Kratos, Lysandra, Calliope, and Atreus now see the sight of Olympia, they were glad to be out of the underworld. They look at Helios riding his chariot yelling forward. They walk to the path of the roads as they were blocked my Gaia trying to get back up the mountain.
"You live, Scandinavian, the blood of your ancestors serve you well. Quickly you just help."
Atreus scoffs, "Help you?"
"Yes, child. Quickly, I tried to return to battle but-"
"Without me."
"You know I had no choice. You must free me."
Atreus looks at Gaia once again, "You will be free...from this mountain." Atreus pulls out his blades of Valhalla to cut off Gaia's roots that are connected to her damaged hand as she screams out in pain.
"Atreus! Do I be nothing to you?"
"You were a means to an end Gaia. Nothing more."
"But I must face, Zeus. The titans must take down Olympus."
"No! This is our war. Not yours." Atreus uses the blade of Olympus to cut down the last root, once it was broken in two, Gaia fell to the underworld. With the hand in the way, the Spartans and Atreus use their strength to move it aside. They go more further into the city as an earthquake erupted or so they thought as they see the volcano titan climbing on the buildings but was stopped in place by Helios's fire projectiles. They find a nearby catapult. Kratos was ready to load it up to shoot Helios's chariot but they rolled back to avoid the Chimera. It roars in fury as it was attacking the family.
Atreus ran forward to jump over the beast to slash its snake tail off. It stands on two legs instead of all fours.
Calliope charges her energy spheres to hit the chest of the dangerous beast to push it back as she aimed at the lion's face. The goat now was the only one left standing as Lysandra threw a spear into eye, almost entering his brain but that wasn't until Kratos took it out and jabbed it in more further, ending its life.
Kratos readied the catapult as it shoots Helios's chariot to make it go off balance for the volcano titan to grab the sun god and throw his to another location in Olympia.
The family flies over the location where Helios landed as they see body which was wounded and nearly dead. The sun god looks up to them.
"Atreus, Spartans. I have not forgotten the dept that I owe you. Save me now as you once saved me from Atlas and I promise to repay you with full."
Kratos step forward, "If you wish to repay us. Tell us when we can find the flame of Olympus."
"The flame? You will never kill Zeus. You will forfeit your lives in trying."
"Of all the lives you should worry about Helios. Mine is not one of them."
"Feel the power of the sun!" Helios yells as he shine a bright light at his enemies. All of them grunts and covers their eyes. Calliope stepped forward to use her hand to block out Helios's light as she came close. She began to stomp on his face making him stop.
"Wait! Wait!" Helios cried out. Calliope stepped back.
"I can tell you that to destroy Zeus. You must step into the flame to receive its power."
Calliope cletch her small fist, "You lie Helios. Hephaestus told us that any who touches the flame will perish."
"And you believe him. That freak has fallen from the graces of Olympus."
"And that is exactly why we believe him."
"My death won't lead you to Zeus."
"And that is where you are right"
Calliope stepped forward as she spins around while grabbing her sword to decapitate Helios's head. Helios's head let out a yell as they all see the clouds covering the sky. It was nothing but rain and not sun light. Calliope shined a light at the wall as a door appeared. They enter the mountain as they began to fly upward. Soon enough the volcano was climbing up as well. The titan tried to slam Atreus but he missed as he pulled out the blade of Olympus to strike the titan in the eye as it's head exploded. They continued to fly up all the way to the caverns. They were facing many enemies that were trying break the chains that were connected to the huge crates of the unbuilt labyrinth. The box they were on guided them to the chain of balance where they encountered Hermes. The messenger god.
"Oh, look who it is, Atreus, the Ghost of Scandinavia, the fallen warrior, the cursed mortal." Hermes replies in a cocky like manner as he flips his coin.
Kratos stepped forward, "To catch a fly from the ass of Zeus, is not worth my time, Hermes."
"A cowards words, Kratos. You don't try to catch me because you know you can't." Hermes says as he runs to the chain of balance, "Atreus, where are you off today. Kill any family members lately, oh, that's right your off to kill your adoptive grandfather Zeus. (Laughing) Won't happen, can't happen. Atreus is on a fools errand again."
Hermes runs up more to the chain of balance as he mocks Atreus with a singing voice, "Never, never learn. Never, never change. Atreus, the fool who let down his own blood, Atreus the fool among mortals and gods. Forever, ever cursed. Forever, ever doomed, consumed my vengeance to his last breath. The Scandinavian lights the way to dusty death." With that said, Hermes runs all the way up to the chain of balance still laughing.
