Location: Camp Half-Blood, Long Island, New York
Time: Around 3 PM
Weather: Clear Skies
Kian's POV
I won't kill...not again! N-Never again!
Auras. You're safe now, especially from Empena. I won't let you destroy another planet again!
I would have continued with my thoughts had I not felt a buzzing sensation behind me. I turned and-
To put it bluntly. I was surrounded.
Kids around my age, some as young as 8 were looking at me like I didn't belong here. They were right, I didn't. I wasn't a demigod. Yet. I'm sure that we share a few similarities if Alveus was right.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a flash of red and a girl. She was covered in dust and held the spear in her hands tightly. The red bandana across her forehead hung loosely and crookedly From the dust on her face, I think she was the person who tried and failed in fighting Auras.
"Who are you?!" she aimed the tip of her spear at me.
"I'm the guy who saved your lives. You're welcome." I replied.
"He is right, he did save us."
"Who's his godly parent?"
"That jacket doesn't suit him!"
I hugged my jacket tighter and my eyes noticed the movement of the crowd only to see Percy running in, paving his way to get to me. "Guys, guys! Relax, he's friendly!" he announced.
"Percy, do you know him?" the Bandana girl lowered her bronze spear which I just noticed was vibrating with electricity.
Percy nodded. "Kian and I have been going to school for the past year. You guys can trust him, and he just save all our lives. Clarrise, we should probably thank him instead of trying to kill him!"
This Clarrise person thought the words over and spoke. "Alright, that's enough." she dropped her spear and the rest of the residents here-some who were half-dressed in bronze armour and were armed with swords and spears-relaxed. Their attention went to Percy.
From the way they looked at Percy, he must have been their leader.
It was hard to think that this was Camp Half-Blood. It was exactly like Alveus had described it. Well, I knew that this place had some recent battle damage but it didn't show it. It must have been fixed after the damage.
I didn't get to think any further as I heard galloping and had to double-take at what I saw. It was a Centaur! From the top, he looked like your average middle-aged man with middle-parted brown wavy hair. From the bottom however was a horse, one with a dark luscious coat. Behind him followed a chubby man, one with a leopard print shirt, bloodshot eyes and a bloated body.
From his scent, I knew this man liked alcohol.
"Campers, make yourself scarce. We shall speak of this no more!" the Centaur said sternly. "Off to your responsibilities with you! Oh, and return the equipment you borrowed, there is no danger."
The campers grumbled and they walked away and while they did that, Percy and Annabeth came and stood by my side. She pointed to the Centaur. "I don't think you've met, that's Chiron, the Camp Director,"
"The same Chiron from the stories?" I asked.
She nodded proudly. "The exact one."
The chubby man and Chiron walked over to me and started inspecting me. "So, Percy, how old is he?" Chiron asked.
"I'm 17," I said first. I was almost 18 in a month from now. I was born on the 25th of August 1992, and yes, I was born in England, couldn't you tell by my accent?
"And he hasn't been claimed?" the chubby man asked
"What do you mean by claimed?" I asked. "What are you referring to?"
"It's where a god decides that you're their child, a hologram appears on your head. It was a trident for me." Percy explained. "But that won't be happening for you. You're not a demigod are you?"
Chiron and the chubby man exchanged glances. "What?! How did he get past the barrier?!"
"He didn't, he kinda appeared inside the camp to fight that guy," Annabeth explained.
Chiron looked at me. "My boy, have you felt out of place like you don't belong in someplace?"
"Yeah, absolutely," I replied. "Why?"
"So, the barrier must have had an off day then?" the drunk man asked. "He has to be a demigod! There's no doubt about it!"
"Have you moved around from school to school? Never stayed for more than a year?" Annabeth asked
"No. I haven't been kicked out of any school. I'm a good kid!", I replied, slightly offended. "Did that happen to you guys?"
She recoiled, I could see the gears turning in her head. I felt the bioelectrical sparks in her brain running riot as she tried to come up with a solution to what I am. I wonder how they'll react to it. It would be quite a shock to learn of my true nature.
"Diagnosed with dyslexia. Probably ADHD, right?" Percy jumped in.
"Erm...I was hyperactive when I was younger but not now. At least that's what I think. What does ADHD have to do with anything?!" I asked. "I don't have Dyslexia, just ADHD."
They looked confused, trying to figure me out in a moment but before they could speak, Annabeth spoke first. "Percy, use your sword and put it through Kian"
"Excuse me?!" I said out loud. "What are you playing at?!"
"Annabeth, are you sure? What if he isn't a mortal?" Chiron's face was full of worry
"I know what I'm doing. If you're mortal, this won't hurt," Annabeth said. "Percy, do it please."
Percy reluctantly nodded and pulled out his pen. He removed the cap and a sword formed out of it which shocked me for a second. Percy put the blade through my chest and it went through me, not in a 'he sliced me in two' but like he just put it through thin air.
I wasn't affected at all!
