The trip had taken a week to arrive at the docks of Delos but it was worth it. The enormous statue of Apollo was destroyed but with the amulet of Uroborus, they can rebuild it. The boat arrives at the docks.
"We must leave this place immediately when they get off this vessel. I hear this place is cursed." A crewmate says to the others mentioning the Spartan family.
"I agree, the sooner we leave, the better." Another crewmate says.
Atreus raised an eyebrow while looking back at the crewmembers before stepping off the boat walking down the docks leading to the statue with his second family following him, "Hmph, then I pray that you return home safely." Atreus says in a sarcastic voice.
Time-skip
They walk across the gauntlet of Apollo, suddenly the environment changed around them. They were within the city of Sparta. The Spartan family looked at Atreus.
Atreus responds, "This isn't me."
The four of them hear a sinister laughter come from the distance. It came from Tisiphone. She hovered above the ground as she was a good distance away from them.
"We only need you home."
Tisiphone cast's an illusion of Atreus's old home around the four of them but Atreus's resisted her tricks.
"My home is gone!" Atreus yells out as he runs to the wall and bursts through the cabin. Megaera's voice was heard from a rooftop on a building beside Atreus and the Spartan family.
"Sister, show them what Sparta does to a traitor."
Tisiphone creates an illusion of a group of Spartan soldiers holding shields and spear in battle formations. All four warrior's took them out.
"I'll take care of this myself!" Megaera shouts as she uses her four spider-like appendages to crawl to the ground to face the warriors.
Megaera charges them, Atreus deflects her attacks over and over again. He drives his fists into her chest and roundhouse kicks her in the face. Atreus slashes his blades to Megera's right arm and rips it off. The fury sister screams in pain, "My Arm!"
"Plenty more where that came from."
Before Atreus could do anything else, Tisiphone stops the illusion and summoned her pet, Daimon. Daimon grabs Atreus's body with his beak and sends him into sky higher than the clouds. Tisiphone laughs in humor but was interrupted by Kratos who grabbed her by the waist with his blades of Choas to pull her down to the ground. Kratos was brutally beating her to bloody stain, next he impaled her to a spike. Megera was about to attack Kratos from behind but Lysandra blocked her attack with her shield. The sound of a shield hitting against something strong brought Kratos's attention so much that he joined her wife and daughter in battle fighting Megaera. Kratos next impaled her body with his blades that he sent her body almost off the edge. When Megaera got back up and stood straight, she was kicked in the face by Atreus she was sent off the edge as Atreus does a back flip and lands at the center of the gauntlet.
Atreus looked back at the Spartan family who was speechless, "Oh, I used these."
Atreus mentions the illusion of his wings that appear from his back and ceased that illusion.
Without words at all Calliope just hugs him really strong and tight that it brought Atreus to form a smile on his face just like what his siblings used to do in the past, she then replied, "I thought that I lost you."
Atreus chuckles, "Well at least I'm not dead."
Alecto hovered above the gauntlet as Atreus noticed her, she fires a black goo projectile at Atreus as the boy pushed Calliope out of the way in time as Kratos got hit as well. They struggled to break free but it was no use.
"Kratos!"
"Atreus!" Lysandra and Calliope both yell as they try to help them but Kratos's voice stopped them.
"Stay back!"
Alecto lands on the floor softly to face ghostly pale warriors, "It is time. You will know your place. Perhaps if you serve your purpose well, you both will end up on Olympus when the day approaches. And if you do I'll let Lysandra and Calliope live."
Atreus, the Ghost of Scandinavia scoffs not taking the fury Queens offer, "You actually expect me to serve a god and trust you? I appreciate the offer but I work better off alone. He can find another servant to take Kratos's place."
Tisiphone began to laugh as she was seen next Alecto, Kratos looked at the Tisiphone that was impaled to the spike realizing that was a fake.
Megaera climbed back to center of the gauntlet and attempted to attack Atreus but Alecto stopped her, "Your methods fail us, Megaera. I will take care of the boy."
Alecto approached Atreus and kneels to his level and grabbed his chin softly, "You will serve the god of war."
