"Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid." – Franklin P. Jones
(Next day. Nick's POV...)
I opened my eyes, and blinked a few times, it was a new day. I got up and out of my bed, and went to the door's mail slot to see if I had anything worth reading. After sorting through the few letters I had, there was only one that caught my attention. It read:
"Dear fighter,
Level up battles will be from now until the end of the week. We hope this gives you enough time to prepare.
See you on the field!
NFFL (National Fossil Fighting League)"
I closed the letter, and got myself ready. As soon as I was done, I made my way out of the hotel and to the stadium. As soon as I reached the building and went in, I walked to the clerk. "I want to sign up for the level up battle." I told her. "Sure!" she told me. "When would you like to go?" She asked me. "As soon as possible," I told her. "And put me against the toughest opponent you have for the level 2's." I finished. "Are you sure?" She asked me. "I mean he's tough. But if your sure, I'll put you up against him. Your fight will start in 30 minutes." I nodded and began preparing myself, along with my vivosaurs. "Who wants to fight?" I asked them all. "Me." I heard Lugmos say. "Me!" Omias cheered. It had been a while since she had fought anyway. It was only fair she went. "Anyone else?" I asked. "Me." I knew who this one was also. It was Dimorph ace. All right, Lugmos, you provide support, Omias, you'll distract them, Ace, and you need to attack from behind. Got it? I'm going to let you guys go free form after that. Don't mess this up." I told them. "Red, to the field, I repeat, Red, to the field." A voice sounded through the stadium. I got up from the seat I was in, in the common room. Then, I walked toward the field door. It opened, and I stepped into the sunlight. "Let the fights begin!" Trip yelled.
(3rd person, Vivosaurs)
"You ready?" Omias asked Ace and Lugmos, Who were both on either side of her. "Born ready." Lugmos said, and positioned himself behind both Ace and myself. "Let's dance..." Ace growled. His eyes silted in anticipation of the upcoming battle, and he took flight, hovering off the ground. Omias nodded her head, showing the other two she was also ready to fight. "Let's..." Omias said, standing to the right of Ace, and in front of Lugmos. The other three vivosaurs on the opposing team were released. A Kronosaurus, Coelacanth, and Acrocanthasaurus stood proud. "Looky here, fresh meat," The Coelacanth said. "I hope you like having sand in your eyes..." the Acro said. The Krona merely snapped its huge jaws. "Fight!" the referee yelled. The Acro acted first, charging at both Ace and Omias. Acting fast, Omias charged herself. When the two met, Omias smashed her unicorn like horn(Poet and I didn't even know it!) into the Acro's underside. It roared in pain, and swiped it's arm, brutally clawing Omias' body. In doing so, Omias pulled back. While the two fought, Krona turned its attention to Lugmos, who had charged itself. It launched forward, with intent to kill. Only to be met by a massively powerful tail swipe, which knocked it, and Acro away. Although both were injured, neither we're defeated. Coelacanth charged itself and began raining hell down on Omias, and Lugmos using Fire Hurricane. However, Ace was absent. As it got ready for a second attack, it was stopped by a large shadow flying over it. "Firebird!" Nick yelled. As if on Que., Ace dove down, fully encased in flames like a Phoenix. Ace flew through the Coelacanth, Acro, and Krono, defeating the already heavily injured Krona, dealing a heavy blow to Acro, and severely injuring the Coelacanth. Finally, it was free form. Omias used power scale to equalize the energy between the five vivosaurs, while Ace used super quicken to speed up Lugmos. Then, Lugmos charged himself, and shot an orb of fire at both Acro and the coelacanth. Defeating them both. "Yeaaaah!" Ace roared. He did a victory corkscrew while doing a loop-de-loop. Lugmos splayed his massive fin by waving it back and forth. Omias simply breathed a large stream of fire. They soon began fading, and with one last nod to one-another, they faded completely and went back to Nick.
