Spitfire

Chapter 24

"Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. we would like to welcome you aboard Delta flight 377 service from" I tuned them out and looked out the window as i already heard the whole speech a few times before. I must have fallen asleep because next thing i knew i was being shaken awake by a flight attendant "Miss, it is time for you to step off the plane" i nodded and grabbed my bag slipping out of my seat and off the plane. I am finally back in Florida, i have missed the waves and the sun desperately. I got my bags and saw max and Rocky, wait what was rocky doing here? "Uncle max!" i jumped into his arms, he had come around a couple times for some fights in the last year but i had missed him a lot i got down and looked at rocky. Last summer things had been really tense between us two because of the summer before. Near the end of the summer last year i had gotten into a really bad fight and things got even worse between us. "Oh, hi Rocky" he nodded to me and grabbed my luggage and walked ahead of us and Max wrapped an arm around my shoulder and squeezed "Okay, what is going on with you two?" i sighed and tried to pry myself away but he wouldn't let me go. "Okay fine! my first summer here i told me he liked me, then last summer things were awkward until he found me out fighting and i got pissed at him for following me and we got into a fight." he squeezed my shoulder "Its alright sweetpea, i have a feeling things will get better this year" "I have a guy i like and if you try any" "I won't i won't, but i do have a couple surprises for you" "Nooooo, you know i don't like surprises!" he chuckled "Well get over it because i know you will love these, i promise" "Okay, Kyle, the guys, a fighting tournament or chocolate are the only surprises i would like!" he just smirked and we got to the car. The door flew open and someone came tearing towards me "RENNY YOU'RE BACK!!" i was frozen for a moment as they leaped into my arms but i quickly recognized the voice "Kyle! is that you?" He had definatly grown up and gotten tougher. "Yup, i have 2 younger sisters and a younger brother now, i love mom and dad a lot too." "You have gotten a lot stronger." he snickered "Well so did you" "Well i have been training, i am going to be a street fighter for goodness sakes!" "Well maybe i am too!" i was shocked and i grabbed his shoulders and looked him straight in the eye "You arent" he smirked and crossed his arms "Yes, I am!" he laughed in my face. We had both grown and gotten stronger. "No your not!" We were both shoved into the car as we kept arguing "why cant i?" i looked at him astonished "Why not! why not! i will tell you why not! because it is extremely dangerous, there have been deaths, you're not allowed to die!" he prentened to die "Oh no, ive been stabbed, save me save me! oh Renny, you have to give me mouth to mouth!" i was laughing my butt off "To help a stab wound? if you expect me to kiss you" i paused and my eyes flicked to the mirror where rocky was staring daggers into Kyle. "It wont ever happen. I have a guy i like anyways." I saw Rockys eyes light up "Back in memphis" his eyes drooped and he rubbed the bridge of his nose. "anyways the topic we were on is that i dont want you to fight" he groaned "i dont care that you dont want me to fight i am already set for my fight in march!" i sighed, thats right our fights were on our 13th birthdays. Max saw the anger rising up in me and pulled over in downtown "Go, you know where it is, just be back by 10, your crap is in the back" He popped the trunk and i quickly got my weapons on me. After slamming it shut i sprinted off into the alleys finding my way through the maze of the slums of downtown i had reached the arena. Storming into the training room i went quickly to the track, shoot i wasnt dressed for training. I then remembered i had a locker here so i ran into the lockerroom to find my lock still attached. After getting changed i walked out into the training room to all of a sudden find a few fighters training. I didn't recognize them than again i had only been here a few times last year and it was a widely used arena. I sighed and went to go work on a punching bag. getting distracted by the others training i felt my hand slip on the side of the bag and something snapped. My adrenaline was racing so hard by that time that i couldnt feel it for a few moments "Ah SHIT!" there heads snapped towards me as i crumbled to the ground. they sprinted over and found me cradling my wrist "Hey kid, what's wrong?" "I broke my wrist you idiot!" "Well what were you doing in here in the first place?" the other retorted "Training, what do you think?" the nicer one was off talking on the phone and the asshole was sitting next to me "Your what 10? you shouldnt be in here, and training for what?" "11, thank you very much, and for street fighting, why else would i be training in the arena?" he glared at me "How did you even know about this place?" "My uncle, Burnout, I have been training for street fighting for the past year and a half." he nodded "Oh, my apologies" "The medic is coming, do you have any contacts for here?" i nodded "My uncle, burnout, i can get my phone if you need me to" the nicer guy shook his head "Na, i got his number, who should we say you are?" "Ren" he