New Leader

The next morning, I settled into the tree, ready for another day of boredom but excited for the night. I immediately saw that the people seemed more excited. I heard a group saying that they hoped that Damien won. It seemed that the leader had become greedy and was not a good ruler.

Finally, after a long day of waiting, the evening came. I watched with excitement as the entire tribe formed a circle around the middle of the clearing. The grass had been removed of rocks and other commodities earlier during the day.

Damien came first, stepping into the circle and standing with his arms folded. Soon after the leader came forward. Both of them wore war skirts that were painted red. Their skin was painted different colors to represent their gods. The skull emblem had been painted on both their chests. An old man stepped forward and stood between them. “As the village elder, I shall begin this fight and declare the end. No weapons may be used and should you have any, you must discard them.”

The elder waited to see if any weapon was being carried by the two. “Well then, this fight is for leadership. It is fought between Damien al and Gountum the Second. It will be fought till one of the fighters dies. Now take your positions…… and….. START!” he shouted moving back as fast as he could.

The two fighters slowly circled each other. The first to move forward was Gountum. He jumped forward jabbing his right fist forward straight at Damien’s face. The only bad thing was that Damien wasn’t there anymore. He had jumped to the side. Damien then jumped in the air, did a twirl and kicked the leader straight on the side of the face. The leader stumbled to the side. Damien punched the leader, making him fall. He kept punching the leader’s face. I thought it was over.

Suddenly Gountum punched Damien back and jumped up to his feet, pushing Damien off. It seemed he still had a bit of fire in him. The tribe started cheering. Some cheered for Damien. The others cheered for their leader. Damien and Gountum started circling each other again. Gountum’s face was bleeding slightly. Damien tried another kick, aimed at Gountum’s face. He dodged and caught the leg. Damien then suddenly pushed his other leg up and kicked the leader’s face. Both of them fell down. Damien was up in a second, on top of the leader. Gountum tried punching Damien, but he was too slow. Damien repeatedly punched Damien while restraining his legs with his own legs.

After a few minutes, the elder made Damien stop. The leader was dead. The elder raised Damien’s hand.

“Our new leader!” shouted the elder to the crowd's cheers.