The Dragon's Fire
M.F Thatheron was in a bad mood. It had been five days since his fight night against Buck Strickland and Strickland Propane, where he lost thanks to Hank Hill. But every day since then he had to watch Buck with a silly smirk on his face strut into Strickland Propane like he'd won the blue flame of valor award. Sometimes he'd throw a spiteful look at Thatheron which would result in Thatheron reply with a just as spiteful gesture.
But that was the least of Thatheron's worries. He'd lost a lot of money in those fights. Not only that but it seemed he lost a few customers as well, business at Strickland had seemed to be more profitable these days.
With a sigh Thatheron rubbed his eyes and made his way into his back office, leaving his employees in the main room. It was quiet for some time but then the front door opened up and someone stepped inside the building.
The employees of Thatheron Fuels looked strangely at the potential customers as he made his way across the room, boots stomping against the ground.
Thatheron sat at his desk hunched over with his hand on his head. Just then a loud, firm knock got his immediate attention.
"What is it?" he called. The door slowly opened up and there stood someone who Thatheron didn't recognize as an employee or customer, he didn't even recognize him at all. But he had some noticeable traits, tattoos on his arms and a metal plate on his head." Can I help you?" He asked.
"Maybe." The man replied in a foreign voice. He walked into the office with Thatheron's employees peaking in from the hallway. The man walked in and sat himself down in front of Thatheron." I understand you have a small problem with competition."
"What's it to you?" asked Thatheron.
"Let's just say I make it my business to know mate. And for a price I could help you deal with it." At that moment Thatheron looked up to see two men as just menacing as the one who sat before him standing in the doorway.
And Thatheron's face grew a dark smirk on it as he imagine both Buck and Hank being beaten by the men before him.
"I see." He said rubbing his chin." And how would you go about this Mr.?"
"They call me, Kano." He smirked his red eye lighting up.
Later that day at Strickland Propane. Buck came romping out of his office with a grin as wide as his gut. He rushed into the main lobby where Hank and the rest of the Strickland Propane were waiting.
"Everyone!" he yelled. "I've got a big announcement!" Everyone nearly jumped up.
"What is it honey?" asked Joe Jack.
"Raises?" questioned Enrique.
"Even better!" yelled Buck." That Sum-Bitch Thatheron has challenged us to another fight." But Buck's employees looked less excited than he did." Hehe he doesn't know what he's in for." Buck turned and was going to head back into his office. Everyone else looked to Hank who quickly stood up to intercept Buck at the door.
"Uh Mr. Strickland." Hank said." I don't think that's a good idea. That stuff was just kinda a one-time thing."
"Don't worry Hank." Said Buck with his hand on Hank's shoulder. "We've got this in the bag, just like last time." Hank tried to speak again but Buck pushed past him and into his office where the phone was hanging off the desk, on the other end was Thatheron." Thatheron!" Buck yelled into it." You're on!" Then he broke out into a laugh.
But despite Buck's yelling and laughing Thatheron only sat behind his desk with a solemn smirk.
"I'll see you there Strickland." Said Thatheron, then he hung the phone up. Sitting across from him was Kano." We're on."
"Excellent." Kano said.
"Now enlighten me." Said Thatheron leaning back in his chair and resting his cowboy boots on the desk." How exactly are you gonna do this?"
"I'm gonna let my boys loose on your business partners." Said Kano mimicking Thatheron's movements and resting his own boots on the desk." We'll run them a few rounds, beat 'em, bloody 'em and then we'll call it a day."
"Uh-huh. Now let me ask you another question." Thatheron leaned forward in his chair, Kano kicked his boots down and mimicking his action yet again." Where are you from?"
"You don't want to know." Kano chuckled.
"Well um.. how did you get that" Thatheron motioned to the metal part of Kano's face. Kano said nothing but casually pulled his butterfly knife from his belt and rested it on Thatheron's desk. Then he casually began spinning it.
"You ask lot of questions. Now I have one for you. How much are you willing to pay to see this 'Strickland' suffer?"
"Anything!" Thatheron replied.
"I like the sound of that." Kano reached out and grabbed his spinning knife, stopping it's movement.
