Updated/Polished Chapter
What's up! So before I get to the main stuff, I got some cool questions to answer from some curious readers!
Pristine Dahlia via PM Asks: "How fast IS Jing Wei? And what about Nemesis? It seems like they are extremely quick…"
Answer: Nemesis' speed is unmeasureable. Faster than sound, light, space, time, dark energy, and reality itself. She can traverse dimensions and universes, and can create tears and dimensional rifts in the space-time continuum. Jing Wei: Mach 300,000. A little less than half the speed of light.
Guest #1 Via Review Asks: Is Anubis dead? His Stargazer skin was a suit?
Answer: Yeah it was a suit. Yes he's dead.
Guest #2 Via Review Asks: Is Myra's color being Blue and Astrid's color being Red mean something?
Answer: Yep. The two colors look cool against each other, and it looks like a good reference to so many things, Red VS Blue in Halo, or in TF2, or in LOL, or in DOTA!
DiamondHeart Via PM Asks: I've watched a lot of bad movies before, that race in chapter 25…was it a reference to the race in Spy Kids 3: Game Over? By the way, your chapter was better than the movie.
Answer: You and I both get the references, yes it is a reference to that movie! The ramp and the circular tunnel mostly, yes that movie wasn't very good, and thank you for the compliment.
Ima try and sum up this story in 30 chapters, which means, get ready for some long reads. Hope ya enjoy the first, of the last five chapters of this story!
The Norse Pantheon…
Odin nodded in agreement; he leaned back in his chair and took a deep breath, he sat at the end of a large table.
"Okay. We're doing this." He sighed.
Hou Yi narrowed his eyes. "It's now or never, the Norse Army is over four million men, we have the assistance of Chinese and Egyptian soldiers as well."
"Yes, have you notified the people in the Chinese and Japanese Pantheons?" Freya crossed her arms.
Odin nodded his head.
"We outnumber them, it is our chance to strike back." Rama said sternly.
"Totally, now is the hour." Bellona agreed.
Odin stood up from his chair. "Gather all the gods and goddesses in this palace, we are going to make groups, we begin attacking tomorrow."
"On it." Bellona responded.
She walked out of the conference room and headed towards Odin's office, she opened the door to use the intercom to announce that all the should gods gather in the main hall, but she was met by an unexpected surprise.
"Huh?!" Bellona gasped.
Right in front of her, sitting in Odin's chair, legs crossed, smoking a cigarette, sat Virgil. She grinned as their eyes met.
"Why hello Bellona! It has been a while, has it not?" She said cheerfully.
Bellona exhaled. "What are you doing here? I thought we would never see you again."
"Well…I did say our paths might cross again, and they did! Are you not happy darling?" Virgil asked.
"W-Well…I can't say it's not good to see you again. But I just wasn't expecting this." Bellona responded.
Virgil released the smoke in her mouth; she put out the cigarette with one finger and threw it aside.
"Well…I listened into your conversation…and I want to help! It's been so boring lately…I even met that Indiana Jones guy, he's pretty nice. I went exploring with him, but he got trapped in a pit of rattlesnakes."
"Oh…That sucks. Wait, you said you wanted to help?" Bellona asked.
"Yeah I do, now go on and summon the gods to the main hall, I have an idea." Virgil smirked.
She stepped aside and watched as Bellona turned on the intercom.
"Attention, all gods and goddesses report to the Main Hall, I repeat, all gods and goddesses report to the Main Hall, thank you." Bellona said into the mic.
Virgil grinned, Bellona followed her out into the Main Hall, they stood side by side, Bellona still had questions.
Odin, Freya, Rama, and Hou Yi walked out of the conference room.
"What the-Virgil? What are you doing here?" Freya asked.
Odin's eyes widened, he summoned his spear. "Who are you! Identify yourself!"
Freya raised her hand out in front of Odin. "Its fine, she's and ally…I think."
Neith walked into the room, Sol and Terra behind her.
"Hey Bellona! AH! O-Oh….I-It's you…" Neith stammered as she stiffened up.
Virgil smiled warmly. "It's fine darling, I'm not here to rob or steal from anyone, I want to help."
Neith smiled, more gods began to walk into the main hall, everyone questioning who Virgil was, but they would soon cherish her.
Odin stood in front of Bellona and Virgil.
"We have called you here today for the Call of Duty, this war has gone on long enough. It is time we end the Chaos's tyranny, and take back the lands that we all once shared; we begin our long awaited counterattack tomorrow. Today, we make groups."
The gods of the New Order mumbled among themselves, but they all agreed.
Bellona stepped forward, Virgil alongside her.
"Alright…Here we go. We have chosen these teams based of those who will work well together, and maybe some…Personal reasons." Bellona announced.
Just then, Xing Tian, Ne Zha, and Guan Yu came out of the portal room.
Bellona grinned. "Just on time."
"TEAM ONE! Guan Yu, Ne Zha, Athena and Xing Tian, you guys will be leading the Chinese Army against the Roman Pantheon."
Athena nodded her head, she walked over to the Chinese gods, and she began to acquaint herself with her groupmates.
"Alright, stand aside you guys. Okay…TEAM TWO! Artemis, Odin, Amaterasu, and Awilix, you guys will be leading an attack with Norse troops against the Mayan Pantheon." Bellona announced.
Artemis and Awilix hugged, they were happy to be staying together for the fight. Odin and Amaterasu pulled the couple aside.
Bellona looked back at the paper, Virgil stood next to her with her eyes closed, and she was smiling.
"TEAM THREE! Terra, Skadi, Sol, and Nu Wa, you girls will be attacking the Hindu Pantheon, Norse forces are with you. It should be easy." Bellona grinned.
Terra gave Nu Wa, Skadi, and Sol a huge bear hug.
"ARGH! GUH! T-Terra….Let….G-Go…." Skadi wheezed.
Bellona laughed. "Alright…TEAM FOUR! This team has myself in it, along with Apollo and Neith."
Neith smiled at The War Goddess through the crowd, Apollo put her arm around her playfully, Neith gently pushed him off and laughed.
Bellona shook her head and smiled. "Alright! TEAM FIVE! Attacking Egypt, Loki, Nemesis, Poseidon, and Kumbakarna, along with the Egyptian Army, they know their way around their own land, it will be a quick battle." She gave Nemesis a quick nod.
Loki and Nemesis high-fived, Poseidon crossed his arms and watched as Kumbakarna fell asleep while cheering for himself.
"Alright! And to guard the Norse Pantheo-" Virgil put her gloved hand over Bellona's mouth.
"Alright, alright…I like the New Order's plan…I really do, it is organized and efficient. A large army and determined gods is what we have here. But what we lack…Is the element of surprise." Virgil smiled.
The groups of gods looked at Virgil curiously.
"I'm lots of things, a thief, an adventurer, a troublemaker, a gymnastics expert…But I'm also a spy. And I can tell you for sure…That the Gods of Chaos are prepared for this, now of course we heavily outnumber them...but the Iron Legion and the Omicrons won't go down so easily, which is why we need to weaken their defenses…From the inside."
The crowd gasped, Bellona grabbed Virgil's shoulder.
"What are you doing?"
Virgil ignored her.
"I know it sounds crazy, but it'll work…Trust me. Now the remaining gods can be the ones who will infiltrate the heart of the Gods of Chaos…The Greek Pantheon. Who is not on a team?"
Ratatoskr eagerly raised his paw. "ME! ME! I'M NOT ON A TEAM!"
Virgil smiled. "Such energy! I love it darling! Anyone else?"
Hou Yi and Chang'e held each other, but Hou Yi raised his hand.
