Yet another crossover story I made in this site. it's a crossover between God of War and The Bible. Note that i don't own God of War. enjoy the story!
In the middle of nowhere...
Kratos slowly walked throughout the desert, near the land of Egypt. His energy was drained, his powers were all lost.
The Ghost of Sparta looked at his blades, still functioning as usual. "Curse...you...demon...king..." He muttered, as the winds of the desert flows through him.
The heat of the sun burns his body, his feet feeling the heat of the grain of sands. The spartan tried his best to survive, "Sarah...I... I'll come...for you..."
He had one goal in his mind now, to save Sarah...death can wait. He can't abandon her now. But he was exhausted, drained from all of his power.
The spartan fell into the ground, grasping the sand in his hand. He looked above hopelessly, "If...If Jesus was here...what would He...suggest me do..?" Kratos asked himself, as he tried to crawl.
Darkness began to consume the Spartan, but he fought it off. He stood up, struggling to keep himself from falling. He looked forward, "I'll find you, Sarah...I am coming..."
As he walked, sweats coming out of his forehead, suddenly, a hand touched him in the back. Kratos looked back, only to see a familiar person behind him.
"Son...of God?" Kratos muttered the name weakly. Jesus smiled, "It's been a while."
Tears suddenly streams out of the spartan's eyes, "Jesus...Jesus...is that really You?"
"Come and see for yourself." Jesus opened His arm, smiling politely.
"B- but... I saw You there...You were...dead.." Kratos weakly said. Jesus replied, "Remember, death cannot hold those with purpose." He quoted Athena.
Kratos slowly approached the Messiah, as he hugged Him tightly, "I am sorry...for everything...I am so sorry..."
Jesus gave the spartan a pat in the back, "Why are you apologizing, Kratos? Your sins has been forgiven, even after I told you to go away."
"You...forgive me?" Kratos asked curiously. "Really did think I hated you, did you?" Jesus asked one more time.
Kratos did not respond. Jesus chuckled, "My, My, Kratos, I would never hate you. Remember My promise?"
Kratos looked at Him in confusion. Jesus continued, "I will always be with you until the end of time. A promise is a promise."
Kratos couldn't say anything. He felt guilty for disappointing his mentor for the last time. However, Jesus knew his thoughts, but decided not to speak anyways. Instead, He said, "You seem to be in trouble."
Kratos nodded. "Would you like for some piece of advise?" Jesus asked again. Kratos replied, "I...yes.."
Jesus then whispered to his ear, "Sarah will die, no matter what you do."
Back to reality
Kratos woke up from the terrible vision he received in the middle of nowhere. He looked to the ground, and saw nothing but a grain of sand.
He looked to the sky, only to see that the sky was dark, the sun vanished from the clouds, and left there was only the moon and the twinkling stars.
Kratos punched the ground in frustration, "How long...was I...out?" He asked himself, as he kept walking throughout the emptiness of the land.
His strength was almost back, but being drained from all of his powers, he had nothing to rely to except his brute strength, and his weapons, of course.
Without his power, Kratos was just a simple mortal in the eyes of many. No matter...I will acquire as many powers as I can.
Kingdom of Hell...
Sarah spat at the direction of Lucifer, who smirked at the reaction, "Lovely." he said.
"Where is he?" Sarah asked. Lucifer raised his eyebrow, "He? Who?"
"Don't play dumb, you moron." Sarah demanded. Lucifer laughed lightly, "Oh, your future husband, is it? Ah, all I did was left him stranding around in a middle of nowhere."
Sarah replied, "I should've known you morons exists! How could I be so-"
"Stubborn? I know. You humans are so stubborn to deny my existence. That, my dear, is the advantage I have towards your pathetic excuse of a race." Lucifer finished, walking away.
"Wait, come back here, you reindeer scum! Where do you think you're going?!" Sarah demanded. Lucifer stopped, before looking back, "Oh, don't you worry, little insect. You'll get your playtime real soon."
"P- playtime?! I asked, where are you going?!" Sarah asked again. Lucifer sighed, "I'm not sure sniffing around in people's business is a good habit." He replied.
"'Good habit' kiss my ass! Tell me, does killing people a good habit, as you said?!" Sarah asked one more time, a rhetorical question.
Lucifer walked away, ignoring Sarah's plea. Approaching the captain, Beelzebub, Lucifer spoke, "Time to commence our plan."
"Right away, sir." Beelzebub replied, before going to get the troops ready.
Lucifer smiled widely, looking at his hands, "Revenge is at sight. Beautiful." He laughed maniacally, the echoes of his laughter spread across the Kingdom.