Hank returned home after work though he wouldn't stay there long. He went and grabbed his old boxing gloves, something he would have liked the first time had he been aware of it.
So Hank walked to his truck with the gloves in hand, tossing them into the passenger's seat while he entered the driver's. But his actions did not go unnoticed by those in the alley.
"Whatcha doin?" asked Dale's voice. Hank turned around to see three heads starting at him from over the fence.
"Oh um I've just gotta go make a quick errand run." He said.
"What errand do you need boxing gloves for?" asked Bill.
"I'm um.. I'm just getting them fitted for Bobby. Thinking of giving them to him as a birthday present. Yep." He said as he opened the driver's seat door and sat down." Birthday Present." Hank shifted the gears in his truck and began to back out of the driveway only he had to stop when he looked in his rear view mirror to see the trio standing there.
"Didn't know you needed boxing gloves for a fight club." Commented Dale.
"What?!" exclaimed Hank." What the heck are you talking about Dale?"
"I'm just saying I heard a few things." Said Dale as he walked around to the driver window and spoke to Hank eye to eye." Thatheron's spreading the word around, wants everyone to be there."
"Oh Hank." Said Bill as he walked up to him with Boomhauer." How could you be involved in such a horrible thing? What would Peggy think?
"Peggy doesn't know about any of this!" said Hank." She can't know."
"Well I'm sure we wouldn't tell her." Said Dale looking to Bill and Boomhauer slyly." That is if you let us come."
"Please, Please!" Bill began to plead.
"Hey yo man c'mon." added Boomhauer.
"Alright, Alright." Hank said calming. He looked around carefully to make sure nobody was watching." Get in." He whispered.
"Wingo!" shouted Dale.
"Oh boy, oh boy." Said Bill. Then Bill and Boomhauer jumped into the backseats while Dale jumped next to Hank, nearly squashing the gloves as he did so. Then Hank shifted gears and backed his truck onto the road, then he drove off with his three friends to the destination of the fight.
It was at the lumber yard.
Hank rolled up in his truck to already see dozens of cars parked sloppily on the dirt road. Hank carefully parked his car and then he and his friends exited. Hank led the way with his friends by his side, Bill holding the gloves in his arms.
As they walked in they saw there were more spectators this time, probably nearly 3 times as there were last time. They walked in to the sight of the fight, a fight circle surrounded by large piles of wood.
It didn't take long for Buck Strickland to notice Hank.
"Hot dang it, there you are Hank!" he exclaimed as he approached him." I was beginning to think you weren't gonna show." Buck put his arm around Hank and led him away." C'mon let's go." The trio followed after Hank.
Hank was led over to his fellow Strickland employees.
"Alright, here's the plan." Began Buck.
"Evening Buck." Said a voice from behind him. Everyone turned around to see Thatheron standing there." Evening Hank." He said turning to him.
"Thatheron!" exclaimed Hank.
"You ready to lose just like you did last time?" chuckled Buck.
"Oh I wouldn't worry about that now." Said Thatheron as he ran his hand along his hat." See I've got some extra help tonight."He turned and pointed to a trio of burly looking men nearly ten feet away.
One was Kano sitting down twirling his knife in the ground, another was standing by leaning against the lumber, and the third was throwing high kicks and punches at someone who wasn't there.
Kano looked up and saw everyone looking at him so he picked up his knife acted as if he had ran it across his throat, a very menacing gesture. And it seemed to work since everyone at Strickland looked like they had seen a ghost.
"You'll have a good evening." Thatheron chuckled as he turned and walked away.
"New Plan!" Buck exclaimed turning back to his workers." We're gonna punch, kick and beat the crap out of Thatheron!" But despite Buck's enthusiasm his workers weren't too thrilled.
"Hank." Squealed Bill." I-I don't think it's a good idea us being here."
"Don't worry Bill, nothing's going to happen." Hank assured him." That's just a scare tactic is all, like when we were kids back in high school remember?"
"Alright Buck." Said Thatheron as he stood in the middle of the fighting ring." Let's get this show on the road, who you putting up first." Buck turned around and looked at his workers, scanning them all for a second.
