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Finally, after ten minutes, the two were fighting at the stepping-stones. The water was sloshing over them, making it hard to stand. Daren feinted an uppercut and then spun around, catching Rah by the shoulder and hurling him into the river. The crowd ooed. Rah managed to shoot Daren in the foot, causing him too to fall in the water. The two of them continued fighting even as the current dragged them closer and closer to the drain, which led underground.

Then came the drain. It was like a big whirlpool. Daren and Rah began to spin, faster and faster, around until finally, Daren being heavier, was pulled in. The two of them still fought, even underwater. For around ten seconds, they bounced off walls, blades, and each other.

Then they were ejected into a cave. Immediately, they began to fight again.

Rah caught Daren's blade with his own, and twisted it around. Then he flung Daren ten feet. He paused to reload his crossbow, and waited patiently. The two of them circled again, willing the other to go first.

Then fifty Zamorakians and fifty Saradominists came barreling down the tunnels, headed straight for the fighters. They both whipped into action. Daren jumped sideways and held his shield out to deflect the bolts coming. Then he rolled and threw his shield at Rah's crossbow. Now they were only armed with swords. Daren swung his down forcefully, and Rah sidestepped and swung at his legs. Both missed. Then Daren turned and waited. Just when Rah was about to gore him, he turned and slashed at the elf's stomach. Rah doubled over, coughing. Daren stood over him triumphantly.

Then Rah picked up his crossbow and shot Daren in the chest. The two fell to the ground, moaning in equal pain.

"Draw?" Daren panted.

"Draw," Rah groaned.

Then the two went unconscious.

And the game of the day was a draw. Nobody got either flag.

Daren and Rah woke up in hospital beds. Two pretty nurses were watching over them. And-

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"Hey! Where the hell is my armor!" Daren screamed. "I need it!" He looked desperately around the hundreds of cots, all filled with sleeping warriors.

Modern advances in medicine meant that few of the warriors injured in the Games ever died. Daren noticed with pleasure that there were many more Zamorakian warriors in the beds.

"Well, you had a freaking bolt stuck in your lung. What were they supposed to do?" Rah said. They both laughed.

The next day, Rah and Daren fought on the same team. And they defeated everyone in their way.

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Agility Arena~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Talmyr was the Champion of the Agility Arena. He was perfect for it, too; he was short, only around 5' 2", and incredibly thin. His arms were incredibly strong, and his feet were almost opposable. He could hang upside-down on a rope with his feet. His skin was a dark tan color, much like the dirt of Karamja, his home island. He was totally bald, and his two black eyes were slightly blemished by a snakebite scar.

He grew up in a small town in central Karamja. When he was fourteen, his town was destroyed by tribal warriors from the Kaazku tribe. He grew up fighting for his life, hence the incredible agility.

Talmyr woke up to find that his pet snake was coiled around him again. He lightly tapped it on a nerve ending, and it slithered away. His bed was adorned with vines, bugs, snakes, monkeys (lots and lots of monkeys) and parrots. His room was alive. He yawned and stuck out his arm, so that his favorite monkey, Tamlyr, could climb on his shoulder. He got out of bed and slipped on a loincloth.

It was so hot in Karamja that that was pretty much the only thing people wore. Some tribes in southern Karamja wore no clothes at all. If adventurous people could get past the cannibals, they were in for some wild times.

Talmyr opened his curtain to find a similarly adorned servant waiting for him. As they walked to the baths, they passed hundreds of small trees and bushes in pots. Animals of all kinds were on the ceiling, floors, walls, and pretty much everything except for the food.

The baths were open to all; that is, all animals that wished to cool off. Of all the Champions, Talmyr was the most animal-oriented. Seeing a fully grown Poison Spider didn't scare him in the slightest. In fact, he liked them.

When he got into the bath, he found that the other occupant was a cobra snake. He scratched its head, and it fell asleep.

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Then four girls in two-pieces came in and washed Talmyr. His favorite part of the day, besides the Arena and hanging out with animals.

He had long since heard of Drake's apparent nonstop lovemaking, and he didn't want to look sissy. Of course, Joshua and Daren felt no such need, but Talmyr didn't hear from them too often.

When his bath was over. he was dressed in another loincloth, and he, along with Tamlyr, went down a vine to breakfast.

Breakfast consisted of fruits, vegetables, and a boar. There were also dead mice for snakes and insects for spiders, but eew! Lets not get into that.
Anyway...

