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" All's I'm saying is that… those," she had to pause to stop laughing," make you look very pretty!"
Jack just rolled his eyes back at her." Well it was very fun… waltzing around town, but we have to head back and check in with the General." Lord Atekna's face drooped for a second, but then returned into a peculiar smile.
" Oh, but you can't just leave yet." The sound of his voice made Jack and the other's a tad bit nervous.
Their grips on their weapons tighten as the Lord took two steps forward to wrap an arm over Kirsten's shoulder. And as usual, she was totally oblivious to the situation. She looked up and right into his bright green eyes that burned against his dark skin,
" The Battles are about to begin." His smile widened as an army of trumpets resounded in the air.
That answer was so odd, that it stopped Kirsten in mid-blink. She did a bit of a double take and looked up at the Lord.
" Uh wha? B-battles? What are you talking about, Lord Atekna?" He smiled warmly, a little ominous Jack commented to himself, and the Lord walked towards the door at the top of the numerous steps.
" You see, at this time, the time of the light God Quetzalcoatl, Battles of his twelve guardians are held. Oh do not worry, not much blood it spilt. If one Guardian sheds too much blood of their opponent, they automatically lose and severely get punished. Your… Kirsten will be safe I promise. Come, to the battle arena!" As the abnormal Lord led Kirsten with a helpful shove of his right arm draped around her shoulder, she took a fleeting look back.
The team had no other choice but to follow and hope that this Lord Atekna kept is word, but to Jack, it meant jack-diddily-squat. And he should know his name is Jack. The Colonel slowed his pace descending down the golden steps; the rest of the squad noticed and slowed their pace as well.
" What are you thinking, Jack O'Neill?" Teal'c tried to whisper, but it just sounded like his normal voice anyway.
" I'm thinking that I don't trust this guy." Jack tried to whisper, but at this point, he was way past whispering in this irritated state." Just because she can change into an animal doesn't mean he gets to use her."
" What other choice do we have, Jack? If we don't comply, who knows what they will do to us in accordance to their cultural laws?" Jack paused for a second and turned to face the archaeologist.
" Well, if I didn't know any better, I'd swear that you're taking his side!" Jack's voice rose.
" Colonel, please. I agree with Daniel. I hate this as much as you do, but… on the bright side, she does need the practice. And she does seem to be his favorite so I doubt he'd let anything happen to her." Sam heard the Colonel growl frustratingly at her.
" Well I still don't know…" He continued his original pace for the Lord and Kirsten were almost to the bottom.
When the team finally did reach the bottom, they almost immediately lost the two ahead of them from the crowd of people flocking to the arena all at once. They sped up to a bit faster than the crowd because they didn't want to seem mean in anyway. They saw once they had reached the arena, that the two ahead of them went into a guarded door to the very left of the main entrance.
It took them a second more to break free of the crowd, but soon they were at the front of the door. One look at them and the guards stepped aside. Jack hastily gave them a nod of thanks and moved past them determined to keep Lord Atekna in his sites.
Soon they came to a lavish room that had a large undoored door and another hallway that led to other rooms. The room was constructed, just like the rest of the arena, out of square chunks of light tan rock. The Lord stopped at the door that connected right to the fighting area and blocked some of the light flowing in.
" Are ya now going to tell us SPEFICALLY what's going on?" The Lord smirked while for some strange reason, Kirsten still said nothing.
" Come take a look." Jack looked at the rest of the team and nodded. They took a few steps forward and understood why Kirsten was so silent. Inside the coliseum sized battle arena, three rows of four animals occupied the center of the battle area.
" Twelve Guardians sent by the God Quetzalcoatl and resurrected by me, Lord Atekna." A slight sliver a silence followed.
" Uh… I… uh mmm…" Kirsten couldn't make words come out of her mouth.
Maybe it was the butterflies in her stomach eating those words from the knowledge of knowing that she had to fight one of these huge animals. Yes, sure, they were some animals from Earth, but some quadrupled their size and looked even more dangerous then anything Kirsten and the team had ever seen. Take, for example, the tarantula Kirsten first saw.
On Earth, it was as big as the palm of you hand, but here, it was the same size of the huge Kodiac bear, which here, is twice the size of a full grown male, the girl had fought earlier. Each animal followed that size rule, so most of them were of the same size.
Lord Atekna's soothing voice literally shocked Kirsten out of her trance," I must leave you now to start the ceremony, but I have promised my people that you will battle first whoever that is." And without saying anything else, he left the five to their own thoughts.
