caged and broken (first draft)

Walker hadn’t returned yet from taking Lunette and nixie to the agency. Without him here the prep area seemed lonely, Paul had been in to put the wrap’s on my hand’s earlier and was the called away. The wait before the match was called was longer than normal looking round just put my nerves on edge, the dented locker door’s, stale sweat and the unmistakable smell of blood was nearly to much, It made my stomach churn so I closed my eye’s and focused on my breathing. Trying to calm my nerves in the same way I always did when captivity in those caves with druk would get to much. thinking of druk always had a calming affect on me, but as I was in my mild state of meditation another drifted in to my thoughts, Abigail just there comforting me, guarding me, trying to keep my nightmares at bay or just holding me when they woke my and left me crying in her embrace, never questioning my tear’s just there to help wipe them away, with her comforting and somewhat irratating smile. I felt a sharp pain in the side of my neck” what the fuck” my eye’s flew open and I staggered to my feet looking around in a panic to see what had happened I saw someone back away holding an empty syringe with their arm’s raised in surrender “ who are you …” I asked as the room moved out of focus .

“I was worried that Kane was wrong about this working but it seem’s he know’s more about you than the rest of us”

“What did you give me”

He Lifted his had waving the syringe “ oh this is something that I have been working on for a while it’s devil’s breath with a nice little magical kick to make, it work faster, “ I stumbled towards’ him lunging to attack, but he evaded me with little effort,

Regaining my balance I try to focus “why are you doing this”

“Oh my dear that’s simple, Kane know’s there is something more to you than you showing, so with this little cocktail im going to give you we will get to see what you really made of” he laughed like a child. “Now sit and stop talking we have much work to do before you match.”

My body complied against my will, I tried to fight the affects of whatever it was that he had given me but I was just a passenger along for the ride. No control and for the first time I felt dread creep in to my body. He approached me reaching in to a satchel and began pulling out 3 different needles and began going to work I felt the pinch of the needle’s in my neck arm and chest, I couldn’t say a word, the screams of fear trapped in my throat.

Looking down at me he smile’s. Ive never given such a large or potent does of this stuff to anyone before and I so excited to see what happens. If Kane is right about you this will be amazing. He injected the drug’s in to my system and the affect’s where almost instantaneous . I felt the raw anger surge through me energy began to crack in the very air around me.

Ohh this is amazing, now when you hear you name called you will head to the ring and wait for the bell to start the fight once it begins I order you to fight as hard as you can you everything you are capable of hide nothing from us.” His command was absolute as hard as I tried to break the hold he had on me I couldn’t I was just a helpless spectator. “Do you understand” he demanded.

“Yes I understand” my voice broke as I spoke I did’t want to do this. It wasn’t right. Then I heard the voice from the cage what ever was about to happen the spectators where amped up and ready for a show. That’s when the deafening voice from the commentator bombarded us. And now for our final fighter come on out Jessica. The crowd roared with delight. Then the mans voice spoke again “go and fight show us all what you can do.”

I tried to resist the command but my body was already in motion my limbs stiff my body on auto pilot I took in the special as I existed the changing area. I then discovered why they had been so worked up this wasn’t going to be a one on one match. It was set up like a gladiators battle Royale, I counted at least 30 fighters no disable cage like in previous fight’s but the seating had been raised. Even drugd I could feel the energy protecting the audience with a barrier , someone is going to an extra special effort tonight to keep them safe, I made it to the middle of the arena standing like a statue waiting for the command that will unleash all hell, my body was raging for action and was building up more rage than I had ever felt. A small part of me still knew what was going on but I was powerless. In the stand’s I saw abby she had a look of shocked worry. All I could think was im sorry. i put as much focus as I could in to the words I wanted to say and mutter a soft “I’m so sorry”

At the moment the commentator announced “AND FIGHT…….”

It didn’t take long for the other fighters to zero in one me they didn’t even attempt to make it look like it was anything more than everyone against me. Before any of my attackers got close to me my body was in motion. To start it must have looked as though I was dancing the way I manoeuvred out of the reach of the first few attacker’s until some sort of shifter in a worrier form took a sweeping kick to my legs leaving me overbalanced forcing me to land on my side allowing another attacker to kick me clean across the arena’s floor. As the kick landed I could feel my rib’s crack. But I just carried on as though nothing had happened that’s when I noticed I had developed claws coming from my finger tips and the outline of scales sprouting from my flesh. I didn’t know what was going on with me but I my next opponent struck me in the side of the head I let out a growl that reverberated through the whole arena. The audience roared it’s approval but I didn’t care with out a second thought I tore my assailants arm from his body taking a moment’s pleasure in the look shock I got from my other potential assailants. The fight continued but the other fighters became more organised and began attacking in groups. I was receiving as much damage as I was inflicting bot my body was ignoring the pain from the various stab wounds and broken bones I was receiving. The longer I was fighting the more my joints and muscles relaxed. And my movements became more fluid and graceful, I was aware of everything and it horrified me that I was capable of this, after a while even the crowed became silent, no longer chimlike a scene from a mascara I stood in the middle blood flowing freely from various injuries my breathing laboured. Internally I screamed at the horrors I had just committed. My opponents lay at my feet some dead others maimed but all definitely broken and no longer a threat to me.

The announcers voice was the only thing that could be heard in the stillness of the arena, but all previous excitement was gone from his voice “What an upset, from the very start it looked as though jess was the underdog but, she has surprised us all and is the only fighter to remain standing” as he finished announcing the end of the match there was a roar of applause the crowd that was just moment’s before staring at me with dread now looked at me with morbid glee.

Within moment’s of the matches end Paul was beside me looking white as a sheet “jess Look at me please.” He asked the strain evident in his voice.

I turned to face him and what ever he saw made him grimace and take a step away, “I need you to come with me jess, do you understand”

I just nodded my response and began to follow him like a zombie with out a mind of it’s own.