Strange Things Afoot

Good thing Alaina was pretty chill with what happened, though Kelly was trying to keep the right frame of mind like they talked about. The next part seemed pretty straight forward, nodding that she understood. Step one she went into like she has many times before. When it came to figure out where to go from there it wasn’t that should couldn’t think of something, her brain couldn’t decided on one thing. When she got the thoughts to stop arguing she was in the process of being lifted, just like Alaina told her would happen.

”Shit…” she commented as she laid there after being slammed before realizing she better get her butt up having remembered hearing those who had really hard trainers would drop and elbow or something if there was a lack of effort. After pulling herself she suggests “Let’s try that again.” and in the back of her mind go for the very thing that comes to mind. If Alaina’s fine with that she’d go into the lock up and remembering after they locked up that Alaina said she wouldn’t move Kelly would transition behind Alaina with a waist lock before taking her from behind with a waist lock takedown. She held on after taking Alaina down and felt like she could do more from this position, but she waited to hear if Alaina wanted to proceed with something else or from the current position.

First go-round led to Alaina slamming Kelly although it wasn't exactly a hard one as Alaina didn't put a ton of force in to it. "Yeah, lets try that again. We;ll get this rust off no problem." Alaina said as she Kelly got back up to her feet. Alaina set herself up for the grapple and lift Kelly once more before Kelly got behind her and took her down! Alaina went to the mat and Kelly had control of the hold now. "Keep at it, lets see what you can transition to and we'll let you lead. Take control!"

Letting go of the waist, Kelly transitioned to a headlock as she decided where to take it from there. She tried to keep her thoughts simple, but not take too long in the event Alaina would do something to tell her she did as such. A move did come to mind, but not one that could be done from that current position. It did feel like something she could make happen though, so she decided to go for it. She worked her way to her feet, bringing Alina back up with her. Once they were both standing she changed how she held Alaina's head in place but letting go and putting her head on top of the arm before taking her over with a snapmare.

As soon as Alaina landed, Kelly wound up to sidekick her in the back, but pulled back so it was more of a light tap. She could have really let Alaina feel it, but not didn't seem like the time for that. Backing up after the tap Kelly held her arms out to grab Alaina from where she was, but fired asked her "more of this or rope stuff you think?"

Alaina felt Kely wrap her arms around her head, being pulled up as Kei was moving fluidly. Alaina landed on her backside after the snapmare, grimacing a bit as she landed. The kick hit but it was indeed more of a tap, leaving Alaina thankful that Kelly didn't put all the force she could in to the strike. "Keep going, you are doing great so far so keep it up! You are in the driver seat now!" Alaina said, encouraging Kelly to keep going and to do what she could.

Lifting Alaina up, Kelly went to shoot her off the ropes, but stopped. She questioned herself in how she held Alina, though if it was how she saw someone else doing the same she would have had no objections to it. She left go for a moment before re-grabbing her the same way, which somehow feld better. Shooting Alaina off, Kelly already had an something come to mind, ducking down for a back body drop. Part of her wanted to go bend early to let Alina know what she was going for, but another part of her told her not to in case an opponent, not nessesarly Alaina, could counter that with ease. As she tried to process when to move Alaina already ran into her.

Kelly laid down for a moment, holding her head. She knew this wouldn't be easy, but that last bit made her feel stupid. Regardless if she got up on her own or if Alaina helped her back to her feet she's tell her what happened. Even though not much happened up to this point, Kelly felt the need to take a few minutes to breathe and refocus. She looked around the place from inside the ring, but looking at everyone else do her thing made her remember one of the lessons she taught, and that is never to stop learning. Everything that those who she could see close by were taking a lot in and applying it. As for herself, she knew what to do, but given what she has been through, this was an experience she never figured she'd be in. She's gotten this far, and all she would do with Alaina today would be an important step to returning to competitive form. The challenge she found herself in was not rushing and second guessing herself too much. It is okay to call an audible from time to time, but part of her braining knowing the level she can be at, while the rest of her wants to make its way back to that point, she had to learn how to how keep the two sides under control. Luckily Alaina wasn't being hard on her.