"My wife and I haven't been selected yet."
"Alright, you're on the infiltration team as well! Anybody else?"
Freya clenched her fist, she raised her gauntlet. "I'm not on a team, but I'm willing to do this Virgil."
Virgil smiled. "I respect that Freya, true integrity darling."
Jing Wei stood next to Freya. "I'm not on a team either."
"Ah! Young one, you shall be on the team as well then!"
Virgil scanned the room.
"Alright! So, you five gods, will infiltrate the Greek Pantheon, and weaken their defenses from the inside, destroy the generator that creates the genetically perfect Iron Legion soldiers, and you have to try and stop the production of Omicrons, you can do that by blocking their power supply. The Fire Giant Rune." Virgil grinned as she did jazz hands.
"And just how are we supposed to do that?!" Jing Wei snapped.
"Easy." Virgil shrugged, she pulled out flat stone, it had runes all over it, then she dropped it on the ground.
The gods looked at each other before breaking out into laughter.
"What's that supposed to do?" Odin laughed.
"Come on Virgil! We thought you had something cool!" Freya chuckled.
Virgil crossed her arms and smirked, suddenly, the runes on the stone began to glow, until a blue portal emerged from the stone, it was large enough to fit even Kumbakarna, stable and powerful.
The gods looked on in amazement, Virgil giggled.
"I call it…A teleport relic, this stone here, can make a portal to enter. It is linked to another stone, called a Ward. I crushed the ward down into this flat stone here!" Virgil said cheerfully, the Gods looked on in amazement.
"When you go through this portal, the Ward that I hid in the Greek Pantheon will create another portal, instantly teleporting you to the Greek Pantheon, and back." Virgil put her hands on her hips.
"No way…" Jing Wei shook her head.
Hou Yi stared at the portal, he could see that Virgil wasn't lying.
"Anyone care to try?" She asked.
Hou Yi stepped forward. "I will."
"No!" Chang'e yelped, she grabbed Hou Yi's arm.
"Relax honey, I'll be fine, I trust this human."
Hou Yi walked up next to Virgil.
"Go on." Virgil winked.
Hou Yi swallowed before going through the portal, the gods stayed silent, waiting for his return, a few seconds later, he came back.
He looked happy. "It works! The Ward is in a cave, in the Greek Pantheon! We can use it!"
The gods cheered, Virgil smiled, she then bowed lightly.
"Now that's not all I have for you, oh no. I have more relics."
Virgil pulled out a few gold and green amulets.
"Okay, these, I call…Aegis Amulet's, these relics will make you invincible for a few seconds, protecting you from all harm. I only have a few, one for each team; you decide which deity gets to wear it."
Virgil walked around and gave each group one Aegis Amulet.
Xing Tian gave Athena the Aegis Amulet, she put it around her neck and thanked him, Artemis gave Awilix the amulet.
"No! No! I want you to have it!" Awilix insisted, Artemis put the amulet around her neck for her.
"Not a chance, I want you to be safe Awilix." Artemis responded.
The Moon Goddess blushed, she would say no further words.
Terra held the Amulet.
"Who should wear it?"
Skadi laughed. "I can take care of myself, give it to Sol or Nu Wa."
Nu Wa looked at Sol. "You take it dear."
Sol's eyes widened. "Why?"
Nu Wa smiled. "You need it more, I'll be fine."
Sol put on the Amulet, and hugged Nu Wa.
Bellona clutched the Amulet, Apollo and Neith stood in front of her, Apollo winked, he glanced over at Neith and then looked back at Bellona, who scoffed at his humor.
"Alright…Here Neith, you take it."
Neith gasped, Bellona held onto her, she put the Amulet around her neck.
"There is no way in hell I'm letting you get hurt...I love you." Bellona smiled.
Neith stared at her girlfriend with thankful eyes. "Thank you Bellona…I love you too."
Apollo smiled as he watched the two goddesses hug.
Poseidon puffed out his chest. "Trust me, I am in no need of it."
Loki looked at the Amulet, it shimmered. "…Hm…Here Nemesis, you take it."
Nemesis showed a surprised expression as Loki handed her the Amulet.
"Why Loki?"
The Trickster shrugged. "I'll be fine…I'm stealthy after all, and Kumbakarna over there…Well…You know…"
Nemesis smiled, she hugged Loki. "Thanks."
Freya raised up the Amulet. "Alright, who wants it?"
Jing Wei crossed her arms and shook her head, Ratatoskr shrugged, Hou Yi looked at the Amulet intently.
Freya gave him the amulet. "Here, I think I know who you're thinking about." She smiled.
"Thank you…Here Chang'e, I want you to have it." Hou Yi put the Amulet around her neck.
"I want you to be safe, I would never let you in harm's way, even in a war." Hou Yi put his hand on Chang'e shoulder.
"Thank you my love…." She smiled.
Virgil regained the god's attention.
"Alright! I have some stuff for the healers! I call it…A mediation cloak." Virgil gave every group one.
"Alright, I'll use this." Guan Yu put on the cloak.
"I think I can handle this one." Amaterasu held the cloak.
"This is for the adults." Terra equipped the cloak.
"Is it okay if I take this one? I can protect all of you." Bellona held the cloak, Neith and Apollo nodded their heads.
"This is a job for the brother of Zeus himself." Poseidon put on the cloak.
Freya looked at Chang'e. "You can use this one too."
Chang'e shook her head. "I can't be babied like this!"
Freya smiled. "You heal us anyway, just in case, take it."
Chang'e frowned, she put on the cloak with remorse.
Virgil grinned. "Last few things, I only have a few things left." She raised up more runes, she threw them on the ground in front of her.
"Take your pick, only four runes, so not every team will have one, Heavenly Wings, Blink Rune, Frenzy Belt, and Cursed Ankh."
Jing Wei picked up the Cursed Ankh. "I'll take this, just to keep them away from us when things get hairy."
Freya picked up the Blink Rune. "Hmm…I can make use of this."
Virgil shook her head. "The infiltration team is a bit greedy. But their on a risky mission, they'll need the assistance of relics."
Loki picked up the Heavenly Wings. "Super speed…definitely." He glanced over to Nemesis, who grinned.
Bellona picked up and strapped on the Frenzy Belt. "No Mercy for the enemy…"
The Goddesses looked at Virgil, who stared back.
"Welp! That's all the relics I had! I will be going along with the infiltration team, I have wards in all pantheons, and I have my personal teleport relic, so I can help with some sneaky assistance to anyone who needs it." Virgil smiled.
Odin walked up in front of her and extended his hand, she shook it firmly.
"Thank you for the assistance human, the Gods of Chaos will not know what hit them." Odin said.
Virgil smiled. "It was no problem! I've been at thig gig for a while…I just want to go home and relax back at home in Roman Pantheon…But it's been destroyed, if I have a chance to help the fight between gods, then I'll take that chance."
Odin felt respect for Virgil's cause, a pure heart.
"Alright, Guan Yu, take your team back to the Chinese Pantheon, tomorrow you will receive a call from me, fill your ships with your army. You attack Rome tomorrow." Odin said sternly.
Guan Yu nodded his head, Xing Tian and Ne Zha made their way back to the portal, Athena followed behind Guan Yu.
"Okay…Loki, tomorrow, you and your team will dispatch as well, towards the Egyptian Pantheon, your ships will be heavily armored, and should be filled with the Egyptian Army, understand?" Odin asked.
"Aye Aye!" Loki saluted, Nemesis and Poseidon stood behind him, Kumbakarna of course, was sleeping.
Odin turned to Nu Wa.
