Vengence's Odyssey

Chapter seven

Christian stood still, his eyes unblinking as Harry jeered at him, his wry smile mocking, goading Christian into action but Christian wasn't that easily baited, he remained unmoved, his back straight, his stance firm. 

   "You have no idea how many men have fallen by my hands, boy." He smirked mockingly, circling Christian like a culture would the carcass of its prey. Many in the crowd cheered and taunted Christian because they believed and had a first hand experience of Harry's skills in the ring, he'd won many cage fights underground and he was famous for his ruthlessness and lack of mercy for his opponent. He always fought to the last drop of blood - of his rival. 

  "Don't you think for a second that you will walk free, no, you've met your end, Mr stranger." Harry said with a mocking laugh as he strolled to the open field where the crowd was pulling together, same taking out their cell phones for pictures. "I've killed seven men, all with my bare hands." He said, his voice a low and threatening sound as he continued to circle Christian menacingly, dragging loose his tie and rolling up his sleeves. 

   Christian stood still, his hands right by his side, he hadn't moved a muscle since Harry began putting up a show for the crowd who were more than eager to see the fight go down, many knew for sure that Christian would be badly hurt - if at all alive - at the end of the fight. They were merely betting on how long before he was down like a duck by Harry's hands. 

   But Christian  did not shake, his gaze was fixed ahead and he did not seem to be threatened or scared of all Harry was saying. 

Harry noticed that Christian was unaffected by his goading and threats and so he resorted to taking down on him.  

   "Alice could never be with a man like you, she isn't made for peasants!" Harry sneered as he glared at him, his eyes mad, the disapproval and scorn visible in his frown. "What makes you think she'd ever replace me with you? You can't possibly believe Alice will be yours, you must be living in dreamland, bro, wake up!" He snapped. 

  "That's not for you to decide," Christian spoke finally, making Harry growl out and bare his teeth, his face red with anger and frustration. 

  "Do you know who her father is? You could never be seen with her, talk more of being with her as her man, you are not worthy of Alice," he sneered and then nodded, as if he had a bright idea. "I think I'll be doing you a favor tonight, end it myself before the ruthless Carter Wills finds out you're with his daughter, you'd be better off dead, trust me." He smiled wickedly and turned to face Christian, his stance set, ready, fist clenched and ready to fight.  

   Alice shook in her shoes, the crowd before her almost overwhelming her. She could hear many people begin to bet on the fact that Christian would be lucky if he lasted a minute with the notorious Harry while others said thirty seconds was too much to ask of him. 

   "This is madness, I can't let this happen," Alice said worriedly as she paced at the edge of the crowd, hoping Christian had listened to her and turned down the fight before it had all begun. 

   "There's nothing you can do, Alice, you warned him." Emily said as Alice tried to shove into the crowd but she was held back. "You're going to hurt yourself out there, everyone wants to see this and it's too late." She pointed out. 

  Alice shook her head in regret, she'd brought Christian to the party and she felt guilty of the hurt he was about to go through in the hands of Harry. What if he was badly hurt, or worse? 

  "I'm going to call my dad." She said, "He will call the guards and one order will end all this nonsense." She decided and pulled out her phone. 

  Emily quickly stopped her again, "Really? Your father? And what will you tell him about Christian? Who will you say he is? That he came to an exclusive party and tried to fight a Banter? Trust me that's a recipe for a much bigger disaster." She reminded her quickly and it was nothing but the truth. 

   "What do you think, Emily? I can't just let Harry hurt him like this, I can't. He'll hurt him badly, maybe even do much worse, you know how Harry can get with his fights, he doesn't know when to stop." Alice worried, her eyes teary, her tone panicked. 

   "And what exactly do you think your father will do? Applaud him for showing up here and causing a show?" Emily advised calmly, she too knew of Carter and she could tell that Christian was in a better position to take his chances with Harry than to face the feared Carter - especially when it had something to do with his daughter.  

  Carter wills not only ruthless but he lacked patience for any mix up especially when they weren't a member of his gang or even an affiliate. He is known for being very reasonable. 

   Alice knew how her father would likely react to Christian, a stranger causing trouble at his party. It would be a much worse fate than she could think of. 

   "You can't do that, trust me, you will put him in much bigger trouble." Emily said and kept her in place.

   Alice stood still, still uncertain what to do, it was too late to go into the arena and stop them, she was sure she would only get herself hurt and Harry would still go ahead and fight with Christian anyways. He was a stubborn man, they both were. 

   The crowd was already cheering Harry on, telling him fancy ways to take Christian out.

   "Make him pay for showing up here!" One of the goons said loudly from the crowd and others supported with similar taunts, mocking at him and others staring at him sympathetically. 

  "I'm not just the beast for nothing, Mr Stranger, I'll make sure you are sorry you came here tonight." Harry sneered and with that charged towards Christian. The crowd erupted in a fierce scream, many thinking Christian would not survive such an aggressive attack. 

   Harry was right at him, his fist raised, his height and size hurled and ready to pounce on Christian.

   Alice yelped and shielded her eyes with her hands, not wanting to see when Christian would fall. She wished she hadn't called him nor asked him for the stupid favor of being her boyfriend even for a minute. She wished Christian had listened and walked away, he definitely didn't stand any chance with Harry. 

  But in few seconds, the crowd was silent again, the screams had all died down and a strange hush fell in the arena. Many stared and marvel and gasped at the unexpected scene. 

   Alice opened her eyes and was shocked at the scene before her. Christian was standing, unruffled, calmly gazing right at her and by his feet laid Harry, knocked out cold and in a coma.