Wow... See? I like this chapter. It's one of my best! So enjoy, thanks for all the reveiws and... that's it.

Oh a kind of "theme song" for Max is Lonely Man by Audio Adrenaline if you want to look it up.


I shut down all other parts of my brain that was unnecessary at the moment and focused everything on this one. Everything slowed down. My breathing became slow and even, my heart pounded in my ears, and a strand of blond hair fell in front of my eye. I was ready.

We circled each other anticipating who would make the first move. Me or him.

Him.

He surged forward with surprising speed and agility. He threw a punch at my head. I ducked and used it to punch him lightly in the ribs. I was going slowly to warm up.

"Kung Fu!" I yelled out and surged to a corner.

Kung Fu is actually a defensive martial art, and it was actually on of my favorites. I got into a position, swaying side to side. It was called the twelve drunken immortals. The whole thing was used to throw attackers off their guard when this thing was invented. The defenders would act drunk, and then with lighting speed attack their adversaries.

Iggy took advantage of this and punched where he thought my head would sway next. I ducked, spun and chopped him in the back. He jerked up and turned to face me. I kneed him in the gut, and swept his legs off the ground.

He caught himself before his butt touched the ground and threw himself up.

"Muay Thai!"

Muay Thai was created in the Thailand area by the Siamese people. They basically have two kinds of kicks. One of them is kind of like a snap kick. It lifts your kicking leg off the ground, pivots your hip, and delivers a powerful kick to your opponent's head.

I used this one while Iggy was still getting his bearings. I aimed just above the right ear. His head snapped back, but he recoiled and caught my leg. He twisted it sending me flying up in the air. I tucked my body in and spun myself three times in the air. I caught myself right before I fell on the ground, letting my arms absorb most of the impact.

I heard Iggy grunt, and I moved to the side, his foot barely brushing by my head. I twisted and kicked him in the gut, turning myself right side up. My arms held me up as I went for his knees with my left foot. He caught my foot and pushed me over.

I used the momentum and flipped myself to stand up. I faced him and got back into fighting potion. My heart was beating faster and I took a moment to cherish this. Iggy was just barely starting to breathe hard.

Time to go on the defensive.

"Kung Fu!"

What can I say?

I rushed forward swinging my arms in circles. One arms was going clockwise, another was going the opposite direction. I stopped right in front of Iggy and distracted him. I could see confusion cross his features. I launched myself in the air and kicked his face surprising him. He blocked just in time, and threw me against the wall.

I stumbled up and popped my neck. I rushed Iggy and waited for him to punch me. He threw both arms at me, and I grabbed them, and used his momentum to pull him forward and knee him in the face.

That's how it went for a full twenty minutes. I got bored and poured the speed on.

"Street!" I called off.

I could hear Nohemi and Marcus cheer.

I threw myself into Iggy and pinned him to the wall. I began punching him until he got me in the ribs. I jumped back and waited for him to walk towards me. Then before he could realize I sent a powerful kick to his midsection, throwing him back against the wall again. I could hear the impact, and smiled. This fight was over.

Everything came back rushing at me. I turned to face the window where Nohemi, Marcus and everybody else was standing. People had crowded in every window, watching their best fighter go down with wide eyes. The former flock was no exception.

Their mouth was agape and their eyes were the size of large dinner plates. Nohemi and Marcus looked shocked to the core. I chuckled at their faces. This was great. I had taught them all a lesson. Marcus was the first one to wake from his wide-eyed stupor.

He shook his head with a gin planted on his features. "Man! Remind me never to mess with you. That was… wow."

Nohemi grinned. "I knew you had skills, girl. But I never knew they were that good." She swore colorfully.

Everyone came rushing in at once. My friends to congratulate me, and the pathetic flock to help a defeated Iggy up. Apparently he had passed out. Oops.

Jeb looked almost sad. He rushed up to me and just stood there.

"Are you waiting for something?" I asked, almost happily.

The fighting had let me vent my anger.

"I have never seen anything like that!" He exclaimed. "Whatever Itex did to you, they knew what they were doing."

With that Jeb ran off to go check on Iggy, and to see if he had a concussion. Was it just me or was Fang looking a little green?

It all comes down so I break it down.

It all comes down so I break it down.

It all breaks down.


That was from lonely man... So how did you like it? I know I did... Kind of short but good enough...