"Shhh hide under here." A clouded figure spoke to another child, hiding them in a closet.
"No matter what don't came out." They strictly told the child before closing the door. The figure went downstairs to see another male figure that seemed to be holding a knife. The moment glitches to the female figure being on the floor as the male attacks.
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"Get up."
Upon hearing Onyx's voice, Rowan slowly started to wake up from his dream.
"I can't believe you fell asleep as well!" Onyx said, as he just woke up from a nap.
"Hey if you can sleep, why can't I?" Rowan said in defense.
"You know not everyone is a good person here! You could've gotten robbed dumbass. This is a world of entertainment. Stop letting your guard down for god's sake." Onyx spoke. "I can sleep because I'm not the player here."
Rowan touched all over his body, seeing as though he still had everything. His plants and medicine were in the pouches as well as the energy packets. His daggers and knives were there as well.
"Well I didn't get robbed now did I?" Rowan gave onyx a cocky smirk.
"That's only because that guy has been watching over you." Onyx gestured to where Hunter was sitting. "Otherwise you would have been done for."
'He protected me?' Rowan looked over at Hunter who was now starting to doze off. 'Maybe i should ask him to T-'
*CRASH*
Before Rowan could even finish his thought a person came flying through the train window slamming into the seat beside Him.
"ACK!" Rowan quickly scooted away and went behind Hunter.
"Ah that mother fucking bitch!" The person, who seemed to be a woman, said as she rubbed the back of her head. Then without hesitation she blasted herself back out the window she flew in from.
"W-what?" Rowan looked around to see whether he was the only one confused or not.
"Things like that are the norm here." Hunter's voice came from beside him. "People are always fighting with each other to gain more coins."
'Wow we really have entered the central city…' Rowan tried to sit back down in his seat.
*KA-BOOM*
He didn't even fix himself or sit down, before the train smashed into something. Everybody on the train started to jump through the windows and go outside. Confused, Rowan looked around trying to figure out what was going on.
"I guess it already started." Hunter winked before jumping out of the train.
"Good luck!" He screamed to Rowan as he jumped off the train tracks into the bottom.
"Alright then!" Rowan had no idea what was going on but jumped after everybody. He used his plants to swing from pipe to pipe, rail to rail, building to building. It was as though this whole facility was made just for people with powers like his. 'I have no idea what's going on, but I'll just wing it!' Rowan thought moving forward.
"Don't I need to sign with a streamer first? Can the people even see me?" Rowan asked onyx as he swung side to side. There were fights erupting all around him.
"Don't worry about that for now. You can be seen in any bwitch streamers service. The only reason I wanted you to sign with one is that it gets you more spotlight and shillings." Onyx said.
"So I am being seen! Then I can just go wild." Rowan said as he swung and slammed himself into someone who was on top of a building. They crashed to the ground with an 'oof' obviously not expecting what happened.
"FUCK YOU!" They yelled as they got up and shot little balls of fire at him. He dodged them with ease and slammed himself into the person again. Rowan was able to see that their level was at (15).
'His toying with them' Onyx thought from Rowan's neck.
Just as the person was getting off the floor somebody else slammed into Rowan.
"CACK!!!" Rowan could've sworn he felt his spine break as he flew into one of the pipes.
"HAHAHHAHAHAH!"
He heard a cackle and turned around to see the same woman who had flown through the train. She positioned herself on top of the guy she just threw and started pummeling him with her fists. Rowan slowly got up and back away.
"Yeah….we probably shouldn't get involved with that." Onyx said watching the girl laugh in delight as she beat the kid. He looked at her but couldn't see anything on top of her head so he just picked himself off the floor and walked away. Using the plants in his pouches, he started swinging to the entrance of the stadium.
As he was flying through the air he looked to the side to see three guys fighting against a very familiar figure. Rowan swung from the pipe he was on, and slammed himself into the guys, taking out all three at once. He laughed while laying on top of them. 'Is he a masochist or something?' Onyx thought watching Rowan get up and dust himself off.
"Oh Hunter!" Rowan said as he noticed him standing there.
"Rowan…" Hunter voice become disappointed. He wouldn't have had a problem otherwise but it was Rowan who had saved him.
"Did this happen the last time you took the test too?" Rowan asked.
"Yes. This is actually just a start up for you so you can show yourself to the viewers. It's also timed so if you don't make it to the stadium in time your cut." Hunter said as he ran across the rooftops and rails. Rowan swung around beside him as they talked.
"Looks like I'm going to be the first person to cross the finish line this time around." Rowan located the entrance square.
"You wanna bet?" Hunter said as he got lower, increasing his speed.
They both zoomed forward, eyes on the goal, neither wanting to take a loss. Hunter wanted to prove himself while Rowan was just doing it because he could.
"Beep."
There was a quick beeping sound as both Hunter and Rowan crossed the line at the same time. Rowan was catching up to Hunter and if the goal had been any longer Hunter would have lost. Nonetheless, they tied.
"You're pretty fast!" Rowan said to Hunter, giving him a high five.
"Thanks!" Hunter replied.
"I was barely keeping up with you!"
'That's a lie.' Onyx thought. 'Rowan was using his sen to control the planet for transportation while Hunter used his speed to advance with Ahi. If this was a fair race the outcome is clear.'
Rowan and Hunter waited around in the area at the entrance of the stadium for other contestants. The door was locked so they had no choice but to stand there and watch through the big screen. More and more people entered the square as the time got closer to the end. He looked around but Stephen was nowhere to be found.
Instead he noticed other interesting players here and there, but there was one in particular he was watching. It was the same violent girl who crashed through the train and was beating the poor boy up.
She had fox-like ears and a tail that fluffed up when she was happy. There was a scarf around her neck and she had on a hoodie with ripped sleeves. Her pants were super baggy as they were held up by a belt that was also too big. The strap hung down her leg and her pants were cuffed at the bottom.
"She must be from the werewolf galaxy." Onyx said to Rowan.
"That's so cool!" Rowan replied as he watched the girl brutally beat up another girl and use her as a baseball bat to hit 5 other guys. They fell off the roofs they were on and plummeted into the abyss. The werewolf girl then did the moonwalk before zooming to punch another guy.
"Are those people dead?" Rowan asked, shocked at what he was seeing in front of him.
"No. There's probably something to catch them at the bottom but they're definitely out for the run." Onyx replied as the crowd started to mutter amongst themselves.
"Looks like she's back." Somebody said from the other side of the room. "That's definitely Kira."
"Yup. Violent as always."
"I wonder if she will kill someone this time around too. Thank god it's her last time."
"You know headquarters can't touch her. She is the most popular rookie."
Rowan listened in all the different conversations. "How many times has she been here?" He asked.
"I'm guessing 3 since it's her last. That's the only amount of time's you can do this competition." Onyx replied. Both he and Rowan turned their attention back to the tv. There was now less than 8 sec left on the timer and Kira was still outside.
Seems like she noticed as well, because she let go of the guy she was hitting and started sprinting. She zoomed at an unbelievable speed, the camera barely keeping up with her. Her feet were starting to catch fire as she ran.
5!
Kira came into the view of the people at the entrance.
4!
The gate was now starting to get way lower.
3!
Kira ducked down to slide herself under the gate.
2!
Closing quickly the gate slammed down barely missing Kira.
1!
She has successfully made it to the entrance of the stadium.
Rowan heard a crowd roar from behind the walls. 'Must be the people in the stadium' he thought and he was right. They had also been watching what was happening from a screen.
"KIRA!"
"KIRA!"
"KIRA!"
"KIRA!"
The cheers were deafening as Kira stood proud.
'So cool!'