The Dragonewt and Group 7 engaged in a tense stare-down. As its source energy rose, it squeezed the hilt of its sword and exhaled steam. As their aura grew stronger, the three established unique fighting positions and augmented their cloaks. It lowered its sword to the ground, its eyes gleaming."Here it comes." Su warned.The sword glowed as it dragged it across the ground before releasing a towering crescent shaped energy. Su and Fred dodged to the right while Kris dodged to the left as the energy tore deep into the wall sending out broken rocks and dust. The demon dashed towards Kris, lifted the sword overhead and struck down on him. He rolled further left letting the sword dig deep into the ground. It squeezed the hilt more, its veins popped and its eyes glowed with a sinister smile. It quickly swung its sword rightwards. Kris lifted his hands to guard and augmented his cloak but the power behind the sword sent him flying to the far end of the room."Kris!" Su yelled. The demon tu
More energy blasts kept tearing through the building. Two headed for Mr. Darwin, who was already on the floor, but Kris used his body as a shield to protect him. He carried the old man gently and rested him behind a chair. Su carried Fred and placed him beside Mr. Darwin. She was also pissed. She looked at Kris and he nodded. Kris burst out through a window to the left, while Su burst out through a window to the right. Their eyes glowed as they looked at Group 2. Raul's teammates focused their energy blasts on them. Kris ran through the blasts, tanking every single one till he got close and punched one of them in the face. The punch pressed deep into his face, and you could hear the cracking of bones before he was launched a few meters away. Kris stomped his leg into the ground and dashed past him till he was some distance behind him. He caught the guy in a bear hug while his feet dragged a bit. He squeezed the guy's bones till they cracked, making him scream out. Kris did a suplex, l
A brief moment before the beeping sound began, deep in a junkyard; there were explosions from the clashing of energy blasts. Group's 4 and 6 were in a deep clash over attaining each other's core. Francis gets kicked into a pile of car parts. He struggled to sit up. He was severely bruised, bleeding from his left hand and had his cloak rough. One of his teammates was down while the other, Beatrice, just finished off Amr's remaining teammate. She regrouped with him as Amr walked slowly towards them."Give it back and I'll not have to hurt you anymore," Amr ordered with his energy swirling."It's two against one and we have your core as well as ours. You are done Amr. Why don't you bow out quietly?" Francis responded."Two green sources want to take on a blue source? Best Joke I have heard in a while." Amr's cloak beamed as his eyes glowed. He took a boxing stance as he faced them."I guess we have no other choice." Beatrice muttered as she formed two energy spheres in each hand. She me
FRANCIS ROLAND VS GEORGE ADAMS"So I guess I'll be meeting Su first amongst all y'all," Francis laughed."That's if you don't get disgraced in the first round," Kris retorted."You better be more bothered about yourself. One of you is going to face Salim and I am just glad it's not me. I basically have this in the bag"."I don't appreciate the confidence Francis," George spoke out as the two began to walk towards the exit. Francis didn't respond to him which irritated George more. Fred sat and looked at the other three contestants. He thought to himself that he was going to face either Kris or Salim soon or both if he was somehow extremely lucky (or unlucky). He scratched his head as he sighed. Francis and George were at edges of the center circle. A stare down as both took fighting stances. "Ready!"Francis green cloak started from his back and covered his entire body while George's yellow cloak started from his right eye and covered his entire body."Begin!"Both dashed at each oth
Time stretched to infinity. Fred was falling into the explosion as it started, Beatrice at its heart, The ref dashing into it. Everything came to a complete stop for everyone when suddenly, large white chains surrounded the stage while spiraling around the explosion. In an instant, it shrunk with the explosion to a tiny dot at the tip of Louis's finger. Louis who was now standing at the center of the stage blew at the tiny explosion and it quenched. Beatrice and Fred found themselves laying comfortably in a white energy bubble."You kids continue to intrigue me. That was a superb battle." He smiled as he looked at them. The crowd, the contestants, the ref, and the MC were all confused and surprised but one thing was for sure. "Winner Fred! by ermm... uhhh" The ref wasn't sure what to call it."Let's say by interference. That's if you are okay with it, Beatrice." Louis spoke softly and Beatrice didn't even realize that she nodded in agreement. Her heart had skipped many beats at the f
Tension brewed on the stage as there was a stare-down between Kris and Salim. Salim in his croc's stance breathed out steam as his eyes glowed. Kris closed his eyes as he took in a deep breath and silence followed. He opened his eyes and fired energy blasts rapidly at Salim. Salim started moving from side to side as he advanced while dodging the majority of the blasts. He got close to Kris and launched the croc's jaws at him. Kris jumped back onto his left leg and created a blast from it which propelled him into the air thereby dodging the attack. While in the air, a larger croc's jaw was already enclosing him. He gritted his teeth and forced out two dense energy spheres from his hands and used them to stop the Jaws from grabbing him. He used the spheres as a lever to pull himself out of the croc's Jaw. The jaws closed on the spheres afterwards and exploded. Kris blasted two spheres at Salim. After they travelled a bit, they both burst into three smaller spheres each and zoomed fast
FRANCIS POV:Survival of the fittest. The world is controlled by the will of the strong. The prey can't cross its predator, the natural set boundaries. Those who try to cross their boundaries get crushed, but that doesn't necessarily mean its unfair. Everything is a predator as much as it is a prey. We are not exactly classified into the weak and the strong, rather we are in categories of strong with weakness being the undeniable difference. For instance; A lion is strong to a cheetah, a cheetah is strong to a gazel, a gazel is strong to grasses, grasses are strong to the ground. So also a cheetah can't overcome its weakness to challenge a lion neither can a gazel overcome its weakness to challenge a cheetah in that order. Stay in your zone of strength and you'd live a long purposeful life.I didn't always belive in this. But the everyday society made it more prominent. My father was a pushover at his workplace. He basically licked the feet of his bosses. He'd smile and shriek with e
The crowd, the VIP's and even Kris stared at the entrance intensely as they waited. A countdown of sixty seconds appeared on the large screens. Su had a worried expression as she watched from the final round waiting room. As the time dropped to ten seconds, Kris let out a sigh of relief. Soon after, everyone could hear footsteps coming from the entrance point. Fred limped onto the stage and people cheered for him. Su let out a sigh of relief and cheered for Fred also.ON THE STAGE"I see you've chosen death," Kris spoke with slight irritation in his voice while he dropped his folded hands."I wouldn't miss the opportunity to punch your smug face," Fred responded with a smirk. "It's the confidence for me." Kris took a boxing stance and so did Fred.FRED OLIVEIRA VS KRIS"READY!" Fred's cloak formed from his stomach till it engulfed his body while Kris' cloak formed from his fists till it engulfed his body."BEGIN!"Kris stomped his leg on the ground and burst out his energy. He point