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on offense. I lunged forward and lashed out with my leg at the gang leader. He hadn’t expected me to retaliate and was winded.
“You have made a huge mistake,” he mumbled “Boys... attack the girl!” He hollered.
I had been in these situations before. The observing gang members did as their leader said. One by one, they came at me with weapons they had concealed. The first man had a knife and hurled it forcefully towards me. I positioned my hands so that the rope binding them would be cut. The knife arched and split through the ropes seamlessly. My hands were now free! I jabbed my elbow into the man's side causing him to drop the knife. I reached down to grab the fallen object, but was interrupted by another gang member hitting me with a metal pipe. I had been thrown to the side and was already charging back at him. I jumped and locked my legs around the neck of my opponent. I gave a fast motion with my legs and heard the snap of his neck breaking.
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I took the knife off the ground and threw it at one of the men. It hit him square in the chest. He fell over and blood began to pour out of his wound. The other man was still advancing, so I picked up the metal bar and put all my weight behind a swing. He was knocked unconscious and tumbled to the floor. The man who originally had the knife was coming after me with a second knife. I used the metal bar once again and hit him in his stomach. He writhed to the ground in pain as I took the knife and stabbed him in the head.
There was only one person left, and that was the leader. He had stood in the distance watching just as a coward

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