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It doesn’t occur to ood idea until I collide into her We fall together, s and bleeds, dripping red for all to see Though I can’t see the screens, I know every one broadcasts the ieline shrieks, lashing out with her dancing blades Behind us, Cal fights to his feet, blasting Ptolenetron collides with his sister, knocking her away seconds before her knives slice throughme to the sand as another slab of concrete flies over us, shattering against the far wall

We can’t keep this up "I’ve got an idea"

Cal spits at the sand, and I think I see a few teeth mixed in with the blood "Good, because I ran out of the us to jueline and Ptole Cal into a chaotic dance of knives and shrapnel Their powers shake the arena around us, calling upalong with everything else Shards of pipes and wires poke up through the sand, creating a deadly obstacle course of metal

One of the over his eyes The pipe goes straight through hiood Through the wreckage, I hear the arena crowd screaht For all their violent ways, all their power, they’re still cowards

My feet pound through the sand as I circle Rhaht, I’h Rha to chasethee and he roars in frustration I’, and I can still sme remember the fifth executioner The nymph

I turn just in ti the arena floor And ten yards away, still dueling hard, is Cal Snetrons But as Osanos advances, the water trailing in a swirling cloak, Cal’s flames recede Here is the true executioner Here is the end of the show

"Cal!" I screa

Another pipe sails past , so close it ate is only yards aith Arven still standing in its mouth, half-shrouded by darkness

Cal sends a blast of fire at Osanos, but he smothers it quickly Steam screa

Rhaate Cornered I let hiainst the wall behind ,Just the dark sthe end I can hear Maven abovewith all the rest

"Finish them off!" he yells It still surprises me to hear sucher and rage and evil

Rhaed pipe in hand Death has come

Over the din, I hear a roar of triu orb of water, and the cloudy figure deep within Cal The water boils, and his body strains, trying to break free, but it’s no use He’s going to drown