opened. Hay'legh stood across the room. Her face did not present a particularly inviting persona. That was something Marie was well used to in her line of work. She adopted the method she found best in such situations – plough ahead and let the other person make the mistakes.
"Hay'legh, May'bel suggested I talk to you. He thinks you can teach me how to fight like a Klingon. I doubt it. I don't think anyone could do that but I do think you can teach me how to beat a Klingon. Now that I'm an officer I have a BeQ breathing down my neck. Right now I could possibly beat him but only because he's likely to underestimate a mere human. I need to do more than that. I need to let him know that he's not ever going to beat me."
The Rihan raised an eyebrow in surprise and then muttered Klingons are so uncouth, their way of promotion is so uncivilised under her breath. She gestured to Marie to take a seat if she chose.
“The only thing to know about fighting like a Klingon is how to use brute force.” Hay’Legh glanced at the human. “That is something you clearly do not possess – not against a Klingon and not against myself either. Which means that you will have to actually use what is contained in here.” Hay’Legh deliberately tapped an index finger against Marie’s forehead.
"I am willing to learn – with both body and brain."
"Are you now... Tell me - what do you consider to be your strengths?" Hay'Legh asked as she stepped away from the woman. "And then tell me what you know about Klingon physiology."
"Strength," Marie replied, deliberately misquoting Hay'legh. "As you pointed out, I don't have any. As for Klingons, not only are they bred tough but they have a redundant physiology. So it's no good trying to take one out by damaging his organs. And a good swift blow to the head wouldn't make much difference to most of them either ."
Hay'legh did not respond – not in words, anyway. A leg shot out, catching Marie unawares. Pain shot through the back of her leg and she felt herself pitching over. The force of hitting the deck jolted her spine, sending a new wave of pain through her. Before she could react, Hay'legh had kicked her in the side. Her kidneys felt like they were on fire.
Brute force. Yes, that was brutal. From here there was only one way to go. The lessons would be long and hard and she'd probably to black and blue all over but Marie St. Helene was determined that she was going to learn and that, one day, she would pay Hay'legh back for that little demonstration.