Lightning's Limit by Mark Brandon Powell

Author:Mark Brandon Powell [Powell, Mark Brandon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 21955631
Publisher: Guardian Bear Publishing
Published: 2014-01-06T00:00:00+00:00

4

Reaching up into the air with his right hand clouds start to form and appear. The wind howls through the coliseum floor as the clouds turn black. A rumble and spark of thunder rolls throughout the coliseum as the thunderstorm grows in strength. The air smells like a brewing storm as the first lightning bolt strikes Vargas’ right hand.

He feels the pressure from the strike, and the proceeding four. They almost take him to the ground but he holds himself up. The lightning courses through his body gathering up mana along the way forming a white ball of pulsing energy in his left hand. Vargas points the ball of light at Vernon and braces himself for one last bolt.

The sky flashes, and seats rumble as all the newly formed clouds in the coliseum light up all at once, discharging into Vargas' hand. It all comes out at Vernon, his body jumping a few feet in the air as the clouds fade away to the clear sky up above.

The crowd collectively gasps as his body falls back to the ground. Steam coming off Vargas’ shoulders as his wings dissipate. His breathing becomes labored from the over use and combination of his techniques. He didn’t realize how intense the third technique was until just then. Passing an element through ones body and charging it with mana to create an exponential effect.

Vernon lays on the ground lifeless and still no stasis shell. There had to be something wrong. The boy he was fighting had to have met his limit by now. It would be nigh impossible for most to have taken a hit like that and survive. Yet he is laying there and no protective shell is healing him. There is always the chance that the stasis band wasn’t working right. Vargas gets a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach.

Vargas walks over to the judge and asks, "Judge, can we call the match here, the poor guy is out cold and I don't want to hit him again just to try to get the stasis shield to work?"

"Let me check him." The Judge kneels down to Vernon and checks his pulse. He grabs his HaLO and looks at his. The Judge calls up his Commander. “Sir, I have a HaLO I can't access the data for, can I call the match? He is knocked out but not in stasis?" Vargas overhears the Judge muttering into his HaLO.

"Ignore it, and continue? Are you sure sir, the kid is pretty beat up... Understood..., yes sir..., sorry sir."

The Judge turns around, and looks at Vargas, "The match can't be called till you stasis him. We have determined that the contestants stasis device is functioning properly and within expected levels. You can resume the match."

Vargas stands there for a second, his mind blank. He looks down and doesn't even see Vernon breathing. He thinks, I have to attack him to win? Vargas wants to win, but not over some ones safety like this. Thoughts of forfeit spring up in his mind.

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