Mina felt strangely agitated. It was not excitement, it was something else, like an impatient urge that had been building inside her for a long time.
Every day, she had trained until her muscles burned and her body could barely move. She had returned to her living quarters exhausted, only to wake the next morning and push herself even harder.
Training had become her routine and for a long time, she only imagined the moment when she could finally prove that all of it meant something. Now that moment has arrived.
She wanted to prove herself to Jack, but more importantly, she wanted to prove something to herself. She wanted to show that she was no longer the helpless girl Jack had saved and seen killing her parents. She could fight now. She had become stronger!
So Mina moved first. Her body shot forward like a released arrow with incredible speed, crossing the clearing in an instant.
