Disclaimer: I do not own this and never will, unfortunately.
Prologue
Death Arena
I do not know how I came to be here. I don't know where I came from. I only know my name because I had my student ID on me when I was kidnapped, Virgil Hawkins, it says, age 14. The arena "medic" says I took a hit to the head when I was taken. The same injury that took my memories took my eyes too. I was told the "manager" was enraged about that, something along the lines of "Losing a potential Legend." He need not worry, I still have a way to see.
See here is the thing; there are four levels of combatants: The freshly taken are called Trainees, they only fight mock battles until the trainer deems them ready to fight live. Blooded is the second level. Only half of the Trainees make it to Blooded. Third is Named. This is when you are given a "stage name", for example Dragon, Tiger, Swiftfoot, Dancer, or Demon, the list goes on. You use this name until you are either killed or earn your "freedom". The final level is Legend. You earn this when you make your hundredth kill. It is also synonymous with "Freedom".
I put emphasis on that word because it is a falsehood. There is no freedom here unless you escape. The Freedom they offer is being sold to the highest bidder, but a lot of the slaves here see that as a better future, and to tell the truth it is.
They like to take Meta's and other beings with power, be it enhanced strength, speed, telepathy, elemental, or simply a natural in the bloody art of killing. They don't care as long as you give potential customers a show. The most vicious fighter here is Rage. He has seventy two live under his belt. Rage is a natural killer, he goes into a berserker state when blood is spilled and goes after anyone in sight. He is also a cruel coward. If he thinks someone is stronger than him he kills them in their cells, usually by having one of his lackeys take the blame. Dragon was the last one to stand up to him but she made Legend and was "freed" to the Yakuza. Last I heard Dragon Legend was their top enforcer, being a telepath the job suits her.
I am an energy manipulator. I can control energy in the form of electricity. I can also sense the energy in a living body. I can tell when the brain sends signals to the body to move but, I have yet to figure out what each signal means. I hope I am able to read them by the time I am a blooded or I am most certainly dead. I have been here a week and will start my training tomorrow. I will become a Legend and destroy the Death Arena from the inside out.
This is just a teaser/prologue. If I get enough reviews I will another chapter. Until then tell me what you think.
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