CYPHER

Good Doctor

" I was quite sure I would enjoy the death of one of you today ".

They all turned to the source of the sound and saw Top dog come out from behind the men that had gathered around them , the men all had their flashlights on Dean and the others .

Dean had nothing useful on him except his own flashlight and the others had no weapon either .

May could not even stand properly , if they decided to attack them now , it would all go to s**t .

The only way to get out of this would be to talk Top dog down or even go as far as begging him to let them go .

So , Dean transferred May on to Blade's side and slowly stepped forward , raising his arm to show that he was unarmed .

" You can not just stop us because you don't like how the match turned out , it does not work that way ".

" That is on you for underestimating May just like you did me too ".

Top dog did not seem to be looking at them any nicer so Dean decided to change tactic and also increase the tempo of his voice .

" I know you will respect the game's verdict and let us pass besides if you are really unsatisfied , I trust you are the type to challenge us to another gauntlet and not stoop to a shake down just outside the arena ".

Dean watched Top dog's face harden more , pride blackmail had not work , he squeezed his fist together and quickly began to think of how to salvage the situation .

Throwing a dig at them was not what they needed right now .

He could take the caring approach , he could inquire about May's opponent, their fallen comrade , Martha .

He could ask for Martha's health status, that ought to shut them up .

" How is Martha though ? That last fall and crunch would have been detrimental to even a steel ".

Top dog's frown deepened and Dean was beginning to consider that he might not have been the best candidate for the taming the angry crowd game that Top dog and his people had forced him to join .

He was thinking of what to say when he noticed Top dog was no longer frowning , he seemed to have gained some clarity on things and seemed to be struggling to say something to Dean.

He finally made up his mind though and looked scornfully at Dean .

" She is in a bad condition since we do not have the leisure of a doctor like you do but with enough food and rest , she should be as good as new very soon ".

Oh .

Dean wanted to pretend he had not heard that but the medical practitioner in him seemed to be a very caring fellow .

Dean took a step towards Top dog , so everyone did not have to hear what he was going to say .

" With enough food and rest , she should be as good as new ? What do you think she Is ? AI ? Why would you speak about her condition with such mediocrity ? "

He got a little closer and pointed at his limbs by a force of nature that he had been trying to get rid of for a while .

" Any bleeding or visibly broken bones ? Is she conscious ? Does she seem off or in pain ? Her pulse ? "

Top dog observed Dean for a long while before he shook his head slowly and began to answer his questions .

" There is no major bleeding but she has a lot of skin discolorations In places that she claims she was not hit , I am guessing the places that are heavily discolored are places she was either punched too hard or she is bleeding internally .

Her shoulder is also dislocated , one of the guys tried to fix it forcefully but I think he only made it worse , it looks totally wrong from what an actual shoulder is supposed to look like ". ".

The skin discolorations could just be bruises or signs of internal bleeding or even worse , a preempt to organ failure .

If they tore a ligament while trying to fix her shoulder , she would be in a lot of pain right now .

He would have to take a look at her quickly but did he want to though ?

If she had won that fight , she would have killed May and they all knew that .

And secondly , Dean was not sure Top dog wanted him getting involved in this .

Someone tapped Dean's shoulder and he looked up to see that Top dog had gotten closer to him .

" Some of the guys saw you last night at the clinic . If you can .... please , help Martha ".

May scoffed loudly behind them .

He was not speaking loudly but anyone with the Intention of hearing could probably hear what he was saying .

and May was doing just that , she balked when she heard what they were discussing about .

" You want him to save Martha ? The same Martha who tried to kill me a few hours ago ? "

Top dog moved away from Dean and headed towards May .

" You challenged her to a fight . What did you expect , a finger tussle or something more fancy ? You did not just challenge her , you challenged her honour and she had to make an example that would desist any other people from what you did !"

May pushed herself off Blade and began to laugh , she laughed for a while before she eventually stopped .

" Her honour ?? We are all stuck in a game to be killed off one after the other and she has honour ?!?! No , she does not have honour . She is just a loser in the real world that has pumped herself full with steroids and is trying to make herself scary so she can at least die with more of an achievement than her whole pathetic life has been so far ! "

Top dog snorted wildly and grabbed May by the scrubs she was wearing .

He sneered down at her as he lifted her by the collar of the scrubs .

" Then , you should have done it ! ".

" After all , we are playing a game like you said, you should have done the right thing by her ,You should have killed her off like she would have been more than happy to do with you ".

" She is a loser ?! No , we are all losers . Losers without a single achievement and that is our only qualification . That is what qualified us to be here ".

Dean turned around and pushed Top dog off May .

" That is enough . Where is she ? I will check her ...".

Dean was interrupted by May who was suddenly screaming , he turned to see that she was glaring at him with her hands stretched out to probably grab him scratch at him while Blade was holding tightly on to her .

Her eyes were wild as she screamed at him .

" Why would you check her ??? She just tried to kill me , I can still feel all of the pain from the thirty five times she slammed that iron rimmed chair into my back and head but you want to check her ? "

She suddenly collapsed , her legs giving out and allowing her to fall into Blade's chest as she began to sob .

Jade came closer to hug her from behind and Dean just sighed.

" May , I will not check on her if that is what you want ".

May slowly turned around to look at him .

Dean nodded and smiled softly .

" I will not check on her but if she dies from her injuries , then you will take responsibility , even if she did not die in the ring , she will still be the first one from your killing streak that ".

Blade and Jade's eyes turned into saucers as they all watched Dean blatantly try to justify the person that had hurt May while Dean watched as May thought it over . She was hurt and in pain but May was not heartless .

Finally , She hissed .

" Use the most painful method to treat her ".

She turned back into Blade's embrace and Dean grinned .

" Don't worry , I intend to do not just that but a lot more ".

He turned around to Top dog .

" Take me to where she is , I will see her now ".

Top dog nodded and pointed at May and the others , he gestured with his fingers to his men and then turned to Dean again .

" I will have some of my people assist them back so she rests from her injuries that she got tonight ".

Dean immediately shook his head , unsatisfied by the sudden decision that seemed weird and generally unreliable .

" No , we go everywhere together . We are not separating or dividing ourselves up , even when I check on her , they will be in the room with me , right there with me ".

Top dog frowned and Dean scoffed , turning around as if to leave with the others .

He had barely moved a couple of stairs when he heard Top dog's voice call out to him .

" Wait !!! ".

"They can go with you ".

Top dog looked so disappointed that Dean had to ask .

" Wait , you actually had something planned to do to them when we separated ? ".

Top dog's frown only deepened and Dean whizzed loudly .

" So , it is not something planned for them but for me ?? "

" You are really making me reconsider being such a nice guy ".

Top dog rolled his eyes and gestured again for his men .

Dean wondered how long exactly they had all known each other that they could now talk well with signs , it was quite impressive for a bunch of men who looked like they should have hated studying .

" You agreed to help already , you can not change your mind now ".

Dean grunted and rolled his eyes , they might as well get over it now .

" Come on , let's go ".