Once Talmyr finished his slab of boar with mango, he drained some water and went to the training room.

There were hundreds of obstacles in the room. Pressure pads that released rocks, closing walls, heat-sensitive darts, rope swings, and more. He trained for two hours, only messing up on the rope swing. He ALWAYS fell off the rope swing.

In the Agility Arena, people were allowed one weapon and one weapon only. So, if one was losing, a shove off a log or a slash of a dagger was not uncommon. Occasionally there would be long fights where one person would eventually die.

Talmyr walked to the starting point of the arena. His weapon was a super-poisoned dragon dagger. It could knock somebody out for up to five days if not hurt them. A man and a woman with parrots on their shoulders told them the rules, like they did every day. Then the twenty contestants climbed down the ladder and into the Arena. Tens of thousands of people were already sitting, waiting for the fun to begin.

And it would.

Talmyr looked around the Arena. The basic rules of the game were to tag the pillars at each platform. In between each platform was an obstacle. If you fell, you would either land in lava, on spikes, or in a pit of snakes.

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So most people didn't fall.

"Hey you! Champion!"

"Huh?" Talmyr turned around to see an absolutely gorgeous woman standing there. All thoughts of the bath vanished instantly. This girl had dark hair and dazzling green eyes. Her tan skin was shown in abundance by her gray clothes. She held no weapons but two bags of runes on either side of her.

"Remind me how this game is played. I am fairly new here, and these idiots only gape at me." Her voice was smooth and beautiful, but it had an air of challenge in it. "My name is Sigea. What is yours?"

"T- Talmyr," he stuttered.
Sigea rolled her eyes and put a blue hair band in her hair. "It figures," she said snottily.
"All men are the same. Even great ones." And she began to walk away.

"Wait! Sigea! Have you ever heard of Drake?" Talmyr called. Sigea turned.

"Of course," she laughed. "His craving of women is famous." And she walked back. "How do you play?"

"When a certain pillar lights up, you have to tag it. When you tag two, you get a ticket. If somebody is in your way, get them out of the way," Talmyr explained.

"Thank you, Champion," Sigea said. She turned to leave, then paused. "You are a good person after all, for a man."

"Thanks, Sigea," Talmyr called.

The two were interrupted by an announcer calling, "Let the GAMES BEGIN!"

Instantly, a green light shot up from a pillar far off in the distance. Talmyr ran to the first obstacle, a low wall. He jumped over it, and ran to the next, a rope swing. He swore, and looked at the other options. The only other somewhat direct route was swinging blades. As he looked ahead, there were THREE rope swings on that path. He decided to take that one, as Sigea seemed to be taking the same route. He ran at the swinging blades, hit the pressure pad, and did a front flip in midair just as the blades swung to eviscerate him. He ran down to a log and ran across it, then jumped on the monkey bars.

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He took them three at a time. That was good; he was ahead of everybody. He then came to the first rope swing. He sighed, and ran, then jumped. For an instant he was in empty space, looking down at a pit of ferocious snakes.

Then he grabbed onto the rope and fell, feet first, onto the platform. He sighed with relief, and ran up to a innocent looking path. He knew better, however; there were two pressure pads rigged on the platform. Up above, two bags of rocks hung menacingly. He broke into a run and hit the pad, then jumped sideways just as the rocks came tumbling down. None of them hit. Then the next rope swing was there. He sighed and ran to it. He almost missed the hanging rope, but he grabbed the bottom knot of it and fell, gasping, onto the platform. The pillar was only two obstacles away; a slide and another rope swing. He went to the beginning of the slide, climbed up the rungs, and slid down the other side. Easy peas.

Then, for the last rope swing. Then the pillar. He took a running start, and all seemed well, until, right as he jumped, a single crossbow bolt hit his heel, throwing him off balance. So he jumped off-balance, and saw the lava coming closer and closer until...

.. A hand grabbed his shirt and threw him onto the platform. Swinging on the rope was Sigea, smiling at him.

"Thanks, Sigea," Talmyr said. She winked. Then for the last stretch. The two got ready, and began to run, shoving each other to try and get to it first. Sigea was about to get it when...

Talmyr jumped up, grabbed Sigea'* shirt with a foot, and threw her back. He managed to tear half of her shirt in the process. He then tagged the pillar. Instantly the pillar stopped emitting its green light. A scoreboard clicked.

TALMYR- 1

Sigea picked herself up, and sniffed. "All men are the same." Then she smashed Talmyr's mouth with a swinging kick.

