Secret Coder

Chapter 26

Kara's pov-
The sun was setting. Four guards started walking down the hallway to get Sky and Andrew. They took them out of the room and walked them to the back of the building. I went to the arena that they had. The whole thing looked like a stadium. I was standing inside a tunnel that would lead to the bottom of the arena. I wanted to get to talk to Sky and Andrew. When I saw them and walked over to them, "Hey!" I said. Andrew was me and smiled. I wasn't sure how Sky would act when she saw me.
"Hi," Andrew replied. Someone poked him on the back with a staff.
"What are you doing here?" Sky asked me. She got a poke on her back.
"I don't know," I honestly said.
"What do you mean?" She asked. Someone poked her again.
"Well...," I looked around at all of the people, "I'll tell you later." The person who kept poking them pulled them forward and out into the open area.
"Test. Test. Ok. Good. It works. Thank you for coming today. We have a special set of guests to fight, " Someone said through speakers, broadcasting it to everyone, "Ms. Sky Burts and Mr. Andrew Depner." A spotlight flew over Andrew and Sky as he said their names. They were standing in the middle of the arena floor. "And! To make sure they listen. We have two additional guests, " The broadcaster said. The spotlights shifted to two other figures. Two people were hanging on the far wall from chains. Who was that? I remembered seeing them somewhere. Was that... Sky's dad and Andrew's dad? They were both out cold with their heads toward the ground. They looked exhausted. The broadcaster continued talking, "Mr. Burt's and Mr. Depner. Let's give a big applause to them for joining us." The audience was quiet for a second then everyone clapped. They slowly stopped clapping.
"Now... The fighters for today will be! Mason vs. Gigantic. Then. Blank vs. Jack. Next is.. Frost blood vs. Scorch! And lastly for the first round will be... Andrew vs.. Sky! Then whoever wins will fight another winner until there is only one winner left. Oh and... You don't have to kill anyone but we're not against it." I figured out where the person was. He was sitting at the left side of the arena at the highest spot possible. Andrew and Sky we're getting brought back into the tunnel spot I was in. "Ok. Three..., " A voice counted down. There was a huge tv projecting the number three. "Two, " The voice said. It sounded more like a robot. The voice came from the tv as the three changed to a two. The two were blue outlined in purple and the background was red-orange. "One!" The voice said as confetti went off inside of the tv. Two people standing in the middle of the arena started using swords and shields and fighting. One person had a ton of muscles and the other looked fast. The muscular once was tall and bald. The other was more average height and had long dark brown hair. The muscular one tried to make the other one fall overusing his strength. As they hit the ground dust came out swarmed around them as the faster one held his sword in front of himself to stop the other guys from hitting him too much. The sand fell to the ground as the smaller one jumped up and took a couple of steps back. He put his shield in front of him as the other guy came charging at him. This time he was ready and didn't fall to the ground. The faster one used his sword to hit where the other guy wasn't guarding making the stronger one bleed above the waist on his right side. The stronger one gripped the wound then got an evil look on his face and lunged at the fast one. The faster one looked surprised but held his shield higher in front of him. The muscular one hit the shield, if it hurt he didn't show it, then kept running forward. He was holding a mace and whacked the faster man in the head causing him to fall to the ground, blood coming out of his head. The faster man laid unconscious on the ground on his side with his legs curled up. The stronger man put his left foot on top of the other's side and raised his hands to the air and yelled "Yeah!" He must not have been very smart because then he hit his chest with his left fist then did it again with his other hand but he was holding the mace so instead he hit himself in the chest. He looked down and saw the mace pressed against, maybe even in, his skin. He put both hands on the mace and ripped it out. Bad idea. That would make it bleed more, leading to death.  The man dropped the mace, it landed on the other man. The strong one fell to the ground on his knees then stayed there.
