The Wampus was in a bit of a trance as she finally appeared in the stands and the moment she stepped through the door it felt as though every blow and every pain she had endured during the task had come rushing back. Add the continual exposure to the heat and humidity and Valerie understood precisely how Ryan's per rabbit must have felt in its final moments when its cage had been left out in the hot summer sun.

Taking a small step forward, her grey eyes searched for a certain familiar face but mostly remained unfocused. She knew she had not made many friends (if any) since arriving but that had not been her purpose to begin with. The lure of scholarship funds, of no longer being a financial burden to her uncle and aunt, the opportunity to attend university had.

Although none of that seemed to matter right now and Valerie hardly even felt a sense of accomplishment as her body began to register the significantly cooler Scotland temperature. Fresh not sticky air filled her lungs and then suddenly everything was a blur.

Then spinning.

And then her eyes rolled back in her head and while the difficult part of her brain was screaming at her to suck it up and not let them the satisfaction of seeing her this weak, she was spent and had been for a while. So it was that Valerie Gray's body gave an eerie sway and then began to crumble like a rag doll to the ground.