A/N: Sorry for making you all wait so long, I thought I would be able to update at least 2 chapters over the summer and you didn't even get that. And it's fall now. Anyway, here's the new chapter. It's longer than the others and this should be a trend in the future.

Disclaimer: Just go back and read the disclaimer on the prologue. :P

Chapter 14: The Coliseum

Crono woke up in a cold sweat, which was surprising, given the circumstances. He had had that dream again.

"Was it really a dream?" he asked himself.

He sat there in a daze for several, long seconds, until he remembered the situation at hand. He looked around to see where they were. Rocks, lava, more rocks, more lava, unbearable heat, Lucca and Ayla lying on the ground next to him…! Crono quickly crawled over to Lucca, since she was closest to him. He shook her awake. She appeared very disheveled. Her helmet had fallen off, her hair was wild, her glasses were halfway off her face, and her clothes were wrinkled.

"Wh-where am I?" she asked sleepily.

Crono ignored her and moved on to Ayla. She was harder to wake up. Drool emerged from her mouth and hit the ground, making steam appear on contact.

"AYLA WAKE UP!" Crono yelled.

At that moment Ayla popped up. Crono drew away from her. She landed in fighting stance. She noticed Crono and Lucca staring at her and recalled what happened earlier.

"Hmm. This appears to a holding cell of some kind." Lucca noted out loud.

She looked around for a door, but there was just rock, lava, and steam everywhere.

"There has to be a way out of here, after all, how did they get us in?" Lucca stated.

"Like this!" said Mii. Flames sparked in the air and she teleported into the room.

"We're not as dumb as some wannabe scientists," she said, rolling her eyes at Lucca "we made it so that you couldn't leave without us knowing."

Lucca tried so cast a Flare spell on Mii, but her body felt drained of magical energy.

"Backing up my previous comment, you really are stupid! Don't you think that we would anticipate you using magic to escape? We cast Lock-All on you before throwing you in here. And it won't wear off until we say so."

"Ayla no need magic!" yelled Ayla.

She ran at full speed on her hands and feet and jumped at Mii. A bright light flashed in front of Mii and then Ayla was knocked back onto the ground. Crono and Ayla rushed to her side. Ayla looked up and as her eyes adjusted she saw a familiar figure standing in front of Mii.

He had very dark skin and was dressed in a loincloth made of some unknown animal. His feet were bare and around his neck, ankles, and wrists were a necklace and bracelets made of red teeth. He had a mean stare and his muscles were huge. He was at least 6'5".

"YOU…YOU KILL AYLA FRIENDS!" Ayla yelled angrily at the man.

He was the man who had lead the ambush of Ayla's hunting group along with Tsunusko and Mii.

"Not only Ayla friends, but brother as well!" said the man. "He weak. No challenge for Crimson!"

This really pissed Ayla off. She charged at Crimson. She tried out a Rollo Kick, but because of Lock-All, she didn't have the energy to pull it off. He grabbed her legs and flung her in the direction of a lava pool. Crono and Lucca darted to catch her, but an Akoi fighter teleported into the room and attacked them. They didn't have their weapons or none of their other equipment so they were defenseless.

Ayla was 4 feet from the lava pull when she landed on her hands and flipped back on her feet. She charged again and ran towards Crimson full speed. She punched him and he flew back. He came at her with a right hook and then a left, and finally, he hit her with an uppercut. She flew across the room. Before she landed, Crimson raced across the room at an insane speed, flipped on his hands, and kicked her in the back before she hit the ground. She flew into the air and hit the ceiling before crashing into the ground.

Meanwhile, Crono and Lucca had managed to trip the Akoi fighter into a lava pool. They rushed over to where Ayla landed. She had a black eye and several bruises where she had been hit. Just like Crono and Lucca had been beaten by Tsunusko and Mii, so had Ayla been beaten by Crimson.

"Their strength is insane!" said Crono.

"Just who are you guys?" asked Lucca.

"You'll just have to earn that information and your freedom," Mii taunted "by fighting in and winning the Magma Tournament in the Akoi Coliseum."

"You're forcing us to fight in a tournament?" Crono asked.

"Of course not! You can always die here!" Mii said. She let out a psychotic giggle.

"We fight!" Ayla said. "You return Ayla and Kino daughter, you let us go, you answer Lucca questions, and you leave Ioka alone!"

The trio stood up and Crono and Lucca walked behind Ayla to back her up.

"That's right!" they both said.

"Sure. Why not?" replied Mii. And if you lose, you DIE!

She snapped her fingers and the party was enveloped in a bright light. They appeared at one end of a large stadium. Everything was made of stone, but smoothed stone. There was a moat of lava surrounding the stadium floor. The heat indicated that they were still inside the Akoi Lair. In front of them was a box. Inside were Crono's Rainbow and bag, Lucca's Wondershot and bag, and Ayla's club.

They heard a rattling sound and the gate at the other end of the stadium opened. Six Akoi fighters and four Kilwala marched out and got into attack formation. A gate opened up in the center of the stadium and Tsunusko, Mii, and Crimson came out.

Mii and Crimson came out and pointed to the highest level of the stadium. In the seats were 2 figures the party couldn't make out.

"Our guest up there requests that you not die, as he and his new friend wants to fight you." said Tsunusko.

"Oh don't worry, we won't!" Crono said, drawing the Rainbow.

Mii stepped forward.

"There are no rules, except kill or be killed. The Lock-All spell has been removed because it wouldn't be as interesting if you died in the first five minutes." Mii stated.

"Ayla no die!" yelled Ayla.

"Neither will I. You can't beat science!" Lucca said.

"What a loser!" said Tsunusko.

"Actually, she has a point." Mii said.

Tsunusko looked at her strangely before teleporting to the top of the stadium. The other 2 followed him.

"Round 1," yelled Tsunusko. "BEGIN!"

The Akoi fighters charged at the party.

"Lucca, take out the Kilwala." Crono said.

Lucca fired 4 shots and killed off the Kilwala with ease. Meanwhile, Ayla used Tailspin to knock the Akoi into a straight line. Crono used Slash, which had little effect, but damaged the enemy a little.

"Crono, lets use that new Dual Tech we came up with." Lucca said.

"Let's go for it." answered Crono.

Ayla push hit a switch on her gun and it started emitting heat from the barrel. Crono swung his sword at full power. Combining Slash and Flame Toss, Crono and Lucca created the Dual Tech, Slash and Burn. The Akoi fell under the power of the new Tech.

Round after round passed until the party was feeling exhausted. After 15 rounds, Tsunusko came to the front row.

"How about a change of enemies?" he said. He had an evil smirk on his face.

The gate on the other side opened up and the party heard vicious snarls. They could see several figures coming out of the shadows. The party quickly recuperated by using a Megalixer and Lucca cast Protect. They were on guard against the unknown enemy. At least unknown until they stepped from the shadows. The party was shocked when they saw the enemy. They were supposed to be gone forever, but somehow they were there, right before their eyes, the Reptites!