Calliope, Lady Death, God of War and Revenge

by WolveHulk

AU: What if it had been Calliope in her father's place?

18. Ghost of Sparta part 3

Ghost of Sparta part 3

After Calliope and Alecto broke from their passionate kiss, the Ghost of Sparta looked down and saw her grandmother's armlet, which had not vanished with her body. She then picked it up and put it on her right arm, planning to keep it, as it was the last piece she still had left of her grandmother. Calliope then said with determination to her lover. "Let's go, baby."

"Of course, baby. We have a family member who's long overdue for saving." Alecto said with the same determination as her lover, wanting to save Dimos as he was family to her now as well as Calliope and their little warrior princess Sylvia.

They went through an entrance before bars went up on every entrance in the next room before Calliope went to the door and took the Eye of Atlantis, making more monsters appear in the room! Alecto used her black goo to restrain them all before Calliope used the Eye of Atlantis' power to try them all with its electric power, killing them all before the bars on the right and left doors went down. Calliope and Alecto went through the right door and found 2 chests that the Ghost of Sparta opened before they went back and went through the left door to a balcony, with the Methana volcano in the distance...before they were attacked again by Scylla, who dragged them both underwater to finally kill them both for good. As they were dragged by Scylla to the volcano, Alecto saw her chance to finish Scylla once and for all, by transforming into her Kraken form and smashing Scylla's head into the lava, melting her head and killing her finally as Calliope safely jumped to the surface.

With the sea monster finally dead, Alecto changed back to her normal form and joined her lover. When both looked at the sea monster one last time, Alecto said with a smirk. "That's one less problem to be dealt with."

Calliope nodded as she held her lover close to her while rubbing her ass. "Oh, Alecto... what would I do without you?"

Alecto smiled as she also rubbed Calliope's ass as well. "With me at your side... nothing can stop us, baby." She said before they both shared a passionate kiss.

After a few minutes, Calliope broke the kiss as she said with urgency. "We should get out of here. We need to get to Sparta."

Alecto nodded and both went further, until they heard someone yelling at his men. "C'mon men, push! We must ease the pressure!"

Alecto and Calliope went to where the voice came from before they saw the servant of Poseidon, Lanaeus, pushing his men to pull mechanism to ease the pressure of the volcano. One of them shook his head, as he couldn't do it. "Master... I'm too weak."

That caused Lanaeus to push him aside. "Move aside you fool!" He said as he pulled the mechanism to work with his brute force, making the drill to work. He cheered in victory. "Hahahaha! I am the master of this mountain! Come on, men! There is much work to be done." His men nodded and were about to follow their master.

That was when Calliope called him back. "Lanaeus!"

The tall man turned himself, looking surprised to see The Goddess of War and her lover standing before him. "Calliope? The Goddess of War? What are you and your Fury lover doing here?!"

Calliope wasn't in the mood for a full explanation. "That's not important to you! Me and Alecto are looking for a way out."

Alecto nodded and asked. "Are there any ships around here that we can use?"

Lanaeus nodded. "Sure. There's a small harbor at the other side of the mountain. The only way to reach it is going through the caldera of the volcano. But don't disturb any of the machines, or this whole volcano will erupt!"

The 2 lovers nodded. "We'll be careful." Calliope said before she and Alecto started climbing a wall and going through the caverns filled with boiling lava. Alecto flew her and her lover through while they killed some spider-like creatures and Calliope opened another chest before they dealt with flaming Harpies and continued forward... until they came into a chamber containing...Thera, the Lava Titan...in unending and agonizing pain and torment because of her imprisonment.

Calliope felt sorry for the lava Titan, Thera to be imprisoned like this, as she'd seen the rest of her kind suffering in the Underworld for whatever reason she'd not found out yet. As she and Alecto approached her, the Titan gave a small smile, feeling relieved that the 1 destined to free her and her kind had finally come. "It has been long since our kind waited for the one destined to free us. Gaia foretold of our salvation, Ghost of Sparta."

Calliope shook her head as she hadn't come to free her. "You misunderstood, Thera. I didn't come here to free you."

"Do not be so naive, Calliope. Your path led you to me. You need my help."

That made Calliope raise an eyebrow. "What help can you possibly offer us?"

Thera then spoke as she was in pain. "Please! If you do not free me, then you and Alecto will remain trapped in this place! The Gods will never allow both of you to proceed!" This drew some suspicion in Calliope and Alecto. Would the Gods really not let them leave this place? "I beg of you, Ghost of Sparta... Free me. Free me and my power will be yours. Without it, we will both remain prisoners of our torments."

Calliope was having second thoughts about this. She did feel empathy for the Titans, for how much they were suffering and wished she could ease their pain. But she wasn't sure if she wanted too, as Atlas nearly killed her and her lover after he was freed. Alecto wasn't sure either if freeing Thera was a good idea. Both looked at each other for a moment and turned to leave.

Thera called them back. "Please! You cannot leave me like this!"

Calliope was the only one that stopped. Even though she wasn't sure if she could trust a Titan, she felt deep down that she couldn't leave Thera to her fate like this. She turned herself and walked back to her.

"Calliope?" Alecto asked, wondering why Calliope went back.

Calliope looked at her blades and closed her eyes for a moment. 'Don't let me regret this.' She mentally begged herself, hoping that this was the right thing to do.

Alecto's eyes went wide as she saw Calliope swing her blades and tightened themselves to Thera's chains. "Calliope! What are you doing!?"

Calliope's spartan rage exploded as soon as she was ready to pull on the chains and screamed out as she pulled as hard as she could, making the chains to break, freeing Thera. The walls cracked, as the entire volcano was getting unstable. Thera looked at Calliope and gave her a smile. "Thank you... Ghost of Sparta. Take my power, and use it to destroy your enemies." Calliope nodded and hurled her blades into Thera's chest. The power of Thera's Bane flowed through her blades as Calliope could feel this power. As she pulled the blades out, she felt more powerful than ever.

But as the walls were collapsing, Alecto shook Calliope as they had to leave now. "CALLIOPE! WE NEED TO GO! NOW!" Before both lovers ran out of the room as the volcano was about to erupt as Thera smashed around the walls, freeing herself from her torment of the volcano.

Calliope and Alecto ran, climbed and jumped over the raising lava pits, trying to find a way to escape the erupting volcano. But it was only getting more and more hard for them.

As all hope seemed lost, Thera appeared from a collapsing wall. Calliope and Alecto weren't sure if the Titan would attack them so they stood ready. But instead, Thera reached out her giant hand to Calliope and Alecto, offering her help. "Quickly, Ghost of Sparta and Fury Queen! Climb onto my hand! I'll help you escape this place!"

This surprised both women as the Titan offered her help. Both women looked at each other for a moment. Seeing no other option, they jumped on Thera's hand just as the floor below collapsed! Thera held them close, so they wouldn't get hurt while she smashed and crawled her way out of the volcano. As she emerged from the surface, huge amounts of lava from the top of the volcano was about to swallow them all up. Thera quickly knew that she had to get Calliope and Alecto to safety. She looked at them and said. "Forgive me for this." And threw them away as hard as she could, sending both women flying to Atlantis.

While in the air, Alecto quickly grabbed Calliope and used her flying power to slow down the fall. As both first smacked to a building and landed hard on top of another building, both grunted in pain as they tried to raise themselves. Calliope and Alecto looked on as the volcano erupted, sending huge fireballs in every direction. This devastation was something that both women had never seen before. But that wasn't the only devastation that was happening.

Calliope looked at Atlantis, she was shocked upon realizing that the eruption of the volcano was causing Atlantis to sink into the ocean. She then realized that by freeing Thera, she had caused the end of Atlantis. Calliope shook her head as she held her hands on her mouth. "What have I done? By the Gods, what have I done!?"

Freeing the Titan Thera had shaken the very foundation of Poseidon's kingdom. Atlantis was sinking. For Calliope, it was the most horrific thing she ever committed. All her life she had sworn to protect the innocent, but by freeing Thera, she had sealed the fate of thousands of Atlantians to their deaths.

