Tournament of the Wraiths

Johon was standing near the gate staring across the field at Alex, who was reading a small book chained to his side. The stands had some ponies cheering on Johon, Fluttershy being one of them. The rest of them were curious as to what Alex could do, considering his titles and the fact they never seen him fight.

Death turned towards them.

“Are you guys ready!?” Alex opened his mouth to answer but was cut off by Johon.

“I’m not fighting him.” The crowd gasped at this and Sarah yelled out ‘Pussy’ as Death raised an eyebrow.

“Are you sure? you did have three days to choose.”

“I don’t even want to be here! I’m here because Sarah dragged me!” Death frowned.

“Well then, you forfeit the battle?” Johon nodded “Ok then.” Waving his hand Johon appeared next to Kate in the healers box. Death turned to Alex who was starting to walk off. “Don’t think you’re getting off easy.” Alex turned around and stared at Death as he snapped his fingers. The arena changed into a oversized dojo and was filled with about fifty animatronic, faceless dummies. Each dummy was equipped with a different form of weapon ranging from swords, to staves, and throwing knives. Alex was sure he saw a ringblade somewhere in the back.

“If you can defeat all fifty of these targets in the next thirty minutes you may continue on to the next round without any penalty. If you fail however you will not be allowed to use your abilities the next round.” Death vanished and a timers appeared on the dojo walls. Alex cracked his neck.

“You underestimate me.”

“BEGIN” As soon as the word was said the dummies sprung into action.

Alex vs. Challenge Dummies x 50

Rebel 1, Action!

(Alex vs. Challenge Dummies x 50 Theme)

Alex walked up to the drones as they charged and smacked the closest one with his staff once it got close enough. The drone started malfunctioning and blew up, causing the next one to explode. Then the next, then the next, until practically all of the drones were either on fire, destroyed, or both.

Alex blinked. “They’re worse than the turrets at Aperture!” One of the malfunctioning drones flew through the air at the one with a ringblade and was cut clean in half.

The remaining drone’s face opened up to reveal a single green robotic eye. “Target acquired.”

Alex grinned, “Oh goody, something that didn’t blow up.”

The drone drew the blade back and the blade began twirling. “Commencing extermination procedures” The blade flew forward and Alex barely dodged by leaning backwards. The blade cut into the ceiling as it traveled back to the Drone.

Alex tsked, “Ah ah ah, you can cut someone with that.” Twirling his staff he caught the ringblade and tossed it off to the side.

The drone looked towards the blade and scanned it for damage. When it noticed a hairline fracture in the blade a red light appeared inside the eye. “Weapon has been damaged, Resorting to Close Quarters Combat.” The drone crouched down and readied itself.

Alex in a complete twist tossed his staff aside, “If I can hold me own against two hundred armor wielding trained killers and mercenaries wanting me dead every DAY, I’m damn sure I can take ye.”

~Meanwhile~

Applejack and Rainbow Dash stared at him with horror in their eyes.

Rainbow was the first to break the silence, “Two HUNDRED!”

AJ looked at her, “What do ya think he did to get someone mad enough to kill ‘im?”

Rainbow shook her head, “I don’t know, but I don’t want to.”

~Locker Room~

James watched as Alex discarded his staff. “What is he doing?”

Dean shrugged, “I don’t know.”

Tech smiled, “He’s going fist fight the drone.”

Sarah looked closer at the screen, “God damn it now I want to see how he fairs.”

~Battlefield~

The drone jumped towards Alex, arms extended. Alex punched the drone in the face, knocking it backwards with a grinding sound as the head was thrown back. The drones head straightened itself just in time for Alex to rapidly deliver punches to it’s torso. The drone grabbed his fist and delivered a punch to his face, knocking Alex back.

Alex cracked his fingers and wiped some blood from his lip. “Well played, but I think it’s time for me to call this match over.” With a roar, Alex charged at the drone.

The drone scanned Alex as he charged, “Velocity is at fifty MPH, countering.” The drone drew it’s fist back and aimed a shot at Alex’s head. Everything moved slowly as the fist got closer to it’s goal. The drone smiled internally, victory was assured. But it was drawn out of it’s musings when Alex’s body twisted and delivered a kick to the drones legs, knocking it off balance.

The drone quickly stood up as Alex landed another punch to it’s face, this time cracking it’s eye.

The drone stopped moving as the light in it’s eye faded, “Critical system failure. Self detonation activated.”

Alex watched as the drone started beeping, “If I learned anything from gnomes, beeping is a bad thing.” He jumped backwards just in time, the drone exploded launching shrapnel everywhere and knocking Alex to the floor.

Standing up, Alex turned to the timer. “Fifteen minutes? Wow I thought I killed them quicker than that.”

Death appeared next to Alex as the Arena turned back into the field. “And the winner of round 5, is Alex!”

Alex raised his hands in the air as ponies cheered his name. Smirking he grabbed his staff, and made his way towards the locker room.

As he entered Tech stopped him, “Those moves were AWESOME! Where did you learn to fight like that?”

Alex chuckled, “The Houjin monks of Pandaria know how to drill fighting techniques into your head. Trust me, it would take you much too long to even grasp the basics.” Tech frowned.

The screen flashed showing Tech and Sarah faces. And drawing the wraiths attention, “The next battle will be Tech vs. Sarah!” Tech cracked his neck as Sarah scowled.