"Tomorrow, your team and my team will dispatch to the Mayan and Hindu Pantheons, we will separate into our groups and attack at once." Odin explained.
Nu Wa nodded her head, her team anxious for the next day. Artemis held Awilix, Amaterasu was lost in thought.
Bellona was ecstatic. "What about us?!"
Odin turned to Bellona. "The Celtic Pantheon is deep within Chaos territory, your team will have to wait for clearance from the Hindu, Mayan, and Egyptian teams, then your team goes in and wipes out the Celtic Pantheon, at that point, we have them cornered." Odin clenched his fist, his eye shined with determination.
He turned to Virgil. "The infiltration team goes tomorrow as well right?"
Virgil nodded her head. "Yep…Even me…The one who came up with the plan, is kind of…Nervous." She felt a shiver rattle her spine, goosebumps on her skin, the cold feeling enveloped her.
Odin frowned, he turned back to the mumbling crowds of gods. He took a deep breath.
"Alright everyone…get your rest tonight…Tomorrow is a big day. And…If you really think that…This will get…Ugly…Then say your goodbye's now, because you won't have time to say them in battle.
All the gods in the room shuddered; they all went back to their dorms to get the last bit of sleep they would get for the next few days.
Vulcan's Armory...
Vulcan breathed heavily. "I knew this day would come…Just not this suddenly…" He held his chest, his heartbeat going insane.
Vulcan walked over to the corner of his room, he looked around before pressing a nearly invisible button on the wall, it opened a trapdoor, leading to an underground tunnel.
Virgil was on her way to the bathroom, when she heard a strange noise.
"Huh? What the hell…What in the world was that?" She whispered to herself.
She leaned her ear against Vulcan's door, she heard the trapdoor open, and a metallic clanging, she assumed it was Vulcan's leg.
"What's going on in there…" Virgil opened Vulcan's door a small crack, she managed to see him go down the underground tunnel, the door closed behind him."
Virgil grunted, her eye shined green before returning to normal. "Time to snitch."
She ran down the hall way, entered her room, and went in wearing pajamas and slippers, hair loose.
She came out fully clothed, beige pants, belt strap, boots on tight, a thin long sleeve shirt, hair looking elegant, and her signature white cloak and gloves.
Virgil looked around with a blank expression; she sheathed in her sword, loaded her wrist crossbow, and readied her grappling hook. She ran down the hall and knocked on Freya's door.
The Valkyrie opened the door half asleep. "H-Huh? Oh…Hey Virgil…What…what's wrong?" She yawned.
Virgil looked Freya in the eyes. "Vulcan is acting strange, I think he's up to something…We should check it out, just to be safe."
Freya woke up a little. "He was always a little strange, especially when he modified my arm." Freya looked at her gauntlet, she released the golden blade from within it.
"Get dressed, let's go." Virgil urged.
Freya closed her door, a few seconds later she came out fully clothed and armored, she sheathed her sword.
Virgil smirked. "I knew we would get along."
Freya grinned smugly. "Let's go."
The two busted into Vulcans room, as they expected, empty. Virgil led Freya over to the corner of the room, she started to feel out the wall, then felt a small bump in the flat wall.
"Here it is." Virgil slammed down on the bump; it opened up the tunnel, Freya's eyes widened.
"I…I didn't know he had this…" Freya stepped back, Virgil grabbed her arm. "Let's check it out."
The two went down the stairs as silently as they could; they heard the door close behind them.
Freya squealed quietly, Virgil tried to hold in her laughter.
"Ha…I never thought I'd live to see the day when a human is braver than a god! Especially when the human is me!" Virgil giggled quietly, Freya reddened with embarrassment.
She followed closely behind Virgil, there was a bunch of old junk and scrap metal stored on dusty shelves.
"Barely any light…" Virgil whispered, Freya smirked, she raised her real hand, it began to radiate a magical light.
She scoffed. "I can do that too."
Virgil pressed the gem on her glove; it began to glow with a beautiful green light. Freya rolled her eyes, they kept traversing through the basement like chamber, until they heard Vulcan mumbling to himself.
They spotted him hitting something with a hammer, the he blowtorched it, then dipped it in water, where a bunch of steam rose up into his face. There was a faint light bulb hovering over him.
"SHH!" Virgil ducked behind a shelf, she turned off her light, Freya did the same, Virgil reached into her back pocket and pulled out a small mechanism and put it on her ear.
"What is that?" Freya asked. Virgil listened closely. "Hearing enhancer…"
The Valkyrie raised an eyebrow. "You mortals sure are lazy…With your technology and everything."
Virgil scoffed quietly. "I wouldn't call it being lazy…Just more efficient."
Vulcan lifted up his welding mask. "I've done it…It's done." Vulcan looked at his creation, Virgil and Freya's hearts stopped when they saw what he has been working on...a powerful, intimidating, killing machine.
A bulky and heavily armored, yet versatile Mech Suit, equipped with a powerful hammer that could crush and burn through anything, it could fire molten magma, plasma, fire, and blasts of heat.
Vulcan exhaled. "The WarForge Suit…The perfect weapon." He pressed a button on the chest, the suit opened up, Vulcan stepped inside, he slipped his arms, legs, and head into each designated part, Freya and Virgil were speechless, breathless, motionless.
The suit closed around Vulcan, it fit him perfectly, like Iron Man. He grabbed the hammer, the top of it glowed with power.
"I must warn Hades…" Vulcan talked into his wrist, it rang like a phone.
Freya's heart dropped. "W-WHAT?! H-HE'S ON THE SIDE OF CHAOS?! No…No way…He's going to use that thing against us!?" Freya was starting to get up, Virgil tried to hold her down, it was no use, she couldn't hold it anymore.
"VULCAN! WHAT IS THAT THING! WHO'S SIDE ARE YOU ON?!" Freya cried, she unsheathed her blade.
Vulcan's eyes widened, just then, Hades's voice came through his bracer.
"Yeah Vulcan? Is it done?"
Vulcan ignored Freya, he talked into his gauntlet. "It's done…But I've…I've been discovered."
"WHAT?! No…Get out of there! NOW!" Hades yelled through the gauntlet.
Vulcan looked at Freya, he watched Virgil walk out as well, blade in hand.
"I'm working on it, Vulcan out."
Freya shook with anger. "How could you Vulcan…You've been with us with so long…And you decide to reveal this...Just as we are about to attack!?"
Vulcan stepped forward. "I'm getting out of here with this suit, no way I'm letting a Valkyrie and a thief stop me." He said sternly, the helmet shut around his face automatically, the eyes turned on.
"Shit!" Virgil yelled, she felt the room get hotter.
Vulcan raised the hammer and slammed it down on the ground, causing it to open up and send a shockwave through the ground, Freya and Virgil barely kept their balance.
He shot out a ball of molten magma from the hammer, Freya and Virgil knew that if they were to get hit by ONE of those, death followed, the two girls jumped to the side.
"I'll take care of you first." Vulcan's voice sounded robotic through his mask, he looked at Virgil.
Vulcan swung his burning hot steel hammer at her, who ducked to avoid the attack. Vulcan followed up with an overhead smash, Virgil barely avoided the attack, she could feel the heat of the hammer brush by her, and it made her sweat like all hell.
Virgil pushed Vulcan's robotic arm aside, she struck the chest of the suit with her blade, and barely made a scratch.
Vulcan grabbed Virgil by the neck and threw her full force into a wall, she smashed into the wall, cracking it, she fell to the ground already half dead.
"NO!" Freya cried.
Vulcan stood over her, hammer heated, he raised it.
