Artemis POV
Running in the woods with my bow in hand, the wind blowing in my hair, and the sounds of nature just made me feel at home. The bow in my hand is midnight black with silver waves etched along the length of the bow. Mother said it was a gift that was left by a man that had helped her find the cave we were currently staying in. He told her that the bow was to be given to her first born and that it would help them be more in tune with their natural instincts. And it is true, my hunting skills surpassed that of any mortal and any god and grew more and more day by day. My thoughts were interrupted when a deer walked in front of me along with three others. I notched an arrow getting ready to fire when a pack of wolves attacked the deer's. I sighed in frustration at seeing my prey be devoured by them. As I began to turn around one of the wolves spotted me and got the attention of the other wolves. They began to transform into half men and half beasts and stood up on two legs and began to chuckle.
"Hello Artemis Phoebe, daughter of Zeus and Leto. We heard that mother earth wants you dead, and we intend to please her." The alpha wolf said and he lunged at her.
Quickly I dove to the left and notched an arrow and shot it at the hybrid behind the alpha. The hybrid disintegrated and left a fine golden dust behind. I notched another three arrows and let them fly blindly at the rest of the pack. One of the hybrids lunged at me and I blocked his attack with my bow which snapped into two, or so I thought. The two halves turned into a pair of hunting knives which felt well balanced and were about two feet in length. I slashed at the hybrid and as soon as the blade pierced its skin it turned into dust. The alpha came at me with hatred in its eyes for me killing its pack. It slashed at me in a flurry of strikes without remorse and with precision with every other strike making contact with my skin. Cuts formed all over my arms, legs, and a few even on my face. I wasn't used to fighting in close combat so I was tiring out extremely quickly with the constant barrage he was attacking me with while he was fine and didn't even look like he was breaking a sweat.
"Puny god you are no match for me. You are but a child when it comes to fighting against a far superior killing machine." He said as he laughed. He lunged at me with unreal speed as he attacked me with his claws. He dodged every single strike that I launched and even managed to redirect my attack right at me.
"You know, it would be a lot better if you just come with me and not to mention it'd be a lot easier."
"No! I will never go with you!" I said and desperately threw my knives straight at his eyes but he just caught them and smiled a wolfs grin.
"Now what will you do? You are weaponless and have nothing to stop me with." And as soon as he finished saying that he lunged with both knives aimed at my throat. I closed my eyes and braced myself for the inevitable end when I heard a whimper.
"Now, now, now. Don't get frisky with the lovely young lady you dog." Another voice said. I opened my eyes and saw a figure in a long cloak with a strange symbol on it. The figure had the Alpha pinned to the tree by its neck. The wolf struggle but to no avail.
"Who, are, you?" the wolf choked out.
"Me? I'm known by many names throughout the universe, but you can call me Omega, the end." He said in a menacing tone towards him as he stabbed the wolf with both knives and he disintegrated into dust.
I began to walk towards the man in the cloak. "Who are you? Why did you save me?"
He turned around and handed me my two hunting knives which turned back into my bow. "Are you ok?"
His question made me rethink the events that just took place. I almost died and he just came out of nowhere and saved me. Could it be someone that father sent to save me? "I think I am. Thank you for saving me."
He smiled at me and nodded. "Of course, I'm more than happy to save you. I'm guessing that you are wondering who am I exactly and why I went through the trouble of saving you."
I nodded at him in confirmation and he grinned. "I am Omega as you heard earlier and I am the son of Chaos and Order."
I looked at him dumbfounded. I may have only been alive for a few days but mother did explain to me about the titans, primordial's, and the creator of the universe. She told me about Lady Chaos and how she is the creator of everything in existence but who is this Order. "You are kidding, right? I've never heard of someone named Order nor of you."
He leaned on a nearby tree and had a thoughtful look. "Well most people throughout the Universe don't know this but my father is the co-creator of the universe. He creates the planets, the solar systems, the galaxies, and the universes. My mother creates all other beings in existence and the powers they are granted. He creates the universe and she creates life."
I looked at him shocked at hearing that it was not one but two people who work together to make the world we know. "That's amazing. How come now one knows about Order? And what about you? How come the gods and titans here never mentioned a son of the creator?"
He looked off into the distance with a look in his eyes that was debating whether to tell her. Minutes passed until he looked at her once again. "Look you must swear on my mother's name to never mention this to anyone unless I tell you that you can or I present myself to the rest of your family. Understand?" he asked and I nodded. "Repeat after me, I swear to Chaos that I will not speak a word of what will be told to me by Omega."
I repeated what he said and a dark mist swirled around me. It flew into my mouth and nose and I felt something heavy weighing down my soul. "What happened?"
