Hello and welcome to Chapter 3 of Monster Colosseum! Whoo! Yay! Once again...I own all the OCs, and it is awesome not to have to say X owns Y and so on and so forth. Last chapter, Zatch was challenged to fight the resident loser, George, to a fight. Will she win? We'll find out soon! Before that however, one last bit of business...We hope you enjoy, please remember to review and finally...thanks for reading!
"...And this is the market...you can buy stuff here." Faye explained as she reluctantly showed Zatch's friends around the Hub.
"No shit." Temar muttered.
Faye sighed "Look, I haven't got time to babysit you, so why don't you wander around for a while until I can find Rob?"
The others shrugged in response, hardly caring one way or the other.
"Thank you." Faye breathed as she turned to leave.
"Hey, wait! What's with all these posters?" Edan called out.
Faye sighed as she turned to see what Edan was talking about She could see that he was pointing to a wall plastered with posters.
"They're Wanted posters. See? It says so right there "Wanted"." Faye pointed out, exasperated.
"Wanted posters? Surely you can't be serious?" Dwier asked, incredulous.
"I'm always serious." Faye replied.
"So, who are these freaks anyway?" Temar questioned.
"Those are the Devious Dozen, they're a gang of Gladiators who go around stealing the amulets and money of other Gladiators." Faye explained.
"Phfft, that's a stupid name." Edan muttered.
"There's Steppenwolf, the leader," Faye pointed to a poster of a man wearing a black cloak with numerous stars on it and some kind of animal skull on his head "Blue Roses," A figure in a blue robe with long sleeves which completely covered the figure's hands. They were also wearing a mask which obscured their face, one half being black the other half grey and with blue rose painted on "The Boomerang," A helmeted figure with a boomerang attached to the helmet "The Prince" A person in red, spiky armour with a skull shaped mask and a crown upon their head, "Cupid," A masculine figure in the armour of a Greek hoplite "Cyclops" A person wearing an old fashioned diving helmet and clad in thick armour.
Faye was about to reveal more, but at that point, a loud explosion rang out.
"What was that?" Glare questioned as the panicking crowd surged around them, trying to flee.
"Speak of the devil." Faye murmured, her eyes glancing upward.
The others followed her gaze. Atop a small building were a pair of Gladiators. One wore a mask and long blue robes with overly long sleeves that obscured the hands while the other had armour and a diving helmet.
"Alright then, let's do this newbie!" George exclaimed, making several highly flamboyant poses and gestures.
"Is he...is he always like this?" Zatch asked, terribly confused by it all.
Red sighed "Unfortunately, he has a few...issues."
Luna shook her head in disgust as Dora massaged her brow.
"This ought to be fun to watch!" Anteros exclaimed, hopping up and down excitedly.
"Sir-" Dora began, only to be quickly cut off by Anteros.
"Anteros." He promptly corrected her.
"...Anteros, we don't have time for this! We have more pressing matters to attend to!" Dora explained.
"Aw, that can wait till after the match, I'm sure!" Anteros rebutted.
"But sir-!" Dora pleaded.
"Dora, I'm sure you can handle it on your own, can't you? And again, Anteros!" Anteros replied, distracted.
"Fine...Anteros!" And at that, Dora groaned in exasperation, before storming off.
"I love that girl, such a go getter." Anteros said cheerfully to Matt, who rolled his eyes in response.
"Hey, what's going on here?" Roba sked, breaking through the crowd.
"Is she with you?" Selene questioned.
"Yeah, she is, why? What happened?" Rob questioned, nervousness creeping into his voice.
"Your girl there's about to get into a Colosseum Battle with George." Luna said with a dark chuckle.
Rob blinked in surprise "Oh, just George? You guys had me worried there for a second." At that, Rob gave a breath of relief.
"Yeah well they say he got himself a new Monster." Romulus piped up.
"Oh yeah? What's this one?" Rob asked.
"No one knows, its brand new." Matt added.
"Oh...but he's still too weak to win...right?" Rob asked, anxious again.
"She's a newb, she ain't got a chance." Luna said with a sneer, causing Zatch to shrink back.
"Easy Luna. You know what, I'm sure she'll do fine." Red reassured, placing a hand on Zatch's shoulder.
"Yeah, George sucks." Anteros reassured.
"Well, I guess I fight him now, right?" Zatch asked.
"Well, not here, you need to go to the Grand Colosseum for that." Rob informed her.
"And where's that?" Zatch asked.
"We'll take you there." Red answered, as he, his group, George and Rob led her away.
"Wow, this place is huge..." Zatch gasped in astonishment as she took in her surroundings.
"Well, that is why they call it the Grand Colosseum." Anteros pointed out.
