Oh no, she was going to be late. After finally catching a lucky break, and finally seeing another job opening that she qualified for, Kimi was just as determined to turn her life around. She had made sure she was wearing the best clothes she had, went through all the answers to the interview in her head, and even took the time to go to a library to polish off her resume. Yet all of that was undermined upon waking up late. She didn't have an alarm clock, especially considering her crappy phone had broken the other day. As such, she didn't realize how tired she had been and had slept through the time of her initial interview.

All Kimi could do was rush to the casino to hopefully salvage the scheduled interview. From what she knew, maybe they didn't have another one scheduled and that they'll forgive her for being late. It definitely wasn't a great start, but it was far easier to try and get the job anyways and then rebuild her reputation from there. By now she was sick of all the rejection letters she had received within the past few days. Unfortunately, getting there was the issue, especially when she had used the meager money she had left for last night's dinner. If she needed to get there on time, she would have to take some pretty dangerous shortcuts.

However, by now Kimi was more than unafraid of the dark alleyways she once hesitated to go down. After everything, the potential of being robbed no longer fazed her. As much as she wanted to avoid giving in to her urges if someone wanted to threaten her for her money Kimi wouldn't lose a single ounce of sleep if she had managed to teach them a lesson. Whatever, getting distracted with thoughts like there wasn't going to help her with her interview. She had to get there as soon as she could.

It was roughly around this time when Kimi had shown up at the alleyway, at this point planning on just pushing through anyone she saw. Maybe if there were some rather shady individuals they would ignore her if she went quickly. Besides, it wasn't as if she had anything better that she could do. "Excuse me," she said rather dismissively as she passed through. Her sudden appearance likely caught the gunman by surprise, thrown off balance with a quick push of her left hand. Fortunately, the wraps had limited her power, preventing her from accidentally punching a hole through his chest. However, that was barely on the forefront of her mind. She needed to get through here as quickly as she could, lest she would be late for her meeting. Was breaking through a confrontation like this foolish? Probably, but hey Kimi was desperate for money more than anything.

Well shit. This was on her. She honestly hadn't expected there to be something seedy like this going on back there, but really she should have expected it better. Even if she was aware of the strength her body had, this strength was relatively new compared to the years when she was helpless. As such, Kimi found it easier to default back to fear. "With pleasure," she said a bit more meekly the moment they raised their weapons against her. She would raise her left arm more, ready to take the damage of anything that would fire at her as she took a few cautious steps backward. Yeah, maybe even if she had this power it was best to not get herself involved in a business that she had no interest in dealing with in the first place. Yeah, that seemed like the smart idea now.

However, fortunately, it seemed her short shove had managed to distract the goons, causing them to fight amongst themselves. Her eyes soon landed on the pink-haired gangster in front of her that had blocked her. Oh great, what was it now? "I'm late for an interview ok? Look I don't have money I swear on my life, just let me go." She said, ready to maybe try and shove past him as well until a hand slipped underneath her neck and she felt a gun directly pointed at her temple. Letting out a string of curses underneath her breath, Kimi now truly regretted the situation she found herself in. Never had she thought that she would be used as a random hostage, especially when she had nothing to do with this situation in the first place.

While her eyes did fall upon the gangster once more, they quickly moved away. By now, Kimi was more than positive about the fact that he would likely let her die. After all, they didn't know each other so why would he care for a random civilian? If she wanted to live, Kimi would have to defend herself. As tempted as it was to let loose on these criminals, Kimi physically couldn't in this situation. Her demonic wraps were all wrapped tightly around her limbs, making it difficult to reach them while she was in this position without causing them to fire off the guns... Unless.

Taking a deep breath, Kimi would tilt her head slightly forward before slamming it back into the man that had her in the chokehold. This clearly seemed to have caught him off guard, allowing her to pull the arm around her neck and throw him over her shoulder. With the limited combat knowledge that she had, at the very least she was grateful she remembered her self-defense skills. Maybe that stupid experiment did have its uses after all. She didn't need superhuman strength to deal with a couple of goons like this, just her wits.

Her actions caused panic, the other goons fired off their weapons. Instantly Kimi did her best to defend herself, trying to soak in the damage with her outstretched arm. It would break the jacket she was wearing, revealing the dark-colored bandages underneath although silently she hoped that it would just seem like she had a bad injury instead. However, that wouldn't explain how well she could soak the damage. Oh well, that was an issue she would deal with when her life wasn't in such imminent danger.