NATALYA'S POV:

I was woken by a knock on door indicating that it was already morning ,time for business as usual, which practically means I need to get my ass off the bed and get ready at least not if I don't wanna get dragged out of it, if my father should hear of me being late to the company.

I jerked up when the knock came again which made me curse...

" one more knock on that fucking door and am gonna send your head rolling on the floor! I said cause I was already pissed off and they don't wanna know what it's like to get me pissed off. I got up from my bed and stood on a full lenghth " ah , what the fuck did I drink last night '' I cursed cause my head was practically aching me but my body was active though ... Am already used to it by the way .

I walked over to my bathroom to freshen up ,I took my time to groom for the day ... And today seems to look like a good day to use my skincare products it's been long i made use of those,am a guy dosent mean i don't need a glow, not when I have a busy schedule down my neck practically looking for an opportunity to choke me but that's not gonna happen I was already trained for that ..when I was about five I think cause since I could remember it vividly it means I must have been really smart then when my father sold me to a man who just got the title of being the Russian mafia boss as an exchange for contract whatever that is but it was a life long shit, the mafia boss became so focused on shaping me into guarding myself ... I didn't have a mom I didn't know what it looks like to have one so it wasn't a big deal to be brought up tough then.. the very day I turned thirteen ,my dad which is what i took him for suddenly passed out an order that was to be carried out immediately,I was sent to base two .. it was a training ground were you would be treated like an animal and made to go by strict orders .. unlike base one you get prince and king treatment the training there are not tough but base two was specifically made for prisoners my dad bought whenever he wins a war he buys most captives at least he bought them l,that's what he would say if it was most of the other mafia leader they would just drag you leaving you with no dignity well that's if you still have one after losing a bloody war.

My dad went by the name Boris which means butcher in English ,he was so skilled that he could do anything with sword,twenty-men on five guns each don't even stand a slightest chance they are better dead already than being killed by him.its not always a good sight to behold and not to say the least that he is the most powerful and feared man in the history of the Russian mafia history and he held great wealth which he got from how many war he had won and through his wisdom ... he can be anything you want him to be but he can never be a dad to me. he doesn't even let me call him that on one occasion I casually called him dad it was just a slip of tongue though but I was put on chain and was beaten to a plum for calling the mafia boss "dad" .

So when I was taken to base two I was looked up in a very dark room I guess cause I was practically blind folded all the way to the place so even if my brain was thinking of escaping from this horrible and inhuman place ... it's so impossible,I mean even if I did escape where do I run to ...to Boris of course then I would be tortured to death ... normally teenagers are not given the privilege to be trained on base two cause the first and second candidate who went died even before the practice was over according to rumor but Boris being a ruthless man sent me to the training ,it has the duration of two years but it's better you die and go have a punishment in hell than to experience this and be alive .

when I was thrown to the dark room I didn't stay for long before my body was exhausted,my eyelids were already on the verge of disappointing me, I couldn't hold it in anymore and my eyes went shut .

Not long after I fell sound asleep I felt a ray of brightness shining directly to my closed eye I immediately blinked it open,I thought maybe I already died and just went to heaven but utterly it was the opposite ,I took a glance of where I was then I noticed a figure staring down at me .

" hey bruh get your ass up there the training are starting soon,and yeah before you start to act stupid you were switched to this room when you fell asleep " I was still taking in who was talking cause my sight was a little bit blurry maybe I was drugged or something cause am never this lame looking .

The figure stretched out it's hand and gave me something " here drink it ,it's water it would help you see clearly for the main time yeah '' I wanted to take the water but I stopped mid way ... yeah am thirteen but that doesn't mean am stupid enough to take whatever from a stranger not when I had been drugged without my consent.

" prince just take the God dammed water already we don't have all the time and am not ready to be punished for being late to practice because of your dull ass'' without hesitation I took it from him and shoved it down to my lips and drank it ... I just took one glup though just in case it's something else so the effect won't be much ... but to utmost surprise ,it really did clear my sight ,that was when I had the opportunity to take a close look at ....A TEENAGER... I was more than shocked .. I thought they said teenagers can't survive here so what the hell is he doing here and the funny stuff about it was that he was my age I mean from his height and stuff ...