Calliope watched as all the Atlantians tried desperately to save themselves from either being drowned or dying in the fires caused by the fireballs from the volcano or the rising lava. Alecto was just as shocked as her lover was. Even though she was okay with Calliope easing the pain of Thera, seeing the innocent Atlantians die because of that was almost hard to bare.

Then Calliope snapped out of it, as she still has some time to save some people. "Alecto, we need to save as many people as we can! I may have caused the doom to all of Atlantis, but it's not yet too late to save some of its people!"

Alecto agreed to it but didn't know how they could help. "But how?!"

"Our ships! We use the Spartan ships to save the people!"

Alecto nodded. "Okay, then let's go!" The ex-Fury Queen said before she then used her flying powers and held Calliope so they could get to the ships faster.

The admiral had ordered his men to sail out as soon as the volcano erupted. "Come on, men! Row! ROW!"

But then Alecto and Calliope flew up the admiral's ship. Calliope immediately ordered the admiral to turn the ships back to Atlantis "Admiral! Turn the ships back, we need to save the people of Atlantis!"

The admiral thought that Lady Death had lost her mind. "WHAT!? ARE YOU INSANE?! THAT VOLCANO IS GONNA KILL US ALL-"

But his words were interrupted when Calliope held tight to his throat with just one hand. As she looked fiercely at him. "Turn the ships back, admiral! NOW!"

The admiral nodded, as he was fearing the Ghost of Sparta more than an erupting volcano. At the destructive harbor, many people called back to the Spartan ships to save them. "Come back! Don't leave us!"

"Please! Help us!"

Even many Spartan warriors called their ships to return as they were left in all the chaos. "Turn back, you fools! Come back!".

But then, all saw the ships were turning back. Many people cheered that they were about to be saved. The ships were almost at the harbor, but then a large fireball destroyed a part of the harbor, killing dozens of people. Everyone started to panic.

Finally, the ships made it back and many tried to get onto them as soon as they could as the water levels were rising fast.

The Spartan warriors, Calliope and Alecto tried to ease the mass. Then one Spartan came on board and called to Calliope. "Milady! Many people are still stuck in the city!"

Calliope looked and saw many people were on top of some buildings, crying for help. But also people who were drowning. Alecto flew to the top of the buildings, while Calliope ran out of the ship and ran to others who were in the water. On one of the ships, Sophie saw Calliope and Alecto went to save the people. She wanted to go out and help them, but was held back by her father "Oh no! You're staying right here!"

As Alecto flew with dozens of people back to the ship, using her magic to carry as many as she could, Calliope pulled out many people from the water, using her blades and told them to run to the ships. "Go to the ships! Hurry!"

But then one woman cried back to the Goddess of War as she was pulled out of the water as well. "NO WAIT! MY BABY IS STILL DOWN THERE!"

Calliope looked and saw a crib with a crying baby, floating on the water. She quickly got the women out of the water and jumped down to save the baby. But as she swam as fast as she could, Calliope was ambushed by more Triton soldiers. She used her blades to kill them. The baby was about to be sucked into a vortex, but was then grabbed by Calliope and used her other blade to pull herself away from the vortex.

The woman was dragged by some Spartan Warriors to get onto the ship, while she kept screaming for her baby. "NOOO! MY BABY! PLEASE!"

"There's nothing we can do! Come on!" 1 Spartan told her as he pulled her onto the bow. "NOOOO!"

Just then, Calliope emerged from the water, with the woman's baby in her arms. She climbed on board and gave the crying baby to the woman. "It's okay, your baby is fine."

The woman nearly cried of happiness as she held her baby close to her, thanking Calliope for saving her son. "Bless you, Ghost of Sparta... bless you."

Alecto then landed on the other ship with a few more survivors. Calliope then saw that the water was getting too high and with a heavy heart ordered the admiral to go. "Now, admiral! We go!"

He nodded and ordered his men to row as hard as they could. "ROW MEN! ROW AS HARD AS YOU CAN! ROW!"

As the ships went as far as they could from the eruption, Calliope watched with horror how the city of Atlantis sank into the sea. She became sad, not because of the loss of the beautiful city, but because she couldn't save everyone. This devastation, that was caused because she freed Terra, would haunt her for the rest of her life.

All the survivors were sad that their home was now gone, but were glad that Lady Death was there to save them. The woman with her baby son walked to Lady Death. Calliope watched as the woman went on her knees and bowed before the Goddess of War, thanking her for saving her and her son's life. Soon after, all the survivors followed and bowed before their Goddess as Sophie and her parents bowed as well.

Calliope grew a little smile, but tears flowed from her eyes and nearly sobbed saying. "I wished I could at least... save one more... or dozens... or..."

Alecto held her close, allowing her to sob on her chest. "I know, baby. I know."

The woman with her baby son then rose, and held her hand on Calliope's shoulder. "You saved as many of us as you could, Ghost of Sparta. And we can't thank you enough, we owe you our lives." All the survivors nodded and wanted to be there for their Goddess, as she saved as many as she could. The Spartans all smiled at each other. This heroic act of their Goddess would always be remembered, as she proved herself truly to be far better than Ares had ever been.

After a few hours, the ships were close to the island of Crete. The eruption had also caused a lot of damage to the island. Calliope and Alecto told the admiral to drop them on the island, to see if they can help them. The admiral nodded and dropped off the Goddess of War and her Fury lover. But before they left, Calliope told the admiral. "Bring the survivors to Sparta and take care of the wounded."

"We will, milady." The admiral said before he and his vessels left for Sparta.

Calliope and Alecto moved forward across the island of Crete, where they killed many monsters and found some chests that Calliope opened while Alecto used her flying power to get them through some opticals... until they came to the Temple of Athena.

As Calliope and Alecto entered the partly destroyed Temple, both women looked angry at the Goddess of Wisdom. But Calliope was more furious as she finally realized that she and the other Gods knew that Deimos was still alive. "Athena! You lied to me! All this time you and the Gods have lied to me, and my father! My uncle lives... he lives, and you knew it!"

Then Alecto spoke her piece of mind to Athena's statue. "What's worse, you let Calliope's grandmother be imprisoned in Poseidon's temple for years! And now she's dead! How could you do this to Callisto!? To Calliope!?"

No answer came as the statue still remained motionless. Calliope lost all her patience and yelled at the top of her lungs. "ATHENA!"

Just as they were about to leave, Athena's statue glowed and spoke patiently. "Don't let your rage blind you, Calliope. There is much you nor Alecto know of. Be warned, they will all try to stop-"

But Athena was interrupted by a furious yell from Calliope. "YOU LIED TO ME, ATHENA! You knew that my uncle was alive and still you didn't say ANYTHING! When me and Alecto have saved Deimos, you and I are gonna have a SERIOUS talk, Athena!" This made Athena sigh as Calliope wasn't in the mood to listen to her words. She left them be until Calliope had cooled down and her statue didn't glow anymore.

The 2 lovers moved forward and went to the upper levels with Alecto flying them up until they came upon a room with a big spinning gear and savage dog monsters that just killed someone, making Calliope angry that she had kicked all of them into the gears, killing them and clearing their path. They went forward and Calliope operated a crack that took them down and Alecto flew them both across the area while Calliope opened a few more chests before they came upon a man trying to escape from a burning home.

"Help! Help me, please!" The man begged, desperately waiting to live.

Calliope knew she had to save him and quickly ran to the burning home and used her strength to break the walls, freeing the man. The man was so grateful that he told both women that in order to proceed, they needed to have the Key of Crete, which he told them lied in the Heraklion forum. Calliope and Alecto thanked him for the information and moved on to the upper level and Calliope opened a few more chests before Alecto flew them to a room with Gorgons. The 2 lovers carefully avoided the Gorgons' stone gaze while using their blades and Calliope using the Eye of Atlantis to kill them all until the barrier to the next room disappeared. The 2 lovers then went to the next room and Calliope opened another chest before they swam through water filled with blood until they resurfaced at the next area, where Calliope opened several chests.

Calliope and Alecto then arrived at the Gates of Crete, where they saw dozens of dead Spartan warriors. Both wondering what happened here.

