The Great

Geon Leventen: Savian thrust his hands into my side. The ground came to my aid as a sphere of marble enclosed around me like a trap. Savian’s hand went through the stone and I flew out of the top of the sphere. I looked down on the field to see nothing there. I couldn’t see Savian’s body—I couldn’t even see a streak going past.

“Alright, say goodbye.” I raised my arms up towards the air and concentrated. I tried to pull the moisture in the clouds, the air, and the sky all out of their place and into my grasp. The sky turned heavy and the clouds turned dark as I opened my eyes. I pointed my arms towards the battlefield and a torrent of rain crashed down onto the ground. Great heaps of water fell as I heard the screams of the crowd. Lightning and thunder flashed all over the sky as the side of the arena with me and Savian on it was completely filled with water. I dove down headfirst. The thunder and lightning roared and flashed around me as I dove like a hawk. My fists sparked with electricity and I looked into the mini-ocean I had created.

“Let’s see where you’re hiding.” I hurled the column of lightning flashing in the sky into the water and watched as the entire ocean was bombarded with electricity. The waters sparked and fizzed as I looked at the scene to find no Savian lying on the floor.

The storms subsided and the light blue sky showed again. The crowd waited in anticipation.

I flew lower to the ground and overlooked the battlefield—still filled with water.

Suddenly I heard an excruciatingly loud explosion that made me cover my ears. I heard the screams of the crowd and looked under me to see what had happened. Absurd amounts of smoke came up from the field as I saw a violently bright glow of red emit from the field. Savian sat at the center and was completely covered in red electricity. His hair came up in electric spikes and his arms and hands were laced with pure energy, and his fingertips were like electric claws. His face was covered with a mask made from pure energy as it glowed white and red. He emitted an aura so powerful that no one in the arena even breathed. The air seemed to still, time seemed to slow, and my breathing seemed to die away. My throat began to choke itself and my very being began to wobble.

Savian spoke with an almost mystically calm voice. “You like it?”

I dove towards him but he instantly vanished. I immediately erected another marble-spike mountain but the 100 meter tall object just vanished. My eyes went wide with shock as I saw the entire thing get turned to dust—while Savian stood there. I clapped my hands together as hard as I could and immediately a giant explosion went off. I flew backwards to see the damage but Savian hadn’t taken any. I could hear my breathing quicken, I felt like my first step was too slow, my strikes weren’t fast enough, and my reaction time was far too sluggish.I held up my hands and I flew up at the same time. A giant spike of copper appeared in my hands as I flew towards Savian and hurled it at him with full force. I laced the end of the spike with blazing fire and took off with a giant sonic boom—which caused screams amongst the spectators.

I saw the spike go directly to Savian and waited for it to hit. My aim was just right.

Savian didn’t even take a step, but II immediately felt the force of an exploding star collide with my torso. My face didn’t even have time to process the pain as my shocked eyes couldn’t even perceive what had happened. The crowd gasped loudly as I flew straight through the outer wall and crashed hard against the invisible liquor screens. I bounced off the shield and heard more screams among the spectators.I slammed on the ground as I clenched my stomach and gasped for air. Savian sped towards me and kicked me off the floor. I flew towards one end and suddenly Savian appeared behind me again. He struck me in the back and made me fly to the other side of the arena. He teleported to me again and rocketed me towards the sky.

An endless loop of strikes bombarded my body as I covered up the best that I could. I heard the bones in my body crack as I was tossed in each and every direction. I was hurled to the sky and Savian blasted off the ground towards me. I tried to fly but he appeared above me in the air and kicked me back to the ground. A grand boom sounded as I felt my body crack due to the impact damage. Savian raced beside me and he reverted back to his normal form. He looked at me with a worn out expression and talked in a serious voice. “This specific form grants me speed beyond comprehension. When I run in that form I’m not actually running anymore, I’m basically skipping time. That’s why I have no first step and why everything feels slower to you. Your close future is my present…you’ll never be faster than me.” He raised his arm to deliver the final blow.

“You’re buddy Evay has been fighting for his life over there all this time. He’s been hit by Akasa though so you have no shield. You’re done Geon….” I saw Akasa come out of the other side of the wall through a hole he had made. Aurora and Lila were still struggling to fight, Evay was on the ground and his blueprint was disabled.

He looked at me with a neutral expression and gave me his last words.

“Die.”

I felt a faint glow come over me and Savian’s fist bounced harmlessly off a newly made golden shield. My eyes went wide as I saw Evay weakly stretch out his hands and smile. Akasa looked in shock and Savian’s face went wide with surprise as Evay stood up.

