Chapter nine: Time to fight Bonesaw
"Bella!" Harry shouts down the hall, and I turn to see him jogging up to me.
"Harry, I need to get to Biology, the lesson starts in two minutes." I complain to him while he smiles and pats my shoulder.
"Bella, there is such a thing as walking at talking at the same time you know?." He teases me, being sarcastic.
I shake my head amused, and continue to walk towards my Biology at least Harry seems to be in a good mood today.
My eyes wander up and connect to a pair of eye filled with embarrassment. Flash notices me watching him and he slams his locker shut, walking out of my sight. I don't blame him, I did humiliate him infront of most of the school. No doubt the word has spread around that Flash has been beaten up by the one and only geek Isabella Swan.
I feel so guilty about what happened, but also kind of proud for standing up to him after all he has done to me and Harry.
"So, you know tommorow is the Choice dance?" Harry asks pulling me out of my thoughts.
Even though the question is clearly rhetorical, I answer anyway.
"Yeah..." I say slowly, stopping outside of the classroom.
I wait for him to continue.
"Well. Aren't you going to ask me?" He questions, confused.
Me and Harry always went to things like this together so we didn't seem alone. Now thinking about it, the choice dance if far from my mind. Plus tommorow is Saturday, and I need to be down in Port Angeles for the wrestling competition. I've got my spiderman costume modified for a female body and everything.
Have I really been like this for over a week? It feels like just yesterday I was swinging and jumping across buildings having the time of my life. I guess I have been too cooped up in my room reading that book Harry gave tome, and having fun climbing around the walls of my bedroom.
"I can't go Harry."
"Oh, come on Bella you say that about every dance, you know I won't make you actually dance." He argues, and I look down shaking my head.
"No. I'm not going to be in town, I need to go up to Seattle tomorrow." I tell him, and of course his eyebrows draw together in confusion.
"Seattle? Why do you need to go up there?" He questions.
The bell goes off, and I look as the last few students quickly rush into the classroom, and I am frantic to follow along.
Just lie Bella.
"I have to...uh- help Charlie with some thing. I'll see you later Harry." I quickly say while rushing inside of the classroom.
As I am walking towards my seat, I can't help but gaze at Edward as I do so. All week i have been trying to piece together the story that Jacob told me about the cold ones. So far, I'm pretty convinced that the Cullens are in fact vampires. I mean if I can exist then why can't vampires?
I haven't talked to Edward, near enough all week. I have said hi, and acted as casual as I can, but I can't help but be a little scared of the unknown. I'm not terrified of him, more like I am intrigued, like I am intrigued about myself. I want to tell him that I know what he is, so I can find out more about him.
But how can I bring up that kind of subject, especially in a school.
He will just say I am crazy, and I will be wheeled off to the nut house.
"Alright class, please turn to page ninety two and continue the tasks at the bottom of the page." Mr. Banner instructs us, while sitting down at his desk and opens up his laptop.
I tuck my hair behind my ear, and flick through my textbook to the page he is talking about. I answer the questions pretty quickly, biting down on my lip as I concentrate on getting the work done.
"Bella, do you have a pen I could borrow?" Edward questions.
As I lift my head up, I am met by that dazzling crooked smile, and gorgeous honey coloured eyes. I feel my cheeks heat up, from being under his stare, and I nod my head frantically at him.
"Uh, here." I smile slightly, handing him my spare pen.
"Thanks." He grins, still looking at me. "How are you?" He questions me, instead of continuing on with his work.
"Um, I'm fine. How are you?" I ask politely.
"I'm fine aswell," He replied back, but I can tell he isn't done speaking. "May I ask why you are no longer wearing your glasses anymore?" He questions me.
"Oh, my glasses?" I begin acting dumb. "I just don't need them anymore." I tell him, which is true.
It's not like I can tell him the real truth, that a radioactive spider made my eyesight ten times better then it could ever be.
"Thats weird." He adds, looking confused, while Is mile and try to play it off cool.
"Yeah. Pretty weird." I retort, tapping my pen against the table.
Other than some very weird glances from Edward, the lesson continued on, and so did the day. I continued to lie to Harry, throwing excuses at him about why I couldn't come tomorrow. Thankfully, he gave up after Mary Jane asked him to go to the dance. Only now its him bickering about how has a actual date to go with.
I'm glad for him, but my one focus is on one thing, and that is the competition tomorrow.
As I step into the house, I can see my father rubbing my mother's back as she holds her face in her hands. The amount of letters spread out across the table explain it all. I shut the door alerting them of my presence and they perk up.
"Oh, Bella, sweetheart how was school today?" Renee asks, getting out of her seat and coming over to me.
