Chapter 6
Summary: A new player has entered the eternal battle between the dark and the light. But this is one is different. He's a weapon, a fighter, and a damn good hunter. His next prey, a Kryptonian.
(A/N: Blood, swearing, sexual content, teenagers etc. Enjoy)
Ares sat in the stands of the arena, his helmet right beside him. His red eyes held boredom in them as he saw two Amazons battle it out. They were fighting hard, but not going for the kill.
'I suppose Amazons are more resistant than he thought' Ares contemplates, 'let's put a little work into it, shall we?'
He stretches his hand out and prepared to use his power. But as he does, gives a gasp of pain. He looks down at it to see glowing cracks in his hands. So it seemed like even a god like him has limits.
'No matter' Ares thought as the cracks recieded, 'I'm still just as powerful without the power...why is it suddenly quiet'
The war god looks to the arena to find it empty of Amazons. He smirks and rose to his feet slowly clapping, "Now I'm impressed"
"At first, I thought you were the man dressed as a bat. He of all mortals could survive a fall to the ocean with no problem" he calls out. As he does, he looks around the arena for any signs of an intruder.
"Then I felt the lives of Amazonian warriors fade. The Bat doesn't kill, especially women under mind control. I like you. Your fighting spirit, your bloodlust, your...killing intent. It's delicious. And no matter how hard you hide it, I will FIND YOU"
He shoots a thunderbolt into the stands across the arena, making it explode. The god narrowed his eyes and saw something shift away from the explosion. He conjures a bow with three arrows knotched back and fire.
The invisible figure barely dodges the arrows. Ares then uses the power of Demeter to make vines shoot out and wrap around the figure. The cloak vanished, revealing a struggling predator.
Ares looked at the hybrid in shock with slight fear in his eyes before laughing nervously, "Ha ha, it all makes sense now. My ascension to above god can only be completed by defeating you. The very beings that with weapons greater than any of Hepheastus' creation, makes Artemis' hunts look like carnival games, and authority Zeus will never reach"
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"You're a lot shorter than I remember"
Hippolyta walks towards the cells as fast and elegantly as she could. The pain from her wound was starting to affect her, 'Stupid male. You bettter hope I die after this'
She nears the dungeon enterance and tells the guards, "You are releaved, sisters"
The two looked at each othed before at there queen. Before one of them could retort, the queen gave an annoyed glare. The two shudder and walk past her with quick haste. Hippolyta sighs and enters the dungeon.
She is greeted by shocked expressions of the depowered gods and Leaguers. Zeus smiles, "Hippolyta my dear. As always, you make this god beg for your help"
"Well, I wasn't alone my lord" Hippolyta sighs as she leans against the wall exhausted, "now tell me, which of you are Kryptonian"
Karen stands up and walks to the bars. She sees the bloodied cloth and asks, "Did he-"
"It was either this or death under Ares influence" the queen replies as she approached the cell doors. And with the swipe of her sword, the locks were diced up. Karen and Helena exits their cells and support Hippolyta.
Apollo rushes to her leg. With a grunt of effort, the wound glowed and stopped gushing blood. It was closed slightly, but it was fine as long as she didn't walk too much on it.
"How are your powers?" Helena asks. Karen stares at her hand and flexes it saying, "Its there, but not fully back. I can't fly that much and my heat vision is as harmless as a laser pen"
The Girl Of Steel looks at the queen and asks her, "Where is he?"
"He went to go face Ares" she responds, "I tried to help him but he...has a stubborn pride"
"That fool" Hera sighs, "sure, he can take down powerful individuals, but doesn't stand a chance against an Olympian. Especially as powerful as he is currently"
Karen almost felt offended. Xeno has manage to prove himself to be a threat to the League, from crippling Kal, to kidnapping her. To hear someone belittle his skills...made her upset for some reason.
"Knock it off, sister" Artemis elbows Aphrodite, making her whimper. Karen's irritation faded slightly and her heart beat slowed down. She glares at the goddess of love with burning rage.
The Olympian shrugs with a small grin, "I didn't force it love. My aura just gave it a ittle push"
Before Karen could lunge at her, Helena held her back. She shushed her friend and said, "Listen...do you hear that?"
