The Great

Evay Maver: Everything hurts. I couldn’t see, I could barely hear, I couldn’t move, and I felt large amounts of blood pool near my head. I tried to move my arms but they felt broken and my ribs were either broken or entirely gone—I couldn’t really tell. Why did Geon do that? I knew something was really, really, wrong. Geon was my friend…..he was my closest friend. Sure I pissed him off sometimes but he’d never try and kill me. Even accounting for all of that, this was an official match. He wouldn’t want to lose and purposely throw the match for any reason. My theory was that someone had taken control of his mind, or started to control him. I didn’t know who was doing it or how they were doing it but if Geon were to go berserk on all of us… I looked up to try and gain some information about the ongoing fight when a giant wall of water crashed down onto me. I felt the massive, cold, and heavy downpour crash into my body like a raging bull. I let out a muffled scream as I felt my body being tossed, turned, and thrown around like a rag doll in the midst of the unforgiving water. I gasped for air and clawed at the water in vain as I tried to open my eyes. Adrenaline and fear kicked in as my body screamed in pain. I sunk deeper and deeper and deeper until I finally felt my body give up. My mind screamed as I desperately tried to make my body move, but it physically couldn’t. Move, move, move, mov—

I felt someone grab my hand as I was pulled up to the surface in an instant. Geon flew me over the water as he landed on a floating slab of marble. He looked at me and shook my shoulders violently. “Geon—Geon—I…can’t..breathe..” I felt my body start to give out as he kept shaking my shoulders.

“Are you good? Shit man, I screwed up…It wasn’t me, that Jem dude can control people. My bad man, I didn’t even know I was killing you…Lila—Lila’s out. She can’t heal you anymore so you’re gonna have to tough it out.” My heart stopped as I heard the news about Lila. From the looks of it Geon had taken out one person, while we had lost one in return. The difference was that Savian looked about as bad as me, I was basically half dead, and Aurora seemed to be worse for wear as well. Oden and Aqua seemed to be extremely injured but the other two didn’t have a scratch on them. However, the biggest advantage that they had was that the stadium was now entirely covered in water. A massive sea replaced the war-torn marble floor as small platforms of marble gave us all some footing. Aqua stepped onto the water as it supported his weight and lifted him up.

“Hey Geon, fuck you.”

Geon whispered under his breath, “Nice to see you again too, man.” Aqua put out his hand as a huge wall of water came crashing into us. Geon grabbed me while Aurora grabbed Savain and we all leapt off the platform into the water. Under Aqua’s control, it was like the water was a giant monster which leapt at us with any chance it got.The water wrapped around us all as it began to throw us around like we were giant rag dolls. Geon let go of me and smashed through the water as he flew up to Aqua. He body slammed Aqua in the air as Crimson rushed towards him for backup. The water stopped trying to kill us as Aurora swam over to me and dragged both me and Savian onto another marble platform. She didn’t even seem out of breath as she examined the battlefield. Geon soared across the sky, batting away fists of water and dodging firework missiles. She looked towards us as she stood up and prepared to head into battle.

“Okay, you guys both aren’t going to be much help right now but I think you’re in slightly better condition, Savian. There’s a path of marble platforms along the edge of the stadium, use those in order to support us. Geon can pull Aqua and Crimson down to the ground and then we can wreak havoc. Try to distract Crimson, we’re gonna take out Aqua first. Evay, you need to regain your strength. You’re our last option so stay alive, okay?” Savain stood up and hobbled towards the edge of the platform.

I nodded and leaned up against a piece of rubble. Aurora looked at me and smiled, “let's win.”

Aurora Maple: “Geon, path to the left! Force them in!” Geon flew around Aqua and Crimson as he guided them into a corner–like a sheepdog did with a herd of sheep. He blasted a giant column of water into steam as himself threw a giant wave of water at Aqua and Crimson. I jumped off a platform of water Geon had made and charged my fists with electricity. I twisted and flipped in midair and dodged a firework missile from Crimson as I punched down on the top of her head. Perfect. I called out to Savian, “Savian now!” Her body was blasted into the ground as Savian promptly slammed her at super-speed before she even hit the water. I heard a giant crack as her body smashed into the stadium wall and dropped into the raging sea. I jumped onto another platform of water made by Geon and put all my strength into my legs. I jumped up high above Aqua and filled my right hand with a spear of electricity and smiled, “Have fun water-boy.” I chucked the spear of lighting right at Aqua as it pierced through his chest. Geon caught the bolt of electricity and threw it at Aqua again as all of the water in the stadium—as well as Aqua himself—were bombarded with electricity. His body spazzed and shuttered as he started to fade into unconsciousness. I landed softly on a marble platform as Geon got a hold of Aqua. He unleashed a brutal combination of strikes as he hit Aqua with a massive overhand punch which sent him flying off of his platform of water. He grabbed his face and smashed it into a giant marble platform. He threw two skull crushing punches to his jaw, a hook to his chin, and a powerful hook to his body. He led that into an uppercut to his chin and led that into a second hook onto the jaw. He kicked Aqua away and flew up into the air as he slammed his leg straight into Aqua’s face. He grabbed and pulled him up as he began another onslaught.

It was an onslaught of strikes so fast that a blur of punches and kicks mashed Aqua into a bloody pulp. Geon grabbed him by the hair and hit him with an explosive-blast right to the stomach. Aqua dropped to the floor as his body hit the cold marble surface and his liquor screen shattered. Geon looked at his seemingly lifeless body with cold eyes and a sadistic smile. “Fuck you too man.” Savian appeared next to Evay, “Aurora, the weird firework girl is done. There’s only one left.” I nodded as Savain set Evay on the floor. I looked up at the final obstacle, Yudra. He sat on a piece of marble rubble with a smile on his face. He looked relaxed and happy, almost like a prince on a throne. Savian glared at him, “He’s smiling..” I nodded and beckoned both Savian and Geon to walk with me towards him.

He let out a laugh as he stood up. “Hmmm..you all did well, thank you, my friends.” He jumped down face first into the water with a care-free smile.

“Now I get to play.”