It seemed that I really did not have a choice. Chelsea was giving me a baleful look. I was taken to the back where the changing rooms were. It was clear that the brown haired guy with the tan and tattoos was the leader of this group. Apparently, they wanted to get into the ring for a bit of boxing practice. I was going to have to fight one of them. They all wanted to leach the new guy a lesson for crossing them. Because of that, I actually got to pick who was going to get in the ring with me. I wanted to look for who looked like the weakest link. To be fair, they all looked pretty scrappy to me. Their leader was a no go for me. He looked really tough. For my first fight, I was not really expecting too much out of this. There was no need to get obliterated in this crime den of a gym. That only narrowed it down to four though. I looked at the long black haired guy. His eyes were way too red to be considered brown. I wondered what was his deal. I pointed him out and said "You stopped me from leaving. You better be ready for the consequences." The leader clapped him on the back. "Alright. Jamie it is."
The leader then looked at the two blonds. "Tyler. Ivan. You guys can pair up again." he said. They nodded. He then looked at the redhead. There were only two of them left. "That leaves you with me, Mike." he smirked. Mike just grinned back. "Looks like today is the day I knock you to the mat for real then." he said. The leader shrugged, smile still on his face. "Who knows." They were already in their gym attire, so they just needed to put on their gloves. I had to get some from the gym handed to me by a random staff member. I just sighed as I put them on. Mike dragged the leader to the boxing ring. He wanted to go first. I was totally fine with that. They went a couple of good rounds before Mike backed off. He was being very aggressive in the beginning. The leader was weathering the storm with a few jabs as a counterattack when the fiery redhead was vulnerable. Mike was very tired from the way that he was breathing super heavy as they left the ring. The leader was not winded at all. He just looked at the two blonds. "Okay. It's your turn now." he said. They both went over to do their spar.
Both of them looked to be pretty capable at fighting. They went for three rounds before calling it a day. The leader chuckled to himself. We looked at him to see what was so funny. "I realized that I was getting used to all of you coming at me one at a time. Only having two rounds is a bit of a let down." he said with a wry smile. I really did not expect that from him. The others apparently did not either. "Well, excuse me for not going the distance with you!" Mike said snarkily. The leader simply scooped him closer by the shoulders. "Nah. You're the one that teaches me the most on how to block those berserkers we come across! You're amazing!" Mike rolled his eyes, but we all could see a big smile spreading across his face. Everyone in their group then turned to Jamie. "Now it's your turn to teach this punk a lesson." the leader said. "Will do guys." Jamie said as he glared at me. It was our turn to go up to the ring and spar. I was not going to be able to back down and leave the gym now. Not after all of this emotional investment on this fight was spent by the delinquent gang. They would all kill me.
