The World Championships

Chapter 31 Second Offence

"Welcome to the final match of the Scottish leg of the tournament!"

"Our final competitors for this leg are two teams who are very new!"

"This is going to be a historic battle between those risk taking bladers Risk Factor and the poisonous battlers the Venom Snakes!"

"The Venom Snakes are going to have to exercise caution, especially seeing as Risk Factor can be very sneaky!"

Risk Factor came in from one side of the hall, they were accompanied by Mr. Coupe and their technician Billu. While from the other came the Venom Snakes, they had one thing on their mind and that was to defeat Risk Factor.

Now in the stadium, Risk Factor and the Venom Snakes sat on the benches.

Xavier soon stood up, he made his way to the closed platform, he was confident and happy.

"Xavier is stepping up to represent the Venom Snakes, he is a tough customer with his Forest Crotalus bit beast!"

Now at the platform, Xavier stood still, waiting patiently for his opponent.

"Billu, have you made all modifications on Chinh's blade?"

"Yes, Mr. Coupe"

"Excellent, Chinh, are you ready?"

"Yes, Mr. Coupe, I can't wait"

"Here you are"

"Thank you, Mr. Coupe"

"Stepping up for Risk Factor is Chinh Tran, his Island Latiosis bit beast can gore you hard!"

A fifteen-year-old boy wearing a blue Lonsdale tracksuit and Puma trainers, with ginger hair that was styled in a mohawk and black eyes, walked up to face Xavier, this was Chinh Tran.

Xavier and Chinh stood facing one another, then the ground separated and from the smoke rose a stadium with a replica of St Giles' Cathedral in the centre.

Xavier took his launcher, ripcord and beyblade from his blue Adidas tracksuit bottoms. Chinh did the same from his black Lonsdale tracksuit bottoms.

"3,2,1, Let It Rip!"

"Forest Crotalus, attack!"

"Go, Island Latiosis!"

Xavier's gold beyblade and Chinh's green beyblade slammed into one another. Sparks flew as the two blades clashed hard.

"Forest Crotalus, slam!"

Forest Crotalus slammed Island Latiosis hard, it hit the cathedral with a bang. Fragments of the stone fell away with the blow.

"Forest Crotalus, attack again!"

"Counterattack, Island Latiosis"

As Forest Crotalus went in for another blow, Island Latiosis struck back with a bang.

"Island Latiosis, attack!"

"Push it back now, Forest Crotalus!"

Although, Island Latiosis hit hard, Forest Crotalus heeded Xavier's command and pushed it back with authority.

"That's it, Island Latiosis, counterattack now!"

Island Latiosis ferociously attacked, with fierce blows, it struck Forest Crotalus violently.

"Keep it up!"

Chinh's blade maintained its ferocious attack, it struck fast, hard and brutally. Xavier was tense, he knew he had to fight back.

"Forest Crotalus, attack!"

In a trice, Forest Crotalus struck back, it hit with vicious and authoritative blows. Chinh was tense, he didn't know what to do.

"Now slam, Forest Crotalus!"

Forest Crotalus slammed Island Latiosis with a vicious blow, knocking it into the cathedral.

"Forest Crotalus, Venom Sting!"

The diamondback rattlesnake appeared, the rattle on its tail shook as it hissed. It coiled up and opened its mouth, white needles shot forth and hit the rhinoceros hard.

Suddenly, from his earpiece, Chinh heard Mr. Coupe's voice.

"Now, Chinh, initiate Operation Fishhook!"

"Yes, Mr. Coupe!"

Suddenly, two fishhooks shot out from the attack ring of Chinh's blade. They hooked into Forest Crotalus's attack ring and spun it round, before finally knocking it into the cathedral and stopping it in its tracks. Mr. Daniels used his video camera to film the occurrence, afterwards he wrote in his notebook. He also photographed Chinh's blade with the fishhooks protruding, before Island Latiosis returned to Chinh's hand.

"Forest Crotalus is down, Chinh is the winner!"

"Risk Factor have scored the first match!"

"Well done, Chinh"

As quickly as Xavier and Chinh were gone, Hunter and Taylor replaced them, but not before Billu had given Taylor her illegal blade. They readied their equipment and stood poised.

"3,2,1, Let It Rip!"

The two beyblades hit the cathedral ground simultaneously.

"Creek Piscivorus, attack!"

"Go, Tundra Alpinus!"

Hunter's dark blue beyblade and Taylor's orange one clashed hard, and sparks flew as the metal collided.

"Creek Piscivorus, slam now!"

With a mighty slam, Creek Piscivorus sent Tundra Alpinus into the cathedral.

"Keep attacking!"

Creek Piscivorus fiercely attacked Tundra Alpinus, striking hard and authoritatively, confidence burned in Hunter as this happened.

"Full power attack, Creek Piscivorus!"

Heeding Hunter's command, Creek Piscivorus went on a vicious attack, sending Tundra Alpinus on the run.

"Let's do this, Creek Piscivorus, multi slam now!"

Victory looked certain for Hunter as he ordered attack after attack.

"Let's finish it off, Creek Piscivorus, slam now!"

Creek Piscivorus struck Tundra Alpinus with a mighty blow, sending it flying to the other side of the stadium, part of the cathedral flew clean off.

"No way!"

"Now go, Creek Piscivorus!"

With increased speed, Creek Piscivorus shot towards Tundra Alpinus and struck it from behind.

"That's the way, Creek Piscivorus, Toxic Spike Blast!"

The cottonmouth snake appeared, it coiled itself up and opened its mouth before shooting a powerful blast of purple spikes out. The spikes struck Tundra Alpinus but it still hung on. From her headset, Taylor now heard Mr. Coupe instructing her.

"Now, Taylor, it's time to initiate Operation Flytrap"

"Yes, Mr. Coupe"

Mr. Coupe pressed the button and a wave of adhesive string shot out of Tundra Alpinus, snaring Creek Piscivorus. Mr. Daniels filmed the whole occurrence and noted it down. Creek Piscivorus stopped spinning, laying on its side.

"The winner is Taylor; Risk Factor have now won, see you in Greece for round four!"