Inside the cage

That place was completely unfamiliar to him. He felt a cold and wet layer under his feet, but he didn't pay attention.A scary aura was standing in front of him and talking to him.The aura consisted of three bright colors: black, red and gold.

Contrary to her appearance, she had a female voice that seemed to live in his head. She asked him, "who are you?"

"Who I am cannot reduce the bitterness of the truth that I want to tell you; So it doesn't matter who I am."

"What truth?"

Aura's white eyes became brighter than before."Listen carefully to all my words; Because it is going to become your life guide..."

***

The young girl looked at the patient on the bed with fear and stress.She kept fiddling with her bandaged finger.Her blue hair wasn't neat, that's why some strands of her hair were falling on her face. Suddenly she heard a voice behind her. A young man in a formal suit and relatively tall was standing on other side of the hall and called her. "Miss Linda, can we talk to each other?". The girl's anxiety increased, she turned and stared at the man.He had a serious face and the girl knew there was no escape. So, according to his request, she entered a room.

The young man took a clean glass from cupboard and filled it with water. He then placed it in front of Linda to calm down a bit. The girl took the glass without looking at the man and drank some water. The tall man put his cell phone on the table and pressed the record button. The conversation was being recorded:"Miss Linda Anderson, 23, of Epard, child of Harold Anderson. Tell me about the finals day. What exactly happened to you?"

She raised her head a little and looked at the mobile phone that was recording the conversation. After a long pause, she began to speak:"I was fully prepared like every year. For me, this final wasn't much different from the finals of previous years; But when I saw that boy, differences started. He had red eyes and white hair. I don't think he dyed his hair. What scared me was his eyes."

"what do you mean?"

"He was looking at me in a special way, as if he knew me."

"Alright, keep going."

"When we were in iron cage and the fight started, the boy tried to talk to me. My name, my house, my father and my sister, he knew everything... everything. It was as if he wanted to make me angry, but I was focused on finishing this fight as soon as possible. I told him to come and fight instead of chattering. After a few moments, I saw him changing his shape, becoming a strange creature, and then..."

The worry and stress that had engulfed her soul in the depths of her being did not allow her to speak easily. She took the glass again and this time she drank until the last drop. After she put the empty glass on the table,The young man said, "And then you wanted to kill him out of fear, am I right?"

Linda firmly rejected the man's claim and then said, "You don't think I hit him on purpose?"

The young man just looked.

Linda continued, "He acted as if the cameras and lights inside the cage were accidentally broken; But he himself breaks them . I don't know why, but maybe I know why he did it. Maybe he understood that he could not defeat me so easily.

Look, I just defended myself, because I knew at that moment that this guy was not just a simple rival. Besides, it was so dark there that I couldn't see where he was and what he was doing. So I was just swinging my sword like that when I felt the sword go into something. After that, the cage was pulled up and people saw something that made no sense at all."

The man was leaning on the chair and listening to her words.Now it was his turn to continue the conversation.He took out some photos from his coat pocket and placed them on the table,"These photos show the extent of Mr. Smith's injuries. According to the medical reports, your steel sword entered his neck and broke the larynx bone and caused a disturbance in his breathing. If Mr. Smith doesn't survive, your minimum sentence is 10 years in prison; Also, you will most likely lose your position and status."

This was what she was afraid of. The feeling of worry and anxiety came to her again. Her blue eyes were looking at the man's tired eyes with fear. She said with a tremor in her voice,"Do you mean that the government is ready to abandon its strongest hero?"

The young man answered clearly,"The law must be followed, miss Anderson. It's the same for everyone."

Then he stopped recording and took his mobile from the table.

"It is an exception for you. Considering your and your father's position, the organization and the government will definitely help you. But still, its consequences cannot be completely prevented. The best option is to pray for the boy's survival."

He got up from the chair and put on his sunglasses. Before he left, he said to Linda,"For now, we have to wait until Mr. Smith's fate is known. Until then, you will continue your normal life routine."

Now, she was alone and had a chance to fully think and make her own decisions; Because she knew that next few days will affect her whole life.