Author's note: I think I had the most fun writing this chapter the most, maybe a little bit more then the High school brawl. Well we'll see, here we will join our good friend, Alex Shepherd now finally bypassing the dark woods thanks to the warmth of his father's field jacket and the light from his father's flashlight. He finally made it to the Foundation. Will he find Elle and her sister in terror from the psychotic Jack? Or will he find something much more different? Something that will change his life from this point on? We will find out tonight. P.S.: Jack may be psychotic but is he psychotic enough to kidnap Elle and a poor little eight year old girl for his own purposes? Who knows? Credits go out to: Liquid Snake, he's the man and helped me plan out this story and of course the godly chapter that is about to take place. Next, Mayura-Hikari-090, she's the cool chick who is helping spread the word across that this little tale is worth the read and trust me it is. Plus she is a regular reader who I gotta value since she's been around since the start of this fic. Last credits will go out to, xSummonerYunax. Thank you for your detailed review, I'm glad you liked the fight scene earlier. This fight WILL be long so prepare yourself for one hell of a read. If you like that little scene, you'll love what will happen in this chapter. I do not own Silent Hill, Konami, and Double Helix. There we go, now happy reading people!
Chapter VI: The Foundation
The sounds of movements were made throughout the darkness of the forest, Alex was seen pacing through the bushes and grass. Finally coming to a stop as he pressed his back against a tree and peeking from behind to see just how far away he was from the warehouse, he panted from the long walk throughout the cold environment, not to mention sliding down a ravine to add on to that too. His breaths were just tiny clouds of air leaving his lips as he looked on at the distance between him and his destination.
"Hmm, I'm almost there…" Alex said shivering ever so slightly, that military field jacket may have kept him warm but his face was covered in sweat from maneuvering throughout the woods and that didn't help none. Squinting his eyes he'd scout out the area before him, hidden of course thanks to the cover of the trees and the darkness. What he saw in front of the warehouse was a bit unusual for it to be a hideout to kidnap people. Alex saw maybe twenty or more cars parked in front of the place, many others standing outside conversing like normal people, dressed like normal people too. Also, two bulky bodyguards, like bouncers dressed in suits standing in front of the large entrance managing a line of men and women. This looked more like a secret rave then a hideout for a kidnapping.
"What the hell?" Alex said out of confusion and anger as he stepped out of his cover and continued to look on, he also could hear loud music from where he stood too. It definitely was a party, was this some kind of sick joke? Not even bothering to sneak out of the woods like he planned on doing earlier to avoid being seen he just strolled out of there, not caring to be seen by any of these people at all.
Now out of the torrential forest, Alex continued to walk past others not even batting them an eye as they saw Alex's jeans that had tiny dirt patches and grass stains on them. Not to mention the military field jacket that had maybe three leaves and more grass stains on it, the thoughts of many people that Alex passed by was only this. Who would come to the Foundation dressed like that! As he continued to walk by, Alex didn't even notice that he shoulder checked one male that was walking past him. The guy who was shoulder checked looked over at him with a angered and startled face.
"The fuck!?" Mumbled the male but didn't receive a reply as Alex continued to march on. A woman approached the startled male's side to see what had just happened.
"You ok?" Asked the lovely Italian beauty, Bella Moretti. The male looked to his side to see the daughter of the Don of the infamous Moretti crime family, she looked like she was ready to attend a Hollywood premiere then to be at the Foundation. The red gown was long, body-hugging and ran down to her ankles; the slit came to midthigh, right at the precise point where decency was still maintained but where male fantasy was compelled to sprint. The gown was strapless, the gown's bodice was cut low enough to make maneuvering difficult without revealing too much, and perhaps that was the intent. Her long brunette locks of hair was flowing past her shoulders, her jewelry tasteful and the woman required very little makeup.
The male caught himself staring but then had shook his head to get him back into reality. "Yeah. But that little shit just bumped into me as if I wasn't standing right here, I feel like kickin' his little milky ass!" Said the angry black male. Bella sighed and planted her hand onto his shoulders, calming him down.
"Now why would you do that? Tonight's a special night, save that kind of energy for the main event. That guy is in it anyways." Said Bella with a little devious smile towards the male that made him raise his eyebrow and rub his arm.
"Well if you say so. Say…why are you dressed so fancy anyways?" Asked the male, Bella couldn't help but giggle at this. Covering her mouth she took a deep breath and retained that smile of hers.
"Well, I already told you. Tonight is a special night. Plus, my daddy is coming! He always liked to dress up for occasions such as this one." Bella said as she looked over at Alex who had cut past the long line of people waiting in the line, him ignoring the curses and complaints of the many waiting angry people. Upon hearing that Bella's 'daddy' was coming tonight, his blood ran cold and he gulped his saliva down in fear. The Don of the Moretti family wasn't one to play. If he was coming to the Foundation tonight himself, then there must be something important. In fact he was the only man who can actually put the Consigliere; Jack the Ripper in his place. There was word that there was a deep history between the Ripper and the Don, no one dared to speak of it or would wind up in a body bag, by Jack the Ripper himself.
After pushing past the long line, Alex finally was able to approach the two large bouncers at the door. The one on the right was really fat, like just plain huge, not to mention bald. The other was rather big and bulky. His head just slightly shaven but growing back. They both wore suits and sunglasses, the second Alex tried to push past them the fat one held his hand out pushing Alex back.
"You on the list, kid?" The fat bouncer said down at Alex, who was towering over him. Alex looked up at him not frightened by him at all, his mind was solely on the safety of Elle and her sister. Nothing was going to get in his way.
"Look! Big, tall, and ugly! I don't have time for this, I need to get in there." Alex yelled up at the big fat one as he tried to push past them again but once again that attempt was quelled when the other one next to the fat one had moreless shoved him back to where he stood.
"Sorry, small fry. Your name have to be on the list or you ain't getting' in."
Alex stood there feeling defeated almost till he remembered the password, looking up at them he took a deep breath and cleared his throat. "I'm Redgrave's savior. Now let me in." Alex murmured a bit discreetly up at the two, the bouncers looked at each other briefly then looked back down at Alex. The fat one tapped on his ear and whispered into the com, Alex waited a couple of seconds before he nodded his head and stood to the side letting Alex in.
The other stood confused as Alex just merrily brushed the him off while he let himself in, shoving the fat one's shoulder he shrugged his shoulders in confusion. "What the hell, man?! Why'd you let him in?"
"Don't you know? The Boss said if somebody said 'I'm Redgrave's savior' that means 'I'm the Boss's apprentice and fighter, let me in.'. Weren't you briefed about the main event tonight?" Asked the balding fat bouncer whereas the other just shook his head and leaned in for the fat man to whisper in his ear.
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The moment Alex stepped into the Foundation, it was like he stepped into another world. He walked in trying not to bump into anybody. The large warehouse was more of a nightclub then a hostage area, seas of people were all over the place dancing to the beat of the down and dirty hip-hop music, multitudes of thuggish looking guys in their little corners with their pants hanging down below their waist, boxers shown with a pistol hanging by the belt talking and conversing like a normal night. 'What the hell is going on? This is the right place…right?' Alex thought to himself as he continued to survey the surroundings of the Foundation. His eyes then shifted to the middle of the club looking warehouse where a out of place wrestling ring surrounded not by ring ropes, but by a heavy duty cage! This wasn't just an illegal nightclub, it was a Underground fight club! As he continued to stare at the ring, suddenly a pinkish cellphone was thrown at him.
