2346
One year has
passed since the marriage of Mike Fehr and Laura Tex, currently, he’s one of the
most successful 4 VP Gladiators in all times with a record of 40 victories and
zero defeats last season.
He is a crowd favorite
in an Arena, and outside of it his marriage is doing well, as well as he almost
forgot the motives that made him join the League. Everything in his life was
good as he had a good wife, good friends, and many credits in the bank.
His wife Laura Tex
is currently one of the chief surgeons for the League as that she is at her
husband’s side in most of his matches.
The Old Rag as Mike calls Nurse Chapbel,
one of his dearest friends, well she is almost a mother to him, also is well,
but now she is retired from nursing service and live a calm life on her farm
in Moura planet.
His best friend
Wildfire, or better J., Finkle still hadn’t regained the use of his legs, but
that didn’t stop him, as now he is one of the best Ophidian Managers that the
League ever had. He currently manages 10 Gladiators.
So, there are not
many things that Mike might want today, ok… there’s one thing left, but he
probably will get it tonight as he will face the Prince of Gates for the 4 VP
Singles Championship title. Mike got the privilege of being the number one
competitor due to his win against Kaleem last week.
This match will
not be an easy one for Mike, as he knows the grudge that Xarz’ycus holds
against him. And the demon is making one of his best seasons, if not the
best in the League, even after one year without competing. His ratings are
boosting the charts as everyone comments that the demon has new and more
powerful minions, but what everyone knows is that the Prince wants blood…
. . . . .
This is the first
time that Mike comes to the Ophidian homeworld, and he never expected that it
looked like this. The world isn’t like any other planet in the Justich System,
it’s a world full of green vegetation, but also has many oceans. It’s also a
very technological planet, with many cities with names that a human can’t even
know how to spell.
It is a luxurious
place, in the capital, lays the biggest Arena of the League, fully sculpted by
ancient hands with many murals fully detailed with the Ophidian story.
Many say that on
the walls of the Arena are encrypted many secrets of the Universe, but no one
is allowed to read, copy, or even touch the walls.
The Ophidian race
are a fighter’s race, but also, they are very cults, so it’s very complicated
to an out-worlder to speak to a local without having an Agent come to see
what’s wrong. So, when you see an Ophidian, it is better to do nothing
and say nothing.
. . . . .
It’s after-noon
and as Laura and Mike are making the final training for tonight’s match, Nurse
Chapbel who decided to nurse this special match decided to take on a walk
through the surroundings of the Arena. That wouldn’t be a bad thing because she
currently spends all her entire days resting on her farm, as that her old legs
needed the walk.
But when she
returns to the nursing station the unexpected happened…
«KNOCK KNOCK»
“You may enter,
I’m right here…” but before she could even end the sentence a shadow comes
running through her and knocking her down. As she falls down the shadow shows a a bright metal small knife and slice it through her belly fourteen times, as
blood starts to spread the shadow gets up and walks back as nothing had
happened and exit the nursing room leaving the knife in the lying body.
Hours later Mike
got an Agent at the door of his room, and by his surprise, it was Agent P…
“Agent P, what are
you doing here? It’s too soon to go to the Arena.”
As the face of the
Agent changes from his cold pose to a smaller soft one, “Mike, something
happened…”
“Laura?” asked
Mike as the panic started to get in his head.
“No Mike, your
wife is fine…” in a pause, “… it was Chapbel.”
“What did that old
rag did today? Don’t tell me that she was arrested because she touched the
murals?”
“No Mike, I’m
sorry, but… but she was murdered.”
Those words froze
Mike as tears started to run down his face. His only reaction was to sit down
on the cold floor.
“Easy Mike, we
know the guilty and he is currently held on one of the city jails.” And as
Agent P face turned once again to a cold one, “And Mike I need you to come with
me now. We think that the murderer is the one that killed your family years
ago.”
On that moment
Mike got up from the floor and started to feel his rage turning up.
“Let’s go, I’m
ready.” Replied Mike as it was nothing.
. . . . .
A half-hour later
they arrive at the city jail. And as Mike entered the room to identify the
killer, to his surprise it was a very unpleasant familiar face...
“SLITHERS!” shouted
Mike.
At that moment he
started to get his head full of questions, but the most significant one was
why? Why all that? Why to him? But for now, those questions will have to
continue unanswered to mike was he wasn’t allowed to enter the cell alone.