"Just as I thought, you're a mortal," Annabeth said as Percy put the cap on his sword and it turned back into a pen. "You're human."
"Actually-"
"This is absurd." the drunk man interrupted me. "He was able to appear in the camp and the barrier wasn't able to keep him out? We have to take this mortal to Olympus!"
Percy and Annabeth both looked shocked at the mention of the name. "A-Are you serious, Mr D?"
"Mr D?" I asked confused. "Who's that?"
"He's Dionysus," Annabeth explained
"The god of wine, grapes and madness right?", I asked. "Seriously, you call him Mr D?"
Dionysus smirked. "Look at him, he knows his Gods, I'll inform the council, you two take care of this mortal"
A few minutes later...
I found myself on the way to Olympus, the Council of the Gods. Me, Percy, Annabeth, Dionysus and Argus (I like to think he was Eye Guy from Ben 10) who Percy said was the taxi driver. We were in the said taxi and the silence was thick. We waited for what felt like forever before it was broken.
"So, you want to tell us why you could do what you did?" Annabeth asked
"You mean how I teleported inside the Camp?" I turned my eyes on her.
"Yes please."
"I suppose that's fair. You have questions, it's only natural that you want answers." I leaned back on the taxi seat and formed a barrier encasing the three of us, making a soundproof wall that would mean our privacy was intact so that Mr D wouldn't be able to listen to us.
"Wait?! What happened to your eyes?!" Annabeth leaned back sharply. "They were brown, why did they turn dark blue?!"
I couldn't help but chuckle. "Maybe I was too fast for you. Maybe I put on some contacts while you weren't looking?"
"Haha," she said sarcastically. "That's not possible. No human can move that fast. Explain now." she crossed her arms to get her point across. With her blonde hair and stern face, I was reminded of my friend Milena. Although she was cute, she could be scary if she wanted to. Blondes are scary!
"What I say cannot be said to others without asking me okay. Right now, only you two right now can hear this," I addressed both of them.
"Wait, what?!" Percy leaned forward. "You're serious?"
I nodded
Percy proceeded to call Mr D names that I won't repeat here, and I thought I had a mouth! After Annabeth calmed him down, she turned to me. "How can you do this?! Magic perhaps?"
"No, not magic, that's something different. I can control the fabric of space, a small amount from my position," I replied. "That trick I did, snapping those monsters away, that was a low-level reality-warping skill, I can only do that once per 24 hours."
Annabeth looked shocked as did Percy. "How?!" they said in unison
"I have a power, a power that was given to me since I was a little kid. It saved my life actually. That should answer what I could do what I did."
"When you fought against that Auras guy, why were you're punches so fast?", Percy asks. "I barely saw anything!"
I switched into a familiar routine, one I was trained to do since I was a child. "Shouldn't have expected you not ask me about that. Well, this is the part where you keep this to yourselves, okay? Only a few people know this secret. I think you two are loyal enough for me to tell you, at least from what I've heard about you."
Percy chuckled. "What, are you going to tell us you're an alien or something? Come on, tell us what it is."
I turned to them with a stupid grin on my face. "Wow, what a guess. You took the words out of my mouth."
Annabeth's jaw dropped, slowly and silently. "S-so you're telling me that-"
"Uh-huh.'' I replied. "My skin, tissue and muscles are much stronger than an average human. So yes, humans aren't alone in this universe, all that jazz. I'll give you a few minutes to get used to it."
"I've been going to school with an alien all this time?!" Percy questioned as he rocked on his seat. "Oh my gods, oh my gods, oh my gods, oh my gods, oh my gods!" He kept on muttering to himself, I couldn't help but smile at it, I knew he was going to be alright but it was funny seeing the first-timers.
"Oh, and don't worry, I grew up like any human of you so don't worry about me being evil or whatever," I replied, "I won't be doing cow abductions or blowing up white houses anytime soon. Like in Independance Day"
"Kian? Are you Superman?!", Percy asked, now free of his muttering. "Do you have heat vision? Do you have ice breath?!"
I laughed, using to hate that name when I was a kid. "Well, I can chew mint and I can breathe out cold air does that count as ice breath"
"Wait, do you have human parents instead of your alien ones," Annabeth asked with stars in her eyes.
"I'm not a typical superhero origin story. I don't have any dead parents or anything. My biological parents raised me since I was a babu" I explained. "I do have an alien name."
"Ooh, what is it?" Percy asked.
"It's Kaliel."
"That sounds-"
"I know."
I laughed as Percy and Annabeth let that sink in. The whole Superman thing got me thinking about where I started, I wanted to be a superhero, with everything I had. I mean, what kind of kid doesn't want to fly around, being super strong and stuff
If only I had known what I know right now.
"Alright brats, get out!" I heard Dionysus's voice ring out.
xXx
We made our way to the elevator and passed a guard that had was reading a Harry Potter book. I loved reading it and the magic in that book...that was until I saw actual magic. It made Harry Potter magic look like child's play!
