Location: The Cosmos (Dimensius POV)
Dimensius watched silently as Hydros, the primordial of the Seas, looked around his surroundings frantically.
"Hey!" the primordial yelled, "Where the Hell am I? Who brought me here, huh? Come get some!" Hydros swung his golden trident around wildly, as if to try and look intimidating.
Dimensius decided to make his presence known, so he collected his consciousness into the familiar blue-skinned being that all the primordials should recognize from their meeting just over a century ago.
"Peace, my son" the cosmic entity chuckled, "I have brought you into the Cosmos, your time has expired, Youngblood."
Hydros pointed his trident threateningly in Dimensius's direction, "What do you mean?!" the sea primordial spat angrily.
Dimensius was slightly taken aback at the tone Hydros spoke with, as lord of the multiverse, he had expected a bit more respect. He raised his eyebrow challengingly, "Put that stick away," he replied nonchalantly, "You cannot harm me, primordial of the seas, if you have questions, ask them nicely. I was planning to allow you to enter Eternal Peace after all!"
The words were put in immediate effect, as Hydros seemed to realize who he was talking to and quickly lowered his trident, "What's Eternal Peace?" he asked in a much calmer tone, "And, what do you mean 'my time has expired', milord?"
Before Dimensius answered the question, he swiftly teleported the two of them to the gates of Eternal Peace. The shiny golden gates, similar to that of heaven, was the only accessible entrance for anyone that was not himself. He had made sure the coveted place was completely defended by an impenetrable force field. Unfortunately, he couldn't exactly do the same to other universes within the Multiversal system, due to the fact that any living creation would be sure to take advantage of the free power.
"This is Eternal Peace," Dimensius explained, "A universe I separately created from the rest of the DMS, as a way to accommodate powerful lifeforms, such as yourself, after their time is over in the living world. It is one of three universes I created, the other one is called Eternal Punishment, and trust me you don't wanna go there. In Eternal Peace, you live free from worries, completely protected, and never to return to the living world ever again."
Dimensius snapped his fingers, and the golden gates opened, "Go on." he encouraged, "It's time to enter, Youngblood."
Hydros hesitated, "Wait." he stalled, "But, I never died though, Milord. Why did I come here?"
Dimensius sighed, he didn't want to explain this, "You reached full potential, Youngblood." he answered, "When an immortal reaches full potential, they are too powerful for the universe to handle, and need to be removed. I removed you as a necessity, Hydros, you were like a ticking nuclear bomb at that point, ready to blow the entire universe to smithereens. Your time has expired, everything that happens on Midgard now, know it is not yours to control, you have done your part. And, you have done it well enough to earn Eternal Peace."
"I understand." Hydros replied, a hint of sadness to his voice, "I'll miss my friends, but I realize that it was for the best. But, milord, can you please tell Gidorah, that he was the best brother ever."
Dimensius smiled knowingly at this, "I will," he promised the primordial, "I have a feeling that I will be meeting with him very soon anyway!"
Hydros raised an eyebrow in confusion at this, "What do you mean?"
Dimensius chucked, "Not yours to worry about anymore, Youngblood." he teased, "Go in Eternal Peace, I'm pretty sure there's someone that wants to meet you!" And, before Hydros could reply Dimensius disappeared into nothingness, to observe the primordial in silence.
Hydros looked confused for a couple seconds, before walking through the gates of Eternal Peace. As soon as he had entered, the gates automatically closed behind him. He took some cautious steps in the universal paradise, before someone flashed in front of him.
"Water Boy!" the voice of Galleem was shrill with excitement.
Hydros, after getting out of his temporary shock, quickly wrapped the primordial of Light in a tight embrace. "I missed you!" he mumbled into her long golden hair.
"You died in the war too?" Galleem looked at Hydros in surprise, "I didn't believe it when I heard from Lord Dimensius. You are so powerful, Hydros!"
Hydros shook his head in response, "I didn't die," he replied, "I reached full potential."
At Galleem's confused look, he sighed, "I'll explain, c'mon" he said, grabbing her hand and pulling her along, "Let's explore our paradise, my angel!"
Dimensius smiled to himself because, even as little as he understood emotions, he had still felt it was right to notify Galleem of her lover's impending arrival before it happened. He was sure that their swift reunion would help the two primordials live not just in "eternal peace", but "eternal happiness" as well, and it was looking like he was 100% correct in this assumption…
Location: Antathelus Battlefield (Gidorah POV)
From the corner of his eye, Gidorah could see Kronus preparing to fight Obsidius.
