"You have a weapon," spoke Pasti. He said it so calmly, so plainly. He had no fear. Sykes then grabbed a microphone, and entered the ring.

"You have violated the rules of the Shadow Fist tournament," spoke the Parrot faced man. You and the people you are fighting for are here by banned from ever entering the tournament, and will leave immediately. Your match will be considered a forfeit. The winner is Predator!!"

Everyone watched to see what the perpetrator would do. Dean watched to see what Pasti would do. He didn't even hear him enter the arena. His eyes grew wide when the unexpected happened.

"Uh uh, I'm not going anywhere," spoke the fighter. "I'll put my knife down, but I'll do it when I choose too. If you wanna try and take it, go right ahead. You'll have less fingers, than what you came with."

The man then pulled out the full knife. It was a wonder he hid it from most. He held it in his jacket. The knife was at least a foot long. It ended at a very sharp point.

"Come and take it giant," he smiled, and pointed the weapon to Pasti.

Before the man could blink, the knife vanished from his hand. The cheater was absolutely dumbfounded. He then looked up, and absolute fear took over his body. Pasti held the blade, and began to inspect it.

"It's not a bad blade, but you will need more than this toothpick to gut me." The man was absolutely petrified.

"What happened to all that confidence," taunted Pasti. "You were ready to fight anyone to win, but now that I have your weapon, you are cowering away like a lamb."

Pasti then got an idea. He extended the weapon to the fighter.

"Here you go. Let's see what you do with your toothpick," spoke the Russian.

"Don't take it," thought Dean. "He'll kill you if you do."

Tikanni watched through the TV as the spectacle continued.

"Don't do it," he spoke. "You are utterly outclassed, Rat."

Like the idiot that he is, the rat faced individual took the knife, and immediately thrusted it forward. It was aimed for Pasti's gut. As quick as the blade thrusted forward, a quick swipe intercepted the stab, and half of the blade was gone.

Once again the man was dumbfounded. The fear then took over when he saw the other half I Pasti's hand.

"Oops," he said. "Did I just break your fang, Rat?"

He then laughed.

After he was done laughing, he grew serious. "No, you are no rat," he spoke. "You are worse. You are below a rat, and therefore don't deserve to wear their face. He then removed the mask of the man. He threw the mask, and the broken blade on the ground.

He then turned his head. He looked to Calian. Calian gave him a thumbs up.

"Do you see that," spoke Pasti.

The man nodded.

"That is the only reason you are still breathing. He is holding your life in his hands, and chooses to let you live. Before you go, you better listen.

"I want you to understand that when I look at you, I am disgusted. I despise you with every fiber of my body. You have no honor, and are beneath my feet. If it were up to me, I would still be breaking you, and making you suffer the most excruciating of pain. No one hates you more than I do. I want you to understand this."

"If I see your face anywhere on this planet, I will not hesitate to break you like I just broke your knife. I will pop your head like a pimple, and go to bed and sleep like a baby. I have fought many battles and have seen many pieces of trash like you die by my hand, or die beside me. You relied on weapons alone, nothing else. That got you killed. Your weapons won't work on me. Nothing you use would be enough to even tickle me."

"Get out of my sight before I squash you like the big you are, trash," spoke Pasti.

The man was left in total fear. He was petrified, and too scared to move.

A loud pop was heard and teeth flew into the ring. The cheater's bottom jaw was completely shattered as well as his cheek cut open. He then fell forward into the ground as blood began to flow onto the sand.

"Just so you'll remember me," spoke Pasti. He then walked back to the entrance, jumped into the stands, and sat

"That punch was insane," Thought Dean. "This guy's on par with Tikanni. He's even on par with my. Even if I wasn't sick, he could give me a run for my money. He will be a tough opponent."

"Just who is this guy," thought Tikanni. The wolves were in utter shock. "I had never seen a human use such strength other than you and Dean," spoke Stinky. "That man's jaw is completely destroyed."

"We was so quick too," spoke Claudette. "His punches were just blurs."

"He can't be human, can he be, Tikanni," asked Runt.

"Whatever he is, he's strong," spoke Tikanni. "He's on par with Dean and I."

