Arena

A thunderous dome came into view as Jinx, Gizmo, Mammoth, Julius, and Scarab entered the massively crowded battle arena. The dome was a large, near impenetrable crystal like glass surrounded the combat arena inside. Around the orb were seats, chairs, places for HIVE students to watch as their fellow classmates did battle in contests of preparation and competition. "Feeling jumpy tramp?" Scarab smirked, Jinx scowled "You wish insect".

As the 5 students approached the dome's center seats, Gizmo groaned in sight of someone frighteningly familiar. The mechanical midget snarled "Crud, it's that pit sniffing, barf brained brat bag, Pinball". Gizmo was referring to the dark red, spiky haired short student in the bronze colored suit. The arms and legs of the suit were lined with dark lighting bolt like designs. Blue goggles sat above the psychotic little grin on Pinball's face.

Pinball smirked "Well, well, well, the little piss ant's finally come to shine me boots, how touching". Gizmo snapped back "Blow it out your exhaust pipe Pinball, I'm hear to watch a fight not start one you spiky haired little jerk". The gold suited student chuckled, adjusting his own mechanical gloves and devices. "I figured as much, because we all know you'd get your sodding, sock wrenching arse trashed if you did tussle with me" Pinball said.

The robotic rug rats glared hatefully at each other, their eyes sparking with the raw, seething hatred desire of competition. Gizmo growled "Oh yeah, how about we make this interesting? You and I, double team, Jinx and I will take you on and your butt bug buddy". The red haired imp cackled manically and eagerly rubbed his magnetized metallic gloves, charging up his engines. "Sounds razor, let's kick it then, see you two losers in the pen" Pinball said.

Jinx's eyes widened "What, are you out of you're stupid little mind?". Scarab giggled to Jinx's obvious disapproval, the insect girl continued to laugh as she walked past Jinx alongside Pinball. Gizmo gasped for air as the gray skinned sorceress started to strangle the little genius. "Stupid, idiot, moron, what were you thinking" Jinx scowled, she growled in frustration "This is freaking great. Now I got to baby sit you, AND fight against Scarab.

Who in case you didn't notice, is going to humiliate me for the rest of my life if I lose this fight. I'll never hear the end of it, and neither will you if you screw this up for me". The green suited little midget smirked as he started to walk off. "What do you have to worry about? Your little boooooyfriend will protect you" Gizmo said as he laughed out loud. Jinx blinked in confusion as she scratched her pink hair, she asked "What's he talking about Mammoth?

Stone isn't even here". The large mutant blinked "Uh I think he means that weird kid that keeps following you", Jinx's eyes bulged out of their sockets. "HIM?" Jinx screamed out. Mammoth nodded "Yeah, he said he wanted to prove to you how tough he was or something. So I agreed to fight him in the arena". The dark girl groaned and angrily slapped her face, before grabbing Mammoth and coldly hissing at him "And WHY the hell did you agree?".

Mammoth shrugged "He gave me his dessert pie at lunch". Jinx growled and ground her teeth into a bitter snarl, walking towards the dome with angst in her angry eyes. WHAM! The girl squeaked and backed away, a boy's face was painfully smashed up against the glass wall. "WHOO doggie, that boy done there got schooled" Billy Numerous shouted. The red suited clones shouted and hollered, immensely enjoying the brawl going on inside.

Jinx curiously asked one of the many Billy clones "Who's in the dome?". Inside, there were 2 figures. One was a tall, hulking brute with a dark, black and blue body suit. The suit's back was completely covered in a wolf's skin like husk, including a mouth like mask surrounding the student's head. The one that smashed into the wall was somewhat shorter. He had brown spiky hair, black clawed gloves, and a costume made entirely out of spider hair.

