Prodigy Agent 09

Chapter 08: The Party

          "So... are you ready to go for it?" Brandon asked me as I tightened my shoelaces.

          I nodded my head, "Who's first?"

          William raised his hand, "That would be me."

          I nodded and we entered the mat.

          "I'll go easy on you." William affirmed me, thinking I was scared.

          "Don't go easy on me... former Agent 09 lost to me." I cocked my head to the side trying to egg him on.

          A vein popped out from his neck, "What?"

          I nodded my head as Brandon called out, "Fight. We've got no time to waste." As soon as the last word left Brandon's mouth, William threw a punch at me. I dodged it in the nick of time and return a punch to his unguarded stomach. He grunted softly before clenching his fists and hitting me on my face which I blocked.

          After a few more successful hits, I grabbed his outstretched right fist and swung him off the ground with a thud. He groaned in pain and frustration. I placed my hand over his neck and the fight was over.

          "Next?" I released him and walked off.

          "Agent 10." Brandon ordered and Grace came onto the mat.

          "Well, let's get going." Grace held her stance and clenched her fists.

          As soon as Brandon gave the cue, I shot out first, knowing that Grace would wait. I got a good hit near her ribs but she threw a punch that I narrowly missed. I raised my eyebrows, impressed. She clenched her jaws as she circled me again. I blanked my face and calculated her moves, her left leg held her body instead of her right. She threw another punch towards my unguarded face and I ducked as I kicked out to swerve her to the ground. As she fell, I pinned her to the ground and placed my hand on her neck. The fight finished in 5 minutes.

          "Agent 09, are you sweating?" Brandon cocked an eyebrow as I shook my head.

          "Okay, Agent 07, you're up." Brandon called and Mason strode up, full of confidence. As he got into his stance, I decided to make this fight quick, I analysed him. Weight evenly distributed, fists tightly clenched, jaw loose, muscles relaxed. He has very good foundation.

          "Fight." Brandon announced and unlike the two before, he kicked up. I blocked his blows with my arms and punched his knee joints hard enough for them to bend and he fell to the ground. I quickly moved to his neck and the fight was over.

          "What?" William shrieked in confusion. I shrugged my shoulders in response.

          Brandon clenched his jaws, he definitely did not like this, "Agent 05!"

         Henry furrowed his eyebrows, "No, Sir. Put Agent 03 up. She beat Agent 07. It proves her to be stronger than myself."

          Before Brandon could respond to him, I cut in, "So in real life, someone kills Agent 07, will you back out from the fight?" Henry narrowed his eyes at me and stormed onto the mat. Let us see if anger helps him or destroys him.

         He threw a punch which I purposefully did not block. He was strong, it would bruise lightly. I gave him back a punch and he groaned while glaring at me. Then, he was attacking faster, much faster than the other three which explained his lean body instead of being buff with the exception of Grace of course. I dodged them all, angering him even more and he punched faster but I ran around him, stunning for a moment before sending him to the ground, "Not bad, you managed longer than Agent 07."