"You're not serious," spoke Humphrey.

"Maybe not Dean at his strongest, but definitely now."

"He's an absolute monster," thought Dean. "In every sense of the word, he is a monster. It will definitely come down to me and him. No matter how monstrous he is, I will win. I'm fighting for someone."

Drew, on the other hand, began walking out of the arena. She got dressed and met with her companions.

"I wanna go home," she spoke.

"Ok Champ," spoke Ebbs.

He then walked over to one of the guards, and he waved the two over.

"The guy went to get one of our drivers to take us home," spoke Ebbs. A bull headed man came from behind Dean and Drew.

"Are you ready to go," spoke their driver. Everyone nodded their heads.

"Ok, follow me." He then lead them to a car, and they began driving off. The drive was silent. Once they got home and into the house, Ebbs looked at the two.

"You guy's did good," he spoke. "Champ, I'm sorry for how things turned out. You would've had that guy if he didn't cheat. You two will fight tomorrow night. You have about four more fights and you will be champions, and we'll be free. Sleep well, and we'll fight again tomorrow night. I'll take first shower head to bed, so goodnight."

"Goodnight," spoke Dean.

"Night," spoke Drew.

"Oh, and don't sleep with your masks on please," joked Ebbs.

The two didn't laugh at the joke, and Ebbs walked up the stairs to take a shower. Dean sat on the couch and unpacked some spare clothes. The sound of a door closing upstairs can be heard. A minute later the sound of running water is heard. Dean looked at Drew. noticed she was still standing by the stairs. She looked lost.

"You did good, Pred," spoke Dean.

She remained silent.

"Predator?"

"Huh," she spoke.

"You did good."

"Oh, thank you."

There was some more awkward silence for a few more minutes before Dean asked his next question.

"Are you ok," he asked.

She still wasn't looking at him. Dean was worried.

The sound of a door opening made everyone look up the stairs. Dean didn't even notice the water turning off.

"Shower's free, goodnight," spoke Ebbs. The sound of another door shutting signified that Ebbs had gone to his room, and has gone to bed.

"You can go next," spoke Drew.

Dean wanted to say more, but decided against it.

"Ok," He spoke.

He then walked upstairs and into the shower. He then took his mask off, and looked at his reflection in the mirror. He didn't even break a sweat in his fight, so he looked normal.

"Just a few more fights, and she'll be free," he spoke.

Dean then hopped into the shower and quickly cleaned himself. He soon finished showering and returned downstairs. To his sadness, Drew was still in the same spot she was when she returned.

"Showers ready," spoke Dean. Drew walked upstairs and shut the door. She took her shower and the next thing he heard was a door shutting. Dean remained silent for a moment. He then decided on what he was going to do.

He knew the fight bothered Drew. That was the only thing that it could be. She was fine before it.

He marched up to her room and gently opened the door. It was unlocked and Dean finally saw Drew's room. It was a guest bedroom. It had a dresser, a twin sized bed, a closest, and a mirror facing the bed. On the bed, was Drew. She was staring at herself, not saying a word.

Her head had so many scenarios going through her head. Dean sat behind her and held her. He didn't say a word. He just did it. This snapped Drew back to reality.

"Lobo, I'm fine," she spoke.

"No you're not," he replied. "You don't have to tell me what's going on in that head of yours, but it will help. Believe me, I know from personal experiences."

"I'm ok, really."

Dean just held her tighter.

"It's ok," he whispered.

Drew didn't realize it, but she really needed to hear that. Tears began to form in her eyes.

"I...told you...I'm...ok," she spoke.

"Shh," spoke Dean.

After a few seconds. Drew silently began crying, Dean then pulled her head closer into his chest. She wept, and cried for a few more minutes before finally moving her head to the side, so she could say something.

"I'm sorry," she spoke.

"Hey, it's ok," spoke Dean. "You had a moment. If anything, you are entitled to a couple of those. Especially being in the situation we are in."

"I don't get it. Why are you so calm? We are fighting not only for our lives, but our freedom."

"It's going to be ok. We will survive."

"How do you know?"

"I just don't see myself becoming property, and I still have to find my sister."

"You really care a lot about her."