The 4 of us got in the elevator and headed up. I had my hands in my pockets, rubbing the ring I gave her as a gift. It wasn't a wedding ring or anything like that! It's just something that used to be hers. I kept it with me so she's always a part of me I guess. I can remember her hugging me and playing with my hair when I was sad
Cue the Awwww's from the readers
I wiped my eyes as I looked around. I took in the sight as we headed to the council room. Olympus must be in a different dimension, compared to the rest of the Earthly plane. Does that mean it's part of the multiverse too?
"This looks amazing,'' I replied. "Who built this?"
"I designed it", Annabeth said proudly
"Nice going Da Vinci!"
I saw Percy trying to hold back a laugh, I guess he must have found something funny. We soon made our way to the main room, was I in for an eventful day!
Location: Mount Olympus, Empire State Building
Time: Around 3:10 PM
Percy's POV
As I made my way to see the rest of the Olympians, I recollected my thoughts. Kian was an alien all this time! Like, it explained so much. Why he ate so much, why he could do that laser beam attack with his hands.
Oddly enough, it didn't feel out of place, this seemed to be the next step of weirdness! First, it was monsters, now it's gods, and now aliens! A demigod's life is weird but this just took it to the next level.
We made our way to the throne room to see the Olympians arguing like a giant immortal family, all of them 20ft tall as they sat on their thrones. Zeus was in a wrinkled suit and his hair was a mess Hera had curlers in her hair as she glared at being interrupted, most likely during her beauty sleep.
"Dionysus, my son, why have you called this emergency meeting. I was talking to a beautiful-" Zeus stopped suddenly. "I mean, I was in charge over the electrical storms over Chicago. Yes, that's right!"
"There was an incident, back at Camp," Mr D explained. "There was someone, he brought many monsters with him, ready to kill us!"
The Olympian's widened their eyes to the size of dinner plates. "Impossible!", Zeus shouted. "Did the barrier fail?!"
"Are my children alright? Did anyone get hurt?!" Demeter asked clutching a box of cereal
"My kids should be fine, they're fighters!" Ares said proudly
"Your daughter was easily defeated by this person," Mr D replied
"Say what?!"
"What about my children?!", Aphrodite asked. "Please tell me they are okay!"
"Noooo! My children, you were supposed to be so bright. I'll sing for you-"
"ORDER! ORDER," Zeus commanded, interrupting Apollo's sudden burst into song. "My son, tell me what happened?"
"As I was saying before you interrupted me, the camp was invaded but no one died, thanks to that mortal there," he pointed to Kian
"You mean the spiky-haired kid?", Zeus asked. "He saved them? the half-bloods?"
"I have a name you know?" Kian glared back at Zeus. "Why do you ask, Big Man?"
Zeus recoiled slightly, surprised at how casual Kian addressed him. "You call the Lord of the Universe, you dare call me Big Man? Explain why you take such a light tone with me?"
"Well you..all of you are at least 20ft tall, I fail to see the problem?", Kian gestured to the giant Olympians.
"You're not wrong there Kian, but my father would like to be addressed politely," Athena replied.
"Kneel," Zeus asked. "It's polite to do so"
"Nope."
All of us looked at Kian, wondering if he thought 'Kneel' meant something offensive in his native alien language! "Dude, bow! Do you want to get blasted with lightning?" I said quickly
Kian looked around, his eyes calculating almost before he bowed. "Just for the record, this is going against everything I have but alright"
Zeus grumbled and looked at Kian, "Rise Demigods and Mortal. Explain what happened, spare no detail."
We stand up and looked at Zeus. I glanced over to Dad who replies with a kind and comforting stare. Athena was still glaring at me, no surprise there. Mr D took his seat on his throne. The tension was pretty high but Kian doesn't seem to be that bothered by it.
Annabeth and I explained what we saw, how Kian wasn't able to cross the barrier yet he could appear inside the camp, how he killed all those monsters like it was nothing, how the assassin and Kian sort of knew each other.
"What?! You did this, didn't you?!" Zeus bellowed. "You brought him in to kill them? to kill the children!"
Kian rolled his eyes and he put his hands up to protest his innocence. "Whoa, Woah. Chill, chill. I killed the monsters, got him out of the camp and no one got hurt, okay? Now from where I come from that would mean a thank you or are you too arrogant to say that?"
"Oh...very well. I'm sure the rest of the Olympians would like to thank you for it," Zeus clarified. He sat up in his throne, clearly interested in what happened. "How could you appear in the middle of the camp? You're a mortal, the barrier keeps out monsters and people such as yourself"
"I can teleport, old man"
Zeus stared at him. "C-come again?!"
Annabeth and I looked at him, clearly worried about his life. "Dude, don't do that! You don't want the king of Olympus trying to kill you!" I whispered hastily
Kian brushed it off and faced Zeus again. "I can teleport myself, Zeus. That's how I got in. Does that answer your question?", he replied, not bothered by Zeus's boiling rage.