Atreus first growls then roars like a lion so loud that it makes Alecto step back in surprise, he felt a hand grab his shoulder and when he looked over his left shoulder it was Orkos.
"I should have done this a long time ago."
"Orkos?" Alecto said surprisingly and looked at Kratos, "This is what you align with, Spartan?"
Orkos spoke again, "This time, you will fail."
Orkos then grabbed Kratos who stood next to Atreus, he then teleported them somewhere else to the statue of Apollo. The three of them fall to the metal floor, Calliope and Lysandra help them up seeing that Orkos teleported the two women first before the pale warriors.
"You will never be able to reach the eyes now that my mothers know that you are after them." He told his allies as he procented his Oath stone and gave it to Kratos, "This power helped me escape Hecatonchires."
"And what will happen to you?" Kratos asked Orkos.
"If you do not succeed, my fate is sealed regardless. Alecto had destroyed the only path that leads to the Lantern. Before I could have told you how to get to it, but now you'll have to find another way." With that, Orkos teleported away.
It did not take long but the four warrior's were finally able to finish rebuilding the statue. They use a nearby latter to step of the helmet of Apollo. They see a Manticore fly near her and jumped on its back before stabbing it making the beast turn to the Lantern while tearing its left wing completely off on a sharp point on the statue until they all fell inside the Lantern.
"Ow! Remind me never to do that again." Calliope says in a weak voice recovering from the fall as she slowly gets back up as sees the others do the same.
"Don't worry I'll be sure to remind you the next time." Atreus says with a sarcastic voice, "But seriously can we do that again?"
Calliope, Lysandra, and Kratos all replied with a simple "No" Disagreeing with that act ever happening again.
"Aw." Atreus says then a radom metal object from above hits him on the top of his head, and then replies with a straight face, "Ow."
Calliope and Lysandra try to keep straight faces but they couldn't hold it in anymore. They were just laughing there asses off as for Kratos who just a smirk showing on his face.
Once Calliope and Lysandra calmed down with their laughing, Orkos appeared once again. They now started at the cage that held the eyes of truth.
"Not much further now. Inside there, are the Eyes of Truth, the same eyes that my mothers ruthlessly torn from Alethia. When I learned of the plot of my parents to overthrow Zeus and Olympus, I could not believe Alethia's words. Then she showed me the truth that the God of War would bring down the very walls of Olympus. I knew I had to stop them. Alethia and I tried to warn Zeus but when Ares learned of our attempt, he sent my mother's after us and they ripped my beloved's eyes out and made her a prisoner in her own temple. They knew that if her eyes were hidden, their wicked plot would not be revealed and with us to give evidence to the gods and the statue destroyed, they'd rule over the Gods themselves. But to keep their plan in motion they need Kratos or Atreus. They will not stop until you serve Ares. But I know you will set things right."
Once they had completed all of the trials to unlock the cage to the eyes of truth, they walk back to the main room of the Lantern. They see the fury sister holding Orkos hostage with Alecto holding the eyes of truth.
"All of this effort and you still fail, Ghost of Scandinavia." Alecto says making Atreus get angry that he clenches both of his fists, having to hear that title again. He charged the furies with rage.
"Wait!" Kratos's voice tried to stop Atreus but he refused to listen. Alecto sends a black goo projectile trapping Atreus where he stands. Kratos and his family charge the furies with his Oath stone but Tisiphone sends Daimon towards Kratos and takes the Oath stone from Kratos's hand. Since the useful item was no longer in possession Alecto sends more black goo projectiles to the Spartan family.
"Come sisters. We shall break either Kratos or Atreus within the walls of Hecatonchires."
Once they arrived at the Hecatonchires, The Furies have decided to torture Atreus since he show more potential and power than any other mortal or god. Megaera was finding satisfaction to beating Atreus who was chained up to the mouth of the Hecatonchires while stand on a circular platform but the boy wouldn't simply talk. Lysandra, Calliope, and Kratos were in a prison cell close to where Atreus was. The three Spartans were witnessing everything, even Calliope was surprised of how strong Atreus was. Nearby the first day of being held in Hecatonchires Alecto had taken a vial filled with Atreus's blood which the boy found suspiciously odd but he choose to remain silent to matter how bad they tortured him. A two weeks have passed amd Tisiphone had been getting sick of Megaera's physical tortured so she decided to use something else to play with his mind seeing if it will break him. She creates an illusion.
