Can you do it?

Meanwhile outside, the sun seemed to shine very brightly over the Horizon, and a group of able-bodied men dressed in black seemed to be watching something, rather some people.

There seemed to be two men also dressed in black sparring in a white circle drawn on the patterned interlocking.

Contrary to what you may be thinking, the men watching did not chant or make noise, they rather watched quietly from the sidelines and did not disturb the serene quiet environment.

One bulky man fought the other Skinny man and the fight seemed to be heated, the bulky man threw a punch, but the thin man dodged it and within minutes the bulky man seemed to have made a mistake and lost his balance.

The skinny man saw this opportunity and took it without hesitation, he quickly punched the bulky man in his abdomen and sent him flying out the circle boarders.

That received a clap from the bystanders.

"That was a good one mate" said one of the men.

"Ha Charlie you really got totaled" said another man.

"Yeah yeah" said the bulky man named Charlie as he got a towel and drank some water from a water bottle another man handed him.

The Thin man just dusted himself off without emotion and also collected a bottle of water from the same man that handed Charlie one.

The men all looked the same, they wore the same black suit and there were about twenty of them in that area and they all seemed to be talking.

"Gooday Gentlemen" said Alfred as he walked to their midst

"Ahh Old Man Alfred, what brings you here?" asked Charlie

"Hello Nine, I'm Looking for Benjamin Maslow" said Alfred

"Ahh Benji where are you?" asked Charlie as he drank his water in a barbaric manner

At the mention of his name, a young man in his twenties stepped out, he had black hair and brown eyes, he was average looking and had a tender face, looked like someone who never looked for trouble, Just as the rest, he wore a black suit and he was oddly quiet

"Ahh Benjamin, Today is your lucky day, you are finally assigned a duty" said Alfred

"Ahh finally good timing Alfred, Benji here has been getting bored" replied Charlie, he seemed to be the chatty one of the group

"So what is his new duty old man?" asked Charlie as he didn't let the person assigned the Job (Benjamin) ask himself.

"Yeah what is the special Job that would make you come all the way to our quarters instead of sending one of the servants?" asked one man and the others asked in suite.

"Well Benjamin someone requires your skills to help her train" said Alfred

"Who?" asked the other bodyguards it seemed that they were very nosy

"Yes who?" asked Benjamin as he finally spoke

The next words Alfred uttered caused a huge silence in their midst

"It's the Madam" he said and all the men went quiet

Alfred expected this kind of reaction but he went on with his mission for coming here.

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"So Benjamin can you do it?" he asked and Benjamin replied with a "Yes"

"Good then get ready The Madam will send her orders in a while" said Alfred as he bid farewell to the rest of the bodyguards and went on his way

As soon as the men saw Alfred was out of their area they began to talk and murmur, Charlie seemed to be the most annoyed as he said,

"What does that woman want with one of the bodyguards?" he said out loud

Benjamin who was a new recruit was surprised of why the bodyguards would talk about their Madam that way so he just had to ask.

"Guys wait that's not nice she's the Madam" he said

"Oooh look Sissy Benji is talking" said one of the men

Charlie replied" Benji you do not know what you are talking about, she's not a Madam more like a gold digger" he said bluntly which shocked Benjamin

"Okay firstly how many times do I have to say don't call me Benji and secondly how can you all talk about the boss's wife like that? have you no respect" he said

"Benji we'll take it easy on you since you are a new recruit, so just go on your way before your mouth gets you into something that does not concern the likes of you" said Charlie as he ruffled Benjamin's hair as he was a bit taller than Benjamin

Benjamin looked annoyed of how Nine ruffled his hair, so he just walked away to his quarters

"Hey Benji, come back in time for training" said Nine as he shouted to Benjamin that was waking away.

"Hey Nine, want a rematch??" asked Charlie as he turned to look at the man he was fighting before.

"Why not?" said the man named Nine.

Meanwhile back in the Manor

Joy had just fallen asleep for an afternoon nap so her Mom tucked her in and gave her a good-afternoon's kiss and she walked out of the room and closed the door behind her.

She entered the room opposite Joy's and she saw Anthony there, the once bland room looked great, the bland curtains were replaced with bright yellow curtains, the bed had a yellow floral bedsheet, duvet and pillowcase, the wallpaper had been changed to bright yellow.

"Ahh Madam welcome" said Alfred as he opened the newly installed curtains

"Hello Alfred, this place looks lovely Thank you!" she said as she smiled

"Its my Pleasure Madam" he replied as he smiled back

"And oh Madam Benjamin has agreed to train you" said Alfred as he smoothed out the curtains

The once happy smile on her face was replaced with a cold look as she said,

"Good Thank you Alfred"

"Yes Madam so when do you want to start training?" asked Alfred

"Is right now possible?" she asked

Alfred turned back to face her and he was once again confused why was the Madam so bent on learning to fight?

"I'm sorry Madam but the boys are doing training right now so he would not be able to make it right now" he explained

"Oh" she said

"Okay no worries just tell him to be ready early tomorrow at 5am" she said

"Okay Madam" replied Alfred

"Madam do you want lunch?" he asked

"No not yet, Joy is sleeping let her wake up first, Thank you Alfred" she said

"You are welcome Madam I am just doing my Job" he replied as he excused himself from the room leaving her alone to look at her new bedroom.

She smiled at her new space.

"Change here I come" she said to herself in the empty room.