"Well... Looks like there will be no winner this round, " The spectator said. Four guards came out and dragged the two fighters out of the open area. Then to other people, from the opposite side that I was standing on, came out into the middle. One was tall and had light brown hair and the other was brown-skinned with black hair and tall. The brown-haired one was holding two daggers and the other had a shield and sword. The timer counted down again. When it hit go the black-haired man ran forward and swung his sword at the other. The brown-haired man ducked just in time. The brown-haired one used the dagger that was in his right hand to hit the other's arm. His arm started bleeding but he ignored it and raised his shield then swung his sword again. This time the sword did hit the brown-haired man. The sword sliced the front of his stomach. After he recovered from the hit he attempted to whack the other. Nothing happened from him doing that except losing his balance since the other guy moved too quickly. Finally, the black-haired man raised his sword in triumph. He was the winner. The other man laid on his belly on the ground. His back had a small hole with blood coming out of it. The black-haired man's sword was filled with blood on it and dripping down it.
"Well... We have a winner!! Blank!! Next is... Frost blood and Scorch!!" The spectator announced. Two guards came out and brand the fighter back. The dead fighter was dragged and the other was put in handcuffs and directed where to go by having the other guard poke him constantly in the back with a pole. They were taken into the spot we were and as they passed Sky and Andrew the winner stuck his tung out at them. He received a poke as he did that. I looked over to the path on the other side of the arena that leads to the open space of the arena and saw two other people walking out. There were guards in front of the exit that held onto them until they got into the open area. The one on the left was five inches taller than the other and was a lot tanner. They both had red hair though. The shorter one had pale skin. The taller one was wearing armor that had spikes on it. He was holding nunchucks and had to throw stars on his waist. There was a dagger in his left hand. The shorter one was holding a swallow, a double-sided katana, in both hands. He turned them around in his hands and moved them from behind him to in front of him, showing off. They walked to the middle then the count down started. The light blue three showed on the big tv screen with a purple background and before I knew it the one showed. It was bright orange. Confetti blasted inside the screen. There was every color, blue, red, you make it, it was there. Right after the count down finished the taller guy swung his nunchucks in a circle then moved them towards the shorter guy. Unlucky for him the shorter guy was still twirling his swallows in circles. They were moving so fast if anything went in its path the thing would get broken or crushed. The nunchucks were hard but the outside was made of leather and as soon as the swallow hit the nunchucks it tiered the outside to shreds. Well... that nunchuck is a goner. The taller guy looked at his nunchucks and his face turned to fear and worry. He took out his throwing stars and chucked them at the other guy. One of the stars hit the shorter one in the arm. He paused swinging the swallows around for a second and said, "Ouch, " then realized that he left himself unguarded and kept twirling the swallows. The throwing star laid in his arm as he moved the arm. That must have hurt having to move his arm while having a throwing star stuck in his arm. If he took it out his arm would start to bleed internally and there would have to be a doctor to stitch it closed and by the looks of it, I don't think anyone was going to help them while they were in a battle. He seemed to know that too because he didn't remove it he just winced every time he moved his left arm a ton. His right arm was swinging the swallow faster than the other hand. He moved the swallow that was in his right hand out of the swinging motion and pushed it forward into the tall guy's chest. It hit right below where the heart would be. That was where there was an opening of the armor so the taller guy could bed better. A lot of blood came out as the shorter one pulled the sword out of the other man. The man fell onto the ground first on his knees then, not having balance, fell forward so he was laying on his belly. The shorter one, now the winner, stopped swinging the swallows and smiled.
"We have another winner!! Frost blood! Only one. More match this round. Guess who?... Our special guests Sky Burts and Andrew Depner! Will you two please come out? Oh of course after you choose a weapon, " The spectator said as guards walked up to Sky and Andrew holding a bunch of weapons. I couldn't see all of them because they were facing the opposite side as me. The ones that I could see were two swords, two daggers, two shields, nunchucks, throwing stars, and two sais. How were they holding that much? Wow. Sky picked up a dagger, and shield, and three throwing stars. Andrew took a sword, shield, and a sais. The guards holding the weapons walked away as two others walked towards them holding a long pole. It had a sharp end and the part that they were holding had a strap to put the hand through.
