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Disclaimer: I don't own them, ok? Not even the lyrics of the song "Sweet Caroline." belongs to Neil Diamond! Only the OC and the plot ok? Don't sue me!
As I referred to in the first chapter, I was in a boxing tournament and had the honour of singing "Sweet Caroline" alongside the fighters at the end of the said tournament. It's a kind of Hymn sang at some sports events, like the one I assisted on August 6th.
Well, this is the last chapter of this two-shot.
I tried to transmit enthusiasm and the thrilling feeling into this chapter!
Good reading!
The duel.
Since the day Kayla rested at KARR, she trains hard, but also rests, so as not to get tired, which is complemented with meditation in the form of Tai-Chi, so listen, "Sis you're so focused!" She interrupts her Tai-Chi, happiness invades her being, "Stuart, it's good to see you!" And hug him, "I missed you so much." She smiles, "Me too!" He sees that she's sweaty, "You've been preparing for the fight with Knight, right?" Kayla says, "Yes, you know what I'm like in my training! He seems to me to be good at fighting!" Stuart agrees, then asks, "So where is KARR?!" She points to the Gimble, "It's over there, it's resting while there are no missions." Stuart looks at KARR, "Don't tell me he's always there!" She smiles, "No, do you think he just stood over there? He's like me, he likes to be active, he loves to follow me on my morning run, in practice and not only. " Stuart is radiant, "That's excellent, I'll say hello!" Kayla warns him, "Let him rest!" But Stuart didn't hear it.
Stuart goes to him, "Good morning KARR!" AI sees the tall man, "What are you doing here so early? The fight is tomorrow!" Stuart crosses his arms, "I want to be with my sister, It's been a long time since I've been with her!" KARR is pleased to hear Stuart, "And So have I Stuart, you have been an essential piece to the foundation, why don't you accept Sarah's offer?" A simple answer is heard, "I don't want to interfere with Kayla's life!" KARR immediately realizes, "I get it, Stuart!" The man puts his hand in KARR's hood, the AI likes Stuart's contact, because it gives him confidence after all it was he who fixed and put him in excellent condition.
"I'm going to settle in, I need to be with my sister, KARR!" Announced, the AI replies, "Of course, yes, enjoy the stay!" Stuart leaves, going to the rooms they've appointed him.
When Michael sees Stuart, "Dude, don't tell me you decided to accept Sarah's offer." Stuart looks at the other, "Do you know that I will arbitrate your fight with my sister?" The Ex Ranger nods, "Yes I know." Stuart just tells him, "Do you know that my sister won't make life easier for you in this fight?" Michael just says, "I have a perfect notion, Stuart, she's effective and very lethal!" Stuart laughs, "Good luck then!" Michael gets silly looking at the other guy thinking, "But what's gotten into him?!" And sees Stuart's figure moving away to his quarters.
Zoe looks at Kayla's figure, "She applies well in her training." Billy looks at her, "I see, but I don't see Mike training." Sarah wonders, "He must be trusting his luck!" Rivai appears, "Oh are you watching Kayla do Tai-Chi?" The three of them wave, "Yup, it's another form of training." Rivai looks at her movements, "She's also teaching me how to do Tai-Chi, help me a lot!"
Then comes Stuart, "Good morning, guys." Rivai turns surprised, "What's a civilian doing here?" Sarah replies, "Don't you remember Stuart O'Neill? He's Kayla's brother and helped us several times to repair KlTT and KARR on the ground!" She looks at him from above and sees a tanned man with short hair, a muscular body and slightly taller than Kayla, "Oh... I remember!" The man just says, "Oh Agent Rivai, how are you?" And he reaches out to her, "I wasn't recognizing you." Admitted Rivai, "No problem." Then looks at the four of them and then the two AI's at the Gimble, "Do you want to watch a show?" Who's there says, "Yes... what do you think to do Stuart?" He goes out and says, "Keep an eye on the screen." And he leaves there going to the practice room where Kayla is training, crossing paths again with Michael, but they say nothing to each other.
