The Final Escape In the City

Prologue

“Listen Pablo,”, Frank exclaims, his eyes focused on Pablo. “Today I have a bigger tip for you for this final match.  I’m gonna put all of my money on Eden because i strongly believe he is gonna win this match tonight.” Frank speaks to Pablo, sitting on his chair besides the fighting ring as the match goes on while the fans around the arena screams with excitement.

“Are you out of your mind Frank?,” Pablo scoffs, raising his brow with contempt. “Elias is going to win this fight tonight, Mark my words.”

Nathan releases the smoke of the cigarette from his nose, with a staleness of the scent, causing Frank to pull himself into a familiar grimace. “This match looks tough to put my bet on today, I think I’m gonna pass for today. Maybe next time.”

Frank smirks, looking at Nathan with contempt on his face. “You are just a coward Nathan.”

The lights on the arena are brighter, reflecting on the fighting ring, accompanied with screaming of fans  inside around the arena as the match goes on while Pablo and his friends talks about business on their table as the match goes on.

 Everyone inside the arena is enjoying the match, as the screams of the chanting fans continues to grow overtime as the match gets intense between Elias and Eden on the fighting ring. Pablo bends down besides his chair and takes his briefcase, dropping it down and opens it on the top of the table.

“Today I’m gonna put my bet on Elias for a hundred million dollar.”, Pablo says, looking at Frank straight in the eyes while Nathan is on his chair, observing Frank and Pablo as they gamble, his cigarette pinched between in the teeth of his  mouth.    

 “Are you insane Pablo?,” Nathan exclaims, his eyes wide open.”That is a lot of money to bet on somebody.”

 “Just relax will you,” Pablo nods a little and looks at Nathan. “Don’t worry I got this.”

Pablo returns his gaze and looks at Frank, waiting to hear what frank is going to propose as the match goes on inside the arena.

 Frank nods too, looking at Pablo straight in the eyes. “Okay that is fine Pablo,” and takes a briefcase besides his chair, dropping it down on the top of the table and opens it.  “But today I want to bet with you the amount worth a hundred and fifty million dollar, are willing to take a bet or not?.”

Pablo’s eye widens open, gasping and astonished with the amount proposed by Frank since he did not expect that Frank will have that large huge amount of money inside his briefcase for gambling.   

Pablo sighs and looks at Nathan with a pleading face. “Listen Nathan, i want you to borrow me another fifty million dollar so that I can close the deal with this guy.”

 “No Pablo,” Pablo exclaims, shaking his head with disagreement. ”That is a lot of money to put on betting on someone, don’t make a huge mistake of losing that huge amount of money that can end up ruining your businesses on the future.”

Pablo scoffs. “Don’t worry about that brother. I know what i’m doing. Just give me that fifty million and I promise you I will give it to you when the match is over.”

Nathan sighs.  “Okay fine as you say so but first let us watch the match. I will give it to you later when the match is over.”

 Pablo nods and smile. “Okay, thank you brother.”

When Pablo finishes talking to Nathan, he then returns his gaze back to frank, looking at him straight in the eyes and replies.  ” Okay. I accept that.”

The ref is inside the ring, moving around as the match between Elias and Eden proceeds, checking and observing any violations of the rules between the opponents. Eden’s mother, Joyce, is at the fan stage, supporting her son Eden as the match goes on the fighting ring while being surrounded by the group of the screaming fans on the fan’s bench. This match is one among the illegal matches which the drug lords around Mexico City holds for their gambling purposes in order gain more money apart from their businesses.     

Eden is on the stage, shielding his face with his hands, moving around the combat stage waiting for the perfect time to strike. When Elias steps closer to Eden’s space, releasing a punch by his right hand, Eden ducks and punches Elias back on the face, causing Elias to grunt with pain, looking at Eden with fury on his eyes, waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike back while moving around the combat stage.

As Elias and Eden moves around the stage, waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike each other, Elias darts quickly into Eden’s space and jumps on the top of him, causing Eden to fall down on the ground, and then striking his face with a lot of punches until Eden loses consciousness. The ref rushes quickly to Elias and removes him on top of Eden after he breaks the rules, leaving Eden lying on the ground.

Eden’s opens his eyes slowly, looking at the lights of the Arena as his ears are filled with silence, receiving the low vibration of the sound coming from the fans on the stage as the match continues going on. When Eden tries to wake up, crawling to the other side of the stage in order to grab the ropes and stand up while bleeding on his face, suddenly Elias rushes towards him and puts him into a neck lock, causing Eden to start choking.    

Joyce on the fan’s stage gasps, her mouth wide open after seeing her son choking on the stage while her heart hummers quickly, trembling all over her body. Joyce stands up from the bench and rushes towards the combat stage in a rush while Eden is at the stage trying to remove himself from the neck lock.

Eden starts to run out of breathe after staying on the lock for quite a long time, trying to remove himself by pulling Elias’s feet with his hand using too much force while his head is filled with dizziness.