Crushed

Just as these words faded, a crackling sound was heard throughout the stadium.

Apollo first pointed his hand towards Darius. There was a bright flash which made almost everyone close their eyes.

A deafening silence greeted the arena as everyone slowly opened their eyes.

Darius was lying on the ground. There was a layer of black soot almost everywhere on his body and some parts had even been singed a glaring red.

He had literally been struck by lightning-the boost from the girls enabled Apollo to amplify his powers enough to use one of the most common secret arts of Lightning nature: Lightning Bolt.

Although he was still awake, his whole body was paralyzed. He could only stare at the sky with eyes wide open as he tried to move his body. Even the pain hadn't completely kicked in yet so he still wanted to get back up and continue banging on the barrier.

Next, Apollo eyed the twins who had stopped their INs due to the utter shock from witnessing a lightning bolt.

"Surrender or share the same fate. I cannot control the intensity of the bolt completely and unlike him, I daresay your bodies are nowhere sturdy enough to handle 40,000 volts of electricity."

The twins' eyes widened as they saw this. They looked around to once again see both of their team members lying on the ground, motionless. What could they do on their own? Wasn't it better to surrender?

But, this thought did not even pass through the twins' mind. From childhood, they had been taught about the importance of teamwork and camaraderie. There was no way they could sleep at night if they got out of the spar perfectly fine when their teammates were so injured. Regardless of whether it would make a difference or not, they would fight.

Without the focus needed to defend against Darius's pounding, the brothers could now more or less resist from the INs of the twins. Still, they continued trying to infatuate them to bring the barrier down.

"*Sigh*. I really did not want to hurt you girls but you give me no choice. I will give you 10 seconds to reconsider."

As he started counting down, the spectators also sighed seeing that such a great match was coming to an end. The picture of the twins unwilling to give up and Darius and Entsy's constant efforts to get up and continue despite the pain would forever be etched in their minds.

BANG!

A loud sound was heard from the end of the arena as the doors seemed to be kicked open by someone.

The spectators turned to see who it was but they could only see a red blur running towards the formation.

At moments when a step was taken, some people spotted a man in a red jacket wearing what seemed to be red lifting gloves.

There was fury on this man's face as he seemed to be propelled forward with each step, almost flying through the air.

Another loud "BANG" resounded through the air as a fist was seen firmly embedded in the barrier.

Almost like a bubble popping, the barrier burst and the brothers were sent flying backward.

They still had no idea what was happening as it had barely been a few seconds since the doors had been kicked open.

The sheer fear of seeing an unstoppable force in front of them made the girls flinch and move away from Apollo instinctively.

Seeing who it was that came, flashbacks started appearing in Apollo's mind.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!", he screamed, right before starting to shout that he conceded.

The man did not give him the chance. With another half-step, he was in front of Apollo.

2 punch to the stomach from left and right first stopped the cry from Apollo's mouth.

A third uppercut to the jaw sent Apollo flying up into the air after a horrible "Crunching" sound was heard.

The man then eyed the two girls, as if asking them whether they wanted to face the same fate. Unlike when Apollo threatened the twin's, this stare had far more effect.

"We concede!", they shrieked, with horror on their faces.

The arena was still dead silent as no one could understand just what the hell had happened. A red blur came through the doors and had literally sent 3 people flying in different directions in the time it takes to take a deep breath.

The announcement brought them back to reality, making them jump and scream in exhilaration:

"Team Lance Wins!"