I do not own anything. Except these fight scenes.

One boy almost 16, one woman nearly 20, squared of. He drew his sword made of the darkest metal - stygian iron. She took out a Yankee cap and two daggers.

They stared a couple of seconds. Before a horn blew echoing across the small stadium seating about sixty people.

They circled each other, patiently waiting for the other to make a move. Nico got tired of waiting for the daughter of Athena to move, suspecting that she had already thought out a hundred ways to defeat him, the only way to win was to be random.

He readied himself as if firing a bow stretching his left arm out towards Annabeth, violet streaks started to seep from the ground circling him as a spiritual wind blew his hair back filling his aura with streaks of purple and black. A pulse in the air as a pitch black orb shifted into reality in his hand. Pulling his hand back and with a might shout sent it hurtling towards Annabeth.

Annabeth bewildered by the display of power by Nico missed to realize the ball of energy heading her way.

A loud explosion sent her flying into the stands, as the crowd sprang to their feet gasping and seeking Annabeth.

When the smoke cleared a form could be seen, Annabeth laid there. With a groan she struggled to stand, a gray mist filled her eyes glazing the iris in gray. Grasping her twin daggers she leapt back into the ring.

With a dash she closed the distance between herself and Nico, slashing franticly yet skilfully breaking Nico's guard whipping him backwards with a solid roundhouse kick to the face.

He stumbled to the ground, rolling on the floor. Grumbling he stood up spitting the blood from his mouth.

Readying himself in a decent defensive position he awaited the wild attacks from Annabeth. But she had disappeared, equipping her cap while he was incapacitated. She had started to snake around him.

Realising what she was doing Nico drawed upon the dead for assistance. The ground burst around him as 6 skeletal men stepped out. Each wearing a full compliment of armour.

Acting out his second phase of his plan he started to shake the ground violently as a large rift exploded in the centre, burning with a ethereal orange heat visible from the crack in the earth.

An off sounded from the left of Nico, before he even turned his skeletal guards cornered Annabeth. She looked unconscious.

He blinked and saw Annabeth charging at him six piles of dust where his guards had cornered her. He brought his sword to level with her chest, his left hand buzzing with ethereal energy.

She reached him and swatted his sword away, not even expecting the left hook he served to her.

She dropped unconscious in front of him winning by default.

The arena started to repair itself sealing the fissure with stone as if it was scar tissue.

(- next is Beckondorf vs. Clarrise or if you want someone else review. The first review will get to chose who fights, note that a guest does not count in this. -)

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