battle-verse | episode 1: world of the forgotten

Chapter 4: brawl in the (mess) hall part 1

4 days til project: rebirth

I sat down at a table, tray in hand, eating my breakfast, me and yang were going over what happened the night before

Jake: by any chance last night, did you happen to dream about-

Yang: fighting a blacked out figure and then hesitated to kill him

Spot on

Jake: yeah, anyway after that dream I've been thinking, I think that everyone here fought this guy, then ended up getting their memories taken, and now they'll do whatever he wants without question

It seemed like that would be the case, but I don't know for sure, some of these people probably just joined him without a fight, and if so why would they join him, I felt like there was a piece missing from the puzzle and I just couldn't find it

Jake: hey, I just now noticed your right arm

She looked at her arm, it was a cybernetic arm, she let her fingers trace over the yellow paint, she stared at it in silence for a while, it meant a lot to her I could tell

Drunken soldier: hey there sweet thing, why don't you ditch this loser and come hang with me

She just ignored him, I could understand why, he had gray eyes, short black hair, along with a matching beard and mustache. He was also exceptionally tall, he was dressed just like every single person here, a white shirt with grey sweats, his body was swinging from left to right as if trying to figure out which foot he prefered to stand on

Drunken soldier: come on baby, you know you want some of this

Yang: first of all, I am not your baby, second, how can I hang out with you when I don't even know what your name is

Drunken soldier: where are my manners, the names Junior, Junior Xiong, now will you accept my offer

Man this guy was persistent, though now that I thought about it this guy looked very familiar, I just didn't know where I remembered this guy from

Yang: Sorry, but I'm already taking to a friend here

Drunken soldier #2: hey Junior, what's happening over here, these guys giving you trouble

Junior: no trouble, I was just trying to invite this lovely young lady to join us

How about you go away you oversized elephant

Yang: how about you go away you oversized elephant

Ok that was really strange, it's as if she could read my mind

Junior: well maybe some physical persuasion may change your mind

He grabbed yang and lifted her from the chair, she was squirming , trying to get free of his grasp, but he just tightened his arms around

Junior: come on, don't fight it, you know you want some of this

Yang: all I want is for you to let go of me

Junior continued to hold yang in his arms, and I didn't know at the time, but something inside me snapped, my hand gripping my fork until it snapped in half

Jake: she said let her go Junior, don't make me say it again

I got up from my chair, give Junior an angry glare as I stood up, he didn't seemed phased by this though, if anything he thought it was a joke, a little laugh compared to his big size

Junior: oh, little man wanting to play hero now huh, well you asked for it ( turns to his buddies), you guys want to teach this guy what happens when you mess with Junior Xiong

Drunken soldier #2: with pleasure

One of Juniors friends marched to me, we stood face to face, he looked down at me with a evil looking crooked smile, maybe a punch to the jaw would fix that, or it would Just knock some of his teeth out, didn't matter to me

Drunken soldier #2: this is almost sad, you are about to be crushed by me, oh don't worry, I'll send my regards, to your grave

He cuffed his hands together and raised them over his head, I could already tell what he was going to do, and I was ready. He slammed his hands downward, now some of you are probably thinking "oh no, your about to be defeated and beaten into the ground", but you are wrong. I caught his hands just as they were an inch from my head, that caught everyone by surprise, he tried to slam his hands down even farther but to no avail, my grip tightened as he tried to get free. Now it's my turn, I clenched my right hand into a fist, then punched him right in his gut, I sent him flying across three tables and strait into the wall. Everyone was in shock, so was I at the time, how in the world did I just do that? I thought to myself, meanwhile Junior was so distracted that yang kick him in his sack, front flipped off of him and landed right next to me

Yang: I didn't know you were that strong

Jake: neither did I

Junior recovered and got up off the ground, the look on his face was one of anger

Junior: it's not possible, he said you would be weak against us, no matter, I'll Just beat you myself

Yang: heads up, looks like we're fighting after all

Me and yang took battle stances, while Junior was just standing there with his arms hanging and looking like an idiot, this was going to be harder than both of us would expect, we may win, we may lose, but one is for sure, Junior is going down, me and yang both knew it, This was going to be the fight of our lives. That was for sure.