Pluto's fingers tapped against his steering wheel. His gaze stared at the building that acted as the Titan base. They had been watching the building a few hours now, making sure that no Titans came out and also waiting for all of the rats to return to their nest. They had seen nothing so far.
The others were getting impatient, but Pluto was more than content to wait. He would rather take out all of the Titans in one fell swoop than have to worry about any of them escaping. Pluto closed his eyes for a few moments. Everything was going well so far, and he was just waiting for it all to fall apart.
Pluto reached out to turn on the radio, and when he heard a report on the weather, a small smile came to his face. The Olympians had not discovered their little surprise yet. They would find it soon though, and it would send the city into a lockdown. Pluto opened his eyes.
The warehouse had been scrubbed of all blood and cleaned thoroughly. The bodies of Kronos, Rhea, and Jupiter had been left on the ground, with the bodies prepared for a funeral. The bodies of Tethys and Mnemosyne had been brought to the warehouse as well. It would be a story that would send the city into a panic, and the Olympians would be busy trying to control it.
"If the Titans are not already here, I don't think they are coming," Kore stated. Pluto looked at his wife. She gave him a small smile, and he found himself relaxing. Even if he wouldn't admit it, he was worried about how everything would play out. When he gave the order to attack, there was no going back. If all of the Titans weren't there, what was he going to do?
"Let's go," Pluto said. Kore nodded and kissed his cheek. Then, she opened the car door and stepped outside. Pluto did as well and examined the Titan base. He took a deep breath and tried to calm his nerves. Why was he so worried? They had planned for this. It would be fine. As he opened the trunk and grabbed his items, he tried to focus on anything but the path ahead.
According to stories that he heard about the Titan's first breakout, they lost two of their numbers. The first was Atlas, who had been killed by Thalia. The second was Bellona, and while he had never heard of the woman before, he had watched the newscast that played an article about her. Kore also told him that Bellona was the mother of Reyna and Hylla. When asked about her mother and how she died, Hylla had gone extremely silent.
Pluto looked back towards the building. Only six of the Titans remained, and in less than a hour, there would not be a single Titan left. Pluto watched the rest of his friends slowly move towards the building. He slowly followed behind them.
There wasn't one Titan that worried him more than another. They were all powerful in their own ways, and they would fight to the death. This is what Pluto and his team had prepared for though. All of those years of waiting were finally going to pay off.
Oceanus was the husband of Tethys and was able to control water. Pluto knew that he could overload the water pressure in appliances and cause it to explode. If the shrapnel from that didn't hit anything, he could still use the water to lash out at people. Pluto had heard that Oceanus drowned a few people by pouring water in their mouth and controlling it from there.
Hyperion could create a blinding ball of light in his hand. He use to take people that he wanted information from and tie them to a chair. He would hold his palm against their eyes, and if he held it long enough, it would start to burn through their eyelids. The man himself was also skilled in different types of fighting.
Whereas Hyperion could create a blinding light, Theia could create darkness. She had the ability to take away one's vision for a short amount of time by just touching their eyelids. Sometimes, she went much further than that and would take away the eyesight in just one eye, like some kind of warning of what would happen if she wasn't listened to.
Iapetus was the smartest of the bunch, until his brain had nearly been turned into jello during the assault on city hall. Pluto heard stories that the man acted like nothing more than a child now, all of his great genius lost to the world. Pluto was surprised the other Titans did not just leave Iapetus in prison, unless they thought they had a use for his powers of controlling people's pain receptors.
The last two were more of a mystery to Pluto, even though he had fought against them. Krios and Koios were brothers. Koios always seemed to have some kind of hidden genius to him, but he would never flaunt it about. There was nothing remarkable about him when they fought. Krios was unremarkable as well.
That only made Pluto more worried. He knew that Kronos didn't hold useless people close. He wouldn't have anyone at his side that wasn't useful, unless it was his wife. If Krios and Koios could not pull their weight, they would be gone. There was a secret power to them, and Pluto would figure out what it was.
