The next person, a woman this time lunged for me. I dodged but she followed me, grabbing my hand to pull me back and slamming her fist into my face. I fought the stars that were trying to make themselves known beneath by eyelids and grabbed her hair and yanked. When her head bent, I punched her throat, rendering her unable to breathe, then I shoved her backwards. The man behind her caught her and then I kicked between their legs, catching him in the nuts. He groaned and stumbled backwards.
No longer underestimating me, they all came for me at once. I swallowed and tried to keep my fear at bay. Frankly I didn't know exactly how I'd survived this long. Maybe it was the adrenaline or something. Learning fighting was different from actually fighting, something I'd never really done.
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