The Arena Part 2

It's been maybe a week since we've been in the arena. I've been regretting the sorrow everything in this Hellhole has to put up with, even if they are out their minds. I will escape, and they won't stop me. I just need to find the perfect chance to do it I think I have an idea.

I woke up on the extremely comfortable bed, stretching, and popping my elbows, wrists, back, and knees. I groaned as I stretched, and let out a long loud sigh when I was done. I sat up, and Haley was sitting in one of the massage chairs, watching the fights on the sixty-four inch LCD HD screen. I got up slid on my underwear, and pants, and snuck up behind her. I wrapped my arms around her, and she looked up at me.

"Whacha doin Numyz?" I said.

"Just watching the fights." She said.

"The next fighters will be Echo, and Tiny!" The Announcer on the TV said.

(The next paragraph was wrote by my partner to make the chapter longer and to give Echo some action.)

After hearing the announcement I heard a familiar voice outside my door. I opened it, and asked the guard escorting an unusually calm Echo, "Who is he fighting?" The guard laughs, his voice full of malice, "Some X-series…you can see on your TV." Behind me Haley looks at the TV and turns it up. The guard wasn't lying; it was an infect X-series but it was only six foot tall, according to the stats on screen. It was aptly named Tiny. The camera shifted to Echo, who was standing just outside the arena. He asked the guard, "So what is the rule on weapons?" The man answered, "No weapons are to be taken into the fight, but any found in the arena are okay." Echo nods and the viewpoint shifts to show a close-up of Echo and his stats pop up. The speaker says, "Okay people! Today we have a fight to remember…Tiny against Saw tooth. As both are newcomers its' anybody's fight." Echo picks up a bone and uses his claw to quickly whittle a sharp edge on it. He ran his thumb along it, and blood trickled down. As Echo walked over to 'Tiny' the smaller creature whimpers, "Please don't kill me!" Echo says, "Tell you what…I'll give you first hit." Tiny punches Echo in the chest and stumbles back pleading for mercy. I say to Haley, "He can't be more than ten years old, judging his voice. Surely Echo will go easy on him." My words are disproved as Echo raises the bone up. Liquid falls from the boy's soaked pants, and Echo actually laughs as he brings the bone down, literally splitting his opponent's head in half. My jaw drops to see Echo display such evil on an innocent being. A kid even! Beside me Haley gasps, "He was so small…how could they make him fight Echo?" As Echo passes my room, I growl out at him, "How could you? He was ten at most. I know you had to kill him…but you went over board. AND LIKED IT!" He smiled and I see his eyes…once again deep pits.

(Back to my writing.)

My jaw dropped as he walked back to his cell laughing worse than an evil laugh I can make when I'm joking. I walk back in the room, still not believing the gruesome sight I saw. I mean I know I've done worse, but the victims weren't ten they were adults…I think…but I didn't enjoy it. I guess that's what happens when you're a killer like Echo. He is not getting near Haley, no matter what he's holding or not holding as long as I'm around. My anger grew from such a thought as to harm that could come to her. The back of my head felt a light sting that was getting worse, and I could feel my blood boiling. I clenched my fists, and my teeth so tight water could go through them (Metaphorically speaking) and my eyes made a film of red. I started growling deeply, the growl echoing in my throat.

"Austin are you okay?" Haley asked ducked behind the chair peeking over the back.

Her soothing voice could calm a raging storm. I turned to her, and forgot all about Echo's devious acts.

"You okay?" She asked again.

"Yeah I am now." I said.

I looked at the TV, and it said that I was next fighting a mix between an octopus and a chicken.

"HAHAHA I'M FIGHTING A CHICKTAPUS!" I said horse laughing.

"This fight will be held under water. All contestants will get a mini TV to watch on special underwater cameras."

I gulped, "U u uuu under water."

"That's what the announcer said." Haley said

"Is that what he said?" I said with a smart allic tone.

"Naw he said you're a faggot." She said girlishly.

"AAAH Well then we'll see about that." I said prancing out the door.

