Ellis went back to the room with Sara and sat on the bed.
"You better be careful Jack is a very good fighter." Sara said.
"I hope he wins." Ellis said. "In my culture we are only aloud to be with a man that can beat us in hand to hand combat."
"Whoa wait. What?" Sara asked stumbling over her own words. "You've known him for what 22 hours and you want to be with him?"
"I know what I want in a mate and he has all the qualities." Ellis said. "He is attractive, funny, and a warrior."
"He's not all he makes himself out to be." Sara said. "Yea he's good looking but he is rather sloppy when he's fighting Xeno's."
"He said he was undefeated in hand to hand though." Ellis said. "I'll use that to determine if he is worthy to be with me."
Ellis undressed leaving only a small amount of her armor on to cover her chest and a bikini like piece of armor and walked out into the hallway. Sara was walking right in front of her showing her the way to the Arena. There was a steady stream of Marines walking into the Arena as Sara and Ellis entered. Ellis smelled the air and smelled the all too familiar smell of sweat, blood and pain. Jack was already in the "Pit" as it was called getting warmed up as Ellis approached. The "Pit" was surrounded by chain link fencing (Think of the Octagon in the UFC). The gate into the Pit was opened and Ellis walked in. Most of the crowed was yelling in favor of Jack but the occasional cheer for the opponent was heard. Jack was only wearing a pair of boxing shorts and had tape wrapped around his wrists and ankles. He was already sweating from his warm up when Ellis walked past him and took her corner. Jack stopped his warm up and looked at her and cracked his knuckles and neck.
"Ladies and Gentlemen." A voice said over a loud speaker. "Today's match up is for the title of best fighter on the ship. The current champ needs no interdiction but I'll tell all you new guys about him. He stands 6 foot 2 inches and weights in at 223 pounds. He is undefeated in the Pit with 97 wins all by knockout. Ladies and Gentlemen Corporal Jack Dallaaaaas."
The crowd jumped to their feet and cheered as jack raised his hands above his head and walked in a circle.
"His opponent is from another world that is renown for their fighting skills. This is her first fight in the "Pit" and probably her last. She stands at 5 foot 11 inches and weights 200 pounds. Lets all welcome Elllllllliiis."
There were several boos and some cheers from the crowed.
"Ladies and Gentlemen LETS GET READY TO RUMLE."
A referee entered the "Pit" and called them together. Jack hade a serious look on his face and looked right into Ellis's eyes. Ellis just looked back without a hint of fear.
"Ok this is gonna be a nice clean fight." The referee said with his hand in between them. "No eye gouging and no hits below the belt anything else is fine.
He turned to Jack.
"Do you under stand?" He asked.
"Yes." Jack said.
"Do you understand?" He asked turning to Ellis.
"Yes." Ellis said.
"Ok LET"S GET IT ON!" he yelled and moved his hand.
The crowd jumped to their feet as the match started and jack and Ellis started circling the ring. Neither of them moved in for a few seconds. Finally Jack bolted in and laid 2 hard hits to Ellis's chest and stomach. Ellis wasn't even fazed from the hits and countered with a hard right that caught Jack on the jaw and sent him stumbling back. He quickly recovered and rushed in with a hard jab but Ellis deflected it with her left hand and rammed her right into Jacks stomach. Jack doubled over and Ellis quickly went from his stomach to his jaw with an uppercut sending blood flying from Jacks mouth. Jack came off his feet and landed on his back and Ellis followed him down and unleashed a flurry of jabs to his face. Jack had his arms over his face so his arms would take most of the damage. After a moment he reached his legs up and they went in front of Ellis and he pushed her off him. She went to the ground and he was on her faster than she could react and was landing punch after punch to her face. Ellis's lip was split and bleeding and she had a good shiner on her right eye. As Jack was coming down with another punch Ellis moved her head and Jack hit the mat. Ellis swung with her left fist and caught Jack on the side of his head sending him off her. She was on her feet instantly and so was Jack. They were both bleeding as they faced off again.
"Come on Ellis." Sara yelled.
"You got her Dallas." Johnson yelled.
Ellis rushed Jack and swung with a left hook that Jack ducked. Ellis had left her left side open to attacks and Jack took advantage and hammered on her ribs with hard blows. Ellis let out a cry of pain as she stumbled back clutching her ribs.
'Got her.' Jack thought. "Ribs hurt?" He asked.
Ellis looked at him with fire in her eyes and rushed full force with her right fist already flying and Jack had no time to counter and was hit right between the eyes. He saw a quick flash of light before he was on his back looking at the lights above the "Pit" She started to get up but was sent to the other side of the ring by a hard kick to the ribs. He tossed and turned as he tried to get his breath back then got to his feet and turned just in time to see a fist. He was hit right in the left eye then caught another hit to the side of the face followed by 3 right hooks in a row. He was being pounded all over the ring for several hits before he managed to duck a right. Ellis's ribs were open again and he hammered as hard as he could on them and did not let up even after Ellis fell to the mat. Jack put one leg on each side of her hips and started pounding on her ribs. She tried to defend herself from the hits but it was useless. She endured 10 hard hits to the ribs before she managed to weasel a leg from under Jack and plant it right in his jaw sending him flying back spitting blood. Ellis rolled on her hands and knees and started coughing up globe of blood. She got to her feet and looked at Jack who was starting to get to his feet. She had blood running from her mouth and Jack had blood pouring from his obviously broken nose. They faced off again and Jack used all the power he could muster in a kick to Ellis's right side. She blocked it with her arm but still took some force to her ribs. They both were tired and stumbling. Jack came in on Ellis and landed a right to her jaw followed. By a hard jab to the forehead leaving an open cut. Ellis decided to end the fight and gave everything she had into a hard kick to Jacks sternum knocking the wind out of him. Everything got fuzzy to jack and he could barely hear the shouts from the crowd then it all went black.
