Percy POV
Wait what. I asked in my head. "HEY" I yelled at that stupidly loud announcer "Who the hell are you!?!" He smiled and said "Well I'm the announcer. Here to narrate every part of the fight to give the folks at home a feel of the battle" That didn't really clear things up but, whatever "And what if we don't want to fight?" "Well" the announcer said at a surprisingly low volume "Then you don't get to go home, and you'll be thrown into the pit of eternal despair" I looked at the guy across the field, and he looked at me, then we both looked back at the announcer. "And if we do fight?" He asked "Well then you fight to the death. The winner gets a guaranteed spot in moving on to the next round" "And the loser?" I asked "The loser will be made into our prisoner for the remainder of the battle and then turned into our slave forever" I looked back at the guy on the other side. Keith I think his name was. I took riptide out of my pocket and looked him and the eye and said "Sorry...Keith. Nothing personal" and I uncapped riptide. He summoned his sword thing and we both charged at each other.
When our swords met so did our eyes. I saw no hatred in his eyes for me, nor did I hate him. But if one of us has to die and be made a slave. It's not gonna be me.
He slashed and I parried then I went on the offensive and he parried. Rinse and repeat for a whole minute until I was finally able to knock him on his feet, and pointed my sword at him. "Sorry" I told him I was about to finish him off when he put his hand up and said "WAIT" I held my sword above my head and hesitated. Because I didn't know this guy, I didn't carry any resentment towards him, so I hesitated. Then he swept my legs and knocked me to the ground. Then he ran for his sword, but I got up quickly. ADHD coming in for the save. He then attacked me and was able to cut me. I put my hand to my face and when I saw blood I looked at him. He looked remorseful. "I'm-I'm sorry" he said. But I didn't care. "Now" I said "it's on" I charged at him. He parried my attack, then I swept the legs and this time I did not hesitate. And with a heavy heart I stabbed him through the chest.
The crowd cheered, but they shouldn't have.
When I pulled riptide from his lifeless body I couldn't face my friends.
Then something weird happened his body disappeared in a yellow light. Then the announcer said "KEITH HAS BEEN ELIMINATED" then his body reappeared in a jail cell. He gasped. He was ALIVE? How? I stabbed him with a Celestial Bronze sword.
"Percy Jackson you get to move on to the next round" the announcer announced. Then I felt a warm feeling in my chest and then I was engulfed in light and the next thing I knew I was standing in a fancy box over the arena.
What is happening? I mean I've had some pretty messed up experiences in my life but this takes the cake.
And all I could do was watch as the next one v one was randomly chosen.
"WOW" The announcer said "ANOTHER GREAT MATCHUP. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN GET READY, FOR IRON MAN VERSUS BATMAN.
Holy shit I thought I knew those guys from somewhere.