trans_9 | Sitting quietly in preparation

She had gotten faster. It started out as a demonstration to Diana in gun play, but now she found her hands moved in a blur, a side effect of her involvement in the tournament. When she'd had the powers that Alex Mercer guy possessed, she experienced a clarity of movement that she never had before: it was as if something that had been blocked in her became clear. It was like putting on a kind of armor, but an armor that worked WITH you, that you guided.

She'd felt like that a little with her barrier jacket, but of course Big Daddy had its own sentience, so it felt like tag team in a way. She didn't mind that: hell, it was the reason she had beaten Alex in the first place. But having the ability to control a strength she never had, to use it to her best ability was different.

And not having that ability but wanting it had changed something in her body. Now it was looking for something it didn't have, and compensating with speed. And in a way, Hit girl didn't mind this: Ruffnut being brigged brought out a frenzy of needing to do something, to work on her body more.

So she was in her castle, working on her speed, leaping up and down crevices, working out her body. the doors are wide open, though, to let anyone in.

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"That makes two of us. Three of us if you count Hana and four of us if you count Eva...but she's back in the pods now." She sighed. "Either way anywhere is better then home for me."

"I'm glad to hear you say th-wait, Eva who?"

Her heart sunk slightly.

Sandy's heart sunk too as she saw Mindy's reaction, two awkward moments in one conversation. She was off to a great start.

"Uh yeah...I don't know her last name. I just called her Eva. This pretty lady with dark hair. Really nice but tough as nails when she had to be." And Sandy's adopted mother figure. Even the young and inexperienced Sandy had been able to tell she was bonding more with that woman then her own mother.

"Oh," Mindy said. "Damn. There were two people on the ship who kinda looked after me when they could. One was her, the other is AJ. That sucks...but water girl is gonna take it harder than me, that's for sure. Really seemed to like her, that one."

That was really crappy news though. Mindy had little to no idea about mothers, but if hers was still around, she knew she'd want her to be like Eva.

Sandy nodded as if she knew who the Water girl was. "Yeah Eva was pretty great. So that just means we can't lose this war. I may not give a care about my old home...but Eva should get to go home and make herself happy there." She distracted herself by cleaning up her paint supplies. Thinking too much about Eva being gone was depressing.

"Yeah, exactly," Hit Girl said. "And I'm really glad you said that: I meet way too many people on this ship who want to get to a point where we can go, but don't wanna do the work it takes to get there. So at least you're a better person than some people on the ship."

She paused. "Hey, I can give you a hand with that."

Sandy shrugged "Well don't get me wrong, if I could go live somewhere else tomorrow I would, but I'd be miserable there without Hana and Eva. And Hana wouldn't leave without the people he cares about so here I am." She smirked sardonically even if she didn't know what that word meant.

"I'm not a better person, I'm just not brave or strong enough to fight along side the best people here."

Hit Girl watched her a moment. "I think you're at least being honest about yourself. These people mean something, and they made an impression. You might be weak, but you could be better. I know you can: I was a regular kid before."

And she thought that she COULD fight, no matter what she said.

Sandy laughed and gave Mindy a disbelieving look, "I'm not so sure. Are you positive you didn't hatch from an egg or maybe come to Earth in a pod as a baby?"

Never thought of that, did you Mindy?

"Well that would mess up my whole origin story," Hit Girl chuckled. "I have the whole 'mother died at my birth/have to get revenge' thing going. It's why dad trained me in the first place."

Sandy laughed a light solid sort of laugh, "I rest my case. Not normal. But cool."

Hit Girl grinned. "Then I think I'm cool with not being normal. Hell, its probably why you and I are on this ship to begin with."

She stretched. "I haven't gotten to hang with you much, we should change that. What do you do for fun?"

"I'm still betting on dumb luck." Sandy shot back smirking.

"Oh well um, I run, I paint stuff, study the medical stuff...and try to catch up on TV and movies and stuff in the library.

"Hey, you can only get by so much on dumb luck. After that, its bad assery all the way!"

That sounded kinda interesting. "What kinda TV do you watch? It's been awhile."

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