Wicked chapter 4
Morgan moved back away from Road Pig giving him as much space as she could. Then the battle began Road pig threw a punch and Morgan ducked and returned one of her own.
It connected and pig staggered back in surprise. He blinked involuntary tears from his eyes. He blinked in shock whoa that hurt.
She hit like a mule kick where'd that come from. He knew now that she was the one that had actually hit him.
At first he'd been skeptical but the others said it was her so he checked, they apparently were right.
He charged her and she swayed to one side to avoid his blow and responded with a kick. He instinctively grabbed her ankle.
Then realized his mistake too late when she spun in his grip and connected her other ankle to his jaw.
He staggered back and let go of her ankle she landed on her feet. He staggered back and roared charging her in his rage.
She moved out of his way or at least tried to. Road pig however actually connected this time. She spun from the blow but only went to one knee.
The crowd gasped when she stood back up and pig looked genuinely surprised. He charged again hoping to end this quickly with out violating Zartan's orders.
He hit her in the side hoping to knock the wind out of her. He received a grunt not the gasp or crunching of ribs.
She spun around his blow and hit him in the back. He was rewarded with hearing one of his own ribs crack. He swung at her again and closed on her she blocked it.
He kept hitting trying to wear her down, she continued to block dancing backward as she did so.
Just when he thought he was going to block her into a corner she dropped down and slid between his legs coming up on the other side.
She hooked one leg and tried to dump him to the ground. He lashed out grabbing her hair and pulling her down with him.
He fell partially on top of her. He had her now or so he thought. Until she bit him. He screamed in pain and pulled away.
He rubbed the injured spot and noticed she drew blood. She proceeded to use the opening he provided to attack him with short fast little blows that hurt like large wasp stings.
He hissed when one of her blows connected with an already damaged rib. Forcing him to lift enough for her to roll clear.
But instead of rolling completely clear she rolled up onto his back and locked her legs around his neck.
He tried to push her off, but she wouldn't budge. So then he tried hitting her. His blows didn't even faze her. She tightened her grip and he was beginning to get dizzy.
He was starting to see spots. She was like a boa constrictor wrapped around his neck. He staggered forward then the world went black and he fell the rest of the way.
Morgan waited a few seconds before climbing off her opponent and stood shakily up.
'Holy bloody shit, she won" said one of the noks.
Several people were staring at her in open-mouthed awe. Then someone clapped and everyone joined in.
Morgan walked towards her friends. Several people patted her on the back and gave their congratulations.
Someone checked to see if Road Pig was all right and just left him there when they realized he was only passed out.
"Holy cow" said Kevin
drawing back in awe and shock and at least some fear.
"You ok?" asked Zanya
" yeah but I'll be sore tomorrow" said Morgan
someone handed her a beer and Morgan popped the top and downed some. Before she realized something was on the neck of the bottle when it hit her lips.
She looked at the bottle and found her hair charm on its neck.
She stared at it in shock then looked to her right, to where the beer had come from and found a grinning red.
"I thought you might want that back," he said with a lopsided grin.
"Yeah I did, but why'd you take it?" she said,
"I wanted your attention" he said
"why?" she asked he just grinned at her.
"C'mon someone wants to meet you," he said extending his hand.
"Shouldn't we finish meeting each other first?" she said teasingly.
He smiled at her
"I'm Zandar what's your name?" he asked
"Morgan" she said taking his hand.
Zandar led her through the crowd and up towards Zartan's table. When he started to climb the steps leading up to the dais Morgan was shocked.
"Exactly who did you say wanted to meet me?" she said
"you'll see" he answered and pulled her up the steps.
Then Morgan realized exactly where she was. She glanced to her left and found Zartan staring at her.
"Brother, this is Morgan," said Zandar
Morgan glanced at him in shock did he say brother?
"A pleasure to meet you Morgan, won't you join us?" said Zartan.
He waved to an empty seat to his right.
"Sure, thanks," said Morgan sitting down.
"You fight well," said Zartan
"thanks, I'll have to take your word on that," said Morgan.
"You came here with that girl" said Zartan.
she wasn't sure if he was asking or stating a fact.
" Yes, we arrived together she's my friend why?" said Morgan
"cause she claimed to be my daughter, you wouldn't happen to know who gave her such a notion would you?" he said
"Of course it was her mother " she said
Zartan seemed to mull that information around his head for a few minutes.
" Do you believe she's my daughter?" he asked looking her right in the eye.
Morgan briefly thought about using her talents to persuade belief, but thought otherwise
"yes I do or I wouldn't have been helping her find you guys for the last few months" said Morgan
"what's her last name?" asked Zartan
"it's Daren why?" she said.
