Training and stuff (Martin)

[jdmthe1st]

(IC: Antonio's home is two stories tall but almost nobody can see where he lives because his uncle bought it out in the middle of nowhere. The home actually has 5 floors. There are 3 basement level floors as well just as big as the 1st and 2nd floors. How they are still holding up are still being questioned even today.)


Antonio relized today was saturday. He didnt remember what happened friday. He lost a match on friday. He knows the only day he can really lose his mask is tuesday. Friday is more of a free fighting thing with no staged performances. He lost against some martial arts expert but the match went on for forty minutes. Antonio was lucky that he was just pinned and not knocked out.

Antonio got out his cell phone and called Martin. He pushed the speed dial because he was too lazy to even bother remembering his whole number. But instead of pushing 11 he pushed 12 on his speed dial and he did not know it. (Antonio's text is in bold for this conversation.)

"Hey Martin how are............"

"Welcome to Subway! How may I help you?"

"Uhhh well actually I am kind of hungry. But Im on a diet, so I am going to get a bunch of subs because I have a friend coming over and my family is probably going to want to eat."

"Sure no problem. Its going to take awhile. Who will be picking this up?"

Antonio joked with the guy on the phone and said"I got people."

The guy on the phone knowing that was from the H&R block commercial jokes back "You got people?"

"I got people. Just like in that stupid commercial."

The guy on the phone laughs and says "Ok I will look for people. Under what name?"

Antonio thinks of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and says "The Wyld Stallyns."

The guy on the phone says in excitement "EXCELLENT!" then he pretends hes playing the air guitar note.

Then Antonio explains how he wants the subs and then says goodbye and hangs up. He asks one of his guards to go get the subs. He calls Martin and make sure he speed dials the right number.

"Hey Martin! Make your way over to my home. Yeah the address is.........."

Antonio tells him the address and then he says:

"We got subs coming in from subway too. I just sent one of my guys out to get them. I could have bought torpedoes but that would have took forever. Plus I dont think torpedoes are edible at least last time I checked they werent. Anyways see you soon!"

Antonio hangs up and he puts on his mask. He waits near the front door of his uncle's mansion for Martin to come by.

[Martin Tome]

Martin was at one point of the day relay tired but that all changed as soon as he remembered that Antonio was going to help him with training today. After school he headed directly to one of his many "part-time jobs" and then straight to Antonio's. He had gotten the address earlier, and was now at the front door.
He knocked and walked in, laying his jacket on a chair along with his stupid subway hat that he was forced to wear.

"Thanks for having me over! Jeez, its been a big day! My "boss" got mad at me because I was talking to costumers instead of making these subs that where-"

Martin noticed the subs.

"You wouldn't have happened to have been on the phone with a guy at sub-way who did a relay lame air guitar solo in the middle of everything would 'ya? Sigh, never mind, any ways moving right along... where should we start? OH! I brought that cool little thing that you punch one end and the other comes at you, It's kinda heavy, mind helping' me with it? "

[jdmthe1st]

You wouldn't have happened to have been on the phone with a guy at sub-way who did a relay lame air guitar solo in the middle of everything would 'ya?

"Yeah. Is he a friend of yours or was that you? I called Subway and then your cell phone. Ah not a big deal."

Antonio looked around and took off his mask. Nothing special really. He was just a normal person like everyone else. He helped Martin and said to him

"Dont tell people you know what I look like. People actually want to pay to see my face which is kind of weird. Anyways we are training in the 3rd level of the basement. We have to take an elevator to get down there. The stairs we use if the elevator is broke and its easy to bring stuff down using the elevator because there are at least hundreds of stairs going down and falling down them sucks."

Antonio led Martin helping him carry his training equipment over through a couple rooms to the elevator. Antonio pushed a button on a painting that almost looked invisible and the wall that looked solid started to split in half. The elevator door was well blended with the wall.

Antonio helped with Martin and pushed B3 on the elevator. The elevator took them down to the 3rd floor of the basement which is underground. Basically its 3 floors up from the surface but oxygen was not a problem since there were vents underground. On the third floor was a large gym. It was at least a couple hundred feet in both directions. Lots of fitness machines, a pool, a couple of wrestling rings and even a private 6 lane bowling alley.

"Yeah just set it down here. This is where I train. If there is anyone down here they usually help out with training me. I train at least 3-4 hours a day that I am not wrestling on."

[Martin Tome]

"Yeah, i know him, he was writing down your order and then randomly did a guitar solo. I got yelled at because I was supposed to be making your order but I was talking on the phone with you."