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Talmyr moaned, "That's getting to be a catch-phrase." Then he got up and continued.

Talmyr and Sigea were always head-to-head, and they were tied when the second-to-last pillar shot up a green pillar. Both of them were scored 9. The other contestants were getting mad, and they were borderline on attacking them.

This time, they did.

Talmyr was running across a log balance when a sudden crossbow bolt smashed into the wood next to his foot. He turned and drew his dagger just in time to deflect another bolt. He sighed, plucked a bolt out of the wood, and hurled it at the shooter's face. He screamed and fell into a pit of snakes. Sounds of his devouring were clearly heard. Talmyr turned to see another contestant, holding a rusty sword.

"Die, Champion!" The man roared, running at Talmyr. The short Karamjan calmly watched as the murdering contestant came closer and closer. Then, just as he was about to hit him, he swung his dagger at the sword, breaking it in half. The man looked dumbly at it, stopped in his tracks. This gave Talmyr time to trip the man and send him to the snake party. Then he turned to tag the pillar when he saw that Sigea was already there. She grinned at him, waved, and tagged it. Talmyr couldn't let her win, so when the pillar that shot up colorful was right in the middle of the two, he was already running before she even blinked.

Talmyr was on fire; he went on three rope swings without falling and almost flew across the monkey bars. He was only a few obstacles away from the last pillar.

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He hurtled down the platform, passing dormant pillars left and right. He paused only a little bit to see the next obstacle, a magical barrier that when broken, spikes flew up out of the floor. He laughed at the simplicity and ran at the barrier, then jumped up and did a front flip. Time slowed down in midair. The spikes shot up, not reaching him. He was also aware of five arrows speeding towards him. He sliced them in half with his dagger. Then he realized that he was falling, but on to the spikes. At the last instant, he threw out his hand and grabbed a spike. Little needles on them sliced into his hand, but he was able to vault himself over the trap. Time enough to cry about the blood and pain later. For now, a rope swing, a dart, and a crusher path were between him and his goal.

Meanwhile, Sigea was trailing way behind. She saw Talmyr speeding along, and felt a slight flutter of her heart. The short little acrobat was impressive in his ease to go through almost any situation. She sighed, recalling their first meeting.

So she didn't notice the arrow speeding towards her until it was almost too late.

She was running towards a rope swing when her acute senses picked up on a slight disturbance in the air. She turned to see an arrow speeding towards her. Two options arose in her mind: fail the rope swing and fall, or get gored by an arrow. She was scared, as the second was almost certain death. But then, the face of Talmyr suddenly assaulted her. She ran with a renewed vigor.

But it was too late.

Talmyr turned to look at Sigea get hit in the shoulder blade by an arrow. He roared as his heart seemed to be torn in two. He gave up the pillar and ran back to her, flying through every trap.

All of the other contestants had been going the way Sigea had. So Talmyr was in luck; the seventeen others were all where he needed them.

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He brandished his dagger and swung over the rope swing and into a burly male contestant. He lost his balance and fell into a pit of lava, which he bounced off of and crawled onto shore. Talmyr then tripped two, stabbed one, knocked ten out, and poisoned four. It was just him and Sigea.

"Sigea..." He moaned softly. "Why did you have to die?"

"I'm not dead, you fool," Sigea snapped. Talmyr blushed.

"Oh, sorry."

Sigea sighed. "I am going to die, though, Talmyr."

"No! You can't die!"

"There is one way to save me. Reach into my rune pack. Take out a nature rune, a blood rune, an air rune, and a water rune. And-"

"Where is your rune pack?" Interrupted Talmyr.

"In my bodice."

Talmyr sighed. "Don't misjudge me for this, Sigea," he mumbled, and tore open her shirt.

A minute later, Sigea had been healed by Talmyr, under her instructions. But she was unconscious. So only one thing remained for him to do.

Score.

After the day's match was over, Talmyr and Tamlyr went to see Sigea again. She was fine now, and as beautiful as ever.

"So, want to come see my place?" Talmyr asked casually, as the two walked hand in hand through the jungle. Tamlyr hopped from tree to tree above them, frolicking with the other wild monkeys.

"I would be absolutely delighted," Sigea replied, staring at him. "You won't be doing anything later, will you?"

"I will now," Talmyr said. They both laughed, and went to the Palace.

It was a VERY fun night for the two, although Tamlyr didn't particularly enjoy being left out.

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