Équipe Tooke MMA
À environ une heure avant l'ouverture officielle du gymnase, les portes de Team Tooke MMA nous sont ouvertes par l'entraîneur et la légende mixte des arts martiaux, Edgar Sully. À l'âge de 53 ans, Edgar forme ce qu'il décrit comme la prochaine génération de combattants. L'homme était un passionné, prenant le rôle d'un entraîneur juste après avoir pris sa retraite de l'octogone. Il était dans une lignée de combattants, allant jusqu'à son arrière grand-père, un champion de boxe. Mais avec une culture en évolution, le sport aussi.
La boxe était toujours un billet à très fort impact dans le monde, mais UFC et MMA étaient des installateurs. Il est venu dans la société comme une mine d'or, tout le monde voulait un morceau de celui-ci. Le père d'Edgar a été le premier à prendre le nouveau sport, pas trop loin dans sa carrière, mais capable de faire exactement le contraire pour son fils. Edgar Sully est devenu le champion du monde des poids lourds. Son disque a cependant été enterré avec sa légende, car il ne semble pas que beaucoup se souviennent de lui.
Mais de toute façon, les portes de la salle de gym ont été ouvertes tôt par Edgar afin qu'un vieil ami de lui puisse s'entraîner avant que d'autres étudiants ne se pointent - Nate "Destroyer" Tucker. Après avoir été libéré il n'y a pas si longtemps, Nate a dû retourner à ses racines pour tenter d'obtenir une sorte de libération. Le seul endroit où il se sentait en paix était dans la salle de gym de Sully. Certains seraient d'accord que le retour là-bas ne ferait que rapporter de vieux souvenirs, mais pour Nate, l'équipe Tooke avait été sa vraie maison. La thérapeute de Nate ne croyait pas que ce soit le meilleur choix pour retourner dans un endroit qui l'a aidé à commettre le crime, mais cela ne coïncidait pas avec Nate. Mais malgré ses pensées, Nate a pris des précautions.
D'une part, il a demandé à Sully s'il pouvait s'entraîner une heure avant l'ouverture du gymnase et une heure après sa fermeture. À cause d'une confiance mutuelle, Edgar a accepté. Dans la condition que Sully lui-même serait présent pendant son entraînement. L'entraîneur voulait que Nate recommence à se battre dans l'octogone comme quand il était petit. Il croyait que le meilleur moyen de s'éloigner de son passé était de créer un avenir formidable. Sully croyait au talent de Nate, il avait l'esprit de les gagner tous. Mais il était clair dans la façon dont il a formé et sa personnalité lointaine que quelque chose l'ennuyait encore. Il y avait cette tension mentale floue en lui qui ne le laissait pas libre et c'était évident.
Mais malgré cela, et malgré leur relation, l'argent était devenu un facteur pour Sully. Si Nate ne voulait pas se battre et faire la gym et lui-même un peu d'argent, il devrait commencer à payer comme tout le monde qui s'y est entraîné.
Et ce jour-là, c'était la même chose. Nate est venu aux portes à six heures du matin pour que Sully ouvre la salle de gym juste pour lui. Nate - en plus de toutes ses autres demandes - voulait être seul pendant la formation, d'où le temps de ses séances d'entraînement. Quoi qu'il en soit, après avoir fait son heure d'entraînement, il s'est douché et était sur le point de partir avant que l'entraîneur Sully ne l'attrape et arrête son processus avant. "J'ai besoin de vous parler, alors attendez une seconde avant de partir d'ici. Vous avez deux semaines de retard sur vos paiements. Je sais que c'était de la famille, mais je dirige une entreprise ici. Si je n'ai pas cet argent, je ne suis pas sûr que tu auras même une salle de gym à travailler dans le mois prochain ou alors" Sully a expliqué à Nate.
Le combattant fixa les nattes au-dessous de lui, se sentant un peu coupable de ne pas avoir déjà payé. "J'aurai votre argent d'ici la fin de cette semaine Coach. Je promets qu'il a répondu, maintenant regardant les yeux de l'homme à la place. Sa détermination brillait d'une aura vert vif dans ses pupilles. Il savait que Sully ne plaisantait pas à propos de sa difficulté à garder la salle de sport en marche, c'était déjà arrivé. Alors, bien que Nate ait eu ses propres problèmes d'argent, il a dû gérer. Son premier plan était de quitter le motel où il séjournait, de dormir dans la rue pendant un moment pour qu'il n'ait pas à dépenser autant. Deuxièmement, il devrait parler avec Bradley, peut-être obtenir quelques emplois rapides - Nate n'était pas le gars à demander des prêts. Il ne voulait pas dépendre de l'argent des autres. Il avait fini d'être impuissant.
