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The Gates of Athens
Kratos' ship finally reached the harbor outside of the Gates of Athens; the two naked blonde and brunette women in his bed stirred as Kratos prepared himself for the coming battle. "Stay Kratos, just a bit longer" the blonde said. "Come back to bed, Kratos" the brunette said seductively.
Kratos stopped in his tracks, never once turning back towards the women and said, "WE HAVE REACHED ATHENS, GET YOUR THINGS AND GET OUT." As he walked the halls of the ship he readied his mind for the mission that was to come. His final mission has come at last; a chance to finally be rid of the nightmares that haunt him, and a chance for revenge at what Ares did to him. He didn't even bother thinking about the warrior that Athena mentioned; all he cared about was finishing this final task. He climbed to the deck of the ship as it approached the docks of Athens and approached Athena's statue one more time.
"Find the oracle, Kratos. She will guide you in your quest."
Kratos heard a commotion coming from the docks as Athena finished her sentence; he walked over to the side of the ship, where a board had been prepared for an exit, and saw four Armored Legionnaires locked in combat with a redheaded female warrior. Kratos squinted his eyes to get a better look at the warrior who was fighting the creatures with ease and was shocked to notice something discomforting about this warrior. "A CHILD?" he said to himself then turning back to the statue, "YOU SEND A CHILD TO AIDE ME, ATHENA?"
"Do not underestimate her, Kratos. She is a very skilled and capable warrior who has fought off her fair share of monsters as you have. Besides, you weren't that much older than she when you became the youngest Spartan to ever hold the title of Captain."
Kratos looked back at Pyrrha as she finished off the last Legionnaire by raising her shield to decapitate the creature. After the final body fell to the ground and disintegrated into dust, Pyrrha stood firm and ready for another wave of creatures to arrive if any dared show up. Kratos merely glared at who stood on the docks; he had no quarrel with how Athena sent a woman to help him, he hailed from Sparta after all and Spartan women were arguably just as tough as the men, but the fact that a young-ling was sent to assist him in slaying Ares didn't sit right with him. "UNDERSTAND THIS ATHENA: IF SHE DIES ON THIS QUEST, HER BLOOD WILL BE ON YOUR HANDS. NOT MINE." Kratos left the ship and walked towards the young Huntress who still remained still in anticipation for the next creature to approach. "GIRL" he called out, snapping Pyrrha out of her battle stance and turning towards the direction of the voice.
"Kratos" she replied, placing her weapons back onto her back, "Athena and Hephaestus told me all about you. My name is Pyrrha Nikos. But you can just call me Pyrrha." She stuck her hand out for a handshake to which Kratos gripped in return to test her strength. He was relieved when he noticed that the girl had a firm handshake, knowing that he wouldn't have to baby-sit this new warrior the entire journey.
"YOU SAID THAT ATHENA WAS ONE OF THE GODS WHO TOLD YOU ABOUT ME; I ASSUME SHE ALREADY TOLD YOU WHY WE'RE HERE IN ATHENS?"
"To stop Ares at all costs from destroying the city."
"THAT'S RIGHT. REMEMBER THIS: WE ARE FIGHTING AGAINST A GOD OF OLYMPUS, SO DO NOT HOLD ANYTHING BACK. ONE FINAL THING: WHEN WE DO FIGHT ARES, I WILL BE THE ONE TO KILL HIM. DO YOU UNDERSTAND?"
With determination in her eyes Pyrrha looked at Kratos and replied, "I am very well aware of what Ares did to you, Athena herself informed me that you are the one to kill him. You will get no argument from me."
The two were interrupted by three more Undead Legionnaire as they emerged from the ground through pits of darkness. Kratos and Pyrrha removed their weapons from their backs and readied themselves for the fight to come. Before Pyrrha took take a step forward, Kratos charged towards the three creatures; he swung both of his blades in a vertical, circular motion to launch all three of them and himself into the air. With the creatures at a loss of balance, Kratos began slashing at all of the monsters in the air with his Blades of Chaos before finishing them off with a stream of lightning that emanated from his body and spread into a circle around him (Poseidon's Rage), electrocuting the creatures to death and disintegrating them into nothingness. Pyrrha's mouth dropped at what she just witnessed, when she saw Kratos through Khronos' mirror she knew that he was a disciplined warrior but she didn't expect to see lightning coming out of him.
