Tournament of the Wraiths

Round 1: The Sun Vs. The Tinman

James whistled as he looked at the stands. The arena was packed even more than when he had first arrived. He was standing at the entrance to the arena and looked across from him. Michael was equally impressed.

“I didn’t think there would be so many showing up.” James looked at the VIP boxes and saw that Twilight and the others were with the Princesses. He also saw Braeburn and most of Appleloosa at one side of the seating on the second floor and gave a small wave. Braeburn noticed and waved back with a big smile. There were some ponies cheering for Michael as well, just not as many. Death appeared between them as they arrived at the center of the arena. He raised his hand and the area around them flashed white before settling into a flattened mountain top.

“This should be a good area for you to fight, considering your powers.” Michael whistled.

“Damn, nice place.” James gave Michael a brofist.

“We’re keeping this clean alright?” Michael smirked.

“Not like I need to cheat.” Death raised his hand once more

“Now are you two ready?” Both of them nodded their heads. “Alright then, Get ready.” Michael pushed the button on the handle, causing it to extend into a hammer. James drew his guns and formed them into the standard pistols. “BEGIN!” Death vanished and both competitors jumped back.

James vs. Michael

Rebel 1, Action!

(James vs. Michael Theme)

James fired a couple shots and was running around the edge of the mountain top. Michael deflected the shots with his hammer sending the bullets back at their sender. James made a quick turn jumping into the air, dodging the attack and heading straight for Michael.

Michael saw this and drew his hammer back as it became surrounded in dark energy. “Midnight Smash!”

With a swift motion Michael’s hammer connected with James’ kick, Rocketing the gunner high into the air.

~Meanwhile~

Sarah smirked as she watched James go flying.“Can’t believe he thought that would work.”

Amy smiled as she watched her brother flip through the air. “He didn’t.”

~Battlefield~

“Rapid Shot!” James pistols became a pair of TMPs and he got ready for his next move. “BULLETSTORM!” James spun in the air as he unleashed hell on Michael.

Michael smirked and raised his hands, where a disk of silver appeared. “Silver Shield!”

The bullets bounced off of the silver rocketing in every direction. A couple of them managed to hit James while the rest hit the forcefield. James slammed into the ground and slid across the ground for a moment before flipping to his feet. James winced as he touched one of the wounds on his side. “Damn, I thought that would work.”

Michael waved his finger,“Thinking something will work is different than having it happen.”

James smiled and pointed his finger up to the sky. A single beam of light concentrated into a ball at the tip. “Light Puppets” the ball bounced off his finger and formed into a small yellow soldier that rapidly multiplied. The Soldiers started climbing onto each other forming a wall.

Michael frowned, “Really?” Raising his foot he smashed it into the ground, causing small blocks of metal to hover in front of him. He then punched forward, launching them at the wall. “Titanium Toss!”

Michael smiled as he watched the soldiers fly, but noticed that James wasn’t there. “Your right...” James pointed his shotgun at Michael’s back “...There is a difference between thinking and making something work. Boomstick Beat!”

Michael screamed as he flew forwards, landing near the edge of the mountain top. Many of the ponies cheering for him gasped or winced as Michael’s face made contact with the ground.

~Meanwhile~

Rainbow cheered as Michael flew from the blast. “WHOO! I told you he’d win this! Looks like you're going to owe me some bits AJ.”

Applejack grumbled. “The fight ain’t over yet RD.”

~Battlefield~

James aimed his pistols and walked slowly over towards Michael, who was pushing himself up. “You ready to give up?”

Michael was standing now looking at James, “No, Pocket Gold!” Reaching into his pocket he threw gold dust into James’ eyes.

James screamed as he grabbed his injured opticals. “GAH!! MY EYES!!!! THEY BURN!!!!!!!” James tried to shoot Michael, but stumbled back and slipped off of the mountain edge. “FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-”

The Arena changed back to the grassy field and screaming could be heard from above. “-uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuUUUUUUUU-OMPH!” James fell into the ground and made another crater shaped like his body. The second one that week.

Death appeared in the arena next to Michael. “And the winner of Round 1 is Michael!” The crowd erupted in cheers as Michael waved to his fans.

James was pulling himself from the ground when he felt someone grab his shoulder. ”Thank you-hoOoOoOOoaaaa!” James nose started to bleed as he was helped onto a stretcher by Kate who was wearing a skimpy nurse outfit and blushing like mad.

Pinkie and Louis Cypher looked over to Death who gave her a thumbs up, and an eye twinkle. As she and Fluttershy were carrying him to the infirmary, he yelled back to Michael. “THANK! YOU! MICHAEL!!”

Michael simply stared at the receding person with blood running down his face. He just shook his head and headed back to the locker room. As he walked back in, Amy walked over and gave him a fist bump. “Nice work, I keep telling him not to get cocky when he’s fighting but he just never listens.”

Michael nodded, “Keeping calm in battle means the difference between losing and winning.” The screen flashed announcing that there would be a 10 minute break until the next fight.

The doors to the Arena’s hallway opened and Amy left the room. Once she was out, photographers and reporters bombarded her. She ignored most of the questions as she made her way over to the infirmary. There were four doors in down a pair of the halls and Kate was sitting at a desk in between them. “Kate, which room is James in?”

Kate pointed towards the left hall, “Third one down.”

Amy gave Kate a passing thanks and opened up James room. The idiot in question was bandaged around his chest and legs. Johon was there as well taking care of his more serious injuries. “Hello Amy. I just got done with healing James, and he’ll be ready to go by the time the Loser’s Bracket starts.”

“Thank you Johon.”

Before Amy could talk an announcement rang through the arena, “Round two will be O’Leary Vs. Tech!”

James looked up in thought. “Wonder who I’ll be going up against once I’m out of here?”

Amy shrugged. “Hell if I know, Though I’m betting on that blue haired guy.”

~Meanwhile~

Rainbow grumbled as she handed AJ 50 bits. “Ah told ya he was gonna win.”

“Eh, shut up.”

“Well who do you think will win this round?”

Rainbow didn’t even think about her answer, “Tech. Mainly because O’Leary is still drunk.”

Applejack nodded, “Yea I have to agree with you there sugarcube.” The crowd cheered as two figures made their way to the center of the arena.