As the Ghost of Scandinavia continues to look down at the floor with his eyes closed as a strong hand pulls his head violently upward, grabbing his hair, the figure let go of Atreus and there was screams of terror being heard. Atreus opened his eyes his own heart ceased within his chest.
"No. Not...Not again." Atreus couldn't believe his own eyes, his fears were starting to get to him so much that his lower lip was trembling, and tears were falling to the floor. His old family had returned to him even if they were an illusion.
Fárbauti's voice was haunting Atreus. The boy tried to fight it think it was not real but it was nearly impossible, his own life of abuse and tragedy would come back once again. The mother's and younger sibling's screams were making Atreus become more petrified every hour, every minute, and every second. Calliope softly cried into her parents arms having to witness what Atreus had been going through his entire life. The next day approached once more as Atreus was just in silence, chianed, bloodied, and beaten. Two parasite bugs appeared before him until they were moved out of the way by Megaera who randomly showed up in front of Atreus.
"What's wrong? You seem confused Atreus. Having trouble remembering our special time together?" Megaera asked before she struck Atreus twice in the face. Atreus was starting to get pissed off after what her and Tisiphone did yesterday, "And there's plenty more where that came from with the illusion."
Atreus shouts in rage at Megaera and he tried to reach for her, the chains held him back but the metal object holding right the blade of Valhalla broke free that made Megaera stepped back in surprise. Atreus yanks the blade back to his hand and attacks Megaera, Megaera tries to attack Atreus with her four spider-like appendages but he kept dodging them. Megaera was getting ready to charge at Atreus but he broke the left metal object hold the left chain blade in to vertically slash her stomach. It didn't cut all the way through but it was enough to wound her and to make her go down on one kneel to use her one hand to try to stop the bleeding. Atreus makes the blades of Valhalla fade into dust just to make sure they won't weigh him down and he cracks his knuckles. Fires started to surround his forearms, his eye color formed blood red, and sees that his tunic was ripped and scratched he removed it. Then he started to growl like a tiger that's approaching its wound prey. He roared and charged Megaera sending them both down two pillars.
Lysandra, Calliope, and Kratos saw that everything and they need to help Atreus, but they were trapped until out of nowhere Atreus appeared on the out of the cage which made Calliope scream in surprise, they soon realised that this was an illusion that Atreus created before he was sent off at the lower level of the Hecatonchires prison. Fake Atreus gripped the metal bars and began to pull them apart with incredible strength as he gridded his teeth really hard and blood was pouring out of his mouth, he looked insane which was not a good sign. After fake Atreus had finished pulling the bars apart, he disappeared into dust. Lysandra, Kratos, and Calliope sighed in relief meaning that the original Atreus was still in control somewhere in that beast form of his.
Atreus gave chase after Megaera, Megaera began climb on rooftops after rooftop but Atreus would still keep up, jumping on the same rooftops behind her. Megaera sends in her parasites and infected soliders to slow him down but he killed them all while Megaera still continues to run. Atreus gave chase again but this time it was on all fours. When Megaera looked behind her it gave Atreus the opportunity. Megaera suddenly ran into a solid wall really hard that slowed her pace down. When she could get the chance to react Atreus punched her in the face that sends her body through the solid wall, breaking evey piece of it. Megaera was now on the ground unable to move, Atreus grabs her by the neck with one hand to look into her eyes with a bloodlust rage that he snaps her neck, ending her life. His beast form fades, as he grabbed the amulet of Uroborus from Megaera's hip. Calliope, Lysandra, and Kratos finally caught up to him.
"Atreus, are you injured?" Calliope asked.
"No, I'm fine but a little sore." Atreus answered back.
"Good." Calliope says as she struck in the right shoulder.
"Ow! I need that arm you know!" Atreus replies back while rubbing his right shoulder.
"Then next time don't scare me like that, brother. Pull a stunt like that again and I'll leave more than an injured shoulder on your body." Hearing the Spartan girl's words made Atreus gulp.
