Chapter 10- Do onto others.
Kratos found a sword close by; he armed himself and charged at Jeff full steam. Taker tried to stop him once more but was hit square in the jaw my Kratos' elbow. Matt grabbed a sword and tried to hold his own, yet couldn't. The blade forced from his hand as Matt was knocked to the ground. Hunter looked about for a weapon… any weapon but found none. Matt kept trying to move across the floor to get from harms way, but Kratos kept a keen eye on him. "You are tempting fate? You will suffer the same way I did… You will endure what I had to in order to change it… you… will…die, boy!" As the blade was raised over his head, another shot from the darkness, forcing the steel from Kratos' hand.
He watched in great shock as the blade of Athena retracted once more into the shadows. "No… it can't be, you cannot not have done this!" Kratos yelled in utter disbelieve. His body emerged from the shadows, and walked calmly towards him.
"You threaten my friends… use my wife… and try and take over MY BODY!"
"Glen?" Hunter asked in utter shock.
Kratos and Glen circled one another, sizing the other up. Kratos' advantage was Kane has no idea what he is capable in his body… Glen's advantage… he knows every move his adversary has! Kratos however smiled. "You are bounded by the chains of Olympus now… not I… I'm free of the dreaded curse!" he said exposing his wrists.
Glen stared down at his weighted wrists, the chains welded to his arms and latched onto the blades of Athena. "You could have just asked Kratos… I have always wanted a family… why do you take that from me?"
Matt saw how startled Kratos was, the more Kane talked, the less and less confident he became. He realized since Glen was now in his body, he is beginning to see how the wrong he had done. "All I wanted was my family back, you can have my body but please… please… let my wife go? She will still give birth to your daughter, but please… I beg of you… let her go? Let my wife be herself again!"
"Shut up!" Kratos snapped at him. "You don't know…"
"I DO KNOW!" Glen snapped back. "LOOK AT ME! I'M YOU! I'M EVERY BIT YOU! I FELL THE WEIGHT OF THE CHAINS, I HAVE SEEN THROUGH YOUR EYES AS YOU HAVE MINE! YOUR THOUGHTS ARE NO LONGER YOURS, I KNOW! I know…everything… every memory… even the one of your family, their deaths… the vengeance you sought… I know… but the way you are going about it… isn't right!"
Glen's voice echoed the loom chamber, nearly driving Kratos insane. "Shut up! Shut up!" he screamed trying to drown out the echo… but his voice wouldn't allow it, the chamber refused to block out Glen's statement and plea.
Matt got off the ground and saw Jeff with the sword still in hand; they tried to think of a plan as Kratos was distracted. "What are we going to do!" Jeff whispered.
Matt looked about at the spools of thread, Taker had regained consciousness yet battled a bloodied lip and nose. Triple H looked about at the threads as well, something was off…
The mummified corpse of the ugly sister of fate gave way to a hidden object. Its fingertips glistened. Hunter held his constitution as he approached and took the glistening object. Her fingertips were laces with powerful; golden claws… no doubt for cutting and measuring the strings of life.
Looking about Hunter tried to figure out what could be done, what could he do to help his friend and end the madness.
Checking the threads he found Kratos'. It was odd for it was laced with a thick chain over the rope, nearly making it impossible to cut. The thread also had a glistening, golden tint to it; none of the others had it.
"How the hell do I do this?" All of a sudden, Kratos unleashed a fierce battle cry and lunged himself at Kane, the two men began to brawl. Time was running out. Taker rushed over to Hunter wondering what he was doing. Matt went to the mummified creature and took the other golden items from its fingers. Matt seemed to have a plan and called for Jeff to help him.
The Hardys worked feverishly, finding the spool of life string that is created for any new humans on earth. "What's the plan?" Jeff asked.
Matt looked his brother dead in the eyes. "We give Kratos what he wants" Grabbing hold of a lingering thread, Matt tied it around himself as he leaped off the side. Jeff was in quick pursuit leaving Taker and Hunter confused as hell!