Rejected, but not Broken
Chapter 104

Gabi’s POV

We had a great Christmas and got to spend time with all three sets of grandparents as the trip for Dawson and Aria was from the 20th to the 24th, so they were back there at noon, on Christmas Eve and Aria told Tanner, “You never listen to us, I said around Christmas. How could you think that we would miss the babies’ FIRST Christmas?”.

They all thought that it was super important for them to be here for the babies’ first Christmas. I had asked Heath to spar with me and when he asked why he promptly got pissed off at Dana and her little b!tch squad.

He nodded and said that we could use the gym whenever I wanted to, as he was definitely going to be there for the fight. I told him that Alan, Hudson, and Jameson would be there as well and he said, “The more the merrier”, but he wasn’t smiling about it.

I gave myself a week off to heal, but I knew dad would push me harder than anyone else to get where I needed to be. It was exactly what I needed too.

“Who are you fighting honey?” Luna Everly asked and so I had to explain what had happened, and since it involved Taylor, I know it was hard for them both. I knew they were still healing, but I didn’t want to lie to them.

“I would actually like to watch you spar Gabi. I have never seen you fight before” Dawson said, and Aria agreed.

“We would as well, as I heard you were one of the elite fighters and I knew you had sparred on our land after we got to meet you, but we didn’t get to see you in action” Alpha Wyatt spoke, and Luna Everly nodded in agreement.

“I will have Jason close down the gym tonight for Gabi to get some practice. Jason also wanted to spar with her, and that might help as she hadn’t fought him ever before. He is our head trainer and a great friend. I am sure Gavin here would agree to be a “test dummy”, I mean sparring partner, for Gabi too, right, Gavin?” Tanner teased him.

“It would be my pleasure to be a “test dummy” for Gabi. I am at her service whenever she needs a sparring partner. I think you could too, Tanner, truth be told, I think she could take you down too. Gabi is a force to be reckoned with”, Gavin told me, and he is probably right.

“I will offer my services as well, Gabi, just don’t hurt me, baby,” Tanner told me and made me laugh.

“I can also volunteer Gabi, just don’t hurt me for real though, just a little please,”Stone said to.

“I am a pretty good fighter, better than Dana, but it will help you to work with people with different fighting styles to prep for this. You did just give birth. You should have given yourself more time”.

Aria told me, and I nodded and accepted her offer. She was right, fighting with her, Jason and Gavin would help me out.

Von and Aria got the babies bundled up and grabbed their bags and we all headed for the gym, as Jason was ready to go sparring with me. Heath was absolutely cute pushing Percy’s stroller and giving me tips and tricks as we walked to the gym. J

ason was going to lock the door after we entered, and we would be in the back so no one would be able to see what we were about to do. I still wanted to keep my talents on the down low so they could all figure it out at the same time.

I know that some still believe the s**t Dana was talking because they have known her for years, and I just got here recently, but to me, actions speak louder than words. Some people can talk a good game, but that is it, talk. They are good at telling you what you want to hear, and that is it.

I ran around the track five times to warm up and while I stretched, I reached out to Tala and made sure she was ready for this as well.

“I am always ready, Gabi. We have this. I have told you before that you are so strong, even stronger than you ever realized” Tala mind linked me.

“I know we are strong, Tala, but I am worried maybe I need three weeks to prep for the fight, not just two weeks. I knew I needed to take it easy that first week. Giving birth is tough, and my body needed to heal” I mindlinked her back.

“I am with you, here tonight, and will help you in the fight with Dana too. You are correct, it will not just be her fighting. I believe that those girls are going around trying to get people to agree to help them. I hear whispers in the hallways, but so far most are scared to agree, because of what Tanner told them.

They know what Dana did, and know her penalty will be bad, but the other three girls aren’t aware her penalty will be that stiff yet. Some of these girls aren’t terribly bright around here” Tala mindlinked me back.

I stepped up to the mat and saw Stone standing there, and he looked nervous. “Don’t forget you love me, Gabi, I am your brother”, he said, before taking his stance.

“I do love you. It will be OK, Stone” I told him. He likes Jiu-Jitsu a lot, and that is what he always uses. He needed to learn more and I told him that we were going blow for blow, that he needed to be well rounded so he could take his opponent by surprise.

Then I took him down fast, and hard onto the padded mat. It still knocked the breath out of him, and when he finally was able to take a deep breath and sit up, he said, “Well that was fun, NEXT” and headed back over to Alpha Wyatt and Luna Everly, who were both impressed at me getting down an Alpha, so much larger than me, and not breathing hard.

