Disclaimer: I own nothing of Sigma 6, which is owned by Hasbro. Only the plot is mine.

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Scarlett hated being paralyzed.

It wasn't just that it stuck her limbs in place and held her completely still until she was released. It was also the fact that her insides were also slowed as the magic seeped into her body. Each breath was drawn out, her blood felt like mud and each heartbeat seemed to echo throughout her body like a slow drum beat.

Thankfully it was over in just a minute, though it felt like five to her. After the curse paper was removed from her arm, she fell to the training mats with an 'Umph!'. Scarlett was content to just lay there for a minute, trying to regain her breath and wincing at the forming headache she now had. A hand came into her view, with a posh voice telling her, "Tiring, isn't it?"

She groaned and accepted the hand up, still feeling the effects of the paralyzing, "Among other things. But that's the reason we have this class, isn't it?"

There was a light laugh, "Too true Scarlett. Here we are, now take it easy for a few minutes."

The redhead woman let her new teammate escort her to a chair set along the training room wall and she gratefully sat down on it. After making sure she was alright, Lt. Stone returned to the center of the room where the rest of the team was waiting. He held up a new strip of the paralysis curse in one gloved hand and grinned at the others, "So, do we have another volunteer or shall I pick from the roster?"

It took a while but finally Long Range stepped forward to have his turn at it. Scarlett watched the proceedings with interest as she recovered. This class wasn't much different from the taser class they all had to take as well.

The goal here was to go through a minute of magically-induced paralysis, to give them an idea of what it felt like so as to make them more prudent in the use of the curse strips. Next week was the blind curse, which no one was looking forward to.

Letting out a soft sigh, she sat back and watched Lt. Stone carefully. He and his apprentice Firefly had been assigned to their group practically out of the blue, which made many of them suspicious. But so far, neither had really given them reason to worry and Duke himself had vouched for Stone.

Still, Scarlett would be watching both of the newcomers until she was certain they checked out.