" stop staring and get your ass up let's head for the training " he said and started walking towards what I presumed to be a door though it looked weird like we were in a military base or something... I immediately followed him suite cause if I sure wanna survive here I should start by following who saved my drugged ass from turning blind .

he was already about to take a turn when called out " hey slow down please I can't keep with you '' I said almost screaming.

" then try to run faster prince we are already late '' he resorted back but not after he practically stood at a spot and waited for me to keep up with him.

when I got closer to him ... I mean when I was sure that I was close enough not to loose track of him when he starts walking as usual i told him" Am rose not prince'' .

The statement made him to turn his head at me and said " every new inmate here is called princess if you are a girl and Prince is you are male not until you get a name for yourself based on your fighting skill for your first day ... and if you act dumb just like you are acting right now you might get a dumb name that you would carry for a life time''.

" So what name did you get when you passed your first day trial ? i was seriously interested at least to know what name he got on his first trial .

" Anastasiya ( nightingale) that's my base name '' he said proudly I mean who wouldn't be proud with that name .

"now that really is something tasi'' ,I immediately cut his name short giving him a short name ... " are you okay if I call you tasi'' I asked looking at his direction .. he just shrugged and said " okay but you gotta keep it low don't call me that at the main base front or I get in trouble do you get me prince?

" yep , sure .. I mean it's not a ..... waoh what the hell is that stuff " I asked staring at an open place we step out on .

" it's the bass princess ,now move and when you get there keep your head low ... you don't stare up at a commander's eye unless you have gotten your base name do you understand princess .. I don't wanna get beaten for not telling you the rules okay .." he said staring right at me with a serious face oh crap he really isn't joking.

We walked for a short distance before I say the view of most people talking and chanting away but I sort of noticed just about two or three got there heads down at a particular corner great! I already know the category I fall into ... I took my step one after the other slowly so I won't mistakenly trip and disgrace myself on my first day ...at the front base yeah that's what Tasi called it and I got it stuck on my head .

I took a seat next to the very few there heads were down since Tasi already joined his friends already not long after I took a seat a loud trumpet was played ... it was loud enough to make a high blood pressure patient to surrender their soul to God cause the sound of that shit scared the crap out of me but I still kept face down ,I don't wanna get Tasi I trouble just yet though I was desperately wanted to look up and see what the hell a trumpet was doing here ... it fancy though cause we didn't have it at my former base one .

After the sound of the trumpet the already fully pledged inmates stood at attention on a straight roll like they were literally acting like robots,cause tell me how the hell the got into order with just a sound of trumpet seems like am in for something way more than me .

I immediately heard the sound of a man who from his voice I assume he was the head or instructor here " Are they the new inmates ''

" yes...sir ...they are the new in.....'' he immediately cut the man off " bring them in " he said like someone who had great authority .. it was obvious as the man who answered him was stuttering,his voice was shaking.

" this way please'',he said directing us to a different stage it looked like a fighting ring which it obviously was but what the fuck are we doing here " You guys are well aware that on the first base you are to look down so since we are passed that i would like you to turn your dumb face up and stare at me idiots ."

" now that's what we call rotation of power" I muttered to myself cause he was the same man that almost peed on his shorts when commander was talking to him now we are under him and he suddenly wants to take it out on us.

" so here's the rule for the fight don't be surprised , mummy or daddy won't save you inside that ring ...you either kill you partner or you get killed and am not letting you guys off untill one of you stops breathing " he said with satisfaction written all over his face .

The statement made my fellow inmates to stare down at each other they were scared as fuck I can't say I wasn't cause I could feel my legs trembling under me ...so this really was a game of kill or be killed .

" Am by the way my name is Thomas ,just for the few of you that would be died and disposed off... so am gonna start picking ..since we've not got all the time to ourselves " he said laughing like a Maniac ,I mean what's funny you are literally Killing us and still got the got to laugh ...

He looked around for a bit and pointed at a young boy quite my age but he was very muscular and tall with a death trap face " yeah prince get your ass up the ring " the boy did as he was told ...the scanned the room to get a partner for him maybe definitely a boy his size that he could challenge ...but I was snapped out of my thought when his gaze fell on me ... naaaah it can't be me at least his not dumb enough to send a young boy like me to face this hefty looking boy it pathetic...but his gaze was still on me then I heard " hey ,you prince with a black hair doing an eye contest with me come over and get your stupid ass up the ring . "

I remained still were I was maybe he was joking .. then I noticed every one's gaze at me that's when I said my last prayer and went further to the ring cause I just knew I was dead before I got there ...

