Wayne listens to my explanation as we walk. Finishing my speel, he responds, "I guess there's nothing you could do about it then. She's so unpredictable! At least we know she doesn't dislike you. You're already on Red's bad side, so if you got on Carnie's too that would make Red hate you even more."

"Are they that close? All I've seen them do is fight."

"Those two are quite close, I remember when Carnie first came here. She was so quiet, I tried to talk to her but she didn't want anything to do with anyone. That's until Red got here. Red made a big scene when she first got here to let everyone know not to mess with her. Despite that, Carnie instantly started sitting with her and following her around. Red pretty much ignored her but somewhere since then, Red gave in to her."

That's not what I would have expected given her current attitude.

"What about her eating people? Did she really?"

"Oh, ha-ha, I mean we can't really know for sure but I think she just likes to make stuff up so she seems tough like Red. She also likes to say she's a lot older than she looks, and no one corrects her because, well they don't want to piss off Red."

"So she isn't that strong."

"Not necessarily. She's just not good with a straight one on one fight. I'm sure you've probably noticed if you had contact with her but she's more of a 'you won't see her until it's too late' type, but even in a straight fight you better be careful or she'll get the best of you."

She really is scary.

Feeling a hand on my ass I turn to Wayne in utter surprise, he was giving me the same face.

"Not bad boys!" Slap! "Alright then, me and this tight one over here are going to have a date in the training room. Would you like to come along Wayne? You could be our third wheel! It makes it so much more fun if I have someone to look down on."

Jumping away from her I can't help but ask, "But Red?"

"Yeah well, me and here are going through a little breakup right now so I don't have to listen to her. But don't worry, she'll come back, they always do! Think fast!"

She sweeps Wayne's good leg out from under him with her own. He falls and she catches him bridle-style and takes off running.

"Hey, you little bitch!" I chase after her. With her carrying a person her speed is greatly reduced, but it's still superhuman. Because of this, she is able to stay just out of my reach. Eventually, I caught up to her but only because she stopped. We're now all in the training room with everyone looking at the little girl carrying a boy who's almost twice her size. She then drops him on the mat she was standing on.

"Alright you maggot's, it's nude day at the training room!" She then proceeds to claw and the air with her nails. Seeing this the girls were the first to run out but were closely followed by the boys. Now only one person other than us remained, he was in the weightlifting part of the room and seemed to be finishing a set on the bench press.

Suddenly Carnie's voice gets much higher than normal, "SORRY! I didn't realize you were in here, I was just joking of course! We'll just be on the mats so we shouldn't get in your way!" Turning around and facing me she has a surprised look on her face, "Ooops, that was close." She leaps towards me and reaches for my shirt. I twist my body and move to the side but her arm follows me as I move and grabs ahold of my shirt. She then tosses me from the mat we're on to another one beside it.

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"Now, let's see what the bad boy's got."

I thought Wayne said she wasn't that strong! Granted she didn't toss me as easily as Red does, but she still just threw me a few feet! Even if she had to use both her arms.

I land on the mat, rolling out of the fall and back up to my feet.

"Well, it looks like you can fall, that will be helpful... for you." After making her way over to my mat she then stops, putting her hands on her hips, "Alright, I want you to hit me." A second after the words leave her mouth my foot connects with her face, her whole body gets flipped over and she lands on her head.

Turning to Wayne I see he's looking at me with his mouth hanging open. "What? She grabbed my ass."

This is something I've been practicing. Kicking has never been my strong suit but I have power in my legs from all the years of skating, so I figured I should learn how to make use of it. I've been using my door as my target and have gotten pretty used to the balance and power distribution that I need. Even though she is small, I don't think it takes away too much from the proof that I'm getting good at kicks.

I then hear a loud popping sound and look back over to her. She's back up to the spot she was at and doesn't look to have a scratch on her.

So I wasn't just seeing things, she really can heal.

"I'm impressed, I thought you were going to pull an 'I can't hit a little girl!' on me. So on a scale of one to ten how much of your power was that?"

Welp, if that didn't do shit to her I might be better off just playing her game. "That would be a ten."

"Really? Damn, so you're just as strong as you look. That's disappointing but you do seem to have one redeeming feature." Her hand shoots out, not in a fist but more like a blade. I side-step it but this time I also move forward while doing it. Now she can't adjust her arm's path to grab me like before, that's because her elbow is now on my shoulder making sure she can't move her arm.

"Oh, not only are you quick to react but also to adapt!" Her other arm and legs wrap around me, pinning me in place. With her position higher she is able to wrap her arm around the back of my neck and put me in a headlock with one arm. The only thing I have free is my right arm which I use to punch her in the side but she seems unfazed. That's when I feel something dry and rough scrape across my neck.

Was that a tongue?

Then I hear a voice whisper close to my ear, "That's not good enough." Her legs unlatch from mine and she flips over and behind me. I turn towards her, her back is to me and she is looking over her shoulder, "You're just too weak right now. Maybe if you put some meat on those bones you could be useful but I just don't see it. Prove me wrong by moving up the rankings and I might help you get what you are looking for. Or just take your long path, your choice."

She then walks over to Wayne who is still on the ground and lifts him up to his feet. Although, he almost falls back to the ground when she smacks him on the ass as she walks past him.