Catching it he looked around to see who thrown it at him, not finding the culprit he decided to look through the confines of the cellphone only to find out this was Elle's. This must have been what the psycho used to pick up his call and leave that cryptic message, but if this was Elle's cellphone, where was Elle? Or better yet…where was the kidnapper?!
"You know, I was right…you are too slow." A familiar smooth, cockney accented voice said behind him through the loudness of the music. Alex whipped around him and saw the holder of that voice; Jack. Was it him? Was it really him who kidnapped Elle and Nora? Alex clutched the phone tightly as he glared daggers at Jack who was even dressed for the occasion.
The black trench coat he wore was long, falling down about three inches below the knee. Also, the collar of the coat was popped up as well. He wore the coat open so it can show the black cashmere turtleneck sweater and the black slacks as well. There was an odd black strap tied around his waist like a belt, there must have been something large behind his back in a horizontal angle but the large coat had hid it successfully. Jack also wore military dogtags around his neck that if looked upon closer whose name would have read; Frank Jaeger. Those dogtags weren't his obviously, maybe a family heirloom. Along with the non-fashionable jewelry around his neck he evened it out with an very lavish stainless steel Omega seamaster watch; the Bond. Lastly to add about his attire besides the polished shoes was the leather gloves fitted onto his hands. Jack Jaeger had the touch of an assassin, yet still held the boyish looks of an angel. Was it possible that he was the psychopath that had kidnapped Elle and Nora bringing her to this fight club? Something didn't make sense. Things were just too fishy.
"Jack…" Alex growled under his breath as he stormed towards him, Jack stood completely still as he shoved his hands down his pockets while staring at the angry Alex.
"Now, now, now. What has gotten your panties in a bunch, mate?" Jack said with the usual nonchalant smile he was famous for. Alex wasn't going to take this bullshit, he instantly grabbed Jack's turtleneck collar and brought Elle's cellphone to his face to see.
"Did you do this?! Enough with your bullshit! Where are they?!" Alex yelled, even with this hostile side of Alex Shepherd being shown, Jack didn't flinch as he was in Alex's hold. For two reasons: One, Jack wasn't scared of him. Two, in about two seconds of this five thugs had surrounded the two with their Glock 17's and Beretta M92F pistols all aimed at Alex's head and body. Many had stopped dancing to look at the scene, Jack's eyes were closed with a sigh leaving his lips at the escalation of the scene he was in.
Alex tensed up as he still held Jack by his long turtleneck collar, he never had this many guns pointed at him before. No, scratch that. He never had any guns pointed at him before. Alex's frightened hues glanced around him with the five thugs and their high performance handguns pointed all around him, all trigger ready to blow him away all at Jack's request. The Mexican standoff's silence was quelled when Jack spoke up still keeping his eyes closed and his persona calm.
"Elle and Nora Holloway are safe. No need to be so hostile, Alexander…would I ever hurt my dearest friends?" Jack said as he slowly opened his lids and turned his head towards the thug nearest to him, nodding his head at them to signify that it was ok. With that command the thugs lowered their aim on Alex's head and still stood around him since Alex was still holding up Jack. The others had gone back to dancing and the song switched to yet another hardcore hip-hop song, to the others liking.
Alex still tense but not scared anymore now that the weapons were out of sight and not aimed up at his head would still hold up Jack high. "If that's true, where are they!? And what was with that phone call? And why do you have Elle's cell? Huh? Don't fuck with me, Jack. I'm serious…" Alex said as he continued to glare up at him.
Jack rolled his eyes as he tapped Alex's wrist playfully.
"Please, kidnapping isn't my thing. The two are in their terrences, safe and sound. The only thing I took hostage really was her cellphone, snuck right into the Holloway estate to get that. Not leaving a trace of my presence or alerting anyone. Didn't Elle complain to you about a missing cellphone this week? Gee, and I thought you two were best friends…" Jack completed his trademark nonchalant smile, Alex stood there confused and played right into Jack's devious hand. Like a pawn in a chess game, manipulated with his feelings like a fool. He did remember Elle saying she lost her cellphone and didn't know where to look, which explained why she had to use her house phone to call him Thursday. Slowly putting him down he'd glance to the floor to process all of this into his head. If Elle and her sister was safe, why was he played into coming here? What did Jack have planned for him? This was crazy.
"Then…why did you trick me into coming here?" Alex asked as he looked over at Jack with not a glare, but a confused stare. Jack looked past Alex's shoulder and made a signal with his fingers flicking them forward, the thugs around them nodded and went back to their respective corners to continue conversing since Jack had him under control.
"Well, then Alex. I guess it's time for me to come clean…I called you here using that phony hostage threat lure you here. I knew if I asked you normally, you would have said no on the spot. So I had to use other tactics upon calling you here." Jack said glancing away, away from those innocent hazel eyes of Alex's. Alex tilted his head and grabbed his shoulder, trying to shake the answer out of him.
"What are you talking about? Said no to what? I'm already here, you might as well ask me right here, right now." Alex said firmly as he caught onto Jack's evasive stare, his head was brought down like a scolded little boy but rose up a bit with his stare changing into a rather serious one.
"I want you to join me. Be under my wing as my apprentice, I want to teach you everything I know. What I saw in that hallway Monday was potential, lots of it. I cannot let it go to waste, you are a great fighter for someone who is undisciplined but I can teach you not only to be great…but deadly." Jack said while grabbing his hand and slowly but gently taking it off of his shoulder, Alex continued to stare at him confused at this offer.
"Your apprentice?"
"Yes my apprentice. I called you here, to the Foundation to test you." Jack said as he turned his back on Alex, looking over at the steel cage in the middle of the large warehouse they were in. Alex took a step forward with his head still tilted a bit, trying to get all of this that Jack was laying down for him.
"Test me? For what?"
"The Foundation is a Underground fight club, this warehouse is owned by the Moretti family. As you should know, is the mafia, you know? A organized crime syndicate. Here is where our prized mobsters and gangsters come and duke it out in that cage. We can only house the strong in the Foundation, and only family and the members of the mafia can be in here. But I chose you, as my apprentice which is why you are here. Do you know where I'm getting at with this, Alex?" Jack explained as he turned around to face Alex who was dumbfounded till he explained everything, shocked he took a step back and blinked.
"No way…you want me to join the Mafia? And…be your apprentice?" Alex was able to get out and say without being in total shock. Jack smiled at this and nodded his head.
"Yes, I want to train you and stay friends with you. But the only way I can actually start training you is if you join. What do you say?"
Alex looked down at the floor and shook his head, he couldn't believe this! How could Jack be involved with people like this, he thought he was just a normal down-to-earth guy like him? This was just too much for him. Backing up more he waved his hands in front of him and shook his head. "Are you serious!? N-no...I can't, I just can't. I'm sorry Jack but, I just can't be around these people. This is not me. I don't want to live my life killing and doing God knows what else you do. I can't believe this!"
"Hmm, you know…I knew you'd say that." Jack said calmly as he took one of his gloved hands out of his pockets to flick a bang out of the way of his eyes, with that said Alex turned around and tried to leave with haste.
"Where are you going, mate?" Jack said calling out to him, Alex didn't turn around as he tried to push past the multitudes of people in front of him.
"I'm leaving. I got Elle's phone, that's all I need from you and that is all I'll ever need from you, Jack." Alex said as he tried to rush his way through, Jack didn't stop him all he did was laugh at his antics.
"You are a funny one, Alex."
Alex ignored him and continued to make his way towards the entrance, only to be stopped by the five thugs from before. The surrounded him and pushed him to the middle of them, it was like a tiny little ring. "Out of my way!" Alex said, gritting his teeth. One of the thugs shook there heads and went forward, staring him down.