I practically dragged my feet up to the ring and stood opposite the boy but not too close ,he was obviously staring at me like he already killed me and won ... and I give it to him ,I mean when I was in base one nobody stood a chance with me cause I always win but before I do so I made sure I beat the living brightness out of your normal self so you won't have the nerve to come up at me again but this actually seems to be same scenario but it's the reverse case am the prey and his the hunter .

The man in charge of us I didn't seem to grab his name when he introduced though, he came closure to us and slowly gave out the instructions.

" the rules here states that you are not allowed to hit anybody sensitive parts but you are allowed to attack the person when you find out there weakness and finally two doesn't leave the ring ...it's required to have only one survival ..and that's it so as you two can see ,I have got all the time in the world like we could stay here for a week if it means for only one person to get off that ring and leave a dead soul...yeah let's rap it here " he said and moved to a seat adjacent to us so he can have a clear view , the game didn't start yet till the man I assume to be the commander came in followed by the tier two inmates those who already graduated they took their seat respectively and everywhere went dead silence when the man blew the whistle...

" game on!"he screamed with joy all over his face ,I stared at him and was disgusted how he was happy putting two thirteen years old on a ring and asking them to box to death ... although I knew I would be the one to die ...I just didn't imagine myself to be dead in this kind of place ...

Still in my thought I felt a hard very hurtful stuff hit my head and I zoned in immediately ...it was the death stare guy that blew me ... ouch! that really hurt no kidding .. I faced him fully with my hand squeezed in a way ready to blow him but I wasn't too fast ... I was just in my stance and I watched him move from one angle to the other angle hoping like a frog ... I have watched a frog hop and I've calculated how far they go but their different is that frog is a little bit slippery while he is just human .... he moved forward to me throwing another punch at my...what my ankle...this boy just wanna break my bones before he kills me jeez .

Just as I was still groaning in pain he aimed at my stomach and hit it ...bloody Mary ..I felt my whole intestines leaving their comfort zone nothing is more painful than a hit in the stomach.

Still in pain this guy didn't even give me a chance to recover from the stomach blow he hit me very hard on my shoulder ... he was practically attempting to make me weak in the places that would make me wanna fight him back...

I stood up from where I was practically kneeling trying to decrease the pain am feeling in my stomach ... this idoit of a man blew the whistle which forced the boy to halt in what he wanted to do .

" prince are you just gonna stay there doing nothing while receiving the end blow huh, do you think this is a joke..." he shouted .the way he said it pissed me off that I had to talk back .

" sir,what the fuck where you thinking giving a boy a death stare faced human to fight with,you wanted me dead in the first place ." what I said drew a hole from him ... yeah that's right you dont mess with me and just act like nothing happened ..I muttered to myself.

" who the fu..." before he could complete the sentence ,the commander shut him up ... yeah that's what I thought ....

" what's your real name , prince" he asked which took me off guard .

" Am Josh ,sir " I answered with an innocent look in my eye ,he stared at me for a little bit then I heard what I Never in my life needed to hear,now am starting to regret why I ran my mouth ...

" hey,get me one of our best inmates from the tier two .. I want the person to finish this dumb ass off ain't no body going against me in my territory ,do you hear me prince" he said motioning at my lifeless self ,I just noded at least now I do know they really don't want me alive here .

when I just thought I have had enough they brought in a very musculine guy I can guess he might be fifteen already he looked proud as he walked...yeah he must feel honoured to be running a stupid errand for this commander.the new guy climbed into the ring and they signaled the first guy to go off the ring which he did obediently.

I didn't need anyone to tell me to get over the ring I just walked in and faced him.... let's give this a trial huh .. I stood ready to take him when I heard the whistle blow before I could analyze where to hit him .. I already found my self on the floor.. my back was no good at all but good thing I know his fast ... I jerked up Immediately,and I heard chants of woah... wow ..she looks confident.. my heard started to grow big cause I enjoy it when people think am cool ...I aimed at his jaw and give him a quick shot just when he wanted to avoid it ... i diverted the blow to his stomach and took him by surprise... he groaned a little and I smirked now I like the look of that ...huh... just as I wanted to celebrate my Victory a little bit he hit my knee and I stumbled to the floor ..that one got me it hurt like hell man! I cursed under my breath ...

