Layla, knowing she could get away with it, kicked Vickie in the side. This however, brought a round of boos from the crowd and the referee, feeling he...had no choice, stepped in and forced Layla to a neutral corner. The small respite gave Vickie just enough time to grab the ropes and use them to get to her feet before the champion was on her again."Get away from her," screamed Benny.Taking blow after blow, Vickie somehow staggered away, at last remembering to get her gloves up to block some of. Some countries called them toys, while other areas listed them under weapons. Neither knew whether they were legal in Germany or not, but they assumed they would be prohibited in the cities, anyway. No problem, anyone could make a slingshot. They used the flat bands to secure their rolled clothing in their luggage, and a good-size piece of leather they could use to cut out pockets couldn’t harm anyone.With his small saw in hand and his knife on his belt, Phillip went looking for wood to make. We all thought it was a strange idea at first, that this older girl would want to spend her Friday night with us, but they agreed it sounded like that would be fun. I didn’t assume I was invited to something like this, as I was only Matt and Micah’s Halo buddy at the time, but Daniela directly asked me, “Ivan—you’re coming too, right?” “Sure,” I said. “If yall want me to come.” “Of course we want you to come! Why wouldn’t we? You’re already here all the time.” And a warm sense of excitement and. “I see you have your mini-me with you,” he teased.“Settle down,” Coach Hope called out. “We’ve received the pairings for the first playoff game. They’re making us go on the road to play Nazareth Academy. They’re a Catholic college-preparatory school. We’ll need to be focused to beat them, and we only have two days to prepare. So I want you all to be ready to go this afternoon.”We had all heard of Nazareth. They were supposed to be the best team in the northern part of the state. I was surprised.