Study EVEN MORE Tape

The four of you arrive at the hotel late, and order some late night snacks from roomservice.

Flashfire turns on the television, and it's on one of the fight channels.

"I'm going to wash up," you say. "Flashfire, you might as well watch LIlium's match to study K'maga, see if anything changed in her style."

Flashfire does as suggested while you go into the bathroom.

You splash water on your face and rub with your hands. Hopefully none of Jin's stank breath clung to you. You decide to use some soap just in case.

"So, how did Jin fight?" Blackfire asks, re-icing her knee. "What was his mystery move?"

"His breath," you say dryly. "That disgusting pile of garbage found a loop-hole in the rules, and used his naturally repulsive hygiene habits to his advantage against Delaxen, and used it on me as well. Luckily for us Tamaranians, we have a stronger fortitude than most others."

"WHOA!" Flashfire shouts from her bed. "Lilium delivered a jumping knee to K'maga's chin, and K'maga is still standing!"

"That K'maga is as tough as she is agile," you contemplate. "You'll have your hands full, Flashfire."

"You're telling me!"

You hear the punches and kicks coming from the television. Sounds like Lilium at least put up quite the stand-up fight against K'maga.

"Wow, Lilium took some hard shots herself," Nuh comments. "K'maga used her head like a battering ram and struck her in the chest."

"Blackfire, do you need any more ice packs or something?"

"Why?" she asks back. "Don't you want to watch the fight?"

"I can hear it fine from in here," you answer. You pull back her shirt and skirt.

"Not too many bruises," you say. "But maybe you should ice them any way."

"How? Are you going to help hold all my ice packs?" She is teasing, of course, a sly smile on her face.

You look at the bathtub.

"Actually, you could just take a cold bath," you suggest. "It'll have the same effect."

Blackfire agrees, and moves to undress, but her bruises are making her body ache and her muscles are tight.

"Here," you say, "I'll help you with that."

You turn on the cold water and help Blackfire take off her clothing, and even help her get in the bathtub, holding her hand while she steps in side and sits down.

"Ooo~!" she says. "The cold is rather invigorating."

"WHOA!!" Flashfire shouts again.

"What happened?" you ask, still by Blackfire's side.

"K'maga knocked Lilium down to the ground with a right hook," your sister recaps. "And now, she's got her in that sleeper hold she used in the first fight!"

"Boy, that K'maga is full of surprises," Blackfire says, washing her hair with the cold water.

"Darn, Lilium only held out for ten seconds after the hold was locked in," Flashfire says.

A knock comes at the door.

"Room service!"