Everyone peered into the ring to see what was going on, and when the dust settled, they saw both of the boys laying on the damaged floor and they were pretty banged up.
"You have twenty seconds to get up, the last one standing wins the match," the referee said and Alix looked at Soren who was bleeding and tried to get up but couldn't.
"Come on Alix, you only have to stand once," Sarah said as she stood up, and Alix clenched his fists as the guy began counting, and Alix took a deep breath, placed his palms against the floor, and forced himself to stand up, which he did but only on one foot, and everyone applauded as the referee announced Alix's team as the winners and Sarh sighed in relief as the magicians opened the barrier.
"Soren, let me help," Alix said as he approached him, took Soren's arm and helped him up, and Soren smirked.
