Warrior

Chapter 36. The quarterdeck.

Enter Ahab, then all.

It was not a great while after the affair of the pipe

that one morning, shortly after breakfast,

Ahab, as was his won't, ascended the cabin gangway to the deck.

"It's a white whale, I say," resumed Ahab,

as he threw down the top-maul.

"A white whale! Skin your eyes for him, men.

"Look sharp for white water. If ye see but a bubble, sing out."

Tommy?

Jesus!

What are you doing here?

I was just passing through,

and I figured, "Why not have a belt with the old man?"

Yeah.

She looks good.

Yeah. She's hanging in there.

Well, you always did take good care of her.

Paddy Conlon.

Man of priorities.

I got a little something for you.

Mom always said never go anywhere empty-handed.

She did.

That's not for me anymore, Tommy.

You...you changed brands?

Let's go inside, huh?

Tommy!

Come on, let's go inside.

I like what you done with the place.

Well, I appreciate that.

There's not much of a woman's touch around here.

Yeah, well...

No more women for me, Tommy.

Yeah, must be hard

to find a girl who can take a punch nowadays.

Here you go.

Coffee? Uh-huh.

You haven't seen a guy in 14 years,

you're not gonna have a drink with him?!

Come on. I told you I'm off it, Tommy.

I'm coming up on 1,000 days.

Come on. Just a drink.

No.

He's a schoolteacher down in Philly.

Remember Tess? They had two beautiful little girls.

So you found God, huh? That's awesome.

Mom kept calling out for him, but he wasn't around.

I guess Jesus was down at the mill,

forgiving all the drunks, huh?

Who knew?

So you gonna ask about her?

Or you just gonna sit there all sober?

I know. Oh, you know?

What do you know? Huh?

Do you know it wasn't enough to drive west to get away from you?

That once we hit the water we drove north too?

When I got sober I hired a man to find you.

And is that one of the 12 steps?

Or does a guy like you get 24?

Just 12.

Did your guy tell you what you needed to know?

Just that your mother died in Tacoma.

You were in the Marines. That was all.

That was enough.

Well, that's too bad.

You could've gotten some good details.

You could have heard about her coughing up blood, on her knees,

in a shitbox with no heat.

Having me rub her down with holy water

because she didn't have no insurance.

All the time waiting for your pal, Jesus, to save her.

Did your man tell you that?

I'm sorry, Tommy.

Well, it's good to know that you're sorry, Pop.

It goes a long way.

I think I liked you better when you were a drunk.

Alright, then, alright, alright, alright.

You say I can, you say I can't.

What about if we all get a unicorn?

Nope.

Don't you want a unicorn? Nope.

What's going on up here?

Well... Oh, my goodness.

I'm not sure, but I think Daddy is now a princess.

Daddy, you look so handsome.

Do I?

He's a very pretty princess. I'm painting Daddy's face.

Yeah, you are.

Go on! Yeah. You want to open your presents?

Yeah? You want to do present time? OK!

Alright, come on. Ready?

Alright, time for presents!

Put this down. You want to put it down?

Presents time! Time for presents!

Let's start with this one.

How about that, Emily? Alright.

What did you get? Babe?

That's an awfully big box.

It's her birthday. Come on.

I know, but that's why you call it a budget.

You set it and you don't budge.

Hey, open the big box!

It's OK.

I love you! 'Bye, Mommy!

Be good, OK? Daddy's gonna give you a bath.

Hey, babe. I'm late.

Mom's saying goodbye to the girls.

She's gotta get on the road.

They've been fed. They just need a bath.

I'm on it.

They need to go to bed at a reasonable time tonight.

Because after the party, they're exhausted.

Where's the rest of that skirt?

Babe.

If any guys hassle you in that joint tonight, call me, OK?

Yeah, just like you called me

when those Temple frat boys decided to smash up your face.

I told you most nights I sit on a stool and grade papers,

but every now and then I need some action.

Alright. Well, wait up for me tonight.

See what I can do about that.

Promises, promises.

And we return here on 'MMA Live',

Jon Anik alongside millionaire fight promoter JJ Riley,

the Tapout crew, Punk and Skrape, are in the building.

Now, JJ, what led to this project

that's really redefining mixed martial arts here in the States?

Well, mixed martial arts is a sport

I'm incredibly passionate about.

As far as where the idea for Sparta came from,

I've always kind of really dug the grand prix format,

so I tracked these guys down.

When JJ came to us, he said he wanted to create

the Super Bowl of mixed martial arts.

He decided to put up the $5 million purse too.

Well, there you have it. It shall be done.

Hedge fund king JJ Riley

going from the lion's den of Wall Street to the cage

and promoting the biggest winner-take-all tournament

in MMA history, Sparta.

Fitzy still own this?

Don't know no Fitzy. Colt Boyd owns this gym.

Can I help you with something?

Um...

How does it work here?

35 a month with locker.

We're open at 7, lights out at 11.

So you want to join?

Sure.

Put your name and contact info on the card.

Thank you.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

There's a lesson in this too, OK?

Hold on, Tito.

So we have a body at rest, then you have the bat, which needs...

Acceleration. Acceleration, OK.

If you have enough acceleration,

you might have a chance of breaking the body at rest.

OK. Alright, you ready? Piece of cake.

Everybody got the glasses on? OK, go. Piece of cake.

Come on, man.

Come on, son!

Alright, there we go. Well done, Tito, well done.

Remind me not to mess with you.

Sit down, everybody. Dial it down.

So, have we got it?

Force equals mass times acceleration. We got it.

Alright. Has everybody else got it?

Yeah. Yes? OK. Good, alright.

The third law...

Whoa, whoa, how many laws this dude got?

The dude? Yes, the dude.

The dude has three, alright?

Newton the dude says that for every action,

there's an equal and opposite reaction.

For example, if KC does not stop the action

of sending texts in class

and tell her her posse outside to beat it,

then my reaction might be

to send her down to Principal Zito's office...

Ooh!

...thus setting the world back in proper balance.

Mr C, I put it away.

Alright, before you go, I have the tests from last week.

Let's work it out.

Stop clowning.

Pick up the hands.