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Another one bites the dust.

" Your own room ? ", May iterated loudly like she had been the one to have found the room .

May's hands were on her waist as she stared Dean down .

Blade had also folded his huge arms in front of his chest .

" Yes , that's right . Why does it got to be yours to pick ? Cause you found it ? ", Blade asked too .

May nodded in agreement with Blade's line of questioning .

Dean rolled his eyes at their childish antics .

" Yes , precisely because I found it . So , you both find somewhere else to make into your own rooms ! ", He told them as he admired the beauty he had uncovered.

May stepped forward , her eyes narrowing .

" There is something deeply wrong with your ideology , honey . If we are keeping scores , then it should be noted that I was the one that deemed the church inhabitable . Hence , the whole church was found by me and I get to pick where to sleep while the both of you make do with whatever is left ", She reasoned with herself .

Dean blinked , shocked.

She had suddenly replicated the airs and authority of someone that was used to commanding , Dean could see Blade looking slightly confused from the corner of his eyes .

Dean stepped forward too , matching the intensity from her eyes with one of his own .

" I am still not giving up the room . It is called Finders keepers for a reason ", Dean said casually .

Blade suddenly ran between them , pulling them apart .

" How about this ? The perfect thing would be to play Rock , paper and scissors . It is fair and even I get a chance even though I didn't 'find ' anything ", Blade suggested in hopes of winning since he had nothing to lose .

Dean groaned while May burst into a cackling fit .

" It is perfect , nothing like leaving it up to' fate ' to decide , I'm in ", She cried out like she was a warrior off to battle .

That left Dean to be the only and last standing mature person , he nodded too as he gave in .

Without warning May launched the game .

" Rock , paper , scissors !!", She screamed out.

When she yelled , Dean threw out his hand without thinking .

He quickly looked at the other hands in a circle with his .

Two rocks and a paper .

It took Dean a second to figure out he was the one with the paper .

He squeaked and raised his head slowly to see that May's own was frozen and Blade had a far away look on his face .

Dean laughed out at their reactions .

" Nothing like 'leaving' it up to fate . Get out of my room , sorry ass losers ", It was Dean's turn to yell and he milked it .

He was headed to the bed to check how dusty it was when he heard May hiss .

" And what if I refuse to leave ? Huh ? What can you do about it ? "

Dean turned around halfway to the bed to reply her when he saw Blade's face , he was concentrating on something , his face still had the faraway expression .

" Blade ? "

He lost the look in an instant and turned to them .

" I can hear sounds but it's not the droning sounds like from the steels ".

Dean listened carefully but he wasn't hearing anything .

He closed his eyes and paid more attention , focusing on hearing whatever Blade had heard .

But , he still heard nothing .

He believed Blade though because each time the golems had been coming he had heard them before the rest of them .

Dean picked up his backpack and flashlight from where he had placed them and rushed out of the room , May on his heels .

Dean was going to run out the church to check it out when she stopped him.

" Dean ! We should use the windows , they were wide and high enough ".

It was true , the windows were the perfect lookout .

Dean turned around and followed after her , up the stairs .

They opened the first window together and looked around , there was nothing except the darkness that had begun to creep over the world like a soiled blanket .

They ran towards the next one and did the same , receiving the same result .

Finally , the third window had something to show them .

Far away , a light that was very bright had been turned on.

Like the light that would be used at a stadium .

From up here , they could hear the steady hum that came from reverberating voices.

" What's that ? "

May shook her head as she continued to observe it .

" I think it's called The Arena ".

They both turned around when Blade was suddenly talking from between them .

Blade guffawed at their faces while May rolled her eyes .

" Do you know what it is ? "

" Yeah , they did the same thing yesterday and the men that took me earlier were talking about it . It's called The midnight gauntlet , some type of midnight fighting to cut down population and provide entertainment at the same time. Some scary guy with one hell of a Patron runs it ".

Cut down population made it sound like removing crust from sliced bread .

" If they're cutting down population , we should probably sleep in and stay far away from there ".

May shut the window to emphasize her point and they all turned around , filing down the staircase grimly .

As they descended , the sound was coming at them louder like the people at the Arena were cheering louder just to spite Dean .

" We could just take a peek and come back to the church ".

May turned around , her eyes begged Dean to agree with her which was great .