Just before she was ready to continue, she couldn't help but notice some of the students would be glancing her her and Alaina's direction between stops they were working on. "Okay, let's get back at it, but, I have something I'd like to try. Let's do a five minute set where for a minute one leads then the next it switches on the fly. Keep things simple, but if you want me to go on the defensive just say what you want and I'll do it. I feel that maybe a mix of that might help put the two sides of my brain at ease. If ready let's pick up where we left off." If Alaina was game, she's send her off the ropes, and this time have better timing for the back body drop, not perfect, but acceptable. Before she send Alaina to the ropes, she told her brain 'You wanted this, you got it. Hope you remember how to keep track of time.'

Alaina thought something was coming but what happened was her plowing into Kelly! She offered a hand to help her up, smiling as she did. After listening to Kelly's idea Alaina nodded in agreement. "Ok, I think that sounds good. We can start it off where we left off and you can control things. I will let you keep doing things but will be vocal when I am about to control the tempo. We will get you back into ring shape in no time." Alaina said, waiting for Kelly to be ready before continuing. Alaina was whipped to the ropes and went flipping over Kelly landing hard for the back body drop! She winced in pain a bit but she rolled to her side, starting to work her way to her feet as she waited to see what Kelly had in store for her next!

While she eased up with her last strike, Kelly wasn't sure if during these next few minutes they should do the same. She kept quiet about that thought, and if Alaina decided to do lay it in to her then she'd go for it as well, but her reason for it was respecting the pace they were at. Seeing Alaina's landing made her realize her time will come, and when it does what she feels will be amplified since it's been some time since she was last in action. For her first minute she started simple. During a match she wouldn't be one to follow up a back body drop with three bodyslams, but she wanted to get her form down. The first two didn't feel bad, but the last one had more of a natural feel to it, at least on the giving end of it. A back suplex and normal suplex followed, and if time with her movement and how Alaina took them, she'd sneak in some ground control before doing those last two moves again. Regardless of what she did get in, her last move she'd get in would be suplexing Alina near one of the corner.

Lifting Alaina up and moving Alaina towards the corner, but as soon as Alaina's back touched the corner an important detail came to mind. 'Shit' she said to herself as it was no Alaina's turn to take her to school, and giving where they were it didn't look pretty,

At first things went well and Alaina felt like Kelly was getting the hang of it. However things were coming back quicker than Kelly may have realized! The third slam as ring shaking leaving Alaina kicking the mat in pain as she was pulled up and sent Alaina flying for a pair of suplexes. Again the first pair hurt but the second pair left Alaina down and struggling! She slapped the mat as she reached out to use the ropes to get herself back up to her feet. "Ungh... ok my turn! I want you to try to counter or reverse what I do for defensive practice." Alaina said, even though part of her deep down wanted to slam Kelly back. Tonight was about Kelly shaking off the rust.

To that end, Alaina decided to mimic a bit of Kelly's first moves. She was going to do three scoop slams in a row but her moves would have more impact than earlier in the spar as well as move more quickly to try to give Kelly more real-time practice now that she seemed less rusty!

To Kelly's surprise given their ring positioning, Alaina did not open up on her chest like she though Alaina would, after all given where they were and if there situations were revered odds were that would have been the first thing that came to Kelly's mind. Even though Alaina was clear with what she said and it was understood, Kelly couldn’t help but take the bodyslams, at least the first two anyway. She was quite verbal with how they felt after landing, though she didn’t expect Alaina to hold back. As Alaina lifted her up, Kelly grabbed Alaina and pulled her in, rolling her up with a small package pin.

Alaina heft Kelly up and slammed her down twice hoping the pain would jog her memory a little bit. As she attempted the third Laina found herself rolled up and pinned! The surpslrise left Alaina stunned but she kicked out between a 1 and 2 count by thrusting her powerful legs out to dismount Kelly.

"Okay I hope you are ready for a full Nelson hold!" Alaina sardinas she got up, moving in to grapple Kelly before maneuvering behind her to attempt the forewarned full nelson!