The Dead Sea...
After what seemed like an eternity, Kratos finally found a source to quench his thirst. The sea in front of him is large, blue in colour.
"F- finally..." Kratos stuttered, crouching down. Before he can even touch the sea, suddenly, a group of apes came out of their hiding, aiming their spear at the Ghost of Sparta.
"What treachery is this?!" Kratos asked loudly.
"Trespasser!"
"Intruder!"
"Sinful man!"
All the apes began chanting insults towards the spartan, dumbfounding him.
"I mean no harm, apes." Kratos reassured, "I am only here to quench my thirst. Am I not allowed to?"
"And are we supposed to trust you just like that?!" One of the apes said.
"No. I only ask of your water, and I will leave." Kratos said again.
"This water is ours, and ours only! If you want yourself to be worthy of our resources, face our leader first." The ape said.
Kratos sighed, "Bring him, and I will place his head on the platter."
"Cocky, ain't ya?" The ape mockingly said, "If you lose, don't blame us if you lose a part of your body."
Kratos simply replied, "I do not care." before unsheathing his blades, "Where is this 'leader' you spoke of?"
Suddenly, a giant ape, bigger than all of the apes in that place, took a step on the ground, shaking the entire place.
"Who seeks audience with the great Abimelekh, the ruler of the stars?" Abimelekh, the leader of the apes, said.
Kratos stood in front of the large ape, unfazed by his size. "...This?" The large ape said, ridiculing the Ghost of Sparta.
"Am I, the great king, to face this tattoed weakling? How ridiculous! I might have to pull my punches." Abimelekh said while laughing.
Kratos stared at him, unamused, "You seem like a fool who overestimate their own strength, only to be trashed by the warrior you deem to be 'low' and a 'weakling'."
"You're one to talk, human! You overestimate yourself so much, that you think mocking me will grant you a free passage to leave us! A cunning yet foolish act." Abimelekh retorted, before cracking his knuckles.
Kratos smirked, "Is that so? I could just spare you the painful death you are about to face. All you have to do is allow me to drink from your water."
"Your threats are empty, human. There is no going back now. You lose, you leave us, you win, we'll give you the water." The large ape offered.
Kratos replied, "If that is how it is, then fine." And then, they rushed at each other, before their fist clashed with each other, sending a great shockwave across the dead sea.
Outskirts
"Hrrrr..." Hermes moaned, waking up from his 'slumber'. Looking over his sides, he found out that the gods besides him lies in the ground, unconscious.
"Gah, feels like...a fucking Chimera is sitting on my head. What's going on..?" Hermes asked himself, looking around, scanning for trouble.
He then looked to his feet, and found out that it was unharmed once again, "The poison is gone. How convenient." Hermes said to himself, before rubbing his legs to make sure.
Hermes then went to wake up his fellow comrades. The first were Ares, "Hey! God of failure, wake up!"
Ares quickly opened his eyes, choking the messenger of the gods.
"What did you just call me, you irritating fool?" Ares asked in a malicious tone.
Choking, Hermes replied, "F...Failure...want me...to spell it out...right in that face of yours?" Hermes then brings his face closer to the war god's face, "F A I L U-"
Ares then slammed Hermes into the ground, "YOU DARE?!"
Hermes chuckled, "Of...of course I dare!"
Growling, Ares attempts to punch the messenger god into the ground, but Hermes quickly disappeared from sight.
Hermes appeared in front of Hades in an instant, "Quit your snivelling, we got a job to do." Hermes demanded.
"What job, do tell?" Ares asked. Hermes stared at him, unamused, "Ares, my dear, what's wrong with you, honey? Do you have eyes? A serpent gouged it out? Can't see what's in front of your eyes now, can't you? Are you mentally ill?"
Ares hissed, "Why are you asking such a foolish question? I am perfectly fine, as you can see, no idiotic illness will bring down the god of-"
Hermes then bursted in rage, "Then use your peanut-sized brain to think and see what the fuck is going on!"
"I still don't know what our 'job' is." Ares said, deadpanned. Hermes slapped his face, and said to his war god comrade, "Ares. Close your eyes, just for a second."
Ares obliged, and closed his eyes. "Face into your right." Hermes said in a 'gentle' voice.
Ares did what he said. Hermes then spoke, "Now open your eyes, slowly."
Ares then opened his eyes, only to see his brothers lying on the ground. "W- what?! How? Where are we?"
Hermes slapped himself again, "Took you that long to realize, huh? And now you're complaining if I call you a failure?"