"Before we got separated, we were best friends. We would train together under our father, mother, and uncle."

"I know I'm prying, but, can you tell me about your family?"

"Well, there was my dad, my mom, my two uncle's and my sister. My dad was the best fighter I knew. He taught me a lot of techniques. My mother taught me magic. As you saw from my opponent, you know magic is real. My parents taught me that as well as normal school stuff. My uncle Julius and Waya helped my mother and father raise my sister and I.

"My sister and I were evenly matched even though she was eight years older than me. We were best friends."

"What happened," asked Drew. "You said were best friends."

"Well, my uncle was a scientist as well as a magic user. He created something that would enhance one's strength, but at the cost of their mind. They would go into fits of blind rage, and eventually be consumed by it."

"He injected me with it because I was having nightmares. I had so much so, it became unhealthy. He said he had the remedy. When he figured out the problem with his experiment, he sought to destroy me. He went through anyone that protected me including my family."

"He killed them," spoke Drew in disbelief.

"All but my sister," corrected Dean. "She got away."

"What did you do?"

"My mother put me in an a caravan, gave me a box, told me not to open it until three days after my uncle's defeat, and, next thing I know, I'm in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. My home was Colorado."

"You were far from home," spoke Drew.

"I was. I lived in the park for a few weeks on my own, and then I met some incredible friends. They helped me through my nightmares, and they gave me a home. I fought my uncle, and my experiment took over. I ended up beating it, and expelled it from my body."

"After three days of waiting, I received the news of my family's death. After grieving I was adopted by the very nice family that gave me a home."

"What are they like if you don't mind me asking," asked Drew.

"Well, my siblings were Runt, Stinky, and Claudette. They were like me, they are strong fast, and very kind."

"Your brother's name is Stinky?"

"Yeah, he was named after their great grandfather. Anyways, you then have Humphrey. He was like my dad. He tried to make everyone laugh. It is never a dull moment with him. Finally, there's Kate. She was like my mother."

"Why are you talking in past tense? Did they pass away?"

"No. It's just, when I left to find my sister, I kept it secret from them. I didn't want them to be bothered with my problems, when something happened, and Kate and I got into an argument. I told them that they couldn't help me, and she said I should have been adopted by someone that could."

"I know we were both mad, but that really hurt."

"Do you want to see them again?"

"Not until I find my sister."

"Well, you kinda had that argument coming," spoke Drew.

"What do you mean?"

"I don't know where my family is, but I know family doesn't keep secrets from family. I admit, what Kate said was wrong, but you calling them basically useless, didn't help problems either. You both butted heads, but if they decided to adopt you, then they must care about you."

"You both just need to talk again."

Dean was silent for a moment. He didn't want to admit it, but he knew this was as much his fault as it was anyone's

"You're right," he said. "I'll make things right with my family, but, before I do that, I need to beat Shadow Fist. We need to beat Shadow Fist. To do that, we need sleep. We fight again tomorrow night."

"Yeah, goodnight Lobo, and thank you."

"No, thank you Predator, goodnight."

With that Dean closed her door, and went to the couch to sleep.

The next morning, Dean decided to return to Shadow Fist and watch the other fighters. Drew wanted to do the same thing, so Ebbs made a call and got the ok from Teowulf. He then drove them up. Once they got there, they were led by Several gentleman in bull masks to three new seats. These seats just so happened to be placed right next to the boss himself, Calian Teowulf.

The seating placement was Pasti, Ivory, Calian, Ebony, Dean, Drew, and Ebbs. Dean noticed, however, that Pasti wasn't sitting with the group. He looked around and saw Pasti in the arena. He was pacing. As if he was waiting for something. Everyone took their seats, and were greeted by the boss.

"Congratulations both of you on your wins," he spoke.

"Thank you," they said.

"So, what brings you three to Shadow Fist? You two don't fight until tonight."

"Call it scoping out the competition," spoke Dean.

"That's smart. Well, you're in luck, Pasti is about to begin his fight."

"Good, he's the one I really want to see."

"Why?"

"He's my only competition."

"Confident are we?"

"Call it a hunch."

Calian took that answer and questioned nothing further.

