Chapter 2
Fin was sitting in her math class, staring at the clock. After that class, she would be free. She only had five minuets left before her PAK started to sound. She got up and ran to the hall before getting into trouble with the teacher. When she saw that there wasn't anyone in the hall, she started to swat at it. This had started to become a daily occurrence and she couldn't get it to stop. Once it stopped, she sighed. She went and sat down. Once dismissed, Fin ran to the locker room.
Before changing into her uniform, she removed her PAK. She would rather not because she didn't want to feel her life draining from her, but she couldn't compete in the first tournament with it. Once it was successfully removed, her life clock activated. Twenty-four hours; thank what ever god that was out there for her human half. She throw her PAK in her locker and proceeded to join her team. They stretched, the coach gave some works of inspiration and they left for the stadium.
When they walked in, the lower half was packed. Fin looked around; judges, parents, friends, spouses, photographers; finding her mother hard at work in the process. She looked around the stands once more and found her father, who was wearing a wore out red hoodie with black jeans, and brother, who was wearing a normal tee shirt and blue jeans with a GSG (Game Slave Gamer) baseball cap. Asher looked bored and mad; must of had his Game Slave taken away from him.
Soon the competition began. After getting her registry card, she proceeded to the mat that she would compete at first. This went on till the final rounds.
There was a fifteen minuets break. In the mean time, she retrieved her registry card for the next tournament. After the break, she had the great joy of begin in the first round in the final eight. A two-to-one win. She waited. Round two; two-to-zero lose. She was brutally beaten. She struggled to pick herself off the mat. After she eventually did, she stood up straight and bowed before her opponent. She joined her team on the side lines and took notice of her time clock. It had only been three hours, but the life clock had wound down to under half an hour after all the meets.
She went to her sensei and requested to go back to the locker room. She got it. She went by herself. The first thing she grabbed was her PAK. Once it was reattached, she took a great breath of relief. As she left her strength coming back, she dug through her bag and changed into the other uniform. After securing the holster of her katana around her upper torso, she went back to the stadium. They were on the last match by the time she got there.
Once the match was over, everyone was asked to clear out.
As the stands were refilling, Fin's PAK beeped again. She once again tried to get it to shut up, but it kept beeping till the next competition began. Because there was only fifteen other contenders, the tournament went faster than the other one. She made it though all the rounds with ease. Winning the competition with her opponents warring themselves out.
Immediately after the final remarks, Zim walked up to his daughter before she could leave for the lockers; Asher right behind him.
"Fin, I need you to take Asher."
Fin raised an eyebrow. "Why?"
"I need to leave for work immediately and you mother needs to go back to the studio to get those pictures printed and give them to the companies that wanted them. You need to take your brother."
"But I have work too," Fin protested.
Zim leaned down so that they were eye level. "And you'll get home sooner than either of us. Now take him."
Fin glared at her dad as Asher joined her side. With a sigh, she gave him a quick hug and turned around to see that their mom was right behind them.
"Here's money for dinner. Don't spend it all." She gave each of them a quick hug and gave Zim a kiss. "You both better be in bed before either of us come back or you'll be doing all the house chores this weekend." Then she gathered all her photographers.
Zim then squatted to be eye level with Asher. "Behave." Asher crossed his arms. Zim hugged both of them. "I'll see you both tonight." Then he left too.
"Membrane! Get to the showers! I want to go home."
Grabbing her brother's arm, Fin jogged to the locker room.