The Paradox Games

Needles and Knives

Garrend

I walked through the woods, I hadn't seen anybody since I had left the middle of the map. I had taken a bottle with a liquid inside of it, the only thing that gave any indication of what it is was the fire symbol on it. Maybe it made a fire, I didn't want to waste it. I'd have to see someone soon, I took off my jean jacket I had on and slung it over my shoulder.

I was sort of waiting for someone to get in my way, my glaive was at the ready also waiting for someone to take down.

That's when I felt it, a swift force behind me, I sensed abilities. It was just one person thankfully, they seemed to be trying to sneak up on me. I held out my glaive at where I sensed them and fired a wave of pine needles at it. I heard rustling as a figure dropped down, a person completely cloaked in clothes expect for their eyes.

"You can't surprise me." I smiled, a smile curled up my face. The covered person didn't speak, they just charged at me. I held my glaive like a baseball bat and swung to hit them, unfortunately they sidestepped and I stumbled, I felt a sharp pain in my ankle. I caught myself from falling and saw a small knife sticking out of my ankle, if I took it out it would bleed an immense amount. But if I left it in it would move around and possibly make the cut even bigger.

"I don't want to play games." I said to the person.

"You're already in one." They responded, finally saying something. Now that I was thinking about it I remembered their name was Sheik from earlier. She threw three knives at me, one at my arm with my glaive in it. One at my other ankle and the last one at my chest.

I conjured a shield of pine needles and held it in my arm, all three of the knives his the shield. None of them were able to pierce through it thankfully. Sheik then rushed at me again, what would she do this time. She knew by now that I was quite a bit slower than her, I got an idea.

I held out my glaive and conjured a pineapple, then lobbing it at them. They jumped over it as it exploded when it hit the ground, causing them to get pushed up farther into the air. They flailed slightly before attempting to catch their landing, I turned around and charged at them with the blunt end of my glaive, now realizing the pain in my ankle I hissed at the pain but pushed through anyways. I hit them with the blunt end of my glaive in their chest causing them to fall to the ground hard.

I then conjured my heat seeking pine needle in my hand and threw it at them. They out of nowhere jumped up off the ground and hit me in the head with their foot. I then fell to the ground and felt my head throb from the pain of that. I saw as the heat seeking pine needle turned around and hit them in their hand, creating a hole right through their palm of their hand. Sheik grunted in pain, but tried to look like it didn't bother them.

She then threw what looked like a bomb at me with her hand that didn't have a hole in it. I held out my hand and pine needles flew at the bomb, puncturing through it and sending it into the air before exploding. The remaining pine needles flew at Sheik, hitting her and creating rips in her clothing.

My head was still throbbing from the pain they had done by kicking my head. I wouldn't be able to stand up for a while in this condition. Sheik then rushed towards me, a knife in her hand. I prepared myself for their tricks, but it didn't seem like she hand any. I held out my glaive at her, sheik then was skewered on my glaive. Unable to slow herself before hitting my glaive it punctured right though her.

"Well... at least I went out fighting." Is all Sheik said as I pulled on my glaive, removing it from them. They fell to the ground motionless. A loud sound came over the map to signal that one competitor was down now.

Now that I was thinking about it, this would give me the chance I needed to kill anyone I didn't care for, specifically Iva. I sat on the ground, and took the knife out of my ankle, wrapping my jean jacket around it. I would have to stay here until the pain in my head faded away and my foot would allow me to stand again.

Something strange happened next, Sheik just disappeared. Their limp body just faded away, I'm pretty sure that doesn't normally happen.