The Great

I opened my eyes and saw Geon and Aurora lying next to me. Savian, and Akasa were both lying on the ground and so was the girl. No one’s liquor screen had broken. However, there was someone left. The boy from the beginning that had been knocked by Evay stood up. He walked over to us and stared at Evay. They left him here on purpose….this was their last ditch plan.

Evay’s dazzling presence and power emitted out from him. It was as if color only existed where he stood—as the rest of the world seemed dull and dark. Evay looked towards the boy and laughed. The boy stood his ground and Evay walked towards him. The boy concentrated and suddenly, Evay’s eyes went wide with shock. His face began to panic and he put his hands to his head. He stumbled and fell onto the ground. His face was in anguish as he let out groans of pain.

“Sto—sto….stop, stop, STOP. GET OUT OF MY HEAD.” The boy smiled and talked softly. “No matter how strong you are, everyone is afraid of their thoughts. It looks like I got a good target. You’ve got a lot of bad memories….so thanks for that.” Every one of us looked on in panic. If we lost Evay, that meant they had a fighter that could continue and we didn’t. Then no matter what we would lose—screens broken or not. None of us could get up so we all watched in anticipation.

Memories….a troublesome power….

Savian and Akasa looked on with hope as they saw their chance at victory. What do we do……

Then I saw Geon stand on one knee.

“Hey stop!” The boy looked over and lost his focus on Evay. Evay’s golden aura went away and he fell onto the floor in his normal state.

“Why should I?” Geon looked at everyone in the arena and pointed under him. A tile of pure white was laid on the floor and Geon’s knuckles were covered by a brass-knuckle type contraption—except they were made of the same material as the floor tile. Geon spoke, “This is a floor tile that I made. These knuckles are made of the same thing. I was messing around with some elements and I figured out how to summon this one. Uranium-238. If I slam these two things together, the world goes boom,” he smiled sadistically.

My face slowly filled with realization and my heart began to race. The boy stood still and he spoke in a fearful voice.

“You psychopath….you wouldn’t kill your team! You wouldn’t…” Geon smiled and pointed at Evay. “He can never deactivate his shield unless he wants to. Last man standing right? Well he’s our last man.”

Geon gave one last look to everyone. “And I guess he’ll be the only one left standing.” He struck the ground at an astonishing speed and I saw another blinding flash of light. I felt a warm golden shield come over me and closed my eyes as the sun seemed to have fallen down to Earth. The crowd’s screams faded as I felt an intense heat wash over me and I laid back in peace.

I opened my eyes and saw Evay in the middle of a crater. The giant battlefield was no longer a battlefield, we were standing on pure dirt. The entire marble floor had been blown away and we stood in a crater, 50 meters deep. Evay stood proud and tall and he looked up to the sky with a tired gaze. He smiled weakly and whispered. “We won.”

I heard a loud voice explode into the words that I waited my whole life to hear. As the crowd roared so loud it deafened my ears, my ears couldn’t rejoice enough.

“And they have done it! Class A-3 is advancing to the international championships!”