" Kirsten, are you, are you really going to fight one of the twelve Guardians?" Sam took one more step forward to be even with the teenage girl and gazed at the monstrous Guardians.
When she didn't answer, Sam turned her gaze from the Guardians to Kirsten's face and she was amazed. She had on the most determined face Sam had ever seen on anyone. Kirsten wanted so badly ever since her memory returned to show the team, and even more so to Jack, that she was capable to be on this team. She was strong, and she was going to fight with or without anyone's help.
Including Bastet.
" Yes." Was all Sam needed to hear. Kirsten looked up in time to see Lord Atekna stand right in front of the twelve Guardians and their trainers.
" Welcome all!" The huge crowd that spanned the entire coliseum silenced in a few seconds." To the Festival of Quetzalcoatl!" Applause erupted around the Lord." Yes, yes I know. And I have a surprise for you all! One of the travelers that came through the Chappai is going to fight!" more cheering." I'd like you all to meet Kirsten and her trainer Jack O'Neill!"
" What?" Jack asked.
" No time! Let's go!" Kirsten went back and grabbed his arm. Sam acted just time to get his P-90 and his backpack which he really didn't need.
The two squinted their eyes at the same time reacting to the sudden brilliant light. Whispers and question filled the air as two humans walked forward.
" Kirsten!"
" What, Jack?"
" Transform!"
" Oh right…" Kirsten, not even missing a step, melted into her cat/human form. The staff reacted and changed instantly from her hand in staff mode to bracelet mode. Pleasant cries of surprise filled the girl's now sensitive ears. She smiled; this was going to fun.
" And keeping with tradition, the newest Guardian will have the first fight. And since she is new, I will go over the few rules. One, no Guardian can kill another Guardian. Two, only small amounts of blood can be shed, when too much blood can be seen, the other Guardian will immediately lose. Third, to win, you must knock your opponent unconscious. And here in my hand, I hold the bag that contains all the names of every Guardian, including Kirsten."
The two SG-1 members stopped at the side of Lord Atekna to see who Kirsten would be battling first. What they didn't see was when the Lord placed his hand into the brown bag, it glowed for a few seconds. He read the name and smirked, for some reason happy with that Guardian,
" Kuda and Kuja!" Kirsten smirked a congruent smile.
The Bear… a perfect chance to settle the score.
To battle him and win, you are going to have to transform all the way.
I WON'T!
But—No. I will on my own transforming powers. I don't need your help. I don't need anyone's help. My battle, my choices, my win.
Fine. Have fun losing.
" Now, I would like to ask each Guardians trainer to move to their box in the stands to shout commands to their Guardian." The rest of the animals moved dejectedly to a huge wooden door where they will stay until need for battle with their trainers.
Jack easily scaled the rock wall to get to the small box that hung over the arena. When he got into the position he was contented with, he finally got to see the entire size of the arena. It had to have been, from looks, about twice as big as a football field. Kirsten and the Bear stood and faced each other right in the middle of the arena.
Lord Atekna had retreated to a safe area at the head of the battle arena. He gave both players a mischievous smile and raised his right hand.
" BEGIN!"
Kirsten, of course, was the first to charge at the huge bear known as Kuja. The Bear smirked and simply slapped her out of the way. She skidded for a good ten yards before pushing on her right hand and flipped once to land on her feet in perfect balance.
" Where did Kirsten learn how to do that?" Sam asked amazed. Kirsten, in human form, had about the same coordination as a two-month-old kitten.
But Daniel didn't answer. He stayed silent at Sam's side still fuming about the first hit. To keep himself from making any noises, he grasped his pants with each hand as hard as he could, turning all of his knuckles white with stress. When Kirsten did another back flip to get out of the way of another attack, something gleamed from around her neck.
" Wait, what's that around Kirsten's neck? Did you notice that before?" Daniel asked aloud.
Sam shook her head." No I haven't see it before." She paused." But look! Kuja is wearing the same thing! I think Lord Atekna gave it to her."
Daniel was tempted to growl. He didn't like this Lord Atekna. He didn't like him at all.
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Kirsten's mind was so focused on the battle that she didn't even hear Jack screaming at her. She looked up for a second and moved closer so she could hear him better.
" We need to come up with a plan!"
Kirsten scoffed." A plan? Okay here's a plan: you shut up while I keep fighting!" Kuja started to move dangerously close. The girl growled at him and lunged for an attack. But instead of swatting her away like he's done before, the bear picked her up and held her over his head. The crowd went wild from the showmanship.
