The Man in the Arena | HFY | SciFi Short Stories

The Man in the Arena
Story by goBerserk_

Original story:  / the_man_in_the_arena  


The Man in the Arena
OC
Rory stared at the dressing room door and swallowed nervously. The arena rocked and shook as the entrance music of his opponent began to play. The whole crowd was stomping and howling a graxian war chant, which Rory could hear clear as day through the walls and floors of the arena.

Rory wondered how different this fight would feel like from inside the ring than the ones he had on earth. He remembered how frightening fighting in front of 20,000 at the QB Arena back home was. And this crowd dwarfed that. It was giving Rory goosebumps, and he hadn’t even seen it yet.

Plus, the broadcast… The promoter said this would have around twenty or thirty billion people watching. My biggest fight had only a hundred twenty thousand buys…

Rory snapped back into the here and now as his father, Bill, shook his son’s shoulders. “RORY! Now’s not the time to be away with the pixies. Go piss before we get your gloves on.”

“I’m good.”

Bill sighed. “Just try, will you.”

Rory growled, “I’m not a child anymore; I can tell when I need to piss for myself, thank you.”

Bill shrugged. “Your funeral mate.”

Bill strapped the gloves to Rory’s hands and secured them with tape. “Remember, son, one-twos and leg kicks. This Grax cunt may have four arms, but you have 6 inches of reach on him. And for Christ’s sake, stay off the ground, you can’t sto-”

Rory snapped at his father. “I know! I can’t stop a choke; he has four arms, I have two. You’ve told me a hundred times already!”

His father gave him a stern yet apologetic look. “Sorry, son. I’m just trying to pound it through that thick head of yours and undo everything I’ve taught you.”

Rory’s face flushed with anger. “Thick head?! That’s fucking rich from the dumb cunt that got us here!”




If you like this type of thing, you might as well go ahead and subscribe. I upload new stories every day.
If you want to support the Author directly here:   / goberserk  

If you want to support me directly: https://ko-fi.com/scifistoryguy

Any support is appreciated, but of course not necessary, just being here is enough.

Also check out my Tik Tok. I have this story and more. https://www.tiktok.com/@redditstorygu...

Best scifi short Stories
Scifi stories humans are insane
Human reddit stories
Scifi stories to fall asleep to
Scifi short film
Short adventure stories


#hfy #sciencefiction #scifi