“ Good afternoon viewers and welcome to the quarterfinals of Mayyyyy-hem,” Jack shouts.
“I can’t wait, today is the day the final eight fight in the arena in front of a live audience,” Jenny smirks.
“We spent several days on DD Island, narrowing down the field of over one hundred competitors. Some have died and others sent home with injuries. May we pay our respects to all who have fallen on this globally watched cyber show. We do our best to provide entertainment and sometimes it comes at a cost of life.” Jack says.
“We will always remember the ones that have fallen.” Jenny the robot bows her head.
“Okay, let’s have a look at our eight competitors and the bracket. The first fight is the current elimination leader in this contest, the Devourer. We have all seen what this creature can do. The devourer will be facing are favorite black crow, Rave.” Jack says.
“I’m super excited for this match, we watched these two go at it, earlier on the show. Will Rave finally be able to overcome this foe?” Jenny grins.
“The next competitor will be Jed the mutated chimpanzee. How has such a small creature made it to the top eight of Mayhem?” Jack asks.
“Playing it smart and surviving of course, plus Jed has seven eliminations. Watch out for his dagger throw. Having four arms means you can throw four daggers at a time.” Jenny laughs.
“Jed will be fighting the mighty Tyga. We’ve seen what this white tiger can do. A fierce competitor for sure, will anyone bet against him?” Jack asks.
“Then we have my girl Kaisii versus the demon, Nafaru. Of course, we have seen footage of Kaisii fighting before but who is this demon and how has he survived so far?.” Jenny asks.
“Let’s look at some of the stats and footage of Nafaru. The creature is a pinkish-purple long and slender demon. It can be seen here with its large claws that rip other creatures to shreds. It has control of demonic energy that can fire from its claws or mouth. It will surely be a tough fight for Kaisii.” Jack declares.
“Finally we have the lovable Ruu, everyone’s favorite hybrid kangaroo. They will be facing Zugg, an orc?” Jenny asks.
“Zugg has slaughtered several participants in Mayhem. This next match is sure to be a brawl with each of the combatants specializing in hand-to-hand combat.” Jack said.
“Can Ruu handle this foe?” Jenny shrugs.
“We will find out soon, should we get started with the first fight?” Let’s have a look at our arena and then commence the show.” Jack announces.
The camera zooms in on an arena with a group of robots, cyborgs, and different creatures yelling in the crowd. Several spaceships are flying through the sky and the field in the middle is littered with cameras. The arena has many different barriers and blocks scattered around to use as cover. In the middle is a large square platform. Two green portals appear on the square across from each other and the Devourer steps out of one of them. Rave flies out from the other green portal and the competitors stare at each other.
“I will show you what true darkness is,” Rave announces, and the crowd chants.
“You’ll be in my belly before the day ends.” The belly mouth grins and then starts to drool.
“Pfft, filthy creature.” Rave starts to channel dark energy and glows.
The devourer starts to spit out mutated zombies from its mouth. Drones fly in and shoot hundreds of lasers at the zombies which destroys them.
“The match hasn’t started, no fighting yet boys,” Jack announces.
“The competitors are itching to kill each other, the true spirit of Mayhem.” Jenny declares.
“So to the viewers at home and the crowd in the arena, are we READY?” Jack yells. The crowd starts to throw objects in the air and jump out of their seats while chanting.
“5, 4, 3, 2, 1” Jack and the crowd chant. A siren screeches in the air.
“Let the first fight commence,” Jack screams.
The devourer starts to glow a dark purple and then the belly mouth starts to spit out mutated zombies. Rave starts to charge his energy and black energy forms around him. Rave splits into five black clones and then shoots multiple black beams at the zombies.
“I won’t let you create them, so easily,” Rave says and his clones shoot several different black beams at the creations.
The devourer speeds up the process and keeps spitting out different species of zombies. Then the devourer starts to shake and his belly starts to rumble. Chaos ensues as the Rave clones attempt to fight back against the horde of zombies. Rave starts to create black crows that fly around and dive-bomb the zombies. The devourer spits out different pieces of a crab, then the pieces combine together to create a giant crab zombie king.
