Elias-

My first 4 fights go good, I win all of them so I keep fighting. Crusher was easy to fight, he lost his stamina before the first real punch was thrown. Don't even ask me how he had a 5 month streak. The only thing he had going for him was his height and strength. The other three were easy. Shadow was all speed. He had no strength to him. Viper was smart and aggressive. He had the stamina and that fight went long. Liam was mad at me but I have to play these things smart. Hammerhead was just a big guy. Similar to Crusher. It was 1:40am, my next fight was at 1:45am. Liam said this was scheduled to end no later than 3:30am

I was re-taping my hands when Liam came back over to me.

"Okay so this next guy is smart. They call him The Shark. He's very smart with his opponents and he's got the strength. Play this one safe, find his weaknesses, and don't get knocked out."

I just nod my head. No shit don't get knocked out. I look across the ring when I see him. He's tall, like 6'3 tall. He's got some of the biggest shoulders I've ever seen.

"How old is he?" I ask Liam. I was worried. There's no way this is a teenager.

"He's 23, but you got this." Liam told me as he walked away.

The fuck? He put a 15 year old up against a 23 year old. Is he insane?? I want to go punch the fuck out of Liam because what the fuck was he thinking?? I'm kind of freaking out as I hear the announcer yell out all the b.s they always do. I try and shake off the nerves but this will be the hardest fight yet. I put my hands up to my face as I hear the bell for us to start. I stay light on my toes as we circle each other. I'm watching his body language to see if there's any old injuries I can use against him. But no, he's walking perfectly fucking fine. He's not favoring one side, no scars on his legs that I can see.

Fuck I'm screwed

He throws the first punch. Dodge it and go for his side. But he fucking planned on that. He dodge and got me right in the fucking face. It takes me a second to get my bearings. I try to dodge his punches but after 5 minutes I'm getting tired. He's relentless.

All of a sudden I hear screaming. A second. That's all it took. One second of distraction and suddenly I was on the floor with my face being pummeled in.

Punch after Punch raining down on my face. I hear screaming and yelling. But not the usual screaming. This was a scared screaming. I feel like I'm about to pass out, I'm in so much pain. He's moved from my face to my stomach and chest. He stopped punching me and started kicking when I start coughing up blood. Oh shit. That's never a good sign.

Suddenly the kicking stops and someone's leaning over me asking me question I don't understand. Lights are being shined in my eye, people touching me. If I wasn't so confused and in pain I knew this would bother me.

"~~~~~~~~~~"

Is all I hear. Suddenly something sharp stabs me in the arm and I'm jerking up. My adrenaline hits me and I'm punching people left and right, trying to make sense of what is going on. The screaming gets worse and everything is too much. The bright lights, the noise, the feeling, the pain.

Again people are grabbing me, shoving me to the ground. I groan in pain. My hands are stuck behind my back. I get picked up and put on what feels like a bed. My eyes are swollen shut I can't see anything. Nothing is making much sense. I can feel myself moving but to where I'm not sure.

My mind gets foggier. Until I pass out.

"...Beep..."

"...Beep..."

"...Beep..."

I feel myself slowly coming back. My body doesn't hurt but it doesn't feel right. My mind can't understand my thoughts.

"...Beep..." I come to it more trying to understand what's going on.

"Elias...." I hear faintly

"Can you hear me?" I hear again.

I hear a groan, I try moving my arms but all I can't. All I can manage is moving my fingers. I try opening my eyes but it's hard. They feel glued stuck.

"Elias can you open your eyes for me?"

I groan again and slowly crack my eyes open. I shut them again. The light is to bright.

"Sorry Elias, the lights are dimmed now. Can you open your eyes again for me?"

I open my eyes a little more. Immediately tears spring to my eyes. My eyes land on a person standing at the foot of a bed. The bed I'm currently laying in.

I look around and see I look like I'm laying in a hospital bed. I look back to the doctor about to ask where I am when the person answers my question for me.