It doesn't take a mind reader to know that the smile she has on her face is just for show.
"Guys, whats going on?" I question, even though I have a good idea.
The debt collectors must really be pushing them for time now.
"Oh nothing for you to worry about dear." She says soothingly, but I look behind her to Charlie seeing him stroking his moustache.
The one thing he does when he is worried.
"How much are they asking for?" I ask Renee and she sighs knowing I won't let this go.
"Alot more then we can afford." She tells me shaking her head.
"Don't worry Isabella. I'm going to go down the station tomorrow and see if I can get some night duties to cover." Charlie informs me and I shake my head, moving around Renne to walk over to him.
"No, you can't. You're meant to be on retirement, you can't just go back into work." I refuse.
"It's my choice Isabella. Please, respect that." charlie says, and I look away knowing that I can't let him go back to work.
I need to win that money tommorow.
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I stuff the costume in my bag, putting some textbooks over the top to cover it up. I look into the mirror, and take a deep breath. I'm doing this for my family...for the ones I love. I smile, and hike my bag up my shoulder.
"Charlie?!" I shout, while running down the stairs. "Charlie?!" I repeat hoping he hasn't already gone to the station.
I can sense his presence coming towards me before he even speaks.
"I'm here, I'm here whats with all the shouting?" He chuckles, and I can see some shaving foam still on his face.
"Could you please, drive me down to Port Anelas?" I ask him while giving him my best smile.
"Bella, I told you yesterday I need to go down to the station." He tells me, rubbing his hands on a towel.
"I know you do, but you have all day to do that and I won't take long. Please?" I smile again.
He rolls his eyes, and runs the towel over his face, washing away the rest of the foam.
"Alright, you can stop with the puppy dog eyes, I'll drive you." He jokes, while ruffling my hair.
I grin at him, and venture out into the rain towards the police cruiser. It was nice of the station to give it to him as a retirement gift for so many years of being on the force. Charlie comes walking out soon after me, unlocking the car doors for me.
We both sit in a comfortable silence for the whole duration for the car ride, the only time we spoke was when I told him to drop me off at the local library. I was silently psyching myself up, and telling my self that this was going to be a walk in a park. I was convinced that I would last those three minutes and be out of the ring without even a scratch. Only time will tell if that is true.
"Thanks for the ride Charlie." I smile, and begin to unbuckle my seatbelt.
"Uh, wait a minute. We need to talk." Charlie sighs, and I bite my lip looking quickly at the time and seeing I don't have long before the competition will kick off.
"We can talk later." I suggest to him, eager to get my name register for a fight.
"Well, we can talk now. If you let me." He says, cutting off the engine.
I sigh. "Well what do we have to talk about? Why now?" I question him clueless.
"We haven't sat down and talked in so long. Renee and I don't know who you are anymore. You put off your chores. You have all the weird experiments i-in your room. You start fights a school." He lists off in disbelief.
"I didnt start that fight I told you that." I defend myself.
"Well you sure as hell did finish it." He argues back, looking at me with disapproval in his eyes.
"What was I supposed to do, run away like I have always done?" I ask him.
"No, your not supposed to run away but...Bella look, your changing and I know, I went through exactly the same thing at your age." He reassured me.
I couldn't help but smile a little bit at that statement.
"No. I don't think you went through exactly what I'm going through." I mused.
"Bella. These are the years, that a girl changes into the woman she is going to be fore the rest of her life." He informs me. "Just be careful who you change into." He urged.
I look away from him, shaking my head slightly at what I am hearing.
"This guy Flash Thompson, he probably deserved what happened. But just becuase you can beat him up, doesn't give you the right to." He reminds me. "Remember, with great power comes great responsibility."
I look at him still a bit confused as to his motive behind this conversation.
"Are you worried, that I am going to become a criminal? Quit worrying about me, okay?" I snap at him.
I'm old enough now to take care of myself and to make my own decisions. Like this one, to fight for money to help support my family. If I can beat this person, I can help the ones I love. Isn't that the right thing to do?
"Look I get it, something is different. But I'll figure it out. Stop lecturing me. Please." I plead to him, feeling sick of his unnecessary worry for me.
I'm fine.
"I know. I dont mean to lecture or preech. And I know I'm not your father-"
"Then stop pretending to be!" I accuse him.
The silence that follows for Charlie can only be presumed as him feeling hurt. I can see it as he looks away from me nodding his head and pursing his lips together.
"Right." He says, his voice not conveying his true feelings.
I look away knowing that I have hurt the feeling of the one man who raised me and loved me like his own.