"Nah, nigga. Don't you know the rules of Fight Club? If this is your first night here, you have to fight…"
"And if I don't?"
The thugs without an answer for him only stalked closer to him, with their fists up in front of them. Looks like that was their answer, Alex glared over at them and got into a fighting stance as well, getting ready for the inevitable. The thing that interrupted them was the sudden blaring of a siren, it caught everyone at the Foundation's attention and cheered for the main event. Alex looked around him to try and get what the heck was going on now?
Jack smirked at the scene and the blasting siren, looking down at his watch it read: 10:00PM. "It's time." Jack said as he walked over to the thugs and pulled Alex by the arm out of the group and stared him down through the darkness.
"Listen to me, Alex you have no choice. You have to fight, since it's your first night here. Either that or you die, not by my hands…" He took his eyes off of him and pointed at pretty much everyone in the room. "Surely you want to live, right? Who knows…you might change your mind about joining the Moretti family." The ebony haired male said with as much sincerity he could muster given their situation, Alex didn't answer for a while. He looked up at Jack, the exit and then the ring. He stared at the ring for a long, long time before finally sighing in defeat. He had no choice.
"Fine. I'll fight…but I won't join. Anything it'll take to get me the hell out of here…" Alex said as he pushed himself out of Jack's hold, Jack didn't struggle and put his hands in the air exclaiming mock defeat when it wasn't him who was defeated.
"Whatever you say, mate. Just come with me." Jack said with a cheerful tone as he turned around and started to walk through the crowd, Alex intent with not losing him had followed behind. It took a minute of walking through the large crowd to get to the rectangular steel cage ring, Jack and Alex stood there waiting as a Jamaican male with a Rasta hat to hide his dreadlocks. Apparently he was the referee since he was in the middle of the ring giving out orders like one, one guy threw him a microphone and he tapped on it to make sure it worked.
"Alright, alright! Tonight is the event you all are cravin' for! Here we got a rookie in the making to join the Moretti family's ranks! Can we get a round of an applause for…ALEX SHEPHERD!!!" The referee announced in a broken english with a slight Jamaican dialect, very little clapped and cheered for Alex while the majority of the crowd booed and cursed at the sound of the name. Alex rose his brow and glanced over at Jack, who apparently had him registered in without even him knowing about it.
"You already knew, I'd come and knew I'd have no choice but to fight didn't you?"
Jack couldn't help but laugh about it and shrug his shoulders for mock innocence, "Well, you are pretty predictable, Alex. What can I say?" Alex rolled his eyes at that and looked up at the Jamaican who beckoned him to get in the ring, Alex did what he was told and walked up the tiny stairway and opened the cage door. Stepping into the ring next to the male he'd look around him at the cage and at the people outside, getting a better look at Alex the crowd who booed him at first now booed harder.
"Now then, his opponent. Our undisputed Champion! SNUFFLES!!!" At hearing the name, the crowd went wild. Alex was the only one who didn't give the same happy reply at hearing this name. In fact, Alex was laughing. Laughing so hard he held his gut trying to control himself.
"You have got to be kidding me?! Who the hell is Snuffles?! What kind of name is that?! Is that who I'm fighting? Looks like I'll be out of here in no time!" Alex said with muffled laughs and rose himself back up to wipe a tear from the corner of his eye, the Jamaican looked down at him and shook his head.
"You won't be laughing when you see, oh! There he is right now, man." The Jamaican said, Alex just shrugged his shoulders but his confidence had just withered away once he heard the stomping and pounding of the steel steps he once got into and looked over to see the cause of it. When the man stepped into the steel cage Alex's eyes went wide as if he was staring up at death itself. Snuffles was not one to look so, burly.
In the ring Alex found himself staring up at the largest man he had ever seen outside of a professional football game or basketball game. The giant was six foot seven and looked as if he carried less then four hundred pounds on his frame, Alex didn't know. He realized that it was very foolish to judge a book by it's cover like Jack had always quoted. The man was dressed in a white tank top that was so large that Alex could have used it for a blanket. His large muscular arms coming out of that no-sleeve shirt. Blue baggy jeans that actually looked short, so thick and massive were they. He had on timberland boots, his skull had a shadow of fuzz covering it. His facial features matched his great size, with a heavy blob of nose and conical ears, each pierced with about a dozen diamond studs that gleamed impressively even in the poor light.
This was the legendary Snuffles alright, he stepped up in front of Alex and looked down at the five foot ten male and just breathed heavily looking as if he was going to rip him apart. Alex stared right back up at him, trying to look intimidating while his eyes lied to Snuffles. Alex was terrified, how was he supposed to fight someone so big!
"Rawr, nigga…the name's Snuffles…you ain't goin' nowhere. You mine…" Snuffles said in a low, growled, heavy breathing tone to Alex who stared up. 'Yep, I'm a deadman.' he thought so quickly and so frank too. All Alex could manage to say without looking scared was.
"We'll see about that, big guy…"
The two were broken apart to the respective corners of the ring, Alex's corner and Snuffles's corner by the referee. Getting in the middle the ref would point over to Alex who was assuming a stance getting ready for the fight of his life, Snuffles doing the same.
"Are you ready?!" The ref asked Alex who nodded and clutched his fists tightly.
"Are you ready?!" The ref repeated towards Snuffles who nodded as well still breathing hoarsely. The ref paused as he looked at the two, sizing them up and down.
As Jack watched on from the very front of the bottom of the ring, he bit his lip. He was actually worried about how Alex would fair against Snuffles. He had faith that he'd win but, was those skills that he saw in the hallway enough to go against the Champion? Reaching up he'd clutch his dogtags and closed his eyes. "Alex…" Jack would whisper to himself, as he stayed there, Bella Moretti made her way towards Jack standing next to him. He sensed her presence so he looked over his shoulder and nodded to her.
"Ah, Bella. What a nice surprise, you are looking rather beautiful tonight, my dear…" Jack said with a sincere smile towards the lady, Bella giggled and patted his shoulder.
"Oh thank you. So is this your apprentice you told me about last night Jack?" She said looking up at the ring, Jack nodded and let go of his dogtags to smile up at his companion.
"Well not yet actually, this is a test. Considering if he passes my test, then you can call him my apprentence. Tell Mr. Moretti that this will be his 'Made man' ceremony to be inducted into our little shindig." Jack said with a new found confidence that Alex would trounce this so-called Champion, Bella laughed and cupped Jack's cheek. Rubbing her delicate fingertips upon his smooth skin.
"Jack, why not tell my dad yourelf? He will be here shortly." Bella said while looking into his eyes, Jack stared right back and laid his gloved hand unto hers.
"I think I'll do that." He said with a smirk before removing her hand and planting a gentle kiss on her hand, she roll her eyes with a chuckle before turning her attention to the fight that will unfold between the two. Jack would do the same. It was like David V.S. Goliath all over again.
"LETS GET IT ON, COME ON!!!" The ref yelled giving the signal to ring the bell and backing up away from the path of the two.
Alex and Snuffles approached each other and patted their fists to pretty much say without words, 'may the best man win.' it's a term of mutual respect for fighters. The second their fists bumped they backed away and got into their stances looking for an opening. The crowd outside of the ring was cheering and howling for blood, mostly Alex's.
Snuffles wasted no time and strode right up to Alex. But when he reached out to grab a fistful of him, Alex delivered a vicious blow to the man's gut that would have dropped most fighters. All he got from Snuffles was a grunt. He then lifted Alex off the ground, reared back like he was preparing to hurl a football and threw the good one-hundred-eighty five pound Alex a good ten feet down the ring, with his back clashing against the cage hard. He cringed and yelped from the sudden pain as he crashed against the ground, thank god the military field jacket's heaviness protected him against the full force of the cage.
