Fangs and Fur

4- Old City, New Experience

Atlas Pov~

Left, right, duck, right, left, I let my anger out on the asshole in front of me. He tries to send a right good my way, an obvious and desperate move one that would cost him. I duck before showing him how to really throw a right hook. My fist connects with his jaw and I hear a pop before I see him drop to his knees. I lower my head till my mouths beside his ear. "Ain't talking big shit now are you?" I mock before straightening back up, I turn to the crowd throwing my arms up riling them up. I see them motioning behind me so I focus my ears to the sounds behind me and sure enough I hear his footsteps moving towards me quickly. I whip around before immediately bending back as his fist swings right where my head was. I straighten my back and quickly send a punch to his nose. I watch as he stumbles back a step before hitting the ground. I realize he's out cold and smirk watching the ref come over to check on him. The ref walks over and hold my arm up signaling I won as his guys come to haul him out of the ring. I do a victory lap around the ring before I head towards the locker room more than ready for a hot shower. I walk in and immediately go to turn the hot water on before I start to take my clothes off. Once it's hot and I'm undressed I step in relishing in how the heat feels against my skin, I scrub my body with my vanilla body wash before moving on to my matching shampoo and conditioner. After I'm good and clean I get out, dry off and get my clean clothes on. I'm tying my second shoe when hear the door to the locker room open and a voice say "your a cocky little shit, doing a victory lap like a pro champion" a large smile grows on my lips as I stand giving my best friend a hug and a pat on the back. "Where ya been bitch? It's been forever since I've seen you" he smiles back returning the hug. "Oh ya know nothing much, a little this, a little that, just OPENING MY OWN BOXING GYM!" He shouts the last part excited. "No way! Where at?" I ask excited for my friend. "In blackthorn, I finally got the building fixed up and ready to open. What about you what've you been doing?" He says stepping back from the hug. "That's awesome man! And not much now tonight was my last fight for my contract." I say still in disbelief that my best friend opened his own gym, he's always talked about it but he's never done anything to get it started. "Well that's perfect! Get your bags packed cause you're coming back with me." He says grabbing my shoulder. I roll my eyes at his demand playfully. "Want you gonna kidnap me to fight at your gym?" I joke chuckling a little. "Actually yeah, I came here cause I wanted to ask you for a favor" he says pulling his hand off my shoulder. "I was actually wanting to ask you to fight a match or two at my grand opening ceremony in a week. I'd pay you for it of course" he continues looking at me hopefully. "Yeah I'll fight for you, you're not paying me though, we're best friends remember" I say a smile on my face. "Yes! Dude you have no idea how excited I am! I was hoping you'd be there even if you didn't fight but now my bestie will be there and I'll have a full house that night" he says jumping in excitement before grabbing my stuff, shoving it all in my bag and handing it to me. "Come on! I already got plane tickets to take us to blackthorn tomorrow and an escort set up to take your bike there since I know how much you love it" he says dragging me out of the gym and towards his car. Kai's always been like this very impulsive and reckless so I've learned to just go with the flow. We hop in his car after he reassured me my bike wasn't stolen and was just being transported ahead of time so it'd be there when we get there before we headed to my house. "This is gonna be so cool, my besties gonna come stay with me! And my grand opening is in a week!" He says as he watches me finish packing my suitcase to take with me tomorrow. "Haha yeah it will, wait- who's gonna go against me?" I ask suddenly realizing I can't fight without an opponent. "Don't worry I already got everything taken care of. I may have already announced that you were gonna be fighting for me and you know that one guy the iron fist? I think is his name?" He says looking a little unsure. My eyes widen at the name. "Yeah I've heard of him, we fought a couple times and he's really good. Almost got me a few times" I tell him getting excited for the re-match between us. "Well he heard and immediately asked to be your opponent. So I checked him out and when I seen how good he was I knew he would be a good opponent for you" I smiled at his words and I suddenly find myself impatient that it isn't the grand opening yet. "He definitely is, we have a little rivalry going on too so it'll be good publicity too" I reply zipping my suitcase up and setting it by the door so it'll be ready for in the morning. "Yes! I knew he'd be a good choice, I could feel it." He yawns mid-sentence before getting off my bed and heading towards the door. "Anyways I am BEAT, the flight here was long and I need my beauty sleep. Good night bitch I'll see you in a couple hours Kay" he says turning to walk to the guest bedroom. " I chuckle before telling him good night and getting ready for bed.