Pluto watched Letus and Charon slowly make their way towards the front door. Both held pistols in their hands. While Pluto would rather only use their powers, he was no fool. A bullet to the knee would dissuade anyone from using their powers, and if it didn't, the next bullet would be aimed at their skull.
In a perfect world, Reyna and Hylla would have joined them. With how Reyna reacted with Kronos, they could not take any chances. It was not the girl's fault that she had terrible flashbacks that crippled her for a few moments, but Pluto would be a fool to allow that kind of liability into the middle of a war zone. Besides, Reyna was busy comforting Thalia. Hylla didn't want to go anywhere without her sister, and Pluto didn't blame her.
Pluto walked around the back of the building and slowly grabbed his own pistol. He glanced back and nodded at Hecate, who seemed to just appear at his side. She nodded back. Kore had moved to climb into an open window. They were all ready. Pluto placed a hand to his earpiece. He spoke, "One. Two. Three."
Pluto gently grabbed the door handle and tried to turn it. When he found the door was locked, he took a step backwards and kicked it open. Hecate immediately stepped inside and raised her gun. She swept the room, and Pluto followed behind her. He heard the sound of a single bullet firing from the opposite side of the base, and it was followed by a howl of pain.
After raising his own pistol, Pluto examined his surroundings. There was a few duffel bags and piles of clothes thrown on the ground near the door. He slowly walked past a bathroom and glanced inside the open door. After turning on the light and making sure no one was in the room, he continued on.
Hecate swept past him and went to open another door. A hand suddenly appeared out of the door and pressed in on her eyes. She howled in pain and pulled away. Pluto stepped in front of Hecate and grabbed the hand. He heard a shocked noise and stared into the eyes of Hyperion.
Hyperion tried to pull away, but Pluto did not let the Titan budge. He pulled Hyperion forward and grabbed his neck. Hyperion tried to bring his hands towards Pluto's eyes, but Pluto simply closed his eyes and focused on snuffing out the Titan's life. After a couple of second, Hyperion went limp in his hands.
Pluto threw the Titan to the ground and stared down at the corpse. He quickly turned towards Hecate. She was sitting against the wall and blinking rapidly. As Pluto went to knelt by her, she simply waved him away. Pluto offered a hand, and after a few reluctant moments, Hecate took his hand.
Sounds of fighting filled the base, but Pluto just continued to check rooms as he passed by them. It wasn't until they made it to what was probably the living room that they saw another Titan, and those two Titans were in a losing battle.
Krios and Koios were fighting back to back against the three Kindly sisters. Those sisters did not care for guns, as they used their canes with ruthless efficiency. One of the canes slammed into Krios' knee, and he fell to his opposite one. Kore placed a gun to his head and fired.
Koios yelled in anger, but a knife appeared out of his throat. He gasped, and Alecto shoved him to the ground. Pluto looked down at the Titans and slowly looked around at his friends. The sounds of fighting had ceased, but he didn't see Letus or Charon anywhere.
"Charon? Letus?" Pluto asked as he placed a hand to his earpiece. When there was no response, he started to worry. Pluto kept his face clear though. He checked the pulses of the two Titans to hide the fact that he was so worried. "Anyone there?"
"We have a runner. Two of them," Letus replied after a moment. Pluto spared a glance to Hecate, and she nodded. She turned and ran from the room. Kore nodded to Pluto and followed after Hecate. A small frown came to Pluto's face. The Titans were not suppose to have a chance to run. "Iapetus is outside and crippled."
"We'll finish him," Alecto promised. A cruel grin came to her face. Pluto nodded and motioned for the three of the to go. As they left, a small sigh escaped Pluto.
Being caught did not scare Pluto. He knew it was inevitable, but he could not stand the thought of any of the Titans escaping justice. They had ruined so many lives, and it was time to put an end to them. If one of them escaped, he didn't know what he was going to do.
"Find them but be safe. Meet back here," Pluto said. He lowered his hand from the earpiece. Things would be fine. He didn't need to worry. Even if one of those two Titans did manage to escape, Pluto would hunt them down. It didn't matter if he had to search the ends of the earth. One way or another, justice would be delivered.