The rest of the gangsters and mobsters excluding Jack and Bella hooted, cursed and otherwise had themselves a little cop's son ass-kicking party, high-fiving, exchanging growls, and knuckle-banging each other with animalistic glee. Some rocked on the cage begging for more violence. Alex came up fast, gagging for air and nauseous from the pounding he was taking so early into the fight, before Snuffles could get at him with a devastating right straight punch which would have been Alex's head he would have quickly ducked and fainted to the side which caused Snuffles to have struck the cage instead of him, but the cage had now in where Alex's head was just moments ago, the fist hole was large, Snuffles's hand was withdrawn with no scratches. Alex looked up at that punch that would have been his head with a freighting expression of fear as Snuffles didn't hold back at all.
"You've gotta be shittin' me!" He yelled up at him, Snuffles laughs and throws a quick jab at Alex's jaw which connects out of Alex's shock from him shattering a part of the cage. Alex's jerked to the side and he stumbled a bit from the force that he put in it, at this point he was just dazed and confused from one punch. Using this Snuffles executed a couple of jabs and a nice gut punch onto Alex which left him now onto his knees and clutching his stomach. Coughing up blood and all, he rolled about and just wanted to stay down on the floor. Snuffles backed up and growled at him loudly as if he was some sort of monster.
"Come on, nigga! Get yer ass back up and fight me, bitch!!!" He yelled down at him, Alex replied with another cough before the referee started the countdown.
"1.….2.….3.…4!" Counted the ref, Alex realized that's how the fight ends. Via count out or knock out, he couldn't allow himself to lose so easily. Mustering almost every bit of strength in his body he got back up and the count was paused. The fight continues.
Now that Alex was back up, Snuffles rushed up at him but before he could do anything, Alex shot forward, lowering his shoulder and laid his very solid frame directly into the man's gut. Alex might as well have slammed himself into a pickup truck, for all the good it did. He dropped to the ring's surface having budged Snuffles one damned inch. His shoulder was bruised, thank god not dislocated if he tackled any harder. Alex got back up to his feet, feigned being seriously hurt then exploded with a nicely placed haymaker across Snuffles's face, his face did jerk to the side but he stayed there. Snuffles was still standing there, like the cage surrounding their exit. How could that be? Well, he had no time to think about how it could be because Snuffles, moving faster then a man his size should ever have been able to, attempted to deliver a forearm the size of a six-by-six to the size of Alex's head. But Alex was much more quicker then that.
With Alex sweeping under that clothesline he appeared behind the big behemoth, Alex then took the opportunity to jump on his back, which in his mind was a stupid move, and pound on his head with his elbow. He knew it would do no good, but it made him feel a bit better. It made him feel like he had the upper hand. Snuffles on the other hand wasn't taking that too well, he kept stumbling about from the constant blows to the head and of course Alex wrapping his legs around his neck choking him and also to make sure he wouldn't fall off.
"I'm gonna fuckin' kill you, then I'm gonna fuckin' cook you, then I'm gonna fuckin' eat you!!! What's good, big guy!? WHAT'S FUCKIN' GOOD?!" Alex screamed between blows. The crowd went wild at this sudden unorthodox move the Shepherd put on Snuffles, Bella covered her mouth and gasped at this.
"Oh my…" Bella said in shock as he looked up at this.
Jack stood there amazed and just shocked, blinking he'd raise his brow and cross his arms over his chest. "Well this I didn't see coming…uh…ok? Go Alex?" He said a bit confused but still cheered him on no matter what, even if that was a stupid move.
Snuffles wobbled about like a giant who's drunk and blind at the same time as he struggled with blocking and holding his balance at the same time, but then grew tired of this. He roared and grabbed Alex by his shoulders lifting him up and throwing him to the cage with much force, Alex bounced back and fell unto the floor. He laid there for a little bit before using the cage wall as a support and slid himself back up to his feet.
Feeling cornered like a rat being chased by a house cat, Alex pressed himself against the cage wall wondering what the heck can he do now against him?! It was almost futile.
"This is fuckin' sad, I'm gonna git ya for pullin' that stunt against me!" Snuffles yelled as he swings a few jabs and an upper cut towards him. A freaked out Alex ducks and dodges to avoid them, since it takes some time for Snuffles to fully let out his strength in a single punch. Snuffles starts thinking '...What the hell? This kid ain't faster than me!' But as the hits miss and he's beginning to sweat, he says "Need another plan.. Lets go somewhere low, maybe that'll slow him." He said in a dull whisper. So, Snuffles sends a low right hook, striking at a sore spot, his left thigh. Alex screamed out loud and fell on one knee holding onto his left leg where Snuffles hit.
Alex Shepherd cringed in his sleep and softly grunted as he slumbered upon Elle's lap, biting his lip subconsciously while doing so. That tiny nudge slightly woke up the blond, yawning and blinking in confusion she'd look back down at her sleeping soldier. Alex was sweating and breathing softly, was he having a nightmare? No. It couldn't be, people with nightmares are usual tossing and turning and saying incoherent stuff. Or all at the same time. The only thing that was in the symptoms of a nightmare was that he was sweating a lot in his sleep, should she wake him up?
"Alex?" She sleepily said as she gently wiped the sweat off of his brow but then noticed she was sweating herself, it must have been this stuffy police cruiser that was the cause of the sweating. Rolling down the windows of the car she would next take off her little blue sports jacket and untie her hair letting it flow between her fingers, making herself much more comfortable. Now in her short sleeve orange tank top she rubbed her arms and looked down at Alex's heavy military field jacket, 'That must be the cause of his sweating…hmm, I hope I don't wake him up…' Elle thought as she silently, slowly, and discreetly unzipped his jacket letting his dogtags fall unto his chest. Under his jacket was a dark green shirt, green was one his favorite colors.
"That should do it…" She smiled before letting her head rest upon the headrest of the driver's seat she'd allow herself to fall back to sleep, fully unaware of what was going on in the head of Alexander Shepherd.
As Alex clutched his leg in pain that was Snuffles chance to now do some serious harm against him, and embarrass him in the process. Snuffles would reach out, grab the leg, lifting him upside down and squeeze as hard as possible, listening to Alex's yells of pain. Snuffles would laugh so hard at this that it would be even louder then Alex's screams.
"IS THIS ALL!? IS THIS ALL THIS SHEPHERD KID CAN DO!? THIS EMBARRASSMENT IS WHAT YOU BRING TO ME TO FIGHT?! HUH, JACK?!" Snuffles yells out, calling out Jack from the ring while still squeezing and holding Alex in the air. Jack cringes at this, knowing he was making fun of Jack's choice of what a prized fighter is and what Alex's ability was. Bella bit her lip and grabbed Jack's hand to comfort him.
"WHY DON'T YOU COME UP HERE AND FIGHT ME SO I CAN HAVE MYSELF AN ACTUAL CHALLENGE THEN, THIS FUCKIN' JOKE!!!" He continued to taunt Alex and Jack at the same time, Jack wasn't taking this too well. He clutched Bella's hand tighter and looked down at the ground feeling ashamed, 'Maybe I made the wrong choice…no, no I didn't. Alex can do it…I know he can…' Jack thought as his eyes stared down at his shiny shoes, mirroring Jack's own facial expression of disappointment and failure. Which wasn't two words that didn't stand of Jack Jaeger.
