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Encounter

Chapter 28

This is My Fight

It's been about a week since she's been in the hospital and her wounds healed up quickly thanks to the bacta technology the New Republic uses. Serenity's side still hurts a little, but she was lucky that the bullet barely missed some vital organs. She kept walking home as Joey was next to her as the warm sun warmed her body. Serenity had her backpack of "stuff" in it as Joey carried the blue bag for her since Serenity's been through a lot. Most of the snow melted away, but there is some snow out here and there. She got her pink vest back courtesy of Grandpa for cleaning it up and patching up the bullet hole. She also had her yellow shirt back in the same patch work with some new matching buttons to replace the ones that Fox had to pop off. Serenity and Joey were minding their own business as they kept walking down a deserted street until someone began to laugh at them in an alley as they held their cigarettes between their index and middle fingers.

"Hey, like, it's the nerd," Maya said.

"Yeah, I mean I heard you were, like, killed," Wendy said.

"But you're, like, alive," Kim added.

Serenity stood there, staring into their malicious looking eyes as hers had the look of a fighter. Serenity stood there, wanting to end this once and for all.

"Serenity, let's just leave," Joey said.

"Joey…I'm going to end this conflict," Serenity said. "I want to end this now."

Joey looked back to see Serenity standing there in a fighting stance, waiting for them to come at her.

"Are you, like, wanting to fight us?" Maya mocked.

"Yeah, I mean, we're, like, Karate black belts," Wendy said.

"Like, you won't even touch us," Kim mocked.

"You three just shut the hell up before I beat your asses to the ground!" Serenity warned.

Maya, Wendy, and Kim all flicked their cigarettes aside and stood there in a karate stance while Serenity stood there in the same exact Tae-Kwan-Do stance that Lisa taught her to do. Serenity stood there, thinking of all of the tactical strikes to use as well as all of the defensive postures needed for each situation.

"Serenity, you don't have to do this!" Joey said.

"Joey, I just need to let off some steam," Serenity explained.

Without warning, Maya, Wendy, and Kim all went at her with reckless abandon. Serenity threw a straight right to Wendy, knocking her aside for a bit. She then went in for a left foot side kick to Kim's abdomen, but that didn't work as Kim caught the kick. Serenity can remember one thing that Lisa taught her a while back before she died.

"Serenity, if your kick is caught, then the only suggestion I have is to use a single foot thrust kick."

Serenity kept that at mind and tried to keep her balance. Without warning, Serenity jumped up and did a right foot thrust kick to Kim's stomach, causing Kim to let go of Serenity's leg and back off a bit. Maya went in as she began to raise her right leg up while swinging it to the left for a roundhouse kick to Serenity's head. Serenity saw the standing kick coming in, which Serenity ducked the kick. She then sprang up again and went into attempt of the roundhouse heel kick. Serenity's body began to turn counterclockwise as her left leg was preparing to swing in that direction. Maya couldn't see the kick in time as Serenity's kicking speed was a lot faster than normal. As the kick connected to Maya's face, Maya spun around once while she fell to the ground.

Serenity landed on her feet instead of her back this time and turned in time to see Wendy running in attempts for some kind of flying kick. Wendy stuck her foot out in front of her in a dragon kick, but Serenity merely sidestepped it and stuck her arm out to clothesline Wendy. Kim managed to get behind Serenity and began to push her into a wall. With little effort, Serenity was able to run up the wall and jump off of it into a back flip behind Kim. Serenity then made a strong jump into the air as she began to lean back while slightly turning to her right a little. After very quick timing, she unleashed a powerful drop kick that caused Kim to stumble into the wall. Serenity landed on her side, which caused her to wince from the incredible pain that's coming from her side again. Serenity began to ignore the pain and stood there while she was waiting for someone to get up. She didn't notice Maya behind her, which Maya took that advantage and put Serenity in a sleeper lock.

"I told you! You can't beat the three of us!" Maya said.

Joey was about to go up to Serenity to help her, but Serenity already got out herself. She managed to do an over the shoulder throw, which took Maya by surprise. Maya hit the ground hard as Serenity stood over her huffing from the amount of strength she needed to put into that throw. Serenity looked up only to see Wendy in attempts to strike with an elbow attack. Despite that Serenity saw the attack coming in at her, she couldn't dodge the attack in time, causing her to fall back. Joey went next to her and tried to get her up. Serenity merely swatted Joey's arm away, wanting to do this herself. Joey walked back, seeing a lot of changes in her.

"Serenity…you've changed a lot."

Serenity stood there as if she truly was a fighter. Maya, Wendy, and Kim all stood there, standing in there karate stances as they were ready to attack Serenity anytime. Serenity stood there in a Tae-Kwon-Do stance, waiting for a right opportune moment to attack. The three girls began to make a strong charge at her, wanting to tackle Serenity to the wall. Serenity merely slid between Wendy and Maya as Serenity scrambled to her feet in attempts to be able to counterattack anything that comes at her. By the time she gets up, she saw a right foot coming at her face in a straight kick. Serenity immediately grabbed for Kim's foot to stop the kick from coming in at her. Serenity used this opportunity to use this advantage and drop kick Kim in the face. Serenity did that and caused Kim to stagger back a bit, but not enough to send her crashing into the other two girls. Wendy charged in with the same dragon kick again, Serenity was able to take a simple side step again, but this time Wendy's foot crashed into the wall. Maya took her opportunity again to put Serenity into a sleeper lock again. Serenity knew that Maya was behind her and decided to take the opportunity to try something out.

"If I'm right, then I might be able to do a jaw breaker to her."

Serenity ducked underneath Maya's clutches and went over to Maya's right side. Maya turned to the right only to see Serenity positioned with her left side at her. Serenity curled her leg in and took a small jump forward into a jaw breaker, which is a form of a side kick that strikes at the jaw. Serenity's kick connected to Maya's jaw with a loud impact sound as a snap followed it. Maya fell to the ground, holding her jaw as she began to bleed from the mouth.

"You…monster!" Maya yelled.

"Look, I just proved to you that your skills as a Karate black belt doesn't match to the training I took with Lisa," Serenity explained. "I'm not as weak as you think!"

"Like, what happened?" Wendy asked out of confusion.

"She's supposed to be, like, weak, but she's, like, not!" Kim said.

"Like I said, I'm not as weak as you all say!" Serenity said.

The three girls got up and began to run away, wanting to get away from Serenity. Her body began to give away from the pain in her side, but Joey caught Serenity in time to hold her in his arms.

"Serenity, I'm glad you're okay," Joey said.

"Sorry for getting you worried like that," Serenity said. "I just needed to let off some steam, but, I swear, I won't do that again unless I have to."

"Good, cause I need you to rest."

With that, Joey began to walk Serenity home while supporting him in his arms. Serenity thought about the fight as she managed to get some steam off of her back.

"At least I can rest easy tonight without all of that pressure on me."