SUMMARY

Why did Jackson really spend an extra week in Paris after he wrapped up his training with Nikki? Here's the full story: The Traveler wraps up his last day of training with Nikki. Unknown to him, his Goliath was in Paris his last week of training, frequenting the same gym that connects to the ring he and Nikki have used for training. Havoc decides to ambush Jax, in reality this time.

SCENE: Paris, France, DECEMBER 4th, 2019, 16:00

The Traveler
As I wrap up my last day of training with Nikki, I decide to stay behind and practice again. I have to get these forms down right. I have to figure out how to really use the ring for my purpose, for my strengths. As I practice flips and stunts in the ring, I suddenly feel this familiar and sinister energy.

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The Ring

I hear someone enter, but I try to play it cool. I just know this feeling. "Nikki, that you? Did you forget something?" I say while slowly turning around.

Havoc the Slayer17
I heard an old opponent of mine was nearby and wanted to see him fight. Was surprised to see it was Jack or as he now goes by the traveler. After your match I stayed until everyone else was gone. I see you practice your moves and wanting a piece from you I walk in the ring. The moment you turn your face around I immediately ram it with one of my elbows! I waste no time on going on the offensive and using the ropes I ram into you with my 333 lbs body. I take off my tang top when you’re on the ground. I still have my boots and shorts on but I taunt you to “get up! Round two for us is here!”

The Traveler
"UGHHH!!" I let out as I turn around and am met by your elbow. "HUHHP!" as you ram into me with all your weight. "Havoc?!" I gasp out on the ground. "What the FUCK are you doing here?" I struggle out and roll onto my belly to get up, starting on one knee before rising up and getting into the best stance I can to brace for you now.

Havoc the Slayer17
When you get up on your stance I notice your legs are a bit wobbly. I waste no time closing the distance by bringing you in a bearhug position. “It’s obvious why I’m here” I lick your face with my tongue and hit you with a suplex “I’m here to make you mine again, Jax” I stand ready to see what you’ll do now.

The Traveler
You show no wasted time or movement. You close the distance and wrap your powerful arms around me, only to throw me over with a suplex. "AGHH!" I let out as I crash on the mats. I pant and gasp, but I have to gain a second wind. I clench my jaw as you tell me you're gonna make me mine again, and I glare at you as I go to start to get up, but instead slide towards you to fake you out with a low sweeping kick. As you go to dodge it, I lunge way up at you and send and uppercut at your jaw with my fist and as I land back on the ground, I grab your left arm and swoop down and use my entire body to trip you over so you'd flip onto the mats. "It'll take more than that to get me down this time," I say as I turn around and bring my right leg up and down into an axe kick into your navel.

Axe Kick

Havoc the Slayer17
When you get back up you manage to fake a low sweep and ram my jaw with an uppercut! I take the hit and you use you grab my left and use your body weight to bring me down. You ram and hit me hard with an ace kick but I take your hit and grab your foot “ah so you can hit a bit harder now, good!” I trip your leg and bring your down to the mats with me. Wasting zero time I pounce on you! Laying my entire body weight on your back I grab you head and ram it on the mat floor 5 times. I stand up and walk to the ring post wanting you to get up again.

The Traveler
You take my hit, and even though you say I hit harder now, it's like it did nothing to you, and you trap my leg and bring me down to the canvas. You pin me down and grab my head, slamming it on the canvas 5 times "UGHH, OOF, AGH, NGHH, HUHHP," I let out and gasp as you take control and then get up, waiting for me to get up. I lay there for a bit and know I can't wait any time either. I'm in a vulnerable position, but I can't remain there. I close my eyes and take a deep breath, slowly push my self up, getting up on my left knee first then fully on my feet, and get into an Orthodox MMA fighting stance, grit my teeth, take another deep breath and I charge at you once again.

I go for another low sweeping kick, closing the distance by sliding down on my left leg to kick with my right, hoping for you to dodge again. If you do I'll swing my right leg back to send a hard pushing kick twice; one aimed at your solar plexus and the other to your naval. If that works, I'll use the force of the strike to create some distance between us so I can get back into a solid stance and take the time created to recuperate all I can, keeping my eye on you.