Gritting his teeth, Ares demanded, "Stop mocking me, or I'll shut your mouth, forever."
Hermes shrugged, "Empty threats are empty, but whatever."
"What do you suggest we do?" Ares asked one more time.
Hermes replied, "I don't know, you tell me! Aren't you the 'superior' one? Am I not the messenger, the weakling?"
Ares growled, "Fine. I will think of what to do myself."
Hermes grinned, "Then I guess I'll have to wait for another thousands of years, if not more."
Ares growled, "Meaning?"
"You know what I mean." Hermes replied, chuckling.
"You mean to say that my way of thinking is slow, didn't you?" Ares asked suspiciously. "Slower than a defecating constipated snail." Hermes added.
Before Ares burst out in anger, Hermes interrupted him, "The answer is already obvious, you fat dobber. Carry them to safety...or plan two, wait for them to wake up, if you're too much of a lazy simpleton."
"I choose plan two." Ares said again.
"How about plan three?" Hermes offered. Ares asked, "And what is that?"
"Waking them up. That's what." Hermes replied.
Ares nodded, before kicking Hades in the ribs, "WAKE UP!" Hades opened his eyes, waking up from his sleep.
Hermes took a step back, "Definitely not me."
Hades growled, "Now, now, who kicked me? That is...very impolite of you."
"That dumbass was the one who did it." Hermes said, pointing at Ares, "Do whatever you wish. Oh, don't forget to serve his head on my plate. It'll be such a 'pleasant' view for me."
Hades 'smiled' through his helmet, "Oh, nephew, forgive and forget, remember? Come here, hug it out."
Ares smiled too, "That is very generous of you, Hades, but we have no time for this."
Hades shook his head, "What time? Just for a moment, come here."
Ares then approached his brother, "Fine."
As he got closer, Hades embraced the god of war. Seconds later, suddenly, Hades launched his knee to Ares's rib, as he fell into the ground, rubbing his rib in pain.
Ares grunted, but Hades ignored him, approaching Hermes, "Ah, I believe you have any explanation for this."
"You ask me as if I know anything at all. I'm just as lost as you." Hermes replied.
Ares slowly stood up, "Y- you said you forgave me..."
Hades ignored him, and kept folding his arms, "We should wake them."
Gritting his teeth, Ares roared, "DON'T YOU DARE IGNORE ME!"
Hades slowly turned his gaze on Ares, "Would you be kind enough TO HOLD YOUR TONGUE FOR A SECOND?!"
"YOU HIT ME IN MY RIBS!" Ares shouted back. "Don't be such a baby. That knee to the rib was nothing but a child's play to you." Hades mockingly said.
Hermes added, "He's a grown god, yet he has the mentality of a disabled kid."
Hades nodded, "I agree with the messenger."
Ares gritted his teeth, "Can anyone in here stop mocking me for once?"
Hermes shook his head, "You're so fun to mock."
Ares growled, but kept his mouth shut, not wishing to start a fight.
And then, it was Poseidon's time to wake up from his slumber, "hmm..."
Poseidon stood up, looking around to adjust himself to the environment. He stopped when he saw his fellow gods besides him.
"Hades? Ares? Hermes?" Poseidon called each of the gods, "Where...are we..?"
"We're all just as lost as you, brother." Hades replied. Hermes added, "What we know, however, Lucifraud-"
"Lucifraud?" Ares interrupted.
Hermes sighed, "-Lucifer possessed us with some kind of strange force. That's all I know."
Hades then looked at his hands, "My...claws? They're back!"
Poseidon notices it too. His trident is back in his hand, still functioning as usual, "Lucifer gave us our weapons back, as it seems."
Ares added, "Except me."
"We know, Ares, no need to say anything." Hermes interludes.
"What do you remember, brother?" Hades asked Poseidon, to which he replied, "Only...flashes of a person. I fought him, but I...I don't know who he is."
"Maybe an enemy of Lucifer's." Hermes spoke.
"This is a huge mess..." Poseidon said to himself. Hermes then approached Helios, shaking him, "Wake up, sunny. It's your time to shine."
Helios, in his deep sleep, said, "That...is...the most...stupid...joke...I have ever-"
Hermes screamed to his ear, "I'M NOT FUCKING JOKING, YOU MORON!"
Helios opened his eyes and sat up quickly. He turned his gaze on Hermes, "Erm...I apologize for the discomfort but...what is exactly going on here?" He asked in confusion, his eyes barely opened.