"You have just sworn an oath by my mother, any oath sworn by her will bind the soul of the oath taker and if that oath is broken their soul will be sent directly to the void without hopes of ever reforming or being reborn."
I paled slightly at hearing what he told me but I nodded in understanding at his caution of sharing this information with anyone outside of his family. I took a deep breath and motioned for him to go on.
"My father was given a prophecy that supposedly states that he will fade after facing a being that will put the entire multiverse and time itself in danger. He accepts that he must fade and therefore must be sure he fades. For that to happen he must not be known so that the beings of the universe do not give him more power through worshipping. And I am a closely guarded secret for fear that End will find me and kill me." He said sadly. The look on his face said that it pained him to accept those words. That his father was fated to die no matter what and that one of the most powerful beings in the universe was willing to accept it.
"That's horrible. It must be heartbreaking to know that your father will pass to save the universe."
His face had a blank expression devoid of emotion. "It's a bitter pill to swallow but if he accepts his fate then I will respect his decision. Now I must get going milady, if I stay too long End will find me but I will keep an eye on you and if you ever need help just call my name out and I'll be there." He said as he opened a portal and began walking towards it.
"Wait! Who is this End you speak of? And why does End want to kill you?" I asked quickly.
He stopped right before crossing through the portal. He turned his head slightly and I could see the tears threatening to escape and fall down his cheek. "End wants me dead because of the power that lays dormant inside me. End wants the power to wipe the universe clean of everything my parents made, to start fresh and shape the universe in her image of perfection."
His body physically tensed as he said those words and again he worked his way around saying who End is. "Who is End?"
He began to step through the portal and in an emotionless voice he said something that made my heart break. "End is the first daughter of the universe, she's my sister."
~~~~~~TIME SKIP~~~~~~
Running through the trees with the hunt was one of the most amazing things in my life. All of them were my surrogate daughters but also my sisters in arms and I would die for any of them. Out of my left eye I saw Phoebe shoot three arrows at a hellhound that was following us and out of my right eye I saw Zoe shoot a dracaena. I smiled at the clean shots they took and nodded at both. The rest of the girls were behind us silent as the night since we were on the hunt for a pack of hellhounds that had terrorized a village. My senses were heightened and I was on full alert. I felt a presence coming from right in front of us and I signaled the girls to stop and get into good shooting positions. I dropped down to the ground and took out my bow, notched an arrow, and took aim. As the person came into view I lowered the bow and a smile formed on my lips.
"Artemis. I found the pack of hellhounds a few meters ahead and they number in the dozens. What's worrisome is that they are currently with a small squad of dracaena and cyclopes. To many for us to handle." He said.
I pursed my lips and thought of a strategy to take on the treat. I'm sure that the hunters can handle the hellhounds and that would leave the dracaena and the cyclopes to me and Orion. "Ok here's the plan. You and I will lead the dracaena and the cyclopes away from the hellhounds and the hunters will take care of them. We will deal with the rest and then we will regroup." I said and he nodded. I quickly relayed the information to Zoe and she took the girls and got them into position. Orion and I ran towards the group of monsters, took aim at the commanding dracaena, and fired. The lead dracaena turned to dust and the rest pursued us. Orion fell behind me to cover me and I found a clearing. "Orion assume sword and shield maneuver." I said and I turned my bow into my hunting knives while Orion perched himself on a nearby tree and began firing. A cyclops swung its club at me which narrowly missed my head. I jumped on top of him and sliced its head off then back flipped off him onto another cyclops and stabbed its eye out. Next to me a cyclops disintegrated as three arrows were lodged where its heart should be and one in its eye. A dracaena threw its spear at me which I redirected to a cyclops behind me. I threw my knife at her and she was gone while two more begun to approach me.
"Daughter of Zeus! We shall have your head for destroying our sisters!" they hissed out then they attacked. The one to my right played distance with her spear while the one on the right played at close quarters with her sword. I dodged the spear with ease but was pressed hard by the sword and was even being pushed back. Suddenly I was knocked on the ground hard by a cyclops and the dracaena took my knives. "You shall decorate the hall of our lord once he rises! Goodbye puny goddess!" one of the dracaena said as she raised her sword to end my life until arrows sprouted from all of them.
"You know Artemis keep this up and you will end up owing me several saves." He said cockily as he extended his hand to help me up.
"Thank you Orion for the help but I'm perfectly fine." I said slightly annoyed and shoved his hand away.