He rushed to grab me from where I was still on the floor looking pathetic and I stood back up Immediately but I was obviously limping my leg and he smiled at the sight of that .... he really was enjoying this huh... I looked around me and realized that am on my own on this one and nobody will save me so if I wanna die at least I could die as a fighter not a pathetic loser .... I stood firmly but my knee was seriously aching me but I held my stance and faced him...

" prince don't waste your energy at least you've had enough already just tap out or something '' he said with a teasing grin ...I wasn't finding it funny so I told him "not after I deal with you ... I think you should be the one tapping out ..."

the statement made him laugh hard at me but not after saying" now am seeing why your dad ditched you off ... you are nothing but a thrash to roll over .." that one hit me real hard .. I hate to admit it but my dad really did hurt me but I hate it when a stranger spits those words at me... it hits differently .

I didn't want his word to affect me as i practically ignored and stared at him with my hands still in a fist waiting for his next move that was when I remembered what my Coach once told me that if you strike an enemy and they seem stiff and strong,use their weakness whether emotional or through their strength and this joke of a guy thought he could get me in emotional whatever he think he was doing but nah I already passed that faze I went through that shit when I was in base one ...my dad ordered his men to beat me mercilessly when he heard that I was beat up through emotional stuff ,those idoits almost beat me to death they always had fun beating me and leaving marks .... so I don't think this ass right here knows I don't fall for emotional shit .

He stared at me for a while and drifted to my side then jogged backwards like he wanted to hit me down to stupur ... but he wasn't quick enough this time I aimed at his side just beside his stomach I gave him a hard blow ... I could guess his rib might have been broken cause he practically groaned a little trying to hold on to the pain but blood rolled out of his nose since he didn't let out through his mouth... and I gave him a I knew it smile and ventured further I grabbed him by his leg and made him lose balance and he fell to the ground but I didn't let him take a break I raised my leg as high as I could guess and threw it at his face and he curled into a circle in pain ... now I like the sight of that, but the tier two were so quiet unlike earlier that they were like " woah " and all of that ... I stood aside and gave him privilege to regain the remaining dignity he had left at least for the sake of his fans cause he seem to be the crowd favorite but I wasn't done yet cause I wasn't ready to die just yet .

He gently stood up but he was visible shaken maybe I really did break his ribs for real ... he locked his hand into a fist and aimed it at me and I dogded it and changed position... the crowd was cheering me ... and I liked it ... then he did something that surprised me he went on his knees ..

" wait ... what ...bro what the fuck are you doing ..? I questioned him just to know whether he was trying to lure me down or something he hit his hand on the floor and said in a loud voice " I tap out please ,he's too strong for me... I can't.... I can't breathe... please Com...." he said in a shaky voice but commander held his hand up on the air and motioned on the guards to take the guy out ... uhhh maybe I really did hit him hard for him to tap out in just two blows .

Commander motioned on the death stare guy that left the ring earlier and gave him the sign that he should get on the ring ... okay...this is getting interesting! "now this one isn't the one you tap out prince,you face death I was gonna ask him to go easy on you but you just injured my favorite tier two so hard and if you kill this one then I will give you a name no one would challenge yeah" he said out of pride actually cause he knew,their was possibility that I won't win this next match ...I mean, I wouldn't wanna die myself ...

I stood and faced the death faced guy when I heard the whistle I was a little weak cause I already fought with a tough person just now .... the death faced kid rushed me but I was quick to swift to the side Making him to stumble cause he came with force with his back facing me I hit his spinal cord real hard at least that was a major place that can paralyze a human and he stood stiff immediately,yeah seems like this one got him and I took my legs up to the side of his neck and hit it real hard and he fell to the ground and rolled in pain it was unbearable I knew cause I have been hit like that before.. just before he made an attempt to move his hand to support his body I raised my leg real high this time and strike his neck and it cracked and his body became still without much struggle.

I went closure to him and shoke his hand then i realized he was dead " his dead " I screamed and the manager took a close look at him and shouted "Natalya (which means THE NEMESIS ) I mean my name sounded cool ... and yeah you wouldn't wanna face the nemesis would you..?

