That night, all the finalists as well as some of the other students boarded a plane which flew them back to the Russia.By morning, the long awaited WTT final round had arrived, the ‘Main Event’ according to people. And even though rumours of the Empire had already begun to spread, the world didn’t stop them from this one in a lifetime opportunity.The Southern bus finally pulls up to the Southern entrance but unlike a month ago, the entrance was now surrounded by fans and supporters. “Whoa.” Levi mumbled, staring at the crowd screaming out to them. After the bus comes to a stop, the students stepped out all casually dressed to be greeted by cheers and screams on both sides of the entrance. They walk towards the entrance, a velvet rope separating them and the fans most likely people who have witnessed their ‘heroics’ during their missions. “This is…interesting.” Jake chuckled a little as he turned to a set of girls who screamed out at him.“Hello ladies.” Craig said as he flicked hi
It’s exactly 9:10 am in Russia and every screen in the world was tuned into the tournament with excited eyes.The host, Justin taps some options on his tablet and pulls up a page on the screen where the names of all candidates were displayed before speaking.“Among our 16 finalists, we have 2 from the Western Branch, 3 from the Eastern Branch, 4 from the Northern and 7 from the Southern Branch.” The crowd cheers again just as Miss Balalaika speaks.“The rules of this round are simple. It’s going to be a bracket-drawn set of one-on-one battles. The fighters are free to use whatever gears in their arsenal and the winner is chosen when his/her opponent forfeits or can no longer continue the battle.”A set of worried comments began to spread not just among the crowd but the fighters too but Miss Balalaika’s next words, silences them. “To prevent any fatalities or serious injuries, the battles will be done within a Ghost-mode barrier.”The crowd murmurs in confusion and Justin quickly jump
Cheers ring from the tournament as the 7th match between Deeva and Reaper began to get interesting. Justin speaks enthusiastically into the mic.“Looks like we have ourselves a cat fight here! Who do you think will come out on top?!” Miss Balalaika just smirks as Hana continues to glare at her opponent.MJ jumps up from her seat and screams out. “Come on, Hana! Kick her sorry butt all the way back to C class!” Craig scoffs with arms folded over his chest. “You never cheered for me, MJ.” Craig grumbled.Mary chuckles to herself, making Craig throw her a suspicious glare. She then winces when MJ screams out again. “Why is everyone so loud?” Mary mumbled. Jake and Levi just stare in concentration as Hana continues to watch Deeva cautiously…just as she began to move forward slowly…“Reaper’s making her move.” Justin commented as Reaper continues to walk forward.Deeva remains unmoved by Hana’s tactic and suddenly, Hana stops, a determined look on her face.She stomps the ground, once aga
A moment of silence hangs in the air as the dust cloud settles with a literal Titan searching the dust below for any movements… just as she stumbles back, staring at the small figure below who pushed her back. “Is that all you got?” MJ grumbled, a hand wiping the dust from her face and her clothes covered in dust. Titan grins at MJ below, cracking her knuckles with a loud pop just as MJ leaps into the air, energy radiating from her fists.MJ suddenly blocks a punch from Titan, the impact sends her crashing into the barrier around them…Titan then attempts to punch her again but MJ bounces off the barrier and rolls onto Titan’s arm before leaping forward and throwing a kick into Titan’s face, causing her to stumble back. Titan then grunts as she grabs MJ in her hand and glares at her.“I’m tired of this.” Titan grumbled. MJ gasps as Titan hurls her into the air...before dealing her a series of punches while moving around her and for someone of her size, it was impressive to see how f
The time is now almost 11am at the arena. The audience both in person and all over the world cheer and chant as the first battle of the second round reaches its climax. Levi stands several metres from Elsa who watches him cautiously as he stared at his hand with sparked with electricity, the heat from it causing the cool air around it to sizzle. Levi asked and B materializes in front of him, humming as she processes his idea. B said, telepathically while gesturing to Elsa with her head.Levi nods as lightning crackles around his body as his static shell reactivates and Elsa reacts with a set of spikes surrounding her, tips as sharp as needles.With a thunderclap, Levi vanishes and Elsa reacts by sending the deadly ice spikes flying towards his speeding figure. But Levi moves with a blur, evading the spikes and destroying others with his electrical gears. Elsa grunts as she suddenly creates a mist of snow and Levi gri
After asking the guard, he checks in with his commanding officer who agrees and escorts Levi and MJ to the clinic, where they went through a particular clinic room and see two familiar figures in the room. “Hana!” MJ shouted out as she rushes in and wraps Hana seated on the hospital bed in a tight hug. “I’m so glad you’re alright.” Levi turns to the other figure with a sceptic look as he speaks. “And what’re you doing here?” Felix chuckles as he gives Levi their signature handshake before responding. “I just came to see if my girlfriend’s alright. If that’s a crime, take me away.” Levi chuckles, taking a sit on one of the chairs in the room while Felix sits on the chair beside him. “Saw your match. Thank you for avenging me.” Levi smirks as he answers. “No problem. Thanks for the advice.” Before Felix could answer, the squeal of MJ gets their attention. Once Hana makes eye contact with Felix, they both blushed and looked away, embarrassed. Levi stares at them for a moment before
Somewhere in the outer edges of the stands, Lucy dressed in a causal outfit with sunglasses on her eyes and a baseball cap to cover her hair, stares wide-eyed as Levi’s motionless body lies in the middle of the platform.She grits her teeth at his opponent who struggles to stand to his feet. “Why that little-” She suddenly covers her ear when she hears a command from the com.Nina in a similar causal outfit and sunglasses, seated beside Lucy whispers to her. “We have movement. Let’s go.” Nina said.Lucy turns to her with a concerned look in her eyes and speaks. “I thought you cared about Levi.”“I do and that’s why we need to focus on the mission. Get into position.” Nina grumbled as she gets up, holding a half-eaten cotton candy in her hand.“But-” Lucy was interrupted by Justin who finally speaks up.“I don’t think Silva is getting up anytime soon.” Immediately he said that, the figure on the ground immediately opened his eyes which glowed completely with blue light. “I guess that
As the exciting and friendly tournament reaches its last legs, it takes a sudden dark turn as a mysterious figure takes over the screen.“Good afternoon, world. We briefly interrupt this program to give you a very important message. I’m sure you’ve been hearing rumours of an organization called the Dark Empire. Well, I’m glad to tell you that the organization is as real as the air we breathe and right now, we want one thing and one thing only…or else…” The figure snaps his finger and immediately some of the spectators get up, wielding weapons and gears which they aimed at the audience as well as other armed men that emerged from the exits in the stands. Levi turns to the guards at the stage who were all Empire agents in disguise, their weapons pointed at the figures on the stage.“Oh and in case you think we’re not threatening enough…we got a help from a ‘friend’ of ours.” The figure said and immediately all the droids and drones got back up but this time, they all had an eerie fami