Challenge Accepted! When Lionesses Clash...

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For Gabrielle Pelletier, it was time to get to work. The Young Lioness settled herself in the gymnasium for her work out, always keeping in mind her goal of graduating from the Young Lionesses programme and into the main promotion itself. Short but powerfully built, Gabi sported a buxom, muscular frame and a thick river of brown hair complimented by her tawny skin. Her frame was accentuated by her tight white wrestling singlet along with thigh high red boots and long red gloves.

Gabi Pelletier

Taking a deep breath, she settled herself down, lying on the padded bench and gripping the barbell tight with both hands. Then she eased it off its supports, an expression of deep concentration covering her face as she began to lift the weight up and down. She could feel the pleasant burn in her muscles as she worked, each rep inching her closer to her goals!

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While Gabi was focused on the hard work of pushing herself towards earning a spot on the main LAW roster, another Young Lioness was wishing she'd bailed to go literally anywhere else. Tanner Del Rio was currently flopped on a nearby mat, panting after having just completed a rather arduous workout using an agility ladder.

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How that shitty net of plastic squares was supposed to help her knock a chick into next week was anyone's guess. But nooooo, the dumbasses who ran the Young Lioness Program decided to toss the damn thing in front of her and tell her to have at it. "You need to improve your quickness," they said. "Your defense leaves much to be desired." Bullshit, she thought. Defense was for pansies who couldn't put the other girl down fast enough.

"Rrragh..." With an annoyed growl, Tanner sat up, rubbing at a knot in her back as she made to dry herself off. Damn assholes took somethin' that was supposed to be fun and made it into work. "Tch... dammit." Her towel was quickly dismissed, tossed aimlessly ahead of her. In its place was a water bottle, large and green, decorated by a couple of wristbands she'd nicked from inattentive concert-goers. She tipped it up, greedily gulping the cold water inside as she eyed the rest of the room -- and her fellow Young Lionesses within.

She couldn't even take a moment to fuck around with one of 'em. See, over the last few months, Tanner had rightfully earned a reputation as a bit of a bitch among her fellow Young Lionesses. But most of her antics had been limited to the dorms and classrooms. Those same trainers who threw a plastic ladder in front of her and told her to jump through it... also happened to be a buncha' killjoys who really needed to get the sticks out of their collective asses.

But then her bottle ran dry, and all of a sudden, Tanner Del Rio couldn't be assed to care about said sticks. She looked around, looking for a quick source of hydration. Her eyes locked on a half-full bottle by the bench presses, which likely belonged to the small woman currently going to town with a barbell: Gabi Pelletier. While they hadn't gotten into it very often, Tanner figured that her smaller stature made her an easy target.

So began the hunt. Tanner got up, sauntering over to Gabi's bench until she was looming over her head. The position was somewhat intimidating, but it was quickly defused by an uncharacteristically friendly greeting from the Wild Child. "Yo." She hovered her hands underneath the bar as Gabi pressed it up and down, ready to catch it should the shorter girl gas out. Those palms were wide, open, and notably empty, and she summoned as nice of a grin as she could muster. Sure, she was a bit of a bitch to the other girls, but maybe Gabi would feel safe given all the eyes around her. "Need a spotter? Could maybe help ya hit a higher weight."

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Gabi could feel her muscles straining as she worked hard at the bench press, sweat beginning to bead on the Young Lioness's cheeks as she exerted herself. No pain, no gain, as the saying went. Frowning with the effort and with her thoughts wandering to dreams of stardom, Gabi almost didn't notice the approach of the other Young Lioness until Tanner's shadow fell across her.

She found herself looking up at the other wrestler, the woman looming over her in a rather unsettling way. She recognised the other woman vaguely - Tanner had a bit of a rep among the Young Lioness members for not being the nicest customer. Gabi had never run into any problems with her comrade so far, though. Time to find out if rumours were true...

However, her apprehension faded away when Tanner grinned down at her, positioning her hands beneath the barbell and giving the Canadian a bright greeting, offering to spot her. Gabi relaxed, smiling back from her position below.

"Hey! Tanner, right?" she replied cheerily. "Yeah, thanks! I mean, that would be great! I've been working real hard to try and get a bit higher. We've gotta train hard to make it into LAW, right?" She started pushing the barbell up and down again, letting out a faint squeak of exertion as she did so.

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"Heh. You said it." Tanner had to suppress a snicker. Just how naïve was this chick? "Train hard to make it into LAW?" Those assholes let untrained models waltz into their rings, training didn't matter worth a damn. Gabi was prolly just tryin' to brownnose to the instructors, but honestly, she'd have an easier time of it if she just sucked 'em off. The chick was hot enough, anyway.

"So, ah..." Whenever Gabi finished a rep, Tanner reached over to drag some nearby weights closer and closer to the press. Something that could easily be justified as her getting ready to set Gabi up for a bigger set. She pulled some lighter weights, ones that Gabi could probably lift, but also some heavier ones -- which she intended to use. "Work out here often?"

It was a stupid question, she knew. Of fuckin course she worked out here often; they all did. That was literally their job as Young Lionesses. But truth be told, Tanner didn't actually give a shit. She wasn't really intending to listen to Gabi's answer anyway. Juuuust... kill some time while she got everything set up.

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So far things were going well enough and Gabi was building up a decent sweat. The distraction of conversation helped take attention off the burning in her muscles as she worked, a tingle of sweat now glistening on her bare thighs, arms and cheeks. She probably couldn't keep this up for too much longer until she'd need to take a break.

Gabi nodded, her brow furrowed with effort as she continued pumping the barbell. "I come when I can. It's a lot of work though, trying to fit it all in around our training. I guess it will be worth it though, when we get to step out onto the big stage, huh?"

