Video Games Saved My Life

To these rough men she appeared to be a weak helpless thing, as she shakily took a few steps back from them, still saying nothing. Her eyes remained trained on them, this retreat of hers just made these beasts speed up. Its true you should never show weakness infront of a wild animal. If this had been a regular girl the difference in strength & combat between her & them would be insurmountable, which made them overly confident. However the truth was the difference between them & her was greater than a mountain.

In these lower income apartment buildings few could afford a V.R. system & even fewer had the time or willingness to use it for anything other than relaxation & recreation. Due to her skills & experience she was able to create a V.R. system from spare & scavenged parts just a few years after their family had been flung into poverty after her father's death.

Before her father died her family had wealth & this afforded her many privileges. From an earlier age she had many classes & tutors, not to mention instruction from her father & his co-workers at the company, this let her learn a wide variety of skills. Her favorite among the outside classes was Acrobatics & Gymnastics, she practiced whenever she wasn't at a class or studying. By 8 years of age her body had shifted into a physique built for that kind of physical exertion. Then after building her V.R. equipment, & living in such a rough area, she started training in games & simulations. Refining her bodys abilities into self defense and then later into attack capabilties.

Instead of training in everything she trained in a few select things & practised them until she was masterful at them. Compared to people in this area she was unrivaled, though if she went up against a wealthy, learned & skillful opponent she still would not be able to hold her own. vIt was true in this day & age, money could buy all the things you were missing.

She steadied her breathing, as the two men infront of her & to her each side drew so close to her. The one on her left reached out first with his right hand, he meant to grab her left upper arm, to keep her still for their leader, he knew his partner would grab the girls other arm & she would have no hope of escaping no matter how much she struggled. Just as his hand was about to close around her arm the girl made a sharp movement.

Rose had quickly brought her left foot up, bringing it crashing down on the back outer side of the middle of the man's calf. A sickening snapping sound could be heard as the man went down to his knee, his shin bone had not only cleanly broken but was now protruding out of the skin. Bone sticking out of his pant leg, & blood begining to saturate the clothing.

In her head she had labeled her first target, the one on her left as Thug #1, & her second target the one on her right as thug #2, their little gangs Leader she had just dubbed Idiot. She couldn't believe that Idiot hadn't spotted her hand on her dagger, or the fact that even though she was staring speechlessly her eyes had been calculating, & her stance had remained balanced ready for a confrontation, she figured a true leader should have noticed these things instead of just assuming by her appearence.

As she made the motion to break Thug 1's leg with her left foot, her right hand had pulled the dagger out of the sheath in a sharp motion. She lunged to her right side, Thug 2 hadn't reacted yet due to the shock of the scene even though he was more built it was obvious his mind was slower. Her dagger quickly pierced the bottom of his jaw just back from the bone, sliding up through his tounge and stopping just before reaching his brain showing off the precision of her movements. She pulled the dagger out, blood squirting down all over his shirt,

Thug 1's cries were now accompanied by garbled howls of pain from Thug 2.

Rose used her momentum, pulling her left leg backward as she pulled out the dagger, her left arm bent at the elbow and she threw it to the left. Thug 1 who had been brought down to a kneel was now at the perfect height, her left elbow slammed into his left temple, causing his head whip back & Slam into the wall to his right with a loud Thud.

As "Idiot" had scene the girls precise motions and the ease at which she had incapacitated his men, his eyes flashed with anger & understanding. This girl had obviously been put here as a setup, probably by a competitor of theirs who wanted them out of the way, he was unwilling to let this act of aggression go. He quickly pulled out a machete from his belt, twice the size or more of the little girls dagger. He got into a simple fighting stance legs spread but balancing his weight.

Rose was completely unaware of the path she had put "Idiot" on, at his unacceptence that a mere girl could be so gifted he had made yet another error in judgement about what was transpiring. Seeing his movements, Rose suddenly charged at him, The "Idiot" was obviously suprised but not deterred. "Idiot" had thrust his machete in a forward swing, slashing out at the charging girl.

Just as she approached reach of the blade, she threw her upper body down towards the ground as she kicked her legs out infront of her. She sprawled into a slide, the machete cutting the ends off a few of her longer strands of hair, as Her head just cleared his crotch as she slid between his wide stanced legs. His left hand swiftly reached down grasping at her hair. Had it not been for the length of her hair, & the fact that she had not re-done it in a braid after the shower, everything would have been fine. But because her hair was still down & so long his grasp caught the tail end of her hair, he clenched it tightly.

Rose was brought to a harsh stop, her head & body was still behind him but her hair streched backwards to his closed fist that had reached down between his legs. She let out a yelp of pain her face wincing as a tiny bit of her hair was pulled from its roots, & the back of her body jerked against the ground hard. However she didn't let this stop her, she quickly flipped over to her hands &knees in a forward lunge not to pull her hair more as it twisted. With her Dagger still in her right hand she reached out and slashed at the back of "Idiot's" ankle.

The blade made a clean cut severing the man's achillies tendon. The tendon snapped up inside the man's leg, his whole right leg going limp as he screamed out in intense pain. His grip released on the girls hair as his body fell forward & hit the ground like a fish out of water. She knew with the medical technology nowdays was enough to fully heal the two Thugs, The "Idiot" would get healed but probably would never walk completely right again, this she felt was through no fault of her own.

Rose didnt hesitate, she picked herself up pushing off from the floor, & made a mad dash down the hall towards Jason's parents apartment. "Henry have Jason open the door for me!"