"Kian, please address my brother as Lord Zeus please?", Poseidon jumped in. "He gets...irritated when he isn't addressed properly"
Kian chuckled. "Yeah, that applies to a lot of people doesn't it? They don't like it when they get talked down to." He turned to Dad. "You're Poseidon, right? God of the Seas?"
Dad nodded. "I am yes."
"You have some of my respect. You're cool compared to your trigger happy brother. I won't address him as Lord, he is far away from that title."
Poseidon chuckled. "Why thank you, young man."
It didn't help that Zeus was getting angrier and angrier by the second, "Young man, you will apologise!" he roared towards Kian. "You have no idea who you are talking to!"
Kian didn't budge. "Yes. I. Do. I don't need to apologise for anything. What are you a God of exactly? you know, apart from cheating on your wife daily? How many pretty girls have you slept with today? How many couples have you broken up because of your actions? It wouldn't surprise me if it's in the 100's. Why would I treat someone like that with any kind of respect?"
I couldn't help but laugh a little, even some of the Olympians was holding back a little giggle. Zeus glared at Kian, the electricity crackling violently around him. Hera laughed a little to Zeus's dismay. "While I do agree somewhat with that comment. That young man is mad, he's asking to be killed!"
"I do admire his courage," Hades added. "I've never heard someone this brave-or foolish before!"
Zeus grit his teeth so hard I thought his eyes were about to pop out. He clenched his fists, knuckles turning white as he gripped his throne. "Alright, I've run out of patience, the boy is dead!"
"WHAT?!" All of us said except Kian
"Can't you take a joke?!" Poseidon asked. "He was just having a little fun, there's no need to get hasty!"
"I'm killing him, right now!" Zeus pulled out his master bolt and aimed it at Kian. "Last chance boy, apologize and I won't kill you!"
Kian chuckled and mocked Zeus even further. "Go ahead and throw it, I want to see how just how powerful a pagan weapon like that is. So come on, what are you waiting for? Surely killing someone isn't the worst thing you've done, right?! GO RIGHT AHEAD, TRY AND KILL ME!"
Hera turned to Dionysus. "Have you inflicted madness on him?"
Dionysus shook his head. "I haven't touched the boy"
"Kian, what are you doing?! Do you want to be killed?!" I yelled, still in disbelief at how he relaxed he was. "It'll kill you, it'll kill us! Apologize and stop him from doing that!"
"Oh right, forgot about you two. Stand back," Kian faced the front and before I could think, a flash of blue light later and I found myself at least 20 meters away from Kian. He faced the Olympian council on his own, his hands in his pockets and completely relaxed
"I'm waiting for you to follow through with your threat!" he replied confidently, gesturing his hands upwards, egging on the King of Olympus himself. "Or what, are you too much of a coward to do what you said?!"
Zeus roared and threw the master bolt towards Kian and the rest of the Olympian Council could only look in shock. We did too expecting the Master Bolt to go BOOM and turn Kian into cinders when it hit the floor.
To our surprise, however, Kian grabbed in a blink of an eye and held the lightning bolt in his right hand.
The rest of the Olympians looked in shock. "Impossible!" Zeus leaned forward. "No human has done that before! Just who are you?!"
"Oh, was that supposed to happen?", Demeter asked innocently. "Did you have a bad day?"
"No, I didn't!" Zeus protested as he turned to Demeter. "My Master Bolt is supposed to explode the moment it made contact, not be grabbed out of the air like a toy!"
Kian chuckled again. "Would you look at that, it didn't even trouble me. A part of me wanted it to leave a mark but we can't get what we all want do we?"
Kian clenched his fist and the Master bolt exploded into bright light, covering his body in little lightning arcs. His black hair rose and pointed to the skies, giving him a pretty cool mohawk. Eventually, the lightning fizzled out, giving Kian a hedgehog-like haircut which he fixed by running his hand through it, returning it to his normal style, all with a confident smile.
"D-Did you see that?!" I asked Annabeth
"Y-yeah, it's incredible!" she exclaimed. "He's an alien that explains it!"
"W-w-w-what is this?!" Zeus stuttered. "You're a mortal, you're no son of mine! Explain how you can do that!"
"Why should I? Watching you squirm like this is enough entertainment for me." Kian chuckled. "But if you should know. I'm something far beyond you. I'm mortal but I'm not human either," Kian explained.
"Who are you then?!" Zeus screamed at Kian. "A child of a Titan?!"
"Do I look anything like any of your grandparents?!" Kian raised an eyebrow. "You should talk to your old friend, he's been telling me that he missed you."
"Who?"
"This guy!" Kian glowed with an orange aura, like a sunset as it burned brighter and brighter forcing me to shield my eyes. I look up to see someone else take his place.
"You could have done this before, Kian, but you had to show off didn't you?" the man said. The man was tall, by a couple of inches I think. He had long brown hair, a streak of blonde across the front in it as it fell from his head. His coppery skin contrasted against the white toga
Zeus's jaw dropped, as did the others. "What?!, I thought you died. How is this possible?! Is that you, Alveus?"