"Enrique, get in there." He announced. The Mexican man stood up and sighed deeply.
"Alright Mr. Strickland." He said as he walked into the middle of the ring. People began to fill the seats, sitting and standing on the piles of lumber.
Thatherton turned and looked back at Kano who was sitting with his fellow Black Dragon Members. The two made eye contact and nodded to each other.
"Jarek." Kano said." Get in there." A man with black hair and a goatee wearing red armor walked past Kano and into the fighting circle. Thatheron left the circle leaving only Enrique and Jarek inside.
Enrique stood there terrified at the much larger man that stood before him. He glanced back at his friends and co-workers for support but all looked as frightened as he did, except for Buck.
"Fight!" called out a voice and an air horn was sounded. Enrique turned back just in time for Jarek to punch him in the face. The older man stumbled back so Jarek jumped up and punched him a second time.
Meanwhile back at the fight club.
The one-sided battle of Jarek vs Enrique was still going on. Enrique was now bloodied and beaten from the fight. Jarek jumped forward and punched him in the face, sending him back onto the ground and causing blood to fly all over the ground.
"C'mon Enrique do something!" called Buck.
"Mr. Strickland we have to call this fight." Hank said putting his hand on his bosses shoulder.
"No, we can't do that. He might still have a chance." Buck turned from Hank and back to the fight. There he saw Jarek holding Enrique up and over his head, preparing to slam him down in a brutal manner.
Jarek looked from his opponent over his head to Kano. The Grandmaster of the Black Dragon gave him a sly nod in reply. But then before Jarek could finish him a white shirt flew out and onto the ground.
Everyone turned over and looked at Hank who had thrown the white garment.
"We give up." He said. Jarek looked from Hank and then to Kano, his leader motioned for him to let Enrique down softly. Jarek did as instructed and laid Enrique on the ground. Then Joe Jack and Donna quickly moved in and picked him up off the ground.
"Thanks Bill." Said Hank returning the shirt to his half-naked friend.
Buck looked over at a smirking Thatheron as Jarek rejoined the group. Buck gulped down a breath and then he slowly turned to Hank.
"Hank old top." He said." You're the only hope for us. Work your magic and pull us out of this mess again." Hank wasn't a man of brutal violence but he would do whatever he could to protect Strickland Propane. Hank nodded to his boss and then turned to Bill who will shaky hands gave Hank his gloves.
Hanks trio of friends looked on terrified as Hank walked into the fighting circle. Bill looked on the verge of tears, Dale place his hat over his heart and Boomhauer stood with a solemn look of sorrow.
Kano watched as Hank went into the middle of the circle.
"Kobra." He said. Kobra the youngest of the Black Dragon with golden blonde hair wearing a karate gi. He bounded up and into the middle of the ring, standing across from Hank.
Hank noted that the young man before him was slightly shorter than him but was probably twice as young, not top of that he looked in better shape. But Hank would have to push on and come out on top like he had many other times before.
"Fight!" called a voice. With that Kobra lunged forward with a jab but Hank put up his arms and blocked it. Hank stumbled back Kobra jumped forward and threw another punch. Hank ducked under it but then shot up and jabbed him in the face.
Kobra staggered back but quickly put his head up as he and Hank began circling each other. Hank swung another jab only Kobra blocked and then swung his own. Hank blocked the punch but then Kobra swung his body up and kicked Hank in his side.
Hank stumbled over as Kobra continued to attack.
Meanwhile at the Special Forces base.
"Jax!" called Hsu Hao." We've got something." And within a few minutes all the members of the Special Forces were standing around the computer, seeing the display on the screen." Picked this up on the satellite a few minutes ago." They saw what looked like a fight club, two men already going back and forth." Take a look at this." Hsu Hao increased the image on the screen to reveal a familiar face at the bottom of the screen.
"Kano." Sonya grunted. But Bobby also recognized someone on the screen.
"Dad!" he exclaimed.
"Where's this coming from?" Jax stepped up, blocking Bobby from the screen.
"3 miles from here, a lumberyard."