“One of my finest creations.” The devourer's head says.
“Can you handle this? Stupid bird brain.” Belly mouth grins.
The giant zombie crab king shakes the arena as it shifts from side to side. It lunges forward with its right pincer and swiftly destroys a couple of the Rave clones. Rave multiples into twenty different black clones and they fly in circles around the crab attacking it then flying back into the air. The crowd starts to chant Rave as they watch the battle. The crab grabs one of the barrier blocks on the arena floor and throws it into several of the flying clones destroying them. Some of the clones morph into a black flowing substance and the black flowing energy ties a knot around the giant pincers, which pins it to the arena floor. The devourer keeps shooting out waves of zombies. Rave summons hundreds of black crows and ravens. Then shoots all of the black crows at the waves of zombies and attempts to destroy the crab king. Several of the black clones land and start to charge a tornado of black energy. All of the zombies converge on the crab and try to free it from the black energy that holds it down.
“Do you know what real power is?” Rave says as he charges the black tornado. Random objects around the arena get sucked into the black tornado and start to swirl around. A chain of zombies even gets sucked into it; they swirl around the black tornado. Rave unleashes the black tornado and the crab king gets destroyed into little pieces, the devourer opens its belly mouth wide and starts to suck in the black energy swallowing the entire tornado whole. The crowd gasps in amazement.
“I knew you would do that.” Rave grins and then snaps his fingers. The black energy explodes from the inside of the devourer and the devourer blows out into pieces. The crowd chants Rave as it looks like he has won the fight. Rave turns his back and looks at the crowd. Rave extends his wings and puts his claws into the air.
“Who knew it would be over so fast? A huge upset Rave slays the Devourer.” Jack announces. The crowd cheers.
A purple substance starts to shift around the arena, and the remains of the devourer start to gather and then morph into a purple glob. The glob jumps towards Rave.
“Look out.” Someone from the crowd yells.
Rave turns around but it is too late. The Devourer reassembles and then jumps into the air with its belly mouth open. The devourer lands on Rave and swallows him whole.
“Delicious, I will savor this.” The belly mouth smiles.
“Hmm spoke too soon, looks like we have a new winner. The devourer advances to the next round.” Jack yells.
“Sorry Rave betters, maybe next time.” Jenny winks. Some of the crowd starts to get angry with the result and fights start to break out in the arena. Security drones fly through the sky shooting at random fighting in the crowd.
A black portal appears and the Devourer steps into it disappearing from the arena. The devourer reappears in front of a safe house miles away from the arena.
“Time to relax before the next fight.” The devourer's head says.
“I don’t feel so good.” The belly mouth says and starts to vomit out black energy.
The devourer's head starts to shake in terror as it feels pain from black energy throughout his body. The belly mouth vomits out all of the black energy which reforms into Rave.
“I told you, you wouldn’t be able to handle true power.” Rave looks at the Devourer.
“What are you?” The devourer's head asks.
“You’ll find out someday, you might have won the arena match but you’ll never be able to digest my power,” Rave says. Rave opens up his wings and flies into the air. Rave is still low in energy so he escapes from the area. The devourer walks into the safe house and the view goes back to the arena.
Two black portals appear in the arena as fighting continues in the crowd. Jed the mutated chimp hops out of the first portal and Tyga the large white tiger steps out of the other.
“Audience in the arena, I know Rave lost but can we please stop fighting in the stands! The next match is about to begin.” Jack announces and the crowd stops fighting then rushes to their seats.
“Next up is Jed versus Tyga, place your bets,” Jenny yells.
Thousands of screens appear in front of the spectators in the crowd as they each decide whether to bet on the next match of Mayhem. Jed the chimp stares at Tyga and grins. Then a forest starts to grow in the middle of the arena. Several different trees start to grow towards the sky in the center of the arena.
"Bets can no longer be placed and the fight will commence with the start of the countdown,” Jack screams to the audience.
“5...4...3...2...1... Fight,” Jack yells.