Martin lifted the large wooden object and carried it to the elevator, Antonio took off his mask and opened the elevator.
'so thats Antonio without his mask eh?'

"Don't worry, I wont go spreading your face all around campus. Nice place dude! Ha, and an elevator."

This was all very amusing to Martin. An elevator, with 3 levels of basements? cool. On arriving to the 3rd level Martin placed down the large wooden object. He rubbed his hands from holding the object all the way. He looked at the object and gave one of the sticks on it a punch, a stick on the opposite side quickly swung around and got martin on the cheek. Then rubbed it sorely.

"Ow! jeez, i gotta watch that thing."

Martin stretched a little bit, then set on a determined grin. He narrowed his eyes and struck the wooden arm, a another arm came from his left and he struck it, then the right, they where getting faster now, finally he took to much time turning to hit the right one and got smacked hard right in the face.

"Heh, you 'outta try this thing Antonio! Its pretty fun 'till you get slapped in the face that is."

[jdmthe1st]

"Yeah Im going to like it but I dont want to kill myself with that yet. I dont even know if I can do something like that. But we have a bunch of stuff here right now. Oh you ever felt what its like to be in the ring? Come up over here! Its awesome going into the ring with people watching but going in even for a first time."

Antonio used the stairs to get in the ring but instead of going in through the ropes he jumped right on top of the turnbuckle from the stairs then down into the ring. He started running then getting pushed off the ropes.

"Hey just try getting pushed by the ropes though. But dont let the word rope confuse you. These ones ARE made of actual rope but the some rings have steel cables and they are unsafe sometimes."

Antonio wanted to see what Martin thought of being in the ring. Then maybe he would give a couple of pointers about fighting in a small space like this. But he wouldnt actually fight Martin. If Antonio needed to do a demo for Martin, he would call down one of his trainers. The trainers dont have to do anything except stay in the house and they get paid. But whenever Antonio needs them he expects them to be down where they are in a good ammount of time.

[Martin Tome]

Martin stepped away from the wooden... thing... while rubbing his face as he walked toward the ring.

'note to self: never get on a roll like that and then get hit in the face.'

Martin stood awkwardly on the ring. He was instantly grinning from ear to ear at this new experience.

"Hey! This is pretty cool!"


Martin jumped up and down

"Hah! So you have to fight on this thing every Tuesday and Friday? That seems like fun if you ask me! Mmmm but if you take it really seriously this could be a hard place to fight on..."

Martin's eyes narrowed and he examined the ring for real now.

"Its a pretty small space, the floor and the ropes all feel strange, to fight in them could be a large difference than fighting out of them. Also, it seems like you wont be as hurt if you take a fall or something, but in this area, a fall could set you up for allot of hits. Then again if you fall your opponent is also vulnerable to lower attacks. Heh, i can't really see fighting in this thing being easy."

Hey just try getting pushed by the ropes though. But don't let the word rope confuse you. These ones ARE made of actual rope but the some rings have steel cables and they are unsafe sometimes."

Martin touched the ropes, then ran at them and threw himself at them, he was rebounded into the ring.

"Mmmm the ropes keep you in the ring, but i can see using them as an advantage in a fight. Steel cables eh? Nope, that doesn't sound to safe at all."

Martin grinned again.

"Now how do you exactly fight on this thing?"

[jdmthe1st]

"Ropes help in more ways then one. In other countries they have wrestling rings I think 10-20 feet up from the ground without ropes. So if you fall, oh well. As for the ring I dont fight in this exact ring. I wish I did. Rings are different. The one I fight in feels even smaller than this one. Friday I fight in a steel cage sometimes. Sometimes its the ring. But my job isnt far from my home at all which is cool."

Antonio paused and picked up his cell phone and held up his index finger to signal to wait. He said "Hey watch this. Intercom."

"Attention please. Can I get a trainer down here pronto? Thank you."

Then Antonio hung up his cell phone and a trainer was down in 2 minutes. He was a big guy but not too big. He said to Antonio

"Whatcha need boss?"

"Im going to show him a couple of ways to fight in a concealed space using what I know. Just bear with me."

"No problem boss."

"So there are ways you can fight using ropes Martin. Stand over near that turnbuckle so you dont crash into us."

Antonio says to his trainer

"Ok he is going to try to charge me. Watch how I can use the ropes as a weapon."

