The Stadium (In the Process of Ending/No longer accepting)

Octavius-

The round started and I headed straight at the monsters. I sliced and parried, no weapon came close to hittting me. Goblins started falling as I raced to the minotaur. Raphael was impaled by his horn, and I attacked. The sound of sword clashing against sword rang across the stadium. The problem was my cuts were opening and minotaurs had immense strength. Everybody else was fighting the goblins which were almost gone. I finally got around his heavily muscled arm and jabbed at his left side leaving a deep cut.

The minotaur howled with rage and charged. I braced myself as the hulking body ran at me. I was thrown eight feet, my head cracking on a dead goblin's discarded club.

Man, things happen fast in that arena. I choose to just ignore the lava and pretend I'm walking across the top of a roof, which I can do in no time. I race to the other side, only to stop to pick up someone's lost dagger. Looks like Mask-Girl's; she'll probably try to get it back some other time.
A green midget comes running at me with a club raised in his hands. Instinct takes over, and I duck then trip him like I've done to cops or pesky citizens on my tail a million times. Only none of them have ever fallen into the pool of lava right behind me. I move back to avoid getting seared by the splash, and turn back to the fighting.
I see the minotaur enter the arena. Raphael, who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and closest to the exit gets stabbed immediately. Next, the beast knocks Octavius off his feet and charges for Rutila.
"Catherine!" Mask-Girl shrieks, falling to the ground. Her cool confidence has left her, she looks so small and fragile next to the hulking mass of the minotaur, so delicate, so mortal. Before I realize just what I'm doing, the dagger is flying out of my hand, piercing the minotaur in the shoulder. The cow equivalent of Hulk rears, snorts, limps, and turns away from Rutila. She looks towards me. The corner of my mouth twitches upward in a smirk, but then I'm distracted by another one of the green brats.

Raphael~

The bell wrung, I leaped out unto the Stadium. I could clearly see the finish line from the start. The only thing blocking my way was the lava pit, a single tight-rope across. The heard of goblins, and then the minotaur.

All I have to do is blast past the goblins and make it across the tight-rope

Everyone jolts to a start, scattering. I see goblins everywhere. I slice down at them with my sabre, I can see the Minotaur in the corner of my eyes. I can see that it's running at Rutila, but she can't see it coming.

I roll and duck through the mass of goblins and stand up right in front of the Minotaur.

I feel it's blade pierce my skin and go through my body, the pain is searing and immense. I hear Rutila scream,

"CATHERINE!"

My vision becomes blurry, things begin to shift. A knife flies into the shoulder of the minotaur. I collapse on the ground, holding the knife that's firmly lodged in and out the back of my torso.

My vision darkened and darkened, my hearing became static. The only thing that stayed in my vision was a fine white light.

So this is what dying feels like

And the world faded to black..

Micah

"Catherine!" Rutila screams.

I turn to her, striking down the nearest goblin, and watch as the minotaur charges for her. Raphael has already fallen by the beast and I'm not going to allow anyone else to follow.

Bolting towards her, I slide beside her, grabbing her in my arms before rolling forward. I stand, sword drawn, only to see the beast in a peril of it's own.

Jesse

When I see Micah hold Rutila something in my heart breaks. I've never felt it but It felt horrible. A tear ran down my cheek.

I slid down off the rope and got to the monsters. The minotaur looks at me and I flip out of the way, getting my anger out my stabbing it and ran
Past Micah, not wanting to look at him.

Rutila "The Black Dagger" Nixion

I'm dropped to the ground and tossed aside as Micah walks off trying to catch up with Jesse. I had no idea what Jesses problem was but thats when I heard the innercom with Rolando specking on it.

"And here is your round winner Ice!" Rolando yells trumpently.

Ice must have killed the last one, I look over at the lava pit to see the remains of the minotaur. The demon of my dreams dead, we leave the stadium but I heard whispers, memories flooding back. We finally reach my home, I was so happy that this was the final round of today. But it wasn't over, my father pulled me aside.

Jesse


When the round was over I ran to the Mansion and closed the door behind me, and sitting on the couch thinking. I started throwing knifes at the throwing board and couldn't hit the target.

General Nixon

His daughter returns and he pries her away from the others, steaming with anger. He slaps her across the face once they're out of sight and points his index finger towards her in a scolding way.

"What the hell was that?!" He demands.

She doesn't answer and he takes a step back.