They found one Spartan survivor who was slowly dying from his wounds as he held another Spartan's corpse who was cut in half, speaking to it that he should hang on. "Hold fast, Dominus, we've won the battle. Hold fast." The survivor said as he couched out some blood and then wept for his fallen comrade.

While Alecto used her amulet to heal the survivor of his wounds, Calliope demanded to know what had happened "What happened here?"

After the Spartan was healed from his wounds, he slowly put down his dead friend and explained. "We have angered them... the gods, Lady Death. They send a message to all who defy their glory. But... I survived. She... spared me to..."

"Who spared you?" Calliope asked.

With fear in his eyes of who spared him, he answered. "The daughter... the daughter of a God. She spared me, to give a message to the Ghost of Sparta. Saying... that the Labor begins, that death awaits the Ghost of Sparta. That she will never get the Skull. The Skull... to enter... the Domain of Death."

Calliope remembered then when she and Alecto were in the Temple of Thanatos, in front of the gate, leading to the Domain of Death, that they required a skull to enter. It now made sense why they must go to Sparta. They had to find the Skull of Keres, in order to enter the Domain of Death, and save Deimos.

With this knowledge, Calliope was now more determined than ever. She was not gonna lose the only family she had left in this world. "Hold on, uncle. We are coming for you."

The 2 lovers then moved forward and found that they were at the Gates of Crete. After several monsters appeared, they quickly killed them, making the barriers disappear and they continued on into the burning city of Heraklion, seeing many people dying in the flames as they went through the city, with Alecto flying them both across the gals and upper levels while Calliope opened several chests and killed several monsters, including a cyclops with armor and some Gorgons as well as they got to the Heraklion forum.

But the further they went, the more Calliope saw innocent people dying in the tires of the city, making her feel horrible for every innocent soul lost to the underworld long before their time had come. "Oh by the Gods. All these people... dying in these flames long before their time. But what's worse is I can't do anything to save any of them." Calliope said with sadness as tears fell from her eyes.

Alecto shared her lover's pain, having regretted her decisions on those prisoners who broke their oaths to the God's, now seeing that they may have been right to do so, especially Hecatonchires, who had gotten the worst of the tortures that she had her long dead sisters had inflicted on them all. But she knew that she couldn't dwell on the past, as it would only continue to hurt both her and her Calliope.

Alecto then walked up to her lover and embraced her lovingly. "I know what you're feeling now, baby. I feel the exact same way that you do, especially since I didn't do anything to help Hecatonchires and the prisoners I put in him. But if we don't move on and continue to protect the innocent people who are still living, the past will only cause us more pain. So, will you continue to be the brave, compassionate warrior and woman that changed my heart and made me find real true love?"

Calliope smiled at her Alecto's kind and comforting words and embraced her in a passionate kiss before they separated. "I will, baby. For you and our little Sylvia, our greatest treasure and sweet warrior princess." She said with a smile.

As the Ghost of Sparta and the former Fury Queen had dealt with most of the monsters in the destroyed Heraklion forum, they spotted the Gravedigger they had met before years ago when they fought Ares. He was burying the dead as he said to Calliope. "What fools. What fools. And you... the biggest fool of all, Calliope. The Ghost of Sparta. The slayer of Ares and now... the destroyer of Atlantis."

Calliope already hated to be called 'the destroyer of Atlantis' as she felt so sorry for the pain and destruction she had caused. Alecto frowned at how the gravedigger insulted her lover as he then warned Calliope. "You should take heed, Lady Death. The destruction of Poseidon's kingdom will not bode well on Olympus."

That warning struck a nerve in Calliope and said with anger. "They left my uncle to rot! And told me that I'm not even a real Goddess!"

The Gravedigger chuckled at that. "And yet you walk beside them."

Calliope then seriously said to the Gravedigger. "Listen here, old man! I may have never asked for the throne of Ares, but I did everything in my power to keep the peace between all the Greek cities, and between the Gods! And still... they treat me like an outcast!"

The Gravedigger raised an eyebrow at that point and said. "Even though you're not a real Goddess yet, Calliope, you and your family were given the honor to walk among the gods. And now, you spit on it like it is dirt."

Alecto then told the Gravedigger. "The gods can keep their honor. All that we care about now, is to find Calliope's uncle, alive."

The Gravedigger scratched his chin as he nodded. "Ah, yes. The other one. Try if you must, but you will not succeed. You will never find him. And in the wake of your destruction, you have sunk the only path to your salvation." he said as the only path to the Domain of Death lied in Atlantis, and Atlantis was now sunk into the ocean. The Gravedigger then showed the many graves he dug up and warned the two champions. "This... is all that awaits you at the end of your journey."

Calliope was in no mood for death threats and said with a determined face. "Not before we find Deimos."

The Gravedigger warned Calliope and Alecto one more time. "Be wise, my child... and turn back now. Do not seek the Domain of Death." Before he then laughed and went back to digging more graves.

Calliope and Alecto ignored him as nothing was going to stop them from finding Deimos. They quickly found the Key of Crete in a pile of burned bodies and moved on, knowing that they were now able to open the many closed gates in Crete. The Ghost of Sparta opened the 1st gate that led to the Streets of Heraklion and went through them while killing several bone warriors that came to life, along with several other monsters until an area began to fall apart because of the fires! Alecto flew them both across the area until they got to a safer place and Calliope saw 2 Spartan warrior statues looking like they were in battle, making the Ghost of Sparta see another memory of her father Kratos' past, in his childhood with Deimos.

Calliope saw the child version of her father harshly and aggressively fighting the child version of her uncle Deimos and felt that it was wrong that her father treated Deimos like that, even if that was the way of young Spartan warriors to train and grow. She even saw her father telling Deimos what he'd taught her during her childhood: that a Spartan warrior never lets his or her back hit the ground and that they stand tall for battle, even in death. She then saw her young father help his uncle to his feet before they saw flaming arrows heading for their great city before the vision finally ended.

Once the vision ended, Alecto embraced her lover. "Are you alright, baby?" She asked with concern.

"Yeah. Let's move on, baby." Calliope said before they advanced forward, with Calliope opening another chest before they got to the upper level and opened the 2nd gate. When they went through the gate, they saw a big 4 armed monster with a big electric ball that had just killed a few soldiers before they dealt with the beast, avoiding its attacks as Calliope used There's power and Alecto used the Eye of Atlantis to hurt the creature until they killed it by smashing the ball onto its head, making the barrier in front of them disappear. Calliope and Alecto went into the building where Lady Death opened some more chests before opening the 3rd gate. The 2 lovers went through it and dealt with many monsters with their new powers and their blades before they got to the final gate.

Calliope opened the last gate, using the Key of Crete. It led to the harbor of Heraklion, where a few ships were still docked. Calliope and Alecto hoped that one of them would get them to Sparta. And as always, luck was on their side, as one ship was about to leave for Sparta and the captain was happy to allow the Goddess of War and the ex-Fury Queen on his ship.

As they set sail for Sparta, leaving the devastating Crete behind, Alecto was there to comfort her lover in their quarters. Calliope felt so sorry for what she had done as she sobbed on Alecto's shoulder. "Oh Alecto... All those people... dead, because of what I've done."

Alecto stroked her lover's hair gently as she spoke to Calliope with love. "Shhhh... I'm here for you."

After some minutes, Calliope's sobbing had lessened, but the pain was still there. Alecto was not going to leave her lover in this state, and slowly embraced her in a comforting passionate kiss, which Calliope allowed and instantly returned before they had a passionate night to ease Calliope's pain and fell asleep in each other's arms.

Later at night in Calliope's head

Calliope was starting to have another nightmare, like so many others since she had become the Ghost of Sparta, with memories of her father pledging loyalty to Ares and being killed by her own hands. But at the end of the nightmare, she was having a vision of Deimos, chained somewhere deep in the Domain of Death.

Calliope approached him. But as she came closer to her uncle, his body started to change into the shape of her father, Kratos. He looked at her with a sad face. "Calliope."

Calliope started to form tears in her eyes as she came closer to the father she had lost for so many years before Kratos then said softly to his daughter, begging her. "Calliope... don't go to the Domain of Death. You cannot save my brother. Please... turn back... It's not yet too late."