"COME PYRRHA, THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING."
"What was that just now?"
"WHAT?"
"That lightning show you just displayed…what was that?"
"THAT WAS A GIFT FROM THE GOD OF THE SEAS, POSEIDON. I TOLD YOU, WE CANNOT HOLD ANYTHING BACK."
Kratos and Pyrrha then walked with each other as they traversed alongside the gate that didn't get destroyed during the invasion. They both eventually rounded a corner and jumped across a destroyed walkway and landed on a platform with a large switch sticking from the ground. Kratos pulled the switch to reveal that the platform was an elevator, causing said platform to ascend. When the elevator stopped, Kratos and Pyrrha walked across a wooden deck and turned left at the corner to see two Athenian warriors running for their lives.
"RUN, RUN! THE BEASTS HAVE TAKEN ATHENS!"
As the two ran, one of the soldiers looked back to see two Minotaurs wielding axes stopping themselves from running. One Minotaur was foaming from the mouth as he threw one of his axes towards the soldiers; the furthest soldier back was able to duck out of the way as the ax flew by him, but noticed that it was now on a collision course with his fellow soldier. "LOOK OUT!" is what he shouted toward his fellow soldier. As the soldier turned around, Pyrrha's weapon dropped from above (which was now in its spear mode) at the axe, causing it to be pinned to the ground with the soldier sighing in relief. The other Minotaur standing next to the one that threw the axe then began chasing after the other soldier as he screamed, "NO, NO, STAY AWAY FROM ME!" The Minotaur jumped into the air and brought his axe above his head in an attempt to slam it down onto the running soldier; but instead of killing the soldier, the Minotaur was met with Pyrrha's shield to its face. The Minotaur spun in the air and landed on its back almost to where it first began charging. The shield flew back onto Pyrrha's arm as she grabbed her spear from the ground and readied herself for another attack from the Minotaurs; the two soldiers ran past both Pyrrha and Kratos as they made their way to the elevator. As the elevator descended one of the soldiers shouted, "Thank you for saving us! We will not forget this!" Kratos walked up next to Pyrrha, unsheathed his blades from his back, and readied himself as well. Both warriors glared at the Minotaurs, daring one of them to move…until one finally did. The one that threw the ax began to walk towards the two warriors with one ax still in hand, it then began to charge; Pyrrha and Kratos ran towards the Minotaur as well. Pyrrha jumped in an attempt to stab the Minotaur with her Xiphos only for the beast to block it with its ax. Kratos then launched the Minotaur into the air with his Blades of Chaos, wrapped one blade around the creature's leg, and brought it back down hard against the ground. Pyrrha then finished off the beast by stabbing it through the chest with her bladed weapon. As the first one dissipated into black smoke, the second one was back on its feet ready to fight once again, only to be met with Kratos grabbing the creature by the horns and head butting it to the ground. As the creature fell to the ground, Kratos stepped on top of the beast's chest and attempted to jam his blades down the creature's throat. In a desperate attempt to prevent its death, the Minotaur dropped his ax from his hand and grabbed both of Kratos' arms. The beast struggled, but eventually Kratos ripped his arms away from the creature's grip and slammed his blades down the beast's throat; causing blood to violently squirt out of its mouth. The two then rounded the corner on the other side of the bridge only to be met with another Minotaur that popped out of the ground.
Pyrrha readied herself for another fight, but Kratos rolled his eyes as he picked up an ax that was left behind by the previous half bovine as he said, "WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS!" He threw the ax at the Minotaur's head, causing it to be cut vertically in half and fall to the ground in defeat. The two then continued on their path towards another elevator; Kratos pulled the switch and they ascended once more.
After the elevator came to a halt, the two walked onto solid ground, which was littered with bodies of dead soldiers, and heard voices in the distance. "YOU! Have reinforcements arrived?"
"Ares has brought these beasts to Athens, without help the city will fall!"
"The gate's destroyed…you'll have to find another way…" they never finished their warning as two Undead Legionnaires jumped down behind the soldiers and killed them both. Pyrrha's knee-jerk reaction was to turn her head away from the direction of the slain soldiers as the Legionnaires roared in triumph over their kills. Kratos paid no mind to the deaths of the soldiers as the shaking of the ground distracted him; something big was coming. Pyrrha noticed it as well and looked around to try and figure out where the shaking was originating.
