The Contingency

Kaelen the bodyguard of King alaric Solomon takes a look back at the city engulfed in flames before he steps into the motorwagon.

"How long will the drive be kaelen?" A woman with dark skin and jet black hair in the backseat asks.

"Approximately 2 hours milady, is he-?" -

" he still has the fever from yesterday but he should be fine in a few hours since Al gave him medicine just before the attack,he's been asleep since" the lady says as she caresses the red hair of her son who's sleeping on her lap.

2 hours pass and they arrive in a small bustling village, every house is cramped together with a few 3 story tall buildings for shops,entertainment venues,& other businesses.

"Milady cover the boys head Blackthornes men could be in this area." Kaelen says standing outside the car waiting for the woman to cover the boys head with his blanket.

The woman steps outside carrying her son as his head is covered with blanket.

"I'm surprised I can still carry him he's still pretty short for his age" The woman says attempting to make conversation.

They arrive at a nearby hotel and they enter the small room they bought together.

"You'll stay here with the boy milady ill get my own place nearby"-

"You can call me Elena Kaelen I'm not technically of nobility anymore you know".

"It's just a form of respect milady you were my sires wife after all" Kaelen says scratching the back of his head

"Well then I won't be responding to you until you to stop with the formalities" Elena says crossing her arms.

"Tsk ok fine..... Elena ill be back with some food" Kaelen says cringing.

He arrives with the shopping from the nearby market and takes a seat brandishing his axe, when suddenly Elenas son wakes up screaming and grabbing his chest.

"Ajax whats wrong are you alright?" Elena rushes to her son placing her hands on his shoulders.

"Nothing.. just a bad dream" Ajax says. Kaelen looks at the boys hand and notices him still grabbing his chest.

"Ajax would you like to go out for some training in a couple minutes?" Kaelen asks

"Are you out of your mind? he's just recovered from a fever and we-"

" no mom please I wanna do the training session" Ajax says looking at his mom desperately.

"I won't push him too hard we'll be taking things light and if he still finds it difficult he can tell me and we'll stop it right there".

Elena looks at her child and then at Kaelen and sighs.

"be back in twenty minutes and if you take any longer I'll shave both of you bald while your sleeping" Elena says in a commanding tone.

"Now that you say that we'll be back within twelve minutes" Kaelen says nervously.

Ajax gets dressed up and Kaelen and him head out into a nearby park and sit on the bench.

"What's been bothering you Ajax?" Kaelen says while staring at a flock of birds flying by

"...." Ajax says nothing

" you know I can tell you're in a lot of pain you've been gripping your chest since you woke up, and I can't help you if you don't te-"

"It's nothing" Ajax says quietly

"Seriously I'm worried about you whatevers bothering yo-"

"I said I'm fine!" Ajax says raising his voice "whatevers going on with me isn't something you can fix anyways just leave it be seriously!"

Kaelen looks at Ajax and sighs " you know you're just like your mother always trying to keep a poker face".

"What's a poker face?" Ajax asks.

"Not showing people how you really feel, but anyways we're getting side tracked I brought you out here to take your mind off that pain and to take your mind off the attack on the capital" Kaelen says standing up.

"How long will my dad be away for?" Ajax asks perplexed

"Not long young man" kaelen says showing Ajax a tired smile "now get into your stance and show me a one two"

Ajax starts to throw punches with each callout of combos that Kaelen calls for..

Nine years later....

Two grown men are in a cage fighting covered in bruises and blood their both attempting to find the one shot to take the other out.

" This has got to be fight of the year folks I mean the sheer heart and grit both men are showing here is unmatched I've never seen a fight like this before in my life!"

"Tomohawk appears to be getting the better of the zombie but every devastating blow tomahawk throws the zombie is still standing I mean he's just like a...."

"Don't say it Jones".

Tomahawk throws a punch and the zombie catches the Fist with his bare hand and headbutts Tomohawk.

"Oh no Tomohawk is wobbled this could be it for him!" .

"Ahh shit maybe I hit him too hard there I gotta stall this out now soo he can recover" the zombie thinks to himself as he proceeds to only feint at Tomohawk and not throw any punches or attempting to take him down.

"What is the zombie doing?? He's letting Tomohawk recover!".

"I mean they've both not taken a step off the gas since the first round their both extremely exhausted I'm sure of it".

Tomohawk recovers and gets in a double leg takedown and slams the zombie on the ground and proceeds to throw a ferocious barrage of Hammer fists down on the zombie the referee jumps in and stops the fight.

"Unbelievable! After getting wobbled Tomahawk comes back and stops the Zombie Ajax Solomon in the fourth round!".

"Respect to both gentlemen their both absolute warriors." The two commentators stand up and clap as the crowd in the small venue start cheering and clapping aswell.

"Your winner by TKO in the fourth round Tomohawk Tony Thomas!" The announcer screams into the mic as the referee lifts the man's hand to showcase him winning.

"Ajax....Ajax...AJAX!".

"Huh what?".

"Jeez kid you've been drinking hard huh?" A middle aged man wearing a white buttoned up shirt and overall asks ajax in their office.

"Just give me my money pops I didn't come here for small talk." Ajax responds, he's now twenty years.

"Well if you were listening you nearly knocked out Timmys guy soo your pay has been cut from 20,000 to 5,000".

"You've gotta be kidding me" Ajax responds while rubbing his temple.

"Well what'd you expect? When you agree to these kind of deals what they want in return is for their guy to make quick work of you not for you to make it a close fight." The middle aged man replies shrugging.

"Ok whatever won't happen again give me the cheque" Ajax says standing up and stretching and yawning.

" tsk anyways I forgot to let you know I got another fight for you it's just a couple hours away from here it's against Kennedy stone you've heard of him right?" The middle aged man says as he hands Ajax his cheque.

"That's the guy who fought infront of the royal family or something right?" Ajax says in response.

"Stones last opponent pulled out due to injury and they need someone on a two days notice the pays a guaranteed 100,000 if you take the loss" The middle aged man says shrugging once more.

"Yeah whatever sign me up" Ajax sighs as he walks out the office.

"What a day" Ajax mutters to himself as he walks down the town.