"I'll pick you up here at ten." He tells me looking dead ahead, and turnign the engine back on.
I don't know why, but I didn't applogise, what I was doing was for him and Renee. It was for all of us. Flash did deserve what he got, he has always had it coming to him. I know I'm not going to go around beating up people up just becuase I can. I am in control of who I am now, and I don't have to prove myself to him.
Instead I get out of the car and shut the door behind me. The cruiser pulls away from the curb the second that I am out, and I watch as it disappears slowly into the distance. I pretend to walk towards the library doors, as the cruiser turns a corner going out of view.
I quickly change the direction I am going, and head stright for the run down area, where the competition is taking place. I rush inside, glad to not have to wait inline outside where all the rain is. Most of the competitors are already lined up in a line behind a black curtian where I can hear a loud roar of cheers from the crowd.
Quickly I disappear into the toilets right near the entrance. Managing to wedge myself into the small stall, I begin the struggle of changing into my costume. I grin at the adjustments I made, feeling like Renee's sewing class really did come in handing after all .The costume snuggly fitting tight to my body, and accentuating the fact that I am a girl. More room in the chest area and less around the waist and crotch area make it look like it is specifically made for a woman.
I take my place behind the small line of people still waiting to sign up as competitors. I can't help but feel that there eyes are all on me. The girl in the spiderman costume Looking down the line I swallow hard at the sight of the muscular body builders, even the woman who look like they have been injecting themselves with steroids for the past couple years.
Then theres me.
The costume does accentuate my muscles, but these people...you can see there veins ready to pop out from there skin.
"Bonesaw! Bonesaw! Bonesaw!" I hear the crowd chant over and over again, while they stomp there feet.
"One, two, three." The sound of a bell goes off, and the crowd cheers in victory chanting the name Bonesaw over and over again.
"Ladies and Gentleman give it up for Bonesaw!" the presenter shouts followed by chants. "For three thousand dollars, is there no one that can last three minutes in the ring with this titan of testosterone?"
Titan of testosterone? The guy must be huge.
I hope I'm not against him.
"Who?" The presenter shouts. "I know who. The Flying Dutchman!" The man shouts just as the closest person to the curtian steps out into a flood of light, into the main arena.
The Flying dutchman is a pretty big guy, so hopefully he can take down this Bonesaw guy.
"Next." The woman sitting behind the small table asks, and I realize it is me who is next in line.
"There's no featherweight division in her small thighs. Next!" The woman jokes completely dismissing me.
"No, no. Sign me up." I insisted.
She grins and looks me up and down in disbelief.
"Okay. You understand the PAWL is not responsible for any injury you may and probably will sustain while participating in said event. Are you're participating under your own free will?" She asks me.
"Yes." I tell her.
She sighs writing down on the paper. "Line up with the rest. May God be with you. Next!" She orders while I go over and take my place in line.
Through the bumble bee type lenses the costume has, it offers me to see everything in detail, but it makes it not as harsh to see. It's perfect really. It dulls my sight down, but to a level it is comfortable so when I look close to a light, it doesn't make me wince in pain.
Everyone in the line either glares at me or chuckles as they look up and down my body.
The obviously don't see me as much of a competition.
The line shortens quickly. With Bonesaw winning each one. I start to feel as if this was a bad decision. sure I could probably take him, but there could be a chance he could really hurt me. What if Flash was just a flook? I could get seriously hurt...
The bell goes off signaling victory, and My eyes grow wide as I look up, becuase I am next to enter the ring with him.
"Are you ready for more?" The presenter shouts followed by cheers.
"Bonesaw is ready." A man with a very deep scratchy voice replies, and just his voice send bad chills down my spine.
"Will the next victim please enter the area at this time? If she can withstand just three minutes in the cage with Bonesaw the sum of three thousand dollars will be paid to..."
"What's your name kid?" The presenter asks me through the curtian.
"The female spider." I tell him proudly.
"The female spider? Thats it, thats the best you got?" he questions me, sounding appalled by my choice of stage name.
"Yeah." I call out to him.
Whats wrong with the female spider, it fits me perfectly.
"Oh, that sucks." He says.
"The sum of three thousand dollars will be paid to...the terrify, the deadly, the amazing spider girl!" He shouts and the curtains fly open, making the lights behind me start to flash.
"My name is the female spider." I say to the person operating the curtian.
"I don't care get out there." The guy tells me.
"No, he got my name wrong." I hissed at him.
"Get out there you moron." The contestant behind me says while pushing me out onto the catwalk leading towards the arena.
I look around the crowd first, struck at the violence in there eyes towards me. All of them seem to have Bonesaw signs, and they all are chanting insults at me which just sound like an annoying noise in my head. Still looking I spot two very familiar faces in the crowd.
