Chapter 11: Battle in the Underworld
Meanwhile, Caudus was standing guard to the entrance of the underworld when he felt a disturbance in the portal. The Guardian of the Underworld growled as it felt something. It heard voices and suddenly it saw Ares and the others. They were on the other side of portal, seemingly talking. Suddenly, Argentum burst through the portal, grabbed Caudus by the neck with his jaws, and slammed him into the ground.
The hydra screeched; it hadn't expected this. It growled and stood its ground; it couldn't let them pass.
Where is my kid? Argentum growled into the hydra's ear.
He's with Mars, it told him. But you're never get inside; not which I'm here. Hades has made me the immortal Guardian of the Underworld. It is my duty to protect it from intruders such as yourselves.
"Well us intruders are coming in and crashing your party," Ares said, as he came through the portal.
The hydra roared as the other followed the Cerberus. It snarled and looked around, sniffing for its son. Caudus was trying to struggle under Argentum, but the Cerberus wouldn't yield.
"Will you just give it up?" Athena said, grinning as she walked up to the hydra.
It roared and claws at the Cerberus, who yelped as its nose drew blood. The Cerberus got off and roared as it ran off, looking for its son. The hydra looked at the others and breathed fire at them as it flew off.
"There's no time!" Pandora yelled, as Ares started forward to follow Caudus. "We need to find Articulos and Argentum's son. We'll help Caudus later!"
They looked at the spirit and nodded. She closed her eyes and turned into a Minotaur. Ares growled as it became a wolf, and ran after the Minotaur as the others followed it. Hades and Mars were grouped around Licinus when they heard Caudus roar. They turned to see him flying towards them, with Argentum hot on his heels. Mars growled and became a dragon as Hades changed into a Cerberus. The avatar also stepped forward, its second personality in control. Ares ran at Mars, Argentum bolted at Hades and Athena charged at Mars' avatar, conjuring up a sword as she ran.
The human blocked the blow and looked at her. It laughed. "You fool," it said. "You think you can defeat me, the god of war?"
Athena looked at the avatar. Its eyes were yellow slits, and she looked at Mars.
"A split personality," she whispered to herself. She turned back to the avatar. "Articulos, I know you're in there. Snap out of it!" she yelled, blocking an attack from the avatar.
The avatar laughed. "I am not Articulos; I am Mars, the God of War! I sent my consciousness into my avatar."
"Fine. If that's how it is, I drive it out of you!" Athena roar, starting to attack again.
Mars' personality chuckled. "You can't. I'm in his mind forever."
The avatar drew its sword and attacked. Ares and Mars were rolling about, clawing and biting at every part they could reach.
"What did you do to Articulos?" Ares growled, smashing into Mars again.
"I transferred my consciousness into the avatar. It now has a split persona...me."
Ares barked out a laugh. "That won't hold Articulos for long. He's strong! He will fight it off!"
The dragon growled at the wolf. "You seem to forget; he is my avatar. We are connected."
"You seem to forget, I know my friend," Ares shot back.
Mars growled. "He's not your friend...not anymore."
"We'll see about that," Ares growled, launching himself at Mars again.
Meanwhile, the two Cerberus' were clashing as well, with Hades blocking Argentum from reaching his kid.
Give me my son! Argentum roared, its three heads snapping at the enemy Cerberus.
He is no longer yours! Hades roared back, retaliating with his own three heads.
The two Cerberus clawed and bit at each other. Licinus was watching the battle in fear. Their were two giant dogs fighting in front of him, and it was freaking him out. He began to cry, and the two Cerberus looked at him. Argentum growled as it saw its son.
Licinus, it'll be fine, Argentum said telepathically to his son, trying to calm him down. At that moment, Hades smashed his right head into Argentum's side.
The Cerberus roared in pain. It looked at Hades, its eyes red with hate. It let out a feral growl and lunged at the other. Caudus was flying around, ready to attack. Athena saw this and yelled at Ares,
"Ares. Turn into the bow. NOW!" As she yelled this, she ran as fast as she could towards Ares, with the avatar hot on her heels. The wolf nodded. It closed its eyes and transformed. Athena picked the bow up and aimed it at Caudus, who was fighting Pandora in her Minotaur form. "One chance," Athena said, and fired.
The arrow flew through the air. One of Caudus' heads saw it, catching the arrow in its jaws. It growled and snapped the arrow slightly, but not enough to hurt it, then fired it back on the ground.
"I need a better shot," Athena growled, as Caudus continued to fight Pandora.
She took the arrow and looked at it. It was slightly bent, and this was the only one she had. "Quick, fix it fast," she said to the bow, putting it back on the string. It glowed as the bow began to repair it.
"Stop her!" Mars yelled at the avatar.
It nodded and transformed into a dragon, lunging at her. Athena gasped in shock as it knocked the bow out of her hands. It skidded towards Hades, who picked the bow up and examined it.
"Interesting " he said, before Argentum slammed into him, causing the bow to fly straight towards Pandora.
She caught it and smirked. It was beginning to glow brightly as she fired the arrow from it. Caudus got out of the way, but something happened. The arrow slowed, turned around, and dug itself into Caudus' back. The hydra roared. It growled as the arrow vanished into its body and the hydra fell to the ground.