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Chapter 5

Time went by faster than the others could have anticipated. Before they knew it, the clock had struck 4:30pm. Scott wasn't in the best of moods by then, everyone knew why though; in just 30 minutes Scott's girlfriend and his mother would have a dual to see if Ramona was a worthy mate for the bushy haired, 23 year old man-child. He knew this day would come but not so soon, he hadn't prepared for this. He prayed his mother could just accept Ramona, he prayed that the woman who raised him would walk through the door see them all in the living room and apologize, he wanted that to happen so badly but, he knew it wouldn't. Scott learnt from a young age that his mother is anything but reasonable. She was hot headed, blunt and as stubborn as a mule. He knew there was no changing her mind. Though he was in deep thought he was soon broken out of it when he heard something unsettling coming from the backyard. Scott's mind snapped back to reality as he realized it sounded like someone was trying to break the door down, so without thinking twice he sprinted out back to confront the thief. As he pushed the door open Scott froze, not from fear but from shock. The shock that shook his world almost completely apart as he stared into the eyes of the intruder. He couldn't dare look away; he stood staring for what seemed for hours, until the voice snapped him back once again "Scotty, Scotty! Why the long face you gotta know bro, can't take me out that easily!" the voice rang in his ears as he felt a sharp pain in his gut and fell to the ground. Everything moved slower as he fell forward seeing blood drip from his shirt onto his shirt.

"Come on, its 5 pm Ramona and Mrs. Pilgrim's fight's about to start!"

Stephen pulled Neil out of his bed and dragged him downstairs as they noticed Kim and Wallace sitting on benches set out in the basement. Mrs. Pilgrim had set up everything for the showdown, she removed all the junk that had been stored downstairs and placed a large, red dueling map with an image of a Tiger fighting a Dragon imprinted on it, she apparently was given the mat from a Chinese monk who had challenged her to a fight and had lost. There was a massive display of weapons on either side of the mat; the death tools included a sword, shield, nun chucks, ninja stars and several more. Mrs. Pilgrim stood on the mat waiting patiently for her opponent. She stood with her arms to her sides on the Tiger side of the mat. The sound of foot steps filled the air of the new sparring room everyone looked to the stairs. Ramona stepped over the last step, everyone froze at her appearance; Ramona wore a tight red and black one piece suit and topped off her look with a pair of black combat boots and her sledge hammer on her hip. She walked over and looked towards Scott's mother who wore a grey sweat shirt and tight black ski pants which showed off her toned legs, she also wore white cotton socks and a pair of white sneakers. Ramona made her way over to the mat and faced her opponent, she turned to see the weapons that have been laid out behind her, and she smirked and took off her hammer placing it with the other weapons and turned back to the elder woman.

There was a slight stare down between the two females, not a single sound could be heard and nothing moved it; was as if time itself froze as the two powerful women continued to challenge each other. Then in an instant Mrs. Pilgrim leapt forward launching her first attack. The sudden movement caught Ramona off guard as she desperately ducked out of the way to avoid a serious injury. In the moment, time had restarted and the women were now in a full blown duel.

Ramona was next to attack as she ran ahead and threw multiple punches at the elder, Mrs. Pilgrim managed to avoid every shot that came her way and delivered a few of her own, landing a few body shots she smirked. The pair stepped back as Ramona regained her breath and grinned at her opponent "Well I'm impressed Mrs. Pilgrim" her voice was low but Mrs. Pilgrim heard her and grinned back at her "Don't underestimate me little girl!" With that the older woman leapt into the air and attacked once again, but Ramona blocked the shot and returned the gesture with a powerful round house kick, the sound of her boot connecting with her opponent sent chills up the spines of their spectators. The room fell quiet as Mrs. Pilgrim stood up and faced Ramona once more; she walked back to where she originally stood, before the fight. In a sudden flash she reached back and grabbed one of the ninja stars and throwing them in Ramona's direction another silver flash shun through the room as the sound of metal hitting metal filled the air. Everyone turned back to Ramona and gasped; there she stood hammer in hand one ninja star on the ground the other lunged into her right shoulder. Blood seeped through her black and red outfit and down her arm onto her hammer. Kim shuddered as she looked back at Mrs. Pilgrim who had her head faced down but a smile was emitted onto her face. Kim looked around in search for Scott who she thought would've said something by now, but her search was in vain, Scott still hadn't entered the room, which Kim thought to be very weird. Her thought was soon interrupted by the sound of a gasp and had seen Wallace with his hands over his mouth looking towards the fight; Kim turned her head and found that Ramona had hit Mrs. Pilgrim in the side with her hammer sending her flying back towards the opposite side of the room with a loud crashing sound.