"Alright here's the plan." Said Jax turning back to his team." Bobby and-" But he stopped when he realized Bobby wasn't there. Everyone looked up where they saw the young man making a run for the exit." Bobby! Bobby!" yelled Jax after him, but he didn't stop.
Bobby ran out of the barracks and into the street. Someway somehow he had to get there and help his Dad. But he realized now that he had no way of getting there, that was until a bright light shined in his face. Bobby turned to see a motorcycle flying right at him, Bobby only yelped but stayed in his spot. Luckily the bike stopped right in front of him, that's when he looked up at the driver. It was Sonya.
"Corporal, you know this place better than anyone right?" she asked.
"What?" he asked confused." No I don't have time for this, my dad needs my help!"
"You won't get very far on foot." She said. Bobby turned around just in time for her to toss a helmet at him." Get on." She tapped her motorcycle. Bobby couldn't argue with that since it would get him to his destination a lot faster.
He put the helmet on and jumped on the back of the bike.
"Hold on." She said to him. Bobby shivered slightly as he looked down to see her body which was close to his, uncomfortably retracting his hands around her." If you fall off I'm not stopping." Despite the awkwardness of the request and how it made Bobby fell he ignored it and grasped Sonya around her mid-section, the faster she went the harder he held on.
So the two raced out of the base, but they were not the only ones who heard about it.
Joseph, Stryker and Kabal were all sitting around at the Police Station. The two were telling Kabal of the adventure they'd had earlier in the week.
"And then I look up." Said Stryker very vivid as he told his story." To see the kid here" He pointed to Joseph." Had already taken this guy to the ground and was trying to cuff him." Stryker then began to chuckle.
Kabal was going to say something when he heard something on the radio. He reached over to try and listen.
"All units, all units be advised." It said." We've got a 240 down at the docks."
"You hear that?" said Kabal to Joseph.
"Hold on I'm not done with the story." Stryker interrupted.
"But-" began Joseph. But at hearing the radio go off Stryker perked up.
"Hold on kid, you hear that?" He listened as the same message played again on the radio." Sounds like a domestic disturbance."
"Yes Stryker." Kabal sighed.
"Well let's look into it." Stryker jumped to his feet." Double time." He jumped to his feet and ran for the door. Joseph was not that far behind.
"C'mon dude!" called Joseph back to Kabal. By the time the more level-headed officer was outside both Stryker and Joseph had jumped into a police car together.
"Grab another Kabal, I'll ride with the kid." Stryker said.
"Don't wait up for me, I'll be right behind you." Kabal said. Then Stryker drove into the middle of the road and only a few seconds alter Kabal was right behind them.
Meanwhile Hank was still fighting Kobra. He lunged forward and swung a punch at Kobra only to be blocked and punched in the face, then a second time. Hank stumbled back but kept himself balanced.
The two police cars were on their way to the sight.
"Tonight might be the night kid." Stryker said to Joseph. The younger man turned and looked at him." Tonight might be the night you get to use the piece you carry."
"Piece? Piece of what?" Joseph asked confused.
"The gun, the pistol."
"Oh cool." Joseph said in awe as he pulled the gun from its holster and examined it.
But the police weren't the only ones who were on their way to the scene. At that very moment Sonya with Bobby holding onto her rode up behind the two cars. She tried to swing and swerve her bike between the two cars but found that impossible since they kept moving in front of her.
"Oh the hell with it." She sighed with annoyance. Then she punched the gas and drove off the road. Bobby screaming in her ear the whole time. The police in their cars look over with confused curiosity at the dirt flying into the air next to them.
"What do you think you're doing?!" Bobby shrieked at her. With another quick jerk of the steering Sonya swerved back onto the road, right in front of Stryker and Joseph's car.
"WHAT THE!" yelled Stryker as he slammed down on the brakes, slamming Joseph's head against the window. Then the two watched as the motorcycle and it's two passengers blazed off into the night." What the heck was that all about?" As they left Joseph though he saw something familiar about the passenger on the bike.
Meanwhile back at the fight.
Kobra swung his leg up and tried to kick Hank but he ducked under him. That was all Hank was able to do in this fight, duck and jab. Kobra was far too young and tenacious for him to go up against so he had to fight smart, and so far it was working out well for him.