Jed jumps onto a tree and starts to climb up to the top of the tree. Tyga channels his energy into his giant axe and starts to cut the surrounding trees. Jed throws four daggers at Tyga who deflects them. Tyga swipes with his axe and then starts to spin in a circle creating a massive shockwave toward the center of the trees. Tyga spins toward the trees and knocks them all over. Jed quickly escapes to another group of trees and starts to lick his daggers coating them in poison. Jed throws another barrage of daggers at the spinning Tyga who deflects all of them into the air. The daggers each cut into different trees which causes them to become temporarily controlled by Jed. The four trees controlled by Jed each shoot vine branches at Tyga which stops him from spinning and disables his movement.
“Your mine now.” Jed grins and throws four daggers at Tyga. Tyga roars and the blast from his mouth deflects the daggers. Tyga starts to channel all of his energy and starts to grow in size. Tyga grows to the same size as the trees in the arena. Jed spins in a circle and launches daggers in several different directions they each land on a tree in the arena. The poison from the daggers enters the trees which causes Jed to take control of all the trees in the arena. Jed wraps all of the trees together creating a large tree mech that is the same size as Tyga. Jed jumps inside the tree mech to control it. Tyga roars and swings his axe down on the tree mech but the tree mech catches the axe with its many vines and branches. The vines knock away Tyga’s giant axe and then vines pin the axe to the ground. Then the tree mech starts to develop wooden daggers, it shoots hundreds of them at the giant Tyga. Tyga deflects them with his paws. The tree mech swipes upwards with his branches landing a critical blow and then stabs Tyga with a wooden dagger coated in poison. Tyga starts to feel lightheaded but screams. The roar knocks the tree mech back and then Tyga takes a massive bite out of it. Then charges up a super fist and smashes the tree mech to pieces. Jed falls out and lands on the arena.
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“Why do I always have to fight trees?.” Tyga screams and starts to retrieve his axe on the ground. Then feels a sharp pain in his body.
“You won’t last much longer.” Jed grins.
“Even with that massive size my poison always wins,” Jed smirks. Tyga starts to shrink in size and lands on the ground with a massive thud. The crowd grasps.
“Is he dead?” Jenny asks over a loudspeaker.
“Winner by knockout, literally… It’s the chimpanzee JED.” Jack screams.
“Thank you, thank you,” Jed says as the crowd throws random objects at the arena in approval.
Two drones fly over to Tyga and pick him up on a stretcher in critical condition. Jed throws an antidote capsule at Tyga which hits his face and turns into a purple mist. Tyga’s face and body absorb the antidote mist and the poison in his body starts to disappear. Tyga stares at Jed in defeat and then at the crowd.
“Good luck in the next round.” Tyga feels relieved that he did not die today but unhappy with his loss. Tyga pulls his arm in the direction of his axe and recalls it to his hand. Then the drones fly into a portal with Tyga on a stretcher. Finally, another portal appears in front of Jed and Jed exits the arena by jumping into the portal.
“Up next from the Reaper clan, the girl you all know and love… Kaisii.” Jack and Jenny yell together. Kaisii appears from a portal in a purple cloak, this time she has yellow hair, and is holding her purple spinning stars weapon.
“Followed by a demon from the nether realm, Nafaru. Will this creature corrupt are dreams much like the devourer? Or will it put an end to Kaisii, let’s find out.” Jack announces. You see two large demon hands grip out from a portal then Nafaru steps out of the portal.
“Place your bets,” Jenny yells.
The arena starts to shift back into a giant white square. The trees start to disappear as the arena goes back to its original state. Thousands of screens appear in the crowd so spectators can bet on a winner. Kaisii stares down the demon and wonders how strong Nafaru is. Drones fly over the arena placing random objects that can be used as barriers. Kaisii surveys the landscapes and thinks of ways to attack this creature.
“So spectators of Mayhem, are we ready?” Jack asks.
“Yes,” The crowd chants.
“The last couple of matches have been relatively quick, let's see who will get the upper hand in this next battle,” Jack announces.
“5,4,3,2,1” Jack and the crowd chant as the timer ticks down.
