The Night We Fell Apart

CHAPTER 15: ALTER EGO

Fire and Liev had pinned up Sly on the wall and placed it in a circle around the control room. "Now, what are you doing here?" Fire said, irritated. "Better yet, how did you make it out of the task room?" He questioned. Sly had been silent, not letting one-word slip from his mouth. "Not a talker, huh? I know how to fix that." Fire laughed, charging up a blast and walking toward Sly.A scream was heard from each dungeon, making everybody anxious. "So what are we gonna do? We can't fight each other... Can we?" Flip pondered that before he said anything else. "Well, I ain't going down without a fight, so who is up first?" The large guy said determinedly. "Okay, Butch. Calm down." Key said, looking at his surroundings. "Most of the people here are weak anyway. We could take them on with ease." He said, landing his eyes on Carter. "Well, isn't it the human that has extraordinary power!" Key said, now in Carter's face. "You know I killed your buddy in the last round." He sneered. Carter stood there with anger as Key walked around him. "Trust me, though, if he had been more aware. He probably would've been here right now." Key and Butch laughed. Carter had run at Key. As Carter socked Butch right in the face, he moved out of the way. "OUCH, THAT HURT, YOU BASTARD! NOW YOU ARE GOING TO PAY!" Butch tackled Carter to the ground. "LETS RUMBLE!" Mike screamed as he went at Key. There had been chaos among Teams 2 and 4.

"So I guess fighting is inevitable." Red shrugged. The tension had kept rising, and neither person would let up. Silas was the main target everyone needed to watch. Now that he was angry, he was more of a threat than anybody else. Everyone stared at each other when a large gust of wind swept the group through the air. "Sorry guys, but I can't lose here!" Wind smiled and put her hands together, letting off more breeze. Silas slammed his fist into the wall. A miniature earthquake would've knocked wind off her feet. "GAH!" She exclaimed, jumping to the side. Everyone had fallen to the ground. Getting up and dusting themselves off, the free-for-all battle commenced.

Liev laughed and watched the battles commence. "The fools fell for the plan, sir." He chuckled, turning back to Sly, who had been bleeding profusely. "Now, will you tell us what we need to know?" Fire said, holding a blade to Sly's chin. Sly kicked his leg into Fire's stomach. "UGH! YOU STUPID BASTARD!" Fire angrily shot off a flurry of energy waves at Sly as he yelled in agony. Fire stopped and started laughing, "AHAHAHAHAHAH! You are one stubborn fool." He said, turning to Liev. "Take him to the fire pit. I have no use for him anymore." Fire said, shooing him away. "Yes, sir," Liev said, grabbing Sly, throwing him over his shoulder, and carrying him out of the room. "Now, the real battles will begin." Fire said, intrigued. Liev strolled down the stairs and into the fire pit where Lance had been. He threw Sly down beside him and slammed the door. "Have fun!" He laughed and began to walk away. "That dumbass," Lance said, kicking some rocks. "I can't believe I got caught by those two clowns." He said, irritated. Sly was silent, holding his head down in disappointment. "You must not talk much, huh?" Lance said, looking over at Sly. Sly nodded while looking down. "Look, don't beat yourself up over this. Take that rage and give back tenfold when you see them again." He said, patting Sly on the back. Sly smiled and noticed a crack in the floor. He tapped Lance on the shoulder and pointed to the damage. They both got severe and nodded. They had begun to devise a plan to get out of there.The fighting kept raging on with team 2 fighting team 4. Both teams are gaining leverage over the other one. Team 4 has all 5 members but is tired, and team 2 only has 2. The odds were pretty clear on who would come out victorious. Key was slowly getting upset and yelled over towards where Sly was. ''HEY DUMBASS! WHY DON'T YOU GET OVER HERE AND HELP US, WON'T YA!" Key yelled, coming to a halt. Everyone had stopped fighting, wondering what the next move would be. Infuriated, Key dashed over to Sly and punched him as the shadow disappeared. "What the?!'' Key stepped back, stumbling over a rock.

"WHERE THE HELL IS HE?!" Butch said, shocked. The group had been in a state of panic, wondering where he had gone. "Shit... They noticed.." Fire said. "Sir, this is bad. What if they fi-" Liev had been cut off by Fire's hysterical laughing. "I WILL COMBINE THE ROOMS!" Fire said, agitated. "THEN IT WILL BE A FINAL BATTLE TO THE DEATH!" Fire yelled, pushing two buttons as the walls to each room were opened and expanded to give more space. Each team looked around at the other team. The free-for-all match had become a final task. The tension in the rooms rose to drastic measures. This task just became a death match.