"No!" the sky primordial commanded his son, "This is not your fight!"
The Titan of Time looked ready to argue, but thought better of it and nodded in acceptance before standing out of the way of the warring primordials.
Gidorah turned to his opponent and swung his jagged, lightning bolt-themed sword in a deadly arc towards him, the sharp blade sparkling with electricity. Immediately, the sky primordial's blade was met by the spiked face of Obsidius's sledgehammer, which was glowing brightly with dark red energy.
As the bright blue glow of the lightning blade clashed with the red of the sledgehammer, they combined to illuminate the two immortal's faces with a nefarious violet colour.
Obsidius sneered, the purple light making the look appear even nastier than it already was, "Give up." he growled, "You cannot even hope to defeat me." In one swift motion, the primordial of Destruction broke the weapon clash with a powerful thrust of his hammer, forcing Gidorah onto the defensive.
The King of Midgard had to draw upon all of his strength to fight off the barrage of attacks from Obsidius. Slowly, as Obsidius's strokes began to slow, Gidorah could feel himself begin to win the exchange. "I don't hope to defeat you," he said wearily, his breathing ragged with exhaustion, "I know I can!"
Gidorah placed a perfectly aimed kick square into Obsidius's chest, pushing the primordial of Destruction away from him. Then, he quickly summoned a powerful bolt of white hot lightning and directed it from the tip of his sword to slither towards Obsidius. The impact of the attack instantaneously gained a reaction from its target, as Obsidius fell to his knees and screamed in pain as the electricity coursed through his body.
Obsidius chuckled menacingly as he stood up, the primordial's eyes were glowing so vibrantly with a type of pure hatred that Gidorah had never seen before. "That was cute, sky boy!" Obsidius spat mockingly, "But now, it's my turn!"
The primordial of Destruction unleashed a huge black beam of energy at Gidorah, the largest Destruction Beam the sky immortal had ever witnessed. Time seemed to move in slow motion as he thrust his sword out in a desperate attempt to protect himself, subconsciously releasing a powerful Kaiser beam in the process. The arcing point of the vibrant red lightning bolt racing to meet the dark point of its attacker. Obviously, the meeting between two of the strongest forces in the universe, each capable of stripping a being's immortality away, was absolutely spectacular.
(Kronus POV)
Kronus stared, wide eyed at the incredible display of power his father and Lord Obsidius were displaying. His father's red Kaiser beam was one of the strongest that the Titan had ever seen him generate, but despite this, Lord Obsidius's Destruction Beam seemed to be equally matched in ability.
Suddenly, Kronus heard his name being called, "KRONUS!" it was the strained voice of Obsidius, who was trying to overpower Gidorah, "Remember our plan! Use the Scythe! It can-"
The primordial of Destruction was cut off, "NO!" Gidorah interjected, "Kronus, do not listen to his meaningless words. Stay out of the way, and let the King protect his kingdom, that is an order!"
At the mention of the word "king", Kronus could see Obsidius's face screw up in rage, "You are not worthy of that title!" the primordial hissed, "Only you can end this, young Titan!" Obsidius had turned to Kronus again, trying to coax the Titan into battle, "Take his power! Begin the Golden Age like you always wanted!" he encouraged soothingly.
But, as Kronus stared into the hateful eyes of his master, he realized something. Obsidius never cared about him or his want for the throne. No. The primordial of Destruction only wanted use him to achieve his ultimate goal: Take revenge on Gidorah and Midgard for stealing his beloved "power" from him."
This sudden moment of clarity, an epiphany of sorts, was ultimately what caused the Titan of Time to make his decision. He focused on dramatically slowing time around him, before summoning his powerful scythe, one with the power to strip immortality. Before using it however, he made sure to take good note of his father's undignified expression at him, most likely because of Obsidius's words. He sucked in his teeth anxiously at the prospect of another one of his father's infamous lectured before aiming the scythe's blade, steadying, and hurling it as hard as he could towards his target.
When time began to move normally again, Obsidius collapsed to the ground, Kronus's deadly scythe embedded into his chest.
"Nnnngh!" the primordial grunted in pain, his eyes rolling to the back of his head which allowed Kronus to release the breath he didn't know he had been holding in.
Kronus turned to see the disapproving electric charged eyes of his father, but, before any of them could speak, they were interrupted by Hell flashing in.
"I sensed a great power has fallen," the orange eyed immortal said ominously, "The primordial of Destruction has been defeated in battle."
Both Gidorah and Kronus nodded silently in agreement at the primordial of Hell's words.
