Kanna shoved me towards the desk. "Go for it, I'm not going to enter because... well, I don't want to play a game i can't win." she shrugged and ran off with that. "Hello, whom are you, and what challenge will you be participating in?" The woman behind the counter said, in an autonomous fashion. "What challenge is the toughest?" i asked. "That depends on your skill set, but you can fight other champions in today's tournament."
My 'fuck it' attitude kicked in. "Fuck it, sure, I'll sign up." I said. "Follow that hallway, and when you arrive in the sand pit, you will be paired with an adequate partner." she bowed as she spoke. "Good day, sir." she finished.
I stepped onto the sand, and looked around. The competition looked easy enough. "Whatever." i said as i slumped against a wall. "Hey Rookie!" a brute yelled from one of the waiting benches. I ignored him and put my headphones on.
The man stomped over to me, and attempted to grab my headphones. I used my temporal magic to slide to the left far enough that he would look stupid. He turned to me and pointed his sword at me. "Rookie!" he boomed. I sighed and pulled off my headphones. "What's your name?" I inquired. "I am Demetrie. And you, little one, will kneel to those better than you!" he roared.
An azure arrow pierced the wall next to his face. i looked toward the origin of the arrow. A tall skinny guy stood holding his arm out holding a bow. "Leave him alone, if you cannot tell, he has marked you seven times with death kills." the guy sneered. "Almost, but i did something else, i think he's gonna like it." I spat with an asinine smirk as Demetrie's head began to bleed.
The drift of blood formed the words 'fuck-up' on his forehead. The guy with the bow walked over to me. "That was actually kind of funny. The name's Matt-" he said as he jutted out his hand. I grabbed his hand. "Dann."
Matt scratched the stubble on his chin. "Wanna partner up?" He asked. I shrugged. "Sure." Demetrie hid himself in the corner. "Well, when will we be fighting?" i asked Matt. "Soon-ish." he returned. I sighed, 'great, more waiting.' went through my head.
When a guard came in he passed us me a note that had "12" on it. He looked to Matt who returned with "Were partners." The guard nodded and moved on. "So, what was that weird bow you have?" I asked Matt. "Apollo's bow, i have it merged with my soul." He said as he glanced at his wrist. "Well, now, that sounds like me and Steve." I said. Matt looked up. "Steve?"
"Oh, right, I have the soul of a Greek monster of legend in me. I named the him and the weapon he creates 'Steve'. Because he is a friend and an everpresent companion. At first i called him Arze-Magnium, but that would be the name of an Item, not a friend." I lamented over the story. Matt laughed. "That's stupid, but, im no one to judge."
The speaker came on. "Twelve." it called. Matt stood, "Were up." I stood and followed him. As we entered the large room we were meant to fight in, the crowd cheered. "Necro, Necro, Necro!" they called. "Shit..." Matt spat. "What?" I asked.
"Our opponent is a team of a necromancer and a werewolf. The necromancer will summon undead wolves and the werewolf will command them. To be honest we might be kicked out in the first round." He hissed. "Don't worry. you handled Demetrie let me handle these two."
Matt looked at me, "You serious?" i asked. "Yep." I returned. He laughed. "Alright, tough guy, but if we get kicked because you were too weak to beat 'em, were not teaming again." I threw up my hand up as i climbed the stair set that led to the raised platform. "What of your partner?" Hissed the woman in the cloak.
"Oh, well, he doesn't like you, so im returning a favor to him-" the bell cut me off. The cloaked woman moved her hand down, raising up the wolves. Each changed the moment the touched the ground. their eyes fixated on me.
I unfolded my arms. "Pandemonium." i said as i sent a chaos wave over the wolves. Each detonated into a mess of bile and bones. The moment they did the crowd cheered. "W-what was that?" the woman screamed.
"That was pandemonium, i send chaos magic through my target and it expands thier soul to the point of bursting, forcing the body to do the same, except the physical body cannot expand like that without exploding." I sneered.
"So now that i have, not only figured out why you two joined forces, but crippled your main effort, will you give?" i asked. "Figured out what?" the woman hissed. "That the wolves you summoned would have ended up being slow and stupid if you controlled them, because they have not been bound to you. So instead, you have the furry over there control them, using their dire instincts to make them deadly predators."
"Speaking of which-" i continued. "Speak, boy!" i boomed at the werewolf. "He's going to die!" it roared as it rushed me. He brought his claw up and slashed at me. I slicked out of the way, and swiped my leg into his chest, causing it to collapse under my kick. He flew out of the ring and into the outer wall, smashing it to pieces.
"Shit, i tried to tone it down a bit, but whatever. So, toots, feel like giving up?" The cloaked woman fell to her knees. "I admit to defeat." I said as tears hit the marble. "Dude, its just a fight. You lost, get over it, stand up, and train. Necromancy is a rare skill, and you have a talent in it. Try something bigger next time." i said as i stepped off the platform.
Matt walked over to me. "Wow, I'm impressed." He said as he patted me on the shoulder. "How did you do that?" he asked. "Psychology, I made them realize they would never beat me, and used the weight of that thought to crush their will." I stated coldly.
Matt scoffed. "Well, shit, if it was that easy, why has no one else done that?" He asked. I pointed to the hole in the wall, "that's why." an armored child lay slumped in the rubble. "He was wearing Ethereal armor under his transformation. You would need to hit him with blunt force to deal real damage to him."
Matt leaned back and whistled. "I'm glad were not on opposing sides of the field." I turned around. "Me too." i said as i walked away. Matt caught up. "So, you free today?" he asked. I looked at him. "Yeah, why?" I asked. "Well, first round is over, we advance tomorrow, So, want to hang out?"
