The Final Stage

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Third Person P.O.V.
After a night's rest, Dante, Ember and Jacob received word that the exam would continue that afternoon, after they explained to Angela they left her in the room and made their back to the Valley Of Death. It was there that the guy with the mo hawk, who's name is Max, but everyone calls him Bird, explained the rules of the final stage. They were simple. Ember, Dante and Jacob would face off in an arena, the winner of the fight is the last one standing. BUT, the catch is, if you kill the person you will be immediately disqualified, and probably fed to the mutant sharks. But anyways, the trio entered the arena, and the battle began.


Jacob's P.O.V.
We stood in three of the four corners of the arena, waiting for Bird to blow the whistle to signal the start of the fight. Dante looked calm, he was smirking, he must have something planned. I made a mental note to be wary of him. Ember looked calm. Completely in control. I heard a sharp noise as Bird blew the whistle, the fight has begun. Ember drew her bow and fired three arrows into the ground, immediately the arena was filled with smoke. Smoke arrows, suddenly something whizzed past my ear. It was a smart play by Ember but I knew exactly what to do in this situation. I used the Assassin's Cloak of Darkness. This way Ember can't see me and I couldn't see her. "Binder." What could Dante be thinking? Suddenly I felt something wrapping itself around me and squeezing me. "So this is the Binder technique huh?" I smirked. "It's powerful, but not powerful enough to hold me." I released a ton of crystal energy, breaking the Binder and and dispelling the smoke. "No way.." Dante said astonished. I located Ember and ran towards her, she braced herself for a fight and I threw a punch with my right hand as hard as I could, knocking her off balance and then I went in for the kill. Bird's words flashed back to me, "Kill someone and you will be disqualified, and probably fed to the mutant sharks." I stopped mid way and felt a hard kick hit me square in the jaw. "Why'd you stop Jacob." Ember said glaring at me. I scowled. "Be quiet." I said charging her again. Suddenly Dante came and punched me right in my spine. "Arghh!" I screamed as I hit the ground. Then Dante and Ember began fighting hand to hand, and I could tell neither of them were going to hold back. I slowly got up stretched, "I guess I should take this more seriously if I want to pass." I said smirking. My eyes were filled with red electricity. "I've been waiting for so long to go all out since that day." I exploded with red energy, my canine's extended into fangs, my face twisted into an evil grin. Dante and Ember were stunned. "This, is the power of the Silver Hunters." I said. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have an exam to pass." I charged at Ember, "Interesting," Dante said. "But Jacob, don't think you're little magic display will be enough to defeat me." Ember said smirking. Her body was radiating wicked power. She drew her bow, "I'm going to pass this exam, and I'm going to take you out." Three arrows were heading straight for my head, I dodged. I sent energy to my left hand and struck Ember with it. Blood started spewing from her left arm. "It seems both of you are mistaken." Dante said, "you seem to have forgotten I'm in this arena as well." Dante looked at me smiling evilly. His eyes were.......purple? He emitted his pressure and charged us both. Punching me in the face and kicking Ember in the gut. I countered by kneeing him in his chest, but it didn't seem to have much of an effect. He turned around and kicked me in the face before I had time to block, but then  Ember notched an arrow and shot him. The arrow hit him right in his rib. He dropped to the ground in pain. But then he got up smiling. "Nice try Ember, but it wasn't powerful enough." Suddenly Dante launched a flurry of kicked and punches at me, then Ember joined in. It was  the most intense hand to hand combat session I've ever had. Sometimes Ember and Dante would team up and starting pushing me back but then he would switch Ember and then back to me. Blocking Ember and Dante's attacks AND countering was not easy. I kicked it up a notch. Dante looked like he was having a blast, suddenly he whispered "Binder." Ember was engulfed in the black mass, Dante then punched me squarely in the jaw. "ARGHHH!" Ember screamed. I saw this as my chance. I gathered some energy in my hand and punched Ember in her cheek as hard as I could. She flew out of the Binder and hit the arena wall. "Ember is out of the fight, two combatants remaining." Bird said. Yes! I managed to knock Ember out! I turned all my attention to Dante, he was bursting with anticipation. We launched into an all out battle. We were fighting hand to hand again. Until Dante jumped away and yelled, "SUNSET!" suddenly a sword appeared in his hands. "Nice weaponry, but it won't stand a chance against me."
"Xander!" I yelled. Suddenly a battle axe appeared in my hand. "Come at me Dante, unless you're chicken!" He dashed towards me and swung Sunset. I blocked with Xander and countered the strike.  "Nice." I muttered. I began slashing at him with Xander, he blocked them all and countered. I jumped back and ran at him and swung Xander down, he blocked like I anticipated, I dropped to the ground and slid his legs from underneath him. He dropped Sunset during the fall and I grabbed it. "I'm sorry Dante, but there can only be one winner." I said. I put more energy in my right hand brought it down hard on his skull."




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