Havoc the Slayer17
I see you are taking a few deep breaths, I pop a few of my bones and get into position. I feel you kick at my body, I know you want to take me down since off balance will give you a chance to win. Just as I’m about to hit you, you dodge out the way and hit me in my naval. Stunning me I look to see you’ve gained some distance. You are watching me like a hawk and so I begin to close in on you and aim for a right hook but you dodge out the way! I turn and you hit me with your one right hook to my face before going back! I spit out a bit of blood and lick it of my face “good so you can hit back” I get into position again and begin to close in on you to see what you do.

The Traveler
I see you close the distance, not once, but twice. Testing me. After the naval shot, you come in with a right hook, and I duck under before delivering a right hook of my own, having it land across your face. You spit out blood and just respond "good so you can hit back," and I glare at you as you go to close the distance. I get into a cautious stance, one that is ready to pounce into any offense that I picked up from my trainings so far and approach you too, closing the distance, circling you.

I go and lift a knee to fake a strike to your naval before extending my right leg out for a hard high snap-kick to your jaw and as you stumble back, I turn myself and progress behind you and send two stomps to the back of each your knees to weaken your legs a bit before going to the ropes behind you and launching myself off to gain enough momentum to jump and corkscrew way above you.

As soon as my legs are in position, I wrap them around your neck to bring you down in this modified corkscrew headscissor takedown to slam you down on the canvas, using the momentum to keep rolling away from you to create distance and get into a battle ready stance again. "How was that big man?!" I shout with some ferocity.

Havoc the Slayer17
You hit my naval again! Enough to stun me and hit me with a knee to my jaw, if that wasn’t enough hitting my knees to bring me down should. But before i have w chance to react I’m hit with a corkscrew headscissor! Stunned but enough to head your comment I give a smile “good, I was hoping you weren’t that same boy I destroyed last time!” Taking a good hits i roll on all fours and begin ti stalk you like a wolf. I close in and come VERY close to grabbing you leg. I get up on both my legs and run at you, milliseconds away from grabbing you.

The Traveler
I see you stalk me like a wolf, closing in the distance as I keep backing up closer and closer to a turnbuckle. I move my left leg back as you get close to grabbing it; it bumps the ringpost. You then get up on both of your legs and run at me, and I use my left foot that bumped the turnbuckle to help me leap down to roll down between your legs and fully behind you to dodge your grab and as I get in a squatted position on my feet, I spring up on both feet to send a strong push-kick to your lower back closest to your hips, and I turn a bit to deliver a basic high roundhouse kick to the back of your neck, hoping it will stun you before backing away into a lower orthodox stance.

Basic Roundhouse Kick

Havoc the Slayer17
Using you small frame against mine you manage to dodge out and hit me with a HARD kick! A kick to my neck, So hard I that it stuns me longer than usual. If that’s not enough your push up kick gets me more stunned, now I have no clue where you are.

The Traveler
I see you're stunned on the ringpost, and I can't waste any time, but I also have to be careful. One successful trick by a big guy like you can spell my doom. As I cautiously approach you in my lower orthodox stance, now it's like I'm a stalking predator. As I get close enough to you, keeping watch of your entire body and seeing you still recovering at the corner, I move in and send a flurry of punches all across your upper back and down the rear of your arms; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6... I must have unleashed at least 10 punches in hopes it will weaken your ability to coordinate your arms. I then use both hands and grip your left waist to turn you around, grab your arm, and use the strength I have to try to swing you to the ringpost diagonal from us, turning my body to keep an eye on you as you barrel towards that ringpost.

Havoc the Slayer17
I feel a good 10 punches to my arm and shoulders. I feel you turn my body around and I see you use both your hands to grab my and send me to the other ring post, surprisingly you connect and my back hits the other side of the ring, mt arms slump down on the first turn buckle still feeling the effects of your roundhouse kick.

The Traveler
I see your back connect to the ringpost of the other side, and I know I really can't waste time now as you are still feeling the roundhouse kick. I immediately charge towards you and dip my shoulder down a little to look like I'm going for a spear, but as I get near enough to the area, I shift my body towards your left and leap out of the ring and grab onto the ropes to help swing me up near your head and I use the momentum to launch a swinging roundhouse kick with my left leg to the back of your neck again, using the positioning to sit on the top of the turnbuckle as you stumble forwards away from it a bit, breathing in deep, watching you intently.

