Saya sat all by herself on the bench of the locker room. She leaned forward, resting her elbows on her knees and just staring at the cracked tiles on the floor.
Her hands were still shaking a little bit. The rest of the team had already headed out. Vargas had given them another one of those long speeches that didn't actually mean anything, telling them they needed to "fight with heart," before he walked off into his office with Rin. Roam had tried to put a hand on her shoulder as he was leaving, but Saya just shrugged him off without even looking at him.
Their next match was against the Baby-Boom. Just thinking about that fact felt like having a heavy stone sitting in her stomach.
The bribes would not work this time. It was all over. All the little tricks, the shady deals, and the gross favors she did for people did not mean anything anymore. She could not just sell her body to get an easy win or beg for more time.
