Here's chapter 10,Happy Holidays everybody! In this chapter, expect a lot of blood and suprises.

CHAPTER 10: Battle Royale

Almost instantaneously as Grego said those words, Eddy was knocked to the ground. Blood was driping from a deep cut on his head. Eddy didn't think, he just began swinging his sword while protecting his face. He got to his feet, and through the blood dripping in to his eyes, he saw his attacker. The attacker rushed towards him and Eddy defended. He parryed a few of his blowas and the proceeded to cut the attacker's leg and then his throath. Eddy wiped the blood from his eyes and he could now see the horrible carnage in front of him. He couldn't stand in the same place for long as he had to continue fighthing. He slashed and stabed anyone who came his way. All that he was thinking right about now is smashing heads, nothing more. Eddy didn't even know where he was going. All that he thought about was terminating everyone who was standing in front of him.

" I have to kill everyone on the field right? " Eddy thought

" OK that's exactly what im going to do! "

Eddy left a trail of bodies behind him as he advanced forth. Adrenalin was kicking in. Each blow was more powerful. Not even a gigantic troll, who himself has already killed even more soldiers on the field with a gigantinc hammer, could stand against Eddy, who to him was just a small insignificant child. Eddy buried his sword,fist, hand and shoulder in to the trolls belly. Eddy pulled out his arm from the trolls belly. It was covered with grey blood and parts of the intestines. The troll vomited vast amounts of blood on the ground and fell on his back, squishing many below him. Eddy was mad as a wolf and his eyes black as the blackest abbys known, the reflections of the terrified faces of the gladiators on the field clearly visible in his eyes.

" Who is this demon? " The gladiators thought. They didn't live long enough to know. Eddy picked up a large metal pike and impaled several archers up on a hill. Eddy then ran, yelling and shouting, through the field, impaling and cutting everyone in his path. He was running towards the switch that Grego was talking about. His pike was now impaled with around twenty gladiators. Eddy smiled for a moment. He " shish kebabed " them. He got to the switch and he pulled it. The crowd roared and Grego laughed

" Let's hope you lads like suprises! "

The artificial ground rumbled nad from the center in the field emerged a tall, cylindrical object, full of windows. It rose to about a tall man's size. The arenba went silent. Suddenly, clicking noises came from the cylindar, and now they could clearly see, crossbows were emerging from the window. Eddy, instinctivley ducked. The crossbows were automatic. Thousands of arrows began shooting out of the cyilindar wich was spinning in circles. Thousands were dying. Eddy was behind a hill so he was safe. There was no escape. The crossbow machine began to overheat and steam was rising from it. The crowd screamed as whistling noises from the machine. Then it exploded. Shrapnel flew everywhere, in to the audience and in to the few remaining gladiators on the field. Smoke covered the arena. Eddy peered from his cover. All that he could see, was the corpse littered field. The crowd's screaming was reduced as Grego began reasuring them that everything was under control. The smoke began to clear. Now Eddy could see the audience and the audience saw him. There was a moment of silence. Eddy was the only living thing in the field. Grego shouted with ful enthusiasm

" THE WINNEEEEEEEEEER!!!!! "

The crowd applauded and cheered. Eddy was confused, dased and desorianted. He looked at the field.

" What did i do? "

Eddy was escorted by a group of Werewolwes in to his room in almost complete silence excluding the Wrerewolf that kept saying

" Nice job kid, nice job"

Eddy was stripped of his weapons, as weapons in the room were forbiden. Eddy was left alone. The crowds yelling was now but a feint noise in the distance. Eddy sat on his bed, thinking about the last hour or so. He only fought in battle once and the first time he actually killed someone was almost a fluke. But this time he behaved like Ed behaved in battle. As an insane beserker if not worse. He was tired, sweaty and covered in blood. Then he saw several werewolwes aproaching his room. They opened the door to his room and ordered him:

" Alright, come with us, you need to clean your battle gear, your a bloody mess. „

Eddy went with them and he was put in a completely sealed room with one opening at the top, and one opening on the floor. First, to Eddy's suprise, he was showered with a green ooze all over his clothes. Then from the same tube, water shot out, drenching him. The water was freezing and Eddy screamed as the freezing water poured on him. His clothes were now wet and the slime that was poured on him acted like a soap. His clothes were now clean, but there was one downside: he was freezing. Then a huge gust of hot air shot out from the ground. It was hot. His skin was burning from the heat. His clothes were now dry, but his skin was now reddish from the hot air. He was again escorted to his room and left there alone. He dropped on his bed and was starting to go to sleep. But then, he heard a familiar voice that made him jump out of the bed. It was a wooried, almost tired voice.

" Dinner... "

Eddy jumped from his bead and yelled in to the tube that despensed the food

" DOUBLE D! IS THAT YOU! "

There was no answer at first, and Eddy already began to lose hope, until:

" EDDY!! IS THAT YOU?!! "

Eddy peered through the tube and saw Double D standing on the other side

" What the heck are you doing up there? " Eddy asked him

" Im asigned to kitchen work. They said i was to weak to be a gladiator so they put me here. What are you doing? "

" Oh i'm a gladiator, i just singlehandedly eliminated everyone in the arena.. " Eddy answered, but without a single ounce of pride in his voice.

" Oh...... well..... be carefull..... also, where's Ed?

" I don't know. If i could look for him i would, but im in this stinking hell hole for most of the day.