Dean was curious too , now he could blame it on her .

" Okay , as long as we are back to the church soon especially without being noticed ".

They both turned to Blade hopefully , if he refused they would have to eat dinner and go to sleep listening to the echoes from whatever was happening at this Midnight Gauntlet .

Blade nodded absent-mindedly .

" Sure , why not ? Yesterday , I was too chicken to go because I was alone . We can all watch each other's backs now ".

May whooped loudly while Dean thanked Blade within himself wondering how a man that could pass a bear decided to name himself a chicken.

May and Dean rushed down the stairs .

" Don't take your weapons , okay ? We don't want to get mobbed . No flashlights too ,we don't want to attract the mobs disappointment especially when they find out that we have nothing on us ".

Dean had not been planning on taking anything .

They all met at the church's door and joined hands to push it open .

When they were through the door , they pushed it back closed and began to walk in the direction of the light .

May was practically skipping as they walked .

" Hey , do you guys think it's like one of those underground fighting in a cage or people can just challenge each other and have fun ? ", She asked , barely containing her excitement .

Dean focused on the path in front of him , the sky was dark , making it hard to see .

" I think it might be more serious than that . Those guys from earlier sounded scared of the organizers , maybe they were beaten up ", He tried to make them see reason .

That did not dampen May's spirits , she continued to skip forward and as they followed the noise from the Arena , even Dean couldn't help the excitement that was building up in him .

The arena was located in a high school , probably the school's basketball court .

It was a medium sized school with people hanging in the shadows about the entrance of the school, no one stopped them or asked them any questions as they walked into the court .

The first thing Dean noticed was that the roof over the court was no more .

A large stadium light had been mounted on a high rise , it provided light to everyone .

On the high rise , a man sat too , he was screaming words about the fight and increasing the crowds energy or bloodthirstiness really.

They even had a f*****g commentator .

May had been wrong .

There were no cages yet the fighters did not look like they were having fun .

A large man built like a mini truck was pummeling a younger man whose body had been covered by the truck like man .

There were people surrounding them , dressed in different colours and styles of Combat fatigues.

They were all screaming verbal encouragements .

Yelling for the truck to do away with his opponent .

There was blood all over the floor , this was not the first fight and by the looks of the crowds enthusiasm , this would not be the last .

Dean turned around , Wondering why he had not heard anything from May .

She wasn't next to him , neither was Blade .

So much for watching each other's backs .

Dean moved between the crowds , pushing past people as he searched for them .

Their disappearance was putting him on edge .

The crowds cheering increased as the commentator began to here loudly .

" OUR UNDERDOG HAS AN UNDER b***h SAVIOR OR MARTYR . WHICH IS IT ?!!! "

Someone had jumped into the fight at the same moment that May had disappeared from his side ? Didn't seem like a coincidence to Dean .

He veered , changing courses as he began to push his way to the front of the fight .

He eventually burst out to see he was right .

May stood over the other guy who was laying on the bloody floor, he was not moving at all .

" WHAT ?!?? WHAT ??!?? IT SEEMS OUR UNDER b***h WANTS TO TAKE OUR TOP DOG ON . DOES SHE REALIZE THAT HE WILL KILL HER AND THEN FINISH WHAT HE WAS DOING TO OUR POOR UNDERDOG ?!??! "

Truck rushed at May who sidestepped and dodged at the last moment .

Dean's treacherous legs carried him , running into the fight .

He ran straight for Truck's midribs and did a classic throw down.

One second Truck was up and the next , Truck was down .

" AND WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE !?? A SAVIOR FOR THE SAVIOR ? A SAVIOR WHO PUT OUR TOP DOG DOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HIS SEVEN GAUNTLETS ??? A SAVIOR THAT MIGHT BREAK OUR TOP DOG'S STREAK ?!?!? "

Dean turned to May .

" TAKE HIM OUT OF HERE AND MAKE SURE HE'S BREATHING ".

She seemed to want to argue but Dean turned around , he didn't want to listen to it and he didn't even have the leisure of listening to it.

Truck was standing up and if the commentator was right about Truck's seven gauntlet streak , then Truck was going to ground Dean to dust for trying to mess with his streak .

Dean rolled his neck , eliciting a c***k .

He ran forward , his sister's voice whispering in his ear as he did .

" Another one bites the dust ".