The Nerd with the Dangerous Secret

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Pulling my hood tighter around my face, I walk further into the night, my feet trying to walk as quickly as they could perverted gazes follow me as I pass a few beggars and people lighting cigars which I accidently digest and have to cover my mouth to keep in my cough

I quickly cross the roads only glancing across my shoulder as most cars didn't come down this back alley anyway especially at this time of night. A fence is placed at the other end of the back alley and as I get closer I notice that the fence towers me and seven feet

Placing my foot in a jagged wire foot hole I begin to climb the structure, it was quite a simple structure, the less dangerous wire was placed in a diagonal line and normally I climb using that route as it was the safest way up to the top

Once at the top I swing my leg over the metal top it creating little noise before jumping down to the ground. Pain surged my legs but it was the only way to get down from that height anyway so with a sharp intake of breath I stand stumbling a bit to get my balance but once I do I'm racing across the abandoned ship yard and into a large double warehouse

As soon as I push the large door of the warehouse open I am greeted by many men cheering and whooping and the foul smell of alcohol and smoke, I just sighed before going straight to the bar and placing an order for a coke and beer; sipping it I watch the two people in the human circle and by the looks of the people forming the ring I am the only girl fighting today by the looks of the skimpy clothes the other girls are wearing

One person makes a jab for the other one but he quickly dodges it and ends up kicking the person who tried to punch him in the ribs. He cried out in pain and swings again blindly only to be met by another cry of pain when his fists connect with concrete

Enough said I think anyone with half a brain could figure out what happens next but it ends up with the scrawny lad being pulled away on a home made stretcher. I decide its about time to show this amature club what exactly a girl can do

I step down off the stool and over to the human circle elbowing a few people who got in the way out of it and end up near the front I stick my hand up pulling my hood round my face a little more one of the self appointed ref's see me and gesture for me to step into the ring he does this once again with a random oppement who stride confidently over to where I am, his giant like frame towering my own 5'7 one with ease but this could be to my advantage point as he has to put more weight onto his right foot so all I need to do is knock him off his feet

"You all know the rules -- there are no rules" The self appointent ref barks a laugh from where he was standing before us, he raised his arms and dragged them down again signalling the start of the fight

He takes a jab at me and I twist my upper half to block the attack and swiftly move round him so that in attack it was my favorite position between the two if I saw an opatunity to switch to attack I will take it

Punching him in the stomach as hard as I can which in turn causes him to grunt ans spew out a string of curse words, I do this one more time before he does something that suprised me and kicks his legs out hitting my right kneecap which makes me loose my balance and stumble backwards a little

Regaining my balance I manage to gt another kick to his side this time he lands on the dirty foor and I take this as an advantantage as I continue to kick him in his side I know they say not to kick a man when they're down but I haven't really followed the rules in the past year and a half

"I give it to her" The man splutters out and I smile in agreement as the self appointed ref takes hold of my wrists and yanks it upwards I grimace a little but nobody noticed over tHe cheering he finally much to my relief drops my hand allowing me to squeeze my way out of the human circle and let's me collect my money

I should have $500 from the fight tonight

The same bar tender that gave me my drink handed over my money sending me a flirty wink as I grabbed it out of his hand and opened the envelope before I left because believe it or not I have had money snatched off the agreed total -- I needed it and they cheated me -- so now after every fight I check the money. I counted five $100 bills and nodded to the bar tender

"COPS!" Someone yelled who was on lookout and everyone started dispersing quickly and my adrenaline kicked into overdrive as my legs started to run the back way I knew that the coppers would just cover the front and catch the drunk people who weren't quite quick enough

I push open the door the cold Chicago air hitting me full force but I don't bother tightening my jacket as I put my leg into the hole in the fence and begin to climb again at the top I jump down and sprint towards my motorbike turning the key and it on before speeding away into the starry night thinking about one thing and one thing only

How lucky I was