But in a moment of the distraction of Agent P, Mike sneaked through security and entered the cell. At first,
he was calm, but seeing the calm in Slithers, Mike’s rage started to grow.
Slithers only had
to ask Mike “In whatss may I be usssefullss to youss?” to make him explode.
In a fit of rage,
he leaped over the desk that was in front of Slithers and started hitting him.
And hitting and hitting. Only to stop when Agent P entered the cell and grabbed
him by his neck making Mike stop beating Slithers. Seconds later an Ophidian
medical crew entered the room, and as one touched Slithers announced, “He’s
dead.”
Then the room
froze as one Ophidian Lord entered the cell…
“Agentss P
pleassse arressst the Gladiator Kronnax forss treassson.” leaving the room as
he gave that order to the Ophidian Agent.
With that direct
order Agent P arrest Mike even against his will. But Mike didn’t do anything to
prevent that nor said anything against it.
. . . . .
Mike was taken to
a cell and was visited later by an advocate in order to prepare his defense.
Things weren’t good, because even if they allegate temporary insanity, the
penalty for killing an Ophidian was death.
He knew that, but
he was willing to accept anything, as he was now happy. As of today, he had killed
all the ghosts that he had on his head. And for the first time in a lot of
years, he was feeling good and free.
Today he finally
closed all his wounds that kept hurting and bleeding all this time. Today he
knew that even he still loved Erika and Maxwell, he knew that they were in a
better place. And even though that today he was mourning for the loss of
someone that was a mother to him, he knew that now he could find all the peace
and love that he deserved on Laura.
Today he could
live for her, for the rest of his life, even if his life was to be terminated
soon. But that didn’t matter as he wanted to enjoy this momentum.
. . . . .
At this time OGN
(Ophidian Gladiator League News Service) started to broadcast the news of
Kronnax arrest.
«The 4 VP
Gladiator Kronnax was arrested today for the assassination of an Ophidian Lord.
What made him do that is an incognita at this time. It’s now certain that
today’s match for the Championship is still been held, but Prince of Gates will
fight Kaleem instead. Kronnax’s fate is uncertain at this time; the only thing
that is certain is that he will not fight for the 4 VP Singles Championships.
Stay linked for more updates at any moment. »
. . . . .
Agent P had now a
difficult task to do, as he was to inform Laura Tex what happened to her
husband.
As he arrived at
the Hotel where the Gladiators were installed, Laura just had known about the
death of Nurse Chapbel and was in the company of J. Finkle.
“Mrs. Fehr, I’ve
got bad news…” said the Agent.
“Mike?”
“Yes.”
“Speak out man,
what happened?” said Finkle.
“Well, he just
murdered an Ophidian Lord.”
“Ho God.” With
those words, Laura sat down in a chair.
“But?” asked
Finkle confused.
“You see, I can’t
speak much about that, but I will tell you that the Ophidian Lord was the one
that killed Nurse Chapbel, and Mike’s first wife and son.”
“Jesus.” said
Finkle.
With tears running
down her face Laura, “That explains everything.”
“Yes, it does, but
it doesn’t help Mike any. You see for the Ophidians the worst crime is the
murder of one of their peers, and that crime is punished with death. I’m trying
to attenuate his sentence, but it doesn’t look good”
Then with a brief
silence they went with Agent P to see Mike.
. . . . .
OGN (Ophidian Gladiator
League News Service) breaking news on Kronnax situation.
«The 4 VP
Gladiator Kronnax fate is now known as the Ophidian Lords Council declared him
guilty of his crime against an Ophidian Lord. He is suspended from the Arenas
for a four-year period, in that time we will stay on Gasherdel Maximum Security
Prison, A Sector. After that period, he may return to the Arenas but without
any privileges and without rank. Will we see Mike Fehr again in an Arena? Only
time can tell. But for now, enjoy the rest of tonight’s Championship. Stay
linked as we will interrupt this broadcast if necessary. »
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2350 – Gasherdel,
Garina
“Ladies and
Gentlebeings welcome to Gasherdel´s Cathedral-Prime Arena, on tonight's first
match we will see the Demon Child Poc Shot against a returned Gladiator, after
a four-year suspension Mike Fehr is back. On this One-on-One single match, we
will find if Kronnax and his new hedgehog looks can win over the Demon Child. My
name’s Raffi and I will be your host for tonight, stay tuned because it’s Arena
Time!”
The End.
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