The participants of the tournament stood together in a line before the podium. At least those that were well enough to do so. And in front of them were Felix, Lee, Roxanne, Rosa and Dio. The archon stood before the armor of the War God and Alec knelt in front of him his head down.
Author: Zachary Dixon
Long time writer looking for a place to host and share my works. Whether it be fantasy, science fiction or a slice of life, I strive to make them all stories a younger me would have wanted to read with characters he needed to see.
Alec and Dio clashed in the middle of the arena, their swords grinding against one another’s. They each had their teeth grit together trying to overpower the other but not getting anywhere quickly. They were equally as strong as one another but that didn’t mean they were evenly matched.
Months passed and spring was finally in full bloom. The sun had melted the snow and the ice. There weren’t any birds coming back yet but this was a start. Phase walked into the living room, stretching his arms above his head as he yawned. He could hear the thumping above his head followed by […]
Alec stepped away from Rosa once the match was called and glanced at his broken sword. He waved it back and forth lightly and shook his head. “Well that’s rough. But thank you for the match,” he bowed his head to her. “Gonna have to find a way to fix this thing.”
Samantha dropped her bag onto the floor of the motel room and brushed her fingers through her hair. A single queen-sized bed, a desk, a television and bathroom. She had only brought two bags. One for school and the other a duffel bag with another set of clothes and some amenities bought while here.
Alec tore through a hunk of bread. It was warm against his lips and he chewed angrily adrenaline still running through his veins. He glanced at Lee who was also eating bread along with him and then drowning it down with some cool water. With the semifinals locked down food and drink were offered up […]
Lee struggled to his feet, finding his staff and reconnecting it. He used it as a walking stick and worked his way forward, leaning against it heavily until he got out of the arena. Once he was out of it, Alec and Felix were both there waiting for him. They each took one of his […]
“You still haven’t told them, have you?” Dick closed his locker door and turned to look at Lily who was giving him a look and he let out a heavy sigh. Putting away the last of the books he needed for homework he shook his head.
The cold air whipped across the jeep as they sped through the empty streets. They managed to find the perfect time to whip down the highway. Deep in the 3 to 4am window. If there were any cops to hear their traveling Feint was messing with their radar guns.
With Alec’s match ending there was one more and then they rolled into the next round. Those that had lost were mostly sitting down on the benches under the tents drinking from water skins and being looked over by on sight doctors. Thankfully no one had been seriously hurt in the fighting.
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