Evelyn stepped onto the paved arena. She stood, examining the ground. Its smooth cement was clean and almost untouched. As part of the first fight, she was one of the first to fight on this presentable ground. She didn't like the fact that she might fall over on hard concrete, though. Nervous, she tapped the ground with her trainers. When the rubber made hard contact with the surface, Evy knew that this was not the type of ground she would preferable duel on. She gulped, nervous of the outcome of her upcoming match, which started in...2 minutes.
Evy decided to turn to the crowd for support. She sighed in relief when she saw that most of the audience was absorbed in exciting conversations, instead of boring their eyes into Evelyn's. But, as she soon discovered, one person was. Her eyes met with one of a seventeen-year-old's. The girl's hair was long and brown, matching her dark, chocolate eyes. Her tanned skin was concealed by a plain, baby blue shirt. Suddenly, Evy felt a pain slash through her chest. She cringed and clutched her chest. As this happened, the girl she was watching gasped and clutched her stomach. A wave of memories flooded Evy.
Then she saw a sight that made her scream. It frightened her inside, chilling her bones. Overwhelmed by the pain and shock, she winced and collapsed.
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"Ouch!" cried Mikaela. She caught her stomach in pain, scrunching up her eyes.
"What's the matter?" Christie asked.
"I don't know…I really don't know, Chris…" Mikaela responded. Julia and Xiaoyu were staring at her in shock.
"Are you alright?" Xiaoyu squeaked in fright.
"Oh, Xiao…leave her alone," sympathised Julia. "This is the King of Iron Fist tournament. Of course people are going to be injured! A simple stomach ache is a minor thing compared to the injuries the contestants receive!"
Mike swallowed hard. What Julia just said was true. She knew that she would most likely receive some hard wounds, but when Julia said it, it was as if this harsh fact was finally true. What if she died? What if she never came around to warning everyone of the unknown danger Heihachi had been plotting? Suddenly, Mikaela remembered what she was here for. She was so caught up in the events that she had…forgotten. She was still waiting for her chance.
With these disturbing thoughts, Mike turned away from the other three and looked upon the crowd.
"Oh my gosh!" she exclaimed when she saw a young girl being carried away on a stretcher. "Look, guys!" She pointed frantically.
"Ah! What happened? There's already trouble, and the fight hasn't even started!" Xiao was almost yelling.
"Gosh!" Christie groaned, annoyed. "Calm down! She just fell over or something."
"But she's – she's unconscious!"
"You have a point, Xiao," Julia agreed. "But maybe it's just nerves or something. My foster mum nearly fainted on her first day. But eventually the fights strengthened her."
"Foster mum?" Mikaela questioned. "I though Michelle really was your mum!"
Julia shook her head. "No. I was abandoned when I was very little. Her tribe took me in."
"W – " Mike started, but then she stopped. Hwoarang, who was seated a few spots away, was staring at her in a menacing way. When their eyes met, he turned his head back to Eddy, who was sitting next to him. Mikaela turned to her friends and lowered her voice to a whisper. "Guys – I don't feel so comfortable here. Let's move."
Chris looked at Mike questioningly. "Why?" she asked.
"Hwoarang is staring at me!"
"Ooh, I think he likes you!"
"Shut up! He might hear us!" she looked back and saw Hwoarang talking intently with Eddy again. "Ah, what the heck…I may as well go down to the arena and see if I can help." And with that, she left.
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Evy opened her eyes, slowly. She was in a white, plain room, surrounded by a few nurses and paramedics.
"Where the hell…am I?" she asked, feeling a little groggy.
"You just passed out," explained a nurse. "And now you've woken up."
"I…I had a dream," started Evy. "No – it was more like a memory. I remember…a girl, a little older than me, shouting my name…I remember screaming, and fire, and – Oh, that's all I know. I think I'm starting to – " Evy stopped abruptly. The girl she had been staring at before had just walked in. When their eyes met yet again, Evy felt a pain once more against her chest. She cried a little, and the other girl doubled over.
"She was the girl in my dream!" Evelyn finally realised. Mikaela straightened up and looked at Evy, but this time she didn't feel any pain.
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Ooh cliffhanger! I can't believe I abandoned this story for so long! I was just reading over it again and realised that it was actually quite good. I know this chapter was really, really short, but I had to end it there. Please review! Adios amigos! Over and out!