Antonio signals his trainer charge at him and Antonio doesnt do anything until his trainer is in the center of the ring still charging. Antonio turns around, faces the ropes and jumps on the ropes and does a moonsault (basically a backflip) and it knocks his trainer to the ground. They both get back up.

"Thats one example. Heres how you can use the turnbuckle if he charges at me."

Antonio quickly heads over to the turnbuckle and it almost seems like he isnt ready for his trainer to charge at him. But he is ok. He steps to the left and the trainer runs into the turnbuckle. Antonio drops to the ground on his back and uses his left arm to try to pin his trainer.

"This is a clever pin right here. One of my favorite pins. If the ref counts to three its over. You ok pal?"

"Yeah Im okay boss."

"Heres one that would work against an opponent on the street."

Antonio has his trainer charge at him and Antonio charges. Anotonio quickly drops to the ground and uses both of his legs as a scissor kick. His legs trip the trainers body forward first. Antonio climbs the turnbuckle quick and says

"Hey can you take a turnbuckle jump right now?"

"Yeah Im good. Dont worry about me."

"Watch how much air I get Martin."

Antonio leaps from the top of the turnbuckle and has his arms out like a firefly. Antonio gains about 15 feet of air in total and lands right on the back of his trainer. He flips him over and goes for a pin.

"You ok?"

"Im still fine."

"Ok Im all set you can go take a break. So Martin thats how you fight in a ring. I can show you some cool stuff for the street but it wouldnt be anything like that. I would have to train you outside the ring because I have mats too and the mats are safer than the ring."

[Martin Tome]

Martin watched as Antonio pulled out his phone and suddenly an intercom went off inside the building. Martin grinned.

"ha ha! An intercom."

A big guy came in and got into the ring. Antonio did a series of tackles and jumps from the rope, taking down his enemy. It seemed to Martin that Antonio used more of the rope and the ring than his fists and his kicks.

"Mmmm, It seems like you never actually use just bear fists and kicks, you use your opponent's power, weight, and the ropes to bring him down. So when you fight out of the ring, isn't that a little awkward or difficult for you?"

So Martin thats how you fight in a ring. I can show you some cool stuff for the street but it wouldn't be anything like that. I would have to train you outside the ring because I have mats too and the mats are safer than the ring."

Martin grinned yet again.

"What exactly do you mean by 'cool stuff for the street'?"

This was getting interesting.

[jdmthe1st]

"Mmmm, It seems like you never actually use just bear fists and kicks, you use your opponent's power, weight, and the ropes to bring him down. So when you fight out of the ring, isn't that a little awkward or difficult for you?"

Antonio thought to himself because it was a good question.

'Do I really do that? I dont use enough strikes or kicks? Maybe hes right but then again more fans came to see my acrobatics not just strikes and kicks.'

"Martin you are right. Thank you for pointing that out. But on tuesday its more of an entertainment thing. Its staged because my boss says 'Ok one of you is going to win, one of you is going to lose.' Its all based on popularity and jumping techniques and the grappling I do draws in people. I really could care less about the money, I just want to make sure I can do this forever. The reason I try to get alot of friends to help is not because I enjoy popularity and I enjoy money. I just want to keep the traditions alive because that would suck if I lost a mask match. As long as I have my fans and family supporting me every time I step foot into the ring, I have nothing to lose. Usually the popular guys win maybe four matches then lose once. I usually win five or six matches out of eight in a possible month. I lose two to three matches. Most of them I lose are a part of tuesday where its fixed. Meaning when I fight in an unstaged environment like on friday, I usually win."

"What exactly do you mean by 'cool stuff for the street'?"

Antonio picked up his cell phone went on the intercom again.

"Brad can you get out here? Jim just had to deal with me and I dont want him to get hurt. Thats all. Thank you."

Brad came down. He wasnt a big guy like Jim but he was somewhat taller than Antonio. Antonio said to Martin

"Hey Brad. Thanks for making it down. We are talking about practical street techniques here. If you can throw in anything, I dont care if its Muay Thai, Japanese Jujitsu, Brazilian Jujitsu, Chin-Na, Shaolin Kempo Kung Fu, Shaolin Kempo Karate, Escrima, Boxing or Judo. Just anything you can show him."

Brad sums up something really quick and he has Antonio do something.

"Ok when Antonio comes at my with his luchador techniques they are really hard to get out of the way sometimes. His speed is insane even outside of the ring but all his attacks though arent stand up. When you are on the street, chances are someone is going to attack you with "stand up" stuff. Antonio knows a couple things about standup even though he doesnt use it very often in the ring."

