(As day 1 of the tournament rages on, the sun begins to set as the cold night approaches. Now, the fight between Virus and Locke will soon begin but first, some news. Sherlock has accepted the offer of Vex's allegiance.) (In the arena, torches light up around the edges as the sun completely sets to a dark and cloudy night sky with a full moon shining down upon Altair.) Locke: *plants his key blade into the ground, picking up some of the sand and letting the wind blow between his fingers*. "...." (Locke's appearance is a humanoid half robot, half human. He wears a dark leather surcoat with chain armor underneath, black feathered cloak over his gear and a crow mask with bright red eyes. On his arms are spiked metal gauntlets with sharp claws, his footwear is just leather and chain boots.) Virus: *steps into the arena and nods towards Locke*. "...." NIL: *eerie feeling as she watches from the stands next to the others*. "Do these dudes even have vocal cords?" Michael: *crosses his arms*. "They must be the silent type." (Back down in the arena) Virus: *draws his scythe off his back and twirls it in his hand, waiting for the announcer to begin the fight*. "...." Locke: *breathing deeply as he stares down Virus from afar*. "..." Announcer: *lowers his arm*. "Begin!" (Without any hesitation, Virus teleports over to Locke and strikes with a downward thrust from his scythe. Without breaking a sweat, Locke grabs his key blade and blocks Virus's scythe, instantly countering and making the scythe slam into the dirt to punch Virus across the face.). (The strike hitting Virus in the face does not phase him, making him reach out towards Locke with his left hand, grabbing his arm. As Virus grips Locke's arm, a yellow poison invades into his tissue, transforming it into steel. Locke manages to shake off Virus's grip and gain some distance between the two, soon after, he notices his arm is no longer under his own control.) Locke: *stares at his arm and speaks to himself with a demonic voice*. "Respira..." (As Locke utters those words to himself, his corrupted arm instantly turns to dust and a new arm shoots out from his body.) Locke: *turns and faces Virus*. "Looks like your little friends can't help you..." Virus: *stares at Locke without saying anything*. "..." (Locke lifts his key blade in front of him and the blade glows with a blue aura as a large metal lock appears in front of him. Upon insertion of the key blade, a wave of shadow shoots out from the lock and surrounds the arena grounds.) Locke: *plants his sword into the ground once again and breathes deeply*. "Come Virus, you shouldn't have given me the chance." (Virus lifts his scythe and tries to teleport towards Locke but fails to do so. Instead of teleporting, Virus charges towards Locke and swings at his legs, attempting to cripple him. But, when his scythe connects with Locke's legs, the blade cannot penetrate.) Virus: "!!!" (As Virus is in shock at not being able to cut Locke, Locke grips his key blade and slices Virus's eye with a swift uppercut.) Virus: *falls on his butt from the attack and notices his speed is starting to diminish*. ".....You are sealing my abilities..." Locke: *points his blade at Virus*. "Correct. You are nothing more than a pathetic peasant at this point. Killing you will be easy now." Virus: "I'm not impressed...." Locke: "huh?!" (With an intelligent assumption, Virus throws his scythe at Locke and charges into him, knocking him into the sand and making his let go of his key blade.) Virus: *stomps on Locke's hand as he reaches to grab his blade, picking up the key for himself and holding it up to Locke's throat*. "An intelligent fighter would automatically assume that your key blade is the source of the seal. Sorry, but you aren't as scary as you are made out to be." (As Virus goes to strike Locke's throat, Locke disperses into a flock of crows and reforms himself a ways away.) Locke: "Hmph, now that you hold the key the seal is undone, and I, defenseless. What sha'll you do?" (Now that the seal is undone, Virus infects the key blade with his poison and makes it his own, allowing him to use its abilities on Locke.) Virus: *activates the sealing ability, lowering Locke's power levels to near nothing*. "..." (Now that Locke is sealed from using anymore abilities, Virus teleports to him and stabs him in the chest with his own weapon repeatedly, until death.) Locke: *turns to ashes after dying*. "..." Virus: *tosses the key blade into the sand and watches it turn to dust*. "Hm." Announcer: "Uh, Virus is the winner!" Michael: *sitting down and holding his hand over his mouth*. "He killed that guy...." Lee: "I don't know if that's allowed.." NIL: *looks to Lee*. "No one's ever been killed before, is Virus in trouble?" Lee: *shaking his head*. "I don't know." Liam: *sits up to explain things and clears his throat*. "Reign has a barrier around the arena and all inside aren't able to be killed but, with that key blade affect, it countered Reign's own protection charm." NIL: "Ugh, so what the hell then? I want to know!" Michael: "We'll have to wait and see the outcome, Chill NIL." (Down in the arena, Virus picks up his scythe and returns it on to his back, walking out of the arena and to the lockers.) (After a few minutes of wait time, the announcer walks out to the middle of the arena to inform everyone in the crowd what the outcome is.) Announcer: *clears his throat*. "The penalty for killing someone in the arena battles is, nothing! No penalty. With that being said, Virus is the victor and that concludes day 1 of the tournament. Day 2 will have brackets 3 and 4. Please clear the stands and return to your home's!" NIL: "Well that wasn't disappointing at all..." Michael: "it's probably best he wasn't punished, I'm sure Reign knows what he's doing." Lee: *stands up and stretches his back*. "Alright guys! You heard the announcer, let's clear the stands before I arrest someone." Liam: "Oh really Lee? Still on that trip of playing sheriff? Cute." Lee: "...." Michael: "guy's c'mon, don't fight. Let's go." (End of Part 7.) EDIT: Bit of a shorter battle, I did feel as if I rushed this part. Sorry.