She lifted the FEAR meter up to the dummy sticking it square into the chest. One hand held it up as tape wrapped around to keep it in place. Her work was done in silence, she didn't pair with anyone, hell she had seen Jericho and simply veered off to find her own testing spot.

She had and now she had it tapped to the dummies chest with a heavy sigh.

Slowly she slumped over on a bench staring at the dummy, hands clasped chin resting on her fists as she watched the dummy. So often problems around here seemed to be solved by fighting. Arel had said this wasn't what they were meant to be. Yet here she was staring at a test, a test that her only idea to get past was to punch something. On one hand she wanted to. Oh dear Jack she had wanted to throttle the Boogiemen at the gate. Yet she hadn't. At least not yet.

She continued to sit, continued to stare, they had to do this, all of them together to keep the school, to keep their home and friends close. Slowly she stood up shaking her arm out flicking the bones feeling the FEAR building up slowly.

"We can't lose this. It's all we have left." She closed her eyes remembering everything, her first few days at the school. She hadn't unpacked her boxes, she met Shehk at a movie. Fights with Nuk friendly and otherwise. Siddie... oh Siddie. Red, the suffering, the trouble they all went through. Her eyes clenched shut. She didn't want to remember that, she could hear the screams of confusion, panic, sometimes a brighter memory would slip in something she loved or held dear. Ixxy bouncing around their new room, her first kiss with Siddie. The red cloaks in the woods came next. She felt that same anger welling in her chest. The rage of a deep anger some unheard voice screaming for Caelius to die. All of it rushed through her as she tried not to stare at the test that would determine the fate of the school.

All the good that had come from this place was weighed against the bad, but it was worth it. If they gave up now, it was all for nothing then.

Slowly she stood up her fist rolling with purple flames as she moved towards the meter, trying to put aside her thoughts to be ready to strike a blow that would be worth something for once.

The fire grew. She couldn't leave not yet, not after losing Red. Not after seeing Caelius take Shehk away and wipe out so many students and snatch the horsemen away. "We'll show you just what we can do you stupid traitors." Her fist crashed into the meter, ringing and reading the FEAR, but she wasn't done, her FEAR continued to burn and she pulled away spinning bringing her elbow full circle smashing into the meter again dumping her FEAR into with each strike.

"We'll crush you, or be crushed before we let you take what we hold dear." Her right hand lashed out catching the dummy before it could fall her left fist smashing in again purple fire still swirling around her.

Caelius, Boogiemen, Hunters.

"I WON'T LET YOU TAKE WHAT I LOVE."

The fire burst brighter now as the last of her FEAR was dumped into her punch. The doll flew backwards cracking in half as the meter fell off bouncing to the ground clocking in her FEAR as the flames flickered away in a lingering mist of FEAR.

"I won't let you take my school. My friends. My family." She didn't say the next part, lest it cause trouble but her mind roiled with the thought.

I'll kill all of you before I let you ruin the only things I have left.

DMG: 18