I heard that name again. He has to be important. He looked older and scruffier than the last time I saw him in my dream.
Alveus laughed. "I am dead, unfortunately. This is my consciousness, that's how I can talk to this young man here. So, how's everything been, is it good?"
The Olympians looked on gobsmacked, "What's going on?!", Ares leaned forward. "First this kid comes and insults Dad, then we find out he's immune to lightning bolts. What in Tartarus is going on?! I need an explanation!"
Alveus chuckled at Ares's antics. "Nice to see you, Ares. Does anyone remember the prophecy? The one about the Nephilim?"
"Wait, don't tell me?! The Nephilim ...the angel demon hybrid is him?!" Zeus mouthed it with some sort of nervous tick. "It's him?! You have to be mistaken, Alveus! He can't be the Nephilim! I mean they are stories right?"
I heard Annabeth mutter to herself and turned around. She had her face scrunched in thought. "Wait, Nephilim?"
"What about it?" I asked
"I think I've heard it before, the word rings a bell"
"Do you know what it means?"
"I'll ask Kian about it when he's done here. Something's not adding up."
I turned to see Alveus nod. "Of course it's him. I told you, didn't I? He's powerful isn't he?"
"How long before she comes here?!" Athena asked. "How long do we have, Alveus?"
"I don't know Lady Athena, but I have faith he'll be a key to her defeat. Oh, by the way, I should mention this, don't make him turn against you, or try to hurt him. It's bad for your health." Alveus warned them.
"So he's the hybrid?" Ares licked his lips. The flames danced violently across his eye sockets. I knew this look, he wanted a fight against Kian. I knew Kian could fight but could he handle himself against the God of War?
"Yes, pay attention," Athena said. Ares grumbled at her and looked at Alveus again
"Kian is a hero, like those he admired, even if he doesn't believe it himself. So for your sakes, show him the good you've done, and not the bad," Alveus announced sternly. "He's pretty determined when he wants to do something. I can say that much."
With that, there was another flash of orange and Kian stood in the middle, a confident smile on his face that dared the Olympians to challenge him. "So, are we done here, or do I need to say anything else? Hopefully, it answered the question that you asked."
The rest of the Olympians look shocked as they try to process what happened. Athena sat upright and spoke up. "If you're an angel, why do you look so human?"
"I could ask you the same thing." Kian quipped. "I was just born this way, and I happen to look human. You can thank my parents that they took a human form when I was born."
Athena nodded. "I see. What are your powers? Apart from lightning absorption?"
"I'm not telling you anything, that's classified. I don't intend to show my powers to people I don't trust." Kian crossed his arms
Zeus grumbled and turned to Hera. "Look through his mind, we can see his abilities from there!"
Kian scoffed. "Oh, please, go ahead and try it. Really, I mean it. try your best. I dare you."
Hera leaned forward and put her hand out. She didn't get anything, at least from her confused expression a dead giveaway. "I...can't! His mind is protected by a barrier, something I can't get through!"
"How's that possible!" Ares stated. "Mom can read anyone's memories!"
"Apart from me," Kian replied. "If you're going to attempt to read my mind, ask me before doing it, okay? No one is going to like it when you read someone's mind without asking." He chuckled softly to push his point across. He was making a fool of the Olympians, not that the Olympians needed any help with that. Except for my dad and the nice gods of course
He yawned and covered his mouth. "I think we're done here, I'll be heading off now."
Poseidon leaned forward. "Wait, stop," He turned to me. "Percy, my son, I have something for you."
He stepped forward and shrank to a human form. He walked up to me and in his hands, he had a silver sword. The metal itself was very shiny and there were little decorations on the hilt.
"You should have this, Percy, I was told by Alveus to give it to you. I should have given this to you instead of that fishing pole." He handed me the sword and looking back on it when I grasped the handle, I could feel all of the oceans, the waves crashing against each other. It..it felt amazing
"You're giving this to me!" I asked. "Why?"
Dad smiled. "I think it will be in safe hands with you. Press this button and you can carry it easily, see?". Dad pressed a square-shaped button on the bottom of the hilt and it collapsed into a small ring. Before it fell on the floor, I grabbed it and held it in my hands.
"I-I don't know what to say."
Dad smiled at me warmly. "A thank you would be nice. This is yours now. With what's coming, I think you should have it. It would be a great deal of help."
I thanked dad for my new weapon. While I was admiring the design, I looked over at Kian to see him looking at something, a ring on his finger just like mine. His ring was different than mine however. It had a small velvet plate with a gold lightning bolt across the velvet cushion. He looked at it and then put his hand in his pocket
"Are we done? I'm bored. I feel like this is dragging on for too long", Kian yawned as looked at Zeus. "Am I done here ?"
