Enhanced by Candace Kade

Author:Candace Kade
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Christian, Science Fiction
Publisher: Enclave Escape
Published: 2022-11-30T00:00:00+00:00

Urban’s birthday passed in a haze of selfies, fake drinks, dancing, and linking with strangers. After an agonizingly long night, the countdown finally happened and her sosh, a 51, appeared. Everyone cheered and raged, but Urban blushed and escaped to the changing room. She managed to bump it to 58 by morning, but she knew it would be slow going after.

Her grades took a dip as she spent the next few weeks focusing much of her energy on her score. After her birthday party, her sosh had climbed to the low sixties but had then plateaued. Despite her best efforts, nothing seemed to move it.

The racing event was now only two days away. Urban had been leaning toward bailing, but since her sosh wasn’t improving, she was rethinking that option. She knew she had a shot at winning, but she still hadn’t had time to practice as much as she would’ve liked. She gave herself one more day to boost her sosh, and then, if it was still in the low sixties, she told herself she would race. The winner was guaranteed a sosh boost. It was the only way.

Since her birthday, she hadn’t heard from Everest. His silence felt like a black hole.

That evening in jiujitsu class, Urban kept thinking about the race and Everest. Thankfully, there were no inspirational stories, just a quick speech about discipline, more shrimping, and some other warm-ups. All of which she barely managed to keep up with. When the warm-up was done, Orion gave them a quick demo on how to do double-leg takedowns.

“Okay, everyone, partner up!”

Lillian motioned Urban over to join her. “I’ll go first.”

Lillian slid to her knees, her right knee shooting forward and her left leg lagging behind. “How are you liking Infini-Fit?”

Lillian gripped Urban tight around the waist, then pulled her back leg around for leverage.

“Huh? Oh yeah.” Infini-Fit was the last thing on her mind, but she couldn’t tell Lillian that. If her sister found out about the race, she’d be sure to try and talk her out of it or else would tell their parents. “It was all right.”

Lillian bumped Urban to get her off balance, lifted up, then let Urban fall to the ground.

“I just don’t dare take any of their classes,” Urban explained from the ground. “I don’t think I’m in shape enough for that.”

Lillian leaned over Urban and dug her elbows into Urban’s side. “Why don’t you train with me?” she said as she worked a few side-control pressure points until Urban tapped.

Urban stood. “I’ve seen you at home doing some of your workouts. They’re weird and painful looking, and—”

“And they make me strong.”

Urban knelt into position next to Lillian. She hesitated, then swapped knees. “Is this the right one?”

“No, it’s the other.”

Urban quickly switched again, but then stilled. “I know! I could train with Everest. I never get to see him anyway, so it would be perfect.”

“Except he can’t get into the gym without a membership.”

“We could train outside somewhere.”

Lillian gave Urban a skeptical look.

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