Disclaimer: This chapter contain abuse and gore. Not ideal for children and for faint- hearted.
You might feel uncomfortable reading some scenes. Tread carefully. You have been warned.
Sorry to make you all wait for so long, I had been very tired and disturbed these few months, I use murders I commit in my book to release my anger and frustrations. You all will be seeing many in upcoming chapters.
son of death thank you but I am very happy being single :D.
Now on with the story.
Selfish people often mistake selfishness for strength. It takes no talent, no intelligence, no self-control and no effort to sacrifice other people for your ego.
Kai couldn't decide whether to fight with shadows or bare hands, but now she was just few feets away from him, adrenaline kicked in he summoned the shadows, as Tartarus have instructed him to do in one of the sessions, the shadow wrapped around her snake-like body like black octopus tendrils, suffocating her, she hissed, just like a snake in rage, the shadows tightened their iron grip on her green scaly skin, she howled in pain, her reptilian face turning brown and green with rage. He threw his knife at her, the knife bounced from her scaly skin and fell on the ground, clattering. Kai cursed his stupidity.
Echidna took advantage of his distraction, her tail broke free and slapped him hard, the air was knocked from his lungs, he fell on the ground several feet away from where he was standing before, the black glass dug in his skin, causing the area to split open and start bleeding.
It didn't cause pain, he had gotten used to it. All of a sudden he remembered something. Hera had told him that she had driven Dionysus insane to the point he had to go to Zeus to be cured.
Kai focused at the snake-like women in front of him, who was in the clutches of shadows again. She was already mad in anger. He was Hera's son and he was very good at making his mother angry, just like her.
"Your green skin is very ugly, no one why your husband hates you so much."
It wasn't a good start but it worked.
She roared, Kai's next action surprised him, He summoned more shadows, and directed it inside her mouth. Her red slit eyes widened. In minutes, she dropped dead.
Well, killing her was really easy. He didn't feel happy or proud of himself as he should have. Then he realized something.
He had just committed his first murder.
He wanted to forget that he had murdered someone, it was a monster, but it was still a life...
He shook his head. She will get reincarnated and he will soon get used to it. He kneeled down to pick his knife, now the question was how will he peel out her eyes. He had to do it fast before she...
He scooted closer to her, he pulled out gloves Tartarus have given to him, they were made up Cyclopes skin, grateful for the first time, he begins his work. He cut the corners of her red slit eyes deep, ichor trails soon appeared at the corner of her eyes, making her look even more horrific than before, Kai took a deep breath and gathered his courage, he was never interested in cutting people or in blood.
Why in the name of Hades did Tartarus need her eyes?.
Like a professional doctor, he tenderly peeled the hairless eyebrows. Red lifeless eyes met crimson red. He was not frightened this time.
Done.
It was an ugly picture, Kai once again took a deep breath and gouge her eyes out. He pulled out the small sac Tartarus had given him along with the gloves and dropped the eyes into it, without looking back he broke into a run.
Tartarus palace, their current residence was on his heart, he knew the whole map pf Tartarus like the back of his hand, so it didn't take much time to find it.
The palace was well designed, huge and the made of stygian iron. Tartarus surely knew to live lavishly, using the best resources one can ever have.
The giant doors automatically opened, welcoming the son of Erebus.
He accepted their welcome and walked in, the structure inside the palace always took his breath away, the hallway was lined with the statue of gruesome monsters, Kai always ignored their menacing structures. Soon he reached the throne room, he stared at the throne of Tartarus.
It was made up of monsters bones and skin, nothing more as Tartarus had told them that he had designed his throne for his comfort, not to show his power.
People already knew about the power he wields.
His friends came running, Jayden smacked his back " Woah Kai we wanted to search for you alas-"
"You were feeling lazy?."
"Yeah, and you are alive?, I barely managed to survive when I had encountered her," Percy asked, faking a surprise.
"You wanted me to be dead?."
"You will be hurt by the truth."
Before Kai could speak, he felt an unwanted but familiar presence disturbing their reunion, he was sure others felt that too.
They turned to face him.
The throne, which was empty a few minutes ago was now occupied by Dayna's father, he was sitting in a relaxed position, taking in everyone's gazes. Kai calmed his nerves, It wasn't the first time he was meeting him. Although it was hard work to stay calm, knowing that he can kill him this very minute.
Tartarus walked briskly towards them, his face unreadable. "You passed out very well ." He gave out a creepy grin. His sound cutting the silence, like knife cutting butter.
Of course, he knew it, Kai had killed Echidna on top of him after all."I would have preferred a more creative way." No one is asking about your opinion, Kai wanted to say, but he forced his own expression to remain blank.
"So where are they?.
Kai pulled out the sac from his pocket and handed the sac into Tartarus outstretched hand, making sure to not make any contact with his skin. Tartarus untied the sac and tilted it, the eyes rolled on his palm like small balls, the cornea of the eyes stuck to his skin, but he didn't minded at all. The demi-primordials eyes were glued to Tartarus, wondering what will he do with them.
He dropped the sac on the black floor and popped one of the eyes in his mouth, Kai struggled to hide his surprise. Tartarus kept chewing, not obvious to the situation around him. After what seemed like an eternity, he finally took notice of what was happening around him. "I am sorry." He said, "It must be hard for you kids to see me enjoying this alone." He outstretched his hand in their direction, stopping for a few seconds when in front of the person, no one excepted it, his hand stayed more than a few seconds in Percy's direction, after no response, he withdrew his hand, the eyeball on his palm felt neglected.
"Don't tell me later that I didn't ask you," he said as he popped the eye. Kai was grateful that Tartarus kept his mouth closed while eating otherwise he would have thrown out his lunch on the floor.
Tartarus licked the sticky red cornea from his fingers. Dayna was the first one to recover from the shock, he was Tartarus he is supposed to do these types of things to keep up with his reputation, but this was quite unexpected.
"You said Kai to kill the mother of monsters, all alone, just to satisfy your stomach?." She said, a low growl escaped her mouth. The rage crept him, along with Dayna but he pushed the fury back, surprisingly this time he didn't let it go. For the first time Kai noticed how much Dayna had inherited from her father.
They both could be angered easily, had same amythst eyes, and radiated arrogance both were sadistic, but Dayna was not as much as her father was, they both shared delight in Pleasure in inciting terror in their victims. The only difference was that Tartarus somber attitude didn't matched with Dayna's cheerfulness.
"I had weaken her a bit,and Kai's powers had been upgraded since past few weeks, tendrils of shadow were very poisonous even for my daughter in law." He answered as he let out a small sigh. Kai had been thinking to battle with the without the help of shadows, if he had did that, the small cut wouldn't had been his only injuries.
"What about Typhon will he not be angry?" heads turned to look at Jayden. Tartarus gave out his trademark creepy grin. "Typhoeus personally had wanted to have a taste of her eyes.
"Since you are infuriated, by the outcome, we will decide who is next by a game." As soon he said it, two black marble hexagonal pillars rise from the stygian iron,made from the very same material from which the palace was made from. On top of the three feet, long pillars rested a fishbowl while one was small and had only three chits in it, the other one was large and had hundreds of chits in it, filled to the rim.
Tartarus turned his head in towards the right small bowl, "this consist of you three, while the other one." he turned his head in the left direction "is the monsters you will fight."
He flexed his fingers slowly and deliberately above the smaller bowl and dropped his hand to pick one. Kai felt others suspense, including his own, as Tartarus opened it and read the name aloud.
Faqeera.