What the hell? Why is Edward here and with his sister Alice aswell?
Both of them are standing, not chanting with the rest, just looking in my direction with worry.
"Bonesaw will eat you up and spit you out." One of the woman in very little clothing insults me as I walk towards the ring.
"I hope your brought your mummy with you little girl." Another says into a mic, jeering the crowd.
"He's going to break you into pieces-"
"You're going to need someone to cry on-"
The people in the crowd being to throw down there popcorn at me like I'm some kind of freak who has no feelings. I duck away from the falling food, and continue to walk with caution towards the brut in the ring. I look up at the ceiling. There are alot of metal pools, so if I need to I can have quick escape without being hurt.
I look again ignoring the woman, and wonder why on earth Edward and Alice are here. Why are they not at the dance? Are they a big fan of sports? How do they handle all the blood they must see?
Maybe the blood is why then enjoy it... I shiver at that thought, dismissing it from my mind.
"Oh my God. Oh my legs. I can't feel my legs." A man cries out in pain as he goes past me on a stretcher.
I gulp, watching him go past me, and look up at the man who has everyone cheering his name. Bonesaw. Hes the kind of guy who has muscle on top of muscles. The ones you think could lift a car if they tried and not even break into a sweat. A puny black vest top, black leather jeans and huge black boots, just make him seem even more vicious. Long black hair, slick with sweat and red tanned skin littered in stretched tattoos over his muscles.
No wonder he hasn't been beaten this guy is seriously intimidating.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!" the crowd begin to chant.
I take a step up onto the ring, pulling up the sting so I can slide under and enter. The floor is a lot more hard then I expected it to be. Bonesaw smiles at me and laughs menacingly, thinking this will be an easy fight.
I hear a large robotic clank from above me, and the crowd gasps in awe. I look up just as they begin there new chant.
"Cage! Cage! Cage!"
I start to panic as the four metal sides begin to lower closing me inside the ring with this maniac. How the hell will I be able to escape any of his attacks when I'm locked in a cage? Oh God, I'm going to die. My heart pounds as the four sides clank together and lock into place. In my panicked state I scurry to the nearest corner where some employees are.
"Uh, Hello? Guys?" I call out to them.
"Will the guards please lock the cage doors at this time." The presenter announced.
The employees infront of me advance towards me, and lock in the two sides of the cage with a large metal chain and padlock. I look around seeing this being repeated to each four corners. Bonesaw looks at me and rubs his hands together cracking his knuckles.
I can't be locked in a cage for three minutes with this guy.
"Hey listen. This has to be some kind of mistake, I didn't sign up for a cage match!" I screech employee frantically, but he ignores me.
"Hey! Unlock the thing! Take the chain off!" I scream at him knowing I have made a mistake.
"Hey freak show! You're going nowhere." Bonesaw taunts me looking around sadistically at the closed in cage around us. "I've got you for three minute!" He yells at me and I press my back up against the ropes in fear. "Three minutes of play time!" He jokes wiggling his fingers at me.
I step away from the ropes, as the bell sound informing me that the three minutes has started. Bonesaw yells as he charges towards me, and quickly at the last second I jump up towards the top of the cage, using my fingertips to stick to the bars.
I look down in slight victory as I watch Bonesaw run face first into the side of the cage. The metal bars vibrate for the impact sending my sixth sense tingling. The crowd boo's at seeing the favorite wrestler be knocked down.
"What are you doing up there?" He shouts at me once he has gotten back onto his feet.
Isn't it obvious?
"Staying away from you." I tell him, feeling cheeky now I found a way of being out of harm's way. "Thats a cute out outfit. Did your husband by it for you?" I tease him, knowing he can't see my smile underneath my mask.
He snarls at me, leaping up, and my sense tells me to jump. I push myself away from the bars, flipping over him and landing in a low crouched position facing his back. He could have managed to grab my leg then. I look towards the crowd seeing Edward and Alice still stood to there feet near the back of the crowd watching me.
They can't know its me.
My eyes shoot back to Bonesaw as he yells again, charging towards me. I aim my wrists towards the top of the cage, and my webs shoot out, pulling me up and out of his reach. I flip over him again, as the crowd cheers.
"Finish her off!" I hear a girl say.
I look towards the clock feeling quite cocky about myself. I' going to win-
My body shivers and I turn just as a black metal chair is forced down upon my head. The sheer force knocks me to the ground, and I am surprised I didn't react quicker. Before I can get up I am slammed again on the back of my head by the chair, forcing me to the ring floor with a resounding bang. I try and get up once more, only to be hit on my back this time making me collapse down and wince in pain.
