Taurus (Galactic Cage Fighters (Book Three)) (7 page)

Now Maya was offended. “You watch it yourself. My grandmother is a full human and she is the best person I know. If I am more human, then I am grateful to be like my grandmother in that way. My name is Maya—learn it.” She walked off leaving Zara stunned silent.

Oh shit! Did she really just say that to a female that could crush her with one hand?
She felt a little sick inside. She had never been much for confrontation. She wasn’t a match for a halfsie physically. Truth was, she was barely stronger than a human.  That was why she learned the art of talking her way out of trouble and avoiding any possible dangerous situations. It worked for most of her life. The downside was that she led a safe but sheltered life with no surprises or intrigue. She wasn’t going to be able to avoid confrontations here. She would be challenged regularly regarding her DNA. She pulled her shoulders back and walked away with confidence that she didn’t totally feel.

*****

Taurus watched Maya as she had words with Zara. He was ready to run interference, but it looked like Maya held her own with the Amazon.
What was that all about?
He would find out after practice.

“You ready or do you want to follow her around for a while?” Hammer asked him, punching him on the arm.

He turned to Hammer, shrugging his shoulders. “Don’t know what you mean.”

Hammer smirked. “Whatever you say. Let’s hit it.”

They circled one another. Taurus opened southpaw.  It rolled off Hammer. Taurus had then let out a leg kick, but Hammer landed a jab and an inside kick of his own. Taurus’s left hand snapped Hammer’s head back. However, the big guy was not going down that easily. Taurus tried for a hard kick, but Hammer caught it easily. Taurus avoided the takedown and pressed Hammer into the cage.  The two separated.  More kicks were exchanged back forth between both of them. Taurus quickly caught a kick and threw Hammer to the mat. Hammer wasn’t going to let him pin him and managed to kick out. 

Their practice matches went on for a couple of hours. They each practiced getting out of holds. Surprisingly, Taurus was almost a perfect match against Hammer. Even though Hammer was much larger, Taurus had more agility, flexibility, and hidden strength. By the time their practice was over, they were both drenched from sweat.

“Good match,” Hammer told him.

“Thanks. I’m going to go take a shower, maybe rest, and order something light to eat. I’ll see you at the match tonight,” Taurus told him.

“Yep, see you later.”

*****

GCFA Evening Event

Maya had watched many televised GCFA fights before, but she wasn’t prepared for what it would really be like live. There were huge crowds of people, all different species. She didn’t realize there would be just as many female fans coming as there were males. She watched from a distance fascinated by the different types of fans that she saw.

She noted there were at least three different types of fans in general.  The first was the
casual fan
that came to watch with friends but did not seem to have a particular favorite fighter. The second was a
fair-weather fan
who was easily swayed to like whatever fighter was most popular. The third was a
diehard fan
, which would come to see their favorite fighters and cheer for them even if they were losing.

Within the women fans, a different type of fan arose. She, Coco, and some of the other female fighters began calling them the
roadie fans
. These particular women didn’t care as much for the sport as they did about getting laid by a popular fighter. It pissed Coco off that these women were pulled, then taken to the VIP section, and later allowed to attend the after-party. Maya didn’t like it either, but she didn’t see much difference in that and the GCFA hiring Venetians to work the circuit. Except the roadie fans didn’t get paid for the fucking and the Venetians did.

“You excited about tonight?” Coco asked her.

“Sure.”

Coco frowned at her. “What happened to all your enthusiasm?”

“I’m enthused, really,” she sounded strained even to her own ears.

“What did that asshole do now?” 

“What?”

“What did Taurus do to bring you down?”   Coco sounded pissed.

Maya looked down. “Nothing.”

“Bullshit! The last time I saw the two of you together at the photo shoot you were both going at it with your clothes on. So what has he done to make you look so sad?”

She blushed at the reminder of her and Taurus’s public display. “That didn’t mean anything. Let’s not talk about it—ever. I just want to concentrate on my job.”

“I won’t push you, but know that I am here if you want to talk about it.”