In a matter of minutes, Stuart arrives at the gym, calling Kayla, "Are you ready to put on a show?" Kayla stops her exercise, "What do you get in mind bro?" Curious question, "Are you going to go with me? Let's practice a little!" She smiles, "I'm into that!" The two siblings prepare to train, but seriously.
Both are being seen by all who are next to the two AI's, will see a show they never dreamed of seeing.
Kayla and Stuart position themselves, and moments later they begin to fight for real, those who watch are incredulous.
In the image the two siblings measure each other, and advance into combat, Kayla blocks her brother's blows accurately as well as hers.
The training is intense, they use both their feet and wrists, "That must hurt!" Says KARR when he sees Stuart hitting Kayla's face, Michael swallows dry, those two are really fighting for real! KITT agrees right away, and looks at Michael who keeps glued to the screen, "They change combat styles very easily!" Sarah just says to Michael, "Do you still want to fight her?" He swallows dry again, "Of course I want!" KlTT just asks, "Did I see fear in your words, Mike?" The man immediately denies, "You must be hallucinating KlTT." The AI shoots, "I don't hallucinate Michael!" KARR teamed up with KlTT, "Neither do I Knight, you're afraid!" Sarah just says, "Ouch, Mike, KARR hit the target!" But he doesn't want to give a weak part, "Who do they take me for? I'm going to fight Kayla and that's it!" And the others go speechless, but KARR and KlTT know it's bravado on Mike's part.
They all return to see the training of the two siblings, which lasts about 15 minutes, but they could see that they both used a wide range of blows that left them perplexed by their expertise, and they are neither hurt nor tired, so they saw Kayla doing a sweep and Stuart falls to the ground, and does not leave that position, "Finished, let's see how they're doing?" The five left while KARR and KlTT are connected to the gym's surveillance system.
Kayla helps her brother get up off the ground, "What a training, bro." He replies, "You're still lethal as ever, your blows are stronger." She just says, "Don't praise me, you didn't get sloppy, Stuart!" Then five figures appear outside the gym, "That was awesome!" Praises Billy, "Kayla just asks, "Don't tell me you've been watching our training through the surveillance system!" Everyone waved, "Yes, you two really train seriously!" KARR speaks through the screen in the gym, "I've never seen you fight like this, Kayla, let alone your brother!" She cleans her perspiration, "You've seen me train with Kevin KARR, it was hard!" But he shoots, "But Kevin only uses one style, you used 3!" Stuart just says, "I knew they were watching us through the cameras." Then he replies, "They were too curious to see my performance, sis." Sarah stands out by watching her colleague, "But apparently you don't have any injuries!" Kayla shoots, "We did it for it, we know how to do it." Michael looks at her, swallows it dry, sees the workout and Kayla laughs like it's nothing.
Kayla realizes her colleague's insecurity, "Mike, what's going on?" He studies his colleague, and gains courage, "I've seen your workouts, but this one was for real!" Kayla puts her hand on Michael's shoulder, "Mike are you afraid of what I might do to you?" He swallows in dry, "yes." She looks him in the eye, "Are you afraid I might kick your ass in the ring? Mike, you're the bravest person I know, and you're afraid of... me?!" He inspires, "None of that, Kayla." She crosses her arms, "I've seen you give and take big beatings on missions; you don't back down at all." She closes her eyes and deep inspires, "I don't want you to be afraid of me, just because we're fighting a friendly fight, we're colleagues and friends.
Whatever happens over there in that ring stays in the ring, you know what I mean? You use your combat style, I will try to adapt as well as you." Stuart intervenes, "Mike my sister always made friends during tournaments, Kevin is one of those examples, so if I were you, I'd relax and take advantage of this little fight." And he adds, "And you train, okay?" Michael nods, "All right." And hug her, "Thank you, Kayla!" The girl was caught completely by surprise, but corresponds to the hug, "All right Mike, relax!" Michael blushes, embarrassed by the action he had moments earlier, "I'm sorry Kayla." She says, "You needed it, that's all!" She cleans her perspiration and then she's going to take a shower, she needs it.