Kratos unsheathed his blades as he said, "DO NOT LET YOUR GUARD DOWN FOR A SINGLE SECOND."
Both warriors stood their ground as they surveyed the area in anticipation for what was to come; Pyrrha was the first to spot it at the corner of her eye. "Kratos, over there!"
Kratos turned his gaze to where Pyrrha pointed: coming up from the nearby cliff first appeared to be a giant metal spiked ball. But there was more to it; the ball moved from side to side as a giant hand appeared next to it. The hand revealed that it belonged to a giant Cyclops as it made its way up from the cliff. The Cyclops wore gray metal armor that covered its shoulders, knees, and head. The creature charged towards the two warriors and attempted to slam its spiked ball onto the warriors, but they both moved out of the way of the Cyclops just in time. The creature pulled its ball from the ground and as it did so, the metal ball began to spin and there seemed to be a sound coming from it as well. The creature then shot its right arm forward to shoot the ball towards Kratos, who rolled out of the way in time. The ball returned to the Cyclops as if it was a yo-yo and continued its rampage. Kratos and Pyrrha both glared at the Cyclops, trying to figure out how to get in close in order to kill it. It was then that Kratos shouted, "PYRRHA, DISTRACT IT!" Pyrrha nodded her head as she transformed her weapon into its rifle mode. She shot a bolt of lightning at the Cyclops' weapon, causing the ball to explode and shrapnel to fly everywhere, even into its stomach. The wounded creature roared in anger as it turned towards Pyrrha, charging towards her as she readied to fire again. Kratos however caught up to the creature and dug his blades into its lower back; the Cyclops roared in pain as it tried to grab Kratos, but the Spartan proved to be too quick as he made his way up the Cyclops' back, jumped into the air and drove his blades through the back of the Cyclops' neck. The Cyclops roared in pain once more as Kratos jumped into the air once again to drive his blades through the creature's helmet to lobotomize it. Blood spilled everywhere as Kratos leapt from the creature's head as it fell in defeat. Before Pyrrha had a chance to congratulate Kratos on a job well done, two more Cyclopes appeared; one from the cliffs and another leapt from the rooftop of one of the taller and sturdier building of Athens. Kratos and Pyrrha stood back to back with each other, both facing towards their own giants. Without saying a word to each other, they both rushed towards their own Cyclops; Kratos' Cyclops prepared to fire its spike ball at him, but Kratos reached it before it could fire. The creature instead decided to attempt to slam Kratos with its normal hand, only for Kratos to dodge to the right and plunge his blade into the exposed portion of the Cyclops' back. Kratos climbed onto the beast's shoulders as it tried to grab him, but he jumped out of the way in time and drove his blades into the beast's exposed chest and pushed himself downward, cutting through the beast's hide and causing its guts to spill everywhere. The beast fell to the ground as it disappeared into nothingness.
Pyrrha charged towards her Cyclops as it fired its spike ball at her, only for her to use her semblance to push the ball away from her by a few inches; thus making it look like the Cyclops missed. She slid between the creature's legs while slicing at its ankles; the creature fell to its knee as Pyrrha stood behind it. She then ran up the beast's back, drove her xiphos into the back of its neck, jumped out of the way of its hand, landed on the ground, and stabbed through the bottom of the Cyclops' jaw with her spear, skewing all the way through its head. Pyrrha held up her shield to avoid the blood spilling on her as the creature fell backwards before disappearing into dust.
Both warriors looked around the battlefield for a few seconds waiting for any more creatures to ambush them, but when none arrived Pyrrha sighed in relief. Both warriors re-sheathed their weapons as they walked towards the destroyed gates that the soldiers from earlier shouted from. Pyrrha bowed her head in respect towards the soldiers who lay dead on the other side of the gate. "WE NEED TO FIND A DIFFERENT ROUTE." Kratos surveyed every aspect of battlefield until he looked into the sky and saw a ballista resting on a rooftop that pointed towards the inside of the gate; he found his way in, now he just needed a way to get to it. He searched again to find a statue of an old philosopher that reached high above the building, he then formulated a plan to get to the statue and knock it over in order to reach the ballista. All he needed now was a way to the statue. He then found a building that was still in decent shape with no doors guarding it, "THIS WAY." The two entered the building and made their way down a hallway until they came across a room with giant solid boxes stacked on top of each other, with some piled on top of not so sturdy boxes. The two split up to search the room for any sign of an exit. As Pyrrha made her way to one corner of the room, she noticed a small slimmer of light escaping from a crack behind a pile of three giant boxes that was supported by one that wasn't so sturdy. She decided to test a theory as she unsheathed her bladed weapon from her back and destroyed the supporting box on the bottom. The stack fell, still on top of each other, to reveal a doorway.