Antonio sticks out his tongue just as a joke and they both laugh.

"The most common attack on the street is a front choke. Say Antonio chokes me."

Antonio goes to choke Brad.

"Now I push his hands down as close to me as possible but I step back with one leg at the same time."

Brad pushes down Antonio's hands while stepping back and Antonio's balance is shifted forward extremely but he is still standing. Then Brad says

"Now from here you use your hands to get behind his head and then you knee him in the head. But dont interlock your fingers. Law enforcement like the police like to make you do that when they make you put hands behind your head. Its so you cant escape. If he gets out of the grab Im in my hands are stuck together. But if I grab behind his head just with two palms and he does get out. Now my hands are back on guard. Does that make sense?"

Brad does the rest of the technique and then he says to Martin

"Ok you can try on him now. Then I will show you a couple more off different attacks."

Antonio said to Martin

"Ok Im going to choke you from the front. Just take your time."

[Martin Tome]

"Alright Antonio if you insist. Wow, seeing this style, it makes me think how foreign my style seems."

Martin walked toward Antonio, he placed his hands on his hips and did one more stretch backward then began to size up Antonio and think about how exactly he was going to do this.

'This could be hard. He is allot bigger than me, Yeesh can i even reach his head? Calm down Martin, the bigger they are'

-martin hit his fist against his open hand.-

'The harder i hit. i could simply kick him with a snap kick in the gut but I am here to learn another way to beat down, besides kicks leave me to open if i don't finish them right.'

Martin's eyes narrowed, the blood lust was rising, he could feel his nerves being shot, the hair on the back of his neck stood up. These where the feelings he lived for.

Antonio began to choke Martin. Martin did as he saw, he pushed Antonio's hands down and grabbed the back of his head but only brought his knee half way then let go and took a step back. Martin grinned. Slowly but surely he knew he was going to be even stronger than he was before.

[jdmthe1st]

Antonio had his arms up just to make sure even if the knee went in, it would only hit his arms and not his face. Antonio thought of something else. He asked Brad something.

"Brad show him how to get past a hook. The kind that is used by really dumb people for knocking off a head in one shot."

Brad remembers a technique and it goes a little more towards jujitsu. He says

"Ok Martin. Heres are two techniques are getting past a hook. Now chances are you arent up against a boxer on the street. But alot of people who get into fights like to use this hook. Antonio show him the wrong way to throw a hook."

Antonio had his arm all the way back and flung it. The hook had alot of power but it was also easy to get by.

"People use that kind of hook for a knockout on the street. But the better way to do a hook that they wont do is this."

Antonio assumes a boxing stance and he throws a hook but his arm doesnt go all the way from his back. Instead the hook is thrown right from the guard. It might have less power but it can hit way more often.

"That hook is the one a boxer will use because its quick and it still does damage but not a one hit knock out. For the hook stupid people use first duck under it but step forward at the same time. "

Antonio throws a wide hillybilly like hook with his right and Brad steps under it while going forward.

"Now I am right behind him and his hook may still be going. All you have to do is keep sending him where he wants to go by rotating the rest of his body."

Brad puts his each hand on each shoulder of Antonio while he is behind him. His right hand is on Antonio's right shoulder. His left hand is on the left shoulder. He pushes the right shoulder out and pulls the left shoulder in. As a result Antonio falls. Brad does the technique one more time and Antonio swings. Brad ducks under, redirects Antonio and Antonio spins to the ground.

"And after you can throw a strike or since your knee is right near him."

Brad drops his right knee on Antonio's stomach

"You can just drop a knee too since its closer to the ground than your arm. Try that Martin."

[Martin Tome]

All the information was definitely starting to climb into Martin's brain. But more than just fighting, he now figured that most of the people he would meet on the street wouldn't be skilled in some Japanese style like he was, the thugs who punctured his lung had attacked just like Antonio was showing him not to do. Martin was begging to see outside the box. Fighting is supposed to have a flow, the way those two attacked him was not a flow, it was a sign that he was truly not even thinking about his style. This new style was now slowly chipping away at the wall blocking his mind and body from his style, soon he would break through it, by seeing more and more of the flow. Then he would be back to his normal self. Martin took position on the ring again. He ducked under the hook while still walking forward. He grabbed Antonio by his shoulders and twisted him to the ground, as he had seen before. but now that Antonio was on the ground Martin, instead of dropping his knee, rose his heel into the air then down stopping right above Antonio's nose. Martin was better at stand up fighting, this was better.

