Beast Battles by Tom Nicoll

Author:Tom Nicoll
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stripes Publishing
Published: 2020-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

“Kiwi, that was incredible!” said Hungrabun when we got to the backstage area.

“Really?” said Kiwi. “I mostly just took off my jacket.”

“The way you set them up like that, genius!” she said. “Using their powers against each other. I mean, thinking about it, I’m not sure how good an idea it is to be in a team where the other creature can accidentally kill you.”

“Oh, they’re not dead,” said Shilla, pulling up in a dune buggy. “The medical team are pouring Frostin into a mould. A few days in the freezer, he’ll be right as rain. Speaking of rain, Ignita should be turning into it soon, and then she’ll turn back into her old form. Dragons are weird creatures. Anyway, jump in, we need to get you over to the next arena for the semi-finals.”

Somehow, we were still in the tournament and still in with a shot of escaping the game. Our next opponents were Electric Dreams. They consisted of a toad-like creature called Flipswitch, who had an electric tongue, and a boar dressed in a cape and top hat. This was Hypnohog, who apparently was a master of hypnosis.

The arena at the beach had been hot but the new one was even worse. The stadium looked like it had been built from granite and rubble and it was surrounded by a moat of red-hot molten lava.

“The Brimstone Bowl,” said Hungrabun as the buggy crossed a bridge into the arena. “We’re in the middle of an active volcano.”

“Is that safe?” asked Max.

“If you care about safety you don’t sign up for the Battles,” I replied.

“Well put,” said Hungrabun.

Inside the Brimstone Bowl, we found ourselves once again in a familiar room complete with TV, couch and whiteboard.

“I’ll be back later to bring you out,” said Shilla. “So, just chill or train or whatever it is you creatures do when you’re not fighting. Oh yes, I almost forgot – there’s a stand just down the corridor where you can choose your new items.”

“Ooh, let’s go do that,” said Kiwi.

Hungrabun didn’t need any persuading.

“Those two seem to be getting on better at least,” I said as they rushed off.

“Mmm,” mumbled Max. He seemed distracted.

“You OK?” I asked.

“Sorry?” he said. “Oh yeah. I’m fine. I was just thinking about the Shapeshifters again.”

“Still?” I said.

He nodded. “Something about how they glitched keeps nagging at me. I can’t put my finger on it.”

“Max,” I said. “I once played a game where the car I was driving changed into a giant peanut.”

Max squinted his eyes. “O-K,” he said.

“My point is,” I said. “These are video games. Bugs happen. No point in getting obsessed over them. We need to be concentrating on our next match. You know, so we can maybe get home.”

“You’re right,” he said. “And we’re not in for an easy time. Electric Dreams are a dangerous combination.”

“We’ll just have to be more dangerous-er,” I said. “What we really need are items to counter their shock attacks and hypnosis.”

“Er… Right,” agreed Max. “We should probably go tell the team that before Kiwi gets himself another useless jacket.

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