After taunting them both, Snuffles would stop laughing and squeeze Alex's leg harder and now start punching his stomach over and over and over again. This was equally bad for Alex since the blood was rushing up to his head and all, he was two-seconds close to being knocked out before an image of his father came to his head. 'D-dad?' Alex meekly addressed his father in his head, the image of Adam shook his head in disapproval.
'Is this all my little soldier can do!? Come on, Alex. You need to fight! Get back up and kick his ass! You can do it! Don't you dare let him disgrace the Shepherd's family name like that! Our ancestors wouldn't like this at all, you bitching out and giving up over this thing you're fighting. Alex, SHOW HIM WHAT US SHEPHERD'S ARE ALL ABOUT!!!' Adam yelled out to his son, before the image disappeared. With this a new found fuel came that was dwelling in Alex the entire time had now erupted. Before the last punch Snuffles was about to connect to Alex's head finishing him off, Alex shoved his other foot onto Snuffles diaphragm which stunned him a bit to continue his punching outburst.
Alex yelling a battle cry would continuously kick Snuffles in the face, chest, over and over and over again till his grip loosened. Which it did but Snuffles wouldn't give up so easily, he then punched Alex in the gut again which had sent him in a large boost of pain but his eyes caught on to Jack slipping his hand behind him. He was unsheathing some sort of metal object and sliding it into the cage, for a second Jack's and Alex's eyes connected. The hazel and emerald hues locked on, they both knew what to do at this point.
Out of desperation, Snuffles flung Alex's limp body against the cage wall with him crashing and burning. Luckily where the metal object was, but the bad side of this was that Alex was not getting up, nor his eyes opened. He appeared to be knocked out for a little bit.
The crowd yelled out and cheered now seeing this, Jack panicked! The ref started counting. Jack let go of Bella's hand and rushed to the side of the cage where Alex was laying on, grabbing the cage he'd shake it to make noise to awake him.
"GET UP!!! Come on, Shepherd…get the hell up!!!" Jack yelled, Bella watched on concerned about Jack's sudden outburst. It has never been seen for Jack to actually get out of his little nonchalance mood to something so desperate, this was a side of him she has never seen before.
"Come on, Alex! Now get up, ONE MORE ROUND!!!" Jack would scream out to Alex, who still barely managed to move. The ref's count moved to five, then six. Jack would get more desperate, banging on the cage wall. "COME ON!!! GET UP, FIGHT THIS GUY HARD!!! FIGHT TILL YOUR LAST BREATH, ALEX!!!" He continued trying to wake him up, Snuffles tried muting this with the usual "come on" just to beckon Alex to get up so he can knock him right back down.
Jack glared over at Snuffles but then focused on Alex again. "He's no monster, he's no beast! I DIDN'T HEAR NO BELL!!! GET UP YOU SON OF A BITCH, 'CAUSE JACK LOVES YA!!!" Jack yelled out, the count was reaching seven, then eight. Bella ran over to Jack and wrapped her arms around his waist pulling him back from the cage.
"Stop it, Jack! You're scaring me! There's nothing you can do, it's over! Just stop!!!" She screamed out, but Jack struggled in her grip, flailing about.
"No, NO!!! LET ME GO, BELLA!!! LET ME GO!!!"
But then the count suddenly ended with Alex grabbing the metal object and staggering back up using the cage wall as a support once more, the fight continues! Jack and Bella stayed silent as they watched this. Snuffles back was turned as he was about to open the cage door and walk out till, Alex called him out.
"HEY SNUFFLES!!!" Alex yelled out, his words a bit slurred but it didn't matter. Snuffles looked over his shoulders, shocked as if he seen a ghost. Nobody got up when it reached close to an eight count against him?! How was that possible?!
"I didn't hear no bell!" He said stumbling about, hiding the metal object behind his back. Snuffles turned fully around and looked over at him. Alex was bleeding from the side of his head, his lip, and his forehead. His other cheek was going to swell up and leave one hell of a bruise after this was over, his jacket was forcibly unzipped all the way with the right side of it falling slightly only being supported by his forearm. He looked like hell, how could he possibly get back up?!
"One more round…" He muttered now leaning against the cage wall now propped himself off of it and staggered to the middle of the ring, gripping the metal object behind him tightly.
"I got one more round, come on!!!" Snuffles yelled out also approaching the middle of the ring. The two walked about making a circle, eying each other head to toe. "I'm not just going to knock out you this time, nigga. I'm takin' you out…" He threatened, Alex still with his sluured words kept muttering the same thing.
"One more round…" He said, Snuffles playfully pushed him a bit causing him to stumble back a bit. With that stumble Snuffles tried to unleash a full throttle haymaker to Alex's face but the unthinkable had happened, with a sudden burst of speed he ducked it and swept towards him like a boxer not lashing his fist at him, no. He lashed out a vertical slash of a KA-BAR Bowie knife that he hid behind him, the unsuspecting Snuffles had gotten slashed right across the face. Flesh, titanium steel, and blood all mingling together so perfectly. Snuffles screamed out in pain as the blood splashed onto Alex's face and onto the ring's floor, he backed up holding his cheek with both hands. Dropping the knife behind him where Jack would quickly sneak his hand under the cage and pick it up, looking at the bloodied knife a smirk would come across his face as he now looked up at where the fight would take thanks to the Ripper's helping hand.
"But you never let anyone use your blade?! Why help him?! Why now?" Bella looked over at him as she let go of Jack and went in front of him. Jack shrugged and sheathed the blade behind his waist in a slightly horizontal holster, listing to the sound of the sheathe meeting his precious blade.
"Why not? He is my apprentice after all…" He said with a cunning smirk, Bella would just roll her eyes and turn away from him to look at the fight.
"Jack the Ripper, you'll never cease to amaze me."
"Just doing my job, m'lady…" He said standing next to her to watch the fight.
Now with that advantage thanks to Jack, Alex would rush up to him and start punching the heck out him. Aiming for his exposed cheek mostly. Snuffles taking the hits would jerk his head back and stumble a bit from the blood lost and the strength of his blows. Using that little back up, Alex would back up as well and then charge at him full on! This time, his little tackle would be successful as Alex tackled Snuffles so hard that when Snuffles was still being held and on his frame that Alex kept going and tackled him through the cage wall. Breaking it and propelling them both out of the ring!
The crowd was amazed and then backed away making a small ring around them so they could see the escalating epic fight between Alex Shepherd and Snuffles. Jack and Bella rushed over breaking through the crowd so they can see in the front at just how amazing this fight was becoming. The two rolled about on the floor and punched each other out, mainly trying to get the grounds to mount each other. Rolling and rolling the crowd would follow them like a herd of sheep and Alex was the Shepherd to this herd. Getting the top control over the large Snuffles, Alex would not mount him but get up and back up giving Snuffles room to get back up.
Snuffles indeed got back up, and Alex was ready for him.
"GET HIM, ALEX!!!" Jack yelled out, as Snuffles rushed up to him. The burly male tried to go for another clothesline but Alex amazingly intercepted it and swung behind him, holding him in place. Snuffles stumbled about in Alex's grip, using the hold to his advantage he'd start throwing bombs in the form of elbows towards the back of his head, over and over and over again! The crowd actually cheered on for each and every blow that Alex inflicted upon Snuffle's cranium. Upon the last blow he shoved Snuffles off of him into the crowd who held him and fell down with Snuffles, the Shepherd backed up all the way to the opposite side of the little crowd ring.
