Spirit Warrior

Fortified with their overwhelming verbal support Megog dipped his muscled shoulder and shot forward. Quickly I dodged to the right but he had anticipated my very move and crashed straight into my chest. He had guessed my path of escape. With a loud thud my back slammed the mat and my head bounced off the hard rubber surface. Starbursts of pain rocketed through my brain like a meteor shower. I lay there dazed unable to move.</p><P>The crowd jumped to their feet and cheered! Megog had executed a brilliant combination move. This society's love of violence in sport was particularly keen.</p><P>Pulling myself to my knees I couldn't breathe. My eyes refused to focus and all I could see was a colorful kaleidoscope of fuzzy objects. My head felt like it was in a hot steel vice that someone was tightening. Again I gasped for air but none came. I knew what would happen next and tried to raise my arms to defend myself but my body rebelled. My brain couldn't activate my muscles. Dear Jesus was all I could say before I fell to the mat in an unconscious heap.