I really hate it when thing are wrong. I waited for the announcer to finish talking 'bout who was in the lead, their stats and how much the round was going to cost. I notice to figures behind Atom fighting. They both had their hoods up and were wearing dark clothes so it was kind of hard to tell who they were and how old they are.
"Z, you can't keep this up." Ray said next to me. I rolled my eyes and turned to him. Ray was nervously looking around and fidgeting, his eyes darting between the announcer and several other guys in the crowd. Most of the guys he was looking at were holding wads of money and looking at him a bit funny. The little pieces began to click together. Ray has always had a gambling problem; the problem was that he mostly lost. When he did win he'd never save the money or anything. He always went overboard and ended up with debt.
"Ray please, don't tell me lost more bets" I pleaded. "You know what's going to happen if you have too much money to pay up!" Ray looked at me with guilty look that I knew a bit too well by now. It was a guilty look that said guess who's going to be living in the gym again.
"I'm sorry Z. I was always betting that you wouldn't but…" he trailed off as he realized what he was saying. I stared at him widening my eyes as I realized what he had just said.
"You've been betting against me all this time!" I said in disbelief. All that time training and those things you've been telling me and you've been betting against me! I thought.
"I didn't think you would go so far! I regret it but-I just. I'm sorry Zery! I don't-"
"Shut up!" I snapped harshly. I felt tears burning at the back of my eyes. I stared at the ground for a second. "Everything you did, everything you said, you lied to me! I trained for you, Ray. I won for you! No wonder you looked so mad whenever I won a match, you always said it's because I could do better. It's because you were losing bets! You betted against me, you own sister! What the hell ever happened to being the strongest hearts in the world, the best knuckles in the world?" I shouted. Ray looked around nervously and tried to make quiet down. I took my arm but I snapped my arm away.
"I'm winning this tonight Ray, whatever the hell happens is on your head" I hissed. I turned away from him and faced Rumy. I saw the weirdest thing from the reflection in the bot's face. Atom, across the arena was giving me a face that looked like he was scared, like he could actually feel my anger and hurt. He looked at me with pity. My nerves are getting to me, I thought. I shook my head and pulled Ray's overlarge hoodie over me and pulled the hood up. If you're wondering what's up with all the dude's clothes, then here is the explanation. Girls aren't allowed to box. Not even re wire outlets or suggest things. If anyone found out that I was boxing for Rumy then I'd be dead. The closest thing a girl can get to boxing or even robo boxing, is by being a girl robo. I zipped up the hood and got ready. The dude was finally finished with his speech and I got to go up. I didn't do anything special to hype the crowd, neither did Atom or his people. We simply stood there until we were allowed to fight. I turned around one last time and saw Ray shallowly surrounded by some scary looking guys. He was speaking rapidly and I couldn't hear him. I knew this bet was different and worse than the other because of what Ray did next. He looked around at the guys around him and then began to speak and mention towards where I stood, a shadow behind the large robot. He spoke slowly and gestured less than usual. Ray never brought me into things unless they were to the point where things where bad. The guys turned and saw me, really saw me. They saw my figure, my hair, and my ready fighting stance. As soon as they did that the bell rung and Atom went at me, the look of pity still on his face.