Alpha Wyatt leaned forward and said to Heath, “Can Stone come and train in your pack when the competition comes to train at Ever Green? I think Gabi is right in what she said, he needs to be more well-rounded”.

“Gabi was correct in what she told him, and he telegraphs what he is going to do before he does it. He needs to stop that now because he will easily be defeated if he keeps it up”, Heath told Alpha Wyatt.

Aris steps onto the mat and says, “Great job, Gabi. Hopefully, it will be harder to take me down. I have been training for longer than you have been alive”.

“I have only been training for 8 months, but I had an excellent trainer”. I smiled over at Heath, and we got into our stances and waited for Jason to start the fight. Aria was good, a lot better than Stone, but she telegraphs too, on a lot of her moves and it allowed me to be able to dodge the harder blows. We keep at it until I can sweep her feet and put her into an armbar, and she taps.

Aria gets up impressed and tells me how proud she is of me. Then she said, “We should sell popcorn at this fight, Dawson, this is really going to be a show”.

Dawson nods and looks at me and says, “We may need you to start training our people here too, Gabi, you seem to read their minds”.

“No, not a mind-reader. They both telegraph their blows. It lets me be able to avoid the harder blows and land a few of my own. We can always be a better fighting pack.

BUT I will tell you my trainer, who tries to make sure we have no loss of life, advocates taking care of them at a distance. I can take out 100 wolves, if I am loaded up with ammo, properly.

I always have my magazines loaded and ready so I can just drop them and put in a new one. If we get attacked by 200 wolves, and I already took out half of them, the rest will either scatter or end up being killed if we are all properly trained.

I think we also need to train in weapons too. Heath trained me, and I am very comfortable with a gun on my thigh. The most important thing is no loss of life on our end to me. That is my goal as the Luna here, to protect my pack”, I told them.

I see Heath and Von looking at me proudly and Dawson and Aria smiling widely at me. Wyatt and Everly nod in approval as well, and Jason is really impressed about learning about the weapons.

“So, you would be willing to train us on the gun, and martial arts weapons to Gabi?” Jason asked me as he stepped to the ring and Tanner stepped up to call the match.

“I would, but I wouldn’t be alone in the training. Tanner can help some, and I would have the team here, for like a week or two, for everyone that wanted to learn to be able to do it. But this will be after the testing is done.

The fundamentals come with respect for the weapon, as well as putting in the time to use it and get comfortable with it. It is a dangerous weapon that can cut a throat out quickly for you to move on to the next rogue. It takes time to master, but that is why the elite team is so dangerous. We can work our way through a lot of rogues, killing as we go. Time is of the essence when you are dealing with rogues”,

I told them Jason and I square off and get in our stances, and Jason comes at me hard as soon as Tanner starts the match. I anticipated that he was going to.

He is a man who, looking at me, thinks that I am defenseless. I am good with that as I didn’t break a sweat or show my true hand in the first two matches. Jason is good, and he didn’t expect me to duck under his arm and give him a hard back elbow strike, and I was already turning to give him a stepping sidekick and I got him down like a tree.

I wasted no time jumping on him to sit on his chest to get him into a front mount and putting my arm around his head. I can control his movements now with my body weight, even though I am smaller than him, as I have him wrapped up and am using my arm and shoulder to choke him and keep him from breathing correctly.

I waited for the tap, and it only took about 15 seconds for him to admit defeat, and I know it hurt him to do it. I immediately release him when he tapped, and I hopped up and held my hand out to help him up. Jason stands up and gives me a big smile.

I bet he heard the rumors that Dana had been spewing, and I hope I give her just as big a surprise when we fight.

put a finger to my l!ps and said, “Don’t tell anyone. I want them all to be as surprised as she is when we fight. Don’t worry about me. I know that Dana can’t beat me and that she is going to get Elise, Gina, and Ava to jump me from behind. But I didn’t want to hurt you, so I controlled what I did.

I WILL want to hurt them so I can give them moves that will take them down for a few minutes while I work through the rest of them. I don’t hurt people I like”, I told him, and then looked over to the group and they were even more impressed “I would like to come two days early, with the boys, for you to be fully up to speed, Gabi.

I know you just gave birth, but you not being able to do the moves because of having to be careful because you were pregnant. It doesn’t apply anymore. I also recommend that you bring your Sai and Kamas with you to the fight.

I have a suspicion that Dana will bring a weapon with her. If it is a gun, I will take care of her. But I want you prepared. I think it is ridiculous that this ignorant woman is so jealous of you that she would be making up so many lies about you. It truly shows her character.

But even with not being able to train for a while, you are still my little terminator, and I am so proud of you”, Heath told me, and came over to k!ss the top of my head as he cradled baby Percy in his other arm.