"Come on, Snuffles. Come on!" Alex beckoned, feeling the rush of the Shepherd bloodline flowing through his veins. The same determination not to give up, just like his father didn't do in Iraq and during his Sheriff work in quelling the Prison riot in Silent Hill's penitentiary. It was that Shepherd blood within him that kept him going, in reality. He was Adam's little soldier. Well Alex has his orders, and those orders were to beat the living hell out of Snuffles no matter what!
Snuffles got back up and rushed over to him like a raging bull! Alex stayed there calm and ready and when the time came when Snuffles got too close, Alex sidestepped grabbing his shoulder and swinging his leg into the back of Snuffle's shin and slammed him onto the floor, face first! Alex immediately got back up and walked around Snuffle's fallen body, the large male growled in frustration and pounded the floor before staggering himself back up.
Taking the time for Snuffles to stagger get back up, Alex crouched down and waited, and waited. Jack looked at what he was doing, just what was he doing? The second Snuffles brought his head back up, Alex whipped his body like a corkscrew falling unto the floor but while doing so he chop blocked Snuffle's shin causing Snuffles to fall right back down to the floor on the back of his head. Jack's eyes widened at this and really was getting more hyped up then usual for a fight. This was amazing, how was Alex pulling off all these moves?! And where did Alex get this sort of strength? This was just purely the best fight he had ever seen yet. Alex got back up and walked around his downed body with a big smirk on his face.
"Come on, ugly! Get back up so I can knock you down again!!!" Alex yelled out tauntingly as he awaited for him to get back up. Snuffles immediately got back up and Alex got ready assuming the same crouching stance again, Snuffles threw in a haymaker for Alex to intercept again but that was Snuffles plan for him to that because when he did that Snuffles used his immense strength to drag him towards him which would knock Alex off of his balance and leave him open, with this Snuffles started punching up at Alex's gut three times then slithered his arm out of Alex's grip to use it to punch his back.
Alex staggered back holding his back and grunting, Snuffles with this had tried to give him a right hook clean across his face but it missed with Alex sweeping under his arm, dodging to the side. Snuffles with that miss tried to go for a left hook which Alex did the same method for dodging, and once more for Snuffles's right straight jab. Alex standing up from that little wave of dodging would taunt him more.
"Come on, lets get it!!!" Alex yelled with his fist up in the air for more. Snuffles more angry would continue in the left and right hooks but Alex would keep dodging right and left, side to side. Sweeping himself under those heavy hands from his assault, getting back up from his dodges he'd taunt him some more.
"Come on, Snuff! Come on! Come on!!!" The one blow that he didn't dodge hit him in his stomach but Alex took it, infact he grabbed the arm and Snuffles himself and picked him up with one adrenaline filled grab and tossed the muscle-bound antagonist over to the cage wall from the outside, Snuffles grunting he'd hold his back only for Alex to shoulder thrust him right back onto the cage's surface then give him a solid right hook across the face putting Snuffles down to the ground. The crowd went wild, and the referee broke out of the crowd's cheering and started to count, Alex backed up and turned around walking over to the other side trying to get within the crowd thinking that it was over.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? DON'T TURN YOUR BACK ON THE ENEMY!!!" Jack yelled over to Alex who heard that, he turned to Alex only for Snuffles to get back up immediately as the countdown happened and tackled him down to the floor from behind. It was like getting hit by a car! The two went down to the floor hard and Snuffles picked him up getting him in a reverse bear hug where Alex's back was against Snuffles's chest. Alex yelled loudly in agonizing pain as he felt the pressure that Snuffles was using in those large arms of his to try and break him in two.
He could slowly feel the adrenaline and fuel stem down from this but then it came back to him, with his mind deciding it wasn't over till the fat lady sang. And she wasn't singing tonight, not for Alex! The only swan song to be heard would be from Snuffles as he threw three elbows towards Snuffles's face as he was in the hold. The bear hug was loosening up and that's where Alex made him move, breaking out of his grip he whipped himself behind Snuffles and grabbed him in the same hold, not getting him in a bear hug but actually picking him up in a reverse belly to back slam yelling as he slammed him against the ground! This wasn't a fight anymore, this was a war!!! The crowd went even more wilder, jumping onto tables and chairs and jumping around being more animated as the fight escalated.
Alex got up and quickly backed up assuming his hands up to his face, like a amateur boxer's stance. Since he never took boxing but sure as hell knew how to throw his lefts and rights! Snuffles got back up and approached Alex getting into a boxing stance as well. Jack yelled out to Alex while the others behind him and Bella were going so crazy.
"Come on, knock that bum out!!! HE OWES ME FIVE BUCKS!!!" Jack yelled out, loosing himself to this fight and becoming just like all of these guys. The testosterone in the Foundation was overwhelming for Bella as she stood there looking at the usual calm, reserved, nonchalant Jack the Ripper going batshit crazy over a fight.
"Ugh, men…" She said glancing over at the fight trying to ignore Jack's outburst.
Alex would wave side to side faking Snuffles out thinking he was going to go for a blow but instead he actually did, Alex jabbed his lefts at Snuffles face. Over and over again, moving to the side each time so he can get a full view of Snuffle's big head for target practice. Snuffles breaking out of it would try jabbing forward but Alex would back up missing the punch narrowly, Jack seeing this would start imitating right and left jabs into the air.
"COME ON, YOU GOTTA BEAT THIS SON OF A BITCH, YOU GOTTA BEAT THIS SON OF A BITCH!!! TILL HE CAN'T STAND NO MORE, YOU GOTTA FILL HIS FACE WITH BLOOD! YOU GOTTA BEAT HIM FROM THE INSIDE OUT, YOU HEAR ME?! FROM THE INSIDE OUT!!!" Jack yelled as Snuffles unleashed a couple of forward jabs that Alex kept backing up and weaving side to side from, this was turning out into a straight up boxing match. As Alex ducked the last punch and uppercutted Snuffles right on the chin leaving him open for an assault, and Alex goes back on the attack! He start throwing out blows at Snuffle's head while sidestepping as well, then was almost walking up to him as he punched him out too throwing out punches from a left to right status. It was a left jab then a right jab right after that, left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right, Alex was a monster!
"THAT'S MY BOY, THAT'S MY APPRENTICE!!! GO FOR IT!!! RIGHT IN THE KISSER, BABY!!! COME ON, ALEX!!!" Jack yelled seeing the constant attack of the left and right blows.
Snuffles after that vicious right and left combination was struggling to get back on the attack, blocking the right blow and pretty much taking the left so he can counteract with a left blow of his own. Alex backed up from the hit and Snuffles took the chance, he swept up to Alex and started punching his lights out with his own left and right combo, but his was different after the initial left and right it would switch up into a nice placed blow to the stomach. The last stomach shot was really taking a toll on Alex since he was breathing hard and his legs was staggering, he was loosing it.
"ALEX!!!" Jack yelled, Alex now was at a different state of mind now. It's like everything slowed down around him, as if time was slowly taking it's stop. One of those punches Snuffles unleashed on Alex's staggering state made him think of Jack face, the next punch made him think of Josh's face, and the last punch that would ever hit his face at this time made him think of Elle. That was enough fuel maybe not to last any longer but what he needed to end this fight.
After that last blow, Alex shoved Snuffles back and punched him right in the nose which made him go back. Out of instinct, Snuffles launched a blow towards Alex's face which he took and then returned double the power with his own across Snuffle's face.