She allowed herself a feeling moment fantasising her big entrance; the lights, the crowds, the cheers. Yes, if she just kept working she would get there one day.

"What about... you," she continued. "Haven't seen you around here... too much. How long have you been in the program?" So far it seemed that Tanner's unsavoury reputation was hardly warranted. Gabi wondered if others had simply gotten on the wrong side of her fellow Young Lioness. She managed a breathless smile up at her companion, too focused on her weights to notice the shuffling of movements going on around her...

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"Hah?" Shit, was Gabi still talking? Right, right, that made sense. Even if she wasn't listening worth a damn, Tanner technically asked the chick a question. Made sense that she'd respond... But did she have to answer a question with a question?

"Uh, yeah." Her own response had no real conversational weight behind it. After all, she didn't really care. "Only been around a few months. Came in when everybody else..." She drew an idle circle through the air with one finger. It was well known that LAW made a big investment in the Young Lioness Program recently, which led to a buncha signings. Like Tanner, Corrine, Samoa Schmoe, Spaceballs, Madam Boner, and all of those nobodies. "Yeah."

"Heh." Anyway, now was the moment to spring her lil' plan into action. Of course, Tanner didn't wanna tear the girl's arms in two. All she wanted to do was piss her off a little. So she waited 'til Gabi had the bar down rather than pressing it up. Then, she quickly fixed a ten-pound weight to one side of the bar! Before Gabi could tip herself or the bar over, she skittered over to the other side and fixed another one! Hopefully, the chick was tired enough so that a surprise addition of twenty pounds at the bar's lowest point would be too much for her to handle!

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Gabi nodded, only partially listening to Tanner herself as she continued trying to work the barbell up and down with her new comrade. As the weight lowered she gave herself a second to breath, closing her eyes and preparing for a final set of reps. What she didn't see in that moment was Tanner sliding the extra weight to one end of the barbell...

"Hey.. what?" Gabi blurted stupidly, eyes snapping open as the bar suddenly dipped to one side, as though it had abruptly gotten heavier. She strained to balance, brow furrowing in confusion until she noticed Tanner scampering around to the other side... with a weight in hand. Her eyes widened but she wasn't in any position to stop the prankster from affixing the weight to the other end of the barbell.

"T-Tanner... what are you... stop!" she whined as the additional weight brought the barbell pressing down to heavily for her to be able to push it up. She strained, but with her arms already tired from her set she found herself stuck, pinned to the bench by the weight. Her legs flailed. "It's too much weight, Tanner. I can't... can't lift it!"

She hoped once the other Lioness realised her predicament she would help Gabi get loose. After all, it had to be an honest mistake!

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Two weights, twenty pounds, one tired dumbass, zero chance of getting free. And hell, the chance that Gabi actually got hurt from this was almost nil, so it wasn't like she could actually get mad or anything. Not that Tanner cared or anything; if Gabi wanted to cry like a little bitch about it, then she was welcome to.

Tanner snickered at her classmate's misfortune. The water bottle that started it all still sat just below the bench, and Tanner finally bent down to pick it up. She popped it open, tilting it back to let the cool, refreshing drink fill her lips.

As Gabi continued to complain, Tanner continued to drink -- in full view of the woman she'd just stole the water from! Eventually, the well ran dry, and she popped the bottle away from her. "Hah?" she asked, raising an unimpressed eyebrow at Gabi below. "Ohhh... Hehehehe!" Tanner started to snicker at the sight of the other girl. "God, you look like a fuckin' dumbass! HAHAHAHA!" Her laughter started to echo throughout the gym, and she nearly doubled over at Gabi's sputtering face!

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Gabi wriggled and writhed helplessly beneath the overweighted barbell, her cheeks puffing and flushed red as she fought to free herself, to no avail. Her pleading to Tanner also fell on deaf ears as well, and she could only watch in growing frustration as the bully snatched up her water and downed the whole thing!

"Tanner! What are you...? That's MINE!" Gabi squealed uselessly as the empty bottle was tossed away. Her eyes were wide as the other Young Lioness turned on her. At first Gabi thought she was to be set free... but as it turned out Tanner was every inch the bully she'd been warned about.

Gabi sagged limp beneath the barbell, unable to lift it, forced to remain trapped there while Tanner laughed and mocked her. The young Canadian scowled angrily.

"They were all right about you!" she accused. "All the rumours - I thought people just didn't like you, but you ARE a bully!" Squirming around, she tried to crane her neck, looking for any other Young Lionesses nearby who might actually help her out of her predicament!

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"GAAHAHAHA!" Tanner roared with laughter as Gabi's anger made her sputtering face even redder! The bitch looked like a tomato up top and squirmed like a goofball down below! How could she not lose her shit at that?

Eventually, though, her laughter died down. "Hoooo... whoof." Tanner wiped a tear from her eye as she peered over at the still-pinned Pelletier. "Aw, don't get your panties in a bunch, Short Stack. Just havin' a little fun." She picked the bottle up off the ground. "I'll fill this up real quick, then we'll get that bar off'a ya."

Tanner turned around to do just that, heading to the nearest water fountain, filling it up, and walking back. Of course, she took her sweet time doing all of that. "Lemme just put this here for a sec..." the Floridian said when she returned to Gabi. Specifically, she placed the bottle right between Gabi's legs -- the only open space left on her bench. If Gabi questioned why she didn't just put the bottle on the floor... Then what Tanner did next would answer her.

"Now for this..." She placed a hand on the bar, as if to finally free her classmate. Instead, both hands quickly slid to the end of the barbell and pulled one of the weights off the end! If Gabi wasn't quick enough to react, she'd be at risk of falling over -- and spilling the water bottle all over her lower half!

"AAHAHAHA!"