"Yes ma'am."
Calliope walked past him, leaving Atreus with her family.
"She really is your daughter." Atreus says to both Lysandra and Kratos with a smile.
"Hm. She is stronger than she looks, boy. Remember that." Kratos says to Atreus as both he and Lysandra walk past him. The family was walking through a few buildings to reach Alecto's chamber, they head inside a build where the first man had been put here many years ago.
"Yes. This will definitely have to go into the record. Record. Must record." An old man in a cell said in a psychotic manner before noticing the family. "You. You're the family that Orkos talked about, aren't you?"
"What do you know of the oath-keeper?" Kratos asked the old prisoner.
"They say that he was the first marked one but his father didn't like how he turned out. I know that I was the first one to be put here by the Furies."The prisoner says to them, and he now shows them his recordings that he made over the years, "See, I've been keeping a record. Orkos was born here, and his mother's... They used to be... fair. Harsh, but fair. it Had something to do with Ares, I imagine. The way they treated him... Their own son."
Atreus felt remorse for Orkos, maybe it was because they had a similar life, "That's not exactly a reason to betray your own."
"Hm, betray your own? Seems familiar. This will definitely have to go into the record."
Atreus held the key in behind his back and before the old prisoner could write anything down, the door to his cage was opening and it was Atreus who the metal door open for him, "If you want to continue on making your records then you write them down on scrolls. Seems like your running own of room in here anyway."
With that the prisoner just thanked the boy and was finally free after being held in the Hecatonchires prison so many years.
All four of them reach the outside entrance of Alecto's chamber after having an encounter with Tisiphone and Daimon again. But Kratos was lucky enough to get the Oath stone back. They enter Alecto's chamber and when they stepped in, they were outside of Atreus's home. The snow being stepped upon was heard as the bird began to chirp. Atreus looked his skin and it was no longer pale, it was his normal skin. He then looked at his little sister's necklace that was still in his hand. He walked inside the cabin with the Spartan family following in pursuit. They were now staring at the inside of the house by how it looked and It was a beautiful home. They were now looking at Atreus who was staring at a figure that was asleep in bed, it was a figure that he'd recognized all too well. It was Cassandra. Atreus walked forward to Cassandra's bed, he smiled at her sleeping figure and kneels to give her a kiss on the cheek that caused Cassandra to smile, knowing her brother more than anyone he would do that every single day when he woke up first. Cassandra opens her eyes, yawns, and began to rub her eyes.
"Good morning Loki."
That cause Atreus to chuckle and sniffle, "You know that I never liked that name."
"You know I love to make fun of you." Cassandra giggles, so enough Atreus went in for a hug and began to cry softly.
"Brother, are you ok? It feels like you haven't seen me in a long time."
"I just wanted to see again. That's all that I ever wanted more than anything else in the world."
Cassandra was even letting some tears out herself, "But I'm here now, brother. You won't have to lose me again. You have been keeping me, mommy, and my brother's safe from daddy all our lives. You don't need to be alone anymore."
"I know that I'm not alone anymore. All I ever wanted was for you to be safe and happy, give you the life you truly deserve. I want to see you grow up along with everyone else...If I could go back to that very night I would save you and keep you safe no matter what." Atreus continues to softly cry, even Calliope and Lysandra were shedding tears from Atreus's words. He truly missed his family, "But I know that my little sister has the peace she deserves, I thank you for that, letting me see her one last time."
He calmed down for a moment before he got up to his feet and look away from Cassandra facing the Spartan family.
"In time you will forget." Cassandra says as her entire body changed to Alecto, the Fury Queen rose from the bed and placed a hand on Atreus's shoulder, "All that you have lost can be yours once again. If this is what gets you to serve Lord Ares, then this is what you shall have."
Atreus resisted her offer, "No."
"The hard part is over Atreus. Offer yourself to us completely and you shall live in blissful illusion."
Atreus scoffs, "Never."
"Then let death be your reality!" Alecto shouts, she sends black goo to Atreus but he evaded in time as he grabbed something from Alecto's hip before Alecto flew backwards to landing on a circular platform. Alecto noticed the eyes of truth were taken amd Atreus held the item in his hand. The four warriors walk forward to the circular platform. Tisiphone lands next to her sister, as her Daimon disappears as the family drew closer to the remaining two furies.
