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"You won't change my mind."
"It's not about changing your mind, I'm ordering you."
"And I'm ignoring those orders, I'm going with you," Daenerys glared at Markus who glared back at her. The two of them were currently having a battle of wills, with it being evenly matched surprisingly. Right now, they were arguing about her accompanying Markus to Olympus. Both of them were riding on the back of Gaia's titan form, as she and the rest of the Titans were scaling Olympus.
Markus didn't want Daenerys going because he didn't want her to getting killed or gravely injured. He didn't think his sanity would be able to handle it if she did. He honestly wanted to go to battle by himself with the Titans as aid. He didn't want his friends to go to battle with Olympus as there was a high chance that something bad would happen. So he kept the Amazons on Themyscira, creating layers of magical seals to protect them in case something did go wrong and Zeus decided to punish them for supporting him. He didn't request the help of the Dragon Clan, instead he simply decided to tell Daenerys what was going on. Since he had come back to the past, she had yet to make her confession and he had yet to bring it up.
But right now she was insisting on aiding him, even if the other Dragons did not. Right now, it seemed there was nothing he could do to make the Dragon Princess change her mind. So he simply sighed and gave a nod of his head. He didn't have the energy or spirit to argue with her, not when he just lost Athena. So for now, he would let her have her way, and keep a watchful eye on her. His attention however was given to the Olympian soldiers that were falling from the mountain, landing on Gaia. "Incoming,"
Daenerys glanced away from Markus to see the enemy forces and she pulled out her obsidian blade that Markus gifted her with, and began to cut through the soldiers that dared attack. Markus had unsheathed the Blades of Chaos and was doing the same, a hard look in his eyes. He studied the soldiers and knew they were wary of attacking him, knowing who he was, but they had no choice in the matter. Like Athena said, they would protect and fight for Zeus. This made Markus scowl, once again, a King who did not fight his own battles.
"Forgive me," Markus whispered as he sliced through them, but not in his usual brutal fashion.
His partner took note of his lack of intensity and she frowned, easing up on her own temperament. It was obvious to her that fighting these men was hard on Markus, considering he spent 100 years training them, which built bonds. Bonds that Zeus was forcing him to sever because of his own Paranoia and Jealousy. Daenerys' anger rose but she stored for one person only. Zeus. He would pay for hurting her beloved like this, after he has already been through so much.
Their attention was soon given to what looked like Poseidon coming down from Olympus and crash right into the Titan climbing beside them like a missile. Markus knew a death blow when he saw one, and that was it. He cursed though as Poseidon now had access to water, and just as he figured he manifested himself into a massive water being, which shot tentacles out and grabbed onto the Titans ankles, including Gaia.
"Gyah! I can't move!" Gaia informed and Markus muttered under his breath as he looked to Daenerys. She nodded her head, sheathed her sword and jumped off Gaia. Markus then followed after her, and he perfectly landed on the back of a magnificent beautiful Dragon. The Dragon was very large, as long as twenty meters. It looked a bit muscular, covered in spikes and white scales with golden trims and streaks, it's tail ended with a sharp spike. It had extendable arms with hands that had pose -able thumbs. It had two sets of wings, a large pair and a smaller pair, both rather powerful looking and could cut through the air. It's head had scaly spike eyebrows and spiky scales along the grove of it's head with a spiked crown and two long horns.
"Move fast and stay close," Markus told Daenerys who simply nodded in response as she dove down nearing tentacles that wrapped around Gaia's ankle. Markus unsheathed his blades and he jumped off the dragon, free falling while Daenerys flew beside him. With a wave of his scythes, he aimed his attack just right and managed to cut off the tentacle at just the right point, freeing Gaia from it's grasp. He then glided to the side as the beast screeched and he landed back on Daenerys who flew at a massive water creation that formed the image of Poseidon.
Markus ran across Daenerys' neck before he leaped right at Poseidon, tackling him straight out of his contraption which was destroyed due to the God of the Sea not concentrating on it. Markus flew his uncle into a wall and landed on the platform.
"Markus-" Poseidon started to say but Markus grabbed him by the throat and slammed him against the wall.
"Did you know about him planning to kill me?!" Markus asked with a death glare at his uncle.
"N-no, I didn't,"
"Don't like to me!" Markus gripped Poseidon tighter and slammed him against the wall again. "I don't like being lied too. You knew, this whole time and…"
"What was I supposed to do Markus? Tell you?" Poseidon demanded as he glared at his nephew. "And warrant's Zeus' wrath on me? So he can feel betrayed and banish me to Tartarus as well? No! I was doing what any other person would do, God or not, I was looking out for myself! Just as you would!"
