Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-28439145-20171025010740/@comment-28439145-20171025215728

Henry grimaced at the cold, hard floor of his prison cell. He was in the corner of it, scratching at the dirty concrete with disgust as stone tore at his claws. A tiger paced back and forth in front of him, growling and wiping his nose. He was sweating heavily due to all the layers of armor he was required to wear. Henry snarled and bared his teeth at him. "So," Henry hissed through his fangs. "Who's fighting today?" "You," said the guard, stopping and staring Henry in the eyes. Henry stared back and curled his lip, but looked away. "Who am I fighting?" "The dog." Henry looked at hs tail. "Which dog? There are lots of miserable dogs here." "The rottweiler. The one who can sap your life force." Henry scraped the floor angrily. "You think it's fair to pit me against someone like him? You think it's entertaining? You think it's funny? Well, ha ha, it's pretty funny now, isn't it." Henry jumped up from his spot and raced to the bars as his paw flew out, reaching for the tiger's face. In a few milliseconds Henry was back against the wall and the guard had an ugly red scar across his nose and eyes. The guard roared in anger and whipped towards Henry, but the ferret had already retreated back to his corner. "Don't get too angry," said Henry. "More blood'll come out."

Henry could feel the dust under his paws. He clawed it, and one of his claws chipped. He yanked his foot to his eyes and gasped, resisting the urge to yelp in pain. Foam dripped from his mouth.

The tiger guard grabbed him by the scruff and dragged him further into the arena, where he was met by the dog. The rottweiler. Meir? Henry couldn't remember his name. The dog had long pink marks all over his body which seemed to be eating away at his skin. They looked like some sort of desease, but Henry was sure they were just scars. Meir let out a huff and glared at Henry with a look of pure rage. He looked ready to tear off Henry's limbs. Growling, he tried to lunge forward but a chain held him back. He howled in frustration and turned around, trying to tear off the harness.

It's no use, thought Henry. We are all prisoners here, and we will be until the day we finally lose. Meir screamed and barked loudly, making some observers cover their ears. Henry wanted to cover his too, but his paw was throbbing and he didn't want to move it.

"Well, everybody. We have our two contestants ready and waiting. Who are they? Let's find out. HENRY!!!" The next second was screaming and yelling and chaos. Henry flinched as a plastic jewel bounced off his head. More pelted his body as shrieks rang out around him. "Henry here has super speed."

"Geez, imagine how hard it would have been to wrangle that little guy in the wild!"

"He's probably real slippery, even in captivity."

"I heard that he insults the guards!"

"Is that how that one tiger got his scar?"

"Maybe, who knows? Anyways, he's gotta be trouble. Maybe I shouldn't root for him."

"And we also have... MEIR!!!!"

More cheers, and Henry heard people shouting about how Meir would surely win. He felt like throwing up.

So this is the day I die.

''Huh. Who would've thought.''