Note: first fanfic, will improve as I go along, I have been a gamemaster on my past RP site so the action should be good, and I do not own Ben 10 or anything that is remotely like Ben 10.

AUTHOR'S NOTE OF GLORY: Hey everybody! I bet you didn't expect the first participant to the Metal Trial! Speaking of which, I am making a contest. All you have to do is send in your guesses on who will be fighting in the Metal Trial. The due date for this will be at the end of this round. The one who gets the most right will win a prize! Maybe naming future characters (cause I suck at naming things) or a spoiler?

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Blizzard wiped away her tears and said, "Surely they can't mean me?"

Diamondhead looked at her uneasily and said, "They called your name Blizzard that means you got to go down and there and do your best."

Blizzard looked uneasily at the elevator and nodded her head slowly, "Alright…I'm going…"

Upgrade stepped forward and said, "If you guys don't mind, I would like to go down the elevator with her and see her off."

Diamondhead nodded and said, "Alright, but don't be long, they won't like it very much if you stay very long in the arena."

Upgrade quickly said thanks and he lead Blizzard to the elevator. When the doors opened, the two quickly entered.

As the doors closed the last thing that Blizzard saw was Stinkfly saying out loud in an enthusiastic tone, "Good luck! Beat that sucker for us!"

Blizzard smiled and the doors closed shut.

Once the elevator started moving down, Blizzard turned to Upgrade and said, "Upgrade! I don't know how I will live with it! I can't stand seeing…"

But Upgrade cut her off, "Don't say the person's name out loud!" he warned, "We can't risk anyone overhearing us! If someone does, the future might change drastically!"

Blizzard gulped and said, "But Upgrade, I just can't stand it! What should we do while we wait for the future to come? Should we wait in agony and despair while we wait for the person's death? Should we not do a thing about it?"

Upgrade was about to say something but he hesitated on it, he then said, "Blizzard, everyone dies, it's only a matter of time before anyone leaves this world."

"But people don't die by being killed with bullets!"

"I'm sorry to say this but they do. They do."

The elevator stopped and the doors slid open. Upgrade grabbed Blizzard and said to her firmly, "Listen. If we know anything we know this. We have seen the future, we know the outcome of it, we can still do something about it. The future can be changed."

Blizzard looked at Upgrade with a mixture of sadness and fear. Upgrade then gently nudged Blizzard forward, "And for now, I suggest worrying about your immediate future. You got a match to fight remember?"

Blizzard took a deep breath and let it all out slowly. She then said, "Yes, I remember. And I also remember that I have to win it."

Upgrade said nothing but his face contorted a little that made it almost look like he was smiling sweetly. Blizzard stepped out of the elevator and waved goodbye to Upgrade who waved back. Slowly, the doors closed and Upgrade was there no more.

It was then that she realized that the crowd was screaming for the match to start. The noise was so deafening that she almost covered her ears. As she faced the arena, she saw in front of her stairs that went right up to the arena. Taking a deep breath, she walked forward.

Once she was on the arena she stood at a certain spot where she could see her opponent clearly. Wolfy stood there looking at her like a predator that was making a plan to attack his weak prey. Once she was ready the announcer's voice said, "Ready…" just then, the stadium's bell rang out, "Begin!"

Without hesitation, Wolfy ran towards her at an alarmingly fast pace. Surprised by such speed, Blizzard's first action was to run away, but she firmly told herself not to do so. Instead, she raised her arms and she shot a beam of ice at her attacker.

The Loboan saw this and dove to the ground in time, the icy beam just missed his head. Quickly he got back up and resumed his chase, however, Blizzard by now had already formed her sword and shield and was ready for his attack. Getting in a defensive position, she prepared herself for his onslaught.

Once he got up to her, Wolfy pulled back his left arm and did a downward swipe. Blizzard raised her shield and defended the attack. The large claws met with the shield and they scraped across the sides doing hardly any damage to it. Blizzard then raised her sword and slashed with it. The Loboan, who was still recovering from his first attack, tried to regain his balance and jump away from the oncoming sword. Though he succeeded somewhat in this, the sword was still close enough that it swiped across the brute's chest. Immediately upon entering, blood began to ooze out and the beast howled out a cry of pain. Angered about his pain, the Loboan curled his right fist and he swung out at Blizzard at a great speed.

When Blizzard saw this coming she raised her shield up to protect her but as she was doing so something came to her mind.

Ratatatatatatatata!

"Get out! Get out of the way!" screamed a voice from the distance.

Ratatatatatatatata!

"He's down! Four Arms is down!"

"We got to save him!" a familiar voice said.

"No time! No time! We got to get you to a safe place!" said another familiar voice, "There will be dire consequences if either of you are killed!"

Ratatatatatatatata!