At that moment, Lady Death knew that this was not the words from the father that she knew and looked at him fiercely. "I don't know who you really are, but know this... I will stop at nothing to save the only family I have left in this world! NOW GET OUT OF MY FUCKING HEAD!"

But then, Kratos' shape gave an evil smile and grabbed her tight by the throat, while turning into the God of Death, Thanatos. "If you will not turn back now, THEN YOU AND YOU FURY LOVER WILL SUFFER A GREATER PUNISHMENT THAN DEATH!"

Back in the real world in Calliope and Alecto's quarters

Calliope's nightmare came abruptly to an end, as the whole ship crashed onto something, waking both her and Alecto in shock. Alecto stood up and took a morning coat. "What the hell was that?!"As she was about to leave their quarters, she noticed that Calliope was still on the bed, rubbing her head in frustration. Alecto knew that Calliope had another nightmare again before she sat close to her while rubbing her cheek. "You had another nightmare, didn't you?" Calliope nodded as she told her lover that this nightmare was different then the others, and that Thanatos was in it too, shocking the ex-Fury queen. "Thanatos? The God of death?"

Calliope nodded as she rose from their bed and also put on a morning coat. "If my uncle is in the Domain of Death, then Thanatos is the one that's been trying to stop us ever since Atlantis."

After a few more minutes, both lovers walked out of their quarters to check what had caused that shock on the ship, while Alecto confidently said to her lover. "Well, if Thanatos wants to stop us, he has to kill us first!"

Calliope smiled and pushed Alecto to a wall while giving her a passionate kiss before they continued to head to the deck. "You're damn right, baby." As they walked back on deck, both saw that the ship had hit some rocks and were now stuck at some cliffs. Calliope looked around and recognized this place as the Mounts of Aroania, a mountain pass that was close to the city of Sparta.

The captain was insulting one of his sailors for hitting the rocks. "You blasted idiot! How could you be so reckless!?"

But before the sailor could answer, Calliope and Alecto came to the captain and asked. "What happened?"

This made him turn around and look at the 2 most important women on his ship apologetically. "Oh... Lady Calliope. Lady Alecto. My apologies. This fool here let us hit the rocks of the cliff. As for the damage, we are going to be stuck for some days before we can move on."

Calliope looked at the mountains again, knowing them better than anyone, as she had spent many years in this place after she had killed her father and became the Ghost of Sparta. She then said to the captain. "That's alright, captain. Me and Alecto will take the mountain pass to get to Sparta."

The captain nodded in understanding. "Okay, if that's how you both want to get to Sparta, then I'm not gonna stop you."

After preparing themselves and putting their clothes back on, Calliope and Alecto left the ship and headed for the mountain pass.

And as Calliope and Alecto moved through these high mountains, memories of Calliope's childhood came all back to her. She was seeing herself as a young child, her skin covered with the ashes of her dead parents turning her skin as white as snow 1 day ago. Her wrists burned from the chains of the Blades of Chaos that had once been permanently attached to her flesh. Calliope saw her younger self, heading to the mountains, as she had nowhere else to go, for she knew that Sparta would not accept her as she was now. She saw her younger self fighting to survive on her own, pushing her body to the point of her limits and even beyond. And every night, she was haunted by nightmares of the memories of her father, Kratos, nearly driving her to the point of insanity. But remembering her father's training, kept the young girl from the brink of madness. She saw herself growing older, becoming more beautiful and attractive and as deadly as she was today. Calliope had also remembered that eventually, she tossed her old Spartan armor away and jumped into an enchanted river that would turn her hair black as the night. At that point, the Gods granted Calliope a new deadly and revealing outfit that would be fitting for her new life, as all of those events... completed her transformation into 'Lady Death'.

The Goddess of War was brought out of her thoughts as she and Alecto spotted a winged woman, holding a wounded Spartan warrior as she interrogated him, wanting to know where Calliope was. "Where is the Ghost of Sparta!?"

The Spartan warrior knew but was not going to betray his Goddess, so he shook his head. "I don't know where she is. Please... I swear to you."

Now very angry, she smacked the Spartan to a rock and pierced her clawed hand into his chest, ready to tear his heart out if he still refused to tell where the Ghost of Sparta was. "Tell us!" But as the Spartan still didn't say anything, the winged woman teared his heart out, leaving him to die and before walking away. After battling some of the creatures sent by the flying woman, Calliope and Alecto finally reached the dying Spartan.

As Calliope and Alecto reached the dying Spartan, he smiled at seeing his Goddess "Milady, I knew you would return."

Alecto healed him with the amulet, healing his wounds and regenerating his heart, making him smile as he stood up. "Thank you, Lady Calliope."

"Who was that, that ambushed you?" Calliope asked, wanting to know who that winged woman was.

The Spartan didn't know her name but said. "A servant of death, most likely." Before he then stood proudly as he did not fail his Goddess. "I have not failed you, milady. I told the servants of Death nothing. But... I failed to save my companions, I'm sorry."

Calliope put her hand on his shoulder and spoke with pride. "You are a Spartan. Even in death you stand tall for battle."

The Spartan nodded and took back his weapons from the ground. "Thank you, Lady Calliope. I'll be going back to where I was stationed. And as you know these mountain passes, you and Lady Alecto will find your way to Sparta?"

Calliope nodded. "We will. Now go." She said before the Spartan did so and left.

The 2 lovers then moved through the mountain pass, using the paths that Calliope knew all too well from spending her childhood in the cold mountains. Once they got past the obstacles outside, their path brought them inside 1 of the mountains, where Calliope opened several chests and killed many monsters with her Alecto before they eventually got to an underwater tunnel and swam through the strong current and getting to Argania Pass and saw the winged women again.

Erinys, daughter of Thanatos, the God of Death. Pain given form. Evil given life.

As if knowing who was behind her, Erinys turned around and saw Calliope and Alecto while holding another Spartan warrior's heart in her ugly hands. "Ghost of Sparta and ex Fury Queen. The God Slayer and the traitor of her own sisters." She said before looking at Calliope. "Your uncle belongs to Thanatos. And so does your lives."

"You won't stop us, you can ugly winged bitch! Nothing will!" Calliope yelled defiantly as she got out her blades, with Alecto doing the same. This only made Erinys fly up and throw the dead body into the supporting beam, breaking it and the passage to keep them both from escaping before she landed, ready to kill them both.

The 2 lovers engaged the daughter of Thanatos, carefully avoiding all of her attacks, as she was a formidable opponent and quickly killing her Harpys as well. Calliope used Thera's power to greatly hurt Erinys while Alecto used the Eye of Atlantis and her black too to briefly stun her in order to land a bit on her... until Calliope brought her down and pulled off 1 of Erinys' wings, greatly hurting her. Then the process repeated until Alecto pulled off her other wing. But Erinys got back to her feet, regrew her wings and flew into the air while changing into her bird monster form. She tried to fly past the 2 lovers for another attack but Calliope caught her with her blades, brought her to the ground and used her new power to slice her up before she got free and destroyed the passage! Alecto quickly caught her lover before throwing her to Erinys, allowing her to land on her before the daughter of Thanatos quickly flew into the sky, with Alecto following them. Erinys shoved Calliope off of her and flew back down as the Ghost of Sparta free falled to her and quickly used her Blades to get back on her when she was close enough. Alecto did the same and Calliope quickly channeled Thera's power into 1 of Alecto's blades, allowing them to stab Erinys until they got through her flesh, leaving 2 big sounds that were deep enough to make her crash to the ground below while changing back to her human form. When the 2 lovers landed, they walked up to Thanatos' daughter and Alecto held her, allowing Calliope to stab her in the heart from behind with her left blades channeling Thera's power, finally killing her before Calliope threw her dead body to the ground and picked up the Scourge of Erinys, gaining Erinys' power.

Once Calliope had gained the Scourge of Erinys, dozens of Thanatos' minios appeared, ready to kill Lady Death and her Fury lover. But thanks to using the Scourge of Erinys to their advantage, the two women were able to slaughter all of Death's servants.

