Victoria's eyes twitched in irritation as she stood before the occupied stall - partially naked, waiting for the current occupant to finish.
She flashed glances at the other shadow garden members going about their affairs of washing themselves, tending to their wounds and exchanging gossip while she waited.
She slammed the door with a fist in anger, banging the door three times with a yell of.
"ARE YOU NEARLY DONE YET !?"
Silence met her words as the occupant took her time, not even bothering to reply to her question.
Victoria grasped another member in the wrist and heaved her close, much to her horror and suprise.
"WHO IS IN THERE, DON'T THEY KNOW THIS IS MY PERSONAL STALL !?" She asked incredulously - staring at the girl murderously.
The girl oddly smiled sheepishly while slowly scratching her head in uncertainty.
"Well ... you see, we know that but .... the occupant is-" she began.
"Me." A voice – Victoria was all too familiar with – replied, the door abruptly spinning open to reveal her completely covered in moisture - with only a towel to cover her decency.
Victoria's eyes widened in suprise and shock as they met Alpha's, who smiled cheekily and walked forward.
Her eyes lingered on Victoria's naked frame as she made her way to a mirror.
"What are you doing here ?" Victoria inquired as Alpha stood before a mirror to realign her wet blonde hair - not even paying attention to the other members gazing at her in suprise and question.
"Isn't it obvious, i took my bath." Alpha simply replied with a smile - leaning closer to observe her face and teeth in the mirror.
"But you have your own private quarters, that you usually take your baths in." Victoria pointed out with a glare.
"I just wanted to give this one a try today." Alpha replied while grasping and ruffling her hair in place - trying different positions and angles to observe it from.
"And you ... chose mine." Victoria remarked while walking closer - her bath forgotten for the timebeing.
Alpha smiled with a smirk, turning to stare at her as she stood – inches away – from her in question.
"Since you're aiming for my position, and my quarters in turn, i thought I'll give yours a try .... see how i like it." Alpha replied with a sly smile.
Victoria smirked with a huff, holding Alpha's gaze as she turned to walk away, on her way to her chambers.
The entire room fell silent as Victoria abruptly burst into motion; grasping Alpha in a neck hold with alarming speed just as she turned her back away from her - holding her tightly to her bosom.
Alpha hastily lifted an arm up in dissuasion, seemingly unfazed by the attack as the other shadow garden members congealed their weapons and magic, ready to obliterate Victoria for her ostensible treachery.
Alpha dropped her hand low and grasped the arms holding her neck and head in place with an amused expression.
"Well ... you're impatient ...." she teased with a grin - not even alarmed by the hold she was trapped in.
"I'm not one for waiting ..." Victoria confessed with a smile of her own.
Shocked fluttered on Victoria's features as Alpha deftly grasped her arms, inserted a foot forward and flung her forward with a throw - sending her crashing into the sink with a blast.
The entire room fell silent as she slumped to the floor with a whimper; ceramics and pieces of stone falling to the floor in a clatter.
"Get out." Alpha ordered to all the other occupants as Victoria slowly picked her self up from the rubble.
They slowly retreated in shock and suprise; lingering back to watch as Victoria flickered to motion, standing up to deliver a streaking – blindingly fast – punch at Alpha.
Alpha staggered away with a curse, her towel slowly untangling from the force of blocking the attack.
No weapons were conjured or magic used with the two women just exchanging punches and attacks with one another in a fit of rage and anger.
With a final blast of a punch connecting with a sickening crunch, Victoria hobbled away with her palm on her cheek and collapsed to the floor with a curse.
Alpha – now completely naked from the tumble – huffed in exertion as tiny lines of tears leaked from Victoria's eyes.
"That .... that hurts ..." She admitted, squinting hard to prevent the tears from leaking out - but failing miserably.
Alpha stood triumphantly before her with a smile, standing regally with palms on her hip as Victoria nursed her bruised cheek.
Alpha, in her victorious haze made the mistake of leaning forward towards Victoria for a word when it happened.
Victoria with a yell – as if waiting for the exact oppurtunity – clocked her in the chin with an uppercut, sending her clattering to the floor with a gasp of pain.
Victoria hastily mounted her, straddling her to the floor with her body - glaring at her menacingly with unadulterated hatred.
Alpha blinked to dissipated the haze, totally unaware that their – naked and sweat laced – body parts mashed against each other while the two tangled together.
"I HATE YOU !!" Victoria yelled out, glaring at Alpha intently in rage.
Alpha smirked with a grin, turning to face her with the onset of an inflammation on her face.
"I hate you too." She replied with a smile, not even trying to untangle herself anymore.
"You are irresponsible, childish, cruel, heartless ....."
Victoria laughed at her statement, staring at her intensely.
"They are our enemies, people that I've taken an oath to make suffer and brutalize for our organization."
"For our organization ... or is it to impress our master ?" Alpha inquired with a sly glint in her eye.
Victoria scoffed with a smile, peering at Alpha with a grin.
"So what if that's one of the reasons ?" She asked while leaning closer.
"You don't have to try as hard to do that, I've noticed." She added.
"He always thinks highly of you, speaks highly of you and even shares his private quarters with you." She spat out with venom.
Alpha's eyes slowly widened as she continued.
"Is that why you do all of this .... !?" Alpha exclaimed - staring at Victoria with an expression of shock.
"Is that why you want my position !?"
Victoria held still, her eyes widening further as she realized she might have said more than she intended.
"Just ... tell him directly." Alpha offered, just as Victoria hastily disentangled from her, standing up to take her leave.
"Tell him how you feel." Alpha added, as Victoria grasped a fresh towel and covered herself up with it, staring at her with a ruthless glare.
"Taking my place as a member of the seven will never get you that." She continued, slowly picking herself up while Victoria strode out.
"Cutting our enemies up to pieces will never get you that !!" She added.
"Just .... Fr**king TELL HIM HOW YOU FEEL !!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