KARR had examined the fight between her and her brother and liked what she saw, the girl was visibly calm and relaxed, something he hadn't seen in a long time because she was so immersed in the missions she was given.
It brought a lot of stress to her, who wanted to see things resolved as well as see the criminals pay the price for their crimes.
And that training with her brother helped her take all the stress out, and the changes in it were notorious for KARR, "I'll have to help her unwind more often, even if it's in morning jogging or practice, maybe outside, it would be good for her." Think for himself.
Stuart is left alone with Michael and he approaches the Ex-Ranger, "I'll help you to relax!" Michael is perplexed but goes at Kayla's brother's suggestion.
Stuart teaches him how to do Tai-Chi, which is accepted by Michael who begins to like to do so, because it helps him a lot with stress and expresses it, "Well this is good, now I know why Kayla does this every day." Stuart smiles, "Good... only one thing, this is a form of training, not only of the mind but also of the body." Michael smiles satisfied with the new martial art he learned, "You can practice with more people, and my sister can help you with this!" All it took was those words to reassure him.
The rest of the day runs normally, everyone is working or relaxing, Kayla left the facilities of the new FLAG with KARR to do some shopping, namely incense and some food.
They're both in a garden, relaxing, and KARR examines the girl, noting that she's very good at the physical level and the way she talks also notices that her mental level is fine, but she's a little nervous, and he does the unexpected, the driver's seat starts to vibrate in order to massage the back of the girl who closes her eyes in the meantime, "Thank you KARR, you really know what I need." And she starts to relax, "You were nervous, just that." She smiles but continues to enjoy the massages that KARR is giving her.
The next day in the afternoon, Kayla is equipped, as well as Michael and as combined KARR and KITT monitor the physical state of their drivers, were it not for something to happen.
As the gym is small everyone goes outside the premises, where is a temporary ring mounted by the rules.
All employees will watch, and it's normal for each of the fighters to have their cheerleading as well as some bets.
KITT and KARR are in their respective corners of the ring, bringing someone to support them in whatever it takes, both of which are there to be able to monitor their drivers.
The crowd surrounds the ring...
Stuart climbs into the makeshift Ring calling Kayla and Michael to their respective corners.
Kayla wears a red top and tight black lycra pants, has her hair all tied up, and in her hands, some red boxing gloves, is wearing red sneakers, having in her mouth a mouth guard, on the other hand, Michael brings some Hayabusa Muay Tai Tiger shorts but in blue colour, which Stuart lent him, Blue gloves some sneakers of the same colour and has in his mouth a mouth guard, he chose to be on a bare torso, Kayla looks at him from top to bottom, enjoying the opponent's physique, "Not bad, Mike!" And she approaches him, "Take advantage of this duel, Mike, relax and let go, okay?" He nods confidently.
Stuart goes into the middle of the ring looking at the two AI's, "Is the medical team ready?!" The two AI's answer "Affirmative Stuart!" Then he begins the presentation, "On the red side is Kayla O'Neil, 5.11 ft tall, FLAG operative, being national champion in various modalities of martial arts.
In the blue corner is Michael Knight, 6.1ft tall, FLAG operative, was in Afghanistan and Iraq being an EX Ranger, feared in combat and practising boxing, a round of applause for both!" The two are applauded with enthusiasm.
Stuart calls them into the middle of the ring saying, "Do you know the rules right?" The two nodded, and he shouts to the audience, "Both will fight in three rounds of three minutes each, so win the best!" The two greet each other, Stuart just warns, "I want a clean fight, no dirty blows, right?" He sees a nod.