( Lord's POV)
Nick's mind was quite peaceful. It was truly a nice place. It reminded me of Easter Island actually. It was rather flat, with an amazing open fired, there were also deep lakes around, and big enough to house monsters like Kashin. There were also large mountains with jagged rocks and other obstacles perfect for those who were fast, or for those who could fly. There's a small forest in some parts, perfect for the smaller evolvers. The Giga trio usually lived at a mineral spring in the middle of a forest. Mapo King lived at the beach, and nobody knows where Fiend lives. Me however, everyone knows where I live. I live at the heart of a dormant volcano. The igneous rock that can be found there makes for a great punching bag. Except, it doesn't feel very good. How Nick created this vast expansion if land with his mind is beyond me. But if he created the volcano dormant, I reckon I'll stay dormant. Because I live in seclusion, I don't see many up here. However, Mapo King, the one who had contacted me a while before had told me of Omias, Ace, and Lugmos. He told me that they had been called upon and they needed to be pointed in the right direction in order to get back to where they live. I sighed to myself. I hated jobs like this. They were tedious, and shove wasted energy. After a few hours of walking down the mountain and through the flatlands, I reached them. At perfect timing I might add. They were just coming back to this world. Omias was confused at where she was, and Lugmos was giving me discombobulated looks. Ace just stood there, waiting for me to say something. "Ace, your home is in the mountains. Head west." I said, raising my arm, pointing the mountains general direction. Ace nodded and flew off. "Lugmos, Omias, your home is at the hot springs follow me." I told them. They nodded in response, and I began walking towards my home. They lived in an area that was on the path to mine. After another hour and a half of traveling the mountain, we reached the hot springs. Although hot, unlike most springs, the water was drinkable, but hot water isn't very quenching, in my opinion that is. "You are home. Goodbye." I told them. Then continued up the mountain, up to the mouth, and meditated. Next time it would be King's job...
(Nick's POV)
I decided to visit Duna for a little while. After all, it's was my vivosaurs fault she was in the hospital. Plus, she gets out tomorrow. I don't want her to get out of the hospital and come straight to me to tear me a knee one. For those of you who haven't seen a mad Duna, you also haven't seen hell on earth. The hospital wasn't far from the hotel, so I just decided to walk to the place.
(One short walk later)
I arrived, but the stupid nurse, or whatever their called at the counter wouldn't let me visit Duna. I was about to go in anyway, but I guess Duna had heard me from across the room. She called the nurse, and told her to let me in. She walked back to me and said, "Right this way, sir." She told me, and then proceeded to lead me ten feet to Duna's room, then entered when the nurse left. "Hey Nick." She said. Her body looked like it was badly sunburnt. However, her skin was no longer burnt black. I felt really bad that I thought it was funny, but I put that in the back of my mind for now. "Wow, you look much better," I told her. "Thanks, Dinosaurian healing abilities," She told me. "I bet your excited to get out of this place," I said. "Yeah, the food here is horrible. They don't even have good steak! It's like your eating cardboard!" She told me, then we both laughed. "Sorry for putting you in the hospital. Don't screw with me." I heard Lord say. Duna nodded, "He scares me." she said fearfully. "Yeah, he does to, sometimes..." I muttered. "Always bet on TL, assholes." Lord said, then faded. "He's got a colorful vocabulary," Duna commented. "Yeah..." I muttered. The conversation was awkward for a minute or so. However, I broke the silence. "I'm a level two fighter now." I said. "Really? That's wonderful! Only four more battles to go! And they get tougher. More fight!" Duna said, ecstatic about the news. "Or more fuel for the fire..." I said, indicating Lord's love of flames. "Visiting hours are over now, please say goodbye and come back later." The nurse said. I nodded, and turned back to Duna. "Looks like I've gotta go. I'll see you tomorrow. Alright?" Duna nodded, and smiled. I walked out of her room, and shut the door silently. The walk back was silent for the most part. However, I was grabbed. An arm found its way around my neck, cutting off my air supply, while another covered my eyes. I panicked. Something I regret now. I elbowed the person in the stomach several times, and punched as best as I could. Sadly, it was in vain, and my consciousness began fading. My vision darkened, and everything went black.