Love is War

Chapter 80

The meeting ended but dad told us to stay, so no one leaves and John is now behind me because his part is already over and father is the one that is in front of us right now.

“There is something that I am meaning to tell you all,” he told us. “He grabbed the remote and clicked on it and we are shocked to see what is displayed in it. I recognize this guy; he is the one that keeps throwing smoke bombs on the field that is why that I cannot have a clear shot towards Amber and her crew.

I killed one of them and injured the other one, that was killed by my allies.

“His name is Travillian Roy Sales, the Lions’ expert tinker and I said to say to you that our other weapons were demolished by him because of the mines that he planted,” father said. “After his allies escaped, he surrendered willingly and no matter what torture we put him through, he won’t spill any words regarding with the Smiths,” father added.

“So, we don’t have any use for him?” I asked.

“No, son there is still one thing that I wanted to try,” he said. “I am planning to take him as a hostage if things go against our favor, and this is a double-edged sword for us, because we are not sure if the Smiths really cared for their men,” he added and dad has a point. “Fear not! For I, have already finished planning a contingency plan,” father said proudly.

Then that is nice because we have our last alas towards the Smiths.

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Now the meeting is dismissed and father explained to us the plans that he has in mind because he wanted to take revenge on them for the weapons they have destroyed and especially the men that died that day fighting them.

But now, I will go to Mac’s gym right now to continue my personal training with him.

Right now, I will go to his gym alone, because the two had separate business, and I did not mind at all if I go alone to him. I mean, with the time that I spent in Mac’s gym, I am well accommodated with the people training there.

Not to mention that I am the son of their leader, it is obvious that they will show respect to me, it is just my anxiety and introverted side, that’s making me think that they will hate me.

As I make me towards the underground gym, a picture of Lyn keeps flashing in my mind and the time that we spent yesterday. The marriage booth, the dance together, I don’t know how to forget it because I keep remembering this moment.

Even it all virtually happened to me, actually all of it are big deal to me.

I should focus on something, that may help me progress. There is a new task that was charged to me, well this is something that should be kept secret, because I know that the spy is still loose inside our vicinity.

Dad told us that the spy was so elusive, that he cannot catch him or her in the act, that is why dad will keep on calling private meetings because if the information leaks out, then the option will be narrowed down and we can easily locate the spy inside our organization.

I reached the elevator and I went inside it and pressed the button that will lead me to underground, and moments later I finally reached the underground gym of Nab and I kept telling myself, that I shouldn’t be afraid.

Well, my anxiety with so many people in a casual place, is attacking me again. I am only immune to this in a battle field, because the seriousness of the situation is overpowering my anxiety.

“Good day, young master,” one of the coaches greeted and I just smiled awkwardly towards him and his student and just waved my hand to say hello to them and they waved back at me.

I went straight towards the private room where Mac’s personal gym is, and I walked faster so I can escape this anxiety quickly.

I turned the door knob and I quickly get inside of the room, only to see Mac preparing the gloves that we are using for today’s training.

“I have a strong feeling that you are coming today,” he said to me and raised the gloves and threw it at me, and I easily catch the gloves.

“I told you already that I am eager to learn,” I reminded him, because I already dedicated myself to this training.

“That is why I prepared the gym for your arrival,” he said and he gets inside of the ring.

“Change, and we will fight, Shawn will go out in a moment to test your mind and skills,” he told me. Not Shawn, that boastful one, he will just play with me while we fight and annoy me. I shook my head as I knew that I have no other choice.

Once I am done changing, I got inside of the ring where Shawn is smiling towards me, with the time that I spent with Mac, I can easily tell who is which with just an expression and the smile that I am seeing right now belongs to Nab and I am very sure of it.

“Will you fight me or you’ll just stand there and admire how perfect I am?” he asked me with his usual annoying voice. Throughout this fight I need to land a hit on him because that is the challenge that Mac gave me, just one clean hit on the face then I pass his trials and I will proceed to a more advance challenge.

Shawn is very intelligent in a fight and he knows what to do next before I throw my moves on him, he is agile unlike the other ones, and I know that they exist in one body but their minds that has their own thoughts on how to move their body, is what differs.

That is why, for weeks I cannot land a hit on him, I am frustrated because he keeps saying things that are unnecessary, like he said that I move like a turtle, and asking me if all of this is all I’ve got.

I know that Mac is strengthening my mind and body through Nab’s personality and he is surely not holding back.

Then I need to be more unpredictable in his eyes. I took a deep breathe to clear my mind so I can move my body with so much ease, and precision.

After that I took the initiative, because knowing Shawn, he will not attack me first, he will wait for me to attack, no matter how long the wait is.

Knowing that I don’t intend to was more time on him and I charged at him while I throw my fist on the way, and he evaded quickly but that was just a feint because I quickly followed it up with an uppercut and I am surprised that he stopped that attack with his palms.

“Too predictable,” he told me while looking straight to my eyes.

I took deep breathes again, to calm myself from his annoying comments, but I felt a heavy punch on my cheeks that made me back off.

“Breathing in a middle of a fight? How bold,” he said, deep breathes are the only way that I knew to calm my mind. I need to find a way that will help me calm without delaying and restricting my movements. If annoyance take over my mind again, then I will just be so random...

Wait, if he is so smart about my movements, the question is, can he still be able to predict my movements, if I myself don’t know what am I doing?

But how can I do that? That is the big question for me, well I am conscious, and my mind can’t stop thinking. It is natural that I will try to think the next move that I will throw even I planned it to be random. That will only restrict my movements and make me more predictable.

I will just look like, that I am trying so hard in front of him and the last thing that I want to hear from him is his comments.

Then I need to think more... unorthodox if some may call it. This is a free fight and that means that we can use every part of our body and there are no limitations what part of the body we can hit. The only limitation is that weapons are not allowed and that is why, I am here to learn to fight using my fists.

The challenge is to get a clean hit on the head, and all this time I only focused on one thing, and that is hitting him on the head, then that means I need to think outside of the box.