That was where and how I got my name Natalya meaning THE NEMESIS ... yeah , so when I got off the ring there were chants of my name here and there and God that feels so good ... then I noticed the commander motioned me to come closer which I did and he drew his hand out for...what! he literally gave me a hand shake and patted my back muttering "Natalya you are gonna make it big yeah,I love you style '' with that he stood up from where he was seating and exited the place ... whatever I kinda mingled with the crowd and I noticed Tasi but before I could scream his name he motioned me over which I did without wasting time.. " hey guys this is Natalya he's my roomie and the first tier champion yeah " he said with pride... I mean who wouldn't be proud of me not after I almost got my ass whipped out there.

We stayed there for a while and the trumpet sounded again I didn't need anastasiya's help to get back to my bass I practically pictured the whole place with my head in the morning that she was leading me out ... immediately I got to bass,I drift off Immediately to a deep sleep but not long after I shut my eye somebody tapped me ... of course I already knew who it was " what is it Tasi ?,I just wanna sleep am tired."

" Natalya get your ass up there man you are not yet done for today we were gonna take lunch then go for a few lap and back to the ring " he said his voice was practically growing out of patience with the way she talked.

" what do you mean by we are gonna run few lap and go back to the ring ... please don't tell me am gonna still fight again am exhausted". I groaned." I mean who the fuck stresses a thirteen years old like shit " I muttered to myself .

" I heard you Natalya and yes you are still gonna fight again today but with a different opponent we are getting him from tier three those one go to school and study same time so I think you might get your ass whipped this time but you are not to die in this one you just have to break bones like make the person not to be able to move ... though they can eventually fix it through an operation ,we have a surgeon who takes care of shit like that ...

" what Tasi did you through all this shit before you settled in this base ? I asked cause this seems to be going zig-zag.

" yeah,I passed it all cause I wasn't ready to die yet but I lost my first two inmates before you on their first trial so since you survived the first one I have a high hope that you are gonna pass other levels.''

" wait how many levels do they have ?

" just five which is almost a week each day goes to two trial and you are given a day rest before they give you the fight back to back .''

" wait how long have you been here ? I asked cause he sounds like he was already done with this base two stuff.

" Natalya am two weeks gone already so me and you are gonna graduate together if you don't die after the whole trial stuff..

" so are you a prisoner or what .. you seem tough ,I mean I have meet your age mates who aren't into mafia stuff and they are out there sticking there butt in the air and acting like babies in front of there parents... having nice sleeps and other boring shits.

" look my parents just sold me here ,they needed money to sort some stuffs so I was the only valuable thing there to sell so that's it ... c'mon enough with this pathetic talk let's hit the field " he said practically dragging me up with him.

" wait I thought you said we were gonna eat first before we go to the field...

" yeah and we both wasted the time by talking about personal stuffs ...

" don't tell me we are gonna go hungry for the day ...

" yeah exactly first time you thought with your brain that's impressive'' he teased me .

"so am gonna fight on an empty stomach with somebody who have already had enough energy" I said almost groaning I was seriously hungry,I haven't have a proper meal since last thing I had was the water Tasi gave me before the first match and now am getting the news that we missed a meal and clearly it seems the serve food only once a day ... oh gosh can this get any better... I don't see that happening .

we moved over to the field with Tasi leading the way and I followed suite when we got there ... there were already standing in line and we joined in ... the tier three seems to be special cause they were quite far from us and had same cool clothes patterns and stuff still checking them out ,I heard a voice that made move my gaze away from them.

" take it easy tiger, you are gonna get there if you survive tonight and a hell of two years here" Tasi smirked at me .

I didn't retaliate or say anything I just scanned the room with my eyes being observant of my environment ... at least I need to take a glance of it cause my hopes are not really high right now on the issue of winning the second fight am so God damnly hungry I would surely drink a blood if I was offered one now ...

Not long after we settled down the coach came in and started guiding us on what to do but I just kept falling or going out of line ... I was seriously hungry ...

" hey Natalya what the fuck is wrong with you huh you think this is a joke huh... cause you won the first stage you suddenly think training here is not worth your time huh..'' he spat out obviously fuming ,I mean what the fuck did I do am just hungry .