"Okay.. Sky and Edward, If you would come out here now...., " The spectator asked them. Obviously, they couldn't say no. The guards pushed the forward and out into the open light. Oh, I wish I could do something. I felt so guilty. I looked around to see if anyone was paying attention to me. Nope, all eyes were on Andrew and Sky. I turned invisible. Andrew and Sky got pulled out into the open area, they were holding hands. They looked scared. Sky was looking at the two limp bodies hanging on the wall. Their dads. They stood a couple of feet apart from each other. They didn't look ready to fight at all, they looked more ready to hug or cry then kiss. They held their weapons in front of each other. The countdown started. Three... Two... One... Fight. They didn't move. Instead, I heard chains moving. I looked over to their parents. Where they.. Stretching them? Their parents woke up and screened then tried not to. Two guards were standing in front of their parents. They were holding a whip in one hand and a gun in the other. Andrew and Sky immediately started fighting. They looked even more scared but fought how they always did. The guards must have known they weren't fighting as hard as they could because they used the whip and hit it on their parents. Both of the parents turned their heads back and forth as they got hit. When Andrew and Sky noticed they started fighting more intensely. They might have even been sweating. I turned around. I couldn't stand it anymore. I didn't want to see either of them hurting each other or getting hurt. I walked down the path. There were a lot of guards standing next to the walls. As I went farther I spotted some jail cells. The previous winners were in two jail cells. The one with red hair, Frost blood I assumed was in the first jail cell, and the other, the black-haired guy, Blank was in the other. Frost Blood looked up and stared straight at me. I was invisible right? I looked at where my hands would be and didn't see them. Huh? Could he see me? I looked back up and saw he nodded. Uh... Weird... What did he nod his head? Did he hear me? I hadn't said anything.. So why did he nod? And look at me. He nodded again. Then he mouthed "I can hear you... And see you." The other winner looked at Frost Blood confused and worried. Frost Blood just shrugged and looked back at me. 'Hi.' I thought. Frost Blood smiled. 'You have a power too?' I asked. He made a slight nod of his head. 'I have to get them out of there. Sky and Andrew that's their names. They can't fight each other.' I shook my head, they could never die. They were my friends. Frost Blood looked over to the other winner. 'What?' Frost Blood ran his position noted finger across his neck then pointed at Blank. 'Oh, what can you do to help? I guess you'd need to stay alive too...' He nodded. 'What can I do?' He looked to the side of me. I turned around. There were weapons behind me. Whatever I touched turned invisible until I stopped touching it. I walked over to them and picked up a sword, shield, and crossbow. I walked back over to the front of the cell. Oh! They key. I slowly took the key off of the hook and unlocked the cell door. 'Now what?' I wondered. He looked at my hands or the weapons in my hands. I turned back around, grabbed a dagger, and slid it through a space at the bottom of the cell door for Frost Blood. Then I headed to the opening and ran at the first guard I spotted. I hit him in a spot that made him faint. I went to the next guard and did the same thing, then with the next and the rest after that. I only got a couple of scratches. I'd caught most of them by surprise. Finally, when I got to the end I stood still for a second. I was about to walk out into the open area when I heard footsteps behind me. I was still invisible but there weren't many people near me. "Who's there?" I asked without turning around.
"Me, " A soft but fierce said. I turned around. Oh.
"What's your real name? Frost blood isn't very suitable, " I said.
"Call me Wyatt. I can read minds and see things others can't. Like people invisible, " Wyatt said.
"Hi, Wyatt. I'm Kara. Can turn invisible as you're seeing, " I said. He was nice. Now that I was closer I could see that his hair was frizzy and wavy but not looking at all near bad. He had a couple of freckles on his nose and spread across the rest of his checks.