"I'm going to cut his legs off." Atreus says as he summoned his wings and for the Spartans as well as they fly up to the chain of balance to see the sight of Pandora's box concealed with the flame of Olympus.
Athena appeared next to them, "It would seem your eyes do not deceive you. The power to kill a god still rests inside this box."
"But the flame is dangerous. How can we recover the box?" Calliope asks.
"With its name sake, young Calliope."
"Pandora?"
"She is the key to our revenge. The key to destroying the flame. You must search for her." With that Athena disappeared. Kratos was pushing the mechanism around to the making the flame barrier descend but it was stopped moving in place as the chain of balance was being held by the three Judges. Hermes was hanging off the side of railing above the flame of Olympus chamber as he jumps down.
"You all may have brute force but you lack speed."
They catch him just relaxing off the side of a broken pillar as he flips his coin, "You be lucky in battle warriors but your luck ends today."
"It's your luck that is about to end Hermes." Kratos counters as Hermes made the pillar fall and jumps to another place. The warriors began to chase Hermes as they were climbing walls, jumping off ledges and running across Olympus. They chased Hermes who standing far away on a statue of Athena as they fire a catapult, launch a bolder at the statue making Hermes fall into a building. They fly to the damage as they see a trail of blood, leading them back to the same spot seeing Hermes trying to catch his breath.
"I will be bested by mortals."
Calliope ran forward with sword in hand as she swung at Hermes but moved out of the way to strike her the face and trip her but in reflex she tiger tale spins on the ground blast him in the chest that sends the massager god to the ground. He quickly recovers as he began to dodge other attacks coming from Kratos and Lysandra, he jumps up to the kick them, he tries it on Atreus but he grab his legs in time to slam him to the ground and beat him near death. Hermes was able to kick him away as he retreated back to fall on his knees and turn his back up against the wall as Lysandra, Kratos, Atreus, and Calliope approached him.
"I thought that warriors fought with honor. And yet you seek to kill me when I have no way to defend myself. Not fair."
Atreus scoffs at his mockery, "Says the god that ran away like a coward everytime we would catch up. So you can just lay there and die, I don't really care."
Hermes coughs, "You have your own sense of honor, right Atreus?"
Atreus scoffs as he turned around to walks away as Hermes continued.
"Nohting but nightmares of your failure." Atreus stopped his tracks, "Today you may defeat me but in the end Atreus, you will betray only yourself."
Atreus growls in anger as he grabbed his throat and placed his back up against the wall as he severed off one leg with his baldes, Hermes screams in pain as he began to crawl away Kratos grabbed his other leg and severed that one. With Hermes and his legs gone, he began to create a swarm of flies out of his body to create a plague. The boots of Hermes were now Kratos's. They continued to move forward as they were entering the chamber of the flame. Now they arrived at the forum where they encounter Hera sitting on her thrown drinking wine.
"Applause for another bastard grandchild of Zeus."
"Hera." Atreus says to her.
Hera drinks her wine cup as she replies back, "You look terrible dear. Still wanting to kill my husband I suppose?"
"You know that I seek revenge of Zeus."
"Can't say that I blame you. Since you killed my son Ares, destroyed Asgard to its knees, fear of you consumes him."
"Hmph, then his fears won't matter when he's dead."
"I'll bring to that."
"Hera, we seek the one called Pandora."
"Pandora? That wretched little thing my son Hephaestus? Well we can't have you do that I'm afraid." Atreus let's out a frown.
"Destroy him." Hera says as really heavy footsteps start to the approch the forum as a Hercules step out of the shadows. Calliope slowly hides behind her mother as she let's her head and arms show.
"Hello, brother." Hercules says to Kratos.
"This is not between us Hercules."
"Isn't it? All of you were Zeus's favorites."
"The air on Olympus effects your thinking brother. Zeus has no favorites."
"We'll see about that. After I destroy you four." Hercules says as he jumps up to where Hera was sitting as she drink more wine. Undead enemies jump down to the arena to attack the four warriors. They dodge and avoid the attacks as they countered back, Lysandra uses the claws of Hades to summon the souls of strong beasts such as Cyclops, Chimeras, and Sirens.
