One Last Stop

Feng Xuan watched as the events unfolded right before her eyes. Two men at the pits, fighting like animals, people in the higher seats screaming their lungs out with thick wads of bills clutched in their hands.

She had no right to judge these people, she wanted to tell herself. She didn't want to be a hypocrite. There she was standing there, a woman who had ended multiple lives. A murderer. 

Qing Chen raised a bottle for her. In all fairness, it was an expensive one. She uncapped it and gulped down. "I don't think this would get any better even with alcohol."

"It doesn't," Qing Chen answered her. "Sit for a while. This would be over soon."

Feng Xuan felt her stomach twisted. It was not over soon. Although both bloodied and beyond recognizable, neither of the two men on the rink was giving up. The place smelled of sweat and blood. It lasted around fifteen more minutes before it all ended.