"Say goodbye human." Vulcan laughed, Virgil moaned in pain as she felt death draw near. Suddenly, a huge blast of magic hit Vulcan head on, it threw him aside.
Virgil looked to her left, she saw Freya, in full Valkyrie armor, wings activated, blade lit up with a powerful aura.
Vulcan recovered quickly; he grabbed his hammer and yelled out with anger. Freya charged at him at full power, Vulcan went for another overhead smash, but Freya parried the attack with her powered up blade, it was strong enough to block an attack from Vulcan. S
She used her gauntlet to gut punch Vulcan, stunning him, she slashed at the chest of the suit, cutting a deep gauge, she kicked Vulcan into a wall and went in for another attack.
"Not so fast." Vulcan grabbed the blade with his gauntlet, it cut it a little, but not enough, Vulcan lifted Freya up into the air and hit her full strength with his hammer, sending her flying back.
"NO! FREYA!" Virgil sat next to Freya and shook her. She groaned a little before looking at Virgil.
"I-I'll be fine…Just go…Gnh! Get some help…" Freya held her side; it hurt with the impact of the blow, and burned because of the molten steel heat the hammer possessed.
Vulcan acted quickly, he threw a quick blast of fire, Freya pushed Virgil behind her and summoned her shield, protecting her from certain incineration.
"GO! Call for help! If they haven't heard the noise that Vulcan is making!"
Virgil's eyes widened as she watched Vulcan bash Freya with his hammer, she flew through the shelves of scrap metal, Vulcan towered over her, but she stood her ground.
"Hmph." Vulcan grunted as he released a blast of fire from his hammer again, Virgil's eye flashed with a green flame, she cartwheeled aside, dodging the attack, suddenly, her gem began to glow.
She thrusted out her fist, firing a green beam of energy, hitting Vulcan directly.
Vulcan staggered back. "What the-GUGH!"
Virgil used her grappling hook to grapple onto Vulcan's neck, she grappled forward, and jumped onto his back, barely avoiding the two cannons that were on there, she turned her sword upside down and thrusted it into the suit as hard as she could.
"HNNNGHH!" Virgil pushed her sword farther and farther down the Mech, sparks of electricity flying out it, her gloves protecting her from probable electrocution.
"AAHH! GET OFF!" Vulcan strained, the two cannons on his back bursted out with magma, the heat blasted Virgil off of his back and onto the floor, her sword was still stuck in his suit.
"Critical Failure. Main Energy Generators severely damaged. Repair recommended." Vulcan's Mech blurted out.
Vulcan towered over Virgil. "YOU'RE GONNA FUCKING PAY FOR THAT!"
She yelled out in fear as Vulcan heated up his hammer, when she heard banging on the trapdoor.
Freya got up and shook her head. She heard voices through the door.
"OPEN THIS HATCH! IT'S BELLONA AND ARTEMIS! WHAT'S GOING ON IN THERE?!"
"N-NO! THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!" Vulcan panicked, Freya acted quickly, she fired a beam of concentrated energy at him, sending him staggering back, she picked up Virgil and threw her over her shoulder.
"OPEN UP THE HATCH FOR THEM! NOW!" Freya yelled, she turned and matrixed a fire ball, she blocked another with her magic, she sent the magma ball back at Vulcan, his own magma melted through the suit.
"NOO!" Vulcan yelled.
"WARNING! WARNING! OUTER ARMOR LAYERS PENETRATED! MAIN CIRUITS AND USER HATCH MAY BE EXPOSED!" The Mech announced. Freya grinned.
Virgil ran up the stairs, she was shaking with fear. She looked around, she saw a green button, she pushed it as the hatch opened up. Bellona and Artemis stood there, weapons in hand.
"Come on!" Bellona and Artemis rushed in, Virgil followed them.
Freya and Vulcan were hitting each other full force. Vulcan swept Freya's legs, making her fall on her back.
"DIE!" Vulcan yelled, he brought down his hammer. Freya stopped the hammer by grabbing her sword by the blade and handle, the end of the hammer was hotter than molten steel, Freya could feel the heat near her face.
Artemis fired 6 shots at Vulcan, each one penetrating the armor and hitting vital spots, Bellona charged in at full strength, her eyes blazing red. She rammed into Vulcan and knocked him on the ground.
"HHHHHAAAA!" Bellona yelled out, she hit Vulcan in the head with her sword full power as he tried to get back up, it broke and knocked the helmet off of the suit, nearly breaking Vulcan's neck.
There he stood, Vulcan's real face, bloody and angry. Virgil helped Freya back on her feet.
"No….I WON'T GO DOWN LIKE THIS!" Vulcan yelled out, he fired multiple balls of magma, Artemis rolled behind cover, Bellona shielded Virgil with her shield, and Freya used her magic to use Vulcan's own attacks against him.
Vulcan smashed into Freya with a shoulder ram, crushing her into a wall, he picked her up and threw her onto a control panel in the room, she landed on it, and electricity surged through her body, electrocuting her.
"AAAAAHHHHHHH! GUUUAAAHHAHHAHH!" Freya yelled out the most pain she has ever been in.
Vulcan and Bellona smashed weapons, he smashed his hammer against her shield, Bellona stabbed him right in the groin with her sword.
This angered Vulcan, he grabbed Bellona by the neck and lifted her up into the air, and was about to crush her head with the power of his gauntlet alone, but Artemis ran at Vulcan full speed.
She summoned her boar that smashed into the melted part of Vulcan's armor, it knocked him aside, making him drop Bellona.
"AGH! WHY YOU FUCKING ARCHER!" Vulcan yelled out, he hit Artemis with his hammer as if it was golf, she smashed into the ceiling, then landed harshly into the ground. She left a small hole in the ceiling.
A few broken ribs and a burned abdomen was something to cry about for the archer.
Virgil panted heavily. She looked around, all the goddesses down and out for the count, until she heard Bellona start to yell at her.
"Virgil…The sword…"
Her lips trembled as Vulcan inched closer, she was horrified.
Bellona tried to yell. "Virgil! The sword! Y-Your sword!" She pointed at Virgil's sword, that was still stuck in Vulcan's back, the green gem on the pommel was shining.
Virgil stared at Bellona, then at Vulcan, then back at Bellona, she backed up too far, her heart dropped when she found out that she was up against a wall.
Virgil glanced at the War Goddess, enough time to see her point to the top of her own hand, she was trying to tell her to use her power.
She finally came to the realization, Bellona's head hit the ground as she fell unconscious, but she would thank her for saving her life. Virgil looked at her gloved hand; the green gem on it was beginning to glow.
Virgil raised her hand out in front of her, the green gem on her glove glowing brighter and brighter, she watched as the gem on the pommel reacted to her glove gem, it too started to turn on and power up.
Vulcan laughed. "What are you doing human? Trying to put on a show?! Because I'll tell you…It's hilarious."
Virgil ignored Vulcan, he walked closer to her, the gems still powering up, Virgil began to cry, Vulcan was mere feet away from her.
"Aww…Don't cry…I'll make it quick…Or…At least I'll try." Vulcan grinned, he picked up Virgil by the neck and smashed her against the wall, making multiple large cracks, and chunks of brick crumble to the floor.
"GAH! NGHH! HGNNGH! NOO-GUH!" Virgil began to lose consciousness, she curled her hand up into a fist for her few last moments of life.
The two gems glowed brighter than ever, suddenly, her eye blazed to life with a green fire, she grit her teeth as she strained and clenched her fist tighter and tighter.