“Well I guess it's not over until it’s over.”

Lila Fairheart: I saw Akasa in shock as he seemed to be trying to fathom what had just happened.

“But…..there’s….no way,” his voice was faint and I could hear the disbelief coming out of his mouth. “You shouldn’t be able to do anything….any liquor based ability should be gone…” Akasa’s face lit up with anger as he struck the ground with all his might. Savian ran around us in a dazzling ring of red electricity and Geon went off to chase him. Savian had put all of his effort into beating Geon–he was tired now and we could use that.The ground pulsed with a blue ring of energy and I filled my body with energy in order to escape. I was met by the blade girl and she gave me a deadly gaze. “So blood doping huh? Is that how you get your inhuman strength,” she launched an array of knives at me and I jumped up to dodge them all.

“Well when you put it like that,” I smashed the ground with all my strength and the girl stumbled and struggled to dodge and free herself from the debris. “That makes me sound pretty bad.”

I could increase the amount of blood cells in my body to better my combat skills, but I could also change my muscular composition as well. It was useful, stronger, more bulky builds for close combat, and a leaner, faster build for more dynamic fighting. I had learned to control my body all my life, and I wasn’t going to fail now. I looked above me and smiled as I knew what was coming. Aurora sailed in from above in an array of electric beauty as her violent blue hair cut the wind in two. Her body dove like a missile as I watched her fly her leg into the girl's face like a human bullet. The girl was blown backwards and Aurora landed softly. She gave a smirk and flipped her hair back and faced me. “Sorry, personal reasons.” I laughed a little and we both raced towards the main fight. Savian’s red circle of death still occupied us but Geon was delaying Savian. Evay jumped into the fight. He tackled Akasa to the ground but Akasa simply defended the takedown and hit Evay with a knee to his face. We both rushed in to help.

I felt an oncoming force as Akasa raised his hands and a pulse of energy flew out of it. Me and Lila were both brought to our knees as we felt a chronic sense of tiredness and pain. We couldn’t use any of our abilities…... Evay got out of Akasa’s grasp and threw a heavy right hand punch which Akasa dodged. He hit Evay with a hook shot that barely grazed his chin, and Evay jumped backwards. Akasa held out his hands and fired another pulse of blue energy, but Evay just took it and moved on. Akasa looked in surprise as Evay flew towards him. He sidestepped and spun around while throwing a hook kick and Evay put up a shield in front of his face with milliseconds to spare. The shield made Akasa’s leg bounce harmlessly off the surface and Evay threw a pushing kick which landed straight in Akasa’s stomach. He grunted and tackled Evay.

He grabbed Evay and slammed him into the ground. I could hear Evay’s body give a heavy crack as he hit the marble floor. I grit my teeth and felt the urge to scream. Move, move, move…..Geon was busy dealing with Savian and Evay was on his own. Akasa kneeled down and rained heavy blows onto Evay. Evay put his guard up and his arms bled and cracked as Akasa slammed into them.

Move, move, move, move……

I could see Aurora as pain filled her face. She reached out to Evay. She squeezed her eyes and balled her fists up. We couldn’t do anything…….nothing at all—

I’m so sorry Evay….I’m so………sorry….

There was a flash of brilliant golden light. The clouds above us turned into cotton gold themselves, and the sky lit up with a light golden glare. I could see Akasa’s eyes go wide with shock as he stopped punching Evay. Suddenly, Akasa leapt backwards and took up a defensive stance. He was arrayed in a golden robe with an ivory white hem and collar. The ivory white was marked with the symbols of a spear with ivory wings. His eyes glowed golden and his hair turned a color so white that it was whiter than snow.

“Well this……is new.” His voice sounded calm and ready, but not quite like him. Evay put up one hand and a golden light started to emit from it. We all covered our eyes as the flash of light blinded the entire arena. Savian finally raced back to us and hurled an electric torrent at Evay. A sea of red lightning rushed towards Evay but Geon erected a titanium barrier to block it. He flew towards us and scooped both me and Lila up. We flew towards the sky but the range of Evay’s next attack still caught us. Geon flew back to the ground away from Evay and he erected a metal barrier.

“Let’s see what this one does,” Evay’s crazy smile expanded as he let his attack go. We were almost blinded even through the barrier as the shining light flooded the sky. The barrier was instantly destroyed and we were blown away as everyone on the battlefield felt the heat and power of the attack. The crowd screamed and panicked as the entire floor became a war zone. I felt myself fly back and hit my head on a piece of marble concrete. My vision faded and pain flooded my senses as I saw the world go dark.