"COME ON, ALEX!!! GO FOR IT!!!" Jack called out, Alex now was going to end this. Alex swept to him and grabbed him bring him down to his level and now started punching his stomach over and over and over again! The crowd and Jack cheered on for each blow that was made on Snuffle's gut. Then shoved him off of him where Snuffles stood dazed and confused, Alex walked up and punched once, punched him a second time, punched him a third time, punched him a fourth time, and then finished him off with one final uppercut that made Snuffles jump from his feet and land against the cage wall. Slumped against it with his head down, dripping blood all-over his once white tank top.
Alex panted and collapsed unto his knees, was it over? The referee ran over to Snuffle's slumped body and counted him out, one, two, three, four. Upon the five count Alex turned around and walked over to Jack with a bloody smile on his face.
"I-I did it…" He weakly laughed, Jack smirked and grabbed him getting him in a headlock and gave him a tiny noogie.
"I knew you could do it!!! You made me proud, Shepherd!!!" Jack said as he pushed him off of him, so he wouldn't get blood on his clothes. Alex ruffled his bloody hair and laughed, with Jack joining. But Jack's laughter stopped when the referee stopped counting at nine and Snuffles got back up lumbering and staggering towards him. Jack's eyes went wide and he went pale, tapping Alex's shoulder as quick as he can to try and tell him it wasn't over yet.
"A-Alex!!! LOOK OUT!!!" Jack yelled, it was too late. By the time Alex turned around, Snuffles had grabbed Alex by the loose hanging military field jacket and dragged him back. Picking him up by his head and squeezing his head as he does so, Alex groan and yell in pain. Kicking and flailing trying to get out of the deadly hold.
"It…isn't over yet…nigga!" Snuffle would mutter out as he took a step back and heaved Alex back into the ring with so much strength that Alex broke another hole through the cage this time it was Snuffle's doing. Alex crashed back into the ring and held his back, writhing in pain like a worm. Snuffles got back into the ring through the door and slammed it shut, which gave time for Alex to stagger back up and try to go for another assault. He tried going for a right hook but Snuffles slapped it away and grabbed his hair. Pulling him up so the two meet face to face.
"You were lucky, punk…but it's over now…" He whispered to Alex before he kneed him in the stomach, hard. Alex screams out and coughs up blood onto Snuffles knee before crashing against the ground, clutching his stomach. Now that he was down, Snuffles picks him up by the hair again and starts punching his face in over and over and over again, taking out all the rage he had in him for Alex's little comeback. After the last punch he picked him up over his head and started lifting up and down as if he was using him as dumbbells, the crowd that was one Alex's side before had switched over back to Snuffles and started to cheer for him counting how many times can he lift up Alex. When he lifted him the tenth time he then slammed him down onto the ground falling at a six foot seven drop, which pretty much stunned and kept him to the ground for Snuffles to now just stomp him out.
"Welcome to the Foundation, BITCH!!!" He yelled as he stomped him out, with one last stomp he backed up and lifted his arms up into the air as if he won. Jack sighed and looked down at the floor, it was over. Bella comforted him by rubbing his bicep and hugging onto him. The Jamaican ref counted one all the way to ten, it was over.
"That's it! Winner, and still the Foundation's reigning bad motherfucka, SNUFFLES!!!" The ref yelled before pulling Snuffles's large arm in the air. Alex squirmed in pain as he laid there, choking on his own blood. Jack stood there motionless as he looked on at Alex's pain, it was like apart of him had just died.
"Damn it, Alex.."
"Quite some show…hmm, my little Ripper? Or should I say…my little nephew?" An unknown voice said behind Jack, but just the sound had caused Jack's hairs behind his head to stand. His eyes widened and his blood ran cold, he was just frozen in shock.
"Daddy! You came!!!" Bella yelled out in excitement as she ran over to her father's side, jumping into his arms. Jack slowly turned around and looked at the Don; Vincent Moretti. He glared a deadly look at the Don for calling him by that title. He held the classic Godfather look, where Vincent's suit was all white and he had his trench coat over his shoulder acting like a King's cape, a Capone hat, and a cane. Vincent himself was in his little aging status being in his sixties now, his straight gray hair gelled back and his beard neatly trimmed. If there was any recalling to Jack's past, it was that man who can actually say he knows Jack Jaeger.
"You're not my uncle…never call me by that term again, Vincent…" Jack coldly said as he stared up at him, resisting the urge to go into his trench coat and unsheathe his combat knife that was slightly drenched in Snuffle's blood from the previous fight. The Don licking his lips and nodding at this, Bella with glared over at Jack who was still in her father's loving arms.
"Hey you little prick! Don't say my dad's name like that, you aren't worthy! Show some respect, Jack!!!" She yelled over at him, but the Don's hand came forward signifying her to calm down. The large rings on his hand was so shiny that the tiny light that was laminating from the Foundation gleamed off of it.
"That is enough, sweetie."
"But daddy…"
"No, no. I can handle it. Go start the car for daddy ok, pumpkin?" He looked down at her with a smile, she returned his relaxed look with a worried one before succumbing to her father's request. Hugging him tightly she'd storm up to Jack and slap him across the face, hard enough to leave a handprint on his cheek. Jack took it and licked his lips with a cunning smirk for her reply.
"Ohh, slap me harder why don't cha?" He said as he looked up at her with those death filled eyes of his, she narrowed her eyes and walked away from him.
"Fuck you, Jack!!!" She said turning around to flip him the bird before walking past her father, he'd rub his lip where she managed to draw blood from. Licking it clean he grin.
"Yeah, fuck me hm? That's exactly what you did two days ago…five times." Jack said with that cocky grin of his. The Don's eyes would be widened not out of shock but just out of 'oh wow', like he knew they were in some sort of close relationship which he allowed but didn't see that one coming out of the bag.
"I HATE YOU JACK!!!" She yelled as she ran out, pushing the two bouncers out of the way.
"Love you too, Bella. But you are a little bit too loose for my blood…" He said waving her off, the Don would sigh and take a step forward.
"Jack, what did I tell you about using those British anagrams for saying something? Such as calling my daughter a whore?" He said tapping his feet.
"Well I am, half British I might as well use how I was brought up to talk. Unless you want me to insult her in German, French, Creole, Spanish, Portuguese, your own language, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Russian, you name it, I'll do it." He shrugged and smirked at his knowledge of all those languages, with a face palm Vincent sighed once more and stepped more closer to Jack talking more discreetly.
"You talk all high and mighty now but that's not how I found you eleven years ago…out in the rainy streets of London…" Vincent whispered to Jack who's blood ran cold once more and he glanced down at the ground, he didn't want him to do this.
"Stop it…"
"All you had on your back was the clothes you wore and that bloody bowie knife of yours…"
"Stop it, please…" Jack said more pleadingly as he held his head wanting the memories that were flooding into his head to stop.
"Staring helplessly of the ten men you killed which were police and idiotic child molesters. Even now, I wonder if you killed those men in self-defense or in cold blood…because I know the Police would have not tried to rape you and would have helped you out."
"Please…no more…"
"And there I was, on my way to my car when you came to me, begging for money. And what do you think happened after that? I took you in, Jack. I raised you as my own…"
"STOP IT!!!" Jack yelled as he unsheathed his KA-BAR Bowie knife and grabbed the Don's collar, pressing the blade's edge against his neck ready to slit his throat at any second now. His face drenched with tears and his eyes showing desperation. Almost everybody that were around him had stopped dancing and partying when they heard Jack's yell and saw that he held their leader in such a threatening position, but they didn't know what to do knowing who exactly Jack was and what he was capable of doing if he had a knife in his hand. The Don calmly stared down at the tearing young Ripper, he let his hand cup his cheeks softly brushing his fingers against his skin to wipe away his tears.