Kobra swung up his leg again only for Hank to duck under and then jab him in the chest. Kobra stumbled back so Hank lunged forward and punched him again. This time Kobra was knocked off his feet and onto the ground. But Hank would not strike a man while he was down and waited.
At that moment Sonya and Bobby arrive don the scene.
"Alright we need a plan." Sonya said without delay.
"Who cares?! My dad needs help!" Bobby said without a moment to lost, jumping off the bike and tossing the helmet to the ground. For once the two were in agreement.
"My thoughts exactly." Said Sonya as she jumped off her bike, grabbing the sidearm at her hip and following after Bobby.
Hank stood over Kobra who was sitting on the ground. But then Kobra heard a voice behind him speak to him.
"Anything goes." Said Kano. At right as he said it Kobra suddenly felt sand underneath his right hand. He smirked as he gripped it.
Then Kobra jumped to his feet and tossed the sand into Hank's face. Getting it in his hair, nose and eyes.
"Bwah!" Hank grunted. Then Kobra jumped forward and punched Hank in the face. Then a second time, then a third time. Then he swung up his leg and it collided with Hank's face. His glasses were knocked off his head and broken when they hit the ground. Now Hank was blinded as he could only see a blurry fury of punches that came at him next that he was unable to counter.
With one great punch he was knock off his feet and onto the ground. As he lay there he turned to his side and could vaguely make out his glasses on the ground.
"My glasses." He murmured. Then he began dragging himself towards them. But Kobra followed after Hank and kicked him in his side before he could reach his glasses. Then he bent over and began punching him in the face. Hank's trio of friends looked on in horror.
At that moment Bobby and Sonya stood on a small pedestal overlooking the fight.
"There they are." Sonya said. She pointed out Kano to Bobby. But the young Hill was not paying attention to her as he was more occupied with his father being beaten by some man.
With great rage and furiousness that he hadn't felt since he killed his first man Bobby jumped out from the crowd and into the fighting ring. It all happened so fast that hardly anyone knew what was going on.
One second Kobra was standing over Hank and punching him, the next he was on the ground and getting punched by Hank's son. Everyone burst out in a frenzy of confusion. All except Kano who looked at the path Bobby had come from where he found a familiar face amongst the crowd.
"Well, look who decided to crash the party." He smirked. At that moment Sonya took aim with her pistol and fired at Kano. The Black Dragon Leader smiled as he ducked out of the way of her bullets, pushing Thatheron to the ground so he wouldn't get shot.
Now the people were in a confused frenzy before with gunshots they turned into a panicked one. Nobody seemed to care about the fight or who won, they just broke off and ran in different directions.
But Bobby still continued to punch Kobra ad Sonya still fired at Kano.
Hank lay on the ground bloodied and beaten. But lucky for him his friends were nearby and came to his aid.
"Don't worry Hank, we've got you." Said Bill as he lifted Hank up to his feet and began supporting him. Boomhauer supported Hank on his other side and together the two carried him back to the truck.
"Sgo,Sgo, Sgo!" Dale called as he drove up in Hank's truck.
At that moment Jarek picked up his head and noticed them escaping. Not being one to let his enemies escape he pulled out a gun and began firing at the four retreating. The bullets zipped past the four. Dale shirked as he ducked down in his seat while Bill and Boomhauer put Hank in the back of the truck before jumping in themselves.
"Yo,Yo,Yo!" Boomhauer yelled hitting the truck. Dale sat up in his seat and drove the truck away.
Kano ducked behind a pile of lumber while Sonya continued to fire at him. He picked his head up to see Thatheron running off.
"Jarek!" he called to his closest subordinate who wasn't involved with something else." Go after him!" Jarek nodded and did as he was told. Kano gripped the knife on his belt." I've got some hunting to do." And he ducked into the shadows while Sonya followed him.
Bobby continued to punch Kobra but then Kobra reached up and grabbed Bobby's leg. Then he slowly began to stand up forcing Bobby to hobble on one leg. But Bobby kept holding onto Kobra by his shoulders and his hair. They stood awkwardly for a second but then both toppled over, rolling onto the ground.
