Chapter 12: The Mystery of Celeritas

Inside Mars' mind, Sonic was partly corrupt and was still trying to get out. However, he couldn't. Half of his body was transformed and the rest of the transformation was progressing. He had heard what Mars said and was also confused.

"What are you talking about? What did I forget all those years ago? I remember you saying that, but you never told me. So what are you hiding?" Mars chuckled, and then told Sonic what he meant. Once he was done, the hedgehog's eyes widened. "Oh my gods, no! That's not true! You're lying!" he yelled, starting to resist the corruption even more.

He groaned in pain; the anger he had was progressing the corruption even faster. Sighing, he resigned to his fate, still in shock of what Mars had told him.


Outside of Mars' mind, Celeritas was actually helping the hydra fight Umbra and Argentum, while the griffin fought off the hybrid that was Articulos. The griffin screeched as it continued to fight the hybrid. It scratched the hybrid with its claws as blood flew from the wound it gave.

Celeritas was feeling energy inside him, and looked at Mars. "Tell me what you have done with the sword!"

"It was my sword, therefore it had a part of me in it. How could you not figure it out simpleton?"

The priest glared at him. "Why did you call me Enyalius?"

"Now is not the time for you to know. Now is the time for your friends to die or join me!"

"Never!" Celeritas shouted, and another blast of energy radiated from his body, hitting Mars.

The god lurched and growled. "You little pest! This is not a good time. Retreat now!" he ordered. Umbra, Argentum and Articulos all followed the fleeing god. Celeritas saw the mythical creatures land and look at him curiously before falling unconscious.

Let's take mister energy blast and get out of here, Caudus said telepathically to the griffin.

The griffin nodded. It picked Celeritas up in its talons and flew back to Rome. They landed on the outskirts on the city before returning to their normal forms. Caudus looked at the priest in shock.

"Did you see him? I had no idea he could do that! Even though we're forgetting our timeline, I swear the only time he's done something like that was in his Super form! What happened back there?" he said, pacing back and forth.

"I do not know," Flamma said. "And Mars called him Enyalius, whatever that means."

"Whatever, we should get him back to one of our houses. I can't believe we've lost Articulos now. This is going nowhere!" he said, frustrated.

Flamma nodded and followed Caudus back to his house, carrying Celeritas with her. When they got to Caudus' house, Flamma stopped in her tracks. Inside was a small shrine dedicated to Zeus.

"Really?" she asked, looking at the fox.

Caudus looked at her, embarrassed. "Well...praying has helped a lot so...I thought I would make something for the big guy in the sky," he said, sheepishly.

"You've found religion, haven't you?" Flamma asked. Caudus nodded, and Flamma smiled. "Can't say I blame you. All of us have made shrines in our own homes dedicated to the gods."

"You did? Who's in your house?" Caudus asked, a little amazed at the news.

"Vulcan, the goddess of fire."

"Interesting. But not surprising. Anyway, should we try to wake him up?" he asked, gesturing to the unconscious Celeritas.

Flamma nodded and slapped Celeritas. A few minutes later, he woke up.

"Quod factum est (What happened?)" He asked, looking at their shocked faces.

"You tried to blow up Mars and he ran away. Then you passed out" Caudus said, smirking.

Celeritas frowned and he nodded. "I remember letting out a blast of energy...I've never done that before...and he called me Enyalius. Do you know what that means?" he asked, confusion in his face.

"Not a clue. We hoped you would know." Flamma said. Celeritas shook his head. "Not important. What is important is that we just lost another member to Mars. We have got to be more careful. If we weren't that much of a threat, he would just simply kill us. He's scared of us, that's why he's making us his servants. Who knows what he's doing right now?"

"I understand," Celeritas said. "We need to find the other items of the gods, and fast."

"Kind of hard when Mars has probably corrupted those too. How are we suppose to collect them if he's has a hold on everything that could help us?" Caudus asked.

Celeritas thought about it. He wasn't sure. "We'll figure it out. Right now, let's try to get your friends back. I know you've tried but there must be something we're missing," he said, scratching his head.

They nodded.

"So, what should we do?" Flamma asked.

"What if we to somehow make him believe another one of us is corrupt, and then find a way to bring the others back to their senses?" Caudus asked.

"That will work," Celeritas said. "But how can we do that?"

"Flamma, do you think you have a strong will?" Caudus asked Flamma.

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure I do," Flamma said.

"Then I know what to do," Caudus said grinning.