"Hey! Newbie! Are you just gonna stand around with your mouth hanging open, or are we gonna fight?" Geprge snapprf/
"Someone's a might testy." Selene muttered.
"Be quiet you flea bitten mongrel! No one was talking to you!" George shouted.
Matt suddenly leapt forward, mouth bared open in a snarl, his fingers suddenly shifting into razor sharp claws. George shrieked in surprise and fear as the angry young man leapt at him. Before Matt could strike however, Red knocked him back.
"Watch your temper! It will do us no good if you kill everyone who insults us!" Red admonished him.
"But he-!" Matt began.
"I know, but we can't let people like him goad us, we'd only be proving them right." Red tried to calm Matt down.
"What's with them?" Zatch whispered to Rob.
"They're werewolves, most people don't trust them. People like George think its a good idea to insult them." Rob whispered back.
"That's horrible!" Zatch exclaimed.
"Yes, but they can't attack them, werewolves are already feared as it is, they attack someone and they'd be exiled from the Gladiator community." Rob explained.
Zatch frowned before shooting George a glare "You're going to lose creep!"
George smirked "Oh, I don't think so girly! Now let's begin! Enter Nue!"
At that George pulled out a cloud shaped pendant, which began to glow. Soon, blue smoke poured out of it, until it formed a roughly humanoid shape. From there, it solidified to create a bizarre creature. It had the head of a monkey, atop a furry body with black stripes, muscles legs and a serpentine tail. It was also wearing armour made of iron plates and wielding a yari. It looked...incredibly pathetic, with its mangy fur, rotting teeth and ancient armour.
"That's your monster?" An incredulous Zatch asked.
"Shut up! I bet yours isn't any netter!" George snapped.
"We'll see about that!" And with that, Zatch twisted the ruby on her ring, causing Kumo the Tsuchigumo to appear in a burst of red light.
"This is my prey? How sad." Kumo muttered.
"Cool monster...what is it?" Anteros asked.
Rob opened his mouth to answer, but Selene beat him to it "It's a Tsuchigumo, they're Japanese spider monsters who can shape shift."
Anteros whistled in appreciation "And the other?"
"A Nue, also Japanese, and also a shape shifter. Part monkey, part Tanuki, part snake and part tiger." Selene explained.
"I am Konoe, and I am...Your doom!" The Nue cried, before charging at Kumo...who promptly sidestepped and slashed into the back of Konoe's armour.
Konoe let out a shriek of pain, before whirling around, making a thrusting motion with his spear. Kumo simply batted it aside with his sword before grabbing it and yanking forward, pulling Konoe with it. The surprised Nue stumbled forward, right into Kumo's sword. Konoe gasped, before pulling back and clutching at his bleeding chest. Kumo sneered in contempt as his opponent stumbled away.
"Konoe! I command you to win! You will not lose to this scum!" George snapped.
Zatch smiled "Alright Kumo, now finish him!"
"Gladly, he is pathetic." Kumo murmured, before dashing at Konoe, his sword raised.
"Transform!" Konoe cried, jumping into the air and transforming into a small, dark cloud.
"Ah, of course, I forgot that your species possessed that little ability..." Kumo muttered as he observed the cloud floating about the Colosseum.
"Did you forget about this too?" Konoe asked as a beam of dark energy shot out of his body and struck Kumo, who fell to the ground, crying out in pain.
"What is that?" Zatch gasped in astonishment.
George chuckled "Its Konoe's Nightmare Ray! It completely immobilises his foe, leaving them vulnerable!"
"Now to meet your doom!" Konoe sneered, floating closely to Kumo.
Slowly, with a great struggle, Kumo got back to his feet and raised his sword.
"What? This is impossible! How can this be?-!" George questioned.
"I will not lose to such vermin!" Kumo shouted, breaking free of Konoe's beam, before throwing his sword right into the cloud.
The cloud suddenly broke apart and the Nue fell to the ground, Kumo's sword buried into his chest "I...lose?"
"BATTLE OVER! VICTORY ZATCH!" An announcer cried.
With the battle over, both monsters returned to their amulets.
"She won? How nice." Luna muttered, clearly bored,
"Better her than that scum." Matt snarled.
"Agreed." Selene added.
At that moment, music began blaring. They all turned to see Rob waving around an old portable CD that was blaring A Star is Born from Disney's Hercules.
"A CD player? Really?" Luna asked.
"Its for dramatic effect, it just doesn't work if you do it with an iPod." Rob explained.
"Why Disney anyway?" Romulus questioned.
"I like Disney!" Rob answered defensively.
"Yes! In everyone's face but mine!" Zatch cried out, jumping up in the air.
"Excitable, isn't she?" Red said to Rob.
