Warnings: Slight mention of blood

~3rd P.O.V.~

     Vikk is vaguely aware of both Jerome and Skybrine tumbling through holes in the snow, one straight after the other.  So far both him and 'WitherMU' have been playing it safe, circling each other and neither of them striking out often. Every once in a while, WitherMU's bats will dart forward, or Vikk will strike the delicate ground with his throwing stars, but they seem to be stalling more than anything, Vikk waiting for an opportunity to strike and vice versa. Unlike Jerome, who charged Skybrine like a maniac, swinging his axe around, Vikk's playing it safer and vice versa.

     Finally after what seems like an eternity of wasting, seeing who will lash out first, WitherMU decides he's had enough, and draws a gleaming enchanted diamond sword. Vikk eyes the weapon, calmly drawing two daggers.

     "My daggers against your sword? That's hardly a fair fight... I'll try to be gentle."
     
     WitherMU's blank white eyes glint momentarily in a display of anger, having fell for the taunt. He leaps forward, sailing over a few gaps, and swings the sword towards Vikk with incredible strength. I'm a flash, Vikk has his daggers up in an 'X' shape, and the shining blade of WitherMU's sword is abruptly stopped. But as the three blades clash in a shower of sparks, Vikk finds a sudden jolt of energy coursing through him, and he's thrown back several blocks, nearly into a hole. Knockback.... III most likely. Vikk distinguishes, quickly hopping back in his feet. I need to disarm him, there's no way I can fight normally when he's wielding a sword with Knockback III.

     The diamond blade comes streaking down once again, and Vikk ducks out of the way. Vikk hurls a few throwing stars at the ground underneath WitherMU, and he hops back out of the way. An idea pops into Vikk's head suddenly, and he pulls out even more stars, chucking the once again at and around WitherMU's feet. Again, he jumps back and out of the way. Vikk throws more. WitherMU jumps back. Now there's at least a thirty block space, littered with holes, lying between Vikk and WitherMU... And his knockback diamond sword. Vikk smirks as WitherMU frowns in realization at what Vikk just did. But now, most importantly, Vikk has the advantage. Vikk has an arsenal of long range projectiles, and as far as he knows, the only thing WitherMU has is three space-bats at a time.

    Vikk lets throwing stars fly in rapid succession, his arms a blur as the sharp black projectiles spin towards the ground and WitherMU himself. With a scowl, WitherMU orders his space-bats forward, white eyes narrowing. They soon widen as the space-bats are cut down, and at least fifteen other throwing stars are sailing at him. He dives to the side in a desperate attempt to avoid them, but some still graze his back and legs, and one even lodges itself into his side, fresh blood instantly falling. The crowd boos. Rage fills WitherMU, and that was the last straw. He snarls in frustration, tearing out the star in his side and throwing to the ground.

    "ENOUGH!" He shouts, voice carrying easily across the field.

    Vikk freezes mid-throw, and watches with wide eyes as suddenly, a white glow is surrounding WitherMU. The crowd erupts with cheers as, just barley visible through the blinding light, WitherMU begins to transform yet again. Vikk realizes too late what's happening, and by the time the throwing star he had been holding reaches WitherMU, something square, dark grey, and fast shoots out to intercept it, colliding with a huge blast. The white aura falls away, and as the smoke clears, Vikk's stomach drops. There, floating not thirty blocks away, is WitherMU's second, and more powerful, form.

     Hence the name, WitherMU's second form looks frighteningly similar to a real Wither boss. The bottom half is the exact same, a long charred spine trailing down, with blackened ribs jutting out from either side almost all the way down. But the top half is what distinguishes WitherMU as being a hyrbid. The collar bones and bones that support the three heads are a blue, like Jason's spacesuit, but only a tad duller. The centre head looks just like the head of WitherMU's first form, and the two smaller heads on either side of him resemble the helmet of his space suit. Standing just as tall and wide as the actual Wither, WitherMU floats above the ground, with no fear of falling.

    Vikk is so busy taking in WitherMU's new form he doesn't notice the Wither skull spinning right at him. He just barely managed to dive out of the way, covering his head as the skull explodes behind him, knocking out a large chunk of snow. Vikk scrambles to his feet, panting heavily, contemplating how on earth he's supposed to take down this monstrosity before him. Simply rushing in with daggers isn't going to do it. WitherMU will be able to fly out of the way with ease. Projectiles aren't really a good option, because the wither skulls will simply intercept them. Unlike when the first WitherMU only had three space-bats to protect him at a time, this new form can shoot rapid fire skulls, at no limit. So what am I supposed to do?

    Vikk ducks under another wither skull, only to find a second one right behind it. It slams directly into Vikk, and he's thrown back several blocks, and into a hole. WitherMU lets out a ghastly cry of victory, and the crowd erupts in cheer. Until, a shaking hand claws its way back out of the hole. Vikk had managed to catch the edge of the block, and is now desperately trying to pull himself back up. Pain wreaks havoc on him, the wither effect tearing through his body and mind, causing him to scream out in pain as a particularly strong wave smashes into him, nearly causing him to loose his grip and fall.

     Tears prick his eyes, and WitherMU watches with genuine surprise as Vikk claws his way out of the hole, shaking and crying, bruises and gashes littering his body around where the skull hit. To both of their surprises, come of the crowd cheers as Vikk shakily pulls himself to his feet, clutching a broken arm, knees about to buckle. WitherMU glares, blasts another skull directly at Vikk. Vikk, to weak to do anything but watch, stares blankly as the distance between him and the skull rapidly closes. Only five blocks away from delivering a fatal blow, suddenly a ball of purple flame is intercepting it, causing it to explode prematurely. WitherMU whirls around with s ghastly cry of rage, glaring daggers at Enderlox. For the sake of not spoiling the next chapter, I'm not going to describe Enderlox's condition ;)

     "Idiot! You can't kill him! It's against the rules!" Enderlox growls out, before quickly returning to his own fight.

    WitherMU lets out another disembodied cry of frustration, and Vikk realizes he must be unable to talk normally in this form. Instead, WitherMU simply charges Vikk, with intent of simply knocking him into a hole in his weakened state. But in those few seconds Enderlox had distracted WitherMU, Vikk has found something in his inventory he completely forgot about, which he now fingers subtlety in the hand of his injured arm. When WitherMU passes the twenty block mark, Vikk shifts the blue-green orb into his good hand, and let's the object fly.

    The orb shatters against WitherMU's chest, and in a cloud of purple smoke, WitherMU suddenly finds Vikk's literally on him, gripping onto him with his good arm for dear life. Wide white eyes suddenly narrow, and WitherMU flails around, trying to buck Vikk off. He knows, despite the tempting urge to, he can't blast Vikk again in risk of killing him and losing the battle, later facing Skybrines wrath. But no matter how he twists and turns, Vikk somehow manages to keep on, although it clearly pains him. And then, in the blink of an eye, Vikk suddenly clambers down lowers so he's clinging onto the mid-section of WitherMU's ribs. Hooking his legs through the ribs, WitherMU crying in protest, Vikk twists and eyes down a particularly large hole in the beat up ground. Despite the shaking and bucking of WitherMU, Vikk hurls the enderpearl accurately at the hole.

     Vikk catches WitherMU's gaze, smirks weakly, and in a second they're both gone in a puff of purple smoke...

    Reappearing underneath the dome.

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Question of the chapter:

What was the most surprising part?

My answer: if I wasn't the one who wrote it, I'd say Enderlox saving Vikk, or Vikk climbing back up lol