King of Thieves

Welcome To The Forty Thieves

The group traveled to a cliff above the lair. Lightning flashed in the sky. Blaytz, Lance, and Zarkon. The group settled in a circle around the ring where the trio was standing. Lance had taken off his cloak and had left it in the thieves lair. Despite the wind, Lance wasn't cold.

Flames flickered in torches which were placed around the area.

Within the group of thieves, Sendak and Blue(in lion form) were placed and locked in a wooden cage, which was sat on top of a rock so they could still see the match. Pidge stood beside them, wrists and ankles shackled in cuffed chains.

"What's goin' on, Dad?" Lance asked, sending a look to his father.

"Oh, the challenge is simple enough only one man survives," Blaytz said. Lance's eyes widened, he hadn't realized it was a life or death situation. "But you're my son. You'll be that man. Knock 'em dead kid," Blaytz said as he handed Lance the dagger and patted his shoulder. "Seriously."

His father then backed up out of the ring and joined the crowd waiting to watch the fight. Lance took a deep breath and turned to face Zarkon. The man had a huge smile on his father that made Lance shiver.

One thief stood on the edge of the ring, a sword in his hands. He turned to both men before raising the sword and then slicing down, signaling the match had begun. Zarkon growled before running towards Lance who barely dodged the claws that tried to slice him.

Lance continued to dodge the slices before Zarkon got annoyed and ended up hitting Lance in the face instead. Lance, winded from the hit, ended up falling backward into the arms of some thieves. The thieves gave him a glare before they shoved him back into the ring.

Lance ended up being shoved too hard and ended up on the ground beneath Zarkon. Lance then quickly swiped his leg beneath Zarkon's legs, sending the larger man to the ground. The thieves cheered as he went down.

The two continued to fight, with Zarkon trying to slice at Lance and Lance dodging the slices every time. Blue, Pidge, and Sendak winced as Lance kicked Zarkon in the stomach, both knowing Zarkon would be angry at the move. The fight continued on.

Zarkon raised his arm and before Lance could dodge it, he ended up slicing Lance's arm. Lance cried out and clutched his wounded arm, blood pooling on the blue ripped open sleeve. Blaytz's eyes widened as he saw his son clutch his injured arm. Blue, Pidge, and Sendak's eyes also widened. Blue whined as she wanted out of the cage and go help Lance.

Lightning flashed as Zarkon raised his arm again to slice at the injured teen. Lance was ready this time, he pulled out the dagger and the two weapons clashed with each other as Lance tried to fend off Zarkon. A power struggle began, Lance backing up as Zarkon pushed down with force to try and get at Lance. A worried Blaytz tried to maneuver through the crowd to get a view.

Lance ended up backing into a torch, which fell onto the ground. The flames circled the ring, the thieves backing up due to the flames growing large. Despite the flames, the two continued to fight through their power battle. Lance kicked Zarkon away and held his blade in a defense position, Zarkon growled and went to strike down, but Lance moved aside and the claws buried themselves in the cliff wall behind him.

Zarkon pulled his claws out and ended up punching Lance down to the ground instead. Lance quickly recovered and rolled out of the way and stood back up. The two continued to fight, beside the edge of the cliff. Zarkon punched Lance again, the boy going down.

Zarkon pulled Lance up by the back of his vest and lifted him into the air. The thieves cheered and Blaytz's eyes widened as he caught sight of the two.

"No!" he yelled quietly to himself.

As lightning flashed, Zarkon threw Lance over the edge of the cliff. Pidge, Blue, and Sendak's eyes widening.