I saw Wills car as I exited the expensive restaurant I worked at. I had changed into my streetclothes from my uniform. Christina sat in the front seat and I opened the back door.
"Where are we going?" I asked as I slid in. Will pressed down the gas and looked at us.
"Have you guys ever heard of Dauntless?" Will asked as he made a turn. I pressed my lips together.
"No-why?" I asked. He made another turn onto a secluded road.
"Dauntless is an underground fighting club" He told us without taking his eyes off the road, my heart sped up.
"Really?" I asked excitedly. He grinned.
"I figured you would like it and I haven't been doing a knock out job of impressing the friends. It's illegal" I rolled my eyes, obviously. He parked near a bundle of empty warehouses. He opened the door for Christina and I hopped out.
Growing up while most kids had family game night, or family movie marathon at Tori and Buds we had family fight night. Which was spectacular with Zeke and Uriah.
Will counted the aluminum warehouses until we got to one at the end of the large courtyard. I looked at him as he punched in a code to open the door.
I saw Christina hold Wills hand as we walked in.
The building soundproofing was amazing Beacuse as soon as we closed the door I saw a large crowd over a pair of steel stairs. Everyone was shouting and Alchohol was pungent in the air. It was even worse than the club. A bouncer stood at the door. I blinked twice as Will and Christina got in line.
The bouncer was Harrison, my Uncle Buds best friend.
"Harry!" I screamed, he turned toward me and his face lit up.
"Don't"Will hissed. "The bouncers are vicious" I waved him off and ran up to Harrison.
"Hey Bumble Bee" He told me hugging me tightly.
"What are you doing here?" I asked curiously, Harrison was a bulky man with narrow hips, even pushing fifty he was all muscle.
"I could as me the same" He winked at me. "Look at you, all grown up" He sighed and opened the rope for us.
"I'll let you and your friends past without question Bud would break me if I did any different" He let us through.
"Uncle Bud knows about here?" I asked, Harrison winked.
"He owns it Bumble Bee" I walked through in shock, this place had to make a lot of money. I knew our house wasn't off a tattoo artist pay.
"That was so cool!" Will shouted Christina squealed excitedly.
"Apparently Bud owns the place" I shrugged and Christina looked around.
Down here it was cool, the floor was obviously under the earth, the music was screaming loud, I wanted to scream the lyrics as familiar songs played.
Around us a bunch of people crowded around rings, there seemed to be two small rings and one big one.
"There are boys against boys and girls against girls over there he said nodding toward the ring where two men where punching the shit out of each other.
"Battle of the sexes" He said nodding over to where a girl was kicking a full grown man in the ribs. I remember the girl as Zekes girlfriend and Uriah was screaming obscenities at her and laughing.
"How the he'll does my entire family know this place but me?"I shouted as Uriah tapped out. He caught sight of me.
"Bumble Bee!" He screamed into his mouth guard. Shauna grinned wickedly at me.
"She joined the club" Shauna said with a grin. I winked at her and saw people passing money around.
"I'll catch up with you guys later" I said to Chris and Will. They nodded and went to the dance floor.
"You guys never told me" I shouted. Shauna laughed.
"Bud wanted to keep his princess Bumble Bee as innocent as possible" I caught sight of the big stage, it was elevated.
"What's that?" I asked.
"The best of the best, the money makers. Today's supposed to be the big brawl" Shauna said plainly.
"That's awesome!" I was high off adrenaline.
"Maybe you can get in the ring with Zeke and see who wins" Zeke and Shauna where the comedy couple. Marlene came up behind Uriah and jumped on his back.
"You got beat by Shauna" She sang out Uriah blushed and I snorted.
"Hey guys it's starting!" Shauna screamed as the crowd quieted down. I turned to the stage as my aunt Tori walked out. She caught my eye and smiled.
"You guys ready?" She screamed, her voice full of strength. We all shouted back at her. She smiled like I smiled with a develish Grace.
"Lets get this goddamn show on the road now shouldn't we?" She shouted back. We screamed louder at her, it was deafening there had to be at least six hundred people here.
