Ranma strained with all his strength against the thick metal bars of his cage, but to no avail. The bars didn't even bend an inch.
She couldn't understand it, she should have been able to bend bars of this size as easily as she had twisted Ukyo's spatula during their first confrontation.
Some of the animals in the other cages had been awakened by her earlier shout, and began to make noises of their own.
At the sound of barking dogs coming from the other cages she felt the fear well up inside of her. "Someone let me out of here!" she screamed amid the cacophony of barks and cries around her.
He felt the tight control of his emotions slipping away as the fear began to consume him. Why was he so scared? Ranma Saotome NEVER got scared. He had been in worse situations before, right?
She span about with panic filled eyes, searching for a way out of her prison. She was surrounded on all sides by the same metal bars. There was no way out.
There was no way out!
Without even thinking, she slammed her body into the wall of the cage, rebounding with a meaty thump before she landed on the solid metal floor.
She had to get out, she thought as she picked herself up and charged at the wall again.
She had to get out, she thought again as she landed in a heap on top of the basket. She had to get out!
She had to get out! She had to get out! She had to get out!
She chanted the mantra silently in her head with each rush at the wall and each impact with the floor.
She threw herself at the cage countless times.
Fear and adrenaline numbed her enough that she didn't even feel the impacts through her bruised and battered frame, but something had to give somewhere. It was simply a question of which would give out first; her mortal, flesh and blood body or the magic-reinforced, thick, steel bars of her cage.
With one final charge at the wall the answer was given with an ear-splitting crack and a loud yowl of pain as she collapsed to the floor, cradling her right arm protectively.
Ranma's mind snapped back into focus with the inrush of pain. What the hell was I doing? he thought in disbelief. I'm acting worse than Ryoga!
"And when did I become female?" he groaned as his mind hovered on the edge of pain induced unconsciousness.
She crooned to herself as she rocked back and forth in a near fetal position.
Why is it getting so cold? she thought as she struggled against the encroaching black void that filled her mind.
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