Nicole and Robby woke up the next morning. They were getting ready to go to the arena for the tournament.
"How are you feeling today?" Robby asked.
"Better."
"Good." "No matter what happens today, you'll do great."
"I just feel so much pressure." "You know how much sensei is counting on us."
"Don't even worry about that, ok?" "Just pretend like you and me are practicing."
"If it comes down to you and me today, I don't want you to hold back."
"If it comes down to you and me it doesn't matter who wins." "We will have already won."
"Just promise you'll fight me like you would anyone else?"
"I promise." They kissed.
They were at the arena. It was almost time for Nicole first match to start. Robby had just won his first match. He was standing behind Nicole.
"Remember what I told you baby." Robby said. "This is just us practicing." "You'll do great." "I love you."
Nicole had won her first match. As a matter of fact no one had scored a point against her all day. Her next match was to determine if she was going to the quarter-finals. It was against Sam. She didn't want to fight Sam but knew she had no choice. They got the call to start. It took awhile for one of them to get a point because they knew each other fighting style so well. Eventually Nicole got the first point with a punch to the sternum.
"One point, Strafford." "One to nothing." The referee said.
Sam landed a kick square to Nicole's stomach. As soon as she did Nicole knew something was wrong. She hit the ground in immense back clutching her stomach. She felt herself starting to bleed. Sam was terrified. Robby, Amanda, Daniel and Hawk immediately stood up on opposite sides of the arena. The referee went over to her.
"Can you continue?" The referee asked.
"No it hurts!" She yelling crying. "Robby, Robby!"
He went to run to her and was stopped by a referee.
"Go back to your team." The referee said.
"That's my girlfriend." Robby said worried.
"Robby!" The EMT's came.
"What's wrong?" The woman EMT asked.
"My stomach and I'm bleeding!" "Ow!"
They put her on a stretcher and wheeled her out. As Robby went to follow Kreese stopped him.
"I'm sure she'll be fine." Kreese said.
Hawk noticed that Robby wasn't moving.
"What the fuck are you doing?" He said angrily. "Go with her." He noticed Amanda leaving and ran over to her. "Mrs. LaRusso are you going to the hospital?"
"Yes."
"I want to come."
At the hospital they were able to stop the bleeding. She was in a room waiting for a doctor to tell her what was wrong. The doctor came in.
"Hi Nicole." She said.
"Hi."
"Were you aware of your pregnancy?"
"Pregnancy?" She said shocked.
"Yes, two months." "The kick to the stomach caused you to suffer a miscarriage." "I'm so sorry."
"A miscarriage?" She said with tears in her eyes. "No." Tears flowed down her cheeks. "Oh god this is my fault." "I killed my baby." She said tearfully.