Zartan put his chin in his hand and swore in some language Morgan didn't know.
"Do you want to stay with us?" asked Zartan
"you mean here or join the Dreadnoks?" said Morgan sounding very confused.
Zartan laughed and downed the last of his beer. He said something to one of the other noks standing behind him and the man went towards the bar.
He came back with three shot glasses and a bottle of whiskey
"you fight like a nok lets see if you can drink like one" he said
pouring a shot for her and one for him and Zandar. Zandar downed his and set it on the table Zartan did the same.
Morgan shrugged and downed her own shot.
It had to have been the most awful flavor she had ever had. Plus it burned all the way down her throat and even out her nose.
She made a face, at the taste. Zartan chuckled
"too much for you?" he said teasingly
"no, it just tastes awful" she answered.
Zandar laughed
"your not supposed to taste it you just chug it, like this" he said before downing another shot
"oh", she said.
Zartan poured her another shot. She shrugged and downed it.
They were right you couldn't even taste it if you just threw it back, still burned though.
She set her glass down and Zartan reached to refill hers but left his empty
"are you trying to get me drunk?" she asked
Zartan laughed. Zandar pulled out the chair next to her and sat down.
"Road Pigs awake" he said nodding towards the rising Road Pig.
The man was rubbing his head. He was looking around probably for Morgan. Then he spotted her sitting with Zartan.
He shook his head as if to clear it and someone handed him a beer and he opened it. The girl wasforgotten in favor of friends and beer.
"Where are you staying?" asked Zandar
"at a hotel, down on seventh" said Morgan
"ugly little brickwork front shit hole?" said Zartan
"yeah how'd you know?" said Morgan
"we had the unfortunate displeasure of staying there the last time we let Zarana pick the hotel" said Zandar
"yes apparently they're the cheapest in town" said Zartan.
"Who's Zarana?" asked Morgan
before the guys could answer a woman behind her said "me, who wants to know"
Morgan turned to face her.
"Ah Zarana this is Morgan" said Zandar
"Morgan my sister Zarana" said Zandar.
"You're the one that took down Road Pig?" said Zarana
"yep and you're the one that mopped the floor with Kevin" said Morgan with a grin
Zarana laughed, "Yeah that was a lot easier though," said Zarana.
"You sound like you enjoyed that?" said Morgan
"well if you mean beating up the little moron then yeah"said Zarana
"got twenty bucks says you won't do it again" said Morgan
"your on, hang on to that twenty" said Zarana
She turned and walked over to Kevin and punched him for no reason. She Knocked Kevin out cold.
"You know that was a suckers bet" said Zandar
"yes but it's worth the twenty bucks" said Morgan
Zartan laughed "you must really hate him" said Zartan
"have you met him?" said Morgan giving him a level look
"no thanks I'll pass" said Zartan
Zarana walked back up and Morgan held out the twenty.
"Thanks" said Zarana
shoving the bill into her coat pocket. She took the seat on the other side of Zartan.
"So what's going on, is she trying to con you too?" said Zarana
eyeing the girl sitting on the other side of Zandar. Zandar put his arm around Morgan.
"Its not a con Zarana" said Zartan
"you mean she's really telling you the truth or this girl convinced you she was?" said Zarana.
Zartan rolled his eyes declining to answer her.
"Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go talk to my daughter" said Zartan.
He shook his head to the last statement still not believing he had said that.
Morgan watched him go and Zandar moved closer to her.
"So what are you a niece also?" said Zarana
"no I'm just her friend," answered Morgan.
Zarana snorted,
"Zarana lay off, Zartan can handle this himself" said Zandar.
"Oh stop defending your little girlfriend Zandar," said Zarana.
She put her feet up on the table
"so I take it their going with us?" said Zarana.
She was staring at Morgan, sizing her up or something Morgan couldn't really tell.
"Well Zartan did invite her," said Zandar.
Zarana snorted great she's hooked both my brothers.
"You accept yet?" asked Zarana
"I was going to" she said.
Zarana noticed the tight grip Zandar had on the girl's waist.
"So why'd you want to see me hit Kevin, why not do it yourself?" said Zarana
"cause its bad form to hit your best friends boyfriend, even if the little prick deserves it" answered Morgan
Zarana laughed out loud
"why are you complaining, you got an extra twenty bucks for doing something you already said you enjoyed doing" said Morgan
Zarana laughed again and took a gulp of her beer.
"I like you kid your alright" said Zarana
she felt Zandar relax his grip on her waist.
'Gee thanks" said Morgan.
Zartan walked back into the bar with Zanya in tow. They had finally gotten a chance to talk.
Zarana saw them walk in muttered something under her breath and left the table.
