Of Training and Revelations. With chloeas.

[olliequeen]

Oliver's mouth was set into a hard frown as he made his way into the Watchtower after a long day at Queen Industries. In the middle of the day, he'd checked his email and found out a rather disturbing piece of information from Lois that had bothered him ever since. Sitting through a board meeting and then having to field calls from overseas investors had been more than a tedious chore when all he'd wanted to do was get back to the Watchtower and talk to Chloe.

If there was one thing he didn't like, it was being in the dark, especially when it came to people he cared about. He stepped into the main room, where she was sitting behind her computer, though he knew she knew he was there. There were security monitors all over the place.

He simply folded his arms across his chest, leaned against the wall and waited for her to turn around.

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[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She just laughed and shrugged a shoulder, he knew he was hot, he didn't need her to tell him that too, "are we going to start or what?"

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

Grinning at her, he nodded. "Yeah, let's get started." He moved to grab the mats that he'd stored under the stairs, careful not to let the door close on him and glancing at her for a moment. He unrolled them on the floor.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

"I was told I should demand some quick and dirty moves," she grinned as she walked over to him, taking her shoes off and stepping on the mat.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He didn't have to contemplate too hard to figure out who'd suggested that. "Let me guess. Dinah?" He smirked.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

"Yep," she told him as she stretched her back a little, "she was afraid you were just having me stare at the bullseye the whole time."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He rolled his eyes at that, shaking his head. "And of course you rushed to my defense and said that was ridiculous," he said wryly.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Raising her eyebrows, she shook her head, "pretty sure you're able to defend yourself, Oliver."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, yeah." He shrugged and stood a few feet away from her on the mat. "All right, come here."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She walked over to where he was and looked up at him, "okay?"

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He offered her a small smile, then motioned for her to turn around so her back was to him.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Raising her eyebrows she turned around and looked at him over her shoulder, "okay?"

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He moved so he was standing right behind her, then slid his arms around her, his hands grasping onto her arms. He gently nudged her feet a little farther apart with his own foot. "This is the basic defensive posture," he told her, even though he was aware she probably knew it already. He wanted to be thorough.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe nodded, glancing up at him and shifting to the position he was instructing her to, "okay, this is great in theory but if some guy is trying to follow me, I'm not gonna have time to think about that."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He paused at that. "You have a point," he acknowledged, thinking for a moment and letting his hands fall away from her. "All right, then pretend I'm some guy following you. What would you do?"

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

"Kick and scream?" she grinned a little then shook her head, reaching for his arms and wrapping them around her shoulders, "if you were like this, I would probably do this," she shifted to the side and pressed her elbow lightly to his stomach.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He nodded slightly, glad to realize she did have some of the basics down. Which honestly didn't surprise him considering she'd survived several years living in Smallville.

"And if he didn't let go, then what?"

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe made a face and shook her head, "they usually don't, but I guess normally I try to stomp on their feet or," she reached up and held on to his wrists, pulling his arms away from her, "try to do this."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He frowned a little, shaking his head. "Most of the time that won't be effective," he told her. "Instead, let yourself stop struggling and lean back into him. It'll make him drop his guard. Then if you can manuever turn and stick your fingers into his eyes," he instructed.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Cocking her head, she looked up at him and nodded, "interesting," she leaned back into him and lifted a hand towards his face, "so, what if he has my hands?"

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"Then you use your legs. They're actually the most powerful part of a woman's body anyway," he told her. "So for instance." He reached around and pulled her arms behind her back, trapping them with his hands. "What do your instincts tell you to do?"

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She stilled for a second then moved her shoulders, trying to free her hands then kicking back at his knee as she leaned her upper body forward, "I guess?"

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He smiled a bit. "Yeah, but I'd advise leaning back instead of forward. That way if you manage to take out his knee, you fall on him instead of the other way around."