DARK FALL(58)

Kaity knew she couldn’t give up this easily. She forced herself to stand and took a few seconds to gather her courage. Sasha looked cocky and Kaity took advantage of it. She ran at the woman and threw a hard right. Kaity’s fist hit Sasha in the arm. She screamed and Kaity stayed with the tall woman. Fist after fist, Kaity soon found herself backing Sasha up. Then Sasha kicked Kaity in the stomach. It knocked the wind out of her body - and her fight. Kaity hunched over and Sasha grabbed Kaity’s hair. Sasha pulled as her fist came down on Kaity’s back like a hammer over and over again.

Quickly, Kaity fell to her knees, trying to catch her breath. But Sasha wasn’t giving up. She wanted to hurt Kaity. Kaity clawed at Sasha, trying to get at anything. At one point she grabbed Sasha’s left breast and pulled. Sasha screamed and the crowd cheered. Sasha pushed Kaity to her back and tried to get on top of her. Kaity saw a small opportunity and took it. She kicked with her right foot, her heel connecting with Sasha’s chin. The woman’s head snapped back and she fell away.

The crowd let out a long oooohhh as Kaity hurried to her feet. She moved her hair out of her face. She wiped her mouth. When Sasha stood again, her mouth gushed blood. Kaity lunged right at her. This was a fucking fight and Kaity was going to win it.

Kaity grabbed Sasha’s hair as Sasha grabbed Kaity’s shirt. Kaity pulled. Sasha pulled. Sasha screamed and Kaity’s shirt started to give way. Kaity then jumped and kicked, knocking Sasha back. Kaity took a few steps back and looked to her arm. Her shirt was ripped, her bra showing. That caught the attention of a lot of men who started to cheer. Kaity went right back in for more. She punched Sasha in the face, then clawed at her eyes. Sasha stumbled back and fell. Kaity jumped on top of her. Swinging, clawing, grunting and screaming. Sasha tried to fight back, but Kaity had her down. Suddenly, Sasha landed one good punch to Kaity’s left side, knocking the wind out of her again. Kaity thought she heard a pop sound, so she scrambled off Sasha and stood, holding her side.

“Finish the fight!” someone yelled.

Sasha was down but nobody had stopped the fight. Kaity looked around. The warehouse full of men wanted more. Kaity’s body hurt. Her face throbbed. Her heart raced. She tried to look for someone from the club but couldn’t see anyone. Sasha started to get up. Kaity knew what she had to do to end the fight. There was no more time. If Sasha got a second wind she would win.

Kaity walked to Sasha and kicked her in the stomach. Sasha cried out. Her black curly hair touched the ground. Kaity reached down and pulled Sasha’s hair back. She showed everyone her face and then made a fist. The crowd cheered and cheered. It made Kaity sick that these men wanted this. But it was about survival. That was something Kaity knew all too well. Sometimes survival meant sacrifice. Sometimes it meant cutting corners. Sometimes it was about a means to an end, no matter what happened.

“I’m sorry,” Kaity said.

Sasha looked at her and closed her eyes.

Kaity brought her fist down and hit Sasha in the face. Sasha fell down, out. Kaity fell back to her ass, holding her hand, crying out.

The short man ran onto the floor, waving his hands.

The fight was over.

Kaity won.

The crowd cheered.

But Kaity didn’t feel like a winner at all. She struggled to her feet and backed up. She needed a way out of the warehouse. She needed to get into Erik's comforting arms. Tears filled Kaity’s eyes as she turned to get off the floor. She made it two steps before she felt arms around her.

She screamed but nobody heard her. She fought and thrashed, but she had next to nothing when it came to strength. She looked up and it was obvious the man holding her wasn’t Erik, or someone else from Back Down Devil.

One thing did stand out for Kaity…

Scar on the neck…





twenty-five.



Erik knew he needed to move fast. He walked along the wall, Shay at his side. They had their hands on their guns, ready to make the kill when needed. The crowd erupted every few seconds when something happened and it took all of Erik’s will to not look to make sure Kaity wasn’t getting hurt.

But there was business to be handled.

Shay bumped into Erik. “Right around this corner, brother.”

“I want this done. Both of them.”

“We’ll get it. Just play safe. Smart.”

They worked through the crowd and when they turned the corner, Erik spotted the man. Mr. Arengson. He spotted Shay and Erik. The way his eyes went wide indicated that he knew exactly who they were.

“Fuck!” Shay yelled.

Mr. Arengson turned and started to run. Shay took off, leaving Erik for a few seconds to look around wondering where the other man was. When he didn't see him, Erik took off after Shay. He caught up to him as they cornered Mr. Arengson at the back of the warehouse. It worked in their favor, because he had moved away from the crowd. Mr. Arengson reached for his gun and pointed it back. Shay was fast, but Erik was faster. He would die to get his revenge. Erik jumped and tackled Mr. Arengson. They both hit the ground with a thud. Erik ended up on top of the man and started to unload on that way, but Shay grabbed Erik by his leather cut and pulled him off.