The Arena

My adrenalin pumped in anticipation, the air around me in the dark cell shimmered with heat. Suddenly an inferno burst out behind me, illuminating the dark room and its blue backed inhabitant. Small triangular ears perked up as I arched my back and revealed a pale stomach. Ripples of heat travelled around the room, the walls and ceiling painted a foreboding black. A silent creak. I flattened my slim ferret like body against the ground, ever muscle tensed. The wall had been lifted and in front of me lay the arena. I flexed my shoulders and darted out a few metres. A trail of embers burned out behind me and the keepers jumped. The circus tent's fire red cloth arched high above me. The flames died down.

I took in a deep breath, dirt and blood tainted the air, the floor littered with dark patches or brown and red. I exhaled a few small embers. From the other five corners of the arena my opponents roared challenges and threats. I closed my eyes and droned them out, relaxing my body. Slowly all feeling dulled and I felt lighter. I opened my eyes, concentrating myself on my surroundings, getting a feel for them, two of my opponents were charging me. I focused my concentration on them entirely, how they would move and how powerful their charge was. One, an orange fowl, three large claws on one hand aiming a thrust towards me, another, a bidpedal blue-black hound, charging with one palm out towards me, a small pool of energy forming on the paw pad.

I flexed my shoulders and stood upright. I charted out my surroundings and judged my opponents. I took in one more breath, as I exhaled two infernos burst out behind me, one at the base of my spine, the other at the back of my head. I was soon cloaked in a shimmer of heat, the cloud of heat rolled out to engulf my opponents. Their sudden stop sent a gust of hot air towards me, the shimmers exaggerating and revealing every movement. A moment later the fowl has recovered, his talons scraping the floor as he resumed a charge, aiming for my vague figure.

A horizontal ripple brushed against my left ear. I leaned to the right-significantly ducking my head-, a yellow arm whizzed overhead. I followed through into a roll and found myself between the two. A bright blue glow was coming from the riolu, somewhere around the head. Leaping forward he took a swing, I leaned back, he was amazingly accurate in the curtain of heat. He thrust out his other arm and struck me under the chin, I lost my balance and fell back onto the ground with a groan, the flames were extinguished by the dirt and the shimmering curtain of heat weakened.

The yellow head of a bird hung overhead, red fire-like plumage wavered atop its head, one arm held up behind it, three razor sharp claws preparing a strike. Still dazed from hitting the ground I was slow to realise the threat. In the split second he thrust down his arm I snapped back to concentration, concentrating on the three spikes diving towards me and what they belonged to. A sudden roll to the side and a wild flail with my legs saw him on the ground as his were swept from under him

I rolled to my feet, panting for breath all of a sudden, a sharp pain above my left eye. I winced as I raised a paw to the painful area. I took it away to find it half soaked in red, my vision went half red and I felt queasy. I was about to lie down before remembering the riolu, making a drunken turn I was met with a hardened paw to the side of my muzzle. I staggered back at the blow and rubbed the sore spot. Feeling light headed I made drunken and uncoordinated leans and sidesteps to dodge the oncoming assault, failing most of the time. My movements became weaker and more sluggish with every hit I took, then something hit me over the head, I could see the three claws of a talon from the corner of my eye before I fell to the ground. My limp body fell with a dull thud.

Something kicked my side, then again. I lay there half conscious, my eyes slowly blinking. Another kick, a strong urge to fall unconscious. A memory stirred, one I had long tried to forget.

A blue backed wolverine, pale underside cut and bruised, roared defiantly at several attackers. A fierce fire raged round the back of his collar as he fired off flare after flare from his mouth. While the typhlosion stood strong I felt safe in the stronghold of my mothers arms, a typhlosion herself, the cyndaquil in here arms was me. Don't ever give in. she told me, a pained roar followed as a torrent of water exploded against his chest. My mother shrunk back into the small crowd he was defending and placed me in the arms of an umbreon. Take care of him, she whispered before charging in to help my father, I wailed in protest as the umbreon fled with the others, her own child, and eevee, tried to comfort me as I heard the triumphant roar of the invaders as my mother fell to their onslaught.