Havoc the Slayer17
I look to see you go for a spear but you transition to a roundhouse kick. But you do it at such speed that you’re already on the top turnbuckle! It connects and it gets me good and hard as move a few steps forward before to falling on my face!

The Traveler
I see you fall on your face; my mouth drops a bit as I'm surprised it got you down too. I waste no time but I'm not going for any high-flying moves, so I jump down to the canvas and cautiously make my way towards you in a low guard stance, and as I approach you and you're trying to shift your body, I make my way to your right shoulder and send a good low kick to it, using my heel to connect with your shoulder to push your body a little, unsure if it will turn you over on your belly, so I go in for the same kick to the same spot, at least I can weaken it a little.

Havoc the Slayer17
I shake my head a little getting a bit up and then I feel your kick to my shoulder and that gets me on my back. Eyes still widened, mt neck in a sore spot but I feel a good stomp to my naval again by you.

The Traveler
I see you turn over and instead of kicking your shoulder, I stomped on your naval. It's successful, and from your navel, I move to stomp you in the solar plexus before dropping an elbow down on the same spot to drive more air out of you. From there, I mount your upper torso, stretch your arms out to either side, and send another flurry of punches across your pecs and down the front of your arms to further weaken them before sending two middle-knuckle jabs to both centers of your pits before getting off of you and backing up a bit and getting into my lower orthodox stance which has worked for me so far, watching you.

Havoc the Slayer17
A combination of punches, elbow drops and many, MANY more punches do me in good! I can see you’re doing your best to try and disable my arm uses as you’ve been on the receiving end of them.I look and see you’ve moved away a few and I stand up. My arms definitely feel funny so I slap them both hard and they wake up good “we’ve both learned a few new tricks boy!” I breath for a few before going ar you again!

The Traveler
I see you stand up, like the last flurry didn't do anything, and that impression is almost reinforced as you slap your arms to shock them awake. I grit my teeth as I see you breath and going at me again. I wait for you to close in enough distance before I go down low and slide to your left behind you and send a low sweeping kick from behind you in a clockwise direction with my left leg to sweep you off so you'd land on your back, and then as you land on your back, I transition into a "dancing leg drop," dropping my left leg down on your neck before mounting you and wrapping my left leg around your neck and hooking my left foot with my right leg to get you in a mounted triangle choke, tugging on your arm and wrenching you back to pressure you. "Yeah, a few," I say coldly while glaring at you and tightening the hold.

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Mounted Triangle Choke

Havoc the Slayer17
You move in quick on me managing to ram my neck again! One of the few weakness everyone has and you’re taking advantage of it! I land on my back and you hit me with a leg drop, before I can react im put In quite the triangle choke as you’re on top of me. I smirk as I slowly begin ti power out but you’re tougher than you look and make sure the hold stays on!

The Traveler
I can feel you trying to power out. I can feel it. You still have a lot more. I have to play this smart. While I have this hold on, I wrench it back and tighter to battle against the strength of your upper body, and as I'm leaning back, I send a couple elbows to your solar plexus again, the second strike harder than the first, before I suddenly use all the strength I can to roll us over so I'm on my back and then I spontaneously unwrap the hold and roll back and get up rushing in to place my foot on the back of your right leg nearest the back of your knee, and I use both of my hands to pick up your legs and then slam it down on the canvas with my right foot pressed in against your leg as I slam it down.

Havoc the Slayer17
I feel you still fight for this hold but you do quite the few techniques! You move to a regular triangle hold surprising me but now have a better grip on my body. But not before hitting my body with a few good jabs making it a bit harder to breath! Then I feel you manage to bend my legs and but more so my right knee. You actually do a good chunk of damage to me as I’m now feeling the effects of your techniques.

The Traveler
As I see you on the ground feeling my combinations, and the hold from earlier has weakened you a bit, I have to quickly move in with another move to weaken you more. I move to the left side of your body and jump up a bit to stomp down on the back of your left knee and then I move up and drop an elbow down the back of your neck again. I mount the back of your neck now and wrap my legs around your shoulders to lock my feet together and then twist to spin us around so we're on our backs and I lock my legs around your neck in a figure four neck lock, and I bend myself up and forward and try to place my hands down on your shoulders to make sure you don't have full mobility of your upper body while I wrench this figure four on your neck. "How's that? Huh??" I shout with a growling tone.

