My Rebirth as an alien Queen

Episode 30-Barb the champion

I watched as Barb elegantly walked into the wrestling ring, her face still looking Blank as the people around watching start to cheer the other wrestlers that were already in the arena shouting and raising his hands up to show off his strength. But as all this happened Barb only stared at her opponents probably trying to get his weakness, after a proper introduction to the spectators, the match began and Barb started to crouch, definitely, he had seen as the other wrestlers do, I was biting my fingers as I watched because I was starting to get nervous.

The first attack came from Barb’s opponent as he tried to grab her arm, even though he successfully held it, Barb was able to swiftly draw him close and hit her head with his before landing him a punch on the face and throwing him over her despite the heavyweight of her opponent. Murmurs were starting to rise and Barb’s opponent started to look in awe as he moved his hands up to his nose and noticed he was bleeding, he growled loudly and tear off the little vest he had on showing off his extremely toned physique before he moved over to over to Barb intending to overpower her this time but it was if Barb saw it coming and dodged his attack but only for her to land a punch on her opponent's thigh, a loud groan of pain was heard from the man as he slowly moved back unable to withstand the heavy impact of Barb’s blow.

But Barb wasn’t done yet, he moved closer to the man and landed him a punch on the shoulder, then the arms probably almost dislocating his joints before another punch landed on the man’s face and he sunk to his knees, looking weak and helpless as Barb moved to grab the dirty hair on his scalp forcing him to stand to his feet before grabbing and throwing him over again. The man was in pain I could feel it, his face was b****y and he was groaning but I couldn’t let Barb do any more thing to him or she’ll kill him, so I immediately moved closer to the arena, passing by the awe-struck and anxious people before deciding to speak to her.

“Barb, that’s enough” I muttered to her after meeting her eyes and she immediately turned away while we waited for the referee to make her weak opponent stand but from the look of it, her opponent would not be doing that soon. Barb’s hand must immediately pull up as the winner and when I looked up to meet Jerry’s face, he was frowning, with his brows furrowed tight as he studied Barb in the arena, all the bet was immediately given to me after Barb climbed down, we made approximately 10,000 dollars, more than enough to lounge at the hotel but I wish it was enough to get back home.

“Isn’t that enough?” Barb asked me after I finished counting up the money.

“I’m not sure yet, but we can only wish it is” I was about to turn when my face fell on Jerry who was now wearing a scowl.

“How about a rematch?” He suddenly asked staring at Barb warily.

“And if she won this time, I’ll double whatever it is you have earned but if you don’t, you gave up all you’ve earned” I immediately turned to Barb whose expression was Blank of course.

“Claire, do you want a rematch?” She asked me and I shrugged my shoulders.

“It’s not about me now, will you be okay?” I asked worriedly though I know it’s quite strange to be worrying over a robot I just couldn’t lose Barb.

“I’ll be fine” She assured her before turning to Jerry to accept his offer, Jerry was smirking for real this time, I wish I could tell him to the face no human opponents will beat Barb but I have to keep that a secret no matter what. The match was immediately announced, it was Barb with a guy named gladiator, I wonder why they would want to name anyone that, but when the guy walked in with only a brief to show off his packs and toned physique, my jaw dropped, he was super tall and super heavy, his face was round and his hair was completely bald but he had a mane, I watched as his veins flexed as he cracked his knuckles while slowly walking over to Barb, next to him, Barb looked a small school girl making me panic a little.

“She’s not even properly dressed” That voice made every hair on me stand on me as Barb’s opponents mocked her while the spectators laughed, Barb as a robot that she is, had no single taint of emotion on her face, not even fear nor panic. They got into position after the whistle was blown and seeing how sceptically Barb was staring at Gladiator, I know she was studying the damn guy.

Another whistle sounded and Barb and his opponents immediately went for each other but I was shocked when the guy raised Barb a little, but Barb hit his shoulder so hard that he immediately dropped her and they both stared at each other before they go into attack mode. For that dude to lift Barb, I wasn’t entirely sure he wasn’t going to injure her.

“Barb you’ve got this” I cheered loud enough for her to hear and she gave me a small smile before turning to give her opponent a blank look, then her opponent started to sway probably to misdirect Barb but Barb run for him and push him by the shoulder sending him back a little, but that created an opportunity for Barb to make a direct attack, Barb went for his two legs, forced it together and pulled him off his feet sending his back to the ground, with that, Barb gained another opportunity to tackle him and pin him but the man was swift and immediately roll away before Barb could get the chance.