"In one corner The Situation!" She screamed over people who unveiled a large man, he was at least seven foot with an unreasonable amount of weight in muscle.
The place started playing Let it Rock as he let out a roar and pulled off his shirt, pounding his chest like king Kong.
Haste will not help
I thought myself as he pulled off his seats to show a pair of boxing shorts. He shoved his tounge down a girl's throat and smiled as he entered the ring, performing a few basic punches and kicks.
"Weighing in at 300 and at the prime height of 6"11 the Situation takes the ring." Tori shouted causing a roar.
This guy was cocky and it wasn't hard to find his weak spots with a trained eye. His haste was almost comical. I could take this guy down, he won with his brute strength rather than skill I concluded.
The song changed to a deeper more threatening melody, Till I collapse by Eminem. I saw the crowd part and my breath caught in my throat.
Four was bare from his waist up, he had on a pair of worn jeans and his face was placid. His back was covered in scars and tattoos, FEAR GOD ALONE was written in fancy lettering across his back and symbols ran from the top of his spine to the last notch.
From his emotionless posture I knew the brawl was over before it even started.
"You know who'll win?" Bud asked I smiled at him.
"You get twice your income if you bet?"
"Dads aren't supposed to encourage their daughters to gamble" I joked back, after my actual Dad died he took the spot effortlessly.
"I think your smart enough to make cash baby girl" I smiled and produced my check for four hundred.
"I'm putting my money that Four wins" I told him handing it to him. He winked.
"Told you you were smart." He kissed my forehead and I turned back to the ring. Four pulled his fists and looked away from his opponent.
Playing with his head, if you don't make eye contact it causes anxiety.
The bell rang and Four punched The Situation straight in the nose, breaking it easily blood poured from the guys nose. It was almost as bad as last week. When he saved me.
I knew I just doubled my paycheck.
Four elbowed him in the jaw before he dropped to the floor, causing a distraction, it was obvious that while Four was brilliant The Situation doesn't know what to make of it and took the bait lunging forward.
Four stepped into the lunge and the situation flipped over his shoulders, landing on his back, The Situation made an anguished groan and clenched his side.
Four caught him with his elbow and sprawled on the guys chest The Situation struggled against him as Four somersault taking the Situation with him and he caught him in a triangle. The Situation screamed swear words at Four who twisted his hips.
The Situation went unconscious and Four stood immediately.
"You seemed so sure of that?" Uncle Bud said. I smiled over at him as he gave me eight hundred from his pocket.
"Four saved me last week at the club, the guy took a hit from me and lunged then Four knocked him out cold." I explained Uncle Bud smiled lovingly.
"You don't need a savior but I'm glad Somone helped my baby girl" he ruffled my hair gently.
"Yeah I'm grateful" I sighed.
"Only boy I would ever let near you is Four, if he would respect you, like he does Tori then I would walk you down the aisle without question" I blushed hotly.
"Hey Bud did I get anything?" Four asked out of breath. He hasn't caught sigh of me yet. I blushed hotly and tucked my money in my back pocket. A bunch of people crowded Four and got money and gave money.
Bud kept me to his side and I got more than a few appreciative glances but when they saw Bud they paled considerably.
"You got 20,000" Bud handed Four the money in a rubberband. Holy Shit I thought to myself. Holy money.
"Who are you hiding?" Four asked, I noticed that Bud had pushed me behind his back. Tori came up to us and pried me around.
"This is Bea" Tori announced proudly, she was always my number one fan.
"Hey Four"
"Hey Tris" He slugged my shoulder playfully and I winked.
"How do you know Tori and Bud?" He asked Tori pulled an arm around my shoulder.
"As if you don't know, Zeke and Uri are as proud of her as us." Four laughed as I blushed. He had washboard abs.
Gah
"Now go mingle with people your age" Bud told me, pushing me into Four. I hit his chest and heard laugh.
"Wanna grab a drink?" He asked. I blushed and nodded.