"Never in her entire life had Paris seen someone move so fast.
The guard- Stephen -had stepped toward Gaia, asking for her pass. It was exactly what Paris had expected him to do. She had the next mintue mapped out in her heard: Gaia would say she didn't have a pass, and Stephen would tell her that she couldn't be around the patient communication facilities unless she had one. And Gaia would plead that she really needed the phone, as so many patients did.
But that wasn't what happened at all.
Instead Stephen came over and askid if Gaia had a pass... and suddenly Gaia became airborne.
In one fluid move, like a ballet dancer, Gaia had shifted her left leg and leapt into the air, spinning as she rose, her right leg swinging around like a deadly pendulum to smack against Stephen's head.
Stephens eyes rolled, and he collapsed to the floor like a sack of laundry. He hadn't even moved, Paris realized. Headn't had time to move. He was out cold.
Paris was so shocked, she stopped breathing. Her jaw hung open- she knew, because she could see her face reflected in the phone alcove's door. Her mouth was like an O....."
Okay that excerpt was from Gaia Abducted by Francine Pascal!!!!
and kris---- OF COURSE SHE'S A GENIUS!!! she's the most intelligent 17 year old in the world!