Round 1...
The fight begins and both begin to circulate evaluating themselves, not a word is uttered between the two, just an exchange of looks ...
Michael goes on the attack, and Kayla blocks him feeling the strength of his kick, she starts by giving him a barrage of punches, being careful not to hit him in the head, and he protects himself in the best way and sees that her punches are strong enough to put the opponent KO.
He starts by kicking her in the torso, but Kayla strays by doing inverted flips, the audience is astonished by the girl's agility.
So it's her turn, which gives him a rotating kick that almost throws him out of the ring, but Michael manages to avoid the fall.
The two fight during the three minutes, showing what they knew how to do, leaving the audience excited, either shouting saying what they should do or simply whistling.
The three minutes pass quickly and Stuart honks, and the fight stops and each one goes to their corners, where they are examined by the two AI's, who are satisfied with the prognosis.
The two take the opportunity to rest and clean the wounds that have been caused by the fighting, KARR's and KITT's assistants help both fighters in that.
Kayla only hears KARR, "Keep up, Kayla, you can handle it!" The girl smiles, but KARR's support is important to her, and KlTT realizes it by telling his driver, "As you say she's a hard bone to chew, but you can turn around!" Michael smiles at KlTT.
Round 2...
The signal is heard, and both advance into the fight once again, measure themselves again and this time who attacks is Kayla with a powerful punch that is blocked by Michael with great difficulty, and this time both exchange a wide range of punches, being blocked later and as it is normal both begin to present superficial injuries.
The audience is vibrating with the fight, as it is of great quality and Zoe just says, "It's better live than on TV!" Sarah fears for Michael because Kayla is no amateur, Stuart sees Sarah's features saying, "Don't worry, my sister, knows what she's doing!" But she is not convinced and continues to see the action unfold.
Michael and Kayla measure strength with their hands and none move a millimetre, because the girl knows how to focus her strength to the point of equaling that of Michael's, which leaves him mesmerized with such performance, because she regulates her breathing to withstand the pressure.
Despite fighting with him, Kayla teaches him how to manage his stress as well as apply his strength!
The two are visibly tired...
Stuart sees that both are at a standstill looking at the stopwatch seeing that the three minutes had passed, and honks again.
The two are assisted, wash their mouths to expel the blood, into a bucket, clean the perspiration and drink some water, and regulate their breath after all there is another round that will be decisive for both.
Round 3
The last round begins, and Kayla just tells him, "Good luck Mike, let's take advantage of this right?" He smiles, "Yes Kayla!" And in fact, that happens.
The two advance in unison starting to attack simultaneously, but Kayla dominates the ring entirely, making Michael work harder on the blows, she is very agile and manages to match the blows of the man who is not used to using his feet too much, but she adapts very well to Michael's boxing.
The audience is excited about the performance of the two and one of the colleagues only shouts to those who wanted to hear, "No wonder that Miss. O'Neil is the national champion!" And it is still watching the fight.
Michael gives her a rotating kick that is promptly blocked by her, who had used her knee, the opponent is amazed by such a defence, it was a powerful kick, enough to put Kayla in great trouble, but that did not happen.
Michael tries to do several sweeps but to no avail, she does a few backflips and jumps to avoid being knocked down.
They start exchanging kicks and punches very accurately, but neither gives up, Stuart sees the impasse between the two, but feels that his sister is ahead of him, then sees that she prepares to jump...
"She's crazy... if she does that can put Michael KO!" He saw her jump to be able to give a precise blow, then she gives him a full spin kick, Michael blocks her but is projected several yards, he doesn't leave the ring, he's stunned, Kayla smiles thinking, "You've got lucky, and you've held the kick quite well!" He gets up and goes on the attack, but she's attentive, blocking all the blows.