"heh, is it alright that i put in a kick like that instead of the knee? I'm used to kicks and punched, along with elbows, but knees are new to me, if i drop one i wont know how to fall onto it."

[jdmthe1st]

"heh, is it alright that i put in a kick like that instead of the knee? I'm used to kicks and punched, along with elbows, but knees are new to me, if i drop one i wont know how to fall onto it."

Brad responded back with Antonio still on the ground

"You could do that but they could also grab your leg and pull you down with them. Your leg only has so much strength alone. Why did I pick a knee? Well for one the closer something is to your body, the much more powerful it is going to be. Knees and elbows are closer to your center of gravity so they will be much more powerful. Plus if you lean down a drop a knee and even if they pull you down the knee is still going on top of them and your body gets dropped down with the knee as well. Its going to suck if it misses but if it hits uh you way what like 140 pounds or something right? Imagine 140 pounds going down with your knee on someones face. You dont need that much weight to break their nose or cause injury. Thats why I use a knee. You could use a kick but the kick wouldnt have much weight on it and it they grab it you wouldnt fall down on their face with your heel stomp. But with a knee it would still go down. Does that make sense?"

Antonio actually came up with a technique that he remembered but he rarely used it in his matches or even on the street but it would work.

"Hey Brad let me teach for a second. I remember a technique we talked about before this."

"Sure no problem Antonio. You want me to demo with a hook?"

"Yeah sure."

"When he throws a hook you can also block it but you have to block it at the right time."

Antonio brought both of his arms upward to stop the hook.

"I cant do this because he can muscle his way out. Resist Brad."

Brad pushed his hook and Antonio got caught off balance even with the block up there but he did not fall.

"See his arm was already so close to me. It was too late. But what if I blocked it sooner?"

Antonio blocked the hook from the right again but Brad's arm was further back, almost near the wind up position he had started from.

"Lets see if he can muscle me still. Resist Brad."

Brad put as much resistance as he could on it but Antonio didnt move at all.

"See I target a different muscle group and for Brad he cant even push me 1 cm at full strength. Now watch this carefully."

Antonio's block turned into an arm grab and he yanked Brad's arm towards Antonio's left. Antonio stepped in with his right leg behind Brad's right leg and then used a trip with the same right leg and Brad fell. Antonio asked for him to throw the hook again, Antonio blocked it, caught it and pulled towards his left then he said

"You see how his balance is already? His right is the only side thats really trying to stay up. Look at his left side. Theres no balance there and when I trip him it becomes a piece of cake. Lets try that."

[Martin Tome]

"You could do that but they could also grab your leg and pull you down with them."

"Yeah but see, the kind of kick I did was a drop of the heel, its specifically made to beat down someone who is already down, the way I struck and the speed I used along with the fact that my opponent is now on the ground and probably hasn't completely recovered from that yet, gives it a pretty good chance of working. Now if I miss, I can just turn on the heel and I'm good to go."

Martin got back up onto the ring, he blocked the hook, then stepped behind and put his foot around his enemy's and threw him down. It was getting easier and easier to fight. He went back down and started to hit the spinning-wooden-thing as he had not found out what people call it.

[jdmthe1st]

Brad finally came up with one last topic

"Ok last thing you can learn for today is defense versus a couple of kicks. Say Antonio comes in with a front kick."

Antonio comes in with a front kick but Brad catches it with both hands then pushes up and takes a couple steps forward quickly. Antonio fell over.

"That one is a piece of cake. All that is happening is Im redirecting his leg up further than it can go and he will fall backwards and he might hit his head. If its real bad he will damage his hamstring as well. Heres another one."

Antonio throws a roundhouse kick with his right and from Brad's point of view, he blocks towards left with his right hand near his shoulder and his whole left arm is covering his left side with the left hands palm facing outward. The kicks damage is reduced. Brad quickly uses his left arm and traps the kick. Brad moves in towards Antonio while still holding on to his kick. Brad takes his right hand and grabs Antonio's right shoulder and then he positions his right leg for another trip again.

Antonio gets back up and Antonio says

"Ok thats good. You shouldnt get him too much at once. Thank you Brad. Go run a marathon or something pal. Great work."

"Thank you sir."

Brad leaves and Antonio looks around for things Martin can do.

"Hey what does that wooden thing of yours do? It looks interesting."

[Martin Tome]

Martin watched the defence, it was about throwing his opponent off ballance.

Hey what does that wooden thing of yours do? It looks interesting."

Martin grinned.

