Sorry it took so long for me to get this up, I had some personal issues that didn't make me very motivated to write, but that's all been resolved. I hope you guys enjoy this.
Guest 2.0: Do it.
Pocket Dimension
As the seven Paragons rushed towards him, Kronos smirked before waving his scythe. Immediately, six of the seven Paragons froze as Kronos began slowing time. All but one.
Barry raced in, his super speed allowing him to move at what would appear to the naked eye as normal time. Kronos was so surprised that he didn't even try to block the punch Barry sent his way. Normal time resumed as Barry slugged Kronos and the Titan stumbled back. Before Kronos could even respond, Clark was on him. Clark sent a punch that would have killed a normal man to Kronos' chest and Kronos was sent flying. However, with a twirl of his scythe, Kronos froze in midair.
"Did you think it would be that easy?" Kronos asked as he lowered himself to the ground as id by some magnetic force. "As I told you, this is my domain. I cannot be defeated here."
"The pride before the fall is always the most painful," Diana sneered and Kronos laughed mockingly.
"Bold words little princess, can you back them up?" Kronos egged her on.
With a roar, Diana rushed him, attempting to strike him with her sword. Kronos merely blocked with his scythe before delivering a kick to her abdomen and following up with a strike to her temple with the blunt end of his scythe. A normal man doing so would not have even fazed her but Kronos's strikes sent her to the ground on her face.
"It is foolish to resist. Empires rise and fall, civilians become extinct every century. Nothing lasts forever. Only I am eternal," Kronos sad arrogantly.
Before Diana could respond, Barry was suddenly there. Barry put Kronos in a neck lock by sneaking his arms up around his sides, restraining him.
"Do it now!" Barry cried.
Clark's eyes flashed red as two beams shot out towards Kronos and Thalia shot two streams of electricity from her hands towards Kronos as well. Oliver, Percy and J'onn were rushing towards Kronos as well when he suddenly elbowed Barry in the face with enough force to send Barry flying. Kronos then raised his scythe, catching Clark's heat vision and Thalia's electricity with it. The scythe then glowed before a wave of power sent all seven Paragons flying back.
Central City
Same time
Meanwhile, Kronos' assault of earth had begun. In the town square, Killer Frost sent an ice blast towards a Sow, only succeeding in nicking its wings. Nearby, Ralph stretched his arms out and wrapped them around a Hellhound before sending it crashing into an Empousa demon as a red blur sped around, shoving Hellhounds and Empousas away. It stopped, revealing Jesse in her suit.
"Anyone else having trouble seeing what's going on? Because I see wolves and cheerleaders," Jesse said sounding bewildered.
"Whatever you're seeing, don't hesitate. It's-look out!" Ralph suddenly cried as a Hellhound advanced on Frost.
She whirled around but, before she could even fire an ice blast, it howled in pain before disintegrating. Behind where it had stood was Patty, holding a bronze sword.
"Less chitchat, unless you guys would like to get killed?" Patty joked.
No one responded, as the monsters rushed the four heroes, who moved to meet the challenge.
Star City
Same time
In Star City, things were not going much better. It was absolute chaos as Diggle and Rene stood back to back, firing at monsters, who seemed unaffected by their weapons. Nearby, Roy was having considerable more luck as he fired arrow after arrow, taking out monsters left and right as Thea rushed forward, slashing with the knife Roy had given her, monsters disintegrating as she took them out.
"What the Hell is going on?! Why aren't our weapons working?!" Diggle demanded.
"You don't wanna know, trust me!" Roy shouted.
Before Diggle could respond, there was a sonic screech and several monsters were thrown back. The four heroes whirled around as Laurel approached them.
"Thanks," Rene said and she merely nodded.
"Okay, what is going on and why can't we see it?" Diggle demanded hotly.
"It's a long story we don't have time for," Roy snapped, shooting an arrow that took out an Empousa demon.
"Slade sure picked a good time to take off when J'onn restored his memories!" Thea complained.
Queen family cabin
Sam time
Felicity screamed as a Hellhound, appearing as a wolf to her, stalked towards her after crashing through the window. Behind her, Mia wailed in her crib as Felicity frantically searched for anything she could use a weapon to fight off the monster. The Hellhound was getting ready to pounce when it suddenly wailed in pain. To Felicity's shock, it suddenly disintegrated right in front of her eyes and she stared at her savior in disbelief.
