The three of us just wanted an escape from our normal boring lives. There was Henry, he was an office assistant. His life consisted of fetching coffees. There was Benni, he is a high school student who was top of all his classes. Then there was me the street rat who lived from shelter to shelter. Little did the three of us know that the escape we wanted would come in the form of a letter offering a vacation in paradise. That vacation turned out to be a trip outside of our solar system and sold to pirates. We were preparing for a competition. They wanted us to fight or something, I’m not exactly sure. As we stepped into the arena, we could the crowd screaming but it wasn’t in a language we could understand.

“What do think they are saying?” Benni asked us.

“Probably something like ‘kill’ or ‘die.’ My understanding is they want us to fight.” I responded.

“What do they want us to fight?” Henry asked with a look of fear.

“Whatever it is as long as we’re not fighting each other.” I said. We stopped talking as a loud bang sounded in the arena. Another bang sounded as the rolled open a huge door on the other side of the arena. Through the open door entered a huge ugly monster. It was a dull green, about seven feet tall, and covered in a snot like slime.

“I guess we know what it is we are fighting.” I stated.