"He is too powerful to be kept in the open." Hell said simply, "I shall contain him in Hell for eternity!" he then turned to Kronus, a grin plastered on his face, "I know what you did, saviour of Midgard." the primordial stated, matter-of-factly, towards Kronus before both he and the body of Obsidius flashed away in a blinding orange light.
From behind Kronus, he could hear his father loudly clear his throat.
"You have disobeyed my orders, my son." Gidorah scolded the Titan sternly, "The direct orders from the King. If you weren't my son, you would be facing severe punishment!"
Kronus stared at his father in disbelief, "I just helped save your life, father!" the Titan cried indignantly, "If it weren't for me, who knows if you could have overpowered Obsidius!"
Gidorah shook his head in response, "It is not just that." the sky primordial's seriousness did not waver as he spoke, his tone icy cold, "I don't want to believe the words Obsidius spoke, but I may have to, considering the fact there would be no other explanation for your weapon!"
Kronus dropped his head out of guilt, "I-I'm sorry, father. My emotions clouded my judgement." he apologized silently, "But-But I still made the right decision in the end. Isn't that what a good King does after all?" the Titan watched his father's reaction with hopeful eyes.
Gidorah just gave him a withering glare and scoffed in mock offense at the mere suggestion, "A good king would never disrespect the rules of discipline, nor would he ever negotiate deals with the enemy that involve the lives of his own men." the sky primordial replied angrily, "You will never be a good King!" he finished confidently, the harsh words making rage bubble in Kronus's stomach.
"We still have one more task to complete before the war is over." Gidorah's voice remained cold and unwelcoming, "Follow me." he commanded, gesturing at the silhouette of Murdoch in the background.
And Kronus did follow him, all while seething at his father's attitude. He had just helped the primordial win a potentially fatal battle for Dimensius's sake! What more could the old man want?! The Titan of Time's thoughts were plagued with toxic negativity as he began preparing himself for the final battle of the war.
Location: Antathelus Battlefield Sky, Fight with Murdoch (Gidorah POV)
Murdoch was the most destructive creature Gidorah had ever seen. Every beat of the dragons wings caused powerful winds that tore into the landscape, ripping out trees and sending anything in its path flying. All members of the remaining Midgardian army had combined their forces to try and defeat this beast. Gidorah could see his own army, the mighty Heavenly force, was greatly depleted from the fight. All of them were, the sky primordial realized, the Beasts of Destruction had done a good number on the armies of Midgard, it would take a long time to heal from this.
Suddenly a booming crack of thunder caught Gidorah's attention, and the streaky orange phoenix-themed chariot skidded into view.
"Care for a ride?" the voice of his wife, Jaya called in a mock British accent from inside the chariot.
"I can fly alone," Gidorah responded coolly, "But Kronus could do with one."
Jaya swiftly opened the chariot door, and the Titan of Time hopped in, not even bothering to give Gidorah a glance of acknowledgement.
Gidorah sighed, perhaps he was too hard on his youngest son, the sky primordial though as he flew towards the battle with Murdoch. The truth was, Kronus was Gidorah's greatest hope. He could see how powerful the young Titan was, he was rivalled only by his brother Joker. But Joker had disappeared a few years ago, and had not given any signs of showing up soon. Kronus would be a good King eventually, Gidorah had decided, but the Titan needed to prove himself, before Gidorah would be comfortable with him as a heir.
A large plume of fire almost knocked Gidorah out of the sky, and the ear splitting roar of a terrifying beast snapped the primordial out of his thoughts.
"You have come to face your demise, Midgardian King!" the dragon growled, very blunt with his words.
Gidorah stared at the mountain sized beast in awe for a few seconds before responding with, "What happened to your head?" in reference to the stump that replaced where one of the dragon's head should have been.
"Silence, fool!" the dragon hissed before launching a wave of icy breath at Gidorah.
Gidorah focused on generating a shield around his body, feeling the coldness of the ice around him but luckily receiving no serious wounds. The sky primordial raised his sword and sent a powerful blast of lightning at one of Murdoch's heads.
Unfortunately, the blow was smoothly deflected by a green blast of energy from said head. "You think it will be that easy!" the Murdoch taunted, "Vuton used almost all his energy to destroy one of my heads, and even then it only worked because it caught me off-guard!" he bragged proudly.
Yep, Gidorah thought to himself, that might actually be believable. He watched the entirety of the remaining Midgardian force launch attacks against the body of Murdoch, the blows doing next to nothing against the dragon. He spotted some of the primordials trying to fight against a few of Murdoch's heads and getting completely shut down. Definitely believable, Gidorah reminded himself.