A scowl appeared on his face. "Is that any way to talk to the person that just saved you? Be more grateful. In fact, how about you thank me with a little something." He said and he pushed me against a tree pinning my arms behind my back. He smiled as he looked at me with lust in his eyes. "Oh how I waited patiently for this day to come. The great Artemis is now powerless before me. You know something remember that poor hunter that ended up committing suicide. That was because she was carrying a child, my child. I had my way with her and she couldn't face you because she was ashamed she let herself fall prey to me. They call you the huntress but now you are prey before a real hunter and I will make sure that they no longer call you the eternal virgin goddess." He said as he began to kiss my neck and strip me of my clothes. I struggled to get him off but I couldn't. He pinned me to the ground and tied up my hands. "Celestial bronze chains that I stole from Aphrodite when I had my night with her. These chains restrain your powers and keep you from assuming your true form. So, no use in struggling anymore because you are mine."
Tears began to trickle down my face and I whispered his name, 'Omega'. Nothing happened and I knew he would not make it. I was completely naked and so was Orion with him positioned to enter my womanhood with his manhood.
"This will be so much fu…." He began to say only to stop as a hand appeared through his chest.
"I sentence you to eternal damnation in the void as your soul is forever lost in its darkness." A dark voice said as Orion began to fade away in a shriek of agony. And there he was, Omega. "My lady here put this on." He said as he took off his black cloak and he wrapped it around me with the cloak shrinking down to fit my form. The front closed and wrapped tightly around my bare skin.
"Thank you Omega, for saving me." I said shakily.
He had a dark look about his eye and spat on all that remained of Orion. "Think nothing of it. The moment I heard you call my name out I came back from another universe and teleported here. When I saw the scene before me as that animal was about to defile you I did the only sensible thing, I killed him and sent him to the void."
"Thank you Omega, for a moment I thought you had forgotten about me when you didn't come instantly."
"How could I forget about you Artemis? You have literally plagued my thoughts and dreams for the past decades."
A blush crept on my face as he said that, "You thought about me all this time?"
"Of course I have because I have never met anyone as wonderful as you. I've watched you grow into a proud warrior and natural leader to your hunters. I just don't know what came over you when it came to Orion."
"I made a mistake, I let my guard down because I was infatuated with his looks and his skill in archery that reviled even mines. Apollo told me to watch out but I didn't. I'm so stupid and to think I thought that he was…."
"He was whom?"
"I thought he was you. I thought that you had come back after all these years of silence. When we first met, I felt something deep down inside for you that to this day I don't know what it is. Admiration? Respect? Attraction? Love? I don't know what it is but it has plagued me since then. And I don't know what to do. You are the only man that I respect in the entire universe and it goes against my oaths and domains."
"I hereby absolve you of your oaths. You may still have control over your given domains but you will not be bound by them." He said and I saw golden chains appear on my hands then break as he set me free from my oaths. He placed a hand on my cheek, leaned in closer, and looked at my eyes with his. I leaned in to close the gap and we kissed. To say that it was amazing was an understatement. It felt like a million volts of electricity was coursing through our lips and everything around us became clearer.
"Artemis I just granted you complete control of your domains heightening your powers to that of a primordial. Not only that but you also have control over lightning, wind, and darkness. Look on your wrist and feel your neck."
I looked at my wrist and saw a bracelet with an omega symbol in the middle that glowed brightly and hummed with power and on my neck, was a necklace. "What do they do?" I asked aww struck.
"The necklace prevents your new powers from showing so it keeps your powers in your previous power level which is that of an Olympian and once you take it off all of the power you have will be unlocked and you will have access to it. The bracelet houses your new symbol of power. Take it off and see for yourself.
I took it off and a silver blade sprung in my hand. Perfectly balanced and shaped in that off a leaf. Once my awe faded in seeing my new sword I realized that my body felt different.
"You may feel heavier but that's perfectly normal as you now have more power than ever before and your body is trying to adjust. Once it does you will feel lighter and all your senses and abilities will be enhanced hundred-fold." He said as he placed a finger on my forehead and suddenly the knowledge of how to create a barrier entered my mind. "The barrier is so that you can train with your powers without alerting the rest of the gods and goddesses. Now, I must go Artemis there is a war brewing on my home planet against End and I fear I will not see you for a long time. If you do not hear from me for a while, then you know what happened. Take care of your sisters and help lead the Olympians into a new age. Goodbye Artemis." He said as he disappeared in a flash leaving me alone once again.
~~~~~~TIME SKIP~~~~~~
November 4, 1992
It's been centuries since I last heard from him. Not even a sign was sent to say that he was alive. Deep down I didn't want to believe that he may be gone but as time went on it seemed more likely that he was no longer be with us. I was standing on a rock just before the water cascaded down Niagara Falls in the pale moon light. I could see in the distance where my hunters had camped and what they were doing. It was relatively calm until a black vortex appeared next to me. I was jumping for joy thinking that Omega had come back and survived the war and that I would give him a beating for not contacting me sooner. But that joy was dashed as a woman in a dark black dress appeared before me.
"I am sorry Artemis Phoebe. My son is dead."