A.N. - I know this one is kinda short but it's all I could muster. Thanks for hangin in there. Again please r&r and I own nothing except Zada factor x and Abel!
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"Thank you so much." Charlie said as he let Zada in the back of the truck.
"No problem now shoo." She shut the door on him.
"Hey Max, I hear you're having nightmares. What are they about?" she asked sitting on the edge of the bed, turned to face him.
"They're about my mom." He sniffed.
"You miss her don't you?" She asked.
Max nodded his head.
"Oh I know Honey." She pulled him into a hug, his head on her chest, "It'll be okay. I promise. I know what it's like to loose a parent. Just give it time." She cooed holding herself together surprisingly well.
"Do you miss your parents?" He asked thickly.
"Everyday, but the pain eases in time." She laid him back down, "You know, there's something my dad used to tell me when I woke up with bad dreams. He'd say, "Zada, if you just think of the bad dream as a speed bag and the faster you punch it, the faster it'll go away." And it worked." She tucked him in and laid with him until he was asleep.
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"How is he?" Charlie asked as Zada climbed in the cab of his truck with him.
"He'll be okay now." She said quietly, "I just understand what he feels in a way."
Charlie pulled her closer and into a hug. Zada leaned up and kissed him. She pulled him to lay down and he started unbuttoning her shirt. She ran her hands through his hair as his mouth moved to her jaw. His fingers hooked under her bra straps and gently pushed her open shirt to expose her shoulders. He pulled off his shirt before his mouth covered her bare shoulder. Zada's hands traced his every muscle, committing it to memory. Charlie left a trail of hot kisses to the hem of her jeans, where he unbuttoned them and ever so slowly worked them down. Once her jeans were off she worked on his and growled when she couldn't get it.
"Easy there, Killer." He giggled, "Here, let me help." He unbuttoned his pants and pushed them off along with his boxers.
Zada unhooked her bra and Charlie took it off throwing it to the floor. Immediately, a nipple was taken hostage by his mouth and the other by his hand Zada moaned as he switched between his hand and mouth, repeating the process a few times. She arched her back and kicked off her underwear and Charlie's mouth moved to her collarbone, then up her neck, along her jaw, and back to her mouth. Her strong legs wrapped around him as he entered her, pumping hard, fast, and wild. They came in unison, moaning their orgasms into each other's mouths. They lay there panting for a few minutes.
"How about we move to a bed?" Zada asked.
"You're on it, Honey." Charlie said kissing her neck.
"Um… my truck is right next door, which happens to have living quarters in it." She said strain to contain a whimper.
"So?"
"Okay, living quarters includes a bed, Dumbass!" She snapped.
"They moved, leaving most of their clothes in Charlie's truck, and slept on her bed. Zada's head on Charlie's chest, his arms wrapped protectively around her.
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"Zada, wake up! Zada!" She heard a small voice call. She brushed it off and snuggled closer to Charlie.
Suddenly a hand pushed on her back, "Zada! Wake up!"
She turned to find Max standing there.
"What do you want, Max?" She groaned sleepily.
"1- Charlie has to take me back and 2- some guy walked into the truck looking for you." He snapped.
"Okay, go tell him I'll be out in a minute and I'll get Charlie up." She shooed Max out.
Zada turned to Charlie and kissed his bare chest, "Hey Babe." She said softly.
Charlie tightened an arm around her, a smirk appearing on his face.
She kissed up his chest, over his collarbone, along his neck, along his jaw, then a long, hot, passionate kiss on his mouth, "Good morning." She smiled when they pulled apart.
"That's one way to wake me up." He kissed her again.
"We have to go, and all your clothes are in your truck." She moved to sit on the edge of the bed.
"Do I need clothes?" He asked as he watched her walk over to her dresser and starts to pull clothes out of it and throw them on the bed.
"Yes. Look Max said somebody's looking for me and I have a feeling it's Lance. I used to owe him money but I paid him off. However, in Lance's little world we're practically married. So he tends to get extremely jealous and his sharks are merciless." She explained putting on her bra and underwear, "Here cover up with this." She threw a towel at him.
