One man and a woman were pitted against each other. They weren't given any weapons, so they had to be creative about ways in which they could inflict pain and maybe even death upon their opponents.
"I'm sorry Lil, but I suppose this shall be the end of this miserable life for you." The man said with great confidence.
"I could always forfeit, but you're an idiot if you think you have a chance, Zak!" She bellowed, dodging his punch and planting one right on his ribs.
While Zak grunted at the pain that shot through his entire being, planting itself in each of his cells, he made it a point to get an attack in. The crack he had heard come from within didn't deter his great resolve to win against Lil.
His fist raised quickly and hammered down on Lil's shoulder, her arm immediately went limp with a dislocated shoulder. If the attack inflicted any kind of pain, she didn't show it. Her expression was absolutely deadpan, she was clearly used to more excruciating pains.
She instead retreated, falling back to the far ends of the ring. Zak didn't follow, he was still nursing his fractured or otherwise broken ribs. It wasn't the first he'd had his ribs broken, Lil always went for them, he'd been through this many a times but the pain wasn't something he could befriend. It was too much to inflict on a man.
Lil did the unthinkable, she was clearly a very flexible girl. The way in which she moved, proved that agility was her strong suit, but it surprised everyone when she used her two feet to fix the dislocated shoulder.
With a very loud pop, she managed to pop the bone back into its right place. She was breathing a little heavy, their fight had been going on for several minutes. It was almost an hour, anybody who had lasted that long was the Gladiator. Not like he had trouble with the opponent, it was because he enjoyed the torturing.
Her shoulder was now better than it had been. She ran toward Zak, there was no way he could fix a fractured rib right now during the fight. He previously thought he was used to the pain, but experiencing this made him realise otherwise.
"You look majestic even when you're ugly and crying." Zak commented, lightly tapping her thigh to tell them he forfeits.
Lil quickly got off him. Zak unfortunately had lost much of his oxygen already, so he fell, losing his consciousness all at once. Lil didn't have the strength to run up to him, but she could see his chest slowly falling and rising occasionally so there wouldn't be any need to do so.
"Dumbass, pretending like you could beat me." She said tears still welling up.
She was crying but her heart was feeling warmth. She was glad that Zak didn't leave her alone in this place, she knew it was selfish but she didn't want to die, not in this place anyway. She wanted to see her family one last time.
For Zak, it was easier to give in because he didn't leave anything behind. But his bond with Lil was so strong he couldn't bare to leave her behind.
This was also the reason they'd never been pitted against the Gladiator. Some of the rich folks got a hard on seeing them fight. It got some of them all excited, that they even imagined them as lovers who were at odds with each other.
That's why even though there was no blood splattered, the entire room exploded with cheers. In their eyes, this was the best one yet. They never went so far as to make the other faint.
"Oh that fantastic!" One man yelled in a high pitched voice, his cheeks were bright red. Explore more adventures at m,v l'-novelhall.net
Lil got cuffed, while emergency personnel entered the ring to examine Zak. When they found that he was okay except for a few broken ribs, they made him swallow a liquid and tossed him into his cell.