Iris's POV
We watched a couple more groups fight, Rio's group included. He lost to Laura, Dante's sister.
Dante and Vlad both won their fights and it was now time for the last group to fight, my group.
We got in the circle, that had thinned out considerably because most of them were in the infirmary, and were all sizing each other up as we waited for Carlos to give us the go ahead.
The room was silent as everyone waited anxiously for the fight to start. You could feel the tension and anticipation in the air.
I slowly crouched to the floor, the beast in me coming closer to the surface, poised to attack as I released a series of warning growls to the other lycans around me.
Finally, we heard Carlos's voice give the order to fight and we all attacked.
It was a mess.
It seems that the two alphas had a silent agreement to gang up on me and the other beta to take us out before facing each other as the male attacked the other girl while the female came at me.
I was half way shifted already and when she came at me, I pounced up off the floor and onto her, sending her falling to the ground.
I used my claws to scratch at her abdomen, legs and arms, making sure to hit vital organs and veins that I knew would leave her unable to fight back.
It was a bit of a struggle to keep reminding myself that it wasn't a real battle and I wasn't supposed to kill her, especially when she bit me on my side and dug her claws into my thighs, forcing an angry growl out of me.
I pinned her arms down with my knees and started punching her in the face until she passed out then I stood up and turned to face the male alpha.
Just in time too as he swung a clawed hand at me, aiming for my throat but I was quick enough to duck.
I swiped at his legs but he jumped out of my reach. He started aiming kicks at me, moving forward as I crawled backwards swiftly until I got enough space between us to stand up.
He threw a punch at me that hit me square in the temple and had me staggering back, feeling slightly disoriented for a second before I shook it off.
He aimed another punch at my face but I blocked it with my left arm, getting a good grip on his arm as I dug my claws in before I sent a punch to his throat, just hard enough to block his airway for a little bit but not enough to cave it in completely.
I sent a swift kick to his balls, making him kneel before me as he tried to gasp in air and cope with the pain at the same time. Then I sent another kick to his temple but the big guy didn't want to go down.
He was scatter brained now so I kept hitting him on his temple over and over again before kicking him to the floor and stepping on his windpipe, slowly cutting off his air supply.
This guy was too big and I wasn't at peak condition to take him down with my hits so the only other option was to get him to tap out.
He was struggling with my foot, trying to get it off his throat but I kept applying pressure, not letting up.
"Yield. " I ordered him but he kept struggling. "I said to fucking yield! " I growled out harshly at him as I dug my foot harder into his neck.
He looked me in the eyes and for a second, I thought he would actually rather die than concede to me but I'm sure he saw in my eyes that I would gladly kill him if that's what he wanted.
We held eye contact for five seconds that felt like a lifetime, before he finally tapped out.
I took my foot off his neck and stretched my hand down to help him get up. He looked at it then up at me and again before he finally grabbed hold and I helped pull him up.
"Congratulations Iris, you're the alpha of group 4. You can take your teammates to the infirmary and sort out your placements and decide on a name for your group. " Alpha Carlos said with his smile in place.
The male alpha and I both picked up our unconscious teammates and limped our way to the infirmary with the other dispersing lycans.
"Hey, what's your name? " I asked him. I was tired of referring to him as the male alpha.
"Delgado. " He said in a gruff voice.
"Delgado. " I whispered to myself. "Well, I'm Iris, it's nice to meet you, " I said, giving him a small smile but he looked at me with a blank face, making me drop my smile. "I guess. "
We walked the rest of the way in silence, it was awkward for me, but I doubt he gave a shit.
We got to the infirmary and it was full of lycans, some of them on the beds unconscious, while the others were around their teammates talking, looking banged up themselves.
Delgado and I went to the two empty beds we saw at the other side of the room and placed our teammates down.
A woman walked over to us and I could tell that she was a wolf from her smell. "Good evening, I'm doctor Olga Romanov. I'll take a look at your friends now. " She said with a thick Russian accent.
She was about 5"9, has graying blonde hair put in a bun, a slender build and was as pale as a vampire.
"Priyatno poznakomitʹsya s vami, doktor Romanov, ya Iris. " I said to her in Russian with a smile. (Nice to meet you doctor Romanov, I'm Iris.)
"Ty govorishʹ po-russki? " She asked surprised before giving me a once over before raising a judgemental brow at me. "Ty russkiy? " (You speak Russian?, You're Russian?)
Ah, the whole black Russian thing.
"No, but my boyfriend is. " I said in a snappy tone, no longer smiling or acting polite.
"Hmm, you have fire like Russian. Good. " She said, seemingly giving her approval before turning to the girls on the bed and examining them.
That was, surprising to say the least.
She finished examining them and started them on an IV drip before tending to their wounds.
After she was finished, she turned to Delgado and I. "I fix them, they be okay now. "
We nodded in reply. "I ty s russkim parnem, ty mne nravishʹsya. " She said in Russian before walking away. (And you with the Russian boyfriend, I like you.)