Havoc the Slayer17
Still on me, you jump and hit my knee good, but this is where I’m but in a figure four headlock by you. You even grab my shoulders to limit my ability to counter and it is working as I can feel the air from me slowly slipping.

The Traveler
I can feel you weakening more, and I'm in shock as I've maintained the advantage for this long. Keeping the lock tight on your neck, "C'MON HAVOC! YOU"RE EITHER GONNA TAP OR NAP!" I say as I press more on your shoulders, really hoping you have nothing left, breathing a bit more sharper now.

Havoc the Slayer17
My eyes start to fade away slowly but when I hear you taunt me that gets me going up! I turn my body around with your still on me. Managing to barley wiggle my way out of your figure four headlock I lift my two hands together into a fist and slam it down on your spine! That took a number out of me but I take the chance to breath again and stand up looking at you pissed!

The Traveler
As I see you start to fade, I clench my jaw but see your eyes shoot back open. Shit. I know that yell was a mistake; it gave you a second wind and you turn us around and wiggle out of the hold and slam a fist into my spine. "AHHH-huhhhp!!" I shout and gasp as I feel that impact and my body flops a bit from it. I really try to get onto my left knee first, a hand on my back and I'm breathing sharply. You're already standing up glaring at me. I'm panting and gasping from the sharp pain as I turn around to face you, seeing your enraged glare. I swallow and try to take a deep breath, slowly moving my left hand from my back and squatting down just a little bit and bring my arms up to get into the lower orthodox stance I've been using, trying to keep you clear in my sights.

Havoc the Slayer17
I can tell you’re now a bit more desperate. Still down low I slowly arch my way to you. I pretend to go for your left arm but I’m actually going to your right arm and I grab it! I hold it tight as I bring you up to your feet. That’s when I ram your body in close with mine. But if you think I’m letting go you’re mistaken. Still holding on I bring you up and hit your skull with a hard headbutt, and then a hard knee to your face.

The Traveler
You move in close.. and fast too. You grab my right arm and bring me up fully where I'm not half-squatted anymore. A panic flashes across my mind as you ram my body with yours, but you don't let go even then. With that grip, you bring me up effortlessly and bash my skull with your headbutt, "OOOOIIII" I let out, and then you send a hard knee to my face, "UGHH" I let out and fall to the ground on my back, breathing hard, heavy, sharp, they almost sound like whimpers. I lay there stunned, but trying to move and sit up a bit, resting my weight on my arms as I lean up and try to get a look at you, shaking my head to try to clear my vision and head from the brunt force.

Havoc the Slayer17
Grabbing your face I get you on both feet and I connect a hard right hook to your face. But I ram your face with my left hook and then a right and left elbow combo. That’s when I run to the ropes and jump and pounce on you letting gravity do the rest of the job for me. I then get a grip on your head and begin to bounce it like it’s a basketball to the ring mats several times.

The Traveler
Using your huge hands -- they've never felt bigger -- you grab my face and get me on my feet and then send a right hook to my face, then a left, then a right-left elbow combo, "OOOIII, OOOoiii, oooiii, ooii" I pant out as they all connect, dazing me more. You then run to the ropes and jump to pounce on me, and you connect and in so many words it's like you crush my body under as we fall to the canvas, you on top of me, me on my back. And then you grip my head and throw it down to the canvas repeatedly, dazing me more and more, my breathing becoming erratic, my vision getting blurry. "Fuck," I think to myself as I'm getting thrashed again, still not having enough under my belt to beat you.

Havoc the Slayer17
Putting my boot on your throat I start to grind away at it. Returning the favor for all those neck hits. I look you dead in the eyes as you try and claw my foot of you. Your face turning red and I can see some saliva forming when I finally let go. I grab you by the arm and drag you to the ring post. I get you on your feet but I make sure your face is in the top turnbuckle exposing your back! I start to ram away at your back like it’s my punching bag making your feel some good fits to your spine. I only stop when I see your body slump. Wrapping my arms around your waist I toss you into a suplex and you may as well be flying when I hit you with it.

