Acid Reign : Genesis

Every yell, every cheer, every curse, every bottle broken, every snarl, and growl, and laugh bombarded Bean. She tried to see through the patrons but she was too short.

“Everybody, shut up!” Bean’s voice boomed over the crowd, causing almost everyone in the two main areas of the Pits, including some of the fighters, to freeze.

One of the fighters, who was losing, saw his opportunity for a cheap shot and kicked the other fighter in the side of the head. He celebrated as his opponent hit the ground hard, but there was no one else to see it, because everyone was looking at Bean.

“Lilly!” she screamed as she frantically and clumsily climbed up on an uneven table and scanned the room.

“Lilly!” she screamed again as she bolted off the table and charged through the crowd.

Most of the people stepped aside, making room for Bean, but some unobservant people had to be shoved out of the way.

She grabbed the Lilly-hair look-alike and spun her around.

“Don’t you know…”

The skinny, wide-eyed woman with pigtails dropped her drink on the ground.

“Lilly, I thought...”

Bean gripped her even tighter out of frustration.

“That hurts, let me go!” the woman said as she tried to pull away from Bean’s grip. “What’s wrong with you?”

Bean seemed confused and felt sorry that she was hurting the woman. She let go, but then knocked the woman out cold with a heavy right punch.

Some of the crowd cheered.

“Lilly!”

The Bookie appeared and put a gentle hand on Bean’s shoulder. She turned with a raised fist but saw that it was him and lowered her arm. She began to breathe heavily, her eyes turning red, and her tears mixing with the sweat on her face.

“I’ve lost Lilly. Ripp is gonna kill me, Corn.”

“Let’s go look for her outside,” he said, knowing all too well that Lilly wouldn’t be there.