“Fight” Jack and Jenny both shout.
Kaisii quickly takes cover behind a barrier as Nafaru starts to channel his energy.
“Refama.” Nafaru chants.
Large purple claws start to appear randomly across the battlefield. Kaisii starts to shoot them with her X-blasters which keeps them at bay. The claws merge together into one massive claw, then it smashes the barricade that Kaisii is hiding behind. Kaisii retreats and runs backwards taking cover while firing at the claws. Kaisii hurls her purple stars which rips some of the claws to pieces. A claw appears near Kiasii and grabs her dragging her up into the air. The crowd grasps and screams, they are rooting for Kaisii. Kaisii emits a purple shockwave with a yell.
“Systems damaged,” Tada says.
Kaisii gets dropped to the floor and lands with a thud. Kiasii gets up and starts to dash forward Kaisii starts to weave in and out of cover, running around the arena and throwing her metal stars. They cut through the claws that chase her.
“It is done,” Nafaru pronounces as a large purple energy starts to emit from his body, the energy engulfs the entire arena. Spectators and the crowd cannot see inside this massive purple bubble of energy. The crowd feels dark and electric energy as sparks shoot around the outside of the sphere. Kaisii feels like something is constantly pulling her down, camera drones fly inside of the purple globe to see what is happening. Nafaru lets out a large shriek as he starts to glow. Several banshees appear and fly around. Kaisii shoots with her blasters and they do not affect the banshees. Kaisii switches to energy fire, which converts her energy into bullets. Kaisii fires energy beams from her fingers which keep the banshees at bay, but they start to scream doing damage to her robotic eardrums. Kaisii covers her ears but feels pain course throughout her body. Time to use some of Maka’s stored energy Kiasii thinks to herself, Kaisii uses a capsule and powers up. You see green energy explode from Kaisii’s body, as she shoots through the air like a shooting star towards Nafaru. Kaisii puts Maka’s green energy into her spinning stars' weapons and throws them at Nafaru multiple times, each time Nafaru deflects them with his claws.
“Your fate rests in hell,” Nafaru yells.
“I won’t let you kill me,” Kaisii shouts back as they clash.
The crowd is tense outside as they watch from screens because they can’t see inside. Sparks fly outside of the purple bubble, someone throws a bottle at the bubble and it explodes on impact. All they can do is watch until the fight is over. The scene switches inside once more. You see a glowing green energy from Kaisii battle a dark purple energy from Nafaru. Nafaru channels his energy from his claws building a sphere of demonic energy. Nafaru stops channeling and fires the sphere at Kaisii, she shields herself with her spinning stars, then attempts to absorb it.
“Energy unstable, releasing,” Tada says.
The demonic energy clashes with Maka's green energy. A claw falls from the sky and touches Kaisii’s head surging her with dark thoughts. Kaisii screams in terror but has evolved from all the training in the past.
“I’m stronger than this, she shouts out.” Kaisii’s energy starts to mesh with the stored energy from Maka creating a new hybrid energy.
“Power level rising,” Tada announces. Kaisii snaps out of her delusions and puts all of her energy into her stars. Then throws them across the battlefield they spin through the air and cleanly cut off Nafaru’s head. The crowd gasps and shouts in victory for Kaisii. The bubble and energy disperse from the battlefield as Nafaru’s body lands on the arena with a loud thud.
“Kaisii wins,” Jack yells and everyone goes wild. Kaisii grins and waves to the crowd. A portal appears and Kaisii walks into it, disappearing from everyone's field of view.
“Alright and now for the final match of the day. In another life, he could have been a professional boxer but instead, he came out a kangaroo. The creature with a fist full of jokes, put your hands or tentacles together for Ruuuuuu.” Jack yells.
Ruu appears out of a portal wearing blue boxing gloves. Ruu uses his tail as a spring and bounces around the arena. The arena stage keeps shifting with drones changing the landscape, dropping different rocks and stones on the floor.
“Things are about to get rocky, this one is sure to be a slugfest. Our final participant in Mayhem, the ferocious orc, ZUGG.” Jack yells.