"You owe your life to that thief for what he did!" He adds. "A thief!"

ice

I guess i was the last person to get a move on it when the bell rang. i analyzed the stadium to figure out what wuld work best for me. thee easiset thing was for me to go across on the rope but i wouldn't walk on it. i was going to cut one end and swing to the other. but was that going to be fair? The others would be forced to fight. It should be fine since im last again.
the monsters were pretty much occupied with everyone else so I could have easily gone with my plan without being noticed.i didn't like killing anything. even if this round required you to kill i would avoid that as much as possible.I had everything pretty much figured out and i thought my plan was flawless. its too bad i over saw one little detail.
I began to run im slowly as low as possible to blend in with the dirt. so far no one saw me. there was one goblin nearby me. i took the whistle thing the boy gave me and blew it. i know i said i would mini,ize my kills, but this one was starting to sniff me out. if he had seen me my cover would have been blown. i waited for him to up and die like those other furballs but he didnt, he just walked away like nothing happened. i thought that the whistle worked on monsters whose ears could pick up high pitched noise. that goblin then turned around as if it figured out i was hiding there. i gulped and tried my best to hold my breath. then he left and i relaxd a little.
i was so concentrated on what was in front of me i forgot to watch my back. for a stupid creature one goblin was smart enough to actually try and sneek up on me from behind. i had to give it some credit for that but i was no sitting duck. i ran thinking that i was the smart one until i bumped into another goblin who also snuck up on me. one by one the others acknowledge my presence and started coming after me. the others must have already crossed because i lost sight of them. There was this bItter taste on my tongue. i tried blowing the whistle again but nothing happened. since i was physically weak, i couldnt face them head on so i ran.
i picked up this huge stick and bashed one in the head. he didn't even faze a little. i gave another one a kick in the leg which did more harm on me then did it so much of a scrath him. My nickname ice was given to me because i should no emotions, if you saw me then looking so vulnerable.... i couldn't have been more ashamed of myself of giving them the satisfaction of showing them i was afraid.

.....tbc

ice

As I ran away, i could feel my stomach cramping. i pressed my arm against to and didn't stop running until I just made it to the lava pit. Looking back I saw the goblins right behind me. They were to close, I wouldn't be able to cut the rope and swing to the other side on time. Thats when my stomach was in knots and I fell to my knees in pain. It felt like my body was slightly paralyzed or darined of all energy for i couldn't move fast enough to avoid getting kicked in the face by the nearest goblin.I couldn't tell what was happening to me. i wasn't sick or anything so why was i freezing up?
I picked up the whistle and and my hands shook as I tried to put it in my mouth. Somehow the goblins seemed to move more faster than i was and knocked that out of my hand. I could feel the warmth of my blood as it ran down my face. The goblin then crushed the whistle, which was useless, under its feet. I could remember that bitter taste when I blew that whistle... The whistle, my pain then getting paralyzed... It was all making sence, it was poisoned and know i was going to die. The boy who managed to convince me that he was my brother, poisoned me? Possibly, it did seem strange that he knew so much about me. I should have seen it before that this was planned out from the begining, the boss was messing with my head again.
I wasn't going to die so easly without a fight. i managed to get to the rope and held onto it while tucking in my feet to avoid burns. I whatched as they blindly followed me onto the rope. "idiots" i thought. On e by one they got on the rope and moved along towards me. Since i was going to die anyway i was hoping to bring thm down with me. The rope began to sag in the middle, i was almost near the end. I thought that i would actually make it when the rope caught on fire burning all the goblins. i lost the energy to hold onto my end of the rope. one my one my fingers let go. i closed my eyes as i plumet towards my end, but then i felt something tug me up. i raised my head to see what held me back from falling. but that was too much for me. my eyes struggled to stay open as i was pulled up. i could hear my name...well my nick name " ice won the round" or something like that. i didnt feel like a winner though.i was finally on the ground but i passed out then.

Rutila "The Black Dagger" Nixion

"Father I'll..." I stammer.

"You'll what?" He retorts.

I could see the anger in his eyes and I could tell, that he was not proud of what he had seen. And I knew without question I would have to repay Drake, with what exactly? I had no idea. He dismissed me to the floyer where I was about to go in my room when I looked down to the floyer and saw the others Drake with them. I took a deep breath and called down in best dominate voice.

"Drake, my room, NOW!" I yell.

Drake-
With reluctant tread, I made my way to Rutila's room. She'd sounded mad when she'd called for me, I hope she didn't expect me to cough up her dagger, because I didn't have it any more. I opened the door to her room.
"What do you want?" I ask, tensed, ready to flee.

Rutila "The Black Dagger" Nixion

I closed the door and I could feel Drakes eyes on me I could feel it, I turn to him taking five steps back. I look at him and air of silence between me and him.

"Why save me from the minotaur? Why not let it kill me and be rid of me when you had the chance to stand idle by?" I asked.

The question seems to have taken him back so I ask again.

"Why save me?" I ask.

Drake-
"Why save me?" she asks, or more accurately demands. She seems so different now from the small, lost girl I saw in the arena, kneeling in front of the huge minotaur. I open my mouth to answer her question, but no words come out, because the truth is, I'm as clueless as she is to the reason.
"I owe nothing to you," I say defensively, trying to work my way out of this, "I don't have to tell you anything."

Rutila "The Black Dagger" Nixion

"Like it or not Drake there is a reason to for you save me, letting me die would only further your escape from The Stadium. And now because of you saving me, I am inclined to do you one thing of your chosing." I said.

I took a deep breath in fear of what he may want, I was prepared to stop all this at once my dagger in my back pocket.