Meanwhile KITT comlinks to KARR, "Did you see that brother?" KARR answers back, "Yes I saw, that jump is well aimed at Michael!" KITT has to agree, "Yes, but I think Michael handled it quite well! Remarkable!" KARR shoots back, "She trains hard, doesn't want to lose her expertise, that's why she is capable of such feats!" KITT is in awe of Kayla's performance, "Indeed, brother, indeed!" Both AI's noticed in both drivers, "The fight is almost ending, they are tired!" Noticed KARR, if KITT could nod he would've done that, but for now, both are watching the fight.
However...
Stuart looks at the stopwatch seeing that the three minutes had passed, and loot at both adversaries, they are fatigued, so it makes the end of the fight sound, and the two go to their respective places.
He's going to the centre of the ring...
"The fight is over, and I can say that they head to head, it was a clean fight but full of emotion.
The two fought very well, providing a beautiful show." And call the two opponents, putting himself in the middle of the two announcing...
"Ladies and gentlemen... by unanimous decision, this fight ends in a draw, my congratulations Kayla, Michael!" The two embrace, "Congratulations, you fought very well!" Congratulate Michael, Kayla replies, "You too Mike, you were a good opponent!"
The crowd applauds the two opponents, Kayla and Michael left the ring, KITT and KARR went to them, and the public surrounded the two cars as they were satisfied with Michael's and Kayla's performance.
The two AI's do a scan noting that they both have some abrasions and that they are sore, but nothing serious, the bleeding is normal but is cleaned right away.
On the other hand, Stuart throws them two bottles of water that are promptly picked up by the two of them and drinks the water with pleasure.
Stuart only set up the music, singing aloud, "Sweet Caroline", and the audience begins to sing the song as if it were a hymn...
"Where it began
I can't begin to knowin'
But than I know it's growing strong
Was in the spring
And spring became the summer
Who'd believe you'd come along?
Hands, touchin' hands
Reaching out
Touching me
Touching you"
Kayla begins to sing the song with feeling because for her it is very important to sing it, KARR sees her enthusiasm.
Stuart sits next to his sister who is sitting on KARR's hood and sings together with her.
"Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I've been inclined
To believe it never would
But now I
Look at the night
And it don't seem so lonely
We fill it up with only two
And when I hurt
Hurtin' runs off my shoulder
How can I hurt when holding you"
Billy starts to get cheeky and tries to kiss Zoe but gets a swipe on the head, but that doesn't stop him from singing the music!
Warm, touchin' warm
Reachin' out
Touchin' me
Touchin' you
Sweet Caroline
Good times never seem so good
I've been inclined
To believe they never would
Oh, no, no"
Michael holds in Sarah and encourages her to sing, and KITT tries to sing too, which won a laugh from Sarah... but at least he tried to integrate! On the other hand, Rivai is in total ecstasy... singing!
"Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I've been inclined
To believe they never would
Sweet Caroline"
Everyone keeps to sing the music with enthusiasm, and everyone went inside the facilities including KARR and KITT who didn't care if their drivers were sitting either on the roof or on the hood, they were very careful with the four while carrying them.
KARR only says to Kayla through the hearset, "You did very well Kayla!" She is happy, "Thank you KARR, I felt your support during the fight! It was very important to me." And then she goes back to singing Sweet Caroline, on the other hand, KlTT congratulates Michael, "Not bad, for someone who hasn't trained!" Michael and Sarah smiled, "Thank you KITT!" The AI tries to sing the song, but has gained more laughter, Sarah only praises him, "You are evolving and learning, congratulations!" And join the choir.
Everyone celebrates until it's time to rest after all those who worked there had an afternoon off to watch a good fight and enjoy it.
KARR is taking every moment to learn and get along with Kayla, who teaches him a lot, including singing!
The relationship of friendship between Kayla and Michael changed after that duel?
Of course not... they are good friends, but something changed related to training...from that moment he wants to train with Kayla just to be in full physical shape and to learn with her a bit more.
End.
What a fight!
Wait...KITT and KARR tried to sing.
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