I walked to the gate, thinking of how I was going to take this thing down. The announcer said his thing while I was in deep thought. I heard the gates squeal as they lowered. I stepped into the massive stadium, looking around. Next thing I know the arena was being filled with water, and the floor was sinking. I started to float, as the water rose. My fur felt heavy, as it was wetted. I dunked my head under water, to wet it, and pulled it out. I floated at the surface with ease. I started relaxing and laid on my back. I closed my eyes, and relaxed. Suddenly I was grabbed around the waist with a tentacle, and yanked under water. I held my breathe while struggling to free myself to get back to the surface for oxygen. I turned my hands to claws, and tried to swing, but it was useless, the water had too much resistance against my body. I wrapped it tentacles around my stomach and squeezed, I opened my mouth to scream, and accidentally let out all my breath. I watched it float to the surface in a bubble, as I was slipping into unconsciousness. I was about to black out, and I started breathing again. The odd thing though it wasn't through my nose, it felt like on my neck. I looked at my hands, and they were scaly, and webbed…and I could move them through the water, like a hot knife cutting through butter. I opened my mouth, and bit down on the tentacle as hard as I could. I saw as the blood floated up, and I started drooling. The Chicktapus swung a tentacle at me, and I darted out of the way with ease. I swam to the wall of the arena and it was a window wall. I looked at myself in the reflection. My entire body was covered in scales. My tail was longer and was a fin. My hands had a short sharp claw on each finger, and were webbed. I looked at my feet, and they were webbed in between the two toes, and it had some kind of tentacle sticking out on each side of the foot, with a ball on the end, connecting another web to my foot. I looked at my head, and it was also scaly but not as much. My teeth were like shark teeth, including the three rows. I had three fins running down the back of my head instead of spikes. And my ears were tiny holes, I guess to hear sonar waves like dolphins. And I also had an anglerfish lure on the top of my head, but it was lying down. I turned around, and a long big fin ran down my back, but it was sticking out very far. I looked at my tail, and it looked like a mermaid tail from the way I saw it. I curled it up to me, and felt it. It felt weird to feel scales on me instead of fur. I noticed the Chicktapus was lunging toward me in the reflection. I swam down, and it hit the wall with a lot of force. It didn't crack the wall, but it got ticked off. It shot a tentacle at me and grabbed me. I bit down on it, and started shaking my head back and forth ripping it to shreds. I grabbed the dismembered part of the tentacle, and instinct made me eat it. I smiled at the taste of blood. I turned around to the messed up creature smiling. I swung a tentacle at me, and I grabbed it. I yanked, and the tentacle snapped off easily. I threw the tentacle to the side, and swam toward it. I got to its face, and started trying to pry open its mouth. I grabbed me with a tentacle, and threw me. I stopped myself, and swam back to the creature. I grabbed its tentacle, and swam to the other one, and grabbed it. I struggled a little, as I tried to tie the tentacles together. I bit one tentacle, and it bled. I yanked the tentacle I bit to the other tentacle, and bit down on both with great force. The Chicktapus screeched with agony, and I grabbed the tentacles with a stronger grip. I worked fast, and tied the tentacles together. I went back to its mouth, and tried to pry open the strong large beak. I finally got it open barely and slid my feet in, and pushed. I got its mouth open, and I darted down its throat. I started ripping through its chest to its heart. I found its heart, and started biting and shredding it with my teeth. I ate it all in minutes, from the slow process of such a giant heart. I had a very strong blood rush this time. Everything was at a stop. I started ripping the Chicktapus to shreds, and finally darted out of its chest with a burst of blood gushing out. I swam up to the surface, and jumped out. I held my hands out, and strangely I caught myself on the surface of the water, and didn't sink in. I stood on the surface of the water, looking at the crowd. Every detail so perfectly seen it was frightening. I couldn't smell anything for I was breathing through my gills. I don't know how but I switched to m nose, and still was standing on the surface of the water. The blood rush was leaving me, as I looked around. I kept looking around, hearing the crowd cheer, and finally the blood rush left me. I went back to hearing sonar. The water started to sink. It got down to the floor, and I saw it was going down a drain. I ran toward the drain, my wet claw fins making a smacking noise against the concrete floor of the arena. I started slapping at the drain lid, and I jumped in the air and smacked it with my tail, which made a loud smack, and thud. I heard a dog whistle, and I turned around looking for the sound. I was on all fours turning around ferociously, looking for the sound. I saw a guard with a harpoon gun, and I was about to attack him, until I started turning back to my regular form. My scales disappeared, and fur sprouted out from my skin. My tail shrunk back to its normal size, and my spikes came back. The two extra rows of teeth receded back into my gums, and my other teeth went back to a normal set of teeth except for my canines. The webs on my hands disappeared, and the so did the ones on my feet, along with the tentacles sticking out from my feet. I walked to the guard. He let down the gate, and I proceeded back to my room. I got to the door, and opened it. Haley sat in the massage chair enjoying herself because of the vibrating back. Seconds from walking into the room, the two ladies from the other day walked in carrying their usual gear, and something else.

"Hello, X this is your reward from winning yet again."

"Sweet it's a scythe." I said gazing at the weapon in amazement.

"Its called Soul Reaper, and nobody knows why, some people say its has magic bestowed upon it. I say it's just a weapon. Now are you two ready for your daily massage?" She said.

"Yes we are." I said.

I got on one of the tables and Haley did too. They massaged us as we watched more fights on the TV. An hour of massaging, and they left us. I studied my hard earned weapon, trying to figure it out. I looked at the medallion on the crest of the scythe that holds the blade to the staff. I touched it, and my mind was flooded with knowledge of how to use this ancient weapon, and how it started, what magic is bestowed upon it, and how powerful it is. I jumped back like a reflex, and held my head. I suddenly had a headache. I stared at the weapon, imagining the damage I could do with the ancient artifact. I never thought magic existed until now. I figured I wouldn't tell anyone about the destructive power of this until I was ready to use it. I hung the scythe on a weapon display on the wall, and joined Haley at the table. We ate, watched more fights, and talked to each other most of the day, till nighttime. I took a shower, and joined Haley in the bed.

"I wonder what I'll fight next." I said to her.

"Who knows?" She said.

"Yeah…I guess I'll just find out, and take them out, as they throw them at me." I said.

"Yeah I guess you will…just be careful, I don't want you dying on me."

"I won't lose, trust me, I will win in every match…I just hope they don't do something they'll regret."

"Me too."

"Well I'm tired, night love ya."

"Night, love ya."

I drifted off to sleep holding Haley in my arms, close to me.

The end of chapter 21