Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-13427943-20160307045211/@comment-4681758-20160502014316

As Brand arrived where he'd heard the gunshot, with Rogan and Iona arriving not long after, they found Newman fighting Ciarán with every ounce of his strength, fighting harder than they'd ever seen him do before. "So... Should we get in there?", Iona asked, unsure if their teammate had even noticed their arrival. "I dunno... I've never seen Newman try this hard with anything before... Not sure if we'd ever see this again.", Rogan observed, half-joking as he leaned against a tree. "You know what?  If he needed us, he'd say something.", Brand said as he put his hands behind his head.

Newman felt his teeth grinding against each other, but he didn't dare pause for a breath, just throwing punch after punch, dodging as best he could, but still taking more than his share of hits. Fighting Ciarán was nothing new for him; he'd fought him plenty of times in training since that first day they'd met. But today... Today was different. After Ciarán left for over 18 months, and now that he was staying out here, they'd really come into their own, but Newman knew that Ciarán still didn't see him, or any of them, as equals, and they more than deserved it. This was his proving ground. No weapons, no tricks, just them, giving it their all. "Anytime you jerks you wanna step in!", he yelled to his team sarcastically.