" Am sorry ,I wo... '' before I could complete he cut me off immediately.

" keep your sorry ass to yourself one more stupid mistake and I would make you run lap till it's your turn to enter the ring ,do you get me Natalya.

" yes sir ...''

" that's coach to you yeah ... so guys let get back to the training " he said diverting his gaze away from me to the base that were staring at him....

We continue with the exercises ... and it was my turn to show how much I learnt for the day cause we went by turn and I used the opportunity to rest my aching back .... I stood up and walked forward to the space that was kept for us to do the stuff and I felt someone feet on leg I wasn't too fast to hold my stance and I found myself tripping to the floor " ahh that hurts " I groaned still not realizing how much I just embarrassed myself just yet till I struggle to get my self up ,I looked up to see where I was going clearly then my eyes fell on commander and all the bass they were literally staring at me and it was obvious that they wanted to laugh but not without permission " oh shit " now this is what we call a worse scenario .

" cut the practice , everyone to the front bass I wanna get Natalya done for " he commanded and everyone speed up Immediately ,I wasn't even stressing myself this time I was taking my time with how I walked not unless I wanna embarrass myself twice in a day.i felt something touch my shoulder and I sprang into action immediately to take the stuff down..

" hey it's me , what was that back there huh... do you wanna get yourself killed now commander is gonna get whoever it is you are gonna wrestle with drugs so they can finish you off.. tasi shouted at me but it was of concern at least

" nah just hungry ,wait do they drug them to fight ...?

" yeah if the opponent seem to be hot headed like you they drug them so they could take you out without blinking twice, just please win this match for me, I just need a roomie alright ".

" yeah ,I got you " I teased him .

" you Betta" he winked at me and started walking over to where he was gonna seat and watch the match, while am stuck here with hunger pangs and frustration and whatever it is that am feeling right now am really gonna take it out on both my opponent and that shit they called drugs .

Immediately commander walked in everywhere went mute at least as far as I could remember I could hear the sound of my intestines pleading for food. he motioned on me to move to the ring which I did without hesitation at Least when am done dealing with this guy whoever he is then I could have a nice meal and enough rest at my bass tommorow wait what the fuck am I doing thinking about tommorow I haven't even seen my opponent yet .

I noticed a huge guy walk in he was sweating all over his body so I taught maybe he fought with my opponent before excorting him here or something cause I don't wanna believe am going against this giant ... I mean y'all know how it is for David and Goliath it was real lit but I think am gonna be the Goliath this night though am little cause this beast here I don't wanna call him human is gonna eat me raw dont get the wrong mindset.

he walked over the ring to where I was and was jumping up and down or panting ... I just can't get a word for it but he was hopping like a frog like the way the first guy that I broke his neck did before he meet God .

The annoying guy from the first game blew the whistle real hard maybe he wanted me to hear it one last time before I died his actions were obvious... I practically turned and faced the huge guy he ventured towards me with speed and I drafted aside and let him crash flat to the ground I mean why wouldn't he trip when he stupidly ventured towards me like that ... y'all should try a new style please am tired of breaking necks already.

I didn't rush him like I would normally do,I mean I didn't blame him much for speeding like that he ate enough food before coming for the fight and since I came hungry I wasn't ready to be hoping like a frog or running like a cheater I might trip again if I try that shit .

I waited till he got on his feet "ahhh, his too slow for my liking'' .when he got on his feet I was expecting him to go on with his clumsiness but his bro jerked me up like I was a leaf ... and practically threw me to the extreme end of the ring and my back hit the the bricks that they kept carelessly there .. " ouch, that's hurts like shit " I cursed and rolled myself into a ball at least to put my sight in other before standing up .... it took me all the remaining functioning bones in my body to stand up and the weird guy let me take me time maybe he was returning the favour of what I did for him and earlier... I placed my hand on the floor for support to stand up ...and to my surprise is didn't disappoint me maybe my hand isn't that hungry just yet unlike my stomach who was already groaning unnecessary.

when I was sure yeah I needed to be sure that I was standing fit on both of my legs .. I put my hands into a fist ready to take him but he showed me that he still had a upper hand he striked my stomach " ahhh '' I screamed it was loud enough then i noticed something liquid spit out of my mouth it was.... blood " oh shit !.