Blizzard pulled herself back to reality, just as she did so, the fist connected with her shield and shattered it into pieces. So powerful was the force that she fell backwards and she hit the ground hard.

Wolfy then quickly hunkered over her and raised his claws again. Timidly, Blizzard raised her sword but the beast swiped at it causing it to twist out of her grip and fall to the ground.

When he raised his claws again Blizzard shouted, "No! Keep away! Keep away!"

While she shouted that, she involuntarily raised her hands and fired an ice beam at her opponent. The ice beam slammed into Wolfy's stomach and was so powerful that it flung him across the arena stage. He flew through the air and landed hard on the rocky ground. When he made contact on the ground he began to roll all the way to a stop. He laid there motionless.

Blizzard blinked. Of course, she has the ability to attack at long ranges due to her ice powers. She can just keep attacking the Loboan from the distance and she will win in no time.

That is…if he gets up.

The announcer up above began to countdown, "1…2…3…"

Just then, Wolfy began to stir, he began to try with all his might to get up.

"4…5…6…"

Slowly, he pushed himself up and he then stood on his two bare feet while wobbling a little. Blizzard bit her lip; she was hoping that her attack would knock him out. She then smiled and shrugged. If she hit him one more time, she should be able to knock him out for good. She raised her arms again and prepared another ice beam at him.

However, something weird happened. The Loboan's mouth began to peel backwards like a flower that was opening its petals. His face contorted and twisted making him look all the more ugly. He then gave an ear splitting howl and shot a purple beam from his mouth.

The purple beam warbled through the air at an intense velocity. Dropping her attacking stance, Blizzard lowered her arms to the ground and shot ice at it. At a quick rate, the ice grew upwards and was able to block the purple beam in time. However, the beam was so powerful that it shattered the ice into shards. The beam continued on and hit Blizzard. Blizzard screamed in agony as the beam went through her delicate ice skin.

"Come on! We got to get going!"

"No! We got to save them!"

Blizzard gritted her teeth and squeezed her eyes shut. She tried hard to block the memory but it still played too vividly in her brain.

Pain was coursing through both her body and her mind.

The attack stopped and the horrible sound was gone.

She fell to the ground in a horrible crunch and laid there whimpering

She felt like she was laying there for hours, but in reality, it was just mere seconds.

The sound of footsteps tiptoed into her ear. She raised her head and saw with her have closed eyes her predator coming nearer and nearer to her.

"No…" she said, "I got to keep fighting…"

She clenched her fists so hard that it hurt her palms. But she didn't care, she didn't want to let her team down. She struggled and she slowly got to her knees. Breathing hard, she began a painstaking journey onto her feet.

But her opponent was too cruel for her. Instead of letting her up, he pushed her down with his arm and he stepped on her lightly with his foot. Blizzard groaned and screamed lightly and tried to push him off. But he was too heavy.

The Loboan opened his mouth and he fired a purple beam onto her right arm.

Blizzard screamed as she felt her arm vibrate intensely while under the beam. The pain was not like anything she had felt before in her life. Then, she could feel her arm slowly shattering. She began to lose feeling in her fingers, hand, wrist and arm. She couldn't feel the sensation of squeezing her hand shut or the bending of her elbow. All of it broke away and she felt nothing. Blizzard screamed again and she could hear the faint tinkling of the pieces of her arm hitting the ground lightly. When this happened, the beam stopped and the creature backed away slowly.

Blizzard laid there in silence, tears ran down her cheeks as she reacted to the intense pain. Dimly, she could hear the announcer's voice call out the numbers.

"1…2…3…4…"

This was it, she was done, she lost, she was through.

She closed her eyes and waited for it all to be done.

"I'm scared Upgrade!"

"There, there, we will get through this. One way or another."

"Do you really think so?"

"I do. I really do, so don't you worry your pretty face about this. We will get out one way or another."

Blizzard opened her eyes. Yeah, they did get out of their future mess. Upgrade was right.

And then another, more recent memory came to her mind.

"..we can do something about it…the future...can change…"

"…6…7…"

Blizzard quickly raised her left arm and she fired an ice beam at Wolfy. The ice beam slammed directly into the bottom of his jaw. His whole body was jolted upwards as his jaw slammed shut, breaking several of his sharp teeth. He staggered backwards and he clutched his jaw in agony.

With a renewal of strength and energy, Blizzard quickly got back up. Just then, a cold wind blew forth from the world and was blown upon her. The wind restored her confidence and power giving her an upbeat of energy. Then, using the power of the wind and moisture that was in the air, she grew back her arm at a superb rate. She felt the feeling in her fingers again and she smiled mischievously like an imp. Her new right arm glistened beautifully against the clouded sunlight.

She then faced her opponent and cried out with confidence that could match Grey Matter's,

"I have not yet begun to fight!"