The Finals Part 3: Final Stand

Reaper slowly walked through the empty backrooms of the done shaped arena.

It was kinda old, and had been unused for quite some time so there was a lot of dust.

Reaper tied a bandana around his nose. He couldn't risk coughing and alerting some sharp eared individual thus putting a wrench in all his works. That simply wouldn't do.

Reaper had already planted enough C4s to blow the place sky high. Things like that were easy to come by because of his family's history with the military. It didn't take him too long to plant the bombs at points all over the place.

Plus being affiliated with Amber pretty much granted him free access to wherever he wanted.

So far the only person that seemed suspicious of his actions was that Joan girl. But he didn't have to worry about her. Right now she was in the fight of her life and would be too tired to help after.

He just had to wait out till either side won the match.

And then he'll sit back and watch the sparks fly.

"As long as my name is Lorenzo Punizione...I swear I'll get my revenge!"

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Amber lifted Clòvis up and dropped him on her knee, bending his back at an akward angle.

"You should have been killed...from the very beginning!" She roared, lifting the grey haired boy by the hand and twisting it behind him, before lifting him above her head and dropping him on the twisted hand.

Casey got off the floor with a fistful of sand and be threw it into her face, momentarily blinding her.

"Triple now!"

Triple A who was now free after he and Crystal dealt with Joan made his move, masterfully maneuvering his way to the gang commanders back, striking all the acupuncture points along her spine carefully as to not permanently paralyze her.

As she scowled in pain, Crystal used the cat rings she wore on all her fingers to repeatedly hit her with a barrage of sedative filled punches to the torso while Noah did the same behind her.

"All of your efforts..." Amber planted her feet in the ground and caught Crystal by the face and swung her into Noah with full force, sending both of them flying.

"ARE USELESS!"

The Taitanzu heads were stumped. They had used every trick they had. This was unbelievable. She was completely overpowering them in a one on five battle.

"We have to....stand strong until LR and Eliza arrive...we have...to..." Triple painfully stood up, his legs making unnaturally cracking sounds as he stood on his feet, putting his hands up for another round.

"Yeah... I'm not giving up just yet..." Casey wiped the blood off his face. He had definitely lost a good portion of his teeth during this...

"As your older brother... it's my job to discipline you...Amber..!" Clòvis did the same, despite the fact he was barely breathing and his bad eye was leaking blood.

"Pathetic..." Amber chuckled as she sped straight into Triple, headbutting him square on the nose before doing a complete 360 and making contact with Casey's temple with a perfectly executed roundhouse kick, knocking him into the ground.

Killer put his hands up to block in vain as Amber simply punched through his defenses and hit him in the chest, weakening his already damaged ribs.

Amber stood over the three of them, and with a bloody smile on her face she spread her hands to the sky.

"Are you not entertained?! Here I have laid out Taitanzu's best soldiers like they were nothing more than children! Woe to Boris' gang! Woe be to Tallahassee! The prize money...and all of Florida is MINE!"

"Oi. You forgot about us..."

Amber stopped her showboating and turned to look at who dared to interrupt her victory speech. "Oh...I completely forgot about you two..."

"That's what they say... it's what happens when people always overlook you..." Noah said calmly like someone that wasn't bleeding profusely from practically everywhere.

"Yeah. It's rude to turn your back to your opponent...it means you aren't taking the fight seriously..." Crystal said as she tied her hair behind her head in a high ponytail.

Amber tilted her head in confusion. Something was different about these two. What changed?

She noticed two small, empty containers at both of their feet. There was something written on it.... Hype?

Amber took her gang jacket off and flung it into the air, the wind picking it up and flying it somewhere unknown.

"Something tells me I'm going to have to take this seriously..." Amber was about to get into her battle stance when she felt an astounding impact on her cheek, almost sending her flying but she managed to quickly recover.

"What the?"

The fist belonged to none other than Noah, who's eyes were wild with uncaged insanity as he smiled from ear to ear.

"Amber Alvarez....I'm going...." He held her by the shoulder and stared her dead in the eye.

"TO KIIIIILLLLL YOU!"

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"I see your mission was successful dear"

"Oh shut the hell up Lance. Not in front of the kids" Christine gestured to Eliza and the rest of the soldiers behind her.

It was the remnants of the gang from Naples and few of the soldiers from both Hades and the Yellowhammers. There were also a bunch of ordinary citizens that Boris had helped at some time in the past. A good number of students from Leon County High had come to the party too.

"It's a good thing that Boris told me to have all these guys on standby. Your gang is getting slaughtered" Alexa(gal that Boris gave gifts to in earlier chapter) muttered while she watched the ongoing bout between Taitanzu and the FLW.

"Can we just go and help them? By the way where even is Boris?!" Eliza rubbed her head in exasperation as she asked Lance as she noticed him wearing their commander's beloved fir jacket.

LR said nothing, only getting on Christine's bike and motioning for them to follow him.

The Calvary was almost there.

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'Impossible! How are they... doing this?!'

Those were the only thoughts that went through Amber's head as she received another punch to the face from Crystal.

It was like the Valentine cousins were suddenly possessed. She was just kicking them about merely moments ago! The crowds shocked gasps as she took each punch meant they were as shocked as she was.

"What's the problem!? Getting tired?!" Noah cackled as he sped in and out of her line of sight, throwing punches to her body that almost rivalled LR's in strength.

"Yeah?! Where's the invincible Bodyparts now?!" Crystal jeered as she attacked the gang commander's face and neck.

'These cousins...is this the same drug that he took in their last match?! It didn't last this long....!' Amber did her best to guard from the barrage of punches, but she was starting to lose the upper ground.

'Those empty canisters... don't tell me...they took it all at once?!"

Noah came up from behind her, a twisted smile on his face.

"Here's payback from earlier!" He delivered a chop to her shoulder the same way she did to him, clearly doing some damage as the sound of breaking bones could be heard.

"SHIT!" Amber threw a punch at him but he blocked it and returned it to her with almost equal force.

Crystal kicked her in her right knee, tweaking it and making her stumble, leaving her open.

This was it! Just one more well placed attack and they were going to win!

Crystal set herself up for the final blow, a well placed high knee to the back of Amber's neck, close to the cervical vertebrae. Victory was in their hands!

Noah saw what his cousin was looking to do and pushed Amber backwards into the attack.

Big mistake.

Amber grabbed both of his hands and pulled him towards her before doing a 180 and flinging Noah into the path of Crystal's knee, his head crunching uncomfortably against his cousin's kneecap, sending him to the floor while Crystal landed awkwardly on her leg, bending it uncannily.

"I will not lose! I cannot lose! Fate will always favor the strong!" Amber was starting to lose her mind, clutching her head and laughing to herself. Her blue eyes were how extremely dilated and her smile unnaturally wide.

"I am the strongest! I am Amber ALVAREZ!" She was about to step on a recovering Noah's head when she suddenly stopped.

The entire arena was silent.

Something was coming.

It wasn't a loud sound. It was rather small but also loud enough to be heard.

Something was jangling.

They were earrings.

Every true resident of Tallahassee knew what that that particular sound was usually accompanied by one person and one person only.

Last Resort. Had finally arrived.

The calvary was here.