Invincible (1)

"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls! Are you ready?" Giant sparks of fire light up the arena, flames roaring from flamethrowers attached to the walls. Reymi screams over the announcement system as he had his foot pressed up against the wall, a mic in his hand. "Tonight is the first day of the ten thousand dollar Khristal tournament!" The crowd cheers as they start stomping their foot on the ground.

Daisy is in the corner of the room, sitting on a foldable chair and chewing bubblegum. She sits away from the people crowding around the main arena in the centre, near the smaller arenas to the edge of the room. Standing next to her was Vale, sitting on the floor with his elbows on his knees. "That kid is probably dead by now," Daisy says with a monotonous tone.

"He's no longer our problem," Vale replies, equally monotonous. "He was pretty good."

"I've never seen a rookie like him before, too bad he had to die." Daisy sighs. "What a waste of talent."

"Millions of people die every day, and thousands of pilots die every day with them, it's just natural." Vale sighs. "But c'mon, don't bring the mood down, everyone's so happy today." Vale smiles.

Daisy looks at Vale and smiles back. "Sure."

"Are you ready?!" Reymi riles the crowd up by making them chant louder and louder. "I said, are you ready?!" He expanded the volume of his voice by using Metro Booming's built-in speaker on his head, allowing his voice to reach every nook and cranny of the room.

The crowd was mixed, filled with old, young, male, female, different races, and pilots. It was as mixed as it gets. Hundreds of people all gathered together for one shared purpose, to win the grand prize of ten thousand Khristals. "The first match will be extremely exciting! For the first time, a newbie will be debuting in a tournament, Maine will be going against the notoriously fierce Fernandez Pierosa!"

The crowd goes insane as Fernandez stands at the top of the platform, overlooking the arena and the entrance to the chamber. He looks over to his opponent's side, where his opponent should be but he wasn't there, and the chamber entrance was closed. "Guess he got scared." Fernandez snickers. He was dressed in the Pilot suit, a grey and black skin-tight suit that made it so water wouldn't seep into your body, baggy shoes and a face mask around his neck. "Don't blame him," Fernandez said with a cocky tone.

He walks towards his chamber and gets down slowly, putting one foot in before putting his entire body and submerging himself into the water.

The entire crowd cheers and erupts into excitement as the lights in the arena dim. Smoke rises from the sides of the arena, pushing the crowd back.

Daisy stands up and walks towards the main arena, Vale following closely behind her.

The crowd goes silent as the arena bottom opens up, allowing the Omnishells to ascend to the main stage.

Suddenly, all the lights flicker on, flashing the audience in an explosion of bright colourful lights. The crowd goes wild as Fernandez's Omnishell appears on the battlefield.

"We have Fernandez's signature bright blue Omnishell! The Blue Lagoon!" Reymi screamed as his voice boomed across the entire room.

A bright blue Omnishell resurfaced from underneath the arena, standing on a platform that was elevating him upwards. Blue Lagoon was massive in size, nearly tall enough to climb over the ten-foot-tall glass panels blocking the inside of the arena from the outside. He wore a sailor's outfit and hat, and the metal on his skin was spray-painted blue. He had massive forearms and wielded an anchor the same size as him.

Blue Lagoon brings his anchor down onto the arena, creating a massive shockwave that even the audience felt.

"Now, for the mysterious newbie! Show yourself!" Reymi turns the light down by sliding a knob, creating suspension.

The crowd watches in anticipation as the arena floor opens up.

From the smoke emerged an Omnishell on a platform. "Ladies and Gentlemen, I present-" Before Reymi could finish his sentence, he realised something.

"Is that-?" Daisy squints her eyes to get a closer look into the arena. "Move!" Daisy pushed the people in front of her to get out of the way, trying to get a better look. She stops near the base of the arena when she could get a clear view of the happenings.

"What?!" Reymi screams into the microphone as the smoke settles, revealing Alice Everland, Atsel's Omnishell.

"That's Alice!" Reymi screams over the inter comms.

The entire crowd screams in unison as this legendary, once-thought-dead pilot, was seemingly revived.

Alice absorbed the glory of the moment, her beauty revived in the lights of the arena. Her beautiful lightly dark skin created a vacuum of beauty around her, anyone who even laid their eyes on her would be placed in a trance. Her bushy yet kept white hair flowed down her shoulders, her horns absorbing the light from the beams.

Her modest yet practical armour stood out in the sea of white, and her small stature was not to be underestimated.

"Stop!" Vale tries to push the people away to enter the arena but the people wouldn't budge.

"Watch it jack ass! Can't you see I'm trying to watch a fight?" A big dude with blonde hair shoved Vale back, causing him to lose his balance and fall over.

"It actually is Alice Everland." Daisy looked into the arena with a stunned look on her face, her skin turning pale like she had just seen a ghost.

"Let's get this started!" Blue Lagoon slammed the anchor down onto the floor. Alice felt the shift in the ground but stayed completely still, unphased by his cheap attempts of making him scared.

"Just who exactly is this Maine guy?! And why does he have the legendary Alice Steele?!" Reymi stutters in shock as he too is clueless.

"Stop it!" CNC bursts into the command room, her blade armed and ready to attack.