Insulted and angry by this, Markus unsheathed one of his scythes and stabbed Poseidon in the stomach with it, causing the God of the Seas to yell in pain. "you were my favourite uncle, dammit!" Markus yelled as a tear slipped down his cheek.
"So this is what you do to your family who don't agree with you?" Poseidon smirked as Ichor dripped from his lips. "You slay them? Like you did Athena?" Markus' eyes widened before they turned dark and he released Poseidon, removing his sword. "Olympus is against you, Markus. Everyone believes you are trying to overthrow Zeus, and you slaying Athena only cemented their decision," Poseidon told him. "You have no friends, not anymore. You'd be better off surrendering," Poseidon suggested but Markus didn't respond to him. "Seems I hit a nerve," the god chuckled.
Markus punched Poseidon in the face. "I... i will not kill you... but I'm going to make you wish I just did so."
With that said, Markus began pummelling Poseidon until the God of the Sea was knocked out, bloodied and looking like he had bathed in a bath of blood.
Jumping off Daenerys, Markus landed on the platform Zeus was waiting for him on, overseeing the battle below. Markus glared at his father as he approached. "What will you do next, father? throw more Gods at me that may or may not end up dying?"
Zeus shook his head in disappointment. "The fact that you would kill your own family... and you say i'm a monster. You are just like your grandfather."
Markus glared at Zeus for that. "At least i didn't turn my first wife into the size of a fly and swallow her whole because of some fucking Oracle saying their child will overthrow me. Remember Metis?"
Zeus' glare turned dark at that reminder.
"Now where is my family?" Markus demanded with Zeus raising a brow. "Don't play dumb with me cunt! Where is my family?!" Markus snarled and Zeus hummed as he conjured a large mirror and Naruto glanced to it. What he saw made his eyes widen as he saw an unconscious Hera chained up to a mountain, naked and beaten which only filled Markus with ideas of what Zeus had done to his mother. Then the image changed to a small blank room where Aphrodite was currently sleeping while Cassandra seemed to be begging for her to wake up. "Cassandra!" he called and the girl turned around, looking around.
"Daddy? Daddy where are you?! Mommy won't wake up! Daddy I'm scared!"
"I know sweetheart! Daddy is going to come to you soon! I promise! Just keep mommy safe okay!" Markus told his daughter trying to remain as calm as he could for her, but inwardly he was about to explode and blow up all of Olympus. Cassandra wiped her eyes with a sniffle and slowly nodded.
"Please hurry daddy!"
Zeus snapped his fingers causing the mirror to disappear and immediately he was slugged in the face, sending him crashing through a pillar. "I'm going to erase you from existence!" Markus screamed as his power exploded from his body, his blue eyes glowing a demonic red. Right now he didn't care about Gaia manipulating him, or even his friends at this point. All he cared about was saving his family, now being absolute priority!
"Not if I do first!" Zeus roared and Markus' eyes widened as all went silent and the familiar cold grip of death brushed against his face. He could feel Zeus pull on one hundred percent of his power and mold it into a pure concentrated blast, which exploded from his body. Markus knew there was a small time to block, a small time to create a form of protection, a small time to save himself. However he turned his head to see the wide eyes of Daenerys and his heart tugged.
Quickly making his choice he raised his arm and bit onto his summoning tattoo. Daenerys' eyes widened even more as she looked to Markus, causing the two to meet eyes with one another. She made to call his name, but before she could get the first letter out, she disappeared in a puff of smoke. Markus gave a satisfied smile just as time seemingly sped up again and he along with Gaia were blasted off of Olympus. The lightning electrocuted his body, earning a scream of pain from the warrior as he fell while Gaia managed to grab on to the walls of Olympus but barely. As he fell he couldn't help but confirm something. He reached out with his hand as hard as it was due to his body being paralyzed and he whispered out,
"Gaia…"
The Titan heard his call and looked to his falling form, her eyes meeting with his. She could have extended her hand and caught him, saved him from the embrace of death. She could have proved him wrong in his assumptions, showed him that they were truly allies.
She didn't.
So he fell...
That's it for this chapter. I'm sorry if they seem shit or rushed, but trying to write events of a game in a way is kinda hard. i mean, i can't go "Markus killed three enemies with his scythes, then he killed another then another." throughout the span of a God of War level.