Kirsten writhed back and forth like a worm until Kuja lunged forward and threw the cat girl as hard as he could to the opposite wall. When she made contact with the wall, it cracked and gave way to her body. Kirsten was held up from the new indent of the wall, but then fell down and groaned.
That didn't feel good at all.
" Kirsten!" Jack screamed from his box." We need a plan!" But she didn't hear any of it. Jack finally decided that maybe if he watched her, he could figure out something that he could make Kirsten do using a bit of… subliminal messaging.
Her groans could be heard all the way over where Daniel, Sam and Teal'c were standing. At this point, Daniel was way beyond tempted to run out there and save her. But he was then quite sure that it broke some cultural law. To counteract those feelings, Daniel once again found himself grasping the side of his pants harder and harder.
Kirsten looked up in time to see the bear coming closer with what seemed like a mocking grin. Kuda flinched when Kirsten stood and she used that one-second to slide between Kuda's short legs. Now running on four legs, she sprinted to where Jack was and he had already come up with a plan. Kirsten wasn't going to like this particular plan; it was the only one he could come up with in such a short time.
" What now… military genius?" Her breath was ragged and bruises and cuts littered her body everywhere. He could even tell from there that a few serious bruises were forming from the Bear's massive claws making contact.
Jack took a big breath before unleashing his plan apoun the unsuspecting girl," If you don't transform this instant into the cat mode, I'm going to permanently kick you off the SG-1 team and give you a desk job." Kirsten's breathing paused for three seconds while she watched the bear slowly inch closer.
" WHAT!" She didn't dare turn around and take her eyes off of the opponent.
" Do it or I'll kick you off the team. Right here and right now in front of all these people. In front of Sam, Teal'c and even Daniel."
" No…" Kirsten barely whispered out. She fell to one knee and on hand. Her eyes darted back and forth on random objects on the ground, mind scanning. She had to do it; now.
" Do it!" Jack screamed, it seemed like he was right next to her, yelling in her sensitive ears.
I can't!
" Do it!"
I… I said I can't!
" NOW!" Just as the bear had reached her, she looked up at it and locked eyes.
The bear could see her eyes slowly changing from the dark blue eyes of her human/cat form to the piercing yellow eyes that reminded him of the moon. Kirsten's power suddenly surged around her and sent a dome of dust out from her body. The dust miraculously slowed before the bear and started to swirl around her. The crowd, not really knowing what was going on, began to cheer at the special effects. As the swirl of dust that towered taller than the arena's highest seats, slight charges of purple electricity fended the bear off.
Through the noises the dust devil was making, Jack could slightly hear Kirsten's breathing quickening. She sucked one last breath in and screamed at the top of her lungs. As the screaming continued, it was transitioning from that of a human, to a cat's. When it was a full cat howl, she stopped and it rang throughout of entire stadium. When the howl was silenced, the dust devil eventually subsided to reveal a panther, but twice as big as a normal one on Earth.
The entire SG-1 team, who have seen her transform, were all amazed. She had done this transformation with only a bit of help and was bigger than they had ever seen her. When the dust cleared all the way, Kirsten was still facing the same way.
At this point, the only advantage the bear had was the fact that Kirsten was already tired and he was close to being slightly winded. Kirsten slowly smiled a toothy grin and turned her head to lock eyes once again with the Bear Guardian. She slightly turned her head to one side to give it that creepy psycho effect. In a split second she took off towards the Bear and firmly gasped his windpipe in her jaws. The bear frantically growled and used his giant claws to saw Kirsten off his weak spot.
The cat landed only a few yards away and licked the bear's blood from her kitty lips. The taste of his blood drove her mad.
"Blood…"
" What the—" Jack cut himself off.
Kirsten has never tried to talk in this cat state. This was going horribly wrong horribly fast. For the next ten minutes the two circled each other and just to tease him, she'd suddenly bite his jugular for two seconds and then release, sending a power draining adrenaline rush through the bear's body.
"Blood…" The cat managed to rasp out again.
" Kirsten stop this and finish it!" Kirsten snorted through her nose and completely ignored him.
This situation was way out of Jack's hands now.
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Whelp this will be the last chapter I'll but out before I leave for Japan this next Wednesday. Sorry it took me so long but I wanted to right this chapter to my vision perfectly.
Advice is welcome
Thoughts are welcome
Flames will be used to toast… my toast…
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