11 - Chapter 10
Tasha followed the guys deeper into the gym. She was really looking forward to cutting lose and seeing what had changed.
She ignored the prattle of the guys as he looked around the well appointed place. It was clean, modern and well lit. For some reason, given the way the idiots were acting, she was exciting the gym to be more dingy.
They soon reached the ring, it was empty. A few others were working with punching bags around in a section next to it. The entrance of the obviously irate group garnered some attention, but Tashas entrance drew everyone's attention. There were no other girls in the gym at this time. MMA fighters didn't tend to be as lithe as Tasha and tended to be on the younger side, so everyone was curious as to what was going on.
Tasha grined, pulled herself up to the side and then easily vaulted over the top rope landing lightly in the ring. She looked at the group, who were still too enraged to really notice anything apart from wanting to put her in her place. It was a lesson that had been drummed into her by her drill sergeants. Never let your opponent ambush you, that applied emotionally, mentally as well as physically. Tasha had pushed the guys into a situation where their thought processes were compromised, without them even realising what was happening. She wasn't sure if they were able to think tactically, or how well in the first place, so she did not know how much of an actual detriment to their performance it would be.
“So here I am boys, in the ring. Who is coming up for their beating first? I really hope some of you don't chicken out and run away when you see what I do to your mates.” mocked Tasha, making sure she projected her voice to be heard by everyone in the gym. Even the manager had come to take a look . “Who is coming for the first beating?”
One of the more aggressive boys, not the alpha, jumped up and entered the ring. “You are asking for this bitch.” He moved with a confident stance, using his size to try and intimidate her. He met her in the middle of the ring, already swinging. He threw a jab straight at her face.
Tasha smiled and caught the punch. “Is that all you got, come on, what happened to your technique, put some power behind it.” mocked Tasha. The idiot, getting more and more wound up, started trying to pummel Tasha. Tasha didn't even bother to move her feet. She effortlessly caught or redirected his arms. She would need more data points, but her reaction speed was several times faster, and she could barely feel the impact of the punches she stopped. She hoped the alpha would be more of a challenge.
“I am getting bored, I thought you said you were an MMA fighter?” teased Tasha. Then she moved and slapped him. She held back her strength, not wanting to kill him. It was enough to cause him to get dizzy and fall to the floor.
“You might want him to see a doctor. So who is next? You know what if you are all at that level, why don't you all just come as a group.” mocked Tasha. The others in the gym were in shock at how Tasha hadn’t even broken or a sweat, or moved her feet in the first match.
Tasha pushed the guy to the ring edge with her feet, and watched as his mates pulled him out. Tasha waited with a mocking grin on her face, waiting to see who would be next.
One of the guys, the one who was the most observant, put his palms up and backed up, but two of his mates decided to enter the ring together. They jumped into the ring, sure they would be able to put this little woman in her place.
“You got lucky with that slap bitch. But it's not going to work on us.” said one idiot, then they both moved in on her from 2 sides, trying to box her in.
“I don't need luck to deal with you idiots.” mocked Tasha, “ you know what I am just going to use one hand.” She held her left hand behind her back and effortlessly avoided both sets of hand and feet that were flying at her. She moved fluidly between their attacks avoiding them by millimetres. Occasionally she would use her right hand to redirect their strikes but taking no offensive action. She let them keep throwing punches, kicks and trying to grab her for a take down, but skillfully avoided everything. All the time she continued to mock them, and berate their fighting techniques.
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The manager watched on in silence, as the woman made some of the best fighters in the gym look like unskilled children. The way she was moving was mesmerising.
Tasha for her part had fully acclimated to her new stats, she felt like the guys were moving in slow motion, she could see, feel and sense their movements and predict their strikes with childish ease. She wanted to see how her constitution stat worked, so she let a couple of the attacks connect. However they felt like love taps to her rather than fully empowered attacks. Finally getting bored, she slapped both, knocking them out too. Nudging them both over to the side of the ring she looked straight at the alpha.