"Are you alright?" Slade asked as he lowered his sword to his side.
"W-what are you doing here? What was that thing?" Felicity demanded in confusion.
"That is a long story. Do you have something to board up the windows?" Slade asked as he looked towards the window.
"What the Hell is going on?" Felicity demanded.
"Do you wish to protect your daughter?" Slade asked sharply. "If so, help me board up all the windows and block all possible entrance. That was only one; I had to kill dozens just like it in order to get here. There are hundreds more still out there. So, do you have anything to board this up with?"
"There are some pieces of wood in the basement," Felicity said, remembering Oliver buying them a week before he left, planning on building a bookshelf, he'd told her.
"Go get them. We don't have much time," Slade said grimly.
Pocket dimension
Same time
Kronos laughed maniacally as, with a wave of his scythe, J'onn was set on fire. The Martian screamed as Barry, thinking quickly, raced around him in a vortex that sucked up all the oxygen and put out the flames. But the damage was done as J'onn fell to his knees, gravely injured.
"You can resist all you want, little heroes, it will make no difference. I control what happens here, this is an extension of my mind. And you cannot defeat me in my own mind!" Kronos roared.
With a snarl, Oliver jumped up, whirling his sword and attempted to strike Kronos. But with a wave, Kronos froze him in time, his sword mere inches from Kronos. Kronos waved his scythe once more and Oliver was sent flying back, hitting the mountain with force he knew would have shattered his spine were he still human.
With a roar of rage, Clark flew towards Kronos, eyes flashing with heat vision. Percy, Diana, and Barry rushed after, Barry keeping pace with Clark due to his super speed as Thalia fired a few arrows at Kronos. Kronos merely side stepped these arrows before, to the shock of everyone, holding out his hand and taking Clark's heat vision, which seemed to be absorbed by his hand.
"As I said, I control what happens here," Kronos said smugly.
Kronos then struck Clark with his scythe, which somehow sent Clark fling. Whirling his scythe like a staff, Kronos blocked Percy and Diana's sword before elbowing Barry as the speedster tried to come at him from behind.
"I've been waiting three years for this moment Percy Jackson. You will pay for your interference in my plans," Kronos said with a smirk.
Dazed, Oliver watched all this from the corner. Then, suddenly, it all faded away. Somehow, he was back on Lian Yu, on his knees. In front of him stood his father, looking down at him with something akin to amusement.
"Even now, you doubt yourself," Robert noted.
"I can't stop him dad, he's too strong," Oliver said.
"Are you not the god of conviction? Only a god can stop Kronos now," Robert told him.
"Well, I always was a disappointment," Oliver said with a humorless laugh.
"You never disappointed me Oliver, only yourself. This has always been your destiny son. Only you can stop Kronos. Draw on the strength of your friends, on their conviction. Only then can you defeat Kronos. The fate of all life now rests on your shoulders son," Robert told him.
And then Oliver was back in Kronos' pocket dimension, watching the Titan easily push Diana aside as he knocked her and Percy on their backs. Kronos raised his scythe to deliver a killing strike and instinct took. Oliver didn't recalling standing up or moving at all, but suddenly he stood in Kronos' path, blocking the scythe with his sword.
"No," Oliver said, his voice seeming to echo through the pocket dimension. "This is our fight now."
"You wish to die godling? So be it!" Kronos roared.
The two primordial beings jumped up into the air and swung their weapons, scythe meeting sword in a blow that sent a shockwave that caused the pocket dimension to ripple.
"You guys saw that right?" Percy asked as he got to his feet.
"This dimension is unstable," the sound of the voice, the other six Paragons turned around, finding Luke standing a few feet from them. "But now is no time for explanations, now is the time to act."
"I thought you said you couldn't help us anymore," Thalia said as Luke made his way over to J'onn.
"I can't, you must help yourselves," Luke said, offering a small vial to J'onn. "Drink this; it will heal your wounds."
"Would you stop speaking in riddles for once?" Percy complained as J'onn drank the vial, his wounds disappearing in seconds.
"Oliver is the only one who can defeat Kronos, but he needs your help to do it," Luke explained as they all looked at where Oliver and Kronos were fighting, appearing as whirls of motion, trading blows that would kill mortal men. "He is the god of conviction; he draws power from your conviction and the conviction of every mortal on earth. But he needs more than that."
"What do we have to do?" Clark asked as he stepped forward, eager to end his.