"NOOO!" Virgil yelled out. The gems finally reacted, the pommel off the sword flickered with a green light, suddenly, the sword detonated inside of Vulcan's mech, firing beams of energy from the blade, Vulcan's suit exploded from the inside.
"NOOO!" Vulcan yelled out, the suit exploded from the interior. Electricity sparked everywhere, fire sparks and molten magma spilled to the floor, and large embers sprinkled onto Virgil, making her lash out in pain.
Several more explosions went off, Vulcan's shrieks of death echoed through the basement.
Virgil slid down the wall and fell onto the ground. The gem on her glove slowly powered down. The gem on the pommel of the sword did the same, the blade was glowing a faint green, before returning to its silver shine.
Virgil lay on the ground, Vulcan's busted mech smoking from the back, Vulcan himself was dead inside of it, and Virgil remained motionless.
Just then, Nu Wa busted through the trapdoor, she saw the horrible scene.
"OH MY-OH MY GOODNESS! GET CHANG'E AND TERRA! NOW!" She yelled out to Sol, who nodded her head and zoomed out of Vulcan's room.
A few hours later…Nursery room…
Freya gasped for air as she woke up, she sat up extremely quick.
"WHAT HAPPENED?! WHERE'S VIRGIL?!" She cried.
Bellona and Artemis were already dressed; they dropped their cups of hot chocolate when they saw that Freya was awake.
"Freya!" Artemis shouted, she stood next to her bed.
The Valkyrie was relieved to see that Artemis and Bellona were okay.
"What happened?" Freya rubbed the back of her head.
Bellona shrugged.
"We were out cold, Chang'e and Terra did their best to heal us, then they let us rest in this nursery room. When I woke up, Bellona was already done getting dressed." Artemis explained.
Bellona nodded her head. "Virgil…She's so brave…She brought down Vulcan, even when us, Goddesses, were out of the question."
Freya's heart dropped. "W-Wait….S-She's…dead?" She closed her eyes.
Bellona and Artemis looked at each other, and then back at Freya. "Come look for yourself."
The Valkyrie got dressed quickly, she followed Bellona and Artemis down the hall to a separate room, they entered to see Hou Yi and Chang'e taking care of a weary and worn out Virgil.
Freya's face lit up. "VIRGIL!" She ran to the side of her bed.
Virgil looked up slowly, a smile came on her face. "F-Freya…You're…Alive…" Virgil reached out to her.
"Virgil…You killed Vulcan? How…?" Freya held Virgil's hand.
"My power…It worked…I knew I had healing powers with my gem…But never powers that could be used as weapons…But yesterday…I found out." Virgil smiled.
Freya exhaled. "That's awesome…How are you feeling?"
"Tired…Doing that really drained all my energy…Ha…Yes I know…the Mighty Virgil…Out of energy…You bet darling." Virgil joked.
Freya hugged her.
Bellona placed her hand on Freya's shoulder. "Freya…We attack today…We need to know if you're up to go in."
Freya's eyes widened. "What time is it!?"
"It's seven in the morning…Our attacks begin at eight." Bellona said sternly.
Freya looked back at Virgil. "Our leader isn't going to be there…" She said sadly, Virgil frowned with shame.
She grunted and whimpered as she tried to move, Chang'e held her down.
"No Virgil! You need your rest!"
"Ghgh….No…I'm helping the infiltration…I'm fine…I Just…Need to get back in the groove of things." Virgil pushed Chang'e away gently.
Her toes hovered over the floor lightly, she planted her feet on the ground as she stood up next to her bed, the gods watched as Virgil stood up crooked at first, but the straightened out, she began to stretch and do basic movement exercises.
Virgil exhaled.
"Heh…I'm not out of this fight just yet…" She grinned, the gods cheered, Chang'e gave her a big bear hug.
Bellona nodded her head. "She's one tough human."
Freya nodded in agreement. "We have two tough humans, Myra and Virgil. It's great to have them on our side."
Bellona stared at the ground. "How…How did they get their powers…They're human." Bellona murmured.
"Virgil has her gems…and Myra has her ribbon…So does her sister Astrid…" Bellona held her chin.
Freya thought about it. Until it came to her.
"Maybe...Anger...Or a Need. Some sort of Determination to do what needs to be done."
The Main Hall…
Odin tapped his foot anxiously, he looked at his watch, it was 7:43, and the time for the groups to dispatch was drawing closer, Bellona, Neith and Apollo would be the only team staying back.
All the gods were in the Main Hall, saying their goodbyes and wishing each other the best of luck, Virgil and Freya walked into the hall.
"Virgil! Freya! I'm glad to see you girls have recovered." Odin smiled.
Freya smiled back, Virgil raised a thumbs-up.
"Oh and uh…Virgil? Thank you for finding that spy among us, he always seemed off to me." Odin shouted.
"Don't mention it." Virgil grinned.
Hou Yi and Chang'e were holding hands; they stood near the teleport relic, same with Ratatoskr. Jing Wei was on the phone with Ne Zha.
"Be careful Ne Zha…" Jing Wei whimpered.
"Me? You! You're the one infiltrating the heart of the Gods of Chaos! You're the one who should be careful." The Prince responded.
"Heh…I guess you're right." Jing Wei clutched her fist.
"But we both have to be careful, if we hope to see each other again when this all ends." Ne Zha said through the phone.
"Yeah we do…I'm gonna miss you Ne Zha." The Winged Goddess muttured.
"Aww…I'll miss you too Jing Wei, watch your back out there." Ne Zha said happily.
"Alright…um…I-I love you…" Jing Wei murmured.
Ne Zha stayed silent for a few seconds. "I love you too, take care." He finished, and hung up.
Jing Wei sighed.
"Alright…Let's do this."
Jing Wei cocked her crossbow, the smooth sound of the mechanism reading the bolt rang through the room, she then placed it on her back.
Freya twirled around her sword, it shined with a beautiful light as she sheathed it into its guard.
Ratatoskr looked at his claws, he activated and retracted them repeatedly, sharp as knives. He then raised one of them into the air; bright blue electricity sparked from it.
Hou Yi checked out his bow, he grabbed an arrow and lit the tip of it on fire, the string of the bow disappeared as he put the arrow in a quiver.
Chang'e rubbed her hands together, they sparkled with the power of the moon, she was ready to keep her teammates safe, she held the Aegis Amulet around her neck, before letting it hang.
Virgil sheathed her silver blade, she pulled back the small string on her wrist crossbow, and she readied her hook, it was wrapped around her arm.
Jing Wei held her katana out, she slid her hand down the blade, before sheathing the sword, she slipped on her gloves and did the classic doctor pull.
The other gods crowded around the Infiltration Group, Virgil bent down and tapped the flat stone at the center, she stood back up and watched as the portal formed before her.
Virgil looked back. "We ready?"
Hou Yi took a deep breath. "Let's go."
The gods waved goodbye.
"Good luck, be cautious." Odin shouted.
One by one, the Infiltration Group went through the portal, Virgil went last.
"See you all on the other side!" Virgil shouted, before jumping through the portal, it closed behind her a few seconds after.
Mere minutes after the Infiltrations Teams teleportation, The team attacking Egypt and Rome already departed on battleships, and the teams attacking the Mayan and Hindu Pantheon were getting ready for the march that lay ahead.
The attack…Was finally underway.
The Greek Pantheon…
Virgil looked behind her and shut off the Teleport Relic, the flat ward turned off as its runes stopped glowing.
She exhaled. "Alright…So…Here's the part I didn't plan out. We're in a cave that's in the Greek Forest, not too far away from the lowest layer of Mt. Olympus, this place is heavily guarded." Virgil crouched.
