Boxing Partners

You Can Never Go Back

Trigger Warning: Violence and torture. I urge you, this is very graphic and violent, please if this isn't for please skip this. I'm sorry in advance.

It had been over a month since Clementine and Violet have been together. Training got harder and more intense, the tournament with the Delta was encroaching slowly.

It was like a looming threat hanging over the club, like a grey thunder cloud on a winter's day. The cold atmosphere caused shivers to crawl up their spines, the chills made their skin shudder and their bones quiver.

Even though the team had become better and stronger, they knew the Delta would be a difficult challenge, to say the least.

Minerva fought dirty, she had done some messed up things, to her friends, her lover and to her own family.

No one knew the real reason why she was sent away; people had their speculations, but they would never surmount to the true reason why.

Slowly, the competition encroached; as the days passed and the training intensified. Both the boxing clubs were getting better. This was the last week before the competition.

Every day leading to the competition there was intense conditioning with sickening exercises and gruelling weight training.

Violet was worried, terrified even, she was scared about the competition, scared for the well-being of her lover and what Minerva could do to her. The redhead was the reason why Ericson's was banned from participating in any other tournament aside from the Delta.

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Clementine was in the gym doing bicep curls, her breathing grew heavier with every rep, she was exhausted from the non-stop training, she was focussed on her exercises blocking out the sounds of her team who were scattered around the gym doing individual training. Her muscles flexed every time she curled the bar up to her chest, a sight that made her girlfriend's legs turn to jelly, the dark shadows cast from her triceps onto her tanned arms.

The brunette dropped the bar and sat on the padded mats beneath her, looking down at the floor her arms rested on her knees she slowly regained her breath. Violet walked up quietly behind her girlfriend and crouched down behind Clementine, she wrapped her arms around her hugged the tan girl tight in which she let out a hum in approval.

"You okay Clem?" the blonde inquired,

"Yeah, I'm just tired and I'm ready for this competition to be done already"

"That makes two of us, come on let go back to our dorm and watch a film together, something marvel maybe"

"Sounds perfect Vi,"

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Minerva was in the Delta's gym late at night, no-one was around. The moonlight peaked in the dark dusty basement windows, the dim lights flickering on and off. Once again, the redhead was awake and trapped in her thoughts, she hit the canvas boxing bag in front of the mirror.

The thumping of the bag echoed around the empty gym, with an eerie rattle. The song of the dead started to fill her head again, a faint hum slowly increased in volume fading in and out of earshot, the lights shut off leaving her in the dark.

Minerva was less alone than she thought.

A single light fluttered to life, a silhouette was formed, it stood in front of the mirror calling the redheads name.

'Minerva'

She brushed it off, ignoring the siren-like voice as much as she could;

'Minerva' the voice called again,