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Author's Notes: Some elements and characters in this story are inspired by "Millionaire or Mommy" and "Fight for Freedom" by QuentinXRandom. Used with Permission.
Other elements are inspired by game shows such as Takashi's Castle, Survivor, American Gladiators, and a few other Japanese sex game shows that I don't even know the names of but found on the internet.
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CHAPTER 1: Introductions and the First Event
"Welcome everybody to the exciting new game show; Sexual Gladiators! I'm your host; Ray Gunn," the dashing looking man with a microphone in his hand says to the camera. After showing his good looks and roguish smile that could've come off of a romance novel cover, the camera then pans to the interior of a stadium in which various obstacles are suspended over bodies of water, stretching out nearly the whole length of the expansive interior, cumulating in a large maze with six different corridors and a series of six trenches of exercise mats that have poles planted in the center. "Thanks to censorship now being abolished in North America, we are now free to bring you, the viewing audience at home, what you truly want and deserve: full contact sports combined with gratuitous nudity and lots of sex without the underground internet connections. Our contestants today, six couples from around the continent, will compete in front of our live audience in six stages for the grand prize in which the winners will leave here with half a million dollars and the losers will be going home with a baby in the belly."
Gunn appears as he's walking across a stage now that angles to show six couples, all Caucasian, in a line; the men standing beside their bound, spread eagled women on an upright X cross. "So let's meet our contestants," he says, walking up to a man and a woman wearing blue. The average built man has nothing on but a sparring helmet and speedo shorts. The woman, a slim and trim blonde, is wearing a tight blue vest and blue speedo shorts, looking apprehensive. "Here's our Blue Team; Jon and Jen. You two have been married for three years now?"
"Uhh yeah..." Jon, a businessman according to the stats that flash on the side of the screen. "We're here today to hopefully get out from under our student loan debt."
"Excellent!" Gunn gushes as he moves next to Jen. "And how are you holding up, my dear?"
"O-Okay so far... just hoping my husband does well in this competition," she stammers out. Jen looks up and tugs at her leather cuffs keeping her wrists bound above her head. "Are these really necessary?"
"Well, we don't want you getting cold feet and running off on us now, do we? Besides, you signed a contract," Gunn flashes her a smile. "So now we'll see gladiator that your husband will be going up against is..." Gunn takes out a card from his suit pocket and looks at it. "THE BULL!" he says with a flourish. A tall, muscle ripped black man with a million dollar smile behind a black goatee smiles as his curtain nearby is ripped away and he's illuminated in a spotlight. He's standing with his large arms crossed wearing a black speedo with an impressive bulge in it. Gunn continues on in his explanations as ladies in the audience cheer and swoon at his handsomeness. "Bull is a former NFL Linebacker who dabbled in minor circuit wrestling and as you can see, ladies, he's happy to be here and ready for our debut games." As Gunn talks, Bull silently flirts with the ladies in the stands before walking over to stand next to the Blue Team.
"Moving on, we have our Red Team: Andrew and Leah," Gunn says, walking to the next couple wearing the same thing as the Blue Team, just in their own announced colors. "Says here that you two are devoutly Christian from the heart of Texas and have been married faithfully for five years now." He looks them over. "What the hell are you two doing here?"
"We need the money to pay bills," Andrew says, looking a bit on the scrawny side compared to Jon. His stats show him as a church office worker. "I've done well in High School sports and when we heard of this competition we thought; hey, easy money."
"Andrew holds a black belt in a couple of different styles," Leah, a mousy brunette, says from where she's shackled to her cross with a confident smile. Her stats list her as a housewife. "I've watched him spar with men twice his size and win."
"Well, let's see how you do with someone your own size then as you're matched against, Hung Lo!" Gunn announces when he pulls the next card out. A fit Asian man is revealed at the opposite end of the stage with short, jet black hair, wearing a black speedo like his fellow gladiator, Bull. Hung puts a fist into an open palm for a short bow and then walks across the stage to them. Gunn talks as Hung Lo walks over. "Hung Lo hails from the MMA circuit in Japan where he's already competed as a gladiator with our Asian affiliates in which this show is based off of. In three years of competition he has already racked up an overall 30 and 3 win/loss record in which 22 of those wins have been confirmed pregnancies."
When Hung takes his place alongside a now nervous looking Andrew and Leah, Gunn walks to the next couple in line on the stage. "Our Yellow Team is a newly engaged couple from Florida; Wes and Traci. So what would you do with the money if you win?"
Wes, a buff looking construction worker, leans down for the microphone. "We're planning on going from a simple wedding to a dream wedding in Aruba, Ray," he said with a slightly humbled and subdued tone.
"And you have no problem if your bride-to-be goes to the altar, deflowered?" Gunn asks.
"Well... considering he's already deflowered me..." Traci, a dark brunette with curves in the right places giggles. "We want a large family so we decided that we don't mind if our first one is his or one of the gladiators."
"Well then, with that in mind let me introduce you to your gladiator; Quiver!" Gunn says with a sweep of his hand back to the right side of the stage. The curtain pulls back and spotlights shine on a man who is tall, slightly buff, with long brown hair with a matching goatee. He looks like he should be on the beach surfing as he gives a roguish smile and a wink that makes the girls in the audience gush and swoon.
"Quiver?" Wes and Traci ask at the same time.