Astrogia

Broken

Picture above is for the car scene

"Now son the true trick to magic would be in the flick of the wrist."

"Come on dad again? It's not cool when you say it."

"Oh come now don't be that way. Your friends love it when I talk this way."

"I told you already father those people laugh at you not with you. And they're not my friends."

The man sighed and got down to the same level as his son

"Odion I don't know what troubles you so much. You have so many wonderful things here at the estate, yet you still act so bitter. Talk with me son. What troubles your mind?"

"It's them father. They have the type of life we were meant to live. While they drink from golden cups and clean their asses with rubies we have to live among the regular nobles while everyone overinflates their already bigger than normal egos. I'm sick of it. The rulers of the twelve kingdoms have everything and we have half of what we deserve. If the thirteenth still flourished as it did in the olden days then maybe things wouldn't be so bad."

"Bite your tongue Odion. You know the thirteenth kingdom is not to be mentioned. If kingdom guards were to hear you we'd all be arrested. Choose your words more carefully next time boy." The man rose to his full height and turned away from his son. "When you are ready to behave like the son I raised you know where to find me."

With that the boy was left outside to his own thoughts.

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"Is that all you can do? Either you get me more money or our agreement is over."

The boy sighed and straightened his back as his 'boss' walked out of the room. He stared at his hands slightly stained with a red color. He grit her teeth and punched a small dent in the wall beside him.

"Damn bastard. If he wants more money I can be sure he gets more money. Even if I have to kill him."

Scene change

"Ladies and gentlemen it's the biggest fight of the night. Place all of your bets now. Will the victor be the returning champion The Silent Scorpion or the challenger Trigger happy Mike? Only one way to find out. Place all bets now."

The announcer went around collecting bets from the surrounding audience and making bets of his own.

"Hope you brought your blankie for when I beat you little girl." Mike laughed trying to get under the boy's skin.

The boy simply smirked and held up two fingers.

"What's this? The Scorpion is promising to beat Mike in two minutes if not then he forfeits. With all the bets in now let the fight begin." The announcer called the fighters to the center of the ring and made them shake hands. "Now I want a clean fight from both of you is what any real ref would tell you but this is the underground. Only two rules, if you're knocked unconscious you're out and if you die you're out. No surrenders, no safe words, no safe play do whatever you must and make it interesting."

The fighters nodded and headed back to their respective sides of the ring. The guy glanced down at the crowd and saw his boss' sitting in his usual spot glaring at him. He sighed and got in a fighting stance.

"Ready?! Fight!"

Mike immediately launched himself at the boy aiming for his face but flew right past him into the rope when he stepped to the side. He used the momentum from the rope to launch himself back at the boy but was met with a foot to the gut. With the wind knocked out of him momentarily the boy punched Mike straight in the jaw and rained punch after punch on him. When he started changing color he wrapped his arm around Mike's neck and tightened his hold on his neck.