Sanitorium (Roman Reigns Story)

Chapter 20: Levels

I stand beside Roman, watching as the guards do demos for us.

"Alright team we have a lot to get through today since the timeline has been pushed up. We need to get through this now so we can start giving demos to everyone tomorrow. First thing you need to learn is the take-down. This is very important. Hostiles will have to be subdued and if you cannot do that then you will be bested." One of the guards says.

"What do you mean by 'Hostiles?' What, are there people that look like Tarzan lurking around this building or something?" I ask, confused.

He walks over to me smiling. "You got some mouth on you sweetheart. What's your name?" He asks.

"What's yours?" I say back.

He gives me a look and takes a step towards me, but Roman puts his arm in front of me, motioning for the guard to back off. The guard looks at Roman and then looks back at me.

"Aaron. And I know who you are. We know who both of you are. We've been waiting for you two for a long time." He says, turning his back on us.

"She asked you a question. Who are the Hostiles?" Roman asks him.

Aaron cracks his neck and stretches his legs. "Anyone that emits hostile behavior towards any of us. Any person off of the street can be considered a 'Hostile'. Im telling you this because you need to differentiate the Hostiles from the Civilians so you will know how to deal with them accordingly." He explains.

"Why would they want to be hostile towards us?" I ask.

"I dont know pumpkin, if someone pointed a gun at you, wouldn't you want to lash out at them?" He says sarcastically.

"Guns?" I say, mostly to myself.

"Dont worry about guns right now. Just focus on the combat training okay? The key is to create imbalance in the target. You can take anyone down of any size if you throw off their equilibrium. Exhibit A." He says.

One of the guards approaches him and he flips him over on his back to the ground. He places his foot on his throat.

"The most important thing is follow-up. Dont get them on the ground and then stare at them or pat yourself on the back. You need to follow up with a strong hold. Something that will make it hard for them to toss you off of them. Okay let's try big man." Aaron says, motioning for Roman to do the take-down.

Roman walks over to the guard and takes him down, putting him in some arm bar. The guard taps out and Roman smiles.

"I think I got it." He says, smug.

"Yeah okay well if pipsqueak here doesn't then this was all pointless. Cmon darlin'. You're next." Aaron says.

I walk over to the guard that has been flipped twice and I take a deep breath. He comes towards me and I sidestep him, tripping him and making him fall on his face. The other guards laugh.

"You do remember that you're supposed to take him down, right? Not trip him and make him look like a fool." Aaron says.

"Yeah I know. Sorry, I got nervous." I say.

"There is no time for nervous when a Hostile is trying to rip your throat out." He says, folding his arms.

The guard gets up, looking kinda embarrassed and pissed and he grabs me. I try to wiggle out of his grip, but he is really grabbing me hard. I put my leg between his legs and I push my hip against his stomach. I slide my arm underneath one of his arms and when I get my balance right, I jerk my body to the side and flip him to the side. I follow up by choking him with my foot. He taps out and the guards clap. I look at Roman and he is smirking.