The Traveler
You put your boot on my throat, pressing some weight that I can no longer resist onto it. I'm being choked, coughing, heaving, and trying anything to get your boot off me. As my face turns red and some saliva leaks out of my mouth, I am fighting to stay conscious. That's when you remove your boot and pick me up by my arm and drag me to the ringpost in front of you, and get me to my feet and turn me over so my back is exposed to you, and you begin pounding away like I'm a punching bag. I can't even let out any more screams as each punch sends a shocking pain throughout my body that it dazes me over and over, and I begin to lose control of my body that I can't stand anymore, so you wrap your arms around my waist and german suplex me and just toss me that I fly in the air that I land on the canvas on my back and then roll to my side and skid until my back hits the lower part of the ringpost and I lay there, too stunned and damaged to move, breathing so sharp.

Havoc the Slayer17
I look to see your body is down and I can hear your breathing load and clear. I go to you and drag you to me. I hoist you up into a torture rack, standing in the center of the ring I begin to rack you hard and good. Making sure you feel each one and bending your body so hard I swear I can hear some odd bone noises from your body.

The Traveler
You make your way over to me and you pick me up and torture rack me. I get flashbacks now as I'm phasing in and out of consciousness, the pain is overwhelming to the point that I can't feel anything. You rack me hard and bounce and bend me so brutally, my back does crack here and there, and I don't have enough to do anything. All you hear between the cracks is my breathing, while sharp, becoming faint.

Havoc the Slayer17
When I realize I don’t even hear your breaths that’s when I know you’ve been broken physically and mentally. So I drop you like a sack of meat. Panting from all your hits I want to make this last one hurt for you. Grabbing your body one last time. I drag you with me, I make my way up the turnbuckle and stand on the 2nd one. Grabbing your throat I lift you high up while on the turnbuckle and that’s when I just toss your body on the ring. Still standing I get down and nudge your body, not even a twitch. I leave as I feel satisfied breaking you for the second time.

The Traveler
My breathing is very faint as you drop me with no regard or respect. You then grab my body for one last move. Dragging me until we get to the ringpost, you keep your grip on me as you climb up to the second turnbuckle, wrap your hands around my neck and lift me high, and slam me down in a super chokeslam. All the air and energy leaves my body upon impact. It twitches once as you get back down on the canvas, and when you nudge my body, it lies there lifeless. You've destroyed me once again; a bit bloodied, severely bruised, and maybe worse, my vision completely fades as I see you leave the ring and the room, prideful with your work.

TIME: 17:15

Nikkiman
A good day's work is over. I need to let off steam. Like every night, I come to train in my usual gym. It's a place I like very much. I'm pretty relaxed when I walk in. I open the door. "Here, the light is on". I feel something special. The smell of combat. "Other guys must have been training." I walk down the stairs to the room where the ring is. Again the light is on. Weird. But it's the end of the day, and I'm focused on my upcoming workout. When I arrive near the ring... "Damn! Jackson! What happened to you?" I see my buddy, my brother, Jackson totally destroyed on the canvas. I jump into the ring and come to put my hand on his forehead and check if he is breathing. "Jackson! Jackson!" My voice betrays my emotion and concern.

The Traveler
As you come in and put your hand on my forehead and check for my breathing, my eyelids wince and twitch a little. I gasp, and say very faintly, "nghhh... Nikki.... Nikki.... Is... that... you?" My body overworked and feeling broken, I can't keep myself conscious and I pass out again. At least I'm alive.

Nikkiman
My concern is enormous. I don't live far from the room at all. I take you very tenderly and carefully in my arms and start to carry you. I don't think I could take better care of a little child. I say to you, even though I know you're unconscious, "You're going to come to my house, Jackson, and rest and get your strength back. You'll see everything will be fine!"

NARRATOR

As The Traveler suffers a brutal defeat at the hands of his first and colossal rival, Havoc, Nikki was able to get to Jackson just in time and took him back to his home, where he began healing from the brutality of that fight. Jackson doesn't remember much else from the night until he wakes up and Nikki informs him how he got back from the ring to his place, and he pieces it all together and tells Nikki what happened, how Havoc ambushed him after they wrapped up their last day of training. During this time as he heals and ponders this beating, Jackson seriously considers going to Berlin to train with Adam's friend, Rob Hunter.

Published: 2023-01-15, viewed 88 times.