Fighting for her Life

Chapter 3 - Skye

The next few weeks run smoothly, training has gone well, and I am getting ready for my first underground fight.  Work is the same as always Jess has never showed up to work all rough looking, he is back to his suits and is being less of an asshole.  I have not had any facial bruises to cover up which is great because I hate putting on all that makeup since I normally wear truly little.  Not to say that I do not have bruises in other places, Johnny knows I plan on fighting in an underground match and although he does not agree on the underground scene, he is not going to let me get slaughtered, so the training has been intense.  He keeps asking me for the fight information so he can attend in case I need him there, but as you can probably guess I was not going to let that happen even if it would be nice to have someone in my corner.  The fight is happening this Friday in the basement of a warehouse in a part of the city that is a little shady.

Friday I go for my normal training in the morning and let Johnny know that I will not be able to make our evening session, I know he realizes why but does not ask.  I must leave the office on time today since I need to head home to get ready for the fight.  I have $1000 riding on me winning but since I am the underdog if I win, I walk away with $5000 which will allow me to pay Johnny for more one-on-one training.  I know that seems expensive but when I was researching trainers and came across him it showed that he has trained some of the best UFC fighters, so he is worth his fee.

I show up 10 minutes before the fight and hand over my money and am shown to a room to prepare, the only thing I can wear is tape around my hands and a mouth guard.  The girl I am fighting has been fighting underground for the last year and is a fan favorite.  As I wait for my name to be called, I use the time to warm up and get my head in the game.  When I hear my name being called, I make my way out to the area they are using as a ring.  When my opponent makes her way, the crowd goes crazy and that messes with my head, but I am determined to win this match.  The rules are given, and the match starts and for the first bit I am getting my ass handed to me, but I catch her with a nice spin sidekick, and she loses her advantage and I go in for the finish.  I jab my elbow into her face she drops, and her nose is bleeding everywhere, the call is made the crowd goes wild with excitement and I have survived and won my first underground match.  As I head to the room to grab my stuff, I swear I spotted Johnny in the crowd, but it is such a frenzy I do not have time to check to determine if I am right.  The guy that is running the show shows up in my room with my winnings and lets me know that if I want another match to call him and he would make it happen.  I thank him and let him know that I will call him soon.  When I reach my place, I take a quick shower and head for the kitchen to ice my face.  As I am lying on my couch, I hear my door and I do not know who it could be since I don't let people know where I live.  I check my peephole and am shock when I see Johnny standing there and I open the door.

"How do you know where I live?"

"Hi to you to Princess, I followed you home from the fight how else? Aren’t you going to invite me in so I can take care of you?"

"Pardon me?"

"Your face needs some tending to and tomorrow's session is cancelled you need to recover."  I open the door and let him in and now I am out of my element, having someone in my space has never happened before.

"Sit down so I can tend to your face, I have some of my supplies with me." I do as he asks as he paced a butterfly bandage on the cut above my right eye which hurts like a b***h, but at the same time having someone in my space is freaking me out and I might have a panic attack.

"Were you trying to get yourself killed tonight?" Johnny asks as he tends to me, but his voice holds a harsh bite.

"What no.."

"No! No? Really because I was there watching that fight and I don't even know if your head was on straight until the kick and then I saw your face change and you went for the kill.  That face should have been there the whole time, and it wasn't," he is now yelling at me and this is not going to happen in my space, I push him away and stare at him.

"What were you even doing there after I said I did not want you there, hence why I never told you the when and where?  Or how about what kind of person follows someone to their home and then demands to come inside?  Seriously What. The. f**k! You know what, thanks for the fix but I got the rest from here!" I get up and head to my front door and as I turn to let him out, he is sitting on my couch.  SERIOUSLY!

"Come on Princess come sit down so we can get some ice on that face since I'm sure you have to go to work Monday.  Did you honestly think I could not find out where the fight was going to take place? And did you think I was not going to be there? By the way you made me some nice money although I thought I placed the wrong bet at the beginning and thought I was going to have to get you some medical attention." He laughed as he shakes his head in disbelief.

I must have fallen asleep at some point since I woke up in my bed and no sight of Johnny anywhere.  I use the weekend to rest my body and tend to my cuts before work on Monday, but my head has been repeating Johnny's words "Were you trying to get yourself killed?" I mean I know that my game was off but why?  In all my training I have never allowed someone to get that many hits in and not come back right away.  Let's be real, the opponent was nothing special I should have been able to end the match within the 5 minutes.