Chapter 9

Kyla stood rooted to the spot. What the hell was this? Was it a coincidence that a tiny green dream snake had given her the same frame? Was this connected to the vampire who was supposed to be dust walking and talking?

Just then the doors swung open and Kyla snapped out of it. Faith stood in front of her. "Oh, hey." She said. "Do you want to join us?" She gestured to the open door. Kyla couldn't think of what to do so she nodded blankly and walked inside. Wow.

It was the size of about six gymnasiums. Girls were everywhere. Sparring on mats, throwing knives and stakes and shooting crossbows at targets, fencing, practicing flips and rolls, and Chloe was demonstrating for a group of Potentials on how to throw a battle axe so the blade will hit the thing you're throwing it at. About ten punching bangs hung in one corner and Kennedy was beating the stuffing out of one. Literally. Vi and Rona were having one of the most awesome fights Kyla had ever seen, and Faith was supervising everything.

Kyla wandered around. The session was almost over, but she managed to take it all in before Faith and Chloe called out to the others that it was time to stop. Kyla followed the other girls out of the Training Hall. The silver picture frame was driven from her mind by all the spectacular things she had just seen. All the rest of the Potentials headed back to their rooms to shower and change, and by the time they got back, some of the shock of watching them had worn off. Kyla sat with Chloe, Vi, Rona, Dawn and Kennedy at lunch. Rona and Vi were friendly enough, but Kennedy just stared at her food. Kyla came to like Andrew and Dawn, even though they weren't Potentials.

"We should have a slumber party tonight!" Kyla burst out excitedly. "We could all go to my room, because I don't have a room mate." The others were all for it, except Kennedy, who simply stood up and walked away.

Later that night, Kyla opened the door to Room 31 to find Rona, Chloe and Vi standing there. She invited them inside, and the party began. Kyla was surprised to find that she was so comfortable with people 5 years older than her. They stayed up practically all night, talking and laughing and wondering about Angel, and Kyla told them about her dream. Once they fell asleep at 5:00 am, she dreamed again.

This time she was playing basketball with Angel and Kennedy. She threw the ball at the basket, but right before it went in, it morphed into the purple teddy bear. The bear stood on the basketball net and roared: "I like to move it, move it" and Angel and Kennedy started singing along in high, squeaky voices. Chloe came up and offered her a camera.

"Take a picture!" She insisted, and then she rushed over and posed with the Canadian Moose who was singing along. Kyla took the picture and the flash from the camera blinded her. When she could see again, she was standing at the end of the hallway. Vi was beside her, and shouted:

"Come on, Fredric! We're going to the zoo! Wake up!" So Kyla ran down the hallway with her, but they never got to the end, because she woke up before they got there.

"Do Potential Slayers have prophetic dreams?" Kyla asked Rona casually. Rona shook her head.

"Nah, it's just Slayers. Seriously, Chloe can be such a brat sometimes when she's had a dream." She punched Chloe playfully on the arm. Chloe hit her back, and Rona flew off her chair at the breakfast table and skidded half way across the room. "Hey! Watch the Slayer strength!" And then, as if they'd planned it all along, they started to fight. The other girls in the enormous kitchen spread into a wide circle. Kyla looked over at Faith and Dawn, hoping that they would step in and stop it, but they let the girls fight. Kyla worked her way over to them.

"Faith! Aren't you going to stop them?" She nodded towards Rona, who threw Chloe onto a table, which shattered underneath her. Faith laughed.

"We usually just let people fight. It's a good way to blow off steam and train at the same time. We only ever stop it if it gets really nasty." Chloe slammed Rona against a wall with her hand at her neck, punching her over and over again. Rona brought her legs up and pushed Chloe away.

"Someone could get hurt!" Kyla gasped.

"Okay. Go break them up, then." Faith said. Kyla stared at her. "Oh, come on," Faith said. "Everyone has to break up a fight sometime. Now it's your turn." She gave Kyla a little push towards the two girls. They were facing each other, fists and legs flying, fighting to get a shot. Kyla stepped between them and automatically receive a punch to the temple from Rona and a kick in the gut from Chloe. They were fighting each other like no one was between them. All the girls around laughed as Kyla crumpled to the ground and shoulder rolled away. Vi took pity on her and helped her up, but then took her back to the fight. She pushed her at Chloe, while she grabbed Rona and held her arms behind her back. Rona knocked her knees out and Vi fell over, but was up in a flash.

Bam! Kyla was hit with a viscous roundhouse kick from Chloe and she fell again. She span on the hard floor, scooping Chloe's legs from under her. Chloe hit the ground on her back, but flipped back up again. Suddenly, Kennedy was there, and so wer the rest of the girls. Faith, Dawn and Andrew stood at he edge of the huge fight observing the huge mass of fighting Potentials. Kyla lifted her head. Potentials were everywhere, fighting against their friends with no mercy. But she understood. These girls were made to kill. She was made to kill.

Author's Note: Sorry, this chapter was kind of short and uneventful. But, anyway, how are you liking the fic so far?