Pasti's opponent was called out, and it was a man in a macaque mask. The man was rather large. He was eye to eye with Pasti, and just as bulky. He then took a firm stance. Both of his feet were on the ground, and his arms were close to his head.

Dean understood the stance. It was Muay Tai, the art of eight limbs. He had fought a muay tai practitioner before. Dean mastered muay tai when he was very young. That was one of the first techniques his father taught him and his sister.

Pasti looked at his boss, and his eyes landed on Dean. He turned his back to his opponent to face him.

"Hi Lobo," he shouted.

"Fight," shouted Sykes.

With no hesitation, the man threw a kick towards Pasti's head. Without looking, Pasti ducked the kick. The fighter threw a punch, but Pasti slapped it away. The fighter continued to throw punches and kicks, one after another, and Pasti kept either dodging or slapping the attack away. That was, until the fighter landed a solid hit on Pasti's cheek.

It didn't phase the Russian, but it did manage to make him mad.

He looked at the fighter with rage. You can't tell by his mask covering most of his face, but his eyes, his blue eyes, were filled with such rage and anger.

With a loud roar, Pasti hit the guy so hard, with such speed, his opponent couldn't even register the hit until he was on the ground. His opponent immediately got up, but received a knee to the face as soon as he did. Two fast hits ended this fighter. Pasti then walked out of the arena.

Sykes called the match and the man was carried off.

Dean studied the whole fight.

"Don't get cocky," he said in his head.

"He would be the perfect fighter if he didn't have such a big ego," spoke Teowulf.

Dean then stood up and everyone looked at him.

"Excuse me, I need to use the restroom," he spoke.

"Ok, take the entrance closest to us. Its down the hallway to the right."

"Thank you." Dean began walking and once he was out of earshot. Calian issued an order to his personal guards.

"Make sure he just goes there," spoke Calian.

The two cane Corsos ran to catch up with Dean. They followed their masters instructions to the letter, and made their way to the restroom door.

Throughout the trek, they did not find Dean.

"Man, I can't even pee without girls chasing me," spoke a voice coming out of the bathroom."

The two females peered at the door and saw Dean coming out.

"That was fast," spoke Ivory.

"You know it," spoke Dean.

The two dogs were astonished. This human just understood them.

"You can understand us," asked Ebony.

"Yes I can understand you."

"How?"

"It runs in my family."

"The only one who understands us is Master," spoke Ivory.

"Do you have to call him that?"

"It's what he's always been," spoke Ebony. "He's trained us to fight, hunt, and kill since we were weaned from our mother."

"You were made into weapons."

"It's not like that," spoke Ivory. "He cares about us."

"If he cared about you, you wouldn't be calling him master. That's not family."

"I suppose you know what a family is then," spoke Ebony.

"As a matter of fact, I do. Family is there, they don't want anything from you. They want the best for you. They are always checking on you even though you don't want to be checked on.

"Sounds like a pain," spoke Ivory.

"It is, but that's what they're there for. You can always call back on family. Everyone helps everyone."

"If you're family's so great, why are you fighting," asked Ivory. "Shouldn't you be with them?"

Dean was silent for a moment.

"I screwed it up," he said.

"I HATE YOU," screamed a feminine voice. The three turned to look on at the commotion. There were three individuals. Two of them were women, and the last one was a male. He wore a boar head. The man was about 6'2, and the females did not wear a mask.

"You cheated on me with her," screamed the female who got the three's attention in the first place.

"He just got tired of you," spoke the other female.

"I'm done with you," said the man. "I don't ever want to see you again. Get outta here before I get you carried out by security."

"I loved you for 5 years, fought for you for five years, helped you build an empire, and you do this," stated the cheated women.

"I won't say it again."

The girl walked away from the argument clearly distraught with tears running down her face.

This scenario reminded Dean of something.

"You said he was just a Freak half human half wolf," said Johnny in Dean's head.

"I know what I said," spoke Kayla.

No matter how hard he tried, those words always found their way into his everyday thoughts. He wanted to move on and forget the hurtful things those wolves said, but seeing that woman hurt ignited something inside Dean.

That hurt is now pushed onto someone else, and Dean was livid. He was ready to hurt someone. That someone was going to be that man.

