"Mama, I want my tweddie" 4 year old Angelina says to her mother, with her voice cracking.
"Shut up!" Beatrice, Angelina's mother, shouts back, as she grabs Angelina's tiny arm in her hand harshly and shoves her into the arms of an unfamiliar man.
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TW⚠️⚠️: some depictions of harm and dark thoughts _______
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ANGELINA'S POV -
"Your turn."
I nod my head and get up.
I don't have a degree. Never tried to get a job. Never had the chance to go to school. It's already too late for that. Or maybe it's not.
I don't know what they did to me. But sometimes I feel like Superman. Sometimes I feel like there are no limits. Like I have no limits.
I vaguely remember test tubes, wires. So somany wires. They did something to me. Well many things but besides the point. I think I was a lab rat. And I don't know how or if it's even possible but I'm stronger than the average human. I can't lift cars. But I can lift humans. Specifically dead bodies.
I made a bet with someone. I have a fight. And if I win I get 100k. A lot? For a single fight sure. In the long run? No.
I adjust my mask once more. Then head out for the ring. I slip in through the ropes. And I look at my opponent.
He looks strong.
But looks can be deceiving.
***
"Now that was a fight if Ive ever seen one!" Alicia, my friend, jokes.
"And you even kicked him in the balls when it ended!!" William laughs out. Then he continues to laugh. And starts hitting me and then he falls to the ground. And now he's wheezing. Trying to take a deep breathe. "Okay okay," he looks up at me from the floor, "PFFFT WTF IS THIS ANGLE!! YOU LOOK LIKE A WALRUS."
I take my empty glass and throw it right next to his head.
It shatters.
"Huh!?! You wouldn't. How could you?!" He says dramatically.
"Oops! That was such a bad throw. Your head is too big to miss after all."
He gasps, and holds a hand to his heart.
"You see this?!?" He points towards his heart, "You broke this!"
"Oh please, stop being a baby. Poor little William, lost his teddy. Haha. You gonna go cry to mommy?"