"This power of Erinys sure will come in handy." Calliope said with a smirk.

Alecto nodded in agreement. As both realized that their little 'flight' with Erinys had brought them very close to Sparta, they went on forward to Calliope's birth city.

Once they arrived in Sparta, a smile grew on Calliope, as she was happy to be back at her birth place. Warriors of Sparta saw their Goddess arriving and called to open the gates. "Our Goddess has returned! Open the gates!" When the gates opened, Calliope and Alecto walked into the city.

Despite that they had important business to attend, both wanted to enjoy every single moment of this little time of peace together. Calliope and Alecto walked hand in hand close together, through the streets of Sparta. Along the way, many citizens and soldiers greeted their honorable Goddess and her Fury lover, with some of them even bowing for their Goddess.

"All hail the Goddess of War!" A woman called out. Calliope nodded to her as she and Alecto moved on.

A few streets from them, two Spartan warriors quickly went to the King's castle, to inform King Tyndareus that their Goddess had returned to Sparta. "Lady Calliope and Lady Alecto have arrived! Come on, we need to inform the king!"

Not long after, Calliope and Alecto had walked past the city's greatest brothel, where many young and beautiful half-naked women offered their bodies to any men, or women who were willing to pay for their time. Calliope and Alecto stopped for a moment, as the beautiful prostitutes caught their attention.

The two lovers looked at each other, while Calliope said with a smirk. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking, my love?"

Alecto nodded, as she shared the same idea that Calliope had in mind. She stroked Calliope's ass as she asked seductively. "I believe you said that we would encounter some sexy women to give a good fuck?"

Calliope moaned as she answered with the same tone of voice. "I... sure did. Let's go." Before both went to the brothel to have some passionate sex with some of the women.

The few prostitutes at the entrance saw the Ghost of Sparta arriving. Their eyes went wide as they saw their Goddess in the flesh, but also that she had brought her Fury Queen to have a good time in the brothel. All the prostitutes had heard many stories of Calliope and Alecto's pleasuring skills that even surpassed Aphrodite's abilities, as some claimed they could.

Immediately they started to stroke their bodies and breasts before Calliope and Alecto, hoping they would pick them. A beautiful brunette came first and said seductively. "You both look tired. Come with me and I'll give you both an amazing time."

But then a redhead moved her out of the way and said with the same tone of voice. "No no. Pick me. I can make you both forget your troubles, miladies."

Calliope and Alecto smirked to each other, and just picked both of them. Alecto took the brunette as she held her hand, as Calliope took the redhead and raised her over her shoulder, surprising her a bit, before she giggled. "Oh! They choose us both. Hihihi."

A few looked jealous as they didn't had the chance to have a good fuck with the Goddess of War and her Fury lover, as Calliope and Alecto were offered the best room in the brothel. As they entered, Calliope threw the redhead prostitute on the bed, making her giggle as Calliope took off her cape and outfit quickly and jumped on the bed with her. Alecto pushed the brunette on the bed too and used her magic to take off her clothes in just 1 second and then crawled on the women to give her the fuck of her life.

Calliope started tongue kissing her woman while rubbing both her breasts, making her moan in pleasure. "Ahhh... Oh, yes. Yes. Hmmm... oh take me my Goddess."

Alecto started sucking and licking her women's breasts and nipples while rubbing her pussy. "Oooh, yes. Yes, right there! Aaahhh..." And as word spread around the brothel that the Ghost of Sparta and the ex-Fury Queen were inside, some of the few curious prostitutes peaked into their room.

Some minutes passed, and both Calliope and Alecto were eating their women's pussies while they kept rubbing their breasts. Their pleasuring skills sent both prostitutes to a level of pleasure that none had ever experienced before. "By... Oh fuck, by the Gods! This is amazing!" The brunette moaned loudly. "Yes! This... this is... Oh fuck, yeah!"

The peaking prostitutes felt so warm from just seeing how Calliope and Alecto were the masters of the bed. One blond haired even started to masturbate and touch her boobs, feeling so turned on from just watching their Goddess and Fury Queen.

When Alecto noticed the blond haired girl masturbating herself, she smiled and told the girl. "Come in."

The girl was at first shocked that the Fury Queen had spotted her, but did as she said. Alecto walked over to her and stroked her body. "Did you like watching us... so bad?"

"I... I'm sorry... I didn't mean to-"

But her words were interrupted when Alecto stroked her pussy, feeling that she was so wet. "Oh my. You are already so wet... Hmmm, I like that." She said before she then tongue kissed the blond girl, which surprised her, but then she returned it.

Calliope saw what Alecto was doing and with the girl and wanted some piece of that too. She stood up and stroked the blond girl's breasts, while licking her nipples, making the blond girl moan loudly.

Then Calliope and Alecto dragged her to the bed too. "Let's give her some of our pleasuring skills that she desires, Calliope." Alecto suggested.

Calliope smirked as she agreed to that. "Oh yeah."

While the two other prostitutes pleasured their blond sister, both Calliope and Alecto took turns when they sucked licked the blond girl's wet pussy, drinking her overflowing juices, making her go crazy. "Ohhh, by the-! Oh FUCK YEAH! FUCK ME!"

The other prostitutes, who were still peaking inside, talked to each other. "That's what I call a Spartan woman." 1 said.

"Oh, I'm so jealous." The other said.

One other couldn't bare to just watch and just ran into the room as she took off her clothes. "Oh, take me too!" She said as she jumped on the bed, making Alecto chuckle before she gave her the pleasure she desired too, by scissoring her while fingering and licking the other two prostitutes pussies. Calliope was scissoring one of them too, making her go crazy.

The last two peaking prostitutes couldn't take anymore of this waiting and jumped in the room to join them. "Take me!"

"No, take me first!" Before one by one, Calliope and Alecto took their women to a higher level of pleasure by either sucking, kissing or licking throughout their bodies, making them climax from time to time.

They continued this for an hour, until all 6 women were being banged from behind, both using a two sided dildo. "OH YES YES YES! FUCK US GHOST OF SPARTA! FUCK US!"

"BY THE GODS, YEAH! FUCK ME HARD, FURY QUEEN! FUCK ME AND SPANK ME!" one begged, wanting to be spanked, which Alecto did and spanked her hard on the ass. "AAAH! AHHH YES!".

The others wanted and sometimes fought for to be taken, by pushing one aside, only to be taken from behind. But two were masturbating each other and also allowed Alecto or Calliope to pleasure them, without stopping them banging the others from behind.

Their loud moaning and noises made a lot of commotion in the brothel. "OH YES! FUCK! FUCK! FUCK!"

"AHHH! OOHH! AAAAAH FUCK YES!"

"OH CALLIOPE FUCK ME HARD! YES YES YES YES!"

Calliope and Alecto couldn't hold it in anymore and felt their peaks approaching. "AAAH! ALECTO I'M GONNA.. CUM!"

"YES! ME TOO, LET'S... OH FUCK, LET'S ALL CUM TOGETHER!"

After a few minutes of increasing speed in sex, all women in the room were about to reach their biggest climax ever. "YES YES YES!"

"FUCK US! FUCK US!"

"TAKE ME DEEP MY GODDESS! OH FUCK YEAH!"

"YES, OH FUCK YEAH!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" Everyone screamed at their final and biggest climax as juices squirted nearly everywhere!

A bit later

Calliope and Alecto rested for some time on the bed, while all the 6 women embraced their champions. All sweaty and breathing loudly from the amazing sex. Alecto looked at Calliope, who had closed her eyes for some time to rest and stroked her chin, making her eyes open. Calliope gave a sweet smile to her lover and both gave each other some soft kisses. Alecto then broke the kiss after a few minutes, saying softly. "Calliope... no matter how many women we take into our beds, you will always be the only one that I truly love."

Calliope smiled. "You too, Alecto. I love you... more than anything in the world, besides our sweet little warrior princess."

Just then, another prostitute entered the room with a piece of paper in her hand. "Uhh... miladies?" Alecto and Calliope looked at her, wondering what it was she wanted. She gave the piece of paper to her goddess. "Sorry to disturb you, but a soldier wanted me to give you this."

