The underground trembled.
The blood. The steel. The silence.
The Gauntlet — final stage of the fighting circuit — had begun.
Only one name echoed through the arena tonight:
"MARK!"
He stood at the center of the Colosseum Pit — shirtless, fists wrapped, his eyes cold fire.Thousands watched from screens across the city.
They knew what was coming.
The execution match.
💀 Enter the Monster
Steel doors opened.
Gravejaw lumbered forward. Seven feet of pure mutated rage.Rust-stained metal jaw. Reinforced arms. Half-man, half-machine.
Kade's ultimate weapon.
"You should've stayed gone, boy," Gravejaw growled, voice crackling like static.
Mark's voice was calm.
"Funny. Kade said the same thing last time. He bled for it too."
⚔️ Round One: Brutality Unleashed
BOOM!
Gravejaw struck first — a full-force punch that shattered concrete.Mark dodged — barely — the wind slicing past his ear.
He countered with a flurry — left, right, uppercut — but Gravejaw didn't move.
He absorbed the hits like a wall.
Then he grabbed Mark by the throat, slammed him into the floor, and drove a steel elbow into his gut.
CRACK.
Mark coughed blood.
But didn't stop.
🧠 Round Two: Mind Over Muscle
As Gravejaw charged again, Mark smiled through the pain.
He sidestepped, using momentum.Grabbed a loose chain from the wall.Wrapped it around Gravejaw's arm mid-punch — flipped over his back.
SLAM!
Gravejaw hit the ground for the first time.
The crowd went insane.
Mark pounced — elbow to temple, headbutt, knees like hammers. He roared, breaking metal with fists.
But Gravejaw grabbed him mid-blow and threw him like a ragdoll.
💣 Final Round: Secrets Bleed
Both men were bleeding. Breathing heavy.
Then Gravejaw said it:
"Kade… he didn't just betray you."
Mark froze.
"He paid me to fake the hit. You weren't supposed to die — just disappear. But someone else interfered."
"Your brother."
Mark's blood turned cold.
"You're lying."
"No. Your brother offered double. Said you'd gone soft. Kade just did what was convenient."
Something snapped.
Mark let out a savage scream — fists flying, faster than eyes could track.Every hit was vengeance. Rage. Justice.
He beat Gravejaw into the floor.
And then… silence.
☠️ Aftermath
Mark stood alone.
Bloodied. Broken. But undefeated.
The announcer's voice crackled:
"LADIES AND FREAKS… YOUR CHAMPION. YOUR LEGEND.MAAAAAARK!"
The lights exploded. The ring collapsed.
And in the shadows… Kade was gone.
But now, Mark knew the truth.This fight was never just Kade's betrayal.It was family.
And vengeance wasn't over yet.
🔚 END OF CHAPTER 3 — END OF STORY 🩸MARKED FOR VICTORY: COMPLETE 🏆