The fight is on Rev's heart is racing. It's not like other fights he's been in, here running is not an option. In here hesitation is, in other words, an instant loss. Rev and Arfen circle each other in the pit.
"sorry kid this ganna hurt" Arfen says
The next moment he's gone from Rev sight, well that what Arfen might've thought but in truth Rev if only for a sec see Arfen light fly past him. Rev turns around, preparing to block the coming attack. Arfen throws a killing punch at Rev face and is stunned by Revs swift movement as he blocks the strike.
Arfen scuffs as he tells Rev "I have to say am surprised you can see as much as you do with your face as covered as it is"
Rev is anything but knew to the concept of taking a beating, but unlike those prevues time it's a one on one with no need to hold back. Rev using the close range situation created by Arfen to his advance to land a point blank wind blast. Rev raises his hand against Arfen but he's having none of it as he grabs Rev's hand, picking him up and lunching him over his shoulder straight into the ground.
"Stay down kid" Arfen say
The crowd cheers echo through the room "Get out of here kid"
Rev attempts to recover, slowing his breath as he tries to focus and find a way out of this unfavorable situation. Arfen starts walking towards Rev, Rev attempts to crawl away, but Arfen lands a kick, sending him crashing towards the wall of the pit. The wind is knocked out of Rev, blurring his vision as he sees Arfen on his way to him.
"Not now no...not until i make him pay" Rev mudders to himself.
He takes a deep breath and closes his eyes, silencing the roars of the crowd. He focus solely on his breath, feeling the surrounding air, letting the light pour out of him, sending it not to his hand but the souls of his feet. He opens his eyes as Arfen looks down at him. Rev send uses all the fiber of his being to send as much of the light he can conjure to his feet as he raises his hand to his face.
Arfen begins to speak "Hey kid-"
in an instant Rev is sending fly right at Arfen face.
BANG!!
The sound of Rev curled up body colliding with Arfen face echos throws the room. Rev legs are shaking. Rev looks down at Arfen and the blood dripping from his face and Revs fist. Arfen is out cold, body motionless.
"THATS ITS ARFEN IS OUT!!!" the announcer Yells
The Crowd silences are broken as cheers and boos fill the room. "That was insane"
"I know you had it in you kid," Cron say
Rev body feels like it's been hollowed out but he smiles none the less. As he feels the crowd's energy fill him. Cron enter the pit and to help Rev on his feet.
Cron praises Rev "You did good kid"
Cron Pick Rev having him straddled on his back as he escorts him out of the pit.
Cron sits Rev up in a chair. "Ill be back just stay here"
Rev heart is racing a hundred miles per hour, but soon suicides as he steadies his breath. In that moment, he hears Cron's voices
"One round of drinks for the lot of you curtsy of our new kid fighter REV"
The room is full of cheers as they turn their attention to Rev lifting him up toward.
The crowd cheers Rev's name "Hey maybe you're not so bad after all kid"
"what happing" Rev says.
Cron emerges from the crowd. "even tho you won the fight, you're still new here kid and you need to win the people over somehow, so i used your winning from the fight to buy everyone a drink. Dont worry though, there is still some left over"
Rev glares up at Cron, "who said you could spend my money? How did you even get it?"
Cron knees down. "Trust me, kid, it for the best. I told Baker over there that i was your coach. Sorry kid, but he didn't look too keen on handing that much money over to a kid he's never seen before."
Cron hands Rev what's left of the money, no more than what he used to buy the loaf of bread. Rev stanches it from Cron's hands, keeping his eyes on him.
"Dont worry kid, I believe with me as your coach we can make much more than this. Our future is bright kid. Be happy" Cron says.
He tries to pat Rev on the head. Rev moves out of the way. Cron laughs it off as he stands back up.
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"ok lets leave it at a hand shake then. We are partners from here on out. No spending your money without your permission"
Cron smiles and extends his hand. Rev has seen this jester before by the humans at the farm. He believes some form of showing agreement. He is hesitant but comes to accept the fact Crons' knowledge would be useful.
Rev sighs "Fine, partners" He shakes Cron's hand
"Perfect" Cron smiles. "tomorrow and we can start your training"
Rev looks skeptical but gives in "sure"
"that's the spirit kid" Cron says as he heads towards the bar.
Rev looks at the money in his hand and head out. He makes it back to the kids.
"Hey you guys still here" Rev calls out
"Rev is that you, see i told you he would come back," Reed says
Rev carefully climbs down to them.
"I made some money today," Rev says as he shows them
"that's amazing Rev, we found something even better though" Rudy says
"Better than money?" Rev Repies confused
"yes" They say
They roll out a small barrel and from the sound of it, it's full of some sort of liquid.
"what's that" Rev asks
The kids grin "It's a barrel of of Water!, and it's clean well for the most part"
"how did you get a barrel of water" Rev glares at the kids
The kids' grins grow bigger. "it was a gift. You see, we tried to go looking for you and that's when it happened we saw a group of cyclops giving out barrels of water to whoever asked," Rudy says
"yeah all we had to do was listen to them talk about twin gods. They said if we start to pray to them, more good things will happen to us," Randy says
"twin gods?" rev thinks to himself, now that was something he had never heard anything about before.
