Ember Unit

Reveal

A/N - It's short I know, hold on though, the long(ish?) ones are coming soon. Please enjoy, bye for now~

They all dash for me, their minds are set on being crowned the one to defeat me. I won't be surprised if that was some of their intentions all along when they signed up for this. The axe is the first to attack me, it is flung side to side, making all in the ring dodge the wild swings. The crowd is in a frenzy. The young dual sword wielder decides to attack the muscular man that holds the axe. They fight in front of me and I take the chance to escape from the future victor. I slip past them and instantly the moplah comes crashing down before me, the user doesn't know how to use the weapon, I have feeling they don't even know what it's called.

He is a teenager from what I can see, no more then seventeen. He flings it wildly, without a second thought, how did he survive this long? After a few more seconds of this I block his attack with my sword and kick behind his knees, he buckles down instantly. I use my foot and push him to the ground, he holds his hands up in surrender. "Joshua surrenders!" Erwin's voice rings through the air and the crowd either cheer or shout. As soon as this happens I hear something run towards me, I turn and see the dagger wielder, he has a smirk on his pale face. He has a dagger in his hand, he is ready for the fight. I've been looking forward for this.

He swings at me, the blade narrowly misses my face, he is fast. I go defensive, I block and avoid his movements. I study his face, it slowly turns from a smirk to a wicked expression, his eyes are blazing with blood lust now. He wants this to be a fight to the death. I need to get rid of him. In the corner of my eye I see the two from earlier still fighting, there is my escape. As soon as the dagger wielder is close I kick him in his gut, I see shock appear instantly on his face. I turn and begin running towards the other two, he steadies him self quickly and pursues after me. I watch the two's weapons, waiting for an entry. I see it, I sprint. I duck under their blows and make to the other side of them, I turn back to see my plan worked. The dagger wielder had to stop to block their attacks from damaging him. He has a dagger in each hand and is blocking the weapons with all his strength.

Then I see something I didn't expect.

All three of them fall unconscious, their weapons clutter to the ground, the weapons along with the bodies pile on top of one another. I make my way over to them to see what was wrong. I see their necks, darts. I feel a sudden sting on the back of my neck, I try to reach for it but I feel to weak, I fall to the ground. Everything is moving so fast, I see the towns people panic and try to run away. They are stopped. Soldiers in black appear and stop them from going anywhere, the soldiers have white and red face masks, the Ember Unit.

I can no longer move, I am frozen by whatever is in my system. I don't go unconscious though. The people finally calm down, someone has their attention. I try to tune my ears. I hear a voice behind me, it isn't Erwin's though, I see him in the crowd, right at the front. The voice is stern, the voice silences all of the towns people, the Commander.

"As you all know, I am the Commander of the Ember Unit. I am here to take one of these, competitors."

Fear runs over all the faces before me. I can't move any muscles in my face.

"I understand this is a surprise to you all but this is necessary I can assure you."

He walks around me and makes his way to the unconscious males, he gives a signal to his men. Two solders step forward and drag the dagger wielder's body out and hold him up, restraining him in the process. The crowd become enraged.