"Why didn't you stop her?"
"Why didn't you tell me King would be here?" Jabulani asked with a frown.
"You know King?" Sebastian asked in surprise.
"He refused me this little seductress at one of his auctions. I haven't forgiven him since then," he said through gritted teeth.
"You hold a grudge over a woman," Sebastian laughed.
"Look where a woman has put you," Jabulani spat as he turned to his right hand man. "Tell the boys to prepare. All hell is about to break loose. You know where she is taking this fight. Never one to hurt the innocent," he smirked as Sebastian looked at him confused.

"There are grounds we settle disputes. Grounds the innocent know to not step on. She will choose ten of her best and I will choose ten of my best men to finish this," he said puffing out a cloud of smoke.
"So I did all this so you could have a show down!" Sebastian growled.
"Why else did you come all the way here if not for the show?" Jabulani laughed slapping him on the back. "Let's go!"

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"Stay close to Miss Romani," she heard Sacha say as he handed over the rifle to his second in command.
"Yes sir," he said as Lexi turned to look at him with a questioning look.
"He looked at her. She saw that he would not bow down on this one occasion as Alex pulled the kevlar jacket strap tightening it.
She smiled looking at her brother as he wore a serious expression raising her hands to cup his cheeks.
"I love you," she whispered as he smiled at her placing a kiss on her forehead murmuring the words back to her. 
Lyle held the sniper rifle case as though it weighed nothing which surprised Lee.
"Give me a gun," he said anger written all over his expression.

"Leave us," she stated as all movement stopped.
Moving towards where he leaned against the table she gently nudged his legs apart stepping closer to him. Wrapping her arms around his neck she slowly leaned down resting her forehead against him, eyes closed.
Rising to his feet he looked down at her as she remained quiet looking into his eyes.

A faint smile graced his lips upon seeing the worry and regret in her eyes.
"I'm sorry," she whispered looking at his shoulder.
Turning her head to face him he looked into her eyes once more shaking his head no.
"I should be the one to apologize love," he murmured as she wrapped her arms around his middle making him pull her closer.
Listening to the steady this of his heartbeat she took a deep breath before stepping back.

"You won't be of use to me if you are dead baby," she whispered as he rested his forehead against hers.
"Neither will you," he breathed out rubbing his nose against hers as he pulled her close.
"I missed this," she murmured as he looked into her eyes.
"I'm sorry I put us in such a situation. If I had know Sebastian would become power hungry after losing the bet I wouldn't have even agreed to it," he whispered in regret feeling ashamed.
"I forgive you Lee. You can help Lyle from his sniper post," she said conceding to his request.
He smirked shaking his head no.

"If you wanted me dead or truly injured you would have done so earlier. The doctor said this is a flesh wound. Inflicted just for pain," he whispered into her easy as his lips grazed he skin.

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"Come on little girl!" Jacobi yelled as he stood at the center of the junk yard.
"Who are you calling little girl?" He heard behind him making him turn to face her. 
"Is that tone supposed to have me shaking in my boots he asked as nine men stepped out.

"Thank you for allowing my men to see their targets," she smirked as several red dots glistened in each of their chests.
"See that's the beauty of this place. Anything goes. And the victor is always the one standing," she chuckled as he yelled a string of curses.
Raising his gun to aim at her she smirked moving quickly as she knocked the gun out of his hand before throwing him to the ground pinning him down. Before she could land a blow the bulky man lifted her up as she wound her legs around him tightly in anticipation of his move as he slammed her onto the ground knocking the wind out of her lungs. Sucking air into her lungs she looked up at him as he gnashed his teeth in anger.

One of his men made a move to step towards them but dropped dead before he could do anything.
"Lexi!" She heard Lee her as Sacha held him back informing him she had to be the one to kill Jabulani.
The next thing the men heard was a terrifying scream as they saw Lexi biting down on Jabulani's arm blood dripping down her mouth.
"Why you little!" He screamed standing up and swiftly delivering a kick to her gut.
Curling up in pain she waited for the next kick and he did not disappoint. She closed her eyes listening as Lee screamed her name. Begging and threatening her men to release him.
Seeing her brother stepping forward she gave him a slight nod no as Jabulani bend down to pick her up as she reached for the guy that had fallen beside her during their tussle.
Gripping her neck he lifted her into the air as she tried to breath struggling for air. Using whatever strength remained she struck him with the gun taking him by surprise but her attack was relentless as it resulted in him being knocked out cold.

Spitting out the blood in her mouth she slowly stood up wiping her mouth.
"Such a shame. Down to eight," she tsked standing up as Sebastian looked at the men behind him.
Lee ran towards her as she sunk to her knees. Reaching out to touch her she screamed in pain as he realized she was more than bruised.
"I'm sorry love," he whispered as he lifted her into his arms walking towards her brother.
"Brother," she said as Alex stepped forward wielding a knife preparing for Sebastian.

The siblings did not exchange any other words as Alex leaned towards her kissing her forehead.

Sebastian raised his hand to fire his gun but the weapon was shot out of his hand making the men behind him look at each other in fear.
Alex wore a smirk as he twisted the blade in his hand whilst Sebastian reached for his own. As they fought each other the other men fell to their death as her team took them down unawares. With fluid movements he buried the knife straight into his heart as Sebastian looked at him in surprise.

Jabulani regained consciousness as he staggered to his feet.
"Go," she stated dismissing his men as they rushed away yelling for the others to retreat.
A loud whistled had everyone coming to a stop as Jabulani raised his hands in surrender. Moving towards where she was she whispered for Lee to allow her to stand. He gently set her on her feet allowing her to lean against him as he stood behind her.

The grown man stood before her before sinking to his knees hands still raised about his head. They watched as his men came before her sinking to their knees as well.

The next thing he did had Alexander wearing a smirk as he lay down on the ground, on his stomach, touching her feet in complete submission.

"Never cross me again Jabu," she said such that those who where close heard her clearly.
"Never," he said as she reached for Lee's fingers as a wave of dizziness hit her.
Lifting her into his arms he looked at her concerned before moving towards one of the cars.