Billy Numerous replied "That there little critter is Webs, the hot shot smarty pants from evil chemistry 101. And the plum loco that tossed Webs is none other then Wolfsbane". Jinx blinked curious eyes "Wolfsbane?". The red student nodded "Billy hears all kinds of things bout that feller. Billy once heard he took out 3 superheroes all by himself, Billy also heard he's been around the world. Studies all kinds of fancy fighting styles and techniques.

Old wolfy was the top student last semester with the headmistress, and it looks like he may be the top student again". Mammoth gasped "Wow, he's really good". Once again, Billy nodded as he continued "Darn tooting he is, he's even been held back a few years. Teachers are darn there scared to let him out, who knows what he's gonna do. Billy also hears that there's a big rumor going around, Wolfsbane supposed to be apart of them Creep Corps".

Both Jinx and Mammoth asked "What's the Creep Corps?". Suddenly Seemore appeared, blinking his big, pink, singular eyeball. "A really nasty bunch of guys" Seemore said. The young Cyclops looked around before continuing, he whispered "They say Brother Blood is forming some kind of super team. He's looking for the best students in every class and section, the strongest and the smartest out of every student in the entire HIVE academy.

Only 5 kids who proved to be the best will be selected, and the word on the street is both Wolfsbane and Pinball have already been recruited". Jinx gasped "So that's why Gizmo's been so antsy with Pinball, he found out Pinball made it into the Creep Corps. And I bet you anything, this little contest he's got going is a means of proving himself to Pinball and Blood". Billy started to jump and holler, "Ya'll better come see this". The trio ran.

Gizmo, Mammoth, and Seemore went up to the side of the arena dome and quickly stood by Billy Numerous. Webs and Wolfsbane were still engaged in an intense, heated battle. The 2 warriors began to circle the arena floor.

The spider warrior kept his claw gloves up and ready, glaring curious eyes to the maddening orbs of Wolfsbane. Webs smirked a little.

Webs smiled "You're just as good as the rumors say, I'm most impressed. I imagine we could make quite a good team together".

Wolfsbane grunted "I don't work with stepping stones. You're job is to sit down, shut up, and get squashed".

Webs raised an eyebrow "You really think you're that far above me?".

Wolfsbane laughed "Far? You're not even NEAR my existence little one".

The spider boy grinned "We'll see about that".

Hundreds of super sticky spider webs started to fire rapidly from Webs claw gloves. The raining silk, web threads stormed above Wolfsbane's head, the warrior snarled like a savage animal. Wolfsbane removed his spear and started slashing at the webs, dodging left and right, leaping like a predatory creature. Webs then fired a super thick web strain around the base of Wolfsbane's spear. The young chemist smiled proudly at his little capture.

Wolfsbane growled as he yanked the spear back so hard he literally hurled Webs right towards him. POW! Webs face was smashed violently by Wolfsbane's right hand. The boy groaned and rubbed his throbbing cheek, feeling something sharp poke at his skin.

Webs screamed "OW! What the hell was that?".

Wolfsbane grinned "Just my toys (raises up sharp clawed, electric brass knuckles), still want to play?".

Webs frowned "Sure, how about catch?".

Quickly firing his claws together in a single spurting shot, Webs fired a powerful dose of his web fluid. Wolfsbane growled as the web shot snared his 2 clawed hands together. The web fluid turned gray and hard, and in seconds it solidified into a cement block around the wolf man's hands. Webs then unleashed a barrage of electric "net" like webs towards Wolfsbane. The primal warrior leapt to the walls, climbing, crawling around like a wild wolf.

All of the students watched Wolfsbane work with wonder and amazement. The young man's speed, his agility, his skills easily dodged each and every electro net Webs could throw at him. The hair covered boy saw this wasn't working, and charged full speed ahead with his razor sharp web claws swinging. Wolfsbane landed on his white, furry boots and raised his stone solid hands outwards. CRUNCH! The cement block was crushed into dust.