“Come on then, all your little followers seem to be sleeping on the job. I think it's time for your lesson.” said Tasha mockingly. A couple of other guys from the gym had pulled out the two Tasha had knocked out. The whole gym was watching the one sided match with mouths agape. There wasn't necessarily a massive gap in the fighting abilities of most of the men, so they were shocked when Tasha had shown how ineffective they were against her.
The alpha idiot finally climbed into the ring. His ego wouldn't let him back down, but he was calmer than he had been and looking more measured. He moved towards Tasha in a more defensive stance.
“I see you have at least managed to get yourself under control, maybe you might make me use both hands.” mocked Tasha. He didnt allow Tasha to make him more aggressive, moving forward and attacking with more accuracy. Tasha could tell he was stronger, but not enough to make her even slightly worry.
“Now, what was the bet, of yes, if I won I would get the pleasure of beating the crap out of you.” said Tasha, “I am not going to go easy on you like I did with your flunkies. You need to learn how to behave in a civilised society.”
Tasha let him throw a few ineffectual strikes before she moved. She still didn't use her left hand, nor would she punch, she wanted to punish and for it to be embarrassing. She started by smacking the arms and legs he was using to strike out at her, hitting just hard enough to cause pain and bruising, but not hard enough to be disabling. She continued this until the idiot alpha could barely move his arms and legs, she then proceeded to slap him hard enough to bruise all over his body, leaving painful reminders. “What happened to your bravado? Weren't you going to teach me my place? Weren't you supposed to be some alpha warrior? All I see is a pathetic child who can't even take a few slaps.” Tasha kept humiliating him until he literally broke down in tears. Once he was down in his knees, Tasha slapped him hard enough to knock him out.
Tasha looked around the rest of the gym “So does anyone else need a lesson in manners or etiquette?” asked Tasha looking at the men. When no one took her up on her invitation she jumped out of the ring.
As she walked past the manager, he said “Well I never, are you a professional fighter? Would you be interested in fighting for me?”
Tasha laughed, “Not really, if that is the calibre of fighter, I would just be bored.”said Tasha “If you have something that might actually be a challenge, then I might take a look.”
“Well, I can put you in touch with some of the local underground fight promoters.” said the manger thoughtfully, “You might find a challenge there, especially in the large cage matches. Let me ask around.”
“Sure, I might come in from time to time to use some equipment. So I will check in then.” replied Tasha then waved as she walked out. She had barely gotten warmed up. If this was her level after just initialising the system, just how strong would she get and more importantly how strong were the others who had a system or something similar. She didn't believe for even a second that she was the only person with such access. It just made no sense fr that to be the case.
Having had a little bit of exercise Tasha returned to the hotel to see how the contracts were progressing.
She returned to the hotel to find Sunny was done and waiting for her. Tasha took the contracts and reviewed them. She noticed her reading speed and comprehension were significantly improved over her previous performance.
“That looks good. Why don't you, Sally, AJ and Robert take this back and get it signed by the other partners.” said Tasha. “I can countersign it then you are all back. Then we can really get started. Make sure you send through the bank details for payments too.”
“Sure let me get that organised.” said Sunny and left to do just that.
Tasha called Anita back at the bank. “Hey Anita, just wanted to give you a heads up. I am buying in to several business today and will be transferring around £50M to various parties. Can you make sure my transactions aren't flagged and blocked? “ asked Tasha.
“Sure, I can let them know but as its your first transaction, it will hit some snags. If you can send me a list of the payments, I can get it sorted for you without issues.” replied Anita. “I will send you my email, just drop me the details once you are ready to proceed.”
Tasha thanked Anita and decided to grab a coffee while waiting for everyone else to return. She was really looking forward to seeing Hanna and the party tonight. And hopefully, she would begin to get some answers about what really happened to her family soon.