The gods quieted down to hear the sound of rumbling above the surface. At first, Karen assumed it was an earthquake but Hippolyta shakes her head.
"No, its the sound of Amazonian warriors. Cheering for battle...oh the fool, don't tell me he-" Hippolyta neverfinished her sentence, for as she and the large group were out of the dungeon in a flash.
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Karen found herself in chains that syphoned her powers even further. Her clothes changed into a more revealing Greek dress. She looked to her left and found Helena and the female goddesses were also in chains.
Down below in the arena, the other gods were tied to a cross patterned stake like Jesus was on his final days on Earth. All around, the Amazons were cheering for bloodshed while booing the gods.
Ares appears in front of her with a flash. His body was giving off steam and there was some glowing cracks on his body and armor. He growls in anger and embarressment.
'How...how dare he?! That...wild animal'
While his prey boasted on about something he didn't care about, Xeno had an internal battle within his mind.
There was a reason why he doesn't wear his armor. It changes him slowly, the scent the mask gives off, even though new, smells like the damn ship he spent his childhood being tortured on. It fueled him with rage.
And that rage fuels the Yautja cells in his body, making him give into his primitive instincts. It's why he's been hunting like them.
He managed to control it to some extent, but with the bloodshed and battle fueling his cell even further, it was impossible to do at this point. And for some reason, the prick in front of him made it even more difficult. It was as if he was forcing the rage out of him. So he closed his eyes, and let his killer instinct take over.
His Plasma Caster mounted on his shoulder and shot the boating god in the face. He screams in pain and backs away, clutching his face. The hunter then uses the blades to cut himself free. He lands with a croutch and gives a chilling laugh. It was nonlethal blast, for he wanted to savor his kill.
As he stalks towards him, Ares uses his power of Apollo to heal his wound. He glares at the Predator and shouts, "You bastard! I'll kill you were you stand!"
With the speed of Hermes, he charges at the Predator and smashes his fist into him. Fortunately, the hybrid blocks the hit, but is sent skidding back all the way to the walk of the arena. Ares doesn't let up and uses Hepheastus' power to summon a massive fire ball.
Xeno sees this and quickly throws a bladed disk at the god. The god was forced to disperse the ball of fire and lean back to dodge the weapon. However, time seemed to slow down and he saw the center of the disk had symbols.
'No wai-'HISS!The disk gave of small discharge of blue liquid into the Ares' face before returning to the hand of the already charging owner. The god was on the ground rithing in pan as he felt his skin and skull burn away. With his good eye, he sees the a blur heading towars him.
He conjures a shield with the forge gods' powers to cover his whole body and was shocked to see the two blade tips pierce the shield and inches way from his face. He struggled to push the surprisingly heavy hunter off, but his pain made it a struggle.
A third blade pierces the shield, dripping with green acid. The Predator gave a sadistic smirk as the god screamed in agony as the acid dripped into his good eye. But with an explosion of power, he was thrown off.
He skitted across the arena before rolling to a stop. He looked to see Ares, fully healed and enraged. But he can tell, the god was afraid of him. To prove it, he teased him by aiming the three dots at his foot and fired.
The god's enraged mode quickly faltered and he fell on his bum, startled. The predator jumps and traps the god in a net to hold him down. He lands on the him and raises his blade to end the war god.
As he did, Ares used the power of Athena to think of a thousand ways to survive this. After choosing to read his mind, he says, "THE KRYPTONIAN IS DYING!"
The blades stop inches away from his face and the predator tilts his head, confused and curious. The war god continues, "I-I have the power to save her, but if you kill me. She will die"
Xeno slowly sinked back into control and his blades retreated back into there slots but his Plasma Caster was still trained on him. His Bio Mask tries to detect his heart beat to see if he was lying, but unbeknownst to him, Ares was putting everything he had into Hermes' power of thiefs.
He could only find out so little about Xeno before he would've been detected. And he was shocked and enraged that he was beaten by a blind man! His rage however got the better of him and the influence of the messager god made him seal his fate.