Dean stormed away with the dogs close behind. He can't help it but see Johnny or Kayla standing where that guy is. He feels unrelenting anger and rage when he sees them. He tried to let it go, but that is the final straw. He then walked back to his seat, and sat down.

The dogs did the same, but looked shaken when they looked at Dean. They could feel the anger radiating off of him.

"You alright," asked Calian. "You get lost heading to the bathroom."

"Who's the fighter wearing the mask of a boar," asked Dean.

"You're next opponent, Rhodrigo. He's number 4."

"Number 4," questioned Dean.

"Number 4 on my list of strongest fighters participating in Shadow Fist."

"Who's top three?"

"Pasti, you, and Predator. Why the sudden interest in Rhodrigo?"

"No reason, what are the rules again?"

"No weapons."

"Good, thanks."

"You're welcome, and sounds to me like tonight's gonna be a good fight."

Back at the farmhouse, Tikanni is surrounded be several drawings in the living room. All of the wolves are watching him and looking at the drawings. These drawings are of a fighter. This fighter wore the mask of a wolf. He fought barefoot. He wore grey and black fighter shorts. He was shirtless.

From what Tikanni could see on his face, the fighters eyes were bright blue. Next to these pictures is Tikanni's phone with a picture of Dean and him. Dean snapped the picture on Tikanni's phone without him knowing. Tikanni had just enough time to look at the camera before Dean took it.

Tikanni then got an idea. He grabbed all of the pictures, his phone, and ran outside. He sat the papers on the ground, and put some stones on them, so they wouldn't be blown away by the wind.

Tikanni realized right away that he had gotten stronger after he had that dream. He was going to test how strong. Not only were his senses enhanced, but his overall strength, speed, and endurance increased. On top of that, he feels his magic usage increased as well.

He concentrated on the fight he witnessed the night prior between the fighters known as Lobo and Chameleon. He then opened his eyes and everyone saw Tikanni's blue eye glowing as well as the manifestation of Lobo and Chameleon.

"Yes," screamed Tikanni. He couldn't do this when Dean tried to teach him, so he definitely grew stronger. He then replayed the fight on the lawn.

"Did that guy look familiar to any of you," asked Tikanni.

Everyone except Willow nodded.

"Yeah, me too. What if I were to do this?"

He then replaced Lobo's mask with Dean's head, and then played the fight again. Dean's height, and head fit perfectly with the body of the fighter.

Everyone gasped. It was an exact match.

"I think Dean is Lobo, stated Tikanni."

"My pup is fighting for the entertainment of others," spoke Kate. "Why would he do something like this."

"Now, it is just a theory, but, my guess is it is for the fighter known as Predator. I think that's his sister. We will have to watch their next fights to know for sure." Tikanni then made the manifestations vanish, and his eye returned to normal.

He then grabbed the papers and phone, went inside, grabbed a bottle of water, and laid on the couch. He looked to the TV watching some fighters he didn't much care for.

Ty came next to him.

"Mind if I sit up here," he asks.

"Sure, why not," spoke Tikanni. He moved his legs, and Ty came up.

"Thank you for letting me come even though I'm not doing much to find Dean."

"You're fine. You wanted to save your friend."

"Deans more of a brother to me."

Everyone walked in behind him, and laid down by the couch, facing the TV.

"Dean was there for me when I first got into the pack. I then met Runt, Stinky, and Claudette. We became inseparable pretty quick."

This made Kate giggle.

"Humphrey, do you remember I thought we were missing a pup because Ty didn't stay stay over that one night?"

Humphrey laughed.

"I do remember, you counted four instead of five. You spent so long trying to figure out who we were missing. Yeah Ty, you became apart of the family, and your parents did too."

"Yeah," spoke Ty. "When I told them I was leaving, they told me to bring their pup home."

This made the group laugh.

"Ty, you know who you remind me of," asked Tikanni.

"Who?"

"Tex, he is like a brother to me."

"What's he like?"

"He's wild, a fighter, and a very loyal friend. Just like you and Dean. I want all of you to meet him one day. He is very funny."

A few hours go by, and Dean's fight is about to begin. He's in the dressing room, sitting and looking at his fists. He then heard Sykes yelling into the microphone.

