Jackson's POV
It was finally my turn to fight, and I still wasn't sure who I was fighting. This annoyed me, but it also gave a rush of nerves and adrenaline .
"Alright! Next up is the champion of our last mini tournament...SCORPION!!" Yells the announcer into the microphone, pointing in my direction. Pulling up the hood to my jumper, I walk into the ring. The crowd erupting in cheers.
"And going against him is...... SHADOW!" The girl from earlier walks into the ring, her head bowed as the crowd screams louder. If she was able to beat the 'Hellraiser' I do not think this will be an easy fight.
"You all know the rules! 3....2....1....FIGHT!" As the ref slices his arm through the air, signalling the start of the fight.
'Shadow' or whoever this is, circles me. Her arms held up in a defensive position, I do the same. As we walk around each other, people were booing as neither one of us decides to attack. Finally I lunge at her, aiming for her stomach. She quickly dodges and pushes me backwards with her foot, I stumble for a second giving her the perfect opportunity to throw me an uppercut. I hold my nose as it starts to bleed, anger boiling inside of me. I hold my arms up again waiting for her to attack, eventually she does. Attempting to throw a left hook, I manage to grab her wrist twisting it backwards and forcing her to the floor. The dim lighting and the shadow the hood creates over her face makes it impossible for me to identify her. I ignore this thought as I force her on her back and straddle her. Throwing punches at her face-- which she manages to block. I pause for a second, which gives her enough time to flip me over so our positions are flipped. She straddles my waist, and I am met with numerous punches that I fail to block. She tries to punch again, but this time I manage to block her and grab the collar of her jumper. Pulling her towards me I grab the back of her hood and pull it back, I didn't even have to take off the eye mask to recognise who it was... A very flustered looking Violet.
Violet, I should have known. She stares at me in shock, then recognition. As I realise my hood is already halfway off my head. Suddenly I see her fist come towards my face and I black out.
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When I wake up, I see Gino looking down at me with worry. Liam is next to him holding up a glass of water and an ice pack. I groan as I sit up in what seems to be the camping bed that they have in the first aid room.
"You okay?" Asks Liam, as I take the glass of water that he holds out to me.
"She..... She beat me?" I finally ask, my cheek is throbbing and my vision is blurry.
"Yeah, she did," Gino replies, taking the ice pack and placing it on my cheek. I yelp as the sudden coldness touches my skin, but I instantly relax as it soothes my throbbing cheek.
"She beat you up pretty good." Says Liam, my eyes start to droop. "Don't fall back asleep!" Yells Gino in my ear, and I open my eyes to glare at him.
"We need to get you home," he mutters, taking my arm and helping me stand up. We all shuffle towards the door, as the putrid smell of alcohol and sweat hits my nose. I look up at the ring to see Violet beating the life out of a man, she looks strained and angry. As the man passes out, she just happens to turn around to directly look at me. Our eyes meet for a second, it almost looked like her face softened as she takes in the state I'm in. But it was impossible to tell with the dim lighting.
"And Shadow wins again! Your new undefeated champion!" Yells the referee, as I open the door and leave the bar.
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I wake up the next day to find my entire body sore, and it was a school day. Great.
I groan as I roll of my bed, and scamper over to my bathroom. I study my face in the mirror, my dark brown hair is ruffled and a mess. While my amber eyes look dull, with dark circles forming underneath. The bruise on my cheek is huge, I'll have to steal some foundation to cover it.
I walk over to my Mum's room, thankful that she is still sleeping. I go into her bathroom and pull out her makeup bag. I finally pull out some foundation, I run back into my room and take some of the foundation. Dabbing it on my cheek and rubbing it in. Hopefully no one will notice.
I walk into my wardrobe, quickly pulling on jeans and a t-shirt. I saunter downstairs, grabbing a apple and heading out the door.
I pull into the school parking lot, I'm early this morning and there are only a few cars that linger in the parking lot. I groan as I shift out of my seat, the bruises stinging from last night. I sling my bag over my shoulder and lean against my car, waiting for my friends. I look around, and spot Violet propped up against her motorcycle taking a puff of a cigarette.
I slowly make my way towards her, her face is turned away from me.
"What do you want Hamilton?" She says without turning to look at me, I swear I didn't make a noise as I was walking towards her, how did she know I was here?
"Don't call me by my last name, it's annoying," I say bluntly as I walk around to face her. She looks up at me with a bored expression, she puffs out the smoke of the cigarette into my face. I start coughing, and she smirks.
"Can't handle it Hamilton?" She says with an amused tone.
"Ha Ha, you know that smoking can take away twenty years of your life span."
"Yeah I know." She says looking disinterested. "You feeling sore from last night skipper?" She says, not breaking eye contact.
"Sore? Sore? No, not me!" I lie, running a hand through my hair.
"Your eyes shifted to the right, you repeated the phrase, and your feet shuffled ever so slightly. Telling me that you are obviously lying." She says, taking another puff of her cigarette.
"Fine, I am sore! Happy now?" I say, I was getting a little pissed off. Just then an engine roared through the parking lot, Violet turned to look at the sound and I see a very annoyed-looking Betty pull up in her convertible with her possy in the backseat. Violet glazes over them with yet another bored expression and turns back to me.
"Bye bye Hamilton!" She says, dropping the cigarette and stepping on it. She then grabs her bag and stalks away from me. Jesus Christ!
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Fighting in the Shadows
Action-COMPLETED- Seventeen-year-old Violet Lockwood has always been a rule breaker. But when her parents both pass away, now she is in charge of her twelve-year-old sister Kylie. Violet decides to move to a sleepy town in Pennsylvania in order to protec...