Hou Yi grunted. "Aren't we supposed to take part of the Norse army with us? Like at least a few thousand of their best commandos?"
Jing Wei agreed. "Yeah! One of those guys is equal if not greater than like twenty Iron Legion soldiers!"
Freya smiled. "Hmph…The Warborn."
Everyone looked at Freya. "This another Iron Legion situation?" Ratatoskr squeaked.
"Kind of, only their on our side." Freye grinned.
Virgil walked out of the cave, she looked around. "Let's go, it's clear."
The gods followed close behind Virgil, the group crouched at the edge of the forest line, Virgil took out a pair of binoculars.
She scanned a few miles ahead, and saw a clear view of the lowest layer of Mt. Olympus, then the trail to the higher levels, gardens, fountains, bars, restaurants, an entire city basically.
"Hmm…I wonder were the Iron Legion is located in the Greek Pantheon." Virgil narrowed her eyes.
"They rule this place, all over the cities and islands, but they come from and are stationed here at Olympus, let's just come do what we came for." Freya brought up.
Hou Yi stared off onto the horizon. "Smoke."
"What?" Jing Wei blurted out.
"I see smoke, the Iron Legion is born from fire right? Or at least the artificial ones, they use the Fire Giant Rune for their power and armor, the rune needs to remain hot in order to maintain its power, on the far side of Olympus, there is probably a valley, volcanic activity, it has to be there that the Iron Legion is created, and where the Omicron Titans are born." Hou Yi explained.
The group understood, they had to get past the main base and get to the far side of the mountain.
Virgil and the group sprinted out of the forest and started to blend in a distant rich town, which was not too far away from the entrance gate to Olympus.
"Alright…This is the boring part." Jing Wei looked around, the Greek pantheon was wealthy, but there was Iron Legion guards everywhere, it was unsettling.
"Damn it! Take off those blue bands! And change your looks! You stand out like sore thumbs!" Virgil urged.
The gods panicked, Hou Yi quickly took off the blue band, he snapped his fingers, and his clothes turned blue and his hair white.
Jing Wei took off her hair bands, she let her hair loose so she won't have two pigtails anymore, she then took off her gloves and removed her tassels.
Chang'e also let her hair loose, then she twirled around for a few moments, she had new clothes on.
Freya did the same, she snapped her fingers, and looked like a Spanish musketeer, with a big hat and feather. Ratatoskr didn't do anything, except act like a regular squirrel.
Virgil scanned the town they were in, business bustling, people doing their jobs, but no cars.
"How come there aren't any vehicles around here?" Jing Wei asked.
Virgil shrugged. "I'm gonna go ask a guard."
She ran up to an Iron Legion guard, dressed in the standard orange robes and shined steel plate armor, the guard leaned on their longsword.
"Hello! May I ask a question?" Virgil smiled.
The guard tilted its head sideways before straightening out, the bulky structure of the guard showed that a man was under the helmet.
"What is it ma'am?"
Virgil looked around, then back at the guard. "Um…I'm new around here! Heh…H-How come there isn't any cars around here? I haven't seen not even one." Virgil reddened.
The guard paused, he lifted up his longsword and held it at his side. "You're new? Let me your passport and entrance ticket into the Greek Pantheon. Where did you come from?" The guard extended out his armored hand.
Virgil hesitated. "I-Um…Heh…you see…I-Ahem…Let's just say-AH!" She squealed, Jing Wei had come up behind the guard and stabbed him with a small dagger she stole from a nearby hardware store.
"Gah…Gh…" The guard fell to the ground, Jing Wei and Freya dragged the guard's body into a bush.
"What the hell?!" Virgil squawked.
"He was going to find out that we're illegal! I'm thinking that cars are banned in this pantheon for some reason, they aren't used a lot, and probably especially not in the towns along the border of the Greek Pantheon." Hou Yi brought up.
Virgil looked down. "You're probably right…It makes sense."
Chang'e scanned the area, she spotted horses. "Guys! Look! Horses!"
The group ran up to the ranch, there were 6 horses, but Ratatoskr didn't need a horse, he would just ride with Chang'e.
The group took off on the steeds, the owner of the ranch came out, and he was mad.
"HEY! COME BACK HERE WITH THOSE HORSES!" He flailed his fist around in the air.
Ratatoskr looked back and stuck out his tongue, he laughed as The Jade Rabbit talked under his breath about how Chang'e was okay with Ratatoskr riding with her.
The Hindu Pantheon…
The Norse Army stood outside the walls of the Hindu base, the attack started a few hours ago, and the New Order went in fast and hard, they swept through the borders and tore down any outposts without slowing down.
Now, the New Order was at the Hindu powerhouse, Agni and Kali were inside, a battle lied ahead.
Skadi and Nu Wa stood side by side, the fortress was well built and strong, it was fairly large as well.
"Give up! We have you cornered! This pantheon belongs to us and the citizens that once made their lives here!" Nu Wa yelled.
"Surrender! Or your death surely follows!" Skadi yelled.
Kali crouched, her knives were on fire, and she had a necklace around her neck with a fragment of the Fire Giant Rune on it. Hades has given his remaining gods an advantage, they were harsher, better, faster, stronger.
Since the Gods of Chaos were outnumbered, Hades had to take desperate measures, giving his fellow gods a fraction of the Fire Giant buff.
Kali growled, she lifted her head up, but she ducked back down again when she saw arrows being fired at her. She was on top of the castle wall.
"Get them off the walls! Come on!" Kali ordered the Iron Legion soldiers around her, one of them got shot straight through the heart.
"Damn it." Kali growled, she spotted Sol pouring fire and throwing spheres of heat inside the fortress, igniting everything that could be burned.
"HAH!" Kali threw her knife at Sol, it pierced her chest, causing a world of pain for her. The knife returned to Kali.
Skadi shook her head in frustration, she looked at Nu Wa.
"Nu Wa?" Skadi looked at her in the eyes.
She sighed. "Okay…Break it down."
Skadi smirked. "BREAK IT DOWN!"
Terra was helping soldiers push a huge battering ram, Kali grit her teeth. "Fuck! Off the walls! Off the wall! They're getting in the base! Get to the courtyard!"
Kali jumped off the wall, as Terra pushed the ram in front of the castle gate.
Kali landed next to Agni, who had an army of Iron Legion soldiers behind him, they filled the entire courtyard, and there were archers up on the walls and towers.
"We're doing this." Agni nodded his head, Kali agreed.
The gate was caving in, the Iron Legion stood with their shields in front of them, archers ready to fire.
Nu Wa and Terra stood behind the Norse army, Skadi was in the middle, Sol was still up in the air.
"TERRA! SHIELD OUR WARRIORS! LET'S MAKE SOME NOISE!" Skadi yelled, she raised her spear, the Norse Army started to yell and cheer, the spirit of Valhalla filled their hearts.
"With the soul of gods! The spark of life guides us! TO BATTLE!" Nu Wa yelled, the battering ram broke through the gate, and the Norse Army rushed in at full power.
Agni and Kali stood in front of their army. "STAND YOUR GROUND!" Kali yelled.
The Norse Army charged closer, sprinting across the courtyard.
"HOLD!" Kali raised her hand in the air.
The Norse Army was meters away; The Iron Legion shield wall was strong, but not consistent.
Kali closed her eyes. "FIRE!" The Iron Legion archers shot a hail of fire arrows, killing a hundreds of Norse soldiers in one move, but more poured in.
Sol had ladders on the side of the fortress, Norse warriors flanked the archers from the walls.
Skadi and Nu Wa ran through the gate, Terra broke through it.