"Now, to start off our evening festivities," began Sykes. "I give you a fighter from New Hampshire."

"Fighting his second fight."

"Fighting for the New England Coalition."

"Standing six foot even."

"Weighing 180 pounds."

"I give you RHODRIGOOO!!!!"

A cheer erupted from the crowd.

Dean was seeing red when he heard the guy's name. He then heard three knocks at the door. He slammed the door open and let out a roar of anger. The whole crowd was silenced by it. Sykes stopped for a moment before unfreezing and announcing Lobo.

"Also fighting his second fight."

"Fighting for the Guerrero Corporation."

"Standing 6'2."

"Weighing 175 pounds."

"I give you LOBOOOOO!"

Dean heard nothing else he saw his target and he wasn't letting him get away. His eye remained fixated on his opponent. Rhodrigo kept swaying back and forth.

"You ready to lose," asked Rhodrigo.

Dean remained silent.

"FIGHT," screamed Sykes.

Dean quickly closed the distance between the two and kicked Rhodrigo square in the gut. He was sent flying a few feet before landing on his back.

Rhodrigo got up once more before Dean ran up and quickly threw three punches to his ribs. Each punch gave way to vicious snaps. Those were the sound of ribs breaking. He then capitalized with a fourth punch to the liver. The speed and power of these punches sent Rhodrigo flying once more.

"Get up," spoke Dean.

The man was too slow. Dean grabbed his arm.

"I said get up." He then punched the guy's face. A tooth went flying from the man's mouth.

Rhodrigo tried to defend himself with what little strength he had. his body had trouble cooperating due the liver shot he received. With quick speed, he sent a punch Dean's way, but he caught it, and snapped the arm. Rhodrigo screamed and threw a punch with the other arm. Dean snapped that appendage as well.

The man screamed and backed away. All he had were his legs. Before he could even think Lobo was on Rhodrigo's leg, and, like a vice, held onto the limb. Rhodrigo fell, and Lobo got on top of him.

"Why," asked Lobo.

"What," asked Rhodrigo.

Lobo then grabbed his left leg and broke that too.

The only thing that stopped his scream was Dean's hand.

"Why did you cheat," asked Dean. "I'll break the other one if I don't like your answer."

"I don't know what you're talking about," spoke Rhodrigo.

"Wrong answer." Dean wrapped himself around the other leg, and a vicious snap can be heard.

"You cheated on your girlfriend, Why?"

"I was done with her." Dean then sent a punch to the man's face.

punch

"Why"

"I wanted someone new," spoke Rhodrigo.

Punch

"Why"

"She cared too much."

PUNCH

PUNCH

PUNCH

PUNCH

After an absolute beating, Lobo looked at his handy work. The man was a bloody mess. he was missing so much teeth. He was going in and out of consciousness.

"Hey, cheater." Lobo slapped the man awake. He looked with two swollen black eyes.

"I let you sleep, but you are going to apologize to the girl you cheated on. I want you to look at the camera and apologize to her for what you did. If you try to fight back, please know that I was holding back, so you wouldn't die in seconds. Care to call my bluff?"

The man nodded his head no.

"Good." Dean then grabbed his head and made him face the camera.

"So everyone can hear," Lobo whispered.

"I AM SORRY I CHEATED ON YOU ANITA," cried Rhodrigo. Tears streamed down his face.

Dean then put him in a headlock and he went to sleep.

Everyone cheered as Lobo walked out of the arena. They came for blood and got what they wished for. Dean changed into regular clothes, and walked back to Drew and Ebbs.

"That's why you were mad," spoke Ebbs.

"I hate cheaters," spoke Drew.

"Wish me luck, I have to fight next."

"Good luck Predator," spoke Dean. He watched Drew fight. She won her fight, and everyone went home. Dean was silent. He just went home, and as he was about to shower, he looked at his reflection.

"He won't cheat again," spoke Dean. "But, that doesn't change that it happened, and it happened to me too. I hope that girl knows somehow that I know how hurt she feels." He showered and went to sleep.

He was ready for his next fight no matter what tomorrow brought, he would save his sister."