"I think I just found our way out," Pyrrha said delightfully. Kratos made his way to where Pyrrha stood and looked around for any more stacks that were reminiscent to the one Pyrrha destroyed. He then found another stack of boxes supported by an incomplete box at the bottom near the entrance and destroyed it as well. They then traversed the top of each stack until they reached the doorway. On the other side lay a doorway that was blocked by a pillar of orange light with two statues of Zeus standing on each side. Both warriors jumped down and landed in front of the altar. Kratos and Pyrrha walked up the steps of the altar until an image of a beautiful woman appeared in front of them through the light.
"APHRODITE."
"Kratos, the gods are pleased with you and your protégé's progress. But your current skills will not be enough to defeat the minions of Ares. I offer you the power to freeze your enemies where they stand, but you must earn such a gift."
While Aphrodite spoke with Kratos about this power, Pyrrha heard a hissing sound coming from a crate that was held in the air by chains. "Kratos…" Pyrrha said in a warning tone, causing Kratos to turn his head toward the direction of the hissing noise as well. On top of the crate slithered a pink and red colored Gorgon, the snakes on her head hissed as she screeched at the two warriors. She then crawled onto the side of the box and disappeared into a dark portal, only to reappear in front of them slowly, showing off her exposed breasts as she slithered from side to side.
"Medusa, the Queen of the Gorgons. Bring me her head Kratos, and I will give you the ability to wield its power."
As Medusa laughed at the challengers that stood in front of her, Kratos tightened the grip on his blades as Pyrrha readied her weapons against the Queen of the Gorgons.
Medusa shot a wave of green light from her eyes at both warriors as they both rolled out of the way to avoid being turned to stone. Kratos swung his blades towards Medusa's direction, managing to land a few blows on her and cutting her skin. Medusa screamed in pain as she quickly swung her tail at Kratos only for the Spartan to block it. She then make a b-line towards Pyrrha in an attempt to scratch her with her claws, but Pyrrha held up her shield in time as Medusa's claws scratched her shield; Pyrrha then slashed at Medusa's torso and landed a cut on her stomach. Medusa screamed in pain again as she quickly distanced herself from Pyrrha and shot a stream of green light from her eyes again. Pyrrha and Kratos rolled out of the way again, but Kratos decided to roll towards Medusa as she finished the glare. Kratos grabbed Medusa by the face and slammed her down into the ground. As she struggled to get back up, Kratos grabbed Medusa by the top and bottom end of her head and twisted it violently, causing a loud crack to be heard. He then twisted the head the other way and ripped Medusa's head from her body, causing blood to poor everywhere before turning to dust.
Aphrodite spoke once again as she witnessed the death of Medusa, "Freeze and destroy them all with Medusa's Gaze and the power of the Gorgon will be yours."
"Destroy them all? What does she mean by…oh…" Pyrrha realized what Aphrodite meant when three Minotaurs popped up from pits of darkness from the ground. Kratos then held up Medusa's head and activated the creature's gaze as the Minotaurs swung their axes towards the Spartan, only to be turned to stone with their weapons nowhere near the pale warrior. Pyrrha took the opportunity and destroyed each statue with her xiphos. Six more Minotaurs appeared, not at the same time, and the process repeated itself until Aphrodite was convinced that Kratos and Pyrrha were ready.
"Go with the Gods Kratos and Athena's young warrior. Go forth in the name of Olympus."
Author's Note: HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! A few days late to say it, but whatever. Anyways, after much time deliberating with myself about what to do with this story and with some of you actually interested in seeing this through I decided...screw it, I'll continue this thing. As mentioned though, school will be starting up for me soon so don't expect this story to come out as quickly as it usually does. Anyways, hope you enjoy the first ACTUAL CHAPTER of this story!