"I would feel better if you swore allegiance to us,'' Hera stared at Kian like he was a mystery, her face trying assess him. "With your powers, you could be a valuable ally for us like Alveus was. I don't want to want to think about what you could do in the hands of our enemies"
"And why would I do that?" Kian asked Hera nonchalantly
"I agree with my wife," Zeus interrupted Kian. "I thank you for saving our children. Even though you insulted me multiple times and made a fool of me, I still feel merciful. Swear allegiance to Olympus or we will be forced to kill you where you stand."
Kian laughed out loud, wiping a tear away from his eyes. "Wow, you pagans really think you can kill me? How funny, I think I'll take Option 3: I swear no allegiance to Olympus and I do my own thing, how does that sound?"
Zeus and Hera gaped in shock. "What?"
Kian's eyes narrowed. "Why did you think I would join you because you were stronger than me? That's not the case is it now? My allegiance is to humanity, to my world, my home. You treat this world with such carelessness it makes me sick!"
"And why do you care about this world?" Hermes asked
"Because I was born into this world!" Kian retorted. "My responsibility is to protect those who can't protect themselves. Guess who I have to protect it from?" he glared upwards, looking directly into Zeus.
The Olympians broke into a discussion before Athena came up with a solution. But before she said it, Ares stood up. "I want to fight you, see, the word is you can fight against this God Killer, so I want to see what you got?"
Kian narrowed his eyes, crossed his arms and tilted his head. "Why would I want to fight you?"
Ares chuckled darkly. "You win, we know you can stand a chance. You lose, and well, I can do whatever I want with you. You win if you one of us gets knocked out or we submit!"
Kian thought it over in his head. "You know what? yeah, sure. Let's go with a fight. I need to stretch my legs."
Ares laughed. "Now, that's what I like to see! Let's take this to the middle, I don't want to get those two caught up in this, Uncle and Sis would both have my head."
"Kian, are you sure you want to do this?!" I asked him. "He gave me a tough time when I was 12, he's a pretty tough guy to beat!"
"I'll be fine, Aquaman," Kian gave me a comforting grin. "Trust me, okay?"
"See, let the Nephilim make his own choices," Ares sneered.
"Daughter, are you sure this is a good idea?" Zeus asked
"Yes, Father. We'll see how powerful this Nephilim is compared to him. This will be a good testing point," Athena replied. She stood in her chair, ready to see the fight. I felt like I was in a UFC Match, excited and nervous to see the result
Kian and Ares made his way to the middle and stood opposite each other "Ready to show me what you got?"
"Careful there, you might not like what happens next, Kratos,'' Kian smirked.
Ares laughed and in his right hand appeared a sword. "For that, I'm going to enjoy beating you." He looked at his unarmed opponent. "What, not gonna use weapons?"
He chuckled and got in a fighting stance. "If I did, Ares. this match would be very unfair."
"Begin!" Athena announced.
Ares charged forward, swinging his sword widely. Kian dodged the slashes easily. He ducked, sidestepped and did all sorts of moves. An opening appeared in Ares's defence and Kian took it. He punched Ares in the stomach and the face, enough to stagger the God of War and made him lose his balance.
Ares shook it off and charged again, this time forming a spear in his free hand. He trusted it multiple times, all towards Kian's head, neck and stomach, all of which Kian again dodged easily. Another opening and Kian attacked once again, punching Ares across the face and in the stomach. Ares managed to dodge an extra punch and he attacked. This time with a punch to Kian's stomach to which he gasped lightly at the impact
Kian tried to recover but Ares grabbed his throat and slammed him onto the ground over and over again. He dragged Kian's body through the crisp marble floor, ruining Annabeth's beautiful design. Ares plucked him up and then dropkicked him, launching him across the room where he hit the wall with a loud BOOM!
"So he was all talk then, he just got beaten by Ares?" Zeus' shoulders dropped out of relief. "So, this God Killer must be weak. No need to worry about her. I guess what Alveus said was a lie."
"Yes, I was beginning to think we were in danger," Hera agreed. "We were worried about nothing!"
"I was expecting him to be stronger", Athena pouted. "Guess I should have seen this coming. He might not be human but he's still the same as one."
I glanced to see Ares laughing. "Wow, I thought you could match me, guess Alveus was wrong about you, you're weak!"
Kian got back up, his clothes and hair now carrying a light sheen of dust. He shook it off and cleaned the dust off him like he was a cat. "You can fight against me-"
Ares laughed loudly, interrupting Kian. "I guess I can do whatever I want with the demon boy then. I'll smash you and the god killer to a pulp! My power is maxi-"
Kian smirked. "You didn't let me finish. You can fight against me...when I'm holding back!"
(Play You Say Run from My Hero Academia)
Ares's face paled, as did the Olympians. "He wasn't even trying?" Zeus looked around the council and they all shared that shocked look
"I-it's not possible!" Hera gasped. "Alveus was...right!?"
"There he is!" Athena said happily. "I knew he was holding back. This feels like an action movie!"