Mrs. Pilgrim turned her head to the side noticing the clock and looking back at the group of friends sitting watching the death match between their best friend's mother and girlfriend. 'Where the hell is he?!' Thought Mrs. Pilgrim as she searched the room for the boy.

Scott regained consciousness as he looked around and found that he was in the kitchen tied to a chair. He searched around to see if he could use anything to cut himself loose, he spotted a pair of scissors on the kitchen table only a few meters in front of him, so he began to hop on the chair etching closer and closer to his prize when he suddenly stopped; he heard someone coming into the room. "Well, well, well Scott bro you awake! At last!" Scott turned his head to the voice behind him, he couldn't believe his eyes; how could this be? He had finished him that faithful night that he had finally won Ramona Flowers and made her his official girlfriend. He stumbled over his words but finally blurted them all out "G-Gideon!? How? I mean I finished you, that night in the club!" he had many more questions to ask but those were the first ones his brain let out. "Well, you did finish me, but you forgot one thing…" he spun Scott around and pushed the chair where Scott had been sitting to the table causing him to whip his head back "… the boss always comes back and is stronger the second time around!" he slapped Scott across the face and let out a triumphant laugh. Scott's hands roamed the tabled behind him and found the scissors and began cutting himself free while keeping his eye on Gideon and tried to not look suspicious. Gideon finally calmed down and came face to face with Scott and looked him in the eye, Scott noticed Gideon's eye color had changed it was no longer dark brown but red and his glasses amplified the evil effect they had. Gideon whispered in Scott's ear and pulled away causing Scott's heart to pound and his anger boil. "You're lying!" he yelled at the four-eyed demon. Gideon simply chuckled, winked at his prisoner and walked out of the kitchen cutting through the ropes at a much faster rate; he had to get downstairs. NOW!

Stephen, Wallace, Kim and Neil were all wondering where Scott could be; they knew how much this meant to him and also knew that this would defiantly affect him. But they could tear themselves away from the fight they were watching, they were all so eager to know how the showdown between the two female warriors would end. Both women were now breathless; Ramona had cuts on her face and her uniform was torn at the shoulders and she had a huge injury on her right arm, thanks to Mrs. Pilgrim and her katana wielding skills, meanwhile Mrs. Pilgrim's grey shirt was barely hanging on her shoulder and her tights were ripped completely up her upper thigh revealing her pale while legs. Both contenders were breathing heavily and had sweat trailing down their foreheads as they stood in their fighting stance preparing to go for their 12th round. As soon as they moved they froze as they heard the door to the basement opening, the others also turned in anticipation to see Scott walk down the steps. The figure walked into the basement and everyone except Mrs. Pilgrim gasped.

"Took you long enough, Graves!" yelled Mrs. Pilgrim as she glared in Gideon's direction.

"Now, Mandy. Is that anyway to speak to one of your guests?" he replied as he made his way over to the mat. He stopped and smirked at the battered Pilgrim her figure catching his eye as he looked over to Ramona; her sense of fear was strong enough for him to pick up on. He looked her up and down "Ready to go, baby?" he asked her as she backed away scared only to feel Mrs. Pilgrim grab her from behind. She turned and saw the seriousness on the face of Mandy Pilgrim as she turned back to Gideon who was now holding a sword in her hand and moving towards her. She suddenly realized what was happening as she fought desperately to get away but the woman holding her wouldn't let up. Kim realizing where this was heading leapt forward and punched Mandy Pilgrim causing her to stumble back. Glaring at the red head the woman grabbed the nearest weapon which happened to be a bow staff and attacked Kim, the sound of wood and flesh colliding made Neil stand and run in to help his friend in need. He jumped over Kim who was grabbing her arm and screaming in agony and attacked Mrs. Pilgrim.