Before Zartan and Zanya made it up to the table. Morgan waved at her friend and grinned.
Zanya self-consciously waved back Zanya took the seat that Zarana just vacated and smiled at Morgan, Morgan grinned back.
" Zanya this is Zandar and you've already met Zarana" said Zartan
flopping back down in his chair.
"Zandar meet your niece Zanya," said Zartan.
"Hello Zanya" said Zandar extending his hand.
"Hi" said Zanya taking his hand to shake it.
Zanya looked at Morgan funny. As if to ask what did you do
"So Morgan have you decided if you want to ride with us or has my brother scared you away?" teased Zartan.
As he picked up another beer before torch could take the last one. Zandar glared at him
"I'm not scaring you am I luv" said Zandar
"no and I don't scare easily anyways" said Morgan
" a good trait to have" said Zartan.
"My answers yes by the way," said Morgan
"then I guess you're in" said Zandar
"not so fast brother they still have to prove themselves first," said Zartan.
"Prove ourselves how?" said Zanya
"by completing a job" said Zartan.
"We'll go over the details tomorrow" said Zartan.
The party was starting to wind down and Zartan made his goodbyes for the evening. They escorted the girls back to the hotel letting Kevin stay and party.
"Get some sleep," said Zartan before he left them.
Zandar said he'd swing by and get them in the morning
"I'll see you tomorrow" he said before following his brother out of the parking lot.
When the girls were finally alone Zanya turned to Morgan and said "all right out with it what did you do?"
"What are you talking about?" said Morgan
"oh c'mon I know you did something" said Zanya
"yeah I talked to them, what else do you think I did?" said Morgan
Zanya just glared at her funny
"what?" said Morgan
"thanks" said Zanya
Morgan smiled
"your welcome" she said
as she unlocked the door to the hotel room.
"I mean it Morgan, I just wanted you to know how much this means to me" said Zanya
"aww, that's ok sweetie I know" said Morgan hugging her friend.
"I wonder where Kevin is?" said Zanya
Morgan snorted, she didn't care.
"Can I ask you something?" said Zanya
"sure" she shrugged answering
"did you pay that pink haired lady to hit Kevin?" asked Zanya
Morgan chuckled "no, I lost a bet to her" said Morgan
"bet what?" said Zanya
"that Kevin would get at least one punch in before he fell, I was wrong" she said
as she pulled her earrings out of her ears and stuffed them in her bag.
"Humph, that was a suckers bet," said Zanya
"well yeah I guess so" said Morgan.
She sat on the bed and pulled off her boots letting them drop.
" I see you found your cute nok, boyfriend" said Zanya
Morgan blushed. Pulled her jacket off and draped it on the chair pulled her nightshirt out of her bag.
She pulled her shirt off, unhooked her bra and pulled the shirt over her head.
"Yeah that I did" she answered,
"he's my uncle you know?" said Zanya
"does that bother you?" asked Morgan.
"A little but I suppose it could be worse, you could be dating my dad" said Zanya.
Morgan laughed, "Yeah that could be awkward to say the least." Said Morgan
" besides I don't think I'm ready to be a mom yet" teased Morgan.
Zanya threw a pillow at her; Morgan grabbed her pillow and threw it back.
"Ok that does it we're on," said Zanya grabbing a pillow and attacking Morgan.
Morgan grabbed her own and hit back. They were laughing and giggling and hitting each other with pillows when Kevin walked in.
"What the heck is going on here?" he said
the girls looked at each other and grinned wickedly at each other and then grinned at Kevin. They were both still holding pillows.
"No! Don't you dare" he said when he realized their intention.
Zanya seemed to be considering it anyways. Then reconsidered when they realized he was going to be a spoilsport.
"We're celebrating dumb ass" said Morgan
"celebrating what?" he said ignoring her dumb ass statement.
"We made it we're in! " said Zanya with a squeal.
"No way, was that why she was sitting at Zartan's table?" he asked
"yep, he invited us to ride with them" said Morgan
catching the excited glee in Zanya's voice
"Zartan invited you?" said Kevin
"yep The Zartan invited me personally to ride with them!" Morgan said ending with her own excited squeal.
"And me too and he actually believes I'm his daughter" crowed Zanya
"you are" said Morgan
"so what about me" said Kevin
" your in too silly" said Zanya
He kissed Zanya and said "well all right!"
"Way to go babe I knew you could do this" said Kevin.
Kevin looked at Morgan; she had drawn back when they started kissing. He was still hugging Zanya
"hey, thanks" he said nodding at Morgan she shrugged.
Picked up her pillow and climbed into her bed. Zanya stayed up for a little while longer and Morgan decided to sleep.
She was out by the time Kevin and Zanya went to sleep.