Calliope took it, while the women giggled a bit and told the blond haired "You know, that soldier wanted to give the paper to Calliope and Alecto himself, but after hearing so much commotion that you guys had, he got so turned on that he couldn't refuse my body." Both giggled at point, with the blondie asking. "Where is he now?"

"In our room, resting. I swear, whatever great sex you guys had, the noise was just... so much! And the soldier liked it so badly, he came inside me 3 times."

"Really? I hope he paid you for it?"

"He did, and gave me extra for a good time." The brunette then reminded the 2 lovers that they also had to be paid anyway, and said to Alecto. "Hey, uhm... I know you champions are from Olympus, but... you know, our services aren't exactly..."

Alecto understood and used her magic to give her and the others lots of coins, making them gasp as they quickly gathered them all for themselves. "Oh! It's so much!"

Calliope smiled to her lover how generous she was, as she would have done the same thing. As Calliope read the paper, it said that king Tyndareus wished to speak to them. "It's from Tyndareus. He wishes to speak to us."

Alecto nodded but wanted to rest a bit longer with Calliope, so she said to the others. "Leave. We want to rest a bit, if you don't mind?"

All the prostitutes nodded and left the Ghost of Sparta and Fury Queen to recover from all the sex, while their hands were filled with golden coins. An hour later, Calliope and Alecto came out of the brothel with their clothes back on, saying goodbye to the blondie and redhead with a passionate tongue kiss.

As Calliope and Alecto walked to the place where king Tyndareus wanted to speak to them, Calliope was seeing two boys running after each other through the streets. "You won't catch me!" The one said laughing, making the other more irritated.

"Come back you coward!"

Calliope watched them as they fought each other, training each other to the limit. But just then, she was having the same vision of her father as a child, while training Deimos.

In Calliope's vision

Young Kratos and Deimos were in the middle of a training session with spears and shields, with both boys evenly matched until Kratos got the upper hand and when they got into a shield-lock, Kratos shoved Deimos to the grounds and pointed his spear at his brother's throat, saying the same words that he would eventually say to his future daughter and justifiable killer. After Kratos helped his brother to his feet, they looked and saw flaming arrows heading for their great city, setting big fires and killing anyone who were unlucky enough to be in front of them.

After the Great war with the Titans, the Oracle had foretold the demise of the Oylmpian Gods, and the destruction of Oylmpus. She saw that it had been brought about, not by the hands of the Titans, who thirsted for revenge, but by the hand of a mortal, a marked warrior. Whomever controlled the Marked warrior, controlled the fate of Oylmpus.

Kratos watched as the dark shadow warrior took Deimos, putting him on his horse tightly. He tried to save Deimos as he called for his help, but to no avail, as Ares had just swiped Kratos away while leaving a scar on his right eye. When the God of War tried to attack the helpless Kratos, Athena stopped him and told Ares to take Deimos with him and leave, which he reluctantly did before the goddess followed, but not before looking at Kratos and saying "Forgive me." Before joining her brother as Kratos' mother called out for her sons.

Back in the present

Calliope was brought out of her thoughts when Alecto stroked her arm. "Are you alright, baby?"

Calliope blinked a few times, but then nodded. "Yeah, of course, baby. Let's go." She answered before both moved further, but Calliope mentally promised herself. 'Deimos... I will find you. I will save you'.

When Calliope and Alecto had reached the place to meet king Tyndareus, both women looked surprised to find themselves in a camp, filled with the hundreds of survivors from Atlantis.

King Tyndareus smiled as he saw Calliope and Alecto and bowed. "Miladies. Welcome back to Sparta."

Calliope and Alecto both nodded, before Calliope looked at the survivors and asked. "I trust you took care of the survivors?"

The king nodded and answered. "We did. But that's not the main reason I've asked you to meet me here. The survivors, they... all wish to speak to you, Lady Calliope."

This made Calliope raise an eyebrow, but went on to meet the survivors. As she came closer to the camp, all hushed and smiled to the Goddess that had saved them.

A former Atlantian captain walked to Calliope and said. "Lady Calliope. I'm speaking on behalf of all the Atlantians that had survived the sinking of our city. Milady, you saved us all, risked everything to save us. We all owe you our lives. And because of that..." He said before he then went on his knees and bowed. "We pledge our loyalty and services to you, Goddess of War."

All the survivors followed and went on their knees and bowed, with some even asking to serve her on Mount Olympus. Calliope smiled, as a tear fell from her eye. She made a new vow that day that she would protect and take care of the surviving citizens of Atlantis, who now all have pledged their loyalty to her. Calliope accepted all their services and promised to watch over them for all their days. Something that Poseidon was incapable of doing.

Tyndareus smirked as he said.. "It seems that we may have to build some more houses, for Calliope's new servants." Not long after, Calliope and Alecto told king Tyndareus that they needed to find something in the former temple of Ares that would help them in their quest. Tyndareus nodded and said. "Of course, miladies. The quickest way to the temple is through the Jails of Sparta."

"Through the jails?" Calliope asked. "What about the normal road to the temple?"

Tyndareus shook his head as he explained why they couldn't take that path. "I'm sorry, Lady Calliope. The main route has been blocked by boulders since there was an earthquake not long ago, making it impossible to take the route for some time."

Calliope and Alecto knew that this was the work of Thanatos, in his attempt to stop them. But both were not gonna stop for anything and headed to the Jails of Sparta. Once they entered the jails, Calliope opened the locked gate and they went through it before a cage with 3 monsters opened, which Calliope and Alecto quickly killed before Calliope found a few more chests and opened them before they both went through the right gate and Calliope pulled another lever, which started to open the gate in front of them but stopped and opened the cell in the next room, freeing the Dissenter, a man who was still loyal to Ares, which led to his imprisoning.

When the Dissenter ran from the Ghost of Sparta and ex Fury Queen, they quickly chased after him after Calliope opened the gate with her strength, knowing that they could not let him escape and cause trouble for them or Sparta. They chased him through another gate and went to the upper level and battled a few bug-like creatures and a Minotaur, which they both quickly killed before another gate opened. They went through it and saw the Dissenter pull a lever that closed the gate he walked through, the 1 that the 2 lovers came through and opened the cage containing the Piraeus Lion, who roared at Lady Death and Alecto before pouncing to attack them while the Dissenter laughed while saying that Ares was the true God of War and Calliope was just an imposter. The 2 lovers used their powers and blades to hurt the beast while avoiding its attacks before Calliope finally killed the giant lion monster by slicing it open, making its insides spill out, much to the Dissenter's shock before the gate protecting him opened.

The Dissenter ran away from Calliope and Alecto, who were angered by the actions of the Dissenter trying to kill them. He crawled back until his back was at a wooden door. "No, stay back! I'm warning you!"

Blinded by rage, Calliope kicked the man so hard, that he went right through the wooden door. He tried to run, but was stopped again by another wooden door. Alecto grabbed him and smashed him right through the door like her lover did before he lied on the floor as he grunted in pain.

Just then, Spartan soldiers entered the jails after hearing word that a prisoner had escaped and released the Piraeus Lion. They held the man to the ground as he loudly said. "That... whore… is nothing but an impostor! ARES IS THE... TRUE GOD OF WAR!"

One Spartan soldier kicked him hard in the face as the others dragged him to somewhere else. "You got some nerve to talk like that to our Goddess, heretic! Let's make an example of him, men!"

"NO!" Calliope called to the soldiers, who were shocked that their Goddess didn't allow them to kill the Dissenter. Ares would have normally let a man like that be burned alive for his heresy, but Calliope vowed to be better than him. So she grabbed the Dissenter by the collar and said fiercely. "Leave Sparta! And never come back!"

She was banishing the Dissenter from Sparta, something that hasn't been done in a long time. But the soldiers were loyal to their Goddess and did what she commanded. They dragged the Dissenter away, to be sent away from Sparta, never to return.

Alecto held Calliope close to her. "You did the right thing, despite the fact that he tried to kill us."

