The Worlds Superior calmly looks right back at Viper as the crowd fill the arena with deafening screams of support. Although not totally surprised at the challenge, a wide, arrogant smile forms on Jack’s face as he looks through his shades into the venomous vixen’s ice green eyes, admiring them as his mind tries to reach a decision. On the one hand, Jack had promised Rachael that he was going to retire tonight and they were going to live the rest of their lives in luxury, a promise that he’s broken a few times because of the temptation of war. On the other hand, Viper is someone that he admires and respects deeply, for in their previous battle, she was someone who despite taken tremendous slams, but she was still able to tear Jack apart and turn him into a bloody and blinded mess. Jack got the victory, but within most people’s minds including his, it was more or less handed to him and one could argue that he would have lost if Poison hadn’t interfered. A final fight with Viper would certainly be a brilliant end to such a career and it’s something that Jack wants but it would be downright cruel to Rachael, who is already extremely anxious over her man’s upcoming fight with Cerberus. He would have jumped at the chance to fight Viper if he was going against a lesser opponent tonight, but would accepting this fight on top of fighting the Inferno be too much for her?
Still undecided, Jack turns his head and looks out of the ring, staring at Rachael Kaplain who is looking back at him from the first row. The crowd are loudly chanting the names of both of the Hall of Fame inductees but despite appreciating the reception; Jack really couldn’t care right now as he looks into Rachael’s pretty blue eyes, which are clearly showing the fear and the sadness. She knows that Jack can’t find it within himself to resist such a challenge, and knows that he’s going to put her through all this tension and anxiety again. At least he is actually thinking about it, but she knows that eventually he’ll accept the challenge. Jack on the other hand is clearly torn into two, and although he won’t admit it to himself, he is looking for some sign of approval from his wife that would make it easier for him to accept. Despite the disappointment of another setback to the new life, and the anxiety that she feels over the near future, she also knows how badly he wants this fight and also appreciates the fact that he’s thinking about her, so she begrudgingly accepts shows her support with a pretty little smile. It catches Jack by surprise and he smiles back, and with weight taken off one end of the scale, he looks back at Viper with that smirk then removes the shades from his face and slides them into his right trouser pocket.
The wait lasted over a minute and the crowd are restless and electric, as the tension has been built up along with the pause. Viper doesn’t feel the pressure that the crowd are feeling and simply shifted her weight from one hip to another, staring at Jack almost seductively. Stunning, beautiful, incredibly sexy and absolutely lethal, she gives off an aura like she is a goddess among humans, an aura that causes the vast majority of the normal people to feel unworthy of being in her presence. Of course, being the Worlds Superior he admires and respects her tremendously, believing that she is one of the only people who truly on his on his level. Aside from his wife, Jack tends to look down on most people, only really making exceptions for people who have tested him in the past but he still feels better than them in at least some way. However there is none of that with Viper and with Rachael seemingly ok with it, inside he is filled with a burning fire, knowing that he not only could get the fight of his life at this event, but WILL get the fight of his life at the next one. Although the fight with Cerberus is still at the forefront at his mind, a decision has been made and all that excitement comes out with simply a cool smile.
The fans in attendance are on the edge of their seats as Jack flicks his fingers and within a second, a microphone is placed in the middle of his right hand. He clutches it pretty tight then steps out of the corner and walks straight over to Viper who looks up into his blue eyes, waiting patiently for the answer she knows is coming. Jack slowly raises the microphone to his mouth, exciting the crowd even more. He looks down into Viper’s ice green eyes as she continues to look up into his, engaged in some kind of cool, respect based stare down as he calmly speaks into the microphone…
“The Worlds Superior, Jack E Breaker versus Viper, one on one at the next event. Sounds…perfect”
The crowd suddenly erupts off their seats and absolutely screams the house down, ecstatic over what they’ve just heard. A smile has formed on the face of Candice Fairchild, as she is delighted over what has just happened in front of her. Neither Jack nor Viper have moved or even blinked as they continue to stare into each other’s eyes, neither fighter feeling any anger or bad feelings towards their opponent, just untainted respect and determination. A feral smile forms on the face of Viper, and the Worlds Superior responds in kind and holds the microphone by his side as the crowd continue to go wild around them, waving their hands in the air and screaming out the names of the two fighters in unison.
