Content Warning Contains consensual sex, orgasms, and martial arts violence

Late January, The Year Before Everything Happened

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“Jesus Fucking Christ, why is this gym so fucking cold?” Kathy Liu inquired aloud, moving through the still unfamiliar space. A peek at her phone revealed that it was late, but not yet approaching midnight. Behind her followed three other college students, each holding a gym bag.

The tallest and broadest of them stopped first and asked a question. “Yo, Kathy? Where am I putting this camera and shit?” The blonde asked, gesturing to the long black bag held in her offhand.

“Right there is fine, Sam.” The college sophomore pointed to a spot on the concrete floor “Just plug in the laptop and connect them together. I'll do the rest.”

Sam grunted and laid the long camera bag down onto the floor with surprising delicateness for a brawny 6'2 woman. Her job complete, she fixed her backwards cap and the blonde mane spilling out from beneath it. She carried her bag towards the MMA cage. One look at her broad shoulders and powerful legs would have been enough to convince Kathy that Samantha Gaines was a standout Division 1 wrestler: their training sessions together had only confirmed it.