Terra looked to her left, Iron Legion archers firing hails of arrows. "Stop that!" Terra yelled, she stomped her foot on the ground, a chunk of the ground came out, Terra thrusted her hand forward, the huge boulder crashed into the wall, making it crumble, the soldiers died in the rubble.
Skadi threw infinite spears, their cold draft made the Iron Legion soldiers uneasy.
Nu Wa used all her elements to keep the Iron Legion at bay, she also summoned clay soldiers to assist the fight.
Suddenly. Sol started to burn up in the center of the sky.
"SUPERNOVA!" Sol yelled. She rained down a fiery hell on the Iron Legion, pouring down fire and plasma, killing hundreds of Soldiers.
Agni targeted Sol, he threw summoned a small meteor above her, it hit her directly, knocking her to the ground. Kali took advantage, she jumped on Sol when she landed.
"GET OFF!" Sol blazed up, a ring of fire burned Kali. Sol grabbed her hilt, it created a blade of pure fire.
Kali laughed. "Let's dance."
Kali charged forward, the two goddesses clashed blades multiple times, Kali rolled to the side, but Sol made the fire blade longer.
Kali barely ducked right under the attack. She kicked Sol in the side of the head, she quickly back flipped to avoid her fire sword, but Sol was too fast, the blade burned Kali in the stomach.
"GAH!" She yelled out.
Kali did some epic gymnastics to avoid Sol's fiery swings, she stabbed her right in the stomach, then threw incense up into the air, it stunned The poor Sun Goddess.
Kali quickly rammed her in the groin. Sol dropped her hilt, it deactivated as it hit the ground, she then fell on her back.
Kali stood over Sol. "HA! Time to put you out!" She laughed, suddenly, a huge rock knocked Kali aside. Terra helped Sol up.
"Aer you alright?"
"I'm fine. Take her off of me." Sol grunted.
Kali charged forward, dodging boulder throws. Kali picked up Sol's hilt and activated it, she threw it at Terra.
"NO!" Sol cried.
The fiery blade cut right through Terra's guard, Kali quickly ran forward, her eye was burning red and orange, because of the Fire Giant Power surging through her.
Kali stabbed Terra multiple times in the stomach, then back flipped kicked her; she then stabbed Terra again in the groin.
"Kch…Ugh…" Terra knelt down on one knee, blood seeped from her mouth, she looked up at Kali with angry eyes.
"You're a bad child…Aren't you…" She muttered.
Kali laughed. "I am."
Terra looked behind her, Sol struggling to dodge Agni's rapid attacks, he held Skadi by the neck, she was down on her knees, Agni's hand was on fire, burning Skadi as he held her down on the ground.
"Let her go!" Sol cried, she threw fire balls at Agni, but they all got countered with more fire.
"Fight fire with fire huh? Not if my fire is stronger!" Agni laughed, he looked at Skadi, who was defenseless.
"Gh….The heat...It's too…Hot…..Sol! I'm going to...die...if you don't..." Skadi moaned.
Sol angered, fire sparked up around her.
Agni raised his eyebrow and grinned. "Such a pretty goddess. You sound so...Attractive."
Skadi grit her teeth, she spit in Agni's face.
He wiped the spit off, and fire punched Skadi, making her collapse on the floor completely.
"NO!" Sol cried, she flew forward like a torpedo, but Agni turned and summoned another meteor above her, knocking her into the wall.
Terra acted quickly, injured and everything, she left Kali unguarded, and instead tried to protect Skadi.
The Winter Goddess looked up. "Terra…What are you doing!?"
The Mother Goddess grit her teeth, her internal bleeding getting worse.
"What do YOU think you're doing?" Agni laughed. He began to box with Terra, rock gauntlets vs fire fists.
Agni hit Terra with a left hook, then a gut punch, right, left, double gut, right, gut, right, left, about 5 gut punches in rapid succession, then a killer left hook, ending it with a deadly right uppercut.
Terra had burn marks all over her body, her skin black and charred, dried blood covered her. Her jawline was shattered, blood seeping from her cheekbones and nose.
"NO!" Skadi got up and stabbed Agni in the back with her spear, he fired up, melting the spear, and then elbowed Skadi onto her back.
"Why you…" Agni made a fireball in his hands.
Terra's eyes widened. "Feel my blessing…!"
Agni threw the fireball at Skadi but it didn't do anything, Terra was shielding her. Skadi's jaw dropped as she saw Terra use all of her strength, just to save her.
Nu Wa tried to stop Kali, it was no use. "TERRA NO!" She cried.
Kali jumped onto Terra's back and stabbed her in the back of the neck. The knife went straight through her throat, and came out of the front. The Mother Goddess' neck spilled blood out like a water hose.
Kali chuckled as she watched Terra fall to her knees, gurgling and drowning in her own warm, red blood. Skadi couldn't believe her eyes, she couldn't move.
Agni turned to Skadi. "Now it's your turn."
Nu Wa angered. "NO! PRAISE THE HEAVENS!" She yelled, her eyes turned white, and a white aura fired up around her.
She rose up into the skies, after a few moments, meteors rained down on the fortress, ravaging it, killing hundreds of both Norse and Iron Legion soldiers.
Some hit Agni and Kali, huge explosions surrounded them, dust clouds blocked all vision, the Iron Legion and Norse Army were fighting blind.
Skadi crawled on the ground, she coughed endlessly in the clouds of dust, she kept crawling until she felt something soft and fluffy under her hand, she looked closely, it was Terra's hand, covered in blood.
"Terra…No…" She whispered, shouting, swords clashing, wall crumbling, death screams, all those unpleasant noises in the background.
Terra lay sprawled out on the ground, lying in a pool of her blood, blending in with all the other dead bodies on the battlefield.
Skadi struggled to get back on her feet, as the dust cleared; she saw that the Norse Army was losing the fight.
She began to throw spears, Nu Wa fought Agni with her magic, and Sol tried to keep Kali at a safe distance.
Skadi raised her hand in the air. "The storm rages on!"
A winter storm came over the Hindu fortress, healing Skadi, and making Sol and Agni feel strange.
Agni laughed. "That won't do jack shit!" She dashed toward Nu Wa, he bashed into her with a fiery shoulder ram.
Agni rammed Nu Wa into a wall, he punched her right in the chest, so hard that Nu Wa dug into the wall behind her.
The weak Goddess leaned back, pieces of the wall crumbled all over her.
"Another kill? This is too easy!" Agni's fist lit on fire, he punched Nu Wa square in the face.
"AH!" She cried out in pain. A large burn mark on her left cheek.
Sol blasted Kali into the ground, a huge explosion incinerated nearby soldiers.
She threw a fireball at Agni, making him stagger to the side, Nu Wa reacted quickly, she got up and threw two water shards at Agni, then she summoned a clay soldier right under him.
Nu Wa shot the clay soldier with a sharp rock, making it explode, sending Agni hurdling back into the ground.
Kali jumped on top of Skadi, the two goddesses wrestled and fought ferociously.
"Get off of me smurf!" Skadi yelled.
"You're one too!" Kali grunted.
"Wrong shade of blue bitch!" Skadi responded, she uppercut Kali sending her into the air, her fist turned icy, she punched Kali into a wall with a powerful blow.
Skadi scoffed, her spear formed in her hand, she threw it full force at Kali.
"AHH!" Kali's eyes turned red, blood and knives surrounded her just in time to make her invincible as Skadi's spear impaled her right through the chest.
Kali broke the spear and smashed it on the ground, she leaped onto Skadi and began to slash at her endlessly and with an angry fury.
