Fight Till the End

Chapter 19: A Different Kind of Challenge

I started waiting for him to make the first move but it was taking forever. I watched his breathing, the little movements he made when repositioning for second, third, and even the forth time. He looked at me with a gritty look. I didn't show any emotion. At least I tried not to.

"Why don't we kick things off quickly, huh?" He said shifting towards me.

"Ok. What do you..." Before I could finsh he was kicking his left leg at me. I hit the side of his foot with the palm of my hand. All he did is come up with the other leg hiting me in the gut. I fell to the ground, but I quickly scrambled up to my feet from the dirt. I looked at him for second. I moved very quickly behind him. I moved so fast I could tell he was confused on what was happening. I took advantage of the moment and put my left arm around his neck putting him in a head lock, then I put the palm of my right hand flush agianst his back. Charged the energy blast that was sure to cause some good damage to him and fired.

He fell to the ground. He wasn't moving, but that doesn't mean a thing. I could hear everyone yelling in the distance. I tune them out. I focused on his energy. He was definitely alive. I back up not wanting to fall for the trap.

He turned over and smiled, "Well, this should be a very very interesting fight. I was sure that I would of got you, then agian I am basing most of this fight off what you sister told me."

What does he mean by that? Was Angel spying on me for him?

"Although the methods I had to use were..... how do you say I this... unconventional," he continued, "I got what I needed. And before you get you panties in a twist, she doesn't know what she told me. It was a type of hypnosis."

The whole time Angel has been back I knew something was off. This wasn't it, there was something else.

He positioned him self in a fighting stance. "I hope your ready, because now I'm not holding back anymore."

I readied myself, mentality and physically. And before I knew it we were fighting. Not just close combat, but also energy blasts. We were going at it, he would throw a punch, I would deflect it. I would throw a punch, he would deflect it. Then he punched me in the chest, I countered with a hard kick to the gut sending him flying back about a fifty feet. I ignored the pain radiating in my chest, cupped my hands together and started charging my energy. Then out of nowhere I transformed. With my hands still cupped, my hair now perked up and turned yellowish-orange agian I started charging up my energy blast agian, but for some reason it was very difficult. So I stopped. I looked at him. I could see fear in his eyes, but I could also see excitement. I started walking towards him. He was in shock as I came closer and closer. I was finally right up on him, I look at him. "Isn't this want you wanted. What you called a challenge, I call a chance." This time I grabbed his throat and, with ease, lifted him off the ground. I bagan to fly up in the air going higher and higher. I stopped about a mile and a half up. Still holding his throat I said, "Now I want you to looked down because what you see is your grave if you don't back off."

He eye balled me and laughed, "You really think I'm afriad of dying? I have experienced the most intense pain ever imaginable. I will say this, you can kill me if you want, I don't care. I just thought that you would want to test you skills. To see if your training paid off."

I looked at him, my hand getting tighter and tighter around his throat. "I never told anyone that. How do you know that?"

He laughed, "You still don't get it do you?"

I loosened my grip on his throat, "No, so why don't you inlighten me."

He looked at me with a smile on his face, "I'm going to ask you one question, one question that should 'inlighen' you... Where is your future self?"

"How do you know about him?"

I said.

"Just answer the question." He said rolling his eyes.

I thought to myself were he was, I tried sensing him, nothing. I looked over at the girls, nothing.

"I see your trying to find him." I looked at him, he was smiling.

Then it hit me there was never a future me, no missed up future, no died. It was him. Everything was him.

"No it can't be. You don't even look like me at all. How? Why?" I let go of his neck.

He flew back a few feet, grabbing his throat with his hands. "I've been to many planets looking for challengers that are worth my time. I learned things, most importantly I learned of a technique that could let me take the form of anything or any one. That's how. As for the why, like I said before I've been seeking a challenge worth my time and you my freind, have been more than enough."

I looked at him, "How did you know that I was able to transform though? I didn't even know."

He chuckled, "I didn't, that surprised on my face earlier was my real reaction. I honestly made it up trying to get you to train and practice more so this would be fun."

"You are a monster, but I do agree with a couple things you've said, I am a challenge, and I do want to test my skills out on you. But when we do.... it's to the death."

He looked at me with a grin on his face like he was enjoying what was happening, "I wouldn't have it any other way."

We both got ready in our fighting stance. I know I was on edge because now that I knew what was going on, I didn't know how my body would react to the news, because without incentive I could transform back to normal or worse. I didn't want to think about that. I just focused on the fighting.