In The Shadows ✔

[107] For Bonnie

Logan is watching it all with a wildly beating heart. And where he expected to feel pain or to be shaken up, the opposite is happening. He is so damn proud of this woman, the love of his life. He will push himself to the limit, to make her sacrifice worth it.

Duane will be scared to death in this last part of the second round. Logan sends all his raging emotions to his fists and stands up straight.

Scorpia is carried out of the ring on a stretcher and he puts his fist on his heart, whispering softly: "For Bonnie."

He steps forward and slams his gloves against Duane's, who looks at him with sadness in his eyes.

"Oh hell no. I don't need your pity dude. And she certainly doesn't. Bring it!"

Duane has no clue what to expect from his opponent and there wasn't a lot of footage of him available to learn more either. But the fire burning in the eyes of the man in front of him worries him, because he has lost a lot of energy and strength during the first half of this fight.

He loosens his neck and decides to go full force right away. He wants this fight to be over.

That was a dumb move and Logan grins at the big boxer in front of him. He sees the annoyance and impatience in Duane's stance and flies up to him and works him into the ropes with a series of punches.

They get pulled apart and Logan is already in position before Duane has come to his senses. Logan repeats the same sequence of punches again and smells the turning point.

Bruno yells: "Take a hit!"

Logan thinks of Scorpia and decides to try her move. He just hopes that he doesn't get knocked out right away.

He looks Duane straight in the eye and drops his defense. Duane looks shocked but still uses the opening to punch Logan right on the eye. Logan's knees buckle and he closes his eyes, imagining Scorpia there looking at him.

He pulls his arm back, punches Duane in his armpit, in the ribs on both sides, followed by an uppercut against his chin. The big, strong man falls backward on the floor and Logan doesn't hear a thing.

He stares at the man on the ground, staying down till the last count, in the middle of a deafening silence. He watches Duane get carried off and suddenly Logan's feet lose touch with the floor.

Bruno and Ricardo lift him on their shoulders and a smirk appears on Logan's face. The sounds around him slowly seep in and he smells sweat... blood... her blood... Bonnie! He whips his head towards Bruno, who tries to calm him down with his gaze but that doesn't work at all.

He has to go to her, has to see her. Ricardo and Bruno put him down and Logan looks at them with a wild expression on his face. 

Bruno puts his hands on Logan's shoulders and says: "Relax bro. You're not announced as the winner yet, and they will want you to say something. Because you're the only one left standing. After that, you'll eat something and go to the hospital. I'm going to find out where they took her right now, okay?"

Logan takes a deep breath and nods. He walks over to the referee, who pulls Logan's arm up to declare him the winner of the fight.

The referee gets a microphone handed to him and clears his throat, "That was the best match ever. A worthy fight to end my career with. The real champion is the one who left the ring first."

Loud cheers and clapping emerge from the crowd surrounding the ring and Logan gets handed the microphone. He closes his eyes and breathes out slowly.

"She believed in it from the very first second she heard about this fight. And I believed it along with her because I know better than to defy her. She can do anything she sets her mind to. She is so incredibly strong, physically, but most of all mentally. When you think she's beaten down, she'll find hope, love, and strength to go on. This victory is hers. I would have never won this fight without her. It would have been KO in the first round."