Hades' Chosen Prince

2. The Cage Fights

It's been over weeks since I left Denver, staying away from towns or anywhere that anyone could recognized me. My snacks and water ran out days before, yeah I had money, but now I only have enough for an energy bar, I went to the nearest to a gas station and bought one, when I walked out some people were talking about easy money ,so I listened carefully. "dude i'm telling you, it's easy cash just walk up, say your name, fight, win or lose you'll get paid" the first voice said, it also seemed to be a bit drunken, "huh...... alright man I'll do it" the other voice said in a low tone

Easy money...... win or lose.... I could use said money. I followed the two guys to this old warehouse, the noises coming from it were loud, but it was also far in the woods so it was rather hidden, I waited for the guys to go in, only to walk in after them, then I stayed in the shadows.

From there I'd only watch how two guys fought in cage,the fight was intense, it got to the point where they were both bloodied but kept fighting, I didn't felt anything, not disgust, not that rush I had when Erik died, I was sitting there quietly studying their moves. After I saw a few fights, I walked out and started to fight the air and a tree, night fell and morning came. I was ready for a fight.

I walked in and signed me up for a few fights, I didn't care with who, all I cared for was me having the money to eat something, I was named 'the noob', I shrugged and waited for my fight to start, I'm pretty sure I waited for hours for the people to finally walk in, of course the first fight was me and some guy. I didn't even listened to his name, I just wanted to get the money.

My fights went and came, I lost every single one. I was beat I could barely move, I ended up on the side of the warehouse leaning against it, all I could do was count how much money I got, it was enough for a few days of food, but I had another plan, I would buy the first ticket away from the states, best way to run for now and it's my only choice, if I just kept running I'll be in the same place I am right now, so I decided, I was going to keep fighting.

Days passed. I was winning more fights earned the name 'Enix' . It was nightfall, I had finally the enough money for a bus ticket, but I was tired. I walked away from the warehouse and slept sitting under a tree and leaning against its trunk, only to wake up to some dude holding me to the ground, others were kicking and punching me, I couldn't do much, they were too many, after they got bored they took all of my money. I was angry and helpless, couldn't even do anything about it.

The next day I walked to the warehouse. The fight manager  guy told me there was big money if I won against this guy called 'Raily' I accepted the challenge blindly, I wanted the money, him being some champion didn't stop me. All day long I was punching a tree, getting ready for that fight.

When it was time I pushed the people away getting to the cage, the only thing I heard were whispers

"he's crazy" some said "he will die" they whispered, but others were talking about some new fighter called angel, but I couldn't think of that new fighter, I was already going to leave after this fight, I stepped into the cage only to look at 'Raily' he didn't seem much older than me but there was something about his eyes, they felt like they were on fire, literally they were red just like his hair and his face was...strange, it was like someone who had never got in fight, yet he was smirking as if I was just another worm he could crush under his boot, I wasn't about gonna let that happend, as soon as the doors locked and the bell rang we lunged at each other.