"Lucky then, I am not Vuton!" Gidorah replied confidently. The sky primordial raised his jagged lightning sword and unleashed his strongest attack, a red Kaiser Beam.
The beam was met with the same green energy from the same head, and for a brief moment, the two powerhouses were caught in a potency struggle. But, it would be Gidorah, with his attack much more equipped for killing that won the clash.
The deadly arcing Kaiser Beam stuck its target head on, and Murdoch roared in pain as his second head was blasted off.
(Jaya POV)
Rattus steered the sky chariot sharply away from the wall of fire that was released by Murdoch. Jaya watched as it split Gidorah away from them. She tapped her fingers nervously against the window, hopefully her husband could handle herself, right? Speaking of Gidorah, Jaya wondered if the sky primordial had heard of his brother's peculiar disappearance. It was certainly strange, I mean, the sea primordial had just vanished into thin air after all! She didn't want to believe it, but there was the slight possible that he may have died, only time will tell.
Suddenly, Jaya heard a deep laughter resonated throughout the atmosphere, "It's dinner time!" one of Murdoch's heads roared in amusement, "And roasted immortals are next on the menu!"
A yellow energy beam slithered towards them like a lightning bolt, once again forcing Rattus to make another sharp turn to avoid the attack. Jaya and Kronus were both thrown against the side of the chariot as they veered suddenly to the left.
"Ow!" Kronus complained from beside her, "Learn to fucking drive, Rattus!"
"Language, Kronus!" Jaya scolded the Titan of Time.
"Yeah, yeah!" Rattus grumbled in response to Kronus's whining, "Why don't you try and drive this thing then!"
Kronus looked thoughtful for a moment, "I will!" he retorted a little uncertainly.
Rattus flinched in surprise, "What?!" he asked.
Kronus nodded in affirmation, "Yeah!" he said more confidently, "I said, I'll drive. Hand me the wheel." he commanded his brother.
Rattus was concerned but did as the Titan commanded, "Ok then."
Kronus snatched the wheel from Rattus and turned back towards the dragon, "Well don't just sit there!" he chided his brother, "Open the window and start firing your lightning bolts!"
Rattus opened his mouth in shock, probably from getting pushed around for the first by his youngest brother but still did as Kronus said. The Titan of the Sky opened the window, pulled out a double bladed sword and unleashed a white hot lightning bolt directed at a yellow-eyed head of Murdoch.
The lightning was intercepted from Murdoch's own mock lightning attack, the resulting clash reducing both attacks into nothingness. "You are weak, Titan!" the dragon remarked, "Much weaker than your father!"
Time slowed down, courtesy of Kronus, as Murdoch launched a larger arcing beam of energy at the three immortals. It probably should have struck them and knocked them out of the sky, but because of Kronus's time manipulation, he was able to successfully get them out of the way. His turn was objectively much smoother than Rattus's had been.
"Told you I could drive better than you!" Kronus teased his older brother.
Rattus crossed his arms and huffed in annoyance, "That's only because your using time to your advantage!" he answered.
Kronus just stuck his tongue in response, getting a laugh out of Jaya.
"Oh stop your childishness, you two!" the primordial scolded her children, "We have a war to win!"
"I have an idea!" Kronus said suddenly.
Rattus yawned in boredom, "What is it?" he said through his yawns.
"I can stop time for us," Kronus explained excitedly, "So you two can blast the damned head off without fear of your attacks being deflected."
Jaya smiled at her youngest son's brilliance, "That sounds great, Kronus!" she replied encouragingly.
Rattus just gave a nod of approval at the plan, "Let's do it then." he said gruffly.
Kronus smiled, "Be quick though." he warned, "I can't hold time still for very long."
So, Jaya called upon her sacred bow: Nature's wrath and aimed it towards Murdoch's yellow-eyed head. From beside her, Rattus did the same with his sword.
"On my mark!" Kronus commanded.
Jaya and Rattus responded with an affirmative, "Yes, sir!"
Kronus shook his head in mock annoyance at their antics, before screaming a loud "Now!"
The dragon froze in the air, along with the rest of the world as time came to a complete stop around the three immortals. This was their only chance. Jaya focused all of her energy on her bow and released the most powerful bolt of bright green energy she had ever done. Rattus seemed to also grasp the seriousness of the situation, and had sent a lightning bolt nearly rivalling that of his father's towards Murdoch.