“Thanks, Coco.”

They both turned when they heard the commentators start up.

“Ready?”

“As I’ll ever be.”

*****

“This is Johann and Poland here, live at the Galactic Cage Fighters circuit event at the beautiful Spaceport Arena in Southeast Gamma Region.

“Well, Johann, this GCFA circuit has certainly offered many changes. We have replacement fighters on both teams and I hear one of the GCFA favored fighters is off the market.”

“That’s right, Poland, Talon the Fallen Angel is recently married. He and his lovely wife are expecting their first child.”

“We wish Talon and his wife all the happiness in the world.”

“So, what is the lineup for tonight’s events?”

“We are opening the night with a series of pair matches. Then Zara the Amazon is fighting one on one with a female Cyclops.”

“Wow, I can’t wait to see that match.”

*****

Taurus watched the television in the holding room where the fighters waited until their match was called.  The first match, Coco was the ring girl. The next match, Maya would work the cage.

When she came out in a little outfit with fringe hanging down from the top, he became aroused immediately. Even though she was smiling and flirting with the crowd, she looked nervous. Also, she was wobbly in the heels that she was wearing. He worried for her. She was a bit of a klutz, so walking around on a pair of too high, high heels was not a good idea.

“She’ll be fine,” Zara told him as she went over to start stretching.

He didn’t ask her what she meant. Zara was very observant. She was also surprisingly supportive to those she cared about. It was getting past her defenses and becoming someone she cared about that took a while. But it was worth it. He nodded at her but said nothing.

“They’re calling our names,” Hammer said to him, walking to the door.

“I’m right behind you.”

*****

“That was a fantastic match. What’s up next, Poland?”

“The Sledge Hammer and Taurus the Ape Man are going against a full Leptan and a full Artarian.”

“It should prove to be a fantastic match.”

*****

Taurus made his way to the cage with Hammer. The moment they entered the arena the crowd went wild. It was still intimidating. To have so many watching him, calling out his name like they knew him, women reached out to touch him. He had been doing this for years, but it still felt uncomfortable.

“I love you, Taurus!” a female fan yelled out.

“Hammer! Hammer!” Hammer’s fans chanted. The music master had mixed his usual music with Hammer’s creating a new beat, which everyone seemed to be enjoying. He thought it sounded pretty good, too.

They climbed inside the cage and watched as their opponents entered the arena. They received a combination of positive yells from the full species present and boos from the human and halfsie crowds.  The opponents entered the cage acting really cocky. One grabbed a microphone.
Where the hell did he get that?

“Welcome to my match thisss evening. You made the right choiccce in coming here. You will be honored to witnessss the beating that my teammate and I are about to give to thessse halfsssie ssscum,” the Leptan announced, throwing the microphone to the side. The boos got even louder.

Hammer looked at Taurus. “Showtime.”

Chapter Eight

The bell rang announcing the start to round one. Normally matches usually lasted three rounds, each round no longer than five minutes. Championship fights last for a maximum of five rounds. There was a one-minute rest period between rounds. Since this was a tag team match, during the first two rounds, Taurus and Hammer would take turns fighting their opponents. By the third round, both pairs of fighters would be allowed to fight simultaneously.

Taurus opened with range-finding kicks, but none landed. The Leptan took the brunt of the kicks thrown but did not react to them much.  The Leptan then landed two shots to Taurus’s body and knocked his head against the cage. He reached out to tag Hammer at the same exact time the Leptan had tagged his partner. The crowd went wild for Hammer.

“Sledge Hammer! Sledge Hammer!” the crowd chanted louder and louder. It made the Artarian pissed. He came at Hammer swinging with all three arms. He did score quick, hard punches to Hammer’s body over and over.

Hammer bounced back with an inside leg kick which made the Artarian stumble. He recovered quickly continuing with the punches. The Artarian got hold of Hammer’s throat with his third arm, but the bell rang announcing the end of round one.