Wallace got up and walked over to Ramona and pushed her behind him, Stephen then joined soon after "Wh-What? Guys… No… Don't…" Ramona was cut off by Stephen who turned and smiled at her "Don't worry about it Mona, me and Welch can handle this." His tone revealed the fear in he so desperately tried to hide and his face just managed to calm her down, but she knew he understood what he was getting himself wrapped up in. Wallace turned to his partner and grinned "Ready to take this A-hole down?" Stephen just chuckled and stared at their opponent. "Well at least if I die here, I'll die protecting a hottie like Mona" his statement made Wallace chuckle but Ramona's heart sink. Without anymore words they looked back at Gideon who was texting away on his cell phone, the notion made the pair's blood boil as they charged in yelling that Gideon better take them seriously or else!

Scott was a few inches away from finally freeing himself; with one final pull he tore the ropes from his wrists. He bent down and untangled the ropes holding his feet together and burst through the door leading to the basement, he ran down the steps and froze as he looked unto the scene which lay in front of him. His friends were all blood soaked on the ground, he was thankful that they didn't kill them but as he looked over again he saw Kim who had bruises along her arms and some on her neck, 'Young' Neil who was face down and bleeding from his side and Scott noticed a ninja star lying next to him. He saw his best friend and ex roommate Wallace with a major cut on his left arm and Stephen with multiple stab wounds in his stomach and legs. Scott turned to look up and saw his mother grabbing Ramona, who now had a bruised eye, scars on her cheek and a large amount of blood dripping from the side of her head.

"Scolly poo! It's not what it looks like!" his mom began pleading as she noticed her son now holding a large shield and katana in his hands. He was done listening to his mother's excuses and wanted nothing more than to cut her and Gideon down to practically nothing!

"Oh looky, looky, Scott Pilgrim's come out to play!" Gideon's tone was taunting, he knew his power greatly surpassed Scott's on any day but something in him feared Scott he was stronger, yes, but also weaker; Gideon had no one to fight for while Scott had all the people he and Mandy had just defeated without breaking a sweat. He looked to the Pilgrim boy and couldn't see anything, Scott's face was blank, he's eyes seemed dead and his body just stood there motionless it didn't even look as though he had been breathing. This sent chills through everyone watching. Ramona smiled upon seeing her boyfriend return and the rest of the group laid on the ground and just turned to face the action. Everything went still and a second later there was a flash and Scott had vanished, Mrs. Pilgrim couldn't believe her eyes until she realized that Ramona was no longer in her grasp, she turned to see her son sitting Ramona down on the ground and kissing her forehead softly before turning to face his head to look at her and Gideon. Scott scoffed at the shocked faces they had on and dropped his weapons in front of Ramona who just looked up at him in shock "Be safe." His voice sounded deeper and more mature than usual and he looked older not like senior citizen old but older; his back straighter, shoulders wider and chest bigger. Ramona couldn't help but think how Hot Scott looked in this state.

"You ready?" his voice was calm and collected as Gideon stepped forward and replied "Bring it Bunny Boy!" his voice slightly shaky and uncertain. Gideon gripped the sword in his hands tighter and charged for Scott, there was a flash of red and everyone froze as the sword that was once in Gideon's hands were now in Scotts and Gideon's white suit was stained in red along his chest. He froze and turned back to Scott his face showed shock, surprise, fear and confusion "Ho-HOW!?" he yelled Scott then turned to Gideon and smiled "You said the villain always comes back stronger, well you forgot one more thing… The hero always wins!" with that Gideon's once red eyes slowly turned back to brown as he fell back onto the mat, his body started feeling cold and he couldn't keep his eyes open. He cursed with his last breath and finally imploded in billions of coins scattering across the floor.

Scott then turned to his mother who hand now collapsed onto her knees; she might be a 5 time MMA champion and a master of Kung Fu but she was older now, her body couldn't withstand the strain she had put on herself. "Scott I'm- I'm so sorry son" "Stop it…" Scott cut her apology short as he walked over to his friends who all gave him a thumbs up "Can you guys walk?" he asked the group; they all nodded except for Stephen who pointed to his legs. "Hey Kim, can you help Stephen walk? We're getting out of here." The red haired girl smiled at Scott and was surprised by his calmness about this whole thing.

