Scars

To Win, But To Lose

Nemesis POV

I was swinging at the man in front of me, not with all my strength, but I was moving pretty fast. The room seemed to go in slow motion as I kicked him in the gut and sent a right hook to his face. He tried to block himself from me, but I kept coming.

There was shouting coming from the box at the top of the dog that I recognized as Alan. What was going on? Momentarily distracted the man got a good punch in. He hit my left cheek and I stumbled back. Becoming confident he took a step forward and I backed up, he was trying to box me in a corner. So, I turned and ran up the side of the ring and did a flip,landing on the other side of him. I kicked his legs out from under him and ended it woth a final punch to the face that knocked him unconscious. The ref came in and raised my hand in the air, claiming the victory mine.

Mr. Browne was walking toward the ring with a sad but joyful look. It looked as though he had been crying just minutes before. Hoping on to the ring he brought me into a hug. When he finally let go of the embrace, I looked at him weirdly and he raised my hand in the arm and the crowd cheered once more. Looking back up to the VIP box, I saw Alan and Mrs. Browne fighting and Aiden walking down the stairs with a thoughtful expression. Up in the the box, Mr and Mrs Browne's children looked at me in shock. What had I missed?

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The next morning the sun was shining brightly in the sky and I could hear fighting going on down stairs. My alarm clock said 12:48. I missed school and I was laying in bed. After taking a shower I looked in the mirror to find a big bruise on my left cheek where the man had hit me last night.

I went down stairs to see Alan, there was no point in going to school. Also though, I wanted to ask about what happened last night with the Browne's. Alan was in the ring with the punching pads on his hands for one of the fighters. I didn't have my nerd get up on since all the people that didn't need to know where in school.

Alan saw me and spoke to the fighter before getting off the mat and making his way to me. "How's my little fighter?" He asked as he brought in into a hug.

I pulled away and smiled, "I'm great. A couple sore muscles here and there and a huge bruise on my face but other than that I'm good. Why didn't you wake me up this morning? I missed school."

"I called them and said you were sick. I thought you could use the rest." He rubbed my head, messing up my hair.

Swatting his hands away, "Well, thanks I guess. Hey. I wanted yo ask you about what was happening in the VIP box last night. I saw you fighting with Mrs Browne."

Alan showed a little bit of sadness but quickly covered it up. "That was nothing. Just a minor disagreement."

"Ugh... Okay. I'm gonna go out for a run. See you in about an hour."

"Alright Nemesis." He turned and went back to his fighter. There was something going on and it wasn't just a minor disagreement. I'm gonna find out what.

Leaving the gym, I ran. My red hair, in a high ponytail, swung back and forth behind me. All my muscles worked as I moved with the feeling of the wind on my face. One foot after the other hit the cement. The sound of Megan Trainers song All about the Bass hummed in my ears. Coming to a stop and checked my surroundings. Was on the beach, just before the water line. The waves crashed and the water lightly touched my shoes. I looked over the ocean and watched as the water flowed. It reminded me of the feeling I had when I was younger about my parents. They moved around in my mind and they still use to until I got older and locked them up in the box at the back if my mind.

I was knocked out of my trance as a jet zoomed by. Turning around, I started to run toward the gym again. Alan was hiding something it it was time I do some digging.

Once I was home, I took another shower but washed my hair this time. I pulled my phone off the charger and Texted the one person I knew wouldn't mind skipping class to help me. Besides, he had one class left anyway.

Aiden, I need your help. Come as soon as you get this
-Nemy

It took all of two seconds to get the response.

On my way
-Aiden

Ten minutes later he was walking through the door. His golden hair was messy, bit just the rich amount. The brown of his eyes glowed when the sunlight from the window them. He wore a tight fitted white shirt that showed off his muscular body and jeans that hugged him just right. There was a black leather jacket hanging off his finger that was thrown over his shoulder. He had on black vans and dark sunglasses that rested on his head. Just looking at him reminded of how lucky I was to have him and when he hung up his jacket and turned to me, I could see his affection clear in his eyes.

"You didn't have to look so good for what I need right now," I chuckled. He had made his way across the gym and was now placing a soft kiss on my lips.

"Says you." He winked at me. I'll admit I did try and look nice. My hair was curled and fell to mid back. I wore a purple v-neck shirt and Jean shorts that went about mid thigh, though I was walking around in socks.

"Come on then. I need to tell you about my plan." I brought him up stairs and we sat on my bed. Telling him all about what I saw last night and what Alan said this morning, I noticed a slight look of panicked in his eyes. "Do you know something?"

"What? No. Nothing at all." His reply seemed frantic and slightly worried.

"Are you sure?" I was pressing him.

"Yeah. How would I know something?"

"Okay... fine. Lets get to work then." I stood from my bed and motioned for him to follow me to Alan's room. If there was something there I was gonna find it.

After searching every where we could, I finally gave up and went back to my room and laid on my bed. Aiden flopped beside me and wrapped his arm around me pulling me so that I was snuggling into his chest. "Done the investigation?" He asked.

"Far from it."

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