Ares pointed to him. "No way! You were holding back?!"
Kian laughed. "This is where I show you I'm on a whole different level than you pagan Gods. I've been taught by so many people, people that loved and cared for me. I'm not about put those lessons to waste!"
In a flash of light, he teleported and roundhouse kicked Ares in the face. He stumbled backwards, grabbing his face before he regained his composure. Ares threw a wild punch but Kian teleported above his head and punched him hard, burying Ares in the ground. The floor beneath him turned into a small crater with the force of the impact
"See?" Kian landed after completing a stylish frontflip. Without wasting a second, he plucked Ares out of the ground, hand across his neck and threw him across the room with one hand. Ares rolled across the floor and his sword and spear clattered against the ground.
I looked up to see the Olympians paling in fear, they thought that Kian was weak, yet here he is, beating down Ares and I couldn't be happier!
"I-It's impossible!" Zeus stuttered. "H-He's a child, he shouldn't be able to do that. He's tossing my son like a ragdoll! He's not even a grown man. He's mortal!"
"He's a Nephilim,'' Artemis stated. "I'm starting to believe Alveus about how powerful one of them is."
Zeus seethed at the sight. "He's nothing but an abomination!'' he would have spoke more but he was slapped by Hera. He turned to her nursing his cheek. "What was that for?!"
"An abomination?!, is that how you see him?!" Hera scolded. "You should be ashamed of yourself!"
"Yeah! If he's such an abomination then why does he look so handsome," Aphrodite sighed dreamily looking at Kian
I heard groaning and I turned to see Ares getting up, his face now trickling with golden blood. "What was that?! How did you get so strong?"
"That's just my natural strength," Kian explained. "Those little punches I've given you, they were just little taps compared to what I can really do."
"Don't you dare mock me!" Ares grabbed his weapons from the floor again and attacked his opponent with stabs and thrusts. None of them connected with Kian. dodged Ares's rapid-fire punches, sword slashes and crosses like a boxer. Kian deflected a blow to his face and returned a few punches towards Ares, his face jelly-like from the one-two impact. Kian planted a strong front kick towards Ares's chest, sending his target skidding along the floor.
"Hmm, you're a lot sturdier than I expected." Kian opened and reopened his fists. "I guess that is what you get when you are a pagan god."
"You shouldn't even be allowed here. Olympus is reserved only for Gods!" Ares spat out. "Not for half breeds like you! It's just like dad said, you're an abomination!"
Kian laughed for a bit longer than needed and wiped his tears. "Seriously?! Your parents are brother and sister. Mine aren't. That makes you the abomination, not me."
Ares grit his teeth and clenched his fist. He wiped the ichor from his face. "I'll send them your head half-breed! DIE!" He took a massive breath inside and shot a stream of fire towards Kian, hoping to burn him alive with his bad breath.
To no one's surprise, Kian was still standing, the fire not having touched him at all as he remained untouched. He flicked off a little ember off his jacket and faced Ares. "You're not immune to fire are you?"
"How aren't you burned alive?!"
"My turn." Kian grinned. "FIRE RELEASE: HEAVENLY FLAME ANNIHILATION!"
He took a huge breath of air and a huge column of bright blue fire poured from his mouth, burning everything that was in front of him in an inferno of bright blue light. I had to shield my eyes again at how bright it was and after I heard the flames die. The floor around Ares was covered in soot and Ares covered his face with his hands.
The bronze armour he wore started melting, burning his skin as drops of lhot iquid bronze fell to the floor. The rest of the armour also shared the same damage, the once clean and shiny armour now charred black with the heat of the flames.
Ares ignored the damage from the fire and charged in again swinging his sword widely. Kian easily dodged his many attempts. Ares grunted, putting his all in every strike but Kian was too fast. He ducked under a sword slash and jump spin kicked Ares in the face pushing him backwards
Kian wiped his hair as he landed from his airborne attack. "You know, Ares. if I didn't hate you, you would be a good sparring partner," His face turned serious. "But playtime's over. It's time to finish this fight."
Ares laughed. "Please, you're no god, you're no demigod, you cannot imagine winning against me. You might be an alien but you're a mortal! We rule over you! I'll kill you, I'll smash you to a pulp!"
I could see a Kian grit his teeth, annoyed by Ares's taunts. He breathed in and out. "Is that how it is? Well, today's the day everything changes," he replied. "I'm going to make you suffer the worst defeat in your immortal life!"
Ares laughed. "Please, I've never lost a fight"
"Yes, you have," All the Olympians said in unison.
Kian widened his eyes as he turned to the Olympians. He faced Ares again, cracking his knuckles. "Some family aren't you all. You know, I haven't even begun to show how a glimpse of strong I am. Would you like me to show you?"
"If I beat you at your best, I can brag about how I can beat the God Killer!" Ares announced. "So come on, show me what you got!"
