Chapter 4: Thunder
Angie pulled up in front of her trailer in the trailer park, she parked her muscle car and got out. Angie walked through the small yard and up the cinder block steps, she opened the door and walked in. Angie looked around at the moderately kept home, she sat her purse down on the kitchen counter before walking to the fridge. She opened the fridge and grabbed a long neck bottle of beer, she closed the fridge and sat down before opening the beer and taking a sip. Angie sighed as she sat at the table, she looked at the picture on the table of her mother and herself as a baby. Her mother had died years prior, from a morphine overdose, leaving Thomas to raise the baby by himself. Angie took another sip of beer before lighting a cigarette, she took a long drag and inhaled the smoke. She blew the smoke out in another sigh, before chugging a good portion of the beer. Angie finished the beer and cigarette, she walked to her room, stripped naked an got into bed.
The next morning, she was awakened by a knock on her door. She woke up and got out of bed, she put on a XXL black tank top which covered her up sufficiently. She walked out of the bedroom and to the door, she opened it to see her neighbor Cletus standing there. Cletus wore a green ball cap, a white tank, blue jeans, and brown boots, he had a can of beer in his hand and a little cigar in his mouth. "What do you want Cletus?" Angie asked him. "I need to talk, Jessica left me." Cletus replied. "And how's that my problem?" Angie asked him. "It ain't, I figured though. You're off the market, why not go out with me?" Cletus asked Angie in response. "Listen hilljack, nobody touches this body. Not even my clients at the club. I wouldn't date you for nothing." Angie replied in a stern tone. "C'mon, at least come to the fight with me. The gangsters here at the trailer park are having a bloodsport fight here in the park." Cletus told Angie. She sighed and rolled her eyes. "Gimme ten minutes to change." Angie replied before shutting the door.
In the center of the park there was a cage crudely built, it was for the underground prize fighting event that the Trailer Park Cartel had set up. The Trailer Park Cartel was a group of misfits from the big gangs that defected and formed their own gang, many former members from the Diaz, Contreras, and Gomez gangs were apart of it. Outside the cage sat Mr. Black, he was shirtless revealing his ripped body. His sunglasses were off showing his blue eyes, he was sitting on a small stool drinking a beer. His manager approached him. "You ready?" He asked Mr. Black. "I'm ready." Mr. Black replied. "This is a fight to the death, there's a lot of money riding against you. And I put you on to win, so don't let me down." The manager told Mr. Black.
Angie and Cletus walked through the crowd, Angie wore a black halter top, skin tight jeans, heeled open toed shoes, and her black hair was up in a pony tail. They approached the admissions man, who looked at them. "Here to watch or bet?" He asked them. "Who's fighting?" Cletus asked the man. "It's Thunder against The Gorilla, 5 to 1 odds against Thunder." The man replied. "I'll put $300 on Gorilla." Cletus replied. Angie looked at the cage, she saw Mr. Black standing in one corner with Thunder written on a plywood sign behind him. She looked at the bookie. "I bet $4,000 on Thunder." She told the bookie. His eyes widened, he chuckled. "Itching to lose some money, okay. Gimme the cash." He told them. The two handed the bookie their cash and walked to the cage.
Mr. Black looked at his larger opponent, The Gorilla, he was taller than the already tall Thunder and he was bigger built. Mr. Black or "Thunder" Had a good fight record, he had won several underground prize fighting bouts throughout Miami. This was his first bloodsport fight, which is to the death. The odds were against him, as the bigger opponent had been fighting bloodsport for years and the fact that he was still alive shown he was undefeated. A hispanic man got in the center of the ring, he shouted to the crowd. "Are you putos ready for some bloodshed!?" He shouted. The crowd cheered. "Good, to my right, the challenger Leon Thunder!" He announced. The crowd booed, he flipped them off. "And to my left, The Gorilla!" He shouted. The crowd cheered. Half of them chanted "Ape Shit, ape shit, ape shit!" The other half chanted. "Gorilla, Gorilla, Gorilla." The announcer got out of the cage and shot his pistol in the air to start the fight.
Thunder walked into the middle of the ring, Gorilla walked to the center as well. Gorilla walked cocky, he signaled his hand towards his mouth. "Come on baby boy!" He shouted at Thunder. Thunder smiled, he threw a right jab at Gorilla who had dodged it. "Come on, is that all you got?" Gorilla asked Thunder. The smaller opponent threw another right jab, that was again dodged. Gorilla laughed, he was toying with Thunder. "Too slow pops, you gotta do better than that." Gorilla said in a cocky tone. Thunder threw a left hook that Gorilla ducked under, before standing up and jumping with an uppercut that knocked thunder off his feet. Thunder flew back into the cage, he was helpless as Gorilla pounded him with body shots. Thunder pushed the bigger opponent away, he got into boxing stance and got ready for more.
Angie watched as Thunder got beat down in the cage, she cringed at the sight. She reached into her purse and pulled out a flask, she took a swig and watched the fight. Cletus put his arm around her back, which she quickly stepped away from. "I told you, I'm not here for that. Keep your fucking hands to yourself." She asserted. Cletus put his hands up in defeat and stepped away. Angie turned around to watch the fight. She watched as Thunder came back at Gorilla with an array of body punches and haymakers. Gorilla smiled at the man's punches and threw a left hook, Thunder ducked before punching Gorilla in the throat. The punch severely stunned the larger opponent, and Thunder capitalized. He started unleashing several hits to Gorilla who was weak. Thunder punched Gorilla below the belt, which made the larger man double over, Thunder put Gorilla in a reverse chokehold before lifting him up. Gorilla's neck snapped from the force that Thunder used lifting him up, Thunder threw the corpse of Gorilla to the ground and the crowd cheered.
The fight was over, the bookie walked up to Cletus and Angie. "Sorry about your luck Cletus." He told the angry redneck. "You won a large haul young lady." The bookie told Angie before handing her a stack of $20,000. She took it and pocketed the money, she looked at Cletus. "That was fun, thanks for a good time." She told him with a smug expression. Angie walked towards the other side of the cage, where Mr. Black exited covered in sweat and blood. "You did okay." Her voice said from behind him. Mr. Black turned around and looked at her. "It was a challenge though, he was strong." Mr. Black replied. "I didn't know you were a fighter." She inquired. "Been prize fighting for years, it's something I do for some extra scratch." Mr. Black replied. "What are you doing around here?" He asked Angie. "I live here." She replied. "Oh, okay." Mr. Black said nodding his head. "So, what are you doing? Wanna grab a beer?" He asked her. "Sure, you're buying." She replied. "You got it Angel." Mr. Black said with a sly smile. Mr. Black put on a shirt and walked towards his car with Angie.