"You hit one side and it rotates, sending the other side at you, then you hit that one, but you propoply hit it harder than before so now the 1st one comes at you faster, you keep going and keep going. If you loose the track and you cant block it or hit it fast enough you will get struck. I've been thinking about it and I think i have thought of a way to make it stop spining when i get it going realy fast. Check it out."

Martin walked over to the contraption. he struck out with his right hand sending the wooden arm on the other side spinning at him. Then he struck that side, he continued this pattern untill finaly he pulled his left arm back as far as he could and punched the right arm. then he brought out his right arm and hit the left hand with all his might, a series of splinters and blood fell to the floor. Martin looked at his knuckles, they where bloody.

"Ow... well yeah... that how you...ow... do it... just try not to hit it like I did."

[jdmthe1st]

Antonio hit the left side then the right came flying and he hit the right. Antonio kept up for about 30 seconds then the left came at him too fast for Antonio to respond. Antonio ducked to avoid getting hit in the head and the device slowed down.

"Geez that thing is scary. I have a thing just like that you can take home if you want. Its even lighter but you dont hit it at all. This thing Im a pro at doing.............at least I think so."

Antonio directed Martin to a device hooked up by two metal poles on the wall about a foot apart. There was a cord running from the floor to the top of each metal pole. There was a rubber ball in the middle about the size of a basketball. The cords formed and x pattern so the ball would be forced to move one way then the other.

"Your machine you can cheat kinda but you have to hit yours in order for it to work. But this one you cant hit and you cant cheat it because if you dont move left or right the ball is going to hit you and its going to feel really bad. It might give you a headache afterwards. It did for me. Pull the ball back actually that would give you too much time to respond. Hang on."

Antonio got a little upset and he called on the intercom again

"Can I have someone down here to pull the ball for me? Thanks."

A man rushed down and he helped Antonio by pulling the ball back so if Antonio didnt dodge the first time around, he would get knocked back.

"Ok on my signal. Watch this Martin."

Antonio held up a finger to signal a wait then dropped it. The ball came flying at Antonio and he moved to the left. The ball sprung back and moved to the left, Antonio moved right then Antonio repeated the same thing for a minute then caught the ball as it died out.

"You want to try? If you do I can have the guy pull it for you. I do this a couple minutes a day. It helps with real life and wrestling because once you see something coming you have to move quick."

[Martin Tome]

Martin watched Antonio's helper pull back the ball. It zipped forward and Antonio dodged it. Martin thought about the after effects of the ball directing its hit into the head... ow.

"Wait why didn't I notice that before? Oh well! Lemme try this looks like fun in a frigging box."

Martin stood there the ball went flying at him. Suddenly he flashed back to years before where his sister threw a basket ball at him then he saw doctors, ambulances, Martin hesitated and took the ball to the shoulder, it knocked him back and out of his thoughts. Martin was not grinning anymore, he was now noticing his knuckles bleeding from the wooden contraption. Suddenly Martin was made. He glared at the ball it came at him again. This time he dodged it, he pushed back his thoughts, but they would be back. Martin knew that.

[jdmthe1st]

Martin got hit the first time but he looked ok. Martin was doing really good and he managed to dodge the whole round of the ball coming at him. The ball stopped and Antonio spoke again.

"It didnt hurt as bad as you thought huh? Its just telling you to stay focused. Its not going to kill you. If it did it would have giant metal spikes on it and it would wear a pirate eye patch because killers wear eye patches."

Antonio looked for something less brutal for Martin to do. It seems like his friend would be tired out by the time he left the mansion. Antonio signaled his trainer to go back on his break.

"What do you want to do now? If you brought shorts and stuff we could always go on the giant water slide. I bought it with my monthly paycheck.Its in my back yard though but nobody can see my place from up here. The water slide is basically a big tube that goes down in horizontal loops and its about 100 feet or so in the air. We have tubes that inflate really quick up out there too. But I bet you that you cant go down that thing more than twice because it propels you down fast."

[Martin Tome]

Martin rubbed his shoulder.

"Yeah it wasn't too bad. I thought It would hurt a whole lot more."

The water slide is basically a big tube that goes down in horizontal loops and its about 100 feet or so in the air. We have tubes that inflate really quick up out there too. But I bet you that you cant go down that thing more than twice because it propels you down fast."

Martin narrowed his eyes, was this a challenge? Now Martin broke into a grin.

"Hee hee! I live for speed! I was going to go jogging later so I brought a pair of shorts. Lemme try this!