When she’d disabled the last adversary and no more came against her, the walls reappeared and the lighting came up gradually to normal level. “Fifteen minutes, as you requested,” the computer told her. Jade Darcy stood naked and sweating in the middle of the floor. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath before speaking. “Score, Val?” “Ten dead, twenty-three incapacitated, three who might possibly have gotten up and caused further trouble.” “Replay those three.” Jade stepped off to one side as holographic images of her and her opponents materialized. She watched the movements carefully and saw she’d been a bit sloppy in a couple of her kicks. Viewed analytically, she realized she’d tried too hard to aim for the groin in cases where a lower kick to the kneecap would have been more ef


