Punch From the Heavens
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The sonic boom caught the attention of the supervisors.
"What the-" exclaimed a supervisor. "Hey," he tapped the shoulder of the other supervisor that is behind him. "What is that?"
"What?" he exclaimed after he saw cloud dust from the rope climbing obstacle to the monkey bar. "What's with that kid?"
They watched him as he spits to the side and started to move through the monkey bars with ease and such speed that it almost destroyed the obstacle. It only took five seconds for him to finish that one hundred-meter long monkey bar.
"This kid...," they exclaimed.
"These are for babies...," said Leo. "No challenge at all."
"Thirty seconds left!" said Sir Heracles using a megaphone.
"Long enough..."
Most of the students have finished the course, but five are still on it. Leo stretched his back and shook his shoulder, then he burst out from where he came from.
"There are six obstacles left, I'll do each of them in five seconds."
The supervisors were amazed and watched in awe as Leo finished the first in five seconds.
"This is unbelievable!" exclaimed the supervisor. "But I see that he didn't cheat or anything! Who is this kid?!!"
"The rest of you, go back to your dorms!" said Sir Heracles at the finished students. They hurriedly ran away from him, and not noticing what's happening at the obstacle course as the dust cloud became bigger. When they arrived at the forest, that's when Sander found Philip.
"Philip," said Sander while running. "What about Leo?"
"I'm sure he passed. Maybe he is behind the crowd."
Sander looked back and he saw a lot of students behind him that he cannot see the rest who are behind them. "I hope you're right..."
"Ten seconds left!" said Sir Heracles. Some students managed to finish in time and those who haven't witnessed the speeding up boy that suddenly caught up to them at such speed.
"Five! Four! Three! Two! One! TIMES UP, TADPOLES!" Sir Heracles was at the line, and he turned around and saw Leo facing away from him. "The rest of you, students here, are ALL FAILED!! Including you!" He pointed down at Leo.
"What's that?" asked Leo while looking at Sir Heracles with fierce eyes. Heracles is intimidated.
"I didn't see you coming towards the finish line."
"That's because I am too fast for your slow eyes to see."
"Are you disrespecting me? If you had that kind of speed, I would've felt something in the air! It is obvious that you cheated, so you fail!"
"I assure you, sir. I never cheated."
"It's hard to believe, sir," said a supervisor together with other supervisors that witnessed what has happened. "but this kid finished most of the obstacles in five seconds each!"
"What?" said Heracles. "Are you drunk? This brat?" He pointed at Leo. "No brat is able to finish an obstacle with that small time! I've known that for my years of experience in this academy. It is obvious that he played a trick on you and slipped through the finish line without going through the obstacles!"
"But sir-"
"No more words! He fails!" Heracles walked away from them.
"Sir," said Leo, but he didn't even think to look back. "If I beat you, will you allow me to pass?"
"Hey, kid!" said a man among the supervisors. He grabbed Leo by his shirt. "Don't talk to Sir Heracles like that! You're gonna get yourself killed."
Leo just looked at the man in the eye with a smirk. "You say that because you're the one who's weak."
"You-" He prepared to punch Leo.
All of a sudden, the man flew up ten feet in the air. They are all shocked as they saw Leo with his right fist into the air.
"What?"
"How is he so fast and strong?"
"This kid!"
"Arghhhhh!" screamed someone who charged at Leo.
All of the supervisors joined and prepared to attack him from all directions. They were about to hold him when he suddenly disappeared.
"Where did he go?"
"Up!"
Leo has his right leg preparing for a downward heel kick. He spins forward while falling down with such force that the ground exploded. The men screamed in pain and shock, for they weren't expecting it. They went flying in all directions.
"All of you, get away from him!" shouted Sir Heracles.
The scene was like a bomb explosion. The dust cleared up and they saw Leo inside the crater, created by his kick.
"I am serious about fighting you, Sir Heracles," he said while brushing his hair up with his fingers. "You want to run away from me? I won't stop you." He laughed.
Heracles smiled in anger. He is intimated by what Leo said. "Alright, now that I know that you are not a normal brat, I think you are prepared to have your limbs broken!"
He entered the crater that served as their ring. The crater is several ten meters wide, so it is an ideal place for them to fight.
Leo let out a dash and a punch that Heracles blocked with his crossed arms. The punch made a big explosion.
"Not bad for a brat," said Heracles.
Leo ducked and did a low spinning sweep kick. It was fast and he is very small for Heracles to see what's going on, so he fell down the ground. He rolled away from him and dodged the punch. The ground shook after the missed.
They both charged and delivered blows to each other in high speeds and strength that the explosions created dust all around them. The spectating supervisors aren't able to see what is going on.
The two blocked each other's counters until Leo landed a punch on Heracles' left cheek using a right hook. The big man came flying backward but didn't fall down on his back.
"That's good!" he exclaimed. "Now, it's my turn!"
He screamed and charged towards Leo. It is a blinding speed he leaped towards Leo with a prepared fist. Leo saw it coming, and simply dodged to the left, then used his right elbow to strike on Heracles' head. The speed of which he charged towards Leo is so great, that the impact of his elbow strike knocked him on the ground.
"Too fast!" said a spectator.
That blow was still ineffective against Heracles. His head is buried on the ground but he pulled it out with anger on his face.
"Now I am pissed!" He is surprised to see Leo already in a form of a motion to deliver a heavy blow that's coming to his face. "I can't dodge or block this!" he thought.
Leo's fist hit his face. It is almost as if his fist went deep inside his face like a pillow. The sound was like a rock against rock. Heracles came flying deep into the forest.
"Tschhh...," scoffed Leo while wiping his nose with his thumb.
"This is serious!" said a supervisor. "Sir Heracles is defeated, how much can we do? This kid is a monster!"
"Let's get out of here!"
"Okay!" They all fled from the battlefield.
Leo is satisfied with his win, so he stood proud. "Easy..." He felt a sudden danger. "What is this power?" he asked himself. He looked at the sky and he saw something that divided the clouds.
A warrior descended from Olympus head-first at high speed. He is clad in a modern battlesuit. He shined against the sun, and his black hair flowed with the wind. He looked calm and saw Leo looking up to him in awe.
"Oh, it's a kid...," he said in a disappointment. "A job's still a job from the King... Time for you to sleep, kiddo."
"Enzo!" yelled Leo in fear.
Enzo pulled his left fist and boringly said, "Flying Punch:" His eyes narrowed down. "Punch From the Heavens."
And the next thing happened is that the whole training field exploded as if a meteorite fell down on it.
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