nodded and dialed his number "Hello, yeah it's Flame, uh Ren got hurt can you come down to the arena?" i heard him curse quite loudly and i shrunk into myself. The guy next to me put his arm around my shoulders giving a light squeeze. The guy hung up and looked at me "He should be here fairly soon, and the medic right about" the door opened and i saw an older guy walk in looking concerned "Hello miss,would you like to come back in my office?" i was about to nod when the doors flew open and in came Max "REN! WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU THINKING TRAINING WITHOUT SUPERVISION?" i rolled my eyes and stood up "Look, they were in here, i train without supervision all the time, and you told me to! Who pissed you off?" "rocky almost strangled kyle and i had to get in between them, im sorry i just dont like to see you hurt" i groaned "I am 11 years old and have trained for a year and a half, i have injured myself how many times before?" he hung his head "Like 15" "Nope! 19" i said quite proud of myself. "Okay doc, do you have a waterproof cast, i still want to be able to surf." he patted my shoulder leading me into the room shutting the door on the guys "I think i have something better, you train in memphis right?" i nodded "Yeah i own the arena" "Well i know the doc up there and we work closley together along with many other arena docs to help fighters get back to normal as quickly as possible. This is a solution that will help bones heal faster, it speeds up the healing process by making your cells replicate faster. It flushes out of your system within 48 hours and it recognizes the injury so it only replicates the cells that need to be replicated. Your injury heals within a week only if you have a brace on, it heals 2 weeks without the brace." "I know this i have had it before, give me the higher dose" he sighed "okay will do" i nodded "thank you." the door opened slightly and i kicked it "Go away! there is a medical procedure going on!" whoever it was grumbled and shut the door "So you are the famous Ren Andrew's then" i nodded,"I guess my identity got out then, i am no longer skylar, i had noticed that happening in the past few months then." He chuckled "Well word ceartainly gets around when the infamous Devil hands his arena off to a 11 year old girl" i rolled my eyes "Why infamous?" he stayed quiet for a few minutes still prepping for my procedure. "Well everyone fears him, and he isnt actually famous" i nodded "Hm, makes sense." he smiled over at me and came over with the syringe and i turned my head away "Dont tell me or count just do it" he chuckled "As you wish." he massaged my arm first getting my muscles to relax and wiped it down. Then A few moments later i felt it go into my arm and tried my hardest not to tense up, but it was inevitable. He took it out and then massaged it gently again. I smiled at him "I find it hilarious how the arena medics know more and are so much better than normal doctors." he shook his head and shrugged "I have been in this feild for many years, all of us have had some sort of past with fighting so we know what its like to get hurt and want to make it as easy for these fighters as possible." i grinned "Ya'll are really the best." he gently put my wrist in a brace "24 hours and you should be set to go, just be carefull please." i saluted him "Yes Sir!" he laughed and patted my back as he walked me out, i set an alarm on my phone becuase i knew that this medicine was that exact. "A brace! Only a brace, how long is sh" i grumbled "Burnout! look i know you have been injured before and have had the medics attention. You should know how advanced they are."he rolled his eyes "well it looks like no more training for you then today, come on lets get you home and rested" i shook my head "no the idiots are going to be there" he sighs "Well you have to fa" "No, i am not going to yet, those idiots both like me and i am not going to deal with that while i am on vacation, this is supposed a break from my hectic life, not more drama!" i took a breath and he wrapped an arm around my shoulder "Knowing you and your sneaky ways you will be able to avoid them for how ever long you want." I waved to the guys as we walked out.

I was sitting on the porch desperate to get back out in the waves. I saw annabelle out there rocking it on the ocean blue. I felt someone watching me and i looked around to spot rocky a ways away on the beach, it seemed as though he was debating about coming over. I clenched my jaw and looked away not wanting to deal with the idiot at the moment. "Hey Ren, can i talk to you about something?" i waved kyle over and he sat down "Look im sorry about earlier, i jus...What happened to your hand!" i leaned back in my chair taking a swig of my pop "Snapped my wrist training" he looked at me "We have an arena here?" "No" he glared at me "Yes we do, you basically just proved to me th" "SHUT UP!" he jumped a little and fear rode in his eyes. "Look, fighting is extremely dangerous, have you ever even been to one?" he shook his head "That proves my point, and you won't go to one for a very long time! if at all. I refuse to let you fight, how have you been training? punching a tree!" he gulped "Okay fine, i wont fight geesh" "And you won't go looking for that arena either"