"A simple trinket will not defeat us sister." Tisiphone assured Alecto.
Atreus walks forward to Alecto as she taunts him, "You defy me? You are but a mortal."
Tisiphone creates a barrier to block Atreus's path but The Ghost of Scandinavia uses the eyes of truth to destroy it. Tisiphone was about to send Daimon after him but the bird was pulled by chained blades and it was Kratos, he pulled Daimon in front of Atreus and used tbe eyes of truth to destroy Tisiphone's pet and makes her weak in the process, before Alecto could retreat she impaled in the stomach by a spear as she fell to her knees. The spear disappeared and reappeared to Lysandra's hand. Atreus walks to Tisiphone, and struck her in the face. Tisiphone shapeshifts into Fárbauti.
"You were nothing more than a disappointment to our family."
Atreus struck Tisiphone with rage. Tisiphone shapeshifts again, turning into Atreus but with his normal skin.
"I lost everything because of you."
Atreus kicked Tisiphone back with strength making the fury sister land on her back. Atreus walks forward and grabs Tisiphone by the neck as she shapeshifts into Cassandra.
"Atreus please!" Cassandra cried out in fear, Atreus hesitates but he resisted Tisiphone's tricks that he starts to strangle her then snaps Tisiphone's neck, killing her. Atreus drops the body to the ground as Alecto began to talk, still weakened.
"You think you want truth? But the truth will only bring you pain."
Kratos walked closer to Alecto as he grabbed the blades of choas. He impalas her in the chest with both blades. The Fury Queen screams in pain as she began to speak once more.
"My death may free you, Kratos. But it will not free 'him' from this madness." Alecto says in an evil manner with a grin. They grew curious about who Alecto was talking about but nor did they care. Kratos finished her off once and for all. Once that was done, for weeks of traveling they made it back to Sparta in one piece and now staring at their house in ruins. Atreus stared at his sister's necklace while Orkos appeared at of nowhere to confront them.
"I would not have been strong enough to choose your path, Atreus."
Atreus shook Orkos hand in respect, "Orkos. Good to see you again."
"I would have taken what my mother's offered."
"Even if the vision was not real, I would rather live in the real world."
Orkos hesitates for a moment before looking at Atreus once more, "I fear you may come to regret those words. Lord Ares and Alecto created a bond for you. Since they would figure that Kratos would ge free of his."
Atreus and the Spartan family couldn't believe what he was hearing, "...This is can't be true."
"Before you killed them, my father and mother's have made me your oath keeper." Orkos replies as he revealed a yellow oath rock on chest, "For you to be free I must die by your hand."
"No, I can't." Atreus refused.
"If you do not release me, my father will retain power over you but even worse, I will live an eternal torture. There is no other way, Scandinavian. Destroy the oath, kill Ares, find your freedom." Orkos says as he pulls out the blade from its holdster from his hip and gives it to Atreus, "I was never the warrior my father wanted me to be. But please, all I ask. Give me an honorable death."
Atreus hesitates for a moment before he drives the blade into Orkos's heart, killing him. With the death of Orkos, the blood oath to Ares was broken the painful memories rushed to Atreus's mind. The memories of the abuse and torment that inflicted upon him and his family, and the very truth of his heritage and the men that killed his family in cold blood, the men were known as Magni and Modi, the sons of Thor, the norse god of thunder. Surfaced in perfect clarity, and became the vision that would haunt the young giant all of his day. Atreus, Calliope, Lysandra, and Kratos had made a pyre for Orkos inside their home as they set it on fire.
"Every beast will be slain upon our path. We will face the hordes of Ares until he comes out of hiding. Protect all of Greece from the evils of the world, and the god of war shall weep for his suffering." Atreus says as he remains calm and confident. Kratos, Lysandra, and Calliope nod in agreement. Now freed of the furies madness but still tortured by the truth pf his past. Atreus, Calliope, Lysandra, and Kratos had left the only home they had ever known and set put to keep Greece safe amd murder the god of war.