Wolfsbane had used his razor sharp fangs to crush the cement block off of his clawed hands. Webs struck the wolf boy right at his face with his own spider claws, but Wolfsbane's claw knuckles easily blocked the blow. The claw knuckles electric field violently shocked Webs right into the wall. Wolfsbane then grabbed one of his spears and hurled right at Webs, it exploded into 5 more spears. Jinx and Mammoth gasped as they watched.

Wolfsbane coldly sneered "Sayonara spider".

The young spider boy gulped as he heard the spears ticking, 5 spears, trapping all around him, and all of them were ticking. KABOOM! A massive explosion engulfed the body and wall of the young little boy. But Wolfsbane's nose didn't fail where his eyes did, he smelled Webs was still around. The web spinner was seen dangling from the arena's ceiling. Apparently, Webs had used his webbing to swing away from the spears.

Wolfsbane blinked "Destruction awaits you vermin".

Webs panted a bit "I'm not licked yet, not by a long shot, no way".

The wolf warrior rolled his eyes "Please, you never HAD a shot to begin with".

Webs screamed "Shut up".

Frustrated with the wolf warrior's taunts, an angry Webs started dropping to the ground and firing his web claws. This time, Webs was using high powered laser beam webs to strike and burn the area circling Wolfsbane. The hunter dodged and leapt side to side, trying his best to dodge the beams. But a few of Webs stray lasers struck Wolfsbane's knees and his elbows, forcing him to the ground. But not before the wolf tossed something out.

A pair of jungle bolas swooped out and snatched up Webs legs in a tightly constricted bind. Webs growled as he dropped to the ground hard, unable to squirm his way out of the bind. Wolfsbane started to stand up and head towards the door. Webs was furious, this guy was actually just walking away as if the fight was already over.

Webs angrily howled "HEY! Don't you dare do that, this isn't over, no way. You hear me? IT'S NOT OVER".

Webs fired 2 strings of sticky webbing around the wolf's shoulders, tugging hard against Wolfsbane's furry hide. The savage student stopped in his tracks and slowly turned his glaring, cold hearted eyes towards Webs. The furry little chemist cackled, he had stopped Wolfsbane right in his tracks.

Wolfsbane shouted "ROWWWWWWWR".

A devastatingly massive, super sonic howl like roar erupted from Wolfsbane's fanged jaws. The sonic cyclone smashed into Webs and slammed him into the wall. A massive dent formed in the wall panels, Webs was out cold and covered with cuts and bruises. Wolfsbane coldly snorted.

Wolfsbane said "This match was over the moment you stepped into the arena".

Minutes pass before the HIVE health officials enter the arena and dragged Webs to the nurse's office. Wolfsbane walked by a stunned Jinx, Mammoth, Seemore, and Billy Numerous. Glaring eyes stared viciously at the students, Wolfsbane hissed razor sharp fangs at the 4 of them. Jinx and the others shrieked and backed away, allowing Wolfsbane to walk away by himself. Meanwhile, a mysteriously grinning Julius observed Webs being carted off.

Julius smiled "Not bad, not bad at all. While he did lose the fight, very few have survived in fairer conditions in a single round against Wolfsbane. Plus his chemistry skills are quite remarkable. Yes, I must certainly let Brother Blood know of Webs talents".

The sound of a blaring computerized voice filled the arena, Jinx looked around and sighed sadly as she spotted Julius. Like him or not, she knew this wasn't going to end well for either of them. Mammoth grinned as he cracked his knuckles and entered the arena.

The intercom buzzed "Next battle commencing in one minute. Combatants……student number 385-903: Mammoth vs. student number 051-184: Julius, last name unknown".

Brother Blood smirked as he slowly entered the balcony seat, located directly over the center skylight of the arena's dome. The twisted teacher had been looking forward to seeing young Julius in action for quite some time now. Mammoth flexed his genetically enhanced muscles as he stomped his feet, preparing sumo style. Julius stared down under his blue and silver hair locks, grinning a most sinister smile as he hoped Jinx was watching.

The mechanical voice beeped loudly "Combat sequence initiated……now".

To be continued……