Nate "Destroyer" Tucker
Age: 22 Years Old
Gender: Male
Appearance:
As seen in the picture above, Nate is in a very qualitative physical state. In accordance to his training, his physique is very important to him - believing that the only way to remain overall healthy, is to live a healthy lifestyle. He stands at 5'10 and weighs in at about 158 pounds, a very decent ideal weight for his height. His body fat percentage is very low, revealing his toned features. Though in reality, only people who get to see his body are usually his opponents in the ring and the spectators. He normally wears hoodies everywhere he goes, hot or not. Usually in three different colors - black, grey, and navy. He always carries around a lighter - though he doesn't smoke - and his chained wallet that is strapped onto his pants at all times. He also tends to carry a red rag that he lets hang from his right back pocket of his pants and usually has work boots on - very unlikely to see him wearing tennis shoes. Nate allows himself to sag a little, but not to a point where his underwear is showing, because for him that's disrespectful. He has a stubble which he never lets grow too long or too short. His hair the same way, basically a buzz cut. Other than that, he has many tattoos, tribal ones on each arm, "Destroyer" on his chest, and a one-winged angel on his upper right back.
Personality:
Nate is somewhat multidimensional. He has two forms of personalities that clash against one another and jumble up his thoughts and actions. He tends to have difficulty understanding what is right and what is wrong. From his past experiences, he has learned to calm his rage and store it inside him - cage it like an animal. But at times when things get out of hand is where that 'animal' in him tends to escape. Usually he tends to keep to himself, believing he may hurt the people around him if he involves himself too much. But despite that, Nate does indeed want to be part of society and have bonds with others, even if at one point they'll be shattered just like most. In the end, he tries his hardest to be compassionate and change the person he ones was in hope of becoming someone better - more productive.
Likes:Working out, fighting (legally and for sport), being alone majority of the time, connections (relationships), and listening.
Dislikes:Struggling, loneliness (complicated for him), brother (Lance Tucker), meat (vegetarian - turned after being let out of jail), loud noises, and prostitutes.
Biography:
The past wasn't what mattered to Nate at all. After being sent to jail for assault against his own father, Nate was released within eight years and started to focus on the future. As a child, he was physically and mentally abused by both his parents. In addition to his brother, Nate was the youngest and the weakest, so he couldn't put up any sort of fight then. The adults would place the blame of their finances on their children, beating them for anger rehabilitation. Lance, the eldest brother, at the age of 12 decided to run away leaving Nate behind. Of course, that night was not good for Nate because Lance's abandonment angered both of them - despite their desires of wanting to get rid of the boys.
But when Nate turned 14 years old, Lance returned with a small group of thugs - a gang. He came back for his brother and to get rid of his parents. Lance soon found out that his mother died three years before his return. She was diagnosed with terminal cancer that they could not afford to treat. He also found out that Nate had started working for old man Joe at a small convenience store, using the money to pay for fighting lessons at a mixed martial arts gym near their house. With two years of experience the boy learned quite a lot, no longer letting anyone pick on him at school or anywhere but home. He was given the opportunity to get into fights, both for the sport and for self defense - also out of pure anger.
So when Lance returned for payback, he let his little brother - the one who endured the most pain - get his revenge. Nate didn't want to, but was pushed to beat the living crap out of his old man. Despite their difference in height and weight, Nate was fighting a weak old man. He broke his father's knee with a numerous amount of kicks and busted up his face with a couple of punches and elbows. After that event, Nate and Lance moved in together at an apartment out of town. The brothers lived together for a couple months until the cops showed up to take arrest Nate for physical assault. His brother was not charged, but brought in for questioning where he did not speak a word in anybodies behalf.
During those years in prison, Lance would come from time to time to check up on his little brother. He told him that he was making it big, bringing in all different kinds of dough - illegally of course. He told Nate that once he got out, he could join him and they'd get rich together where Nate negated Lance's proposal. He turned him down completely, telling his brother he'd changed. He informed him that he no longer needed people to look out for him, that he could do it on his own - even if it wasn't true.
Anyhow, after getting out, Nate had to endure six months of anger management classes, probation, and other things he hated. But despite his anger towards those things, they did in fact change him as a whole. He learned to control his emotions to a point, changed his view on life, and wanted a better future for himself. But despite all of that, he was still struggling. Nobody would hire him due to his criminal record, nobody would even look at his applications. All he had at this point was the gym he once trained at, so he returned to that. But even so, he didn't want to fight, just train.