Calliope nodded. "A normal God would have put him to death for that, but I'm not like the other Gods. I'm better than that." Before they moved forward and Alecto flew them out of the upper entrance, before they saw that they had reached the Mounts of Laconia.

Calliope and Alecto then went through the Mounts of Laconia, with the Ghost of Sparta finding and opening many chests and Alecto flying them through the mountains. Their path led them inside 1 of the mountains, where they battled a few Gorgons and other monsters as well... until they were close to the former Temple of Ares.

As Calliope and Alecto neared the former Temple of Ares, both noticed some Spartan Warriors, trying to demolish a statue of Ares by pulling it down. Seeing the former monuments of their worst enemy being destroyed put a smile on both women's faces.

The Spartan captain there, ordered his men to pull the statue down. "Pull! Pull harder men!" Then he noticed that their Goddess and the former Fury Queen were here. He bowed as he said. "Lady Calliope. We shall make quick work of this and erect a statue befitting of your glory."

Calliope already looked forward to seeing a statue of her being replaced by that of 'flame hair'. She and Alecto stood back as the Spartans were ready to pull Ares' statue to pieces

"That's right men. Now pull!" They did and the statue of Ares fell into pieces to the ground, making all the Spartans cheer. Their captain then called for the worship of their true Goddess of War. "All hail Lady Calliope, the Goddess of War!"

"ALL HAIL LADY CALLIOPE!" All the men cheered and tried to remove the last pieces of Ares's statue away.

The captain then said before leaving. "Milady. I have something for you. I shall return."

Calliope wandered what the captain had for her as she and Alecto went to the gate of the Temple. The gate was in the shape of Ares' face and spoke. "Face thyself, and your fate shall be sealed." Even hearing the voice of the God that had ruined her life again, made Calliope's anger rise. But if she wanted to save Deimos, she had to confront the very thing that she hated more than anything. Alecto was with her, and shared the same anger for the God that was once her lover, but now and always her greatest enemy.

As both women entered the Temple and the gates closed behind them, both looked at the statue of Ares that was before them.

Calliope stood in the temple of ares. It was a somber reminder of who and what she had become. The Ghost of Sparta, the God Slayer. And now, the Goddess of War.

Looking at the Ares' statue made Calliope so furious that she roared out in rage as she used her blades to smack the statue into pieces. As they headed deeper into the Temple, where at the end was a wall made of a giant mirror. When they walked closer to it, Alecto was surprised that she didn't see her reflection. Only Calliope's reflection was seen in the mirror, making both the lovers wonder what this could mean. Calliope's reflection then began to shine, with her skin changing back to her normal skin color and the chains of the Blades of Athena loosed from her wrists, making Calliope gasp and looked at her wrists, but seeing the chains were still attached to her wrists and her skin still white as the ashes of her parents, she began to figure that this was only an illusion. Calliope reached her hand to the mirror closer. But as she was about to touch it, her reflection grabbed her arm! Calliope managed to get loose quickly, seeing her reflection changing again, back into the young girl she was before she became the Ghost of Sparta. By some force from the mirror, Alecto froze, unable to move, as the younger reflection of Calliope attacked her older self!

The reflection of Calliope's younger self then jumped on her and punched her repeatedly in the face until Calliope threw it off her. But the younger reflection got back up and did the same thing again while yelling. "YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A MONSTER! MY LIFE WAS RUINED BECAUSE OF YOU!" But Calliope wasn't going to let this illusion break her as she grabbed it and threw it into different parts of the mirror wall with her strength, leaving cracks in it. The process repeated 5 times until the Ghost of Sparta had enough and shoved her younger reflection back into the mirror wall, destroying them both.

When Calliope destroyed the mirror and her younger reflection, Alecto was released from the curse and could move again. Calliope then caught Alecto in time before she fell on the floor. "Alecto! Are you alright, baby?"

Alecto nodded. "I am. What the fuck was that?"

"An illusion, probably a test from the temple." Calliope answered before she saw the Skull of Keres inside the broken mirror. She took it and took a look at it and said as both she and her lover left the temple. "We have the skull. Now... we must return to the temple of Thanatos."

"But how? Atlantis is gone, swallowed by the ocean. How are we going to get back there?"

Calliope then said confidently. "We'll figure out a way. Besides, we've faced even greater challenges before in the past."

Alecto smiled, as Calliope was right. "You're right, baby. If you can claim the Box of Chaos from the temple on Cronos' back, then we can find a way to return to Atlantis."

Calliope knew that she and her lover had to return to Atlantis, back to the sunken city. Only there would they find the entrance to Death's Domain, and the only living family member that the Ghost of Sparta had left.

Not long after they left the temple, Calliope and Alecto met with the Spartan captain from before again. The Spartan Captain walked to Calliope, holding a spear and shield with the Spartan banner on it before he bowed as he gave the weapons to Calliope. "These belong to you, milady."

Calliope's eyes went wide, as she recognized those weapons, for they belonged to her father. "My father's weapons... I thought they were lost for years. How did you get them?"

"After your father died, I have looked after them as if they were my own. And now, I'm giving them to you."

Calliope smiled as she took the spear and shield from the Captain and thanked the captain. "Thank you. You have served me well, captain."

The captain bowed again before he left. "It's my honor to serve you both, Miladies."

Calliope and Alecto then moved forward until they were attack by more monsters that Calliope quickly killed using her father's weapons and Alecto with the Eye of Atlantis until the barrier in front of them disappeared. They then moved forward and crossed a bridge while Calliope blocked some arrows with her father's shield until the 2 lovers got to the end of the bridge and killed the archers and went inside the cave. The Ghost of Sparta and former Fury Queen then passed through the cave to an elevator that took them back to the Mounts of Aroania.

Calliope and Alecto then crossed another bridge after killing a few Harpies and Archers from a distance before they got to the upper level and dealt with a big monster with the Scourge of Erinys and Thera's power, killing it before they crossed the 3rd bridge and Calliope opened a few more chests before Alecto flew them both across the big gap. When they moved further, they saw a Hazard that Calliope used her father's Shield to pass and broke off the Horn of Boreas, which she gave to her Alecto to use. After a few more monsters appeared, Alecto used the Horn to freeze them, allowing Calliope to shatter them all, making the bars at the next doorway go down and allowing the 2 lovers to advance to the Shrine of Boreas, where Calliope opened 2 chests and they got to the Canyons of Sorrow.

When they got up the hill, a dead soldier reanimated, possessed by Thanatos. "Be warned, Ghost of Sparta and former Fury Queen: do not pursue this path, the Gods forbid it."

"Those lying bastards don't have any power over us, Thanatos. Where is my uncle?!" Calliope demanded with anger.

But Thanatos only laughed at the Ghost of Sparta's defiance. "If you persist, not even the Fates will prevent me from ending your path. Ares was unwise to believe that you could serve him, but was even more foolish for thinking that he had completely drawn you to his cause, Alecto."

"Damn right he was, Thanatos! And look where it got him: long dead and buried by someone he helped create. And unless you stay out of our way, we'll do the same thing to you after Deimos is freed." Alecto said definitely to the God of Death.

But Thanatos only continued to laugh at them both. "Oh I think Deimos will be concerned about who is responsible for the deaths of his mother and brother... before he tears Calliope's heart out from her still living mortal body." He countered before throwing the soldiers away, as he had made his point.

Calliope and Alecto headed into the Canyons of Sorrow, hoping that beyond the canyon would be a ship to take them back to Atlantis. As both wandered, they noticed some strange trails around the caverns. Trails of... gold, making both women look confused. As Calliope took a better look, she noticed that the trails were left behind like normal trails of dirt, or blood, even finding a hand mark in gold.

"How is this possible?" Alecto asked with confusion.

Calliope shook her head. "I don't know. But I got a very bad feeling about this."

As they headed deeper into the canyon, following the trails of gold, they found some sort of golden girl statue lying on the floor. Calliope and Alecto raised an eyebrow, but soon saw a very skinny man wearing a crown, climbing up while calling them to stay away. "No, leave me alone!"

"Calliope... that man... looked very familiar." Alecto said as she and her lover had met Midas before when they still served the Gods, remembering him as a happy man with an obsession for gold.