The kids open the barrel "here Rev take a sip"
Rev gets on a knee, gripping his hand around the barrel and takes a sip. The water is cold but fresh. He guzzles down a big swig of it.
"that is good," Rev says with a satisfied smile on his face.
They gather around as Rev tells them about his fight with Arfen and the money he made from it. Also, how he doesn't fully trust Cron, but he has to work with him for now.
"Wow Rev I didn't know you could fight," Reeds says
"Yeah maybe you could teach me to fight to," Rudy says
Rev laughs " To be honest I wasn't sure I was gonna win at all, but I did know that I had to win"
Eventually the kids fall asleep one by one and Rev wraps an old blanked around them. He then climbs to the top of the building and gazes up at the stars above.
"The lights that fill the sky are not like the ones that fill my body, no the ones in the sky are much brighter," Rev says as he drifts off to sleep with a smile on his face.
Revs life is far from perfect but for the first time he feels like his in control. In the upcoming weeks, Rev's skills would only grow as he won more and more fights. Every week or two, the kids would get water from the cyclops passing though. Rev's name would only grow more across the city as time went on. Many liked him as he rebelled against the norm, a wild card that didn't play by the rules. This, of course, would put a target on his back.
1yr later...
Being chased by the officer and guards of the Eden was nothing new to Rev by now. He had even had to change where he was living a couple time, of course, taking the three kids with him as he had grown fond of them in the past year. So when they spotted Rev in the inner city, it was business as usual. He would blast himself through the air as people below would cheer him and curse his name. How many would they send to him? Three, five, ten, the number didn't matter to Rev at this point. He's escape was nothing less than promised. He moved through the city like a snake in the grass, never being able to truly know what his next move would be. Above all else, if you get too close you're going to get bit.
"CUT HIM OFF ILL STAY ON HIM" one of the officers called out.
Rev suddenly stopped mid air, tilting his head back at the offer below. He falls straight down, landing in front of him without making a sound.
Rev glares at him " You want me so bad here I am, Come get me" Revs voices is stern as it strikes fear in the officer
"Hey his on me, he's on ME" the officers yells
his walkie talkie seems to be cutting out, and he looks down at it .
"This stupid human technology never works," he says
The officer looks up. Rev is gone.
"Wher-"
"Behind you," Rev says as he lands a kick to the back of the elf's head, knocking him out cold.
Three more officers have appeared. Rev is quick to leave wind blasting himself straight up then spreading his arms wide as gliding forward. The officers scoff at him as he escapes them once again. Rev makes his way safely back to the kids. They are now living a small place that used to be a flower shop that was owned by an old blind human man named Tom. The kids would look after him as Rev would take his rounds of the city.
"Hey am back," Rev says as he locks the creaky door behind him.
"I thought I told you to fix that door"
"Revs back" Reed yells as he runs up to hug him
Randy and Rudy join in on the hug. Rev shows resistant's but the smile on his face no matter how small is still there.
"Ok ok let go of me" Rev says
The kids release him. Rev walks to his room pass and greeting Tom on the way. He lays his cloak on his bed looking at himself. He washes up his face and head back to the living room.
"that's for dinner?" Rev asks
"Potato soup," Rudy Responds as he stirs the pot.
Revs life seems to be working out pretty well for where it started, but his antics have reaches the inner city higher up. Special the newly appointed "Blessed" elf named Thomas.
"Cheif Thomas is coming in," an elf guard told him
Chief say "I told him am busy-"
Thomas breaks the door down as a freakish wind blast them open straight off their hinges.
The chief looks up from his paperwork. "Was that necessary?"
"Necessary? The only thing that's necessary is the death of that ELF running a MOCK, or did you think I didn't notice?"
The chief signs "you don't think we've tried, huh? IVE HAD THE ADMINISTRATION UP MY ASS FOR THE LAST WEEK AND A HALF. You do know the elf killing still havn't stopped, but am guessing someone of your class wouldn't be worried of such things. You only care about your reputation, don't you? Well, for us less "blessed" individuals, we don't have that luxury; no elf family has wanted to move to Eden, much less a royal family to replace the last."
With a chilling stare, Thomas walks right up to the chief and says, "Did you know that my brother was stationed here before me, chief?" he was also "BLESSED" and you know what? IT DIDN'T MEAN SHIT HE WAS SLAOUDER WITH THE REST" His hands tremble as he holds the desk.
"Am sorry to hear that i wasn't-"
"I don't need your Pitty I need order. Do you think it makes us look any more enticing to move to when we let a child run circles around are officer non the less a FUCKING ELF."
The chief stands up and extends his hand. "Your right. The next time his spotted you'll be the first one on call"
Thamos shakes his hand. "Glad to hear it," he walks off. "Oh, Ill pay to replace your door"
"Thank you," the chief says.
He sinks into his chair and thinks to himself, "An elf...it couldn't be..."