Chapter 2: Hands Off
The bell rang for the last time that day and Pan gratefully got up and schlepped herself out the door. She didn't feel like going home because she knew that would mean doing homework, so once she was hidden, she took off from the ground.
She flew towards Capsule Gymnasium, which was where all the top fighters went to train. It was new, and Pan had only been there once. She floated to the door and set her feet lightly on the ground. She walked in and the air conditioning hit her full force. 'They must need it, with all the men working up a sweat,' she thought.
Big, buff men stared at her as if she was crazy when she kept walking forward. Some snickered, and she shot them a glare. They stopped. Pan walked up to the front desk and spoke to the woman there. "Excuse me, can you tell me where the women's lockers are?"
" Are you looking for your father dear? Because if you are, he won't be in the women's lockers." She was amused.
"No, I'm here to train. Can you please tell me or will I have to look for myself?" She shot back.
There was a change in the lady's attitude. " Of course not, down the hall, make a left, and then a right."
She took the lady's directions and put her stuff in a locker. She changed into her father's dojo wear that he had got for her. They were light, as well as her boots, and she could fight well in them.
She headed for the gravity chamber when some 18 year- old senior came up to her and put his arm around her shoulder and started whispering in her ear obscene things. She elbowed him in the ribs and said, "Get off you stupid git." He doubled over, but then walked back to his friends for them to start whispering to each other.
Pan continued on her way and stepped into the gravity chamber. She switched on the lights and set the gravity for 300, just to start. The lights flashed and the machine beeped, and the ground and her body felt much heavier. She stretched and set the machine again for beams that would try to hit her. It beeped again and white beams of energy shot out at her. She dodged and started bouncing off the walls by kicking off from the wall. The speed of the beams increased so she cried out and boosted her own energy level. She went so fast you couldn't see where she was. Little did Pan know, that as her energy went up, the outside of the chamber glowed a dull red. She went at this for an hour, increasing the gravity and speed progressively. She finally stopped, and breathed as great drops of sweat and power dripped off her.
She caught her breath and opened the door. She breathed carefully, monitoring herself until she could focus and her energy started building up again, and she was slightly refreshed. She grabbed a towel and wiped her face down with it. When she took her face out of the towel and turned around, the group of boys from before had made a move to encircle her. The head boy, the one she had hit, came up to confront her.
" Hey, have a nice time in that chamber? Nearly blew us all up when it turned red huh?" he said.
"What?" Pan replied. What was he talking about? "Hey I have to get home." She made a move toward leaving. They closed around tighter.
" Where do you think you're going? I have a proposal for you." The boy said. " By the way, I'm Micah, and these are my friends."
Another boy piped up and said, "Micah, I've seen her around, she's new. She goes to Orange Star too."
"Well, I guess this won't be the last time I see you. But back to the point," he glared at the other kid, who shrank away, "I challenge you to a match tomorrow. Same time, at the Dying Field. See you at school." He brushed past her, tracing her jaw line with his finger.
She stood there, not knowing what to think. It had in fact been one of the strangest moments she'd ever had. "Oh, well," she said to herself. "It's nothing I can't handle." But one thing for sure, she did not like that little tip of affection he had given her seconds before.
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The bell rang for the last time that day and Pan gratefully got up and schlepped herself out the door. She didn't feel like going home because she knew that would mean doing homework, so once she was hidden, she took off from the ground.
She flew towards Capsule Gymnasium, which was where all the top fighters went to train. It was new, and Pan had only been there once. She floated to the door and set her feet lightly on the ground. She walked in and the air conditioning hit her full force. 'They must need it, with all the men working up a sweat,' she thought.
Big, buff men stared at her as if she was crazy when she kept walking forward. Some snickered, and she shot them a glare. They stopped. Pan walked up to the front desk and spoke to the woman there. "Excuse me, can you tell me where the women's lockers are?"
" Are you looking for your father dear? Because if you are, he won't be in the women's lockers." She was amused.
"No, I'm here to train. Can you please tell me or will I have to look for myself?" She shot back.
There was a change in the lady's attitude. " Of course not, down the hall, make a left, and then a right."
She took the lady's directions and put her stuff in a locker. She changed into her father's dojo wear that he had got for her. They were light, as well as her boots, and she could fight well in them.
She headed for the gravity chamber when some 18 year- old senior came up to her and put his arm around her shoulder and started whispering in her ear obscene things. She elbowed him in the ribs and said, "Get off you stupid git." He doubled over, but then walked back to his friends for them to start whispering to each other.
Pan continued on her way and stepped into the gravity chamber. She switched on the lights and set the gravity for 300, just to start. The lights flashed and the machine beeped, and the ground and her body felt much heavier. She stretched and set the machine again for beams that would try to hit her. It beeped again and white beams of energy shot out at her. She dodged and started bouncing off the walls by kicking off from the wall. The speed of the beams increased so she cried out and boosted her own energy level. She went so fast you couldn't see where she was. Little did Pan know, that as her energy went up, the outside of the chamber glowed a dull red. She went at this for an hour, increasing the gravity and speed progressively. She finally stopped, and breathed as great drops of sweat and power dripped off her.
She caught her breath and opened the door. She breathed carefully, monitoring herself until she could focus and her energy started building up again, and she was slightly refreshed. She grabbed a towel and wiped her face down with it. When she took her face out of the towel and turned around, the group of boys from before had made a move to encircle her. The head boy, the one she had hit, came up to confront her.
" Hey, have a nice time in that chamber? Nearly blew us all up when it turned red huh?" he said.
"What?" Pan replied. What was he talking about? "Hey I have to get home." She made a move toward leaving. They closed around tighter.
" Where do you think you're going? I have a proposal for you." The boy said. " By the way, I'm Micah, and these are my friends."
Another boy piped up and said, "Micah, I've seen her around, she's new. She goes to Orange Star too."
"Well, I guess this won't be the last time I see you. But back to the point," he glared at the other kid, who shrank away, "I challenge you to a match tomorrow. Same time, at the Dying Field. See you at school." He brushed past her, tracing her jaw line with his finger.
She stood there, not knowing what to think. It had in fact been one of the strangest moments she'd ever had. "Oh, well," she said to herself. "It's nothing I can't handle." But one thing for sure, she did not like that little tip of affection he had given her seconds before.
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