Hi!This chapter really exhausted me and I hope that you will like it and review.I like it when people review and I find reviews encouraging and really helpful.So please,be so kind.This is a Blackfire chapter.In response to my good friend gamer7:yes,sometimes loneliness hits us hard and only then we realize that a change is necessary.Even for Raven.

All standard disclaimers apply

Chapter5:

The Tournament

She was nervous.Her body was shaking a little and she lighted another cigarette.The introduction was already in progress.She watched the monitor infront of her and felt fear stirring inside her.

''…another action filled day ladys and gentlmen!In one hour time our competitors will battle for your pleasure only!If you still haven't purchased the right to watch our show we advise you to do so!…''

Yes,she was scared,but her arrogance and her pride forced her to stay,to fight.Blackfire was broke,hungry and without a place to live.She saw her chance in this tournament,all she has to do is capture the flag.And stay alive.The rules were simple:four competitors,only one lives in the end and he is the winner,everything is allowed.

The cameras were placed everywhere so the viewers could see every drop of blood that touches the ground.The prize money would do her good.30 000 surcs was a pretty pile.Once again she checked her equipment.She felt unprepared but because the lack of money all she could buy were twenty small throwing daggers that were neatly placed in her belt and a rusted old pistol with only five bullets.

''…fighting to stay alive,here are our specially selected warriors…''

''Fuck.'' She cursed silently.Her first enemy was a gigantic alien armed with a powerful plasma cannon.She pictured it's rays slicing through her body like through butter but she managed to calm herself;the second was a female from the distant parts of the galaxy.She was a feline creature and Blackfire knew her claws were more than just pretty;the last was a lizard like creature.His skin was grey but it seemed that he could change it's color.His scars proved that he was a experienced fighter.

''…and for the first time since the fall of the starship Itamat – a tamaranian troq!''

When the light started to shine on her she levitated and her eyes and fists started to glow.She wanted to show her strength to her oponents.

''Our battlefield this week is the Dark Forest on the planet Imparus.Note that all contestants have a special digital compas on their wrists that shows them where is the location of the flag.The polls are open for your bets!And now…let the bloodshed begin!''

'Here I go…' Blackfire thought and closed her eyes.The teleporter started to hum and seconds later she found herself on a small opening.The forest was all around her.She ran towards the trees,heart full of fear and lust for blood.

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Minutes have passed in running and hiding but she didn't notice anything suspicious.Using all of her skill in stealth movement she continously changed the way she walks or she would simply fly over the terrain she thought was dangerous.But a moment of carelessnes was enough.He was extremely fast and she barely managed to dodge his attack.The lizard man showed himself.He attacked again but Blackfire jumped high into air and remained there,showering the ground with power bolts.The lizard was a bit surprised by her going into ofensive but he quickly responded to her attack by shooting a flash grenade.The grenade exploded in air and Blackfire screamed and covered her eyes while falling down.She hit the ground with a loud thump and remained lying.

''I knew the troq's are weak but thisss wasss too easssy!'' The lizard approached the defeated princess and grabbed her by the collar of her suit.She was still aparently unconcious.

''Ah yesss!The light isss good!The light bringsss me food!'' He opened his jaws which were full of sharp reptile teeth.Blackfire opened her eyes.With a scream she used her eye rays which burned through his throat and cerebellum,and dissapeared a few meters behind him.The heat that her power produced practically cooked his brain.He fell on his knees and Blackfire pushed his now limp hands away.

'Uhhh…if he did it a second earlier I would be sliding down his colon now…' She thought and sighted in relief.She looked around and stood silent for a moment.Nothing could be heard from the forest.The lizard twitched.

'Twitched?Is he still alive?No…he can't be.' Blackfire approached the reptile.His eyes were open and obviously dead.She shrugged her shoulders and made just one step when the lizard jumped up and sank his teeth into her left shoulder.She screamed in primal agony and started tu punch the lizards head with full power.It was soon turned into a bloody pulp as she started to open his skull in order to free herself.It took her full fifteen minutes to pull all the teeth out of her flesh.She moved away from the corpse.

''Nerves…he was dead,but he's no diferent from a common reptile.Their nerve system is so primitive that it will act on it's own even if the brain is dead…I had to know that,stupid me.'' She ripped some fabric from her clothes and wrapped them around the wound,completely neglecting the fact that her breasts were now exposed.The pain that spreaded from her wound was great and she knew that it will probably infect.Luckily she didn't lose much blood because of her skilled treatment.As a warrior you eventualy learn how to tend your injuries.

''…a surprising outcome of the second fight!The troq defeated the lizard king and she's still eager to kill!We just got a few calls from our trusty viewers who wanted to know how much money would the girl want for a night of private amusement,well sorry to dissapoint you but we don't know,thought we would like to know!A troq that strong would make a excellent lover!But let's return to the fights,it seems that the troq is indeed in trouble…''

The gigantic alien was too fast for her.His plasma cannon kept her on distance and he was shielded by a force field so her bolts were useless.Despair flooded her heart and the alien started to laugh,she wasn't really good in hiding her emotions.Did the lizards spit contain some kind of poison?She didn't know but her vision started to blur.Her body was getting so,so heavy…

''Blackfire!'' The alien called

''How…did you know my name!'' The girl screamed,trying to cover up her exhaustion.

''You slut!You killed my brother two years ago…but I found you.And I know your secret!'' He laughed with a deep voice and threw the cannon away.

''What is he talking about?I don't even know him…'' She whispered.

The alien roared and ran towards her.She jumped and tried to fly away but he grabbed her leg and slammed her against the ground.She felt her left hand snap like a twig.She cried out in pain.He laughed and picked her up.He was covered in armour so when his fist struck her it immediatly broke her nose,arcade and most of her teeth.She prepared to die.The force field was inpenetrable for power bolts…

'Power…power!' She reached for the pistol and shot all five bullets in his face.His eyes and brain splattered her as he fell down,dead.Blackfire was frozen and she didn't move.She couldn't belive it.Slowly,she started to walk towards the small hill.

The flag.Capture the flag.

She held it high and the camera droids were flying around her,sending the message of her victory through the depths of the cosmos.She was broken,bloody and disfigured.But she was the winner.And she was without power.

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She couldn't remember when and how did she come to the Tower.But she never felt so happy to be in her own bed.So warm and conforting.

There it is.I hope that you will like it and that you will review.Oh,and don't worry about our dark princess.The battle won't leave any permanent mark on her body ;)