The 14th Zoalord
Chapter 25
Altered State
Typhon lifted the man up by his neck, cocking his head sideways like a curious mantis eyeing his prey. The bodies of the rest of the Zeus' Thunderbolts cell lay scattered at his, killed in the rage and fury that was Typhon, Zoalord of Storms. "What are you waiting for? Kill me and get it over with!"
"I'm not going to kill you." Typhon sounded almost amused.
" I would rather die than be processed into a freak like you!" The terrorist shot back. "I'm not going to process you, either. You will be allowed to live. I want you to deliver a message for me. Tell Zeus that Typhon will be waiting for him at these coordinates." He unceremoniously dumped the man onto the floor, dropped a piece of map, and walked out . . .
"Typhon?" Agito Makishima was surprised by Czyvek's actions. What Hubris is this? It would have been amusing had Czyvek not wiped out an entire cell to deliver the message. So, he thinks himself Typhon now? Then he will share that one's fate. He looked at the map again, the location was in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, miles from any land . . .
Typhon hovered above the cooling rock and smiled. The battlefield had been constructed perfectly. Lord Galenos had created an island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, a piece of barren rock a little over five miles long and seven miles wide. The Zoalord of Earth and Flame had lifted a mountain of magma to the surface, and now it was land, a jagged, rocky land with a massive volcano jutting high above the barren landscape. No life, the perfect spot for a battle. Lord Typhon would have preferred the symbolic act of battling Zeus atop Mount Etna, but his plan was so destructive as to make it impossible without destroying all of Sicily, anyway . . .
Now all that was left to do was wait.
To be continued . . .