Coco was the ring girl and she walked across the mat going from one side of the cage to the next. She flirted with the males in the crowd getting them worked up. That was all part of the show.

Round two began with Hammer retaking the fight where he left off. He managed to secure the Artarian with an under hook and pressed him into the cage. He tapped out and Hammer tapped Taurus’s hand to take his place.

Taurus landed a right hand and pressed the Leptan back into the cage. The Leptan tried to respond with a knee in the clinch. There were more hard right hands by both. Then Taurus landed a two-punch combo scoring a hard body shot. Taurus refused to allow the Leptan to tap out. By the time the bell rang ending round two, the Leptan was taking in huge gulps of air and favoring his right side.

Taurus went to his and Hammer’s side of the cage. He was breathing hard, too.

“We need to get it together,” Hammer told him.

Taurus nodded his head. “I’m with you.” He stretched out his toes wiggling them.

The bell rang to start the third round. Now all four fighters were allowed to fight simultaneously. Taurus sent out a leg kick at the Artarian in an attempt at a takedown, but the Artarian wasn’t going to go down that easily. With his third arm, the Artarian hit him hard in the ribs.

Hammer performed a back kick to the Artarian’s legs while he was fighting the Leptan. It gave Taurus the opening he needed. Taurus leapt up into the air flipping and latching out with his extended toes. Hanging upside down from the curved top of the cage, he grabbed hold of the Artarian. He swung the surprised Artarian hard against the side of the cage, then let his body fall unconscious to the mat. Simultaneously, Hammer pulled back his large beefy hand and let it hit the Leptan in the face. The smaller species flew across the cage hitting the fence, knocking him unconscious as well. The referee, who was a robotic arm with a camera attached, swung down to countdown and the bell rung announced the match over.

*****

Maya watched the fight by the sidelines close to the VIP section. The ring girls were expected to pass out t-shirts to some of the VIPs. She cringed several times whenever Taurus took a kick or punch. She didn’t know how he would be against the Artarian. But he used his special Priman abilities.
It was fucking hot!
Her breathing was rapid and she was wet between her legs. She wasn’t the only female that found it exciting.

“Did you see Taurus the Ape Man swinging from the bars? That man is sex on a stick hanging upside down,” a blond human female sitting in the VIP section said.

“Oh, yeah. He can take me like that any time. He’s hung, too.  His package was clearly visible against those skintight shorts he wears. I wonder what he’d be like?” a large chested human female with red hair answered the blond.

“You would date him?” the blond asked with surprise.

“No! Of course not. However, I would definitely fuck him.”

Maya glared angrily at the two females. How dare they talk about Taurus that way, like he was a thing and not a person with feelings.  Sure she was pissed at him for being with the Venetian, but he hadn’t promised her anything. They had only shared a moment. He had every right to be with anyone he wanted. But to listen to these human female fans go on and on about him without having any real interest in being with him for more than a few hours, it made her want to punch something. She threw the t-shirts back inside the box she got them from. She stormed off toward Coco who was waving her to come that way.

“What’s wrong? Did one of the VIP males touch you inappropriately? It happens sometimes,” Coco asked with concern.

“No. It was the human females. They were talking about…one of the fighters. They only cared about sleeping with him, not about dating him.”

“Oh, that. We get that all the time. The humans see us halfsies as a challenge. If they sleep with us, it’s their way of sleeping on the wild side. The full species can be just as bad. They see us halfsies as more human. Most hate us because of it. Then there are those that get a kick out of sleeping with something close to a human. But most full species have no desire to mate with a human or a halfsie, we’re not good enough for them,” Coco explained as they made their way to wardrobe.

The ring girls changed their costumes in between matches.

“Can I change out of these heels? I am terrified that I am going to trip and fall and break my neck,” Maya complained to the wardrobe lady.

“Absolutely not! You are way too short and these make your legs appear longer,” the wardrobe lady reprimanded her.

“Don’t worry. You have one more match to serve as ring girl then it’s over for tonight. You’ll be fine. What could go wrong?” Coco tried to reassure her.