The group collected their clothes and other belongs before they headed out to the car after packing away everything everyone sat in the car and waited for Scott who had claimed that he'd forgotten something inside and was gonna get it real quick. The brunette made his way to the basement to find his mother where he had left her, he didn't make all the way down the steps he just stood halfway and spoke to her "Listen mom, I know you're worried and I know you think you did the right thing, but you didn't all you accomplished to do was push me away. This is the last time you'll see or hear from me again. Enjoy your life." With that Scott made his way upstairs to his friends.

"So how'd it go?" Neil asked as he got back into the car. "You find what you were looking for?" Scott turned to his bass prodigy and smiled "Yep!" he put the key in the ignition and started the car.

In the basement Mandy Pilgrim pondered her son's words '…push me away… last time… see or hear from me… enjoy your life.' She felt a tear slowly creep down her cheek. "How can I enjoy my life? First your father and now you? Scolly poo, what have I done? I don't deserve to live…" she noticed her prized katana dripping with the blood of the girl who she had tried to kill, she raised the tip up to her throat and spoke her final words with tears leaking from her eyes "I love you son, I am very sorry. Please forgive me." With that she ended it. Everything she had done in her life ran through her mind, but the moments with Scott they lingered showing every little detail about his growing up. 'Oh how you look so much like your father Prescott Pilgrim' then everything went dark, her heart stopped pumping and her brain slowly went into a permanent sleep.

"So hey you guys gonna tell us what's going on?" Wallace asked pointing at Kim and 'Young' Neil finally breaking the silence in the car. "What are you talking about Welch?" snapped Kim "Oh please I caught Neil in your bedroom with a condom!" replied Wallace. Everyone looked at Kim and Neil with shocked faces, even Scott turned his head away from the road to give them a confused look. "Well…" Ramona started "… I also caught Neil sneaking out of your room when we were at Mrs. Pilgrim's" again receiving a few confused looks when Scott finally spoke "Also you defending him a lot lately, you never do that!"

Kim bowed her head and looked at Neil, he sighed and gave a nod as Kim started explaining "Okay well, you see everything you guys saw and heard was taken out of contents. Neil has been helping me out, there's this guy I like and well Neil has been giving me advice on how to approach this guy. We do it at night so you guys wouldn't get the wrong idea, but then again that also wasn't the best idea." She finished. "Well that still doesn't explain the condom!" Wallace continued. That's when Neil chimed in "Guys I-I'm a virgin, and well Kim was showing me how to put it on using a banana." The group sat thinking about the whole situation until Ramona voiced her thoughts "Omg! Neil you're gay aren't you!?" Everyone froze waiting for an answer; Neil finally gave in, "Yeah, I am." Everyone except Kim gasped in shock. "Wait you're gay and were practicing putting on protection… Wh-" before Wallace could finish his question Neil had crushed his lips on Wallace's. Wallace had been known as a player among the homosexual community but there was something in this kiss that felt too good to let go. They pulled away as they looked at each other and smiled intertwining their fingers. Everyone was at a loss for words as Scott turned back to Kim "WHAT?" She snapped at him, Scott remained calm "It's your turn." Kim blushed and looked down she then looked at Stephen who sat next her and smiled, she blushed deeper but knew she couldn't make a pass at him, he'd think she's weird or something. Seeing the doubt in her eyes Scott quickly swerved the car to the left causing Kim and Stephen's faces to collide, the red head looked to find their lips almost touching, she tried to look away but before she could Stephen took her face in his hands and kissed her passionately on the mouth, causing Kim to go weak and melt into his arms. When they finally pulled away from each other he asked her "Since when?" she turned bright red and said 3 months now.

The rest of the ride home was filled with laughter and jokes, mostly from Scott, Ramona could see the hurt in his eyes, she had had those eyes once and Scott showed her there's more to just being sad, so she leaned over to him and gave him a short yet romantic kiss before saying "Scott Pilgrim, I love you." As to where he replied "Ramona Flowers, I love you too, and I don't ever plan on stopping"

Scott knew the things he said to his mother would hurt her, but he couldn't stop himself he sat in the car making jokes so the others wouldn't eventually bring up the topic. He knew what he had caused her to do; he knew the moment the car pulled away her soul would have left her body. 'I'm really sorry mom…' he thought '… but now you're with dad, and I know that you'll be much happier there.'