"But it's not that simple" the god sighs with fake sadness, "you'll need to pass a series of trials in order to for the powers above even myself to grant me permission to do so. For you see...she is destined to die. Her fate has been sealed"
Xeno stares at the god for a minute before slowly reaching for his mask/helmet. It gives a his before it was removed, revealing the blind hunter, Xeno. He growls at him, "Save her"
Ares hides his smirk and sticks his hand out. It was a horrible idea, but he still believed he that fighting and killing the hunter from space that is capable of killing a god will bring him eternal glory.
Xeno grips it firmly and the world around them slowly turns white. But not before Xeno shot him in the chest with his Plasma Caster.
"Or else"
It took all of Ares' willpower not to kill the hunter with a cheap shot, but the Fates were watching. He used their name to oversee the battle and they do not like it when things don't go the way they plan.
"What's wrong, Ares?" Karen taunts, "looks like you're all out of energy"
Ares doesn't respond. Even with the power The Fates lent him the power to enact the "tests" in his own image, he was still low on power. Hopefully the tests will kill him. And if they don't, he should be strong enough to finish off his exhausted opponent.
Karen, along with the others watch in shock as the god was quiet looked at them before huffing and facing the crowd.
"AMAZONS, we have an intruder on the island! He's of a race of warriors that murder for amusement. Your sisters were victims of his blood lust!"
The crowd roars in anger, shouting curses and punishments. Ares breathed in the rage, but it wasn't enough.
"His punishment...is to SLAY THE MONSTERS OF THE TWELVE LABORS OF HERCULES!"
The crowd was silenced by the reveal. They've heard of death battles in the arena, but to face the monsters that gave the strongest demigod a challange...it sounded fitting for a blood thirsty animal that murdered their sisters!
The gods and goddesses hope faded. Whoever this warrior was, he didn't stand a chance now. The queen and the two heroes however, thought otherwise. Helena had to hope that Xeno would survive until the League showed up.
Karen believed that if he can shut Ares up and make him exhaust his energy, then he should be more than capable of this. Besides, he's a hunter. Monsters aren't any different from animals...right.
Hippolyta does not doubt the warriors' skill if he's persuaded Ares of all people to spectate a fight rather than join one. However...Ares is unpredictable now. Who knows what he's got planned.
Xeno hears the speech and clenches his fist angrily. But then he scoffs and sits on the ground, waiting. He puts his Bio Mask on and scans the arena. There were several individuals tied on a cross.
'Hmm...'The cell finally opens and Xeno can hear the roars of several monsters. He rises to his feet and steps into the ring. He is greeted by hateful swears and boos all around, but he wasn't interested in them. He learned to ignore death threats the hard way.
Xeno focuses his nose on the scent of solar radiation and smiles as she is close by and well. He was going soft, he hasn't showed affection or tried to save anyone in a long, long, long time. But there wasn't time for that. He had to be ready.
"David, the name sounds familiar. But tell me of the monsters I could be facing" Xeno asks as he looks up to the sky. There was a star shining brighter than the rest, with an emerald glow.
"There are a few monsters that are concerning. There is The Nemean Lion with impenatrable skin, the Lernean Hydra who's grows two heads when one is lopped off, the Cretan Bull, the Erymanthian Boar and the guard dog of the underworld, Ceberus. Be catious sir, these monsters are on par with Xenomorphs, deadly wise"
"...I see" Xeno says as he looks towards the god, signaling that he was ready. With an evil grin, he signals the monsters' cells to open. The hybrid gets into fighting position and readies his wrist blades.
'Alright, lets go'
Superman narrows his eyes, watching the hybrid prepare for battle. Most of the League wanted to join the battle, but he along with several others decided otherwise. He wanted to assest the hunter's abilities, clearly he was here for Karen.
Whether to save or kill her, he didn't know. But he hoped it was for saving. Batman doubted it, so he was simply coming up for a plan to save them while watching the fight for studying weak points.
The Man of Steel's eyes widened as the hunter looked directly at him. Apparently, he is equal with him when it comes to heightened senses.
'For 3000 years, he's been hunting and killing. But only because he was forced to...is it wrong to judge him for it?' Kal thought as he watched the hybrid hunter gor ready to fight.