The memories of how I was orphaned flooded back, those final words she spoke to me were enough, my eyes snapped open and I let out a feral battle cry. I swung my right paw in an arc in time to deflect the three points waiting to strike home on my skull. Swinging my legs in a wild arc I rolled to my feet. A blaze erupted at the base of my spine, another exploded at the back of my head as I let out another roar. The riolu was phased momentarily but recovered quickly, he charged forward with a barrage of kicks and punches, within a moment we were locked in close combat, I dodged and deflected the attacks with ease.

He pulled back his right paw, driving it forward in a powerful thrust. I planted my right foot on his left and grabbed his paw with mine, pushing it clear of my torso and dragged it behind me as far as I could. Unable to lift his leg and take a step for balance he fell to the ground with a dull thud. I whizzed my head around, the combusken backed away, knowing I would outmatch it in paw to paw. I gave it a threatening look to make sure it stayed away before scanning the other combatants, searching for one in particular.

Then she caught my eye, a pale brown fox, a white mane matted down with sweat and her puffy brown tail held high, a white tip wavering around as she frantically dodged the oncoming attacks aimed at her, I could tell she was tired and wouldn't last much longer. Her assailants on the other hand, two of them, were all but tiring, keeping up a barrage of attacks. I made a beeline for the closest one, one shoulder forward in a reckless tackle.

I crashed into the small brown creature my shoulder smashing into the bleached white skull it wore as a helmet. The creature glided above the ground for a moment before crashing uncomfortably, its skull making a loud crack as it hit the ground, the bone it carried for a club had been knocked out of its hand in the impact.

The second assailant had turned its attention to me by now, static was fizzling between the two horns atop its head that would fit neatly into an electrical socket. Its round yellow body was encircled by a black belt like strip, like a buckle at the front a black lightning bolt told me of what was to come. It started to flail its arms wildly, a powerful electric current gathered between the two black bands on its fore arm, the electricity trailed behind creating an electric circle, it took a firm stand on its ellipse like feet, the black legs bent at the knee as it let loose a wild discharge of electricity in all directions, though mainly at me. The main bolt zipped above the ground, below it opened up small cracks as rocks and bits of dirt dislodged and flew into the air.

The bolt hit me, high voltage coursed through my body with no means of escape, My body tensed and twitched uncontrollably. I closed my eyes and gritted my teeth as the bolt showed no signs of weakening, then as suddenly as it came, it stopped. I fell to my knees, one paw down for support. I gasped for are as my muscles relaxed a bit, I made a move to stand up but a crackle of static passed through my and my joints locked into place.

The elekid pulled back a fist which crackled with electricity and prepared for the finishing hit, luckily for me he was interrupted. A brown fox streaked out from behind me, ramming hard into my assailant and throwing him back into a roll. She landed lightly on her feet and grinned back at me.

"Thanks," I whispered as I struggled to my feet, she walked up to me and offered support. I placed a paw on her back and stood up on my hind legs, I would need my forepaws to fend off its electric punches. However it looked unnecessary, the elekid saw the tides had turned against it and took a step back, then grin crossed it's face. I stood there puzzled, then it hit me, literally. A loud crack sounded as something crashed against my skull.

I fell to the ground weakly. Barely able to stay conscious. A defiant growl rose from beside me, another streak of brown, something hit the ground with a low moan. A silent pause. Something hard rattled against the ground, then a skull shattering crack, not mine this time. I planted my paws against the ground and heaved. No use. Something bit at my neck, though gently, I felt myself being dragged across the dirt as I drifted off into oblivion.

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Yet another story, I couldn't help myself. Searching through my hundreds of scraps I found this, I loved it, I finished the short battle scene and decided to post it, I want to post yet another story to fill the gap of my first which I deleted(because I messed it up, horribly) but am unsure about having four stories to work on at once. I probably won't, I don't know. I might if I get stuck on ideas for all of the stories at once. Anyways, happy new month to you all or something, I noticed a somewhat different writing style in this chapter than my more recent ones, I like this one better.