Dysphoria /1/

Chapter 9

"So tell me how you know you'll win?" Vanoss asked as the two stood in the ring.

She watched his eyebrow raise in interest. "Oh, I'm just better."

Vanoss laughed, confusing his friends as to why he was laughing before a match since the gang leader was usually very aggressive when it came to training. Alice was very much enjoying teasing the boy across from her and Vanoss also seemed to be enjoying the challenge.

Without hesitation, Vanoss threw a punch straight for Alice's face. She dodged it just in time.

"Hostile much?"

She didn't get a response back, not a spoken one. Vanoss had tried to tackle her but she slid under his legs and kicked his back. He got up from the floor and smiled. Alice blocked each and every single punch Evan threw at her after, while still managing to add a few strong blows. That was until he decided that his shirt wasn't really fitting.

Vanoss stood there in the middle with Alice, circling around each other. They both were waiting for the perfect moment to strike.

"The only reason why you beat Nogla was because he was distracted by your outfit," Vanoss tried to get her angry so that her fighting techniques would be a little off.

Alice laughed. "Training includes self control and I'll wear something else next time if you keep your shirt on."

"Are you inferring that I'm distracting you? I wouldn't be surprised seeing you so nervous last night," Vanoss teased.

"Of course not!" Alice was still in perfect stance and in full control of her head. " I would never-"

The shorter girl took in a sharp intake of breath as Vanoss closed the space between them and placed her hand on his chest. As Alice stood there with wide eyes, Vanoss grabbed her by the waist and threw her down.

"Holy shit!" Delirious shouted, seeing his best friend groaning on the floor. He ran inside the boxing ring as Vanoss left it. "Ally, you okay?"

"I'm fine," Alice scowled, angry that someone had come to help her. Delirious tried to pick her up. "I said I'm fine Jonathon."

He backed off and so did everybody else. Well, everybody except Vanoss. and she didn't take it very well. She was still furious at herself for letting him getting to her with her own technique.

Vanoss assigned everyone a station, which they would be at for an hour each and then rotate. MiniLadd and Wildcat were on weights. Moo, Terroriser, and Lui were at the punching bags. Nogla and Delirious were working on their calves. He and Alice were on target practice.

"I don't understand why I got paired up with you," Alice growled and grabbed a small handgun off the wall.

Evan smiled and took a regular assault rifle and began shooting. Tomorrow they'd be getting more weapons at the heist so Vanoss didn't bother about wasting ammo and fortunately they had silencers, so they were able to talk during the time.

He stopped shooting after a few minutes and stopped to observe Alice. Each and every shot was perfect. If she already made it in the head, she'd shoot at another vital point and occasionally at the crotch.

"I only paired up with you to keep an eye on you," Alice looked at him with skepticism. "Plus I wanted to gloat."

Alice ignored him again and started shooting.

"Fine, I won't say anything about it. What guns do you usually use?"

"Handguns, submachine guns, and assault rifles," Alice answered.

"No snipers or shotguns?"

Alice shook her head. "I'm too impatient for snipers and too small for shotguns."

Without a word, Evan grabbed a KSG off the wall with the other guns. Alice knew exactly how to handle it, except for the holding her position part. She wasn't exactly small, but she certainly wasn't big enough to be holding a huge gun holding enough firepower to shoot a bullet through a man.

There was no way she could shoot this gun without being blown back. "I can't, Vanoss."

He didn't say anything else, but gave her the gun. She sighed and did everything she was supposed to. Alice held the gun in the proper position and stood her place. When she took the shot, her entire body blew back into a hard surface.

A groan came from behind her. "Told you I couldn't," Alice shrugged. She was about to leave, but two strong hands grabbed her wrists and pinned her against the wall.

Alice was glad that the target practice room was secluded and soundproof because she didn't want to be seen being held by Vanoss like this.

She felt his hand touch her chin and tilt it up so that she was staring into his brown eyes, his body pressed against hers.

"Do you have any idea what I want to do to you?" Vanoss lowly spoke in her ear, so close that Alice could feel his hot breath on her skin. She was frozen in place yet her entirr body was on fire, unable to speak.

Though the moment didn't last long. Vanoss let go of her wrists and fixed his shirt.

"But then I'd be breaking my own rules, wouldn't I?" His question was mostly directed towards himself. "Put the shotgun back and use the assault rifle."

The gang leader was absolutely unfazed by what had just happened, while Alice's heart was beating out of her chest. This wasn't happening to her. She couldn't be feeling something for someone she wasn't very close to.

Opposite from what Vanoss told her, she stormed out the room in haste and went to Delirious and Nogla. They stared at her in confusion.

"Nogla go with Vanoss. Ill stay here with Delirious," Alice said quickly, shooing the Irish boy away.

Delirious laughed as Nogla walked towards the shooting practice area and mumbled profanities under his breath.

He looked at Alice in all her rage and fury. "Did he get on your nerves?"

"Something like that." She got into the other training equipment that helped the calf and thigh area. Back in Chroma, they didn't have actual equipment just obstacles so she wasn't very surevwhag it was. "Anyways, I like you better than that asshole."

She began stretching her legs over and over again until she was used to the feeling.

Each group or pair still had another thirty minutes at their station. "What's sex like?"

Delirious almost choked on his own spit hearing Alice's question. "I could always show you?" His best friend punched his arm and he laughed. "Just kidding, loser. I can't really say. I'm pretty sure its different for a girl. What's this about? Don't tell me its about Nogla cause Terroriser told me-"

"No, idiot. I'm not into him," Alice earned a questioning glance from Jonathon. "Okay, he's cute and we kissed twice. It doesn't mean anything."

Delirious sighed and looked at Alice with sad eyes. "Tell him that whatever happened between you two will be forgotten. I don't want you getting kicked out for a few kisses and I don't want Nogla getting hurt. He honestly wouldn't stop talking about you when he was here."

Alice closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She agreed with Delirious. She'd tell Nogla that kissing him meant nothing and that she was sorry, but that was for later. Righ now, she'd focus on avoiding Evan.

"Next station people!"