"Nice to meet you, Kara, " Wyatt said, "We better stop that." Wyatt pointed at Sky and Andrew. They'd had to hurt each other to not have their parents hurt. Sky's wrist was bleeding. I looked at the parents and saw that they were both bleeding and scratched all over. Sky's dad's head was facing the ground. I couldn't see his chest rise. Was it rising? He wasn't d-dead was he? I looked over at Wyatt. "He is, " He answered. Oh, that's not good. I looked back at Sky. Her eyes looked a little red and her cheeks were wet. She definitely knew. I looked back up at Andrew's dad. His eyes were closed as the guard continued hitting him with the whip. The guards were enjoying hitting the parents so much they didn't stop hitting them even if Sky and Andrew fought how they wanted them to. Andrew's dad had a bullet in his hand and Sky's father had a bullet next to his heart. I looked back at Wyatt, not wanting to see them, and asked "What know?"
"We get them and leave, " He said.
"Okay."
"You ready?" Wyatt asked. He held his weapon in front of him. He had grabbed a shield.
"Yeah, " I said after I held up the sword and shield. As soon as I saw him run forward I followed him. I used the crossbow to hit the two guards that were hitting Andrew and Sky's parents. Wyatt ran to Sky and Andrew and introduced himself then told them our small plan. They ran toward me and we ran back the way we came. People were noticing us. Guards were coming to us from every direction. They formed a circle around us. Or at least close to a circle. They had all kinds of weapons on them. Every kind of sword, shields, throwing stars, nunchucks, whips, guns, and a bunch of others. They were all wearing armor. There were at least twenty of them. They raced at us with their weapons held in front of them. I heard swords slash and guns go off. Someone ran to me. Actually, two people did. I used my sword to block the sword that was coming my way then I did a sidekick at the guy to my left. He fell to the ground. His sword left his hands. I quickly picked it up. He was locked out now. I turned to the other guy. He looked shocked and scared. I walked backward then ran forward and kicked him in the face making him fall on his back. That must of hurt. He probably couldn't breathe right away. I took the opportunity to run away from the man and went over to Wyatt to see how he was doing. "Wyatt, we have to do something. If we fight we could die, " I said with my back to him. We stood back to back so neither of our backs was guarded while we fighter.
"I know. People are coming, " Wyatt responded. I paused, "How?" I asked then continued fighting.
"I found a way to talk back to people in their minds. I found some people like us, with powers, and some others who knew about us and wanted to help. One of them even said he knew you guys, " Wyatt answered.
"What's his name?" I asked as my blade hit someone's arm.
"He said his name was Max."
"Oh, we knew a Max. What did he look like?" I asked.
"Tall, dirty blonde hair."
"Huh.. That pretty much describes the Max we know..... What's his eye color? Or well did he say his last name. I guess that's why everyone needs last names, " I said.
"Uh... I think something with 'W.' Will... Wilison. That's it."
"Oh... Yeah. We know him. When are they going to come? How?" I wondered.
"They're coming in a plane. And they shook come any minute, " Wyatt said. We finished the people who we were fighting and went on to two other people. We finished the next set of people easily. Working together made the process go faster. We both were great fighters and worked well together. We could become friends easily. Maybe even more. But I'd stick with friends. When someone ran at me I felt a breeze of air hit me from above me. I looked up and saw a helicopter hovering above us. I ran out of its path so it could land. "I guess it's here, " I said. Andrew and Sky ran over to us holding hands. We waited for it to land while also defending ourselves. When it landed the door closest to us opened. We saw four to seven people. In the driver's seat was max. We walked in and one of them greeted us, "Hi, I'm James." He was five feet and has blonde hair.
"Hi, I'm Kara, " I answered. We introduced ourselves to them and they told us their names. There were three girls, Charlotte, Emma, Sophia, and there were three boys not including James, William, and Noah. Oh and Max. He was driving the plane and took off as soon as we sat down. "Hey, Max... Have you ever driven a plane before?" I asked.
"No!" He yelled back. Hit was really noisy in here.
"What?!" Most of us yelled back. I buckled up immediately. So did everyone else too. I hope we don't crash. There were five seats on each side of the plane. I, Wyatt, Sky, Andrew, and Emma sat on the right side in that order. Then the rest sat on the other side. We were safe. For now.
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