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"She said she'd be out in a few minutes." Max told the tall man with dark hair.
"Thanks, Kid." He said.
"For god's sake! I Know I'm a kid! I don't need to be reminded every damn time I talk to someone!" Max yelled and stormed into Charlie's truck.
"Who the hell are you?" he turned to find Zada in a low cut tank top, hip hugger jeans, and her hair in a braid down her back.
"My name is John Riley. I'm-" he started with a hungry shark smile.
"So? I don't owe you money so get the hell out." She snapped.
"Well there's the fiery temper he mentioned."
"Who mentioned?"
"Like I tried to say, I'm a close friend of Lance. I'm sure you remember Lance." He looked at her with a hunger in his eyes.
"What the hell do you want?"
"I'd like to sponsor you for your fight with Zeus." He said.
"YOU can fuck off. I don't need your fucking money." She growled, getting dangerously tense.
"I thought you would say that." A big man walked from behind John up to Zada. When he reached for her, she hit him with a right jab and a left roundhouse.
"If you don't leave I'll drop you like your boyfriend here, then run you both over with my truck on my way out of here." She growled still in her boxing stance.
John quickly left, as another shark picked up the man she'd knocked out.
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"Ladies and gentlemen! The reining W.R.B. world Champion, I give you Zeus!" The announcer bellowed in the mic, "And the challenger! Please welcome a bell from hell that will take your breath away… please put your hands together for Abel!" The crowd went wild as Zada walked out with Abel. She caught a glimpse of Charlie, Max, and Max's aunt in the front row by her corner. She lifted Max over the barrier and brought him to the ring side after a quick kiss to Charlie.
When the bell rang, Abel met Zeus in the middle of the ring. When Zeus took big swings Abel dodged them, then got in some good body blows, from behind. Zeus would beat on him and get him stuck in a corner every once in awhile but Abel always got out of it unscathed. At the end of the fourth round Zeus was wore out but he managed to disconnect the voice recognition.
"Boy am I Glad I got that shadow software for him. You gave me the idea Max." she gave Max a kiss to the cheek.
"You think you can win this?" he asked.
"Honey, this fight'll be over in the first thirty seconds of the next round. You just wait and see." She smiled.
When the bell rang Abel came out with a purpose and a vengeance. He made a series of quick hard lefts to Zeus's head, then a quick right body blow. Zeus staggered back and Abel hit him with a double up punch and Zeus finally fell. He didn't move and the count hit ten and the crowd got so wild Zada feared it might turn into a riot.
She was whisked into the ring with Max and Farra swore in Russian.
"What are your emotions on your win?" a reporter asked shoving his mic in her face.
Zada got them back and called for the ring mic and arena went silent as she climbed up the cord and brought the mic to her mouth.
"Hey! What a win, huh!" she said and the crowd cheered and she jumped back down, 'First of all I'd like to remind Farra of our deal. You're out of the W.R.B. Second I'd like to reveal who I am for those of you who don't know or believe the rumors that I know are going around. My name is Zada Xander." Everyone looked at her with stunned silence, "I did this for my father. Without his love and training I never would've made it. I'd also like to thank Charlie and Max Kenton for their help and support through… everything. Abel here did most of the work but I made him from scratch. Thank you all" the crowd cheered as Zada was suddenly lifted up. She found Charlie there and he kissed her passionately. Zada picked up Max and all three of them posed for reporters in front of Abel. Even though they'd been taking pictures the whole time.
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That's how Zeus was taken down and you know not only did it help the W.R.B. but it helped Zada heal from her losses. All I can say is that I'm proud of her. I'm proud that she found a place where she's happy and has the support of a good man that loves her for who she is and not who her father was. I guess what I'm trying to say is good-bye, I love you, and I'm proud that you're my daughter, Zada. I'll be leaving you now. I think Charlie is better able to protect and help you now. I can let go now and you can too. I love you, Za. Don't worry I'm with your mother now and we'll be waiting for you patently.