Hermes then replied, "Good ol' Lucifraud fooled us, that's what happened."
Helios rubbed his head, still regaining his consciousness, "So...where are we?"
"We are in nowhere." Hermes replied sarcastically.
Helios deadpanned, "That... didn't answer my question at all."
Hermes stomped the ground in frustration, "I have no idea. Happy now?"
Hermes then walked towards Hercules, "Now if you excuse me, I got a lazy, muscled demi-god to wake up."
Hermes then shook his body, "Wake up. Sun is rising over the horizon there."
Hercules slowly opened his eyes. Looking to his Nemean Cestus, he quickly went to pick it up, "My...these are back? Fantastic."
"Hate to break your reunion with your precious relic, but we got a problem right over here." Hermes interrupted.
Hercules frowned, "Must you interrupt me from my moment, really?"
"Not really...unless a big trouble is right in front of my eyes." Hermes replied. "What trouble?" Hercules asked.
"That kind of trouble that involves a deranged demon trying to use us as a bunch of disgraced puppets, unless you're really that much of an idiot to analyze shit." Hermes retorted. Hercules growled, "Fine. I'll deal with this Lucifer and get this over with."
"Woah, big guy, dealing with Lucifer now, huh? Wow, never thought you were really that tough! First of all, are you really going to use your brute strength and not use your miniscule matter of a brain, get yourself killed, leaving us with another god to mourn for? W- wait, not really mourn...more like a loss of useful assets." Hermes finished.
"You mean to say that I'm nothing but an asset for all of you to use?" Hercules asked. Hermes smirked, "I mean, that's what you heard, right?"
Hercules clinched his fist, gritting his teeth in rage, "You're lucky I am slow to anger."
Hermes replied, "Whatever." before running off back to the gods, who gathered for a plan.
"We need to find our brother, Zeus. Once we find him, we can hatch a plan to get out of this universe at once." Poseidon suggested.
"That old, senile, arrogant, perverted-" Ares was interrupted when Hermes poked him in the back, "Lighten up, father ain't that bad."
"After the disrespect you've shown me, you dare act as if I and you were good friends?" Ares asked in a threatening tone.
"Ares, you're so adorable! I wish to poke you all the time." Hermes said again, laughing. Ares growled, "I'm going to-"
"Enough!" Poseidon demanded, "All of these will not get us anywhere. A plan will help."
And they talked with each other, till the sun moves above them..
The Dead Sea...
"M- mercy!" The ape leader crawled in fear, as his blood splatters everywhere. Kratos had no care for the living anymore. He has lost any sanity that is left within his mind.
Sarah was gone, his powers were drained, Jesus died too, and now he is left with nothing. He didn't know what to do. He just felt the need to survive. Maybe, there is hope..maybe...
Suddenly, an ape came in front of the king, "Wait! Please, spare him."
Kratos only stared at him blankly, as if he was staring into his soul. "We...we are harmless...I mean...don't blame our king for doing his duty, protecting whatever's left to ensure our survival."
"And? Should I care?" Kratos asked again, his expression became more terrifying.
Kratos had to admit, the ape was stronger than he though, having lost his powers, he struggled a bit against the ape king.
"Can you take pity on us..? We've lived here for thousands of years, society rejected us, treated us like some kind of myth! God cursed us all, and it's all because of our ancestor's fault!" The ape finished, his tears streaming down.
"Everything was taken away from us. We were cast out...only...only because we strive to survive. We strive to break rules to ensure our survival." The ape said again.
Kratos raised his eyebrow, "Whatever it is you speak of, I have no care for it.." He demanded, "I suggest that you give me the water."
"W- wait...! We...we will offer you something better." The ape said again. Kratos lowered his eyebrow, "This is not a part of our deal!"
"Please, just hear me out, will you?!" The ape yelled again.
Kratos growled, before conceding, "Make it quick, ape."
The ape spoke, "I know of a garden...there, lies the secret to immortality. The tree of life, along with the tree of knowledge, rests inside. Whosoever ate from it, will become immortal."
Kratos replied, "Immortality? I have no interest in acquiring immortality. I only wish to quench my thirst, and that is what I intend to do."
The ape then lied, "Other effects a- are available too...once you ate from it you uhh...can have anything you wish for..."
Kratos raised his eyebrow, "Can it wish something that I've lost?"
The ape nodded, "Even that too...please, just trust me."
Kratos was silent for a few moments, before nodding, "Fine."
The ape half-smiled. He had plans, and it's not going to be so pretty for the Ghost of Sparta.
TO BE CONTINUED.
