Jiro: Second Son

Here’s a snippet of some of my work. If you’d like to look more into it, the link below will take you where you want to go.

"Jake! My brotha, you made it." Jake hops up on the platform and enters the room. The smell of marijuana fills the air. 5 men are in the room. Some are smoking, 2 of them are gaming on the TV, and one is crashed out on the ripped-up couch. The young man throws his arm over Jake's neck. "You ready for today? We gotta initiate you into the gang somehow, and what's a better way than a fight with 5th Avenue Bulldogs.”

"What are you talking about? I thought we were doing something else. You said I proved myself already with the jewelry I snagged and that I wouldn't have to do this shit, Tyler." The man gets serious and pulls out a silver pistol and rests it on Jake's forehead.

The room goes silent. "You think your big shit already, huh? Is that it? Don't forget you're still a rookie brat." Jake starts to sweat. He looks at Tyler in terror. "Oh, c'mon, Jake, I was only playing. But you will fight today, or you're done running with us. Got that?"

"Got it." 

"Alright, boys, let's head on over!" 3 men, along with Jake and Tyler, all pack into a Subaru with decals covering the entirety of it. The driver opened the sliding door with a handheld remote and then sped out of the warehouse. They drive for about 10 minutes until they arrive at another alleyway with a black and red car sitting in the middle of the street. 

About 5 men are outside leaning on the cars with very bored expressions on their faces. They see the cars pull up and get excited. The car stops, and everyone piles out. Tyler calls out to one of the men resting on one of the cars.

"You got yours?"

The man nods and tells his men, "Bring him over." Two of the men go to the back door of the red car and let out another young man who looks no older than Jake.

The man tells the teenager, "Don't disappoint us. Just do what we talked about, and you'll finally be a part of the gang."

"Okay, Jake, here's your time to shine. Kick that kid's ass, and we'll be on our way. And you won't have to put up with any shit like this anymore." Jake shakes his head, walks past Tyler, and puts his fists up.

"Now we have ourselves a fight!" Tyler shouts.

The other teen towers over Jake. He is much bulkier than him.

*There's no way I can beat this kid. Are they crazy? He has at least 50 pounds on me*

"Begin!" The other guy puts his fists up. He instantly goes for a heavy swing to Jake's head. Jake slips under it and returns with a light jab to his jaw. Jake dodges another haymaker from the left side. *I can do this. He's slow. Just do what you and Marcus practiced* Jake fakes a left jab, then throws a right hook to the guy's temple. 

*I got this. Any moment now, he'll be out for the count*

Jake’s opponent finally realizes his size advantage and charges him. He wraps his arms around Jake and slams him to the ground.

The air is knocked out of Jake's lungs. He gets on top of Jake and starts sending blows to his head. Jake tries to block them, but it's to no avail. Eventually, Jake's guard drops, and he's almost rendered unconscious. 

This project (which originally started as a video game idea) had been on my mind for quite some time, and I’ve finally started to bring it to life. It is an ongoing project that I work on in between school and other independent projects.