Calliope nodded and started to think. "Yes... he looked like... King Midas?"

Just then, it all made sense to Calliope! For she and Alecto had heard that not long ago, King Midas of Macedonia had been granted a wish by Silenus the Satyr that allowed him to turn everything he touched into gold.

Calliope looked at the golden statue of a girl on the ground before she ran to it and looked at its face, making her gasped in shock when she recognized the girl. "Alecto!"

Alecto ran to her lover, asking what was going on. "What is it?!"

"The girl... that's... Princess Marigold."

Alecto took a closer look and was horrified that it was indeed Marigold. "By the Gods..." She said as both then realized that the curse of her father had now turned the innocent princess into gold.

Calliope and Alecto remembered how sweet and kindly she was, as they had met her before and how she had played several times with their daughter, years ago.

They feared that since Marigold had changed into gold that she could be dead. With a tear coming from her eye, Alecto asked. "Is she... dead?"

Calliope didn't know, but took the amulet from Alecto's pocket and tried to use its power to possibly heal her. But Alecto wasn't sure if it was going to help. "Calliope... I... I don't know if that is even gonna work-"

"We've got to try!" Calliope said as she didn't stop using the amulet on Marigold. When it first seemed that it wasn't gonna work, both saw that the gold was slowly disappearing. When Marigold was no longer gold, she slowly opened her eyes and moved.

Calliope and Alecto smiled, as both couldn't believe that it worked. Marigold first looked around if her father was here. "Father? Father, where are you?!" But then she was surprised to see the Ghost of Sparta and the Fury Queen in front of her? "Calliope? Alecto? Is that you?"

Both nodded before Calliope. "It's us, Marigold. We... we saved you. You were.. changed into gold, and..."

Marigold then understood what had happened to her, and her father. "My father... he... he touched me and... By the Gods!" Before she then hugged Calliope and Alecto, thanking them for saving her life. "Thank you... you saved my life."

Not long after, Marigold explained that the curse of changing everything into gold had drove her father into madness and hid himself in the canyons. She went out to find him and bring him home, but was then changed into gold. When she told them everything, Calliope and Alecto knew they had to go and find Midas. Perhaps they could help Marigold's father from the curse.

Marigold begged Calliope and Alecto to help her father. "Please... you got to help my father."

Calliope ensured her that they will. "We will, Marigold. We'll bring your father back."

Marigold smiled as she remembered how kind and helpful they were. "Thank you."

And so, Calliope and Alecto began to chase after Midas by following his golden trail, finding more people changed into gold that they cured with the Amulet, but left the monsters to their fate, as that only made their task much easier.

Calliope and Alecto found Midas by a Lava river, weeping for what he had done to his daughter. "Oh, Marigold... I'm so sorry... I didn't mean to. Oh, my daughter... my beautiful little girl."

Calliope then called out to him. "Midas! Stay where you are! We can help you!"

But Calliope's words fell onto deaf ears to Midas, as he was so sorry for what he had done to his daughter. His insanity kicked in again and thought he was at the river Styx. "The river Styx... am I in Hades? I must be! Finally, I know what to do!" He said before he reached out his hand into the river, not realizing he was about to put his hand in lava!

Alecto tried to stop him by yelling. "MIDAS! DON'T!"

But it was too late. As Midas put his hand in the river, his hand melted away, making him scream in complete agony. "AAAAAAAARGH! NO, NO... AAAAAH!" As he not only melted his hand, but the lava river he touched seemed to have turned into gold as well before he ran away.

Calliope and Alecto went further through the River of Lament while killing several monsters and Calliope opening a few more chests around the areas, all the while, both were thinking of a way to help free Midas from his awful curse.

They finally found Midas, hiding in a cave, as he breathed heavily because of the pain from melting his hand away. When Calliope and Alecto approached him, he begged them to stay away from him. "No, leave me alone! Stay away from me!"

They then tried to ease Midas' worries. "Calm down, Midas. It's us, Calliope and Alecto." Calliope said first.

"Don't you remember us? We helped you years ago and healed your sick wife." Alecto added, trying to remind Midas that they had met before.

When Midas looked at the two women, he did remember them from somewhere. "Calliope...? Alecto...? Yes... yes, I do remember you..." But then he crawled away. "No! Stay away! Don't you see?" He asked with fear as he touched a rock with his remaining hand, turning it into gold. "Everything I touch... Gold." Before he then started to sob as he remembered what he had done to this daughter. "I didn't mean to... I could… I know that she... Oh, Marigold, I'm so sorry..."

Alecto then took the Amulet and used it to heal Midas melted off hand, regenerating it. Midas was thankful for that, but was still afraid that he still might turn them into gold. As he grabbed onto a piece of wall with his healed hand, he noticed that it wasn't turning into gold, surprising him completely. "My hand... it... no gold?!" He said before he tried his other hand, but still turned it into gold, while his healed hand couldn't.

This brought Calliope to an idea to help Midas to heal him from the curse. "Midas. If we remove the other hand and heal it, then maybe you won't change anything into gold anymore."

This conflicted Midas, as he was at first against this, but seeing that it might rid him of this terrible curse, he accepted as he held out his arm. "O-okay... but do it quickly..." He said before he closed his eyes as Calliope took her blade, and in one slash, cut Midas' arm off! He screamed in agonizing pain, but Alecto quickly healed him. Midas looked at his new arms and touched a few rocks. They did not change into gold "It's gone...? It's gone! I'M FREE AT LAST! PRAISE THE GODS, I'm free!" He said as he danced around like a mad man, but he didn't care. He was free from the curse to change everything into gold, which made Calliope and Alecto laugh a bit.

But Midas' celebration was short-lived, as monsters appeared. Alecto got an idea, as Midas' cut off arm still could change everything into gold. She grabbed it and used it during their fight to change most monsters into gold, while Calliope killed the rest. Both then called to Midas that they should leave. He nodded and followed the Ghost of Sparta and the ex-Fury Queen out of the canyons.

As they walked down the path, They saw that it was blocked by a lava river. Alecto knew that Midas's golden touch could even change lava into gold. So she threw the cut off arm into the lava, changing it instantly into gold. Both she and Calliope felt that this was the right way, so that this 'golden touch' of Midas would never fall into the wrong hands.

A little while later

"FATHER!" Marigold yelled out of happiness to see her father again. Midas couldn't believe that his daughter was back to normal again.

He first was scared to touch her when she approached him. But as he slowly touched her cheek, Midas' smile grew as he realized that he was now truly free. Tears formed into his eyes and both him and his daughter embraced. "Marigold! Oh my sweet Marigold!"

Both Calliope and Alecto smiled, seeing that they not only released Midas from his curse, but also reunited him with his daughter again. Marigold and her father thanked Calliope and Alecto once again before they left, returning back to their homeland.

After a few hours of running and fighting Thanatos' minions on the way, Calliope and Alecto finally reached a port, where an Atlantian ship was docked, ready to set sail back to Atlantis. After dealing with the remaining monsters, Calliope and Alecto boarded the ship.

The Ghost of Sparta and former Fury Queen were then greeted by the captain. "Lady Calliope. Lady Alecto."

Calliope 1st wanted to be sure if they were returning to Atlantis. "You guys are going back to Atlantis?"

The captain nodded before answering. "Yes, milady. We know that the journey will be dangerous, but we hope that we'll find some other survivors. We're ready to set sail."

Calliope nodded as they were ready to set course for Atlantis. As the ship left the harbor, the Ghost of Sparta and former Fury Queen looked over the horizon together. 'I hope we're not too late.' Lady Death worriedly said to herself mentally, hoping that her long lost uncle was still alive.

Calliope knew that deep within the raging abyss, lay the answers to a question she was not yet prepared to ask: Was Deimos still alive?

Part 3 is finally complete, my friends. After thinking it over, I had a change of plans and decided to do the rest of the Ghost of Sparta game before moving on to my other chapters. The final part is next, with a far better ending for Deimos and his mother that my good friend SreznoJIG helped give me ideas for. So when you see it, be sure to give him the credit for the ideas. Rate and review. See you really soon, my friends.