"Well, it is her first victory." Rob answered sheepishly.
"I like it! It such a nice change from these gloomy guys!" Anteros exclaimed, motioning to the Wolf Pack. Who scowled at him in response.
"Yes! I did it! Wasn't I great?" Zatch asked, grinning.
"Yeah, but don't let it get to your head kid." Red answered with a small smile.
Zatch stuck out her tongue at him "You know I was great, right Rob?"
Suddenly, Rob's phone began to ring "Oh yeah, you were, just hang out. Hello? Hi Faye, Zatch just...Wait, what? Well where are you? Shit! Hang on, I'll be right there!"
"What's going on?" Zatch asked, worried by Rob's sudden change of mood.
"It's the Army of the Dozen, they're attacking the market district!" Rob shouted.
"What? The who?" Zatch asked, confused.
"They're a bunch of thugs who follow twelve really powerful Gladiators known as the Devious Dozen. They're aren't strong, but there's a lot of them." Red answered.
"What makes them so bad?" Zatch asked.
"They steal people's amulets and money for themselves, and they're pretty ruthless." Anteros added.
"Romulus, run and get the Officers!" Red ordered.
Romulus groaned "Aw, but-!"
"No buts just do it!" Red snapped.
Romulus sighed, before sprinting off.
"Come on, we need to go!" Rob shouted, before running off in the other direction.
"We'll help, Wolf Pack, move out!" Red commanded, before they ran off after Rob.
"Hey! Wait for me!" Zatch shouted.
Back in the market, a number of stone figures of varying shapes and sizes marched, grabbing anyone who got in their way and ripping their amulets away. Behind a kicked over fruit cart, Faye and Zatch's friends were taking cover.
"What are those things?" Dwier asked.
"Golems, they're what beginning Gladiators create before they get real monsters. They're little more than training devices, but they're easy to make and can be shaped to whatever their creator wishes, hence why the Army of the Dozen uses them." Faye explained.
"And why are we just sitting here? We should be fighting them!" Temar hissed.
Faye shook her head "There's too many! We'd never beat them all!"
"No way of knowing if we don't try." Glare muttered, nodding at Temar.
"Don't you dare! You'll get us all killed! " Faye snapped, glaring at the two.
"Yeah, let's listen to her. Cody agrees right?...What? What do you mean fight?-! Cody you idiot!" Edan exclaimed.
"Um...guys..." Nestor whispered.
"WHAT?-!" The others questioned.
In response, Nestor pointed up. Looming over them was a Golem which resembled a muscled, bipedal lizard with a maw filled with razor sharp teeth, three horns and extra pair of arms ending with what appeared to be mallets.
"Oh..." Faye said, at a loss for words.
They all leapt out of the way before the Golem smashed the ground where they were sitting with his extra appendages.
"Carcinos, go!" Faye shouted, grabbing her necklace and raising it.
A blue light shone and before them materialised what appeared to be a man with a hard carapace instead of skin and a crab's body for a head. He had long, multi jointed fingers that resembled crustacean legs on his right hand and had a razor sharp pincer in place of his left hand. Out of his back were four long legs that seemed strong enough to support its weight.
"What is it?" Carcinos questioned, looking around.
"Defend us! We're under attack!" Faye ordered.
Carcinos turned in time to intercept a blow from the golem, grabbing its arm with his claw. He squeezed down until the Golems entire arm broke off.
"How pitiful, these opponents are nothing!" Carcinos complained.
"I say we get in on this!" Temar exclaimed as she leapt at another Golem.
"Sounds like a plan!" Glare agreed as he rushed another.
"What is with those two?" Faye asked.
Dwier, Edan and Nestor shrugged in response.
"It appears that everything is going as planned." Blue Roses said to Cyclops.
"Yeah, but this is taking too long! We should be down there!" Cyclops exclaimed.
"Patience my friend, we are not needed yet, but we will have our chance." Blue Roses assured him.
Cyclops was silent for a moment, before speaking up "Hey, look at that! It looks like resistance! Can I engage?"
Blue Roses sighed "If you must."
Cyclops smiled under his helmet "Alright! Thanks! Come on Stereopes!" At that, he raised a small, eye shaped necklace, causing it to glow with a red light.
Appearing before them was a four meter tall being, clad in armour and with only a single eye. He was wielding a large hammer in one hand, easily powerful enough to crush most objects...or people.
"What is it you command?" Stereopes the Cyclops rumbled.
"See down there" Cyclops asked, pointing into the market "We're going to quell the fighting by beating anyone who continues to fight!"
Stereopes nodded, before leaping off the building.
"I'll see you back at base!" Cyclops called out as he leapt after his monster.
