5 Mother

How long has she fainted on the floor? I panicked. I went outside and yelled for help.

"Help! help! Somebody help!" only a small and jagged voice managed to come out of my mouth.

Luckily, there was a person who listened and he approached me. I think he was in the middle of exercising. He was wearing a tracksuit and running shoes.

"Hey, what happened?"

That voice comes from Julius Morgan, a famous rookie fighter. He recently just moved into the fancy neighbourhood nearby and the road in front of my house was part of his new running route. He was well built and good looking. His long blonde hair was tied with a rubber band.

I pointed my finger towards my mother while my mouth was gaped open from trying to speak to him. my face was pale. I wasn't able to let out any word. He ran and checked my mother's vital and he called for the ambulance.

The ambulance came and we went to the hospital. They took my mother to the emergency room. This familiar scene has somehow made me a lot more anxious than before.

After waiting for quite a while, I met Dr Linda again. I stood up and approached her.

"Hey doc, do you know what happened to my mother?"

"No, sorry, we haven't been able to find anything yet. Do you know whether your mother has had any sort of illness before?"

"No, she was healthy. I think. Do you have any updates about my father?"

"Not yet, we've done any sort of test but we haven't been able to find anything yet. But apparently, there have been many cases similar to what happened to your mother and father where people just turn unconscious and then they need to be put under the state of comatose."

Hearing her statement made my legs weak. My heart was beating so fast. I was anxious.

"You good buddy?! Why don't you take a seat now!" he tapped the hospital bench lightly.

I sat down. I covered my face with both of my hands while also trying to control my breathing.

"You can call me Juli by the way!" he continued.

"Mika," I made eye contact with him.

I forgot that we haven't had the chance to introduce ourselves yet. Well, it's not like I don't recognize his face. He was famous for being a talented newcomer in boxer. He managed to get a record for the fastest one to get a championship belt. But after that, he decided to quit boxing and chose to become a fighter. He was favoured by a lot of people as a rookie genius in <Super Fighter Arena> or SFA for short.

I could hear people surrounding us started whispering to each other.

"Is that him?!"

"No way!"

"Who's the boy right next to him?"

"I don't know."

I looked into my surroundings and I realised that a lot of people were looking at us as if we were some sort of a newly introduced species in a zoo. I panicked.

"Hey, ignore those people alright!"

"Yeah."

I looked down on the floor. I was thinking about how am I supposed to cover the bill and my daily needs without a proper job.

"Hey! Why don't you become a fighter instead?" he suddenly spoke as if he could read my mind.

"I'm not really a big fan of fighting, and I don't have fighting experience anyway."

"But if you become a fighter you can make a lot of money, and if you make a lot of money you can easily pay the hospital bill and lived a better life no?"

"But..., my ability is not fit for fighting."

"Bullshit! I don't think that there is an ability that is useless for fighting. Do you even know a fighter named Elijah?"

"Yeah. She gains the ability of a healer but she managed to become one of the top 10 fighters in the world."

"See! you can definitely become a fighter. I knew a boxing gym and I can take you there. If you decided to become a fighter, you can call me and I'll take you to the nearby gym, okay?" he gave me his number and left.

The next day, I went home after I finished my work.

On my way home I kept thinking about whether I should become a fighter or not.

I had no other choices. I called him.

In front of my house, he waited for me. He waved his hand at me.

"Are you ready?"

"Yes."

He guided me to a boxing gym. I didn't know that there is a boxing gym nearby my house.

He asked me to come inside but he insisted on me going alone. he said that he got some business to attend.

I nodded at him and I went inside. The wall was white with some of the wall covered in mirrors. There were a couple of people who are using the gym equipment. There were also a couple of boxers sparring on the ring.

A woman suddenly approached me.

"What do you want kid?"

She was tall. Her body was well built, and she was wearing a white shirt with jeans trousers.

"I want to sign up for this gym."

"Why?"

"I want to become a fighter."

"Huh?! Why not just become a boxer instead?" she scratched her short black hair in confusion.

"..."

"Nah... You don't need to answer that!" she smiled while patting my shoulder. She continued, "Ever since 'Super Fighters Arena' become a thing, other fighting sports began to lose their popularity and we don't have many people signing up to our gym anyway. We're lucky that we got people to sign up nowadays. Are you sure about joining?"

"Yes!"

"Okay! Follow me!"

She took me to a room in the corner of the gym. It was shielded with a wooden door. The room itself was surrounded by a bookshelf filled with books, photos, and trophies. I was asked to sit on the sofa that surrounded a coffee table in the middle of the room.

"Wait here! Let me get the paper for you."

She rummaged her desk and then, the cabinet behind her. She took out a piece of paper of what seems to be a form. She approached me.

"Here! Filled this form if you want to join our gym!"

Without saying anything, I took the form and fill up the necessary data. Once I finished, I gave the form back to her.

We talked a little bit about paperwork, fees, and many other menial things.

Starting from tomorrow my day will be filled with a lot of challenges.

I can finally put my ability to good use. I need to use my ability until my parents are healed. This is my chance to turn my life upside down.