" Maybe he's in another part of the arena? " Double D suggested

" Yeah he might be...... also, how are we gonna' get out of here? " Eddy asked

" Well since i couldn't find you or Ed, i didn't think about it much, but i belive i found a way out. We could use the ventilation systems.

" Hey that's a good idea, but how are we suppose to get to the air vents? There isn't any ventilation in my room?

" Well, i thought that when the gladiators are out for the final battle, time, i set up a large explosion, a diversion. There's a few chemicals here that are flamable. I could ingnite them on something that's highly explosive. For example, the ovens here are humongous and if i pour some flamable liquid on them, and ignite them, they will explode. As the fire spreads through the facility, we can look for Ed and then sneak through the vents.

" Well nice plan " Eddy answered " but the biggest problem is finding Ed. "

" Do not threat Eddy. We'll find him soon enough. I have to go now "

Before Eddy could ask him anything more Double D dissapeared. Eddy was left alone to his thoughts. He thought about the chances of survival, and then he found himself thinking about his future. He thought what will be his job after he finished school. Soon it would be his 16th birthday. His grades were now good and even though he still had to go through twelfth grade, he already thought about college, a small but good college. He wouldn't like to go to a private university as his parents wanted. It was expensive and it was for , as Eddy put it, " snobish ritch folk " . Double D was certanly going to Harvard, Ed was probably going to a lesser college but his grades were getting better and better and he passed with a C before the winter break started. He aimed to become a comic book artist Eddy passed with a B. Eddy then thought about a job. He thought about going in to sales, maybe even starting his own company. Then he thought about finding a girlfriend. Then he thought about marriage and the possibility of children. All of this, and more, he thought that night. This was the first time he really thought about where he was going with his life, because now, he was not sure wether or not he will lose it.

A month passed in the arena, and Eddy became the favorite of the crowd. He survived each and every battle with few wounds. As the senceless killing carried on even further, Eddy felt like he was going mad. This endless routine of constant killing tore at his mind. He couldn't wait till it was over, yet he wished that day never came. But it did.

He was led in to the main arena wich was on the top floor. Turns out there were about 50 small arena's in one huge one. And this arena was huge. The arena was covered in grey sand and there were several small, dilapidated fortresses on the sand. There were many doors in the walls. Grego began talking:

" WELCOME!!!! To the last event of this month's Slaughter Fest! Today's battle will be very special. You, strange one, will have to fight 50 of the best fighters from the rest of the arena and at the end, if you survive you will fight the second most ferocious warrior in ALL of the arena's. The two of the best fighters trying to kill each other like wild animals. Oh this will be bloody. BEEGIIIN!!!!

From the doors in the walls emerged 50 warriors clad in spiked blue armour. They surrounded Eddy. Eddy looked around himself, looking at the gladiators. He unsheated his sword from his scabbard and said.

" Quit now and i swear that i'll leave one one of your legs attached. "

They didn't listen and they al lunged at Eddy. Eddy shielded himelf with his shield and then attacked the gladiators behind him. He stabbed the nearest one in the gut, and he slammed the shield in the gladiator behind him for safety. Then he simply cut throught the lines as he tryed to reach the fortress. Eddy felt several sword cuting his back through his leather aromur, but it was minor. He used every method known to him to kil the gladiators. He used his shield,his feet and fists and he already killed about 20 of the gladiators. He reached the fortress and opened the large wooden door and closed it behind himself and barricaded it with a thick wooden board. The gladiators banged on the door trying to bring it down using their swords and axes. Behind Eddy there was a flight of stairs and on the top of the stairs was a automatic crossbow, and it had a large box on the left side wich housed the arrows. Eddy spared no time. He ran up the stairs and stood behind the crossbow. Eddy waited until they broke down the door. He then noticed that the automatic crossbow had no string to propell the arrows. It was more like a machine gun that fired arrows, but it resembeled a crossbow. The door began to shatter and Eddy could see their swords and axes. After one minute of waiting, the door came down. Eddy yelled, though it sounded more like a wild animal growling than a man yelling. He fired the weapon and arrows were sent flying in to the oncoming gladiators. They fell one after another, and soon the stairs were covered in dead bodies. There were about twenty of them on the ground. The last ten didn't want to enter the fortress out of fear. The weapon began to overheat so Eddy ran in to the fortress courtyard in case it blew up. He looked over the wall. The remaining ten were pressed againts the wall. Eddy jumped from the wall right on the head of one of f the gladiators. He heard his neck snap as Eddy landed on the ground. Eddy then killed 8 of them. Eddy looked at the last one. He was shaking. Eddy saw a pool of liquid under his feet. Eddy made a disgusted face. Out of fear the gladiator pissed himself. He began running trying to avoid confrontation. Eddy laughed at this and he prepared himself to launch his sword at the fleeing gladiator. He grabbed the blade of the sword and aimed at the gladiator. The gladiator was clumsy, tripping over the dead bodies. Eddy threw his sword with great might and accuracy. It landed in the back of the galdiators neck. The crowd cheered wildly. Eddy panted out of exhaustion. He just wanted to go. He wanted all of this to be finished. Grego began talking:

" EXCELENT!!! He's still alive! But that was just the prelude of what will happen next. I present to you.... the also undefeated...... ferocious, mad, wild...... i give you...... LOTHAR THE MAAAAAAD!!!!!

Eddy's mind stopped at that point. Through one of the door came a massive armoured figure. Instead of a hammer he held a large axe and had a fake orange beard and no chin.