"Elias, you are currently at NorthWestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. You were brought in unresponsive but the EMTs gave you a sedative to keep you calm since you were being very aggressive. Can you tell me the last thing you remember?"

I think for a second, my mind blanking. Then I remembered.

"....there was a raid..." I respond. My voice dry and raspy.

"Yes there was Elias. You where found in an illegal underground fighting ring, you where being aggressively attacked by a man of the name Gavin Lumbart. He was also apart of this and seemed to have been high on amphetamine. Also commonly known as ICE." The doctor told me.

"Is there anything else you can remember? Do you remember your age? What month is it? Or who the president is?" He asked me.

"...it should be January 17th. I had work on the 16th. Donald Trump is the new president..... right?..." I ask him.

"Yes Elias that's correct. But it's now January 23rd. We put you in a medically induced coma so your body could rest, you were in a very serious condition. You had major bruising all over your face, neck, and torso. Your nose was broken, along with two broken ribs, your shoulder popped out of socket, and you had internal bleeding. We managed to put your nose back in place, fix the internal bleeding in surgery and pop your shoulder back in place. You had a few cuts all over your body, so you have a few sets of stitches in. Your ribs need to be in a brace so they can be stabilized, and your shoulder needs to stay in a sling for a couple of weeks."

I sat there in shock once the doctor stopped talking. I was stunned, I didn't remember much of the fight after I was on the floor.

"Now I understand this is a lot to take in but there is more that I have to explain to you. Now since you've been in a medical induced coma for a few days I understand there is a lot of confusion. Since there was a police raid on the illegal fighting ring the owner Liam Peterson has been arrested under multiple charges including, possession of illegal drugs, DUI, Assault charges, abuse on a minor, harboring a run away minor, and harboring a fugitive." He told me

I sat there stunned. Liam was arrested. But wait, harboring a runaway minor, harboring a fugitive?? What does he mean by that?

"I know this is a lot, again I'm sorry I have to be the one to break this news. We do need your permission to take a DNA test to see if you have any family you can stay with. If we can't find any you'll be placed in Foster Care. Now the police have some questions for you. You are still in legal trouble hurt or not. Minor or adult." The doctor said before he walked out.

I had about 10 seconds to myself before the 2 police officers and 3 detectives walked into my room.

"Hello Elias I am Detective Harper lead detective in the murder of your father. This is Detective Jones, and Detective Robert. Besides them are two police officers to make sure you're secure and not talking to anyone else about sensitive matters while this case is active." She told me.

"Now to my understanding 3 years ago you ran away from home. Around that same time your father was murdered. Now he didn't have a job, his phone didn't have any contacts, and he hadn't gone anywhere but the liquor store, and an alleyway where he had presumably bought drugs. We found multiple types of drugs in his room but we don't believe he was trying to sell, just use them." Detective Harper told me

Detective Robert started next. "The school had said there was an altercation. You stormed out during the pizza party, upset you couldn't participate yelling profanities as you walked ran out and presumably walked home. That was the last time we had someone say they saw you. Now after what the doctors and school told us, and looking at the condition of the house we can assume that your father abused you correct?"

I just sat there glaring at them.

After a minute of no response they continued

"Now we have our theory's on who murdered him but we need your testimony to be as accurate as possible. Are you willing to give us your statement of what happened?"

I gave them no response.

"Elias I don't think you understand the situation you're in. As of right now you're our number one suspect in his murder. He was stabbed 27 times. You were the last one to see him. If you don't talk you're facing years of jail time." Detective Jones said

I just glared at them

They continued to try asking me questions, but after no response at all they gave up and left. But not before handcuffing me to the bed. Explaining how I was detained and was not free to leave.

I sat there just wondering, thinking

When did everything take a turn for the worse?

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Another chapter down. I tend to just keep writing, then when I look down at the word count I see how much I've written and think "How do I finish this soon without making it rushed?"

Anyways what did we think of this chapter? I think its my fav so far (literally only 5 chapters in)

Please let me know if anything sounds weird or doesn't make sense. As always be honest but be nice.