“How long have you been wrestling, you look like you know your moves well” The man smirk but Barb was still emotionless as the man started to make a feint attack but instead of waiting for his direct attack Barb run for him and created traction, wanting to force him to kneel but it looked like the damn guy was pretty strong, he landed a punch into Barb’s stomach and he winced, then punched Barb in the face but she stood unaffected, then it was Barb’s turn to counter, she threw the guy a punch in the face and he threw back his head in action, then gave him another punch in the stomach making him crouch, it was like Barb was increasing force.

After that, my beloved robot started to go for the knee, at every opportunity she‘s got…she hit his knee making the strong man cry out at the fourth impact. I was biting my fingers again when the man grabbed Barb by the hand and used his two hands to punch her in the chest sending her flying back a little, after that he decided to target her chest but Barb didn’t give him the opportunity as she made sure to immobilise him by weakening him by the knee until he was crying out, it was a tough match and all the people who had been cheering and shouting had grown incredibly quiet as they watched Barb create a beautiful performance.

Barb’s opponent tried to move but he couldn’t as his two knees have been severely hit by Barb so Barb was given the opportunity to tackle him to the ground, grabbing his arm and drawing until he was beating the mat in defeat. The referee immediately moved to the mat beating it for him to stand but the man seems pretty tired so Barb was announced a winner. I couldn’t describe how relieved I was when she started to walk towards the exit of the ring but then she staggered and I panic, I immediately moved to help her out.

“Barb, are you?” I questioned and watched her worriedly but she was showing signs of being ridiculously tired, which was weird; she even rested her head on my shoulders after I sat next to her.

“It’s alright, it’s okay” I assured watching Jerry approached us with some cash until he threw it to our feet, hissing in disgust.

“She seems pretty tired” I don’t know how Barb was doing it was she had sweats on top of her forehead and her face was really pale, I started to conclude she was doing it on purpose.

“She just fought your best man, what do you expect…I need to get her home to check if she has no internal injury” I sounded very upset which to Barb would be like I was pretending for Barb to appear human but actually…I was very upset. I took the money and started to head towards the entrance with Barb’s hand around my shoulder while carrying our duffer bag in the second hand that wasn’t holding Barb in place, she was playing a handicap and it made me smile how she managed to act like this after we got out of the wrestling house we grabbed a cab to the hotel and Barb immediately returned to how she used to be.

“You were pretending” I muttered in disbelief.

“I had to, it was the only way to keep the human’s suspicions at bay” I almost laughed at her intuition but I was too tired. After reaching the hotel we booked a room and immediately moved to the room to rest, I miss the earth so much…but a part of me kept warning me I didn’t belong to the planet, but the peace and serenity I was enjoying for being on earth knew no bounds, I felt at home, I felt at peace. I heaved a heavy sigh after I exit the bathroom to see Barb sitting and staring into nothingness.

“What is your battery percentage right now Barb?” I asked worried she might suddenly pass out from power exhaustion.

“73%,” She told me and I sighed, soon we’ll need to get her charged.

“Do you think you could charge here?” I asked her in concern but she gave me her emotionless smile before looking around.

“The hotel power output is generally low and would not be enough to boost my battery percentage, if I am to recharge I have to have a heavy power source” Barb explained and I sighed.

“But is there any way at all for you to conserve power-

“You need not worry, I would go to sleep immediately you go to bed and would optimize any activities that might be draining my battery until we have a suitable power source to recharge me” I sighed and nodded to her demands getting into the hotel provided baggy tops since I don’t have any suitable clothes for sleeping, then I moved over to the bed exhaling loudly and watching the ceiling as I started to visualise how meeting my family would be like, I mean the other me from the future…how was she gonna be doing? Will Charlie be happy that I was home? Will dad and mom accept me back into their lives, I know they love me a lot but will they believe me I was the Claire that had fought by the side of humanity a few years ago? I started to wonder if the younger version of me was still together with the older version of Nicholas, will Nick be happy to see me? I wonder if Nick was still a tight friend of Brian and if they were still close to Tony? Speaking of Tony…was his sister still dating my brother? I was so freaking curious that their thought kept me occupied till I doze off.

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