"As expected, you were always an idiot. Don't you realise, that to beat the God Killer, I trained myself to be a God Killer!" Kian replied. He opened and thrust his right palm forward and an orange circle appeared in front of it. Said circle glowed orange and had all kinds of strange markings on it as it rotated in place
"By the Chains of Krakkon," he announced
A large circle appeared around the floor around Ares. He looked around, trying to understand what happened, but as Ares took a step back, yellow tendrils surged upwards and wrapped itself around the God of War, restraining him. Ares struggled as he tried to free himself but he couldn't. he was trapped in what looked like a gang of yellow octopuses.
"What just happened?!" Zeus asked. "What did you do to my son?!"
Kian turned to Zeus with a little smirk on his face. "He'll be fine. He's just a little tied up at the moment."
"Why did you do that? What happens next?" Athena asked curiously
"Oh, just you wait! I've been meaning to test this one against someone like Ares!" Kian smiled maniacally
He then started to scream, not like an 'ARGGGGH' and more like an 'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!'. His arms were tensed and out to the side. He was slouched over, his feet opened up slightly as he held his scream
The marble floor cracked where he stood. His hair floated up, red markings appeared on his face, making an X across the middle. His skin and hair shared these markings and they were barely visible through his shirt underneath. Kian's raven black hair phased between gold blonde and jet black, his brown eyes started to turn sky blue. An aura of gold started to surround him, like fire almost as he kept screaming. His voice echoed throughout the room, louder with each passing second and I couldn't help but see a few similarities to a certain cartoon...
"Kian, are you-"
"YUP!"
The red markings on his skin turned yellow and then blue. His hair turned blonde with a flash of bright light. His caramel skin became fairer like it was bathed in light. His mouth was still holding the scream, the effort painful almost. I think he was just screaming to sound cooler and I think it was working!
"What's going on?!" Zeus asked over the screaming. "I can't see a thing!"
"I have no idea, but this is just amazing!" Athena beamed. "So this is the power of those from beyond!"
"Unbelievable!" Dad said surprised. He had a hand over his eyes, blocking out the light
"Cut it out, it's too bright!" Hades grumbled. He had his clothes drawn over him like he was a vampire
"What is this?!" Hera asked she leaned forward, alarmed at this display of power. "Just who is he?!"
Kian faced Hera, stopping his screaming roar for a moment. "I. Am. ARCHANGEL! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!"
(You should be around 2:25 for the OST, if not skip to there right now!)
Kian let out one final guttural roar to the heavens. As I looked at him, he glowed with bright white light, making me feel warm and all cosy. I swear I thought I saw a pair of wings behind him but it was too bright. It was enough to make me close my ears and give me a new hairstyle as the wind ran through my hair. When I looked up, after experiencing the world's windiest, brightest and noisiest day in 30 seconds, I saw a dimming gold light in the middle of the throne room.
"Sorry, it took so long. I had to concentrate really hard!"
Kian stood in the middle as a golden aura raged around him, burning like a fire. Blue lightning crackled around his now larger body, he looked buffer and he looked like he put on more muscle
Kian's blonde hair was spikier, needle-like as it pointed up. A few bangs fell in front of his face, fluttering in the aura. His eyes now the colour of a clear blue sky, skin now free of those markings and fairer. His black bomber jacket fluttered in the raging gold aura, adding on to the contrast. This guy had style, one moment having black hair and then blonde.
"I guess if he wants to dye his hair blonde, all he has to do his scream," Annabeth quipped
"Hey, I heard that Blondie!" Kian glanced at us with annoyance. "It takes a lot more than screaming!"
His voice was deeper. He had a confident smile that turned into a maniacal grin as he looked back at Ares. Even the Olympians were shocked at what just happened. "I-is this what you can do?!", Zeus was in disbelief at what happened. "You had all this-this power and you were using a fraction of it?!"
Kian looked at the Olympians. "Yeah, of course. You do realise I'm supposed to match this God Killer right? What, did you think I would lose against this chump so easily?"
"He looks like me!", Apollo grinned. I would have been blinded but Kian's aura outshone it. "I know you like to impersonate yours truly and-"
"Apollo?" Kian asked
"Yes?"
"Shut up, I didn't ask you to talk!"
"Amazing!" Athena beamed. "Get me the popcorn!"
As Apollo wore a hurtful expression and Athena conjured up some Popcorn to everyone's surprise. Ares spoke, stuck in the golden bands. "What is this?!" he asked, struggling against his restraints. "Why do I feel so much power pouring out of you? Just what...are you?!"
Kian laughed darkly, facing the Olympians. "Like I said, to beat a God Killer, you have to be a God Killer! As for what I am, I'm just someone who hates seeing people like you run around, thinking you can do anything without suffering the consequences. After all, I'm the protector of Humanity, and you've done right pissed me off!" he clenched his fist.
Kian faced Ares, his golden glow brightening like he was the sun itself, the blue lightning around him crackled intensely. "Right now, in this state, I might be the strongest mortal on the whole planet! Do you want to test that, Ares?"
(Music End)
