The Final Escape in The City

2. Fighting Ban

"Give us the money right now!" One of the thieves exclaims at Ricardo, wearing a black mask on his face while pointing his pistol on Ricardo's head.

"Please!, Please don't do this to me… I don't have any money left up to now" Ricardo says with a shaking voice as his hand trembles while darting his eyes at the thieves.

"Don't lie to me or else," The thieves cocks his gun and put on Ricardo's head. "I'm gonna blow your head off right now!"

The restaurant's customer whimpers at the restaurant dining as some of the customers are under their tables hiding from the thieves while others are on the floor lying down on the ground with terror filled on their faces.

"Okay!, Okay!. Don't shoot me please!. I'm going to give you the money that you want right now" Ricardo exclaims with a shaking voice.

"Okay, hurry up!. I'm waiting for you here“ The thief says.

Ricardo stands up from the ground and goes to the restaurant's counter's table and pulls the table's draw open,  checking the money as the thieves waits for him from behind while the customers are at the restaurant dining lying down on the floor while others are under the restaurant's dining tables with terror filled on their faces.

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When the referee calls Elias for long time without getting answered, the referee decides to stands up from the ground and holds Eden hand declaring him as a winner.

“Damn it Elias!.” Pablo exclaims, standing up from his chair, narrowing his eye with a familiar grimace on his face while looking at Elias on the combat stage.

Frank grins and stands up from his chair, patting Pablo’s shoulder on the back, “I told you Pablo that Eden was gonna win this match but you didn’t believe on me”

 When Frank finishes talking to Pablo, he then orders his guards to take the briefcases containing 300 million dollars straight to his car.

 “Okay, I think I better leave you two since there is nothing to do here anymore. We will see each other next time.” Frank and his guards leaves the fighting arena, leaving Pablo and Nathan standing together as Pablo looks at the stage completely shocked of what happened.

Nathan sighs and looks at Pablo.  “Okay Pablo I have to go but I will need my money back by the end of the next month. You only have eight weeks left from now. Good luck.”

Nathan leaves the arena together with his bodyguards, leaving Pablo standing alone while feeling confused on how he is going to get that huge amount of money in order to pay Nathan’s money back and also sum of it to return it back to his businesses in order to avoid any future complications.

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The door is opened and pushed slowly from the inside, followed by the creaking sound of the door as Joyce and Eden enters inside the house while Eden holds his prizes on his hand after winning the match against Elias. It is 7:30 pm in the night, the time for everyone around Mexico City to rest after a long day of work and trying to earn a living.

At the time Joyce and Eden arrives inside at the sitting room. Joyce closes the door from behind and then walks inside the sitting room while scanning around, checking if her daughters are still awake.

“Where is Isabella and Rachel?. Are they inside their rooms sleeping or is there something stupid that they are doing right now behind the closet again?.”, Joyce says in her inner thought, looking at every corner of the sitting room as she walks around in search of her daughters.   

When Eden approaches the coach nearby the sitting room, he drops his prizes won at the match on the table  and then sits down on the coach, feeling the softness of the coach cushion while laying down his head on the top of the coach.

Eden sighs. “Oh finally!, we home at last”

“Isabella!, Isabella!,” Joyce calls Isabella, checking at the door as she waits for them to come outside. 

Eden looks at his mother and rolls his eyes. “Just sit down first. They will come later” Eden says.

Joyce walks towards the opposite coach and sits down, waiting for her daughter to arrive at the sitting room while Eden is at the coach lying down while feeling exhausted at the same time.

In glimpse of a moment, Isabella and Rachel opens their bedroom’s door and rushes straight to the sitting room with the broader smiles on their faces after hearing their mother’s call since there were waiting for them for a quite long time.

 When Isabella and Rachel arrives at the sitting room, they both goes straight to their brother and jumps on top of him.

Eden groans. “Aw!, that hurts”

“Sorry!, sorry  for hurting you.”Isabella says while gritting her teeth as she looks at Eden.

“It’s okay, don’t worry about that.”Eden says.     

“So what happened Eden, Did you managed to win the fight?.”, Rachel asks, looking at her brother on the face while breathing fast as her heart  bubbles from the inside with eager  to hear the news.

Eden snorts "Of course yes, I have won the match. Don't you see that the prizes are on the top of table?."

Isabella and Rachel tilt their heads quickly and takes a glance, looking at the Prizes of Eden on the top of the table.

 “That is awesome Eden!.” Isabella screams and jumps with excitement after seeing their brothers Prizes.

As Isabella and Rachel are jumping inside the sitting room with excitement while celebrating their brother victory, shortly vision appears inside Joyce’s head as she remembers the time Eden’s father Mateo was shot dead at the street as he was lying down on the road without any help.

Joyce exclaims. “Rachel and Isabella, I need you two to go back to your room right now!”

Eden and his sisters’ frowns, looking at their mother as they all questions themselves on what is going on through Joyce’s head.

 "But why mom?!, we want to speak with Eden more" Rachel asks with confusion on her face

"Because I want to speak with him in private, now you can both go back to your rooms right now" Joyce answers.

As soon as Isabella and Rachel receives their mother’s command, they both decides to return back to their rooms with down looks on their faces, leaving Eden confused on what is going on with his mother.

 "What is wrong mom?!,” Eden frowns at his mother, “Why did you chase them back to their room so early today?."

Joyce sighs "Because i need to speak with you about something in private"

"Okay. What is it that you want to discuss with me in private this time mom?" Eden asks.

Joyce sighs and looks at Eden straight on the face. "I know you are going to hate what you are going hear but today I'm going directly straight to the point”

Eden nods. “Okay, what is it that you want to tell me?”

 “From today I don't want to see you fighting anymore on your underground matches, is that clear?" Joyce asks.

 Eden’s heart shutters down into pieces after hearing his mother demand. Since he childhood Eden has been dreaming to become a professional fighter in the MMA someday but hearing his mother’s request makes him wondering if his dream are possible to achieve or not.    

Eden shakes his head with disagreement "No it's not clear!. Why are you telling me this right now mom?"

 "I have already told you .I don't want to see you fighting anymore and that is final."

"Do you think it's easy to get another job here in Mexico city mom?!. Take a moment first and think about things through before making decisions."

"Don't worry son you will find another job soon, but from now on i don't want to see you fighting again on your underground matches, do you understand?"

"Mom what about us?, what are we going to eat next if i don't go and fight?. Do you think we will survive in next seven day without eating food uh!, Tell me?!." Eden asks while demanding the answer.

 "What I have said to you it's an order!,” Joyce frowns and exclaims. “No more fighting for you okay!."

After Joyce finishes talking to her son, she then leaves the sitting room, living her son confused on what to do since Eden doesn’t have any other profession more than fighting and second Eden’s dream is to someday become a professional MMA fighter as he is gazing at the picture of his father hanging on the wall while not knowing what to do since the fate of his dream seems to be nearly impossible to achieve after his mother’s request.