"Oliver can light the spark, but he needs your help to fan the flame. You must join with him," Luke said before holding up his hand, stopping any questions. "Your powers, your knowledge, your spirits would all become one with Oliver, temporarily of course. Then he can defeat Kronos, once and for all."
"Without unity, the worlds will fall," Percy remembered and Luke nodded.
"Gives new meaning to 'teamwork', doesn't it? It won't work if you guys aren't on board. So, what do you say?" Luke asked.
"If it stops Kronos, I'm game," Barry said immediately. "Whatever it takes."
"I agree, Kronos is a menace and has to be stopped. Whatever the cost," J'onn said.
"Couldn't have said it better myself," Clark said, glancing at Percy, Diana and Thalia, who all nodded.
"Good. Then prepare yourselves," Luke said as he lifted his hands, which were once again glowing pure gold.
Afterwards, they tried to describe what it was like. They couldn't.
Six beams of light shot out of Luke's hands and struck the six Paragons. All of them gasped, seeming frozen before another beam shot out of them and headed towards the sky. Oliver, focused on fighting Kronos, didn't sense them until he was stuck in the back. Oliver paused, gasping as his entire body glowed gold. Kronos stopped, watching in confusion as they glow faded. Oliver turned his gaze on Kronos, his eyes flashing gold.
"Kronos, you have failed this universe," Oliver said, his voice sounding like he was speaking in sync with the other Paragons.
Before Kronos could respond, Oliver sped up to Kronos using Barry's speed and decked him using Clark's strength. Kronos was sent flying, crashing into the side of the mountain. Kronos had barely gotten back up when Oliver was there, his arm changing into the arm of a Dominator. Kronos swung his scythe at him but Oliver blocked it with his Dominator hand before sending a kick towards Kronos' chest. Armed with Diana's strength, the kick sent Kronos flying back a few feet, Kronos losing the scythe that Oliver now held. Oliver's arm returned to normal as he raised a hand, a steam of electricity striking Kronos. It wasn't enough to take him down, but it would stall him long enough.
Because armed with Percy's knowledge of how Kronos had been defeated last time and Barry's knowledge of the multiverse, Oliver finally knew how to do what no one else before him had. He knew how to stop Kronos for good.
At super speed, Oliver rushed Kronos, attempting to strike him with his own scythe. However, at the last second, Kronos broke free of the lightning, bringing his hands up and watching the sharp edge of the scythe between his hands.
"Did you think it would be that easy?" he asked arrogantly.
"No," Oliver said simply.
Vibrating his arms, he phased the scythe through Kronos's hands, to Kronos' shock. Oliver then ran around the Titan, opening a portal up behind him. Kronos realized then what Oliver planned to do.
"No! You think you can do this to me!? I am the Titan Lord. I shall not be beaten by the likes of you!" Kronos roared as Oliver rushed him.
Oliver brought his sword and Kronos' scythe down, and Kronos caught them. Energy surrounded the pair as they struggled for control, Oliver's eyes glowing gold. Oliver shoved Kronos towards the edge of the portal, the two still struggling before Oliver phased the weapons out of Kronos' hands. With a roar, at super speed, Oliver cut Kronos all across his body with the two weapons before shoving him towards the portal with Clark's strength. Kronos cried out before dissolving into energy as he hit the portal. It closed almost immediately as the glow faded from Oliver's eyes.
Down below, the other Six Paragons blinked as they came back to their own bodies.
"That was…" Clark trailed off, not sure how to describe it.
"Beyond words," Diana supplied ad Clark nodded.
"I think we can all agree it's not something we're likely to forgot," J'onn agreed.
Oliver had fallen to his knees, breathing heavily. In a blur, Barry was suddenly by his side, looking as exhausted as Oliver felt.
"Is it over?" Barry asked and Olive nodded tiredly.
"I did what Zeus did centuries ago, I cut Kronos into pieces. But unlike Zeus, I spread his essence across the multiverse. He's spread so far apart; he'll never be able to pull himself back together. It's over," Oliver confirmed. "Let go home."
Not entirely proud of his chapter, but I hope it was good.
Being a Titan, Kronos cannot die like the Anti-Monitor, but he can be spread out across the multiverse to the point that he can never reform.
Blame Buffy the Vampire Slayer for the idea to have the other Paragons lend their power and knowledge to Oliver.