"Hit her! Hit her!" the woman outside of the ring shout, and I am hit on my back once again as I tried to get to my feet.
He stops hitting me and I let out a breath of relief at hearing the metal chair landing on the other side of the ring. That relief goes as soon as he picks me up by grabbing the back of my costume and my leg, flinging me into the side of the cage.
I can't help but scream when my back hits the cage, and I fall back down to the floor, feeling what will soon be a bruise at the base of my spine. It hurts, but its not crippling pain. It's kind of bearable.
"Kick her little spider ass!" The woman outside the cage shouts.
I flip over so I can actually see, and I see as the woman hands Bonesaw a rusty crowbar.
That can't be good.
He yells running at me with the metal bar raised. My eyes shoot open, and my body tingles warning me of the incoming impact. I think quickly and raise my foot, kicking him directly in the stomach. He groans in pain, so I kick him again, and again.
As his head lowers down, I hit his head with the heal of my boot, using all my strength, I kick his jaw, repeatedly, until he finally backs away.
This seems to have only pissed him off, as he comes at me again with the crowbar. This time I raise both my feet, resting them on his stomach, I fling his body behind me, and I watch in amazement as he flies over my head and hits the cage wall.
The whole crowd cheers as Bonesaw stays down unmoving, and most likely unconsciousness. I stand up in surprise, seeing time still left on the timer.
I beat him...I did it!
"One! Two! Three!" The bell rings out signaling the end of the match, and the cage begins to rise around me.
"Thats it! Thats it! Winner!" The referee shouts out climbing into the ring, and raising my arm into the air.
"Ladies and gentlemen give it up for the new champion Spider-girl!" The announcer shouts.
"Spider-Girl! Spider-Girl! Spider-Girl!" The crowd chants.
I smiles rainging both my hands up in glory. Looking around and basking as the corwd chants my name. I did it! I won. I look towards where Edward and Alice are, but they aren't there anymore.
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I stand in the owner's office, watching him smoking on his cigar while counting through a wad of cash. He puts a one hundred dollar bill down on the table, and I wait while he continues to count the cash, but he looks at me with a snarl on his face.
"Now get out of here." He orders me.
The victorious smile wipes off my face as I look down at the bill, picking it up in my hands.
"A hundred bucks? The add said three thousand?" I question, confused.
"Well check it again web-head. It said three grand for three minutes, and you pinned him in two. For that I give you a hundred and your lucky to get that." He tells me with his thick Boston accent.
"I need that money." I snap at him angered.
This guy can't be serious! I should get double for pinning him in such little time. A hundred bucks is practically a scam.
"I missed the part where that's my problem," He grunted at me.
What an arsehole.
I clench my teeth and walk out, a guy opening the door and holding it open for me as I walk out of the room.
Who ever won was never going to get that prize money, it was all a scam just to get a bigger crowd in.
I shake my head in disbelief, and I press the button for the elevator. A hundred bucks isn't going to help pay the off the debts.
"Hurry up!" I hear a frantic yell.
Turning on the spot, I look through the near transparent glass window of the office I was just in. I see a shadow raise what seems to be a gun figure and hit the owner across his face. The elevator dings, and opens behind me but I am transfixed and worried about what is occurring infront of me.
The guy who held the door open for me, comes barreling out of the room, a white sack full and a gun in his other hand.
"Hey! He took the cash! Stop that guy!" The owner yells as he appears in his office doorway.
I lose all sense of friendliness and instead move aside, allowing the robbed a free pass into the elevator. The robbed quickly takes the elevator pressing down on the bottom floor repeatedly, as the officer in the building and the owner run towards the elevator it is too late.
"Thanks." The guys says before the door shuts for good.
"What the hell's the matter with you?! You let him go." The officer shouts at me while running for the stairs.
"You could have taken that guy apart. Now hes going to get away with my money." The owner accuses me.
I look him dead in the eyes not remorseful for my decision.
"I missed the part where that's my problem." I repeat his words back to him.
I smirk at him, while he walks away giving me a snide look as he goes.
I press the elevator button again, ready to get out of this costume and go meet up with Charlie. I hope I haven't made him wait long. Today was such a waste of time. I can't believe it! Now what are we going to do?
A/N
Sorry for any mistakes guy I wrote this all today for you guys :)
Plus I'm think about keeping Charlie alive in this fanfic instead of him dying...And yeah, Edward and Alice were there in the arena watching Bella fight! There will be more twilight involvement in the next chapter! I'm thinking the big "I know what you are" Scene for the next one. Only Edward will get to say "I know what you are too." :)