The combined might of the two attacks did the trick, and the dragon roared in pain as another one of his heads was blasted to pieces.
Kronus was panting in exhaustion, hands on his knees. Jaya walked over to him in concern, obviously the hold over time had tired the young Titan out.
"We…did…it!" Kronus said between breaths.
Jaya smiled, "Yeah, but we're not finished yet." she replied.
"I'll take the wheel," Rattus volunteered, "You can rest for now."
(Hell POV)
Hell raised his death staff: Bane and focused his power. Bane's eyes glowed a sinister purple colour before a pair of clawed demon wings erupted from the primordial's back. Hell cringed in pain at the wings but managed to hold in a scream by gritting his teeth tightly.
"Whoa!" the voice of Vuton brought Hell back to reality, as the dark angel of a primordial floated gently down to the sky, "Never seen those before!" he said, referring to Hell's wings.
Hell grinned, "I don't like to use them a lot, they are quite painful to summon" he stated truthfully, "But against that thing," he pointed at the flying mountain sized figure of Murdoch, "I'm probably going to need it!"
Vuton nodded in agreement at Hell's words, "So, what's the plan?" he asked coolly, probably to cover up his nervousness from facing the super dragon again.
Hell motioned for some winged demons to come over, at the same time summoning his chariot. "The Titans," he said pointing at Loki, Jade and Umbra, "Will be taking my chariot, which will be flown by my soldiers into battle. They will be joining the rest of the army, to try and deal any kind of damage to Murdoch's body." he gestured to him and Vuton, "We, the primordials, will use our gift of flight to aim solely for the weakest, but most dangerous part of Murdoch: the heads."
Hell looked around, expecting some sort of response, but all the immortals must have been too focused on the impending fight to give a proper one. Hell took this as the cue to fly off towards Murdoch. He heard the sound of beating wings, which probably meant that Vuton was not far behind him.
As they approached the mass amount of heads that Murdoch possessed, Vuton began to discuss their strategy with Hell, "We're two primordials, Hell" the dark angel began, "Let's try and just powerhouse through the weakest head!"
Hell thought about the implications of the idea, you always had to when dealing with Vuton, before ultimately deciding that the idea wasn't too bad, "Alright, man" the primordial of Hell replied, "Let's do it!"
Hell scanned the heads belonging to Murdoch: He spotted the largest purple eyed-one that killed Galleem, definitely not that one. After much deliberation, he settled on a smaller brown-eyed one that seemed to not be doing much aside for the occasional brown burst of energy that shook the ground when it collided.
"That one!" Hell said confidently to Vuton, pointing at the brown-eyed head.
The two primordials zoomed through the air, careful not to draw the attention of any of the other heads of Murdoch and have to engage in an unnecessary battle. Unfortunately, when they arrived at their destination a good 50 feet away from their target, it seemed Murdoch was already prepared.
"More immortals to feed upon," the brown-eyed head hissed menacingly, "How delightful."
Vuton turned to Hell, "Darkness abilities?" he asked.
Hell grinned in response, "Darkness abilities!" he confirmed affirmatively.
Hell focused his abilities, drawing his energy from the depths of Hell and making his death staff's eyes glow a pure black colour. Then, with a scream of defiance, the primordial released his power in the form of a dark energy beam toward its target.
From beside him, Vuton had sent a nearly identical beam of dark energy from his halberd, which was glowing with power. The two immortals' attacks were immediately met by a small brown beam of energy from Murdoch's brown-eyed head. As the dragon's weakest head, the display of energy proved almost insignificant against two of the strongest attacks a primordial could unleash and the head was easily destroyed.
"That was easy," Vuton remarked, turning to Hell, "Let's-"
He was cut off by the booming voice of Murdoch's purple-eyed head, "Enough!" he bellowed, "No more games are to be played today!"
Before anyone could react, the head had sent a potent purple energy beam directly at Vuton. As the large assault of power connected with its target, Vuton instantly dropped out of the sky. And, Hell didn't need his powers to realize that the darkness primordial was dead.
Murdoch let loose a sinister cackle, "All will die!" he yelled.
Hell stared at his enemy, deep in thought. He didn't like what he most likely had to do next, but it was going to be the only way to save Midgard.
A/N - So, this was originally going to be the final chapter of the war, but as you can see it got a bit long so I decided to split it up. Also, apparently WW3 is starting, I hope where I'm living any potential war won't have that big of an effect but you can really never know with these things. Anyway, thanks for reading and remember to leave a review.