But then the two were back on their feet and began circling each other.
Right at that time the police arrived.
"You hear that?" asked Joseph pointing to the radio. He turned it up so Stryker could hear.
"All units be advised shots fired at the lumber yard, I repeat shots fired at the-"
"Yea." Said Stryker. "I heard it." He exited the car." Which means we need to bring in some firepower."
"Firepower?" Joseph questioned getting out of the car. Stryker walked over to the truck of his car where he was joined by Kabal. Joseph walked over after they'd opened it to see a truck full of weapons there.
"Here Kid." Said Stryker handing Joseph the shotgun." You'll go in first."
"Cool." Joesph smiled as he cocked the gun while Stryker and Kabal took assault rifles.
Meanwhile Sonya continued her search for Kano. She was making her way around when suddenly she was attacked from above and taken to the ground, losing her gun in the process.
She looked up and Kano was on top of her reading to swing down his fist. But Sonya swung her open palm up and hit him in the chin, knocking him off balance. Then she followed up by punching him in the face and knocking him off her.
Then with a swing of her legs Sonya jumped to her feet and attacked Kano.
Kobra lunged forward and tried to kick Bobby but Bobby just jumped out of his way. Kobra went forward nearly knocking into a pile of wood. But then Bobby ran up behind him and slammed him against that wall. But then Bobby's attention was called to something else, the sound of screaming a woman's scream. He immediately recognized it as Sonya. Knowing he had to go help her Bobby grabbed onto Kobra and then tossed him to the ground. Leaving him there and then running off to join Sonya.
She stood there bleeding from a slash running across her stomach, all due to Kano's butterfly knife. When she jumped at him he pulled it out and struck her.
"C'mon." He chuckled at her." None of us are getting any younger." Just then at that moment Bobby appeared just above Kano, standing on the pile of wood boards behind him. Without thinking Bobby jumped down and took Kano to the ground.
Bobby fell on top of him and quickly grabbed the hand holding the knife. Kano struggled against him but couldn't knock Bobby off him. Sonya was about to join the fight when something happened.
The sound of gunfire caught everyone's attention. The three looked up to see Jax along with an armed Kenshi standing there.
"Let him up Bobby." Said Jax. Bobby slowly picked himself off Kano." It's over." Kano realizing this fact dropped his knife and put his hands up, admitting defeat. Just then Hsu Hao and Cyrax joined the group.
"Jax." Hsu Hao said." The others got away."
"No matter." Said Jax." We have the head of the snake."At that moment Hsu Hao turned and locked eyes with Kano. And at the sight of him Kano couldn't help but smirk, sure he was captured but things just became very interesting." Restrain him." Kano's smirk disappeared when Sonya walked over and punched him in the face, sending him to the ground.
But Kano was not the only Black Dragon to be captured.
Jarek had lost track of Thatheron in the fleeing crowd but was still looking for him. He followed the crowd but then they were surrounded by three lights.
"Police!" yelled a voice." Freeze!" The frightened citizens dropped to their knees as Stryker, Joseph and Kabal began making their way through the people." On the ground, on the ground!" they ordered.
Jarek decided to try and make a run for it.
"Freeze!" yelled Kabal pointing his gun at him. Jarek froze up on sight and turned to face him. And Kabal was surprised when he saw Jarek's full face." Jarek?" He said confused.
"Get on the ground!" yelled Joseph as he took one man to the ground.
"Stop resisting!" added Stryker as he jumped in to help.
"What are you doing here?" questioned Kabal. Jarek was about to answer when Stryker spoke up.
"Kabal, is that one giving you a problem?" He stood up while Joseph cuffed one man. Kabal and Jarek looked to each other.
"No." he shook his head. Then he too began to cuff someone. The police made several more arrests that night while the Special Forces slipped out with their hostage.
Kano was transported back to their headquarters and imprisoned while wounds were bandaged. Sonya's cut while bloody wasn't very deep and Bobby only had minor cuts. Jax walked into sick bay to address the two.
