Fatal Defense Page #2

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- No, I...

- Arden, get out of this.

What's the matter with you?

- Let me go.

- Can't you get away?

What's the matter with you?

Are you panicking? Huh?

- Please just let go of me.

- Huh?

Stop!

See, that's what

he's gonna tell you.

He's gonna tell you to stop.

He's gonna tell you

to calm down.

That's okay. Calm down,

'cause while he thinks

he has you where he wants you,

you can be

collecting your thoughts.

You get calm.

You start thinking.

You start remembering

your training.

Breathe. Breathe.

- I... but I...

- Breathe.

- I don't have any training.

- What's your training?

- Please.

- What's your training?

- I don't have any training.

- Just do it.

Go.

Go!

Go!

There you go. There.

That's perfect.

That was really great.

That was really great.

You did great.

Guys, you see that?

Come on, let me see.

See these marks on her wrists?

I didn't go soft on her.

I went full force.

Still able to hold me off.

That was good.

Everybody give her

a round of applause.

Come on.

[applause]

All right, all right,

not too much, right?

It's her first day.

But she did good.

But this isn't a circus.

Right?

What you learn in here

is the difference

between life and death.

It is the difference

between you being a victim

or you sending your attacker

to the hospital.

Why don't we bow in here?

We don't bow in here

because we do not

show respect to our opponents

out there.

They are a predator.

It is your job

to show them that,

without a shadow of a doubt,

you aren't prey.

Get going.

So how'd it go?

It was good, I guess.

I mean, Logan seems to know

what he's doing.

Logan, huh?

Logan, he asked us

to call him Logan.

No, I'm... I'm not giving you

a hard time.

I mean, he's definitely good.

He's just very, very intense.

Intense? Like, what

do you mean, intense?

He... he sort of yells at you,

and all the fighting,

it's just a little bit too

much combat for me right now.

I just feel... I felt

a little overwhelmed.

I don't know if I'm ready.

[shrieking] Mommy!

Mommy!

Mommy!

I had a nightmare.

Oh, sweetheart, I'm sorry.

I was at home by myself,

and there was this wolf

chasing me,

and I kept calling your name,

but you wouldn't come,

so I ran in the living room,

and I saw you tied up

like before.

You couldn't help me, so I hid,

and I could hear the wolf.

Sweetheart, I'm so sorry.

It was just a bad dream,

though, okay?

I'm safe. You're safe.

You're okay.

Is the bad man gonna

come back, Mommy?

No.

No, he's not,

I promise you, okay?

How do you know?

Well, 'cause it

would be dangerous

for him if he came back.

I mean, the police

would catch him.

What if the police aren't here?

I wish Daddy came back.

I know you do.

I know.

Will he ever come back?

I don't think so, baby.

Why not?

Did I do something?

No, no, no, no, no.

You never did anything wrong.

Look, Daddy and I

just love differently.

I mean, he thought love was

arguing and fighting,

and I think love should be

more harmonious, you know?

Like what we have.

Do you understand?

Sort of.

I guess what I'm trying to say

is that...

Daddy and I were the problem.

You have never,

ever been the problem.

Okay?

So if Daddy's not coming back,

who's gonna protect us then?

We can protect ourselves.

Get out of that bed.

Let me show you something.

Come on.

Say somebody grabbed you

like that.

Now, would you pull?

See? I have control,

so pull your hand.

- Yes.

- [laughs]

Now, kick me in the stomach

and say, "Stop!"

[indistinct speech, grunts]

[laughs]

Good.

[upbeat music]

[smacking and grunting]

[smacking and grunting]

- Punch.

- Punch?

Go.

[smacking and grunting]

[upbeat music continues]

- Go. Good.

- Okay.

- Good.

- Okay.

Yeah.

Look at you.

You managed to impress me

a little bit.

That's high praises

coming from you.

I'm not that mean.

Oh, no, you're mean,

terribly mean.

[both laugh]

I'm horrible.

Okay, so why'd you come back?

What do you mean?

I mean I could tell

when you first came in you

weren't very sure about me.

You weren't sure

about my methods.

I think I just wanted to be

pushed out of my comfort zone,

- that's all.

- Oh, wow.

I'm glad you came back.

Yeah, me too.

You know you have

a fighter's spirit?

You do.

I mean, I can see it.

I can see you try and hide it,

but it's there.

That's so funny.

I mean, I actually broke up

with my ex-husband

because, I don't know,

he thought we needed

to fight more.

I mean, not fight

like this, but...

Well, you know, around here

we're not really looking

for the fight,

but sometimes

the fight comes to you,

and you need to be ready for it.

Yeah.

Guess you're right.

Wow, I'm sorry to pry,

but is this your wife?

She's... she's beautiful.

Yeah, yeah, she was.

What do you mean, "was?"

She died...

a few years ago.

Oh, my gosh.

I, um...

I'm... I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to...

Don't be. It's okay.

How about we call it a night?

Yeah.

Yeah, no, of c...

of course.

Okay.

All right, see you later.

I'll see you later.

I didn't know what to say.

I mean...

So are you deciding, then,

to stick with the class?

Yeah.

Yeah, I think I am.

I mean, it's hard.

I'm super sore, and he's tough,

but, um, I'm learning so much,

you know? I feel...

Yeah, no, no,

I heard all about it.

Emma told me all about

your training sessions.

Well, at least she'll never

have a problem with bullies.

No.

So you're sticking with it

because he's tough?

- Or...

- Yes.

I can't think

of any other reason

that I would be taking classes

from Sergeant Sexy.

- Sergeant Sexy?

- [laughs]

[scoffs]

What?

What is it?

Gwen.

[panting]

Gwen.

Gwen, look...

look outside.

What is it, Ar?

Just, um...

somebody's out there, Gwen.

- Where?

- Right there, Gwen!

Just look.

I don't see anything.

There's a breeze...

[gasps]

And it's moving the trees.

It could be that.

Just right there by the...

by the tree line, look.

It's okay to call

and play it safe.

Am I making things up now?

No, no, the cops won't care

if you call

and it turns out to be nothing.

It's only natural.

No.

No, I don't want

to be that person.

No, I'll stay

the night with you.

You're all right.

It's gonna be okay.

- Gwen, am I losing my mind?

- No, no.

We're gonna get through this.

It just takes time.

Okay. Okay.

[sinister music]

- Can you see the difference?

- Yeah.

That one's a little

bit smaller, right?

It's about 10 feet in diameter.

So we have three

different varieties

of oak trees

growing here in this park.

Right there we have

the Adelman Oak,

which is kind of

what you think of most

when you think of an oak tree,

right?

It's big and sturdy.

And over there we have

the California Scrub Oak.

And down here

is the English Oak.

Here, I'll show you.

Watch your step.

[laughs]

Careful, oh... oh, careful!

Are you okay?

Yeah. I don't know

what happened.

I'm not usually that clumsy.

That's all right.

That's okay.

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