I shrugged. "Why not?" I spat as i exited the coliseum. "You drive?" i inquired. Matt shook his head. "No, i usually fly everywhere." I rolled my eyes. "Alright get in." i said as i sat in my new Fire bird. "Dude, seriously, you own this?" he asked. I nodded. "Built and tweaked her myself." i said proudly as i stroked the leather interior. "Creepy..." he said as he noticed how i revered my child.
"Shut the fuck up." i hissed as i started the car. "Were heading to my place, that good with you?" i asked. Matt shrugged. "Probably better than my place. My family hates it when i bring other champions home. It goes against the family religion. and stuff." he said as he scratched his neck.
The back door swung open, and Kanna slid into it. "Who is this?" she asked as she noticed Matt." "My partner." I said. She glanced up at Matt. "I'm Kanna, and you?" she demanded."first don't use that tone with me please, I'm not a sex offender. and second, my name is Matt." He hissed.
We pulled out of the parking lot, and took off towards my house. When we got there i could feel the killing intent from the house. "Matt, watch yourself, my sister might be ready to kill me, Kanna, or my avatar, Eli." i said as i shuffled to the door.
The moment I opened the door, i was met with the flames of hell. "Who the fuck do you think you are?!" Eli screamed. "I'm his only authority figure!" Vessi roared. "He is making great progress, and i cannot have you impeding on that!" Vessi boomed as she bound Eli tighter.
"Dann, help me!" Eli cried. "Too damn bad, he isnt-" I cut the bounds that held Eli with my hand. "Seriously, what the fuck. Why?" I boomed. "I-" Vessi began. "I don't want to hear it." I cut her off as i put my forehead to hers. The full scenario played in front of me. "Dude." i said as i flicked Eli on the nose.
"One, if Eli wants to go out of the house, she can." I spat at Vessi. "Second. I answer to her first. She is the reason i am who i am, so you will respect her." i hissed at Eli. Both turned away, pissed they didn't get what they wanted, fully.
"wow, never thought the day would come when a champion would back talk their avatar." Mike said from the doorway. I turned to him. I turned to him. "Whatcha here for?" i asked. "Well, after that display at the coliseum, I just HAD to check up on you." he slung with a shit-eating grin.
Mike stepped forward. "I also picked up another bust if you want in. Same deal as always." he said. "Fuck it, sure." i shot. Mike grinned. "We taking the road king?" he asked. "Don't get very many times to use it, so the fuck do you think?" i said as i grabbed the keys from the holster by the door. "We'll be back Vessi."
I began my walk to the garage stairs. "What are you two doing?" Matt asked. I turned to him. "Your included, follow me." I said. Matt raised an eyebrow. "What will i be doing in this 'bust'?" Matt hissed. I rolled my eyes. "Mass shipments of narco's go through a place at the peer. Though we are at the other side of town I have a car that can get there in about 3 minuets.
"And?" Matt demanded. "We take them, give them to the police, disappear, and reap profit-" I was cut off by Mike. "We get to keep any weed too. Cool huh?" he stated gleefully. Matt shook his head. "Seriously? my partner is a pot head?" I nodded. "It's legal for a reason now. But we could use your talents."
Matt looked at me. "How so?" he demanded. "Disabling vehicles. and giving me a reason to use a sun roof." as i spoke the image of a car chase where i had Matt out the sun roof, firing walls of arrows at the chasers filled my head. "So fucking cool. Anywho, could use you, what do you say?" i asked as i shot out my hand. "Fine." Matt grunted.
"Seriously?!" Matt screamed as we smashed through the hull of a tanker with my car. "Fuck yes!" i shot back. The car rocketed onto the pavement and took off up the road. "We have to get to the station soon, their setting up a road block three roads ahead." Mike bellowed. "Got it!" I returned as i clicked the 'nitrous' button. The car doubled its speed.
"What the actual fuck?!" Matt screamed as he was thrown into his seat. "Almost... Almost... Almost..." i chanted as we sped forward. The moment we passed the road block, I turned to the left and hit the break, and let the car drift down the road a bit.
"Good job boys." Kyle said as he slid the pallet of drugs out of my car. "Though i can't believe you did that much to a hearse." Kyle said as he scratched his head. "Too much time, too little tweaks left." i said as i spun the keys in my hand.
"So, as promised, we are keeping the weed?" i asked. Kyle nodded and passed me a thick envelope. "And thirteen grand a pop, as promised." Kyle whispered. and with that he turned around and signaled the grunts to get the rest of the stuff.
I sat back down into the hearse, and got comfortable. "Too bad Kanna wasn't here. She would have had a blast." I said as i scanned the inside of the herse, that was now clean, except for the several bricks of marijuana that lined the inside.
"Never... again." Matt said as he peeled himself off the passenger seat. "Your fucking crazy man." He hissed as he looked back at the tanker that was sinking in the bay. "Only when i need to be." I retorted.
"Dude, awesome score!" mike proclaimed from the back. he followed with, "Hope we can do this again soon!" I laughed. "Dude, I wish this would last forever. This feeling of, accomplishment, and... just wow." i said as i layed back to soak it all in.
I was disturbed by a tapping on my window. As I looked i saw a crow with a letter in one of it's grip, tapping on the windshield. I rolled down the window, and grabbed the letter. Opening it proved to be simple, as it unfurled the moment it was in my grasp. 'Dear: Dann. I request your presence, tomorrow after your next match, i will be waiting at the abandoned station near strawberry fields.' were the words that decorated the page.
"Looks like a love letter bruh." Mike slured through his high. "Nah, it's probably just some, 'throw your next match or else.' shit." I hissed. "Nah man, your SO going to be someones fuck toy soon, bruh." Mike retorted.
I started the car and began for home again. "Don't know, and frankly don't care, were dropping Matt off, and I guess we can chill for a bit." I hissed.