"Good job out there tonight team." Said Jax with a smile." Especially you Bobby." He pointed to him." You showed great initiative tonight. Right?" He turned looking at Sonya who closed her eyes and sighed in response." That'll be all for tonight." He addressed everyone." Go celebrate, get some sleep. We could all use it." Then he left the room leaving only Sonya and Bobby.
It was silent for a while which only made Bobby uncomfortable. So quickly decided that he would leave and go home. But he had only taken one step before Sonya spoke.
"You did well out there."
"Thanks." Bobby replied over his shoulder. He took another step but stopped when she spoke again.
"Of course, it's only natural since I taught you."
"Of course." Bobby half-groaned, half-sighed rolling his eyes. He took another step.
"In the future you'll wait for my command." Bobby froze yet again.
"Right." He nodded not looking at her.
"Right?"
"Right, ma'am." He turned and faced her expecting her to say more. But instead the two just sat there silently engaged in a staring contest." Can I go now?" Sonya said nothing but nodded to the door. Bobby nodded in reply and walked out, then he headed home.
He walked inside the living room to see his father sitting on the couch with a bag of ice on his head. Surrounding him were his wife and friends. Bobby looked on with assurance as he looked at his father. He was beaten up but he was tough, a few punches wouldn't be enough to keep him down for long. Bobby easily suspected this was the end of his father's fighting days.
Wanting to relax Bobby walked into his room and laid down on his bed. But his head couldn't have been on his pillow for longer than a second before a knock at the window got his attention. Looking over he saw a cop, but it was no ordinary cop it was Joseph.
"Hey dude." He waved at him. Bobby jumped to his feet and opened the window.
"Hey Joseph. What are you doing here?"
"I just had the sickest day at work, dude. I made like ten arrest tonight." Bobby smirked and chuckled to himself.
"Yea I also had a pretty crazy night."
"Yea, you wanna come over and play video games?"
"No thanks." Bobby yawned." Like I said I had a long night, and I think I'm gonna go to bed soon."
"But it's a new with graphics and gameplay. I think Connie might come over. And-" But at the mention of Connie Bobby jerked up.
"Connie?! What about her?"
"She might come over." Told Joseph.
"You mean she's here. There!" Bobby pointed to her house." Home right now!"
"Just earlier this week." Bobby jumped away from the window and to his closest, looking for better cloths to wear.
Bobby was frantic, if only he'd known Connie was home sooner. Why hadn't her seen her, where had she been, where had he been, why didn't Joseph mention this sooner? Pressing questions but they didn't matter now. He was now ready to right his wrongs and do what he wanted to do for nearly seven months now, making Connie his again.
Within a few minutes Bobby was dressed out in his Army Uniform and standing before Joseph.
"What are you wearing that for?" asked Joseph.
"Just you watch." Bobby said straightening his tie. Bobby jumped out of his window and began walking around to Connie's house. He opened the door to the fence, planning to use her bedroom window to get right to her as he had so many times before. With a smirk on his face and a liveliness in his feet Bobby walked along the brick house and came to Connie's window, blazing with light. She was clearly in there which made Bobby smirk even more, but as he soon found out she wasn't alone.
Bobby jumped out and stood before the window looking inside. The smirk on his face melted when he saw Connie sitting at her desk with another man. He didn't know who it was but he looked the same age as her. The two were sitting very close to each other. Not wanting to get caught Bobby ducked out of the light but peeked in still. He watched as the man slowly brought his arm up and wrapped it around Connie, holding her close to him.
Bobby watched on but then ducked his head down closing his eyes. Then he slowly turned around and walked away, heading back for his home. But he had to walk past Joseph as he did so.
"Hey dude." Said Joseph as Bobby approached him." Did you get her, did you see her?"
"She" Bobby paused for a second trying to find his voice." Wasn't available."
"Okay." Joseph said not noticing the sorrow in Bobby's voice." You wanna come over and play videogames?"
"I told you before Joseph I'm tired. I've had a long night." Said Bobby was he slouched past his friend.
"Okay." Said Joseph." See you tomorrow." Bobby made no gesture to Joseph as he opened the door to his home and went inside, ready for a long night's sleep.