Agni summoned more meteors, hitting both Nu Wa and Sol.
"HAHH! THAT'S IT!" Agni yelled, he fired a beam of magma at Nu Wa, she put her arms out in front of her and ducked her head behind them. The laser of magma pushed her back, and into a wall, where she blocked the beam for a bit longer before it stopped.
"GAHAAHH!" Nu Wa shrieked, her forearms were charred black completely. She quickly surrounded them in frozen water, until they were heavy with ice. She detonated the ice.
"GRAAH!"
Nu Wa landed on her back, but when she looked at her arms, they had healed, but were red and numb; the side effects of using ice as a healing technique. Much more effective than Sparkling Water, but can be dangerous, and painful.
Agni turned to block hits from Sol's fire sword, he grabbed her wrist and grabbed the blade, he incinerated the hilt right in his hands.
"M-My sword!" Sol stammered.
Agni smirked, he threw a fireball at Sol, who barely dodged it and returned with an explosive shot that Agni dodged. The explosion went off behind him, who was moving faster than a forest fire, he dashed to the side and launched a fireball at Sol full strength, it stunned her.
The Fire God ran up and kneecapped her right in the face, Sol fell on her back, nearly unconscious.
Agni turned to kill two of Nu Wa's clay soldiers swiftly, he used both hands to fire a concentrated beam of lava straight at her.
"AHHHH! NOT AGAIN!" Nu Wa cried out in pain, she couldn't stand to block another lava beam. Agni dashed forward and gut punched The Goddess with his fiery fist, she gutted out with blood, and flew back a few ten meters.
Agni stood over Nu Wa, his fire fist ready. "Say your final words."
Nu Wa moaned in agony. "Skadi…Sol…I love you both…"
"NOOOOOOO!" Skadi charged at Agni, who pushed her back with fireballs, it was the ultimate battle of ice vs fire.
Agni threw multiple fire attacks that Skadi either countered with ice attacks or dodged.
Agni fired a large amount of fire, like a flamethrower. Skadi tried to counter with literal tons of snow, but Agni's attack burned straight through.
Skadi crouched over with over 3rd degree burns. She cried tears of extreme torture.
Agni turned back to Nu Wa, he raised his fiery fist, but once again, Sol fireballed him.
Nu Wa began to crawl away as Sol fought Agni and Kali, Skadi threw icy spears at The Goddess of Destruction, and tried to cool down Agni, who was enjoying the Fire Giant Buff.
"I'll kill you all!" Agni laughed.
Kali looked to her left, she saw a wounded Nu Wa, and easy kill. She ran for the injured Goddess.
Skadi and Sol struggled to tame Agni, who fired infinite fire attacks that even Sol couldn't counter. Skadi realized too late.
"Wait…WHERE'S KALI?! NO! NU WAA!" Skadi saw Kali hold The Heavenly Goddess up by the throat.
"Taste my blade." Kali chuckled.
She stabbed Nu Wa through the stomach with her sword, tons of blood blasted out of her mouth, right into Kali's face, who enjoyed the delicious taste of Nu Wa's warm fluids.
Kali grabbed her face and locked in with Nu Wa's mouth in some sort of bloody kiss. Kali thrusted the sword in and out of Nu Wa's stomach, making her cough up more blood, that Kali sucked right out of her mouth.
Skadi and Sol couldn't believe their eyes, the execution was slurpy and wet. Agni suddenly hit Skadi in the back with a fireball, but Sol was all fired up, she took off towards Kali.
"Mmph…Kchah…Mmch...Ggh…Mff!" Nu Wa moaned as Kali continued to suck blood from her mouth. She was being treated like a bottle of Coca-Cola.
"YOU MONSTERR!" Sol yelled, she punched Kali right in the spine, sending her flying forward.
Nu Wa fell on her back, blood pouring from her mouth, it was all over her chin and running down her neck from her bloody kiss with Kali.
The Goddess of Destruction wiped her mouth clean with the top of her hand.
"I've never kissed someone like that before. Maybe it's a good idea for their mouths to be filled with delicious blood..." Kali teased, she licked and bit her lips.
Sol's aura blazed with fire, a violent and furious inferno. She took off at a surprising speed, she tackled Kali, and held her down by her neck.
Kali watched as Sol raised her pure fire fist in the air.
"Heh…Do it then…kill me." Kali moaned.
"Fuck you! HIYAAAAHH!" Sol slammed down on Kali's skull, no mercy, full force, all strength, pure power.
Kali's skull exploded on impact, her head detonated, like stepping on a water balloon. Skull, brain, and blood splattered everywhere.
Sol breathed heavily; she ran back to Nu Wa behind her, she held her in her arms.
Skadi was furious, the Norse Army executed the last few warriors of the Iron Legion, and they tore down all the Iron Legion flags and destroyed and ravaged the fortress.
She hit Agni multiple times in rapid succession with her spear.
"YOU! NEED! TO! CALM! HAAH! DOWN! UUUAAHHH!" Skadi yelled, fury in her voice.
Skadi stabbed Agni straight through the ribcage, she tore it to the side, causing Agni to shriek in pain. She then impaled him in the stomach, Agni's blood was pure, hot magma, it spilled out of the wound.
Skadi lifted Agni up into the air, he was at the end of her spear. Magma fell and burned The Winter Goddess as Agni slowly died above her, but she withstood the pain, she wanted to see him suffer.
"HA!" Skadi grunted as she kicked her spear over, Agni's body landed in front of her, lifeless. She spit on his carcass as she walked over to Sol.
She was sobbing, Nu Wa was barely alive in her arms.
"D-Did we win…?" She gagged.
Skadi knelt next to Sol, she looked around, the Norse Army was trying to salvage any structure to wait for the New Orders next move.
"Yes Nu Wa…We did it, we won." Skadi began to tear up.
Nu Wa coughed, blood squirted out.
"I just wanna say…I'm…Gonna miss you two…"
Sol and Skadi listened closely. Both of them on the verge of crying.
"I'm far too weak to heal myself. My injuries...They're internal...and I've lost way too much blood. Mostly because Kali over there drank it all!" Nu Wa chuckled weakly, trying to make to make the situation less sad.
But Sol and Skadi didn't laugh at all. Not one bit.
"Just...Tell everyone…Tell them…That I love them…Please…" Nu Wa managed to whisper, she coughed once more, blood surfaced up out of her mouth like a cup that was filled with too much water.
Sol nodded her head slowly, tears in her eyes.
"W-W…Win…This war…For the New Order…For the people…For everyone..."
Skadi shut her eyes tight, to not release the tears, they leaked out anyway.
Nu Wa went numb in Sol's warm arms. She slowly closed her eyes, and stopped breathing. Her head dropped to the right, her mouth slightly open, dripping with a combination of blood and saliva.
Sol sobbed loudly, Skadi put her arm around her.
"She rests now…It's okay Sol…She's at peace. Let her be." She cried softly.
Sol didn't have the strength to respond, she buried her face in her hands.
"Cry if you need to…Cry all you want. Nobody's stopping you." Skadi hugged The Sun Goddess.
"We may have won the battle…But we lost so much more…" Sol managed to say.
Skadi looked up into the sky, the blizzard she made was dying down. She looked down at the ground.
"That's how it's always going to be in war. And it's never going to change."
I want to see if you guys have the strength to read something so long...This chapter is longer than chapter 25, but it came out in a shorter time! I'm weird.
R.I.P Vulcan
R.I.P Terra
R.I.P Kali
R.I.P Agni
R.I.P Nu Wa
A lot of deaths, and I'm just saying this right now…There is a lot more to come…