Warrior: Coupé (The Warrior Trilogy, Book Three): BattleTech Legends, #59
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A forearm smash to the side of the wrestler’s head finally broke the man’s grip and sent him off to the side. The Kell Hound immediately moved so that the stumbling wrestler blocked another man’s approach. Phelan used the chance to turn around and face the man coming in on his right. He landed two quick blows on the man’s chest, then rocked him back on his heels with a choppy uppercut.
When the man dropped into a crumpled heap, Phelan’s hopes that he might actually escape soared for a nanosecond. Then, as he scanned the battlefield, his hopes crashed and burned. Damn, the guy who hit me first is up. Where?
Silhouetted against the street lights, the first attacker eclipsed Phelan’s view of the street. His right fist again arced in toward the left side of Phelan’s face, but Phelan saw the blow coming and ducked. As he pivoted to drive a short right jab into the man’s ribs, his left foot slipped on some ice, dumping him down hard on his tailbone.
A bolt of pain shot up Phelan’s spine and exploded in his brain. His pelvis felt as if it had shattered, and the pain in his midsection numbed all sensation from his legs. Time slowed as his foe’s left hand slammed down over Phelan’s right eye and blasted him back against the street.
Sprawled out like a dead man, Phelan’s view of the world went black for a second or two, but snapped back into stark and painful detail as fingers tangled themselves in his hair to pull him to a sitting position. With a free hand, the mob’s leader donned Phelan’s sunglasses slowly and deliberately.
Something sparked in the back of the MechWarrior’s mind. I know you... That scar on your face and your pug nose...you’re, you’re... Tantalizingly elusive, the man’s identity could not penetrate Phelan’s storm of pain.
The man let a slow chuckle roll from his throat. “Should’ve stayed where you’re wanted, outcast. And you should never have presumed to be worthy of Tyra.”
At the sound of police sirens keening in the distance, Phelan smiled. His assailant glanced over in the direction of the sounds and shared the mercenary’s smile.
Then his fist fell again and again...
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