Silence ensued as both of them took cautious steps around the room sizing each other with vigilant eyes. Zack stood right in front of the exit to make sure Aleesha did not do anything stupid.. not that she can since all his eyes are waiting on them watching everything happening here.. so, even if something does go wrong, he will be having back up in no time.

Shreya and Aleesha couldn't be bothered with such trivialities at the moment.

Each and every step the other person took was watched with utmost vigilance.

"Move it already!!" Aleesha asked impatiently.

Even though she had an advantage with it came to skill and she knew this room every nook and cranny.. but her disadvantage was the fact that she was malnourished in these god knows how many days she had been held here.. her energy level has highly deteriorated. Her stamina was zilch compared to her normal standards.

Shreya did not starve her but she did not exactly consult a nutritionist when she packed the room with food.. so, the food was just enough to stay alive.. nothing else. And she did not know how many days she had to be here and whether or not Shreya will refill.. so, she had to ration her food carefully not to starve.

But even then, Aleesha was confident that Shreya wouldn't have seen combat abilities like her in her life and that was enough advantage for her to defeat her.. that Shreya would never last enough for her to lose her stamina.. until this moment of course..

Just with Shreya's footwork and her sharp eyes, Aleesha could see that Shreya was trained. Most likely by one of the guys who came with her both the times, Shreya was here.. or she may be trained by both of them.. either way she could feel that she was screwed. Because in spite of calling them boy toys, Aleesha can recognize a hard build body and mind when she saw one.. and she saw that in both Srinivas and Zack. They were both people who saw the harshness of the battle..

Shreya patiently waited for Aleesha to make the first move before missing her punch very efficiently while her own hand connected with Aleesha's stomach hard making her wince..

That was all it took for all hell to break loose as both lunged towards each other.. soon the room was filled with the noise of knuckles smashing muscles and cracking bones.. Both were fighting as if their life depended on it. Shreya did not pull back her punches and Aleesha put all her strength in them. Soon, both of them sported bruises all over them..

At one point of time in the fight, Shreya flung Aleesha against the mirror making the glass shatter to pieces..

An alarm sounded instantly blaring throughout the building.. Zack spoke into his phones making the guys monitoring cut the alarm. That alarm was set to be triggered by sensors if Aleesha tried to break anything in the room..

Aleesha took advantage of her distraction to the fullest as she picked the glass piece and charged towards Shreya.. She came straight up aiming at Shreya's face and almost slashed her eyes out.. but Shreya moved fast but she still could not avoid it completely as the glass stabbed across her cheeks.. the cut was not that deep but it still oozed with blood.

Zack took hurried steps as he bellowed, "Shreya.."

"I am okay.. Stay at your place!!" Shreya said tackling the glass out of Aleesha's hands and it fell to the ground with a clink.

"What? You are not going to cry for mommy since your face got ruined, you little princess??" Aleesha asked smirking..

"Well, I am no princess.. I am the Brat actually. So, I do not much care about how I look at PR photos.. and you missed your one chance by the way. You should have kept that glass to my throat.. Maybe you could have gotten out of here!!" Shreya smirked back.

After all the sweating and punching, she had some rationale now. She also knew Aleesha made a mistake just like her when she gave in to her provocations..

"You are anxious that I can hold you off for so long, aren't you? That is why your mind is not in the game and made such a rookie mistake.. You could have easily gotten out of here with glass to my throat and you could have even gotten whatever other things you needed to disappear all over again!!" Shreya provoked further.

Even when Aleesha knew this time that Shreya was digging a pit for her, she still fell in because Shreya actually hit a nail when she said it was bothering her.. she really did not like the fact that Shreya actually seemed more talented and trained than she could have ever imagined possible.

And she did not even realize her mistake until Shreya pointed it out for her which pissed him off more..

"Shut your mouth bitch!!" Aleesha bellowed punching straight to Shreya's face.. this time it did connect and came back soaked in blood.

But Shreya did not even flinch neither from the blood nor from the pain.. she just took a step back and observed. Aleesha did the same.

Both were almost equally matched when it came to the skill. And on top of it, Shreya's endurance to pain was more profound than Aleesha could have ever thought. And Aleesha's stamina had come to its last thread while Shreya still looked preachy barely out of breath.

"You are going to go for another round or going to obediently rot away in this hole like the rat you are?" Shreya asked beckoning Aleesha.

Aleesha wiped away the blood on her pants and took the stance all over again.

"Do your worse Princess!!" Aleesha dared.

"Oh!! I am.. trust me.. I am going to pay you in full for everything you did for my parents. You see, I do not like owing debt!!" Shreya smirked.

Just as Aleesha flung her hand for a punch, Shreya caught it easily and held them in place..

"This the hand that pulled the trigger isn't it?" Shreya asked. The true darkness of her loss showed in her face at that moment to its fullest.