"Hmph, even now…it doesn't matter how many people you kill, it doesn't matter how many lives you take, you are still that disgusting, little ingrate that I once picked up from the streets…nothing you do will escape your fate. You are chained, Jack…you are stuck in an eternal double helix. Never to escape…even if you kill me? What will that prove? Hm? All you are in these people's eyes is a killer, a young, cold hearted killer. But in my eyes, you're still that little boy who lost his father and mother in war…even now you still carry around your father's dogtags and knife, lying to yourself. Telling yourself, you are ok when you really aren't. When will your charade end, hm?" Jack played right into the Don's hand, he thought he could fuck with peoples minds. Well Jack for once has been trounced in his own game. He still held the blade to Vincent's throat, still crying and still staring into Vincent's eyes with those cold emerald hues of his. Usually when Jack gave that stare it was to people he'd kill, make them tremble with fear, eyes that were so sinister that even the Devil may cry, but not tonight. Vincent Moretti was the only one who's knees wouldn't buckle from Jack's stare.
"Maybe…maybe if I killed you here and now…the nightmares will end…" Jack said as he pressed the blade a bit harder against his neck, drawing blood. But even so, Vincent cynically smiled at this. Ignoring the pain which Jack found quite odd, even making Vincent laugh which was more creepy for Jack to withstand.
"Really? How do you know that? Hmm, Jack the Ripper? You don't scare me. I've seen death plenty of times in the face and I laughed, just like I'm doing with you…" He continued to laugh as Jack clinched his teeth in anger. "But you, Jack the Ripper. You're nothin', you aren't death so stop trying…if you're going to kill me…kill me right now. Do it, do it, do it. KILL ME, JACK! KILL ME!!!" He yelled down at Jack who closed his eyes and shoved him off of him, letting him go from his grip, his knife would be clutched tightly in his hand and his eyes glanced down at the floor averting his gaze from Vincent's.
"Hmph, I didn't think so. Now then…tell your apprentice that he's in. He's a made man, even if he didn't win that fight against our Snuffles then that's ok. After the performance I saw, he's in alright. Just needs a bit more work…and I think you are the type to whip that Shepherd kid into shape. Wait till his daddy see this…heheh, now you will go to that boy and tend to his wounds then give him my message. Do I make myself clear?" Vincent ordered, Jack continued to look down at the ground not replying. That annoyed the Don as he raised his voice.
"I said, do I make myself clear?!"
"Crystal, sir…" Jack murmured defeated as he still didn't look up at him, looking down at his shoes and wiping his tears like a scolded child. The Don nodded his head and turned around to walk past people who made a path for him so he wouldn't have to brush past people. Jack stood there for a little while before taking a deep breath making sure he was himself again before sheathing his knife back into it's holster and making his way into the ring where he saw Alex who was sitting against the cage wall panting.
"Alex…you did well…" He said with his voice sounding a bit raspy then usual, Alex slowly looked up at him. His vision a bit dazed here and there as he struggled to get a good look at him.
"Ja-jack? You ok?" He managed to say, Jack cleared his throat and knelt down to him.
"Yes, I'm fine…don't worry about me. Listen, I talked to the Don. He loved your fight against Snuffles, and so did I as you could probably tell. You were amazing, nobody ever fought Snuffles like that before. Even if you lost…"
"Yeah but like you said, I lost…so how is that any good…" Alex said disappointingly after he gave his all into that fight and it still wasn't enough. Jack shaking his head would put his hand onto his shoulder and looked him in the eye.
"Hey, that's enough out of you. I don't want to hear you talk like that…that's how losers talk. I know you aren't a loser and that's what drawed me to you…now then, Alex…listen to me…"
Alex didn't say no more as he looked up at him, awaiting what he had to say.
"Joining the Moretti family isn't what I really want you to do, but if that's what it takes for me to get you as my apprentice then I'll damn well do so. With the way I live my life, I doubt I'll live past seventeen. I can't afford to let my death be the reason for your ability to just die out…you have a gift, Alex. It's my duty to help it grow…you need a calling…" Jack said with as much seriousness he could muster, yet the softness in his voice to try and comfort the injured Alex.
"A calling?"
"Yes, a calling. You have what it takes, and I must install it into you. Let me train you, let me show you a world that your father will not let you explore…you as a Shepherd has the grueling chains of fate that bind you to be nothing more then a shell of your former self. I can tell there is something about you that is different from the others, different from anybody I ever seen. I've seen it in that little sister of Elle's too, Nora. But she doesn't have the same gifts you do…"
Upon hearing his best friends sister's name his ears perked up and he tried to slightly raise himself from his position only for his body to give out and sit right back down. "Nora?"
"I don't know that much about you, Alex…all I know is that you've been chosen…I don't know if it's something good or bad. But because of you being chosen against your own will…your father continues to deny you the advancements to make your life better, make your life worth living, every single day. I saw it myself…I was there when you two duked it out in the lawn…it only proved my theory right. Alex…you have been denied of all the pleasures in this world to make your life happy…why? I do not know…allow me, Alex…allow me to give you back those pleasures and then some. Take my hand…" He said as he stood up and extended his gloved hand down to him, Alex stared at his hand and then back up at him.
"Take my hand and let us welcome chaos…together. Let us watch the world burn…with you under my wing…as my apprentice…" Jack said with the same look in his eyes that he gave him before when Alex melted and discussed his family life with him, Alex feeling paralyzed in his stare would nod and take his hand. Grasping it firmly and picked himself up from the ground, just by doing that he has changed his life from here on in. Alexander Shepherd had just died and sold his soul to the devil just by doing that. Now he was by his own will officially inducted as a Moretti mafia mobster and now the apprentice of the present day Jack the Ripper, one of the most sadistic, psychotic, yet angelic looking killers in the United States.
"You made the right choice, Alex. Consider the second part of the debt you owe me paid..."
x- - Devil May Cry.
Author's note: Dear god, that was a long chapter. I think this was the longest in the series so far and now my personal favorite till the story progresses. This chapter will either make or break the story. So please review and tell me what did you think, because from here on in. It will only get more down and dirty. Now for the fun babbling part of this note: What did you think of this fight scene?! Alex V.S. Snuffles?! One hell of a comeback, no? There is a big reason why Alex lost, nothing in this story happens without a reason. I even had a little come back all the way to the real world where Alex had cringed because of the pain on his LEFT THIGH! The same leg that Judge Holloway drilled into oblivion! All that dodging was all foreshadowing into Alex's great dodging skills six years later, also I even had him use Jack's knife which will later become his knife and starting weapon six years later! Another epic foreshadowing! I even had Jack read Alex like an open book with the whole saying he's been chosen for something dark but doesn't know what, hello? Chosen to die as a sacrifice! Saying that his father has shaped him where he won't know the pleasures of this world which is what Adam pretty much did and said right out of his mouth~! This chapter had to be the most moving Alex and Jack moments so far. And now Jack has finally been put in his place, by his "Uncle" Vincent. The only character so far to look at Jack the Ripper in the eyes when a blade was against his neck and live! Badass, no? And poor Yuki right? Giving that snake, Jack her virginity only for him to cheat on her, five times! Shame on you, Jack!!! But you'll feel even more sorry for that poor Tachibana later on after this. Now then, Jack has pretty much lured Alex to the dark side, what do you think will happen? How will Jack shape Alex to be the ass-kicking machine he is in Homecoming? How will this conflict with Alex's current life?! Find out in the next chapter of Silent Hill: The Foundation!!! Dun, dun, dun!!! XD. Thanks guys, you were great! So review and show your love!!!