Blue Roses sighed as the two ran at a small group of people.
"Hey, this one looks like Robocop!" Glare exclaimed, pointing at the smashed Golem that lay at his feet.
"Some people have no fucking imaginations." Temar muttered as she beheaded a Golem that vaguely resembled Megatron with a swift kick.
Suddenly, the ground beneath them rumbled.
"What was that?" Edan asked.
"I think it was that thing." Nestor replied, pointing to a massive creature covered in armour and wielding a hammer rushing towards them.
"Uh oh..." Faye murmured.
"Retreat! We cannot hope to defeat it!" Carcinos cried as he ran in the opposite direction of the beast.
"He's right, run!" Dwier shouted, fleeing after the monster.
The others soon joined him, running for their lives.
"Faye! Where are you?" Rob called out, searching for his friend.
"They have to be around here somewhere..." Zatch murmured, looking around for Faye and her friends.
"We haven't been able to find them at all." Red announced as he and Luna rounded a corner.
"Well where could they be?" Rob asked, growing worried.
"I'm sure they're fine, I wouldn't worry about it." Anteros tried to reassure him.
"Oh, but we would."
They all turned to see a man in a black cloak standing before them, an animal skull on his head. Beside him was a figure in the armour of a Greek hoplite, a strange set of metal wings protruding out of their back, allowing the figure to hover.
"Who are they?" Zatch asked.
"Steppenwolf and Cupid, they're members of the Devious Dozen." Red answered, not taking his eyes off the pair.
"Correct, now if you hand over your amulets, we'll allow you to gun unharmed. Defy us and the consequences shall be dire." Steppenwolf warned.
"I just got mine today, there's no way I'm handing it over to you, you psycho!" Zatch cried.
"Same for us!" Rob added, standing his ground.
Steppenwolf shrugged "Very well then..."
At that, he pulled out a pair of katanas as Cupid pulled out a bow.
"What do we do now?" Zatch asked.
"We fight!" Red answered as he leapt at Steppenwolf, Luna closely behind him.
"Hey, alright, a brawl! This'll be fun!" Anteros cried, pulling out his own bow.
"Chimera Leo, time to help out!" Rob shouted, twisting his ear stud, summoning his monster.
"Let's go Kumo!" Zatch added, summing Kumo.
Steppenwolf easily batted Red aside with the flat of his blade, before kicking Luna away. Anteros fired an arrow made of energy at him, only for Steppenwolf to deflect the shot with his sword. Cupid promptly retaliated, knocking Anteros down with an energy arrow of his own.
"That...was somewhat anticlimactic..." Rob muttered as their allies lay down.
"Yeah, I thought they'd be better than that." Zatch replied.
Rob shook his head "These guys are seriously strong, even without their monsters. We need to be very, very-"
Suddenly, Kumo snarled and leapt at Steppenwolf, and the two began to duel.
"...Careful..." Rob finished.
Cupid lunged at Chimera Leo and the two began brawling, Leo hissing and clawing at the hoplite, while Cupid began beating the monster with his bow. Not far away, Steppenwolf and Kumo were hacking and slashing at each other furiously, their fight seeming to be at a stalemate.
"Intriguing, you seem to have extreme potential..." Steppenwolf murmured.
"There's something...wrong about you...you don't seem..." Kumo trailed off, puzzled.
"It matters not, what matters is that we have you! You will lose and you will come with us." Steppenwolf snarled, head butting Kumo, before kicking him in the chest.
Suddenly, Steppenwolf stopped, as did Cupid, who clambered up off of Leo.
"What? Now? But we are winning, surely-? Urgh, damn it!" Steppenwolf exclaimed, before turning to the Gladiators "It would seem that you've won a brief reprieve, but don't be fooled, we will return, in even greater number! Until then..."
Suddenly the two disappeared in a burst of light, forcing Zatch and Rob to shield their eyes.
"Those cowards..." Rob scowled.
"Rob!" Faye called out, as she and Zatch's friends appeared and ran over.
"Faye! Are you alright?" Rob asked.
"We were being chased by a Cyclops, but he just stopped a little while ago and turned back. Then we stumbled on you guys." Faye replied.
Luna, Red and Anteros groaned and pulled themselves up off the ground.
"Ouch..."
"That hurt."
"My ego!"
"Who are they?" Dwier asked, peering at them.
"Oh, just some friends." Zatch replied.
"Well this was a nightmare." Edan muttered.
"Are you kidding, this was the best birthday ever!" Zatch exclaimed.
And there we have it, chapter 3 of Monster Colosseum. Well, I'm kinda tired from writing this, it was exhausting. So, this will be short. We hope you enjoyed, don't forget to review and finally...thanks for reading! Bye!