A large portal opens and a giant orc steps out. Zugg screams his battle cry and beats his chest.
“Maybe Maythem was created by an orc, but this seems like a natural environment for him,” Jenny says and then laughs.
“Alright place your bets, who will win?” Jack asks.
“I’ll put a grand on the Kangaroo, he’s so cute.” Jenny smiles.
“But Zugg has ripped three competitors to pieces and killed countless creatures on the island.” Jack grins.
Both competitors attempt to boast in front of the crowd and then stare down at each other.
“Alright countdown time folks, you know the drill.” The crowd counts down from 5, then a siren rings in the air.
The orc instantly runs to a group of rocks and starts to throw them at Ruu. Ruu charges his fists with energy, his boxing gloves start to glow and blue energy rotates around his kangaroo body. Ruu smashes each rock into pieces as they fly toward him. Zugg grabs a giant rock from the arena floor and throws it at Ruu. Ruu smashes it with a single punch. The crowd laughs in unison at the spectacle. Ruu jumps from side to side dodging the next barrage of rocks. Eventually, Zugg runs out of rocks and then the arena starts to rise in the air. Zugg stumbles as the arena slowly rises. Ruu darts forward and you see an after-image of his body as he travels so fast that you can barely see him. Ruu and Zugg enter a fist fight with Ruu wave dashing around the arena. Zugg can barely keep up with Ruu’s fast movement. Zugg roars and starts to channel yellow angry energy around his body. Finally, Zugg starts to keep up with Ruu’s movement and matches him blow for blow. Ruu throws a roundhouse punch toward Zugg, who catches his arm and then smashes Ruu down on the arena floor multiple times. Ruu bounces back and flying kicks Zugg in the face, breaking his jawbone. Zugg yells his battle cry and the two square off once again. Ruu lands multiple blows on Zuggs body. Zugg shakes it off and screams once more. Zuggs battle cries help him channel his anger and energy. Zugg throws several punches and hits Ruu each time. Zugg lets out a loud roar that knocks Ruu back into the air. Ruu lands against a barrier in the arena with a thud, the barrier falls and covers Ruu’s body.
“What a fight we have so far, is Ruu down for the count?” Jack says in awe.
“Get up Ruu” The crowd chants.
You see glowing blue energy from the shattered barrier covering Ruu. Zugg roars and a yellow energy starts to fight back against it. The whole crowd feels the tension in the arena. A hill starts to form around Zugg, which rises him into the air.
“I think we might be able to see the famous Ruu overdrive,” Jack shouts as Ruu smashes out of the arena’s rumble. Ruu teleports around the arena traveling too fast for the viewers' eyes.
“Overdrive?” Jenny asks.
Zugg summons a bunch of totems to increase his battle energy and forms a barrier around the hill that Zugg is standing on. The totems are defensive and help protect Zugg. Ruu dashes around with a blue trail of energy emitting from his body. Ruu attempts to punch Zugg but can’t get past the negative yellow energy. Ruu changes his battle plans and punches each totem destroying them instantly. Ruu dashes around and you see a fierce blue energy come from his fists. Zugg attempts to summon more totems but Ruu smashes them instantly. Ruu dashes up the hill and Zugg screams standing above him. Ruu puts all of his power into his right boxing glove. Ruu pulls back and then swings forward at Zuggs head, knocking it cleanly off. The crowd watches as Zugg’s head rolls around the arena floor and Zugg’s body lands on the ground with a thud.
“Who is the true king of the hill now? The winner by knockout, Ruuuu” Jack yells.
Ruu kicks Zugg’s headless body and it tumbles down the hill. Ruu jumps up and down the hill using his tail as a spring. Ruu puts his right fist into the air with a sigh of victory.
“Yes, I knew he would win even if Zugg was twice the size of him,” Jenny says.
“Alright folks looks like the sun is about to set and that marks the end of today's episode of Mayhem. Tune in next time to see the semifinals and a special thank you to our sponsors.” Jack says as the crowd starts to leave the stands.