Hercules sighs as undead warriors brought him his Nemean Cestus, "I'll take care you myself." Once they were put on, he hopes back down to the arena. Hera laughs in amusement.
Calliope decapitated a dead warrior as she was the closest to her half-uncle, she got up to her feet and was a few inches away from him, "What exactly are they suppose to do, Uncle Hercules?"
"Let me demonstrate." Hercules slammed his Nemean Cestus to the ground creating a small earthquake which sends Calliope off the arena.
Calliope screams as she fell down the abyss but quickly regained her momentum as she flies back up to the forum in supersonic speed. Hercules kept slamming his fists to the ground as Atreus, Lysandra and Kratos began to attack him at once.
Hercules roars in anger as he charged Atreus, Hercules was able to push him back a little bit but in his beast form he stood no chance. Atreus was pushing Hercules back as he deflected his fist to knock Hercules off balance as Atreus carried Hercules to push him against a wall, Atreus removed ten foot tall demigod's shoulder armor as he kicked his helmet which broke into peices.
Hercules clashed his two Nemean Cestus together to create a shockwave to blind them all.
Kratos regained his senses as he charged Hercules who was speaking Hera, "Do you see how they tremble."
Kratos struck his right side to send him off balance as he impaled his arm to release the right Nemean Cestus, Kratos placed it on his right hand as Hercules came forward to attack Kratos but was sent back to the gate but an energy blaster making the second Nemean Cestus fall off. Kratos now wealed the Nemean Cestus.
Hercules got up to his feet, "Finally, a challenge."
"More blood." Hera called out.
Lysandra, Atreus, and Calliope stood back to let Kratos do the heavy work, both of them are going head to head, putting up a good fight. Hercules was beginning to grow tired as he continues to fight Kratos who was still not getting tired at all.
Hercules threw Kratos to the edge of the forum as he lifted the arena with his bare hands, they all began to roll down but Kratos was able to hold on the edge as Atreus summoned his and Lysandra's wings as Calliope just hovered in the air. Kratos climbed back as he struck the arena with the Nemean Cestus as Hercules was struggling to lift it upwards, the forum fell on Hercules legs as Kratos began to bash his face. With one strike Kratos and Hercules were sent to the lover level beneath the arena. Lysandra, Calliope, and Atreus followed in pursuit as they were in Poseidon's camber.
Kratos pulls the mechanism to lift the gates up for his family to pass through, once they were through, Atreus summoned an illusion of himself to hold the mechanism for Kratos so he can pass through, once he crossed, the illusion disappeared as the gates fell down. A statue of Pandora was behind them as Atreus approached it.
"Atreus."
"Pandora, where are you?"
"I can hear someone, he's close."
"Just tell us how to find you!"
"The labyrinth, find the labyr- Ahhhhhh! Help, Help Atreus!" Pandora called out as she was dragged away from the blue fire.
"Pandora! What happened? Where are you!?"
A second voice was heard from the blue fire, "Atreus, you trifle with matters you cannot possibly understand. Stay away from this- this thing."
"Zeus, Zeus!" Atreus says with anger in his voice. They continued to move once they reached the bridges, two of them worked fine aa the third one was destroyed. They decided to enter a chamber filled with beautiful designs as women's moans were being heard.
"Oh great." Atreus says with irritation as rubbed his eyes, knowing who that voice belonged to. They approached the enormous bed as Aphrodite told her two other gorgeous handmaids to begone.
"Listen Aphrodite, we don't have time for games. The bridges are destroyed and we need help to get across." Atreus asks as a blush appeared on his face as did Calliope.
"Ah I see. Well the only one who can fix those bridges is my husband but if you want get to him faster, it is going to cost you." Aphrodite says with a smirk. Atreus knew what she meant by her words.
Kratos turned to his children, "Boy. Child, remove yourselves for this room, now."
"Father-" Calliope was curious why her father wanted them out of the chamber but Atreus placed a hand on her shoulder as he guided her back to the entrance.
"Don't worry, Calliope. You'll understand it when you get older, trust me." Atreus says while they exited the chamber, heading outside.
Once they were outside they decided to sit down as they see the dead bodies of the servants of Olympus as it was raining.
Both kids sat in silence for a moment but Calliope decided to the break it, "Atreus?"
"Hmm." Atreus says as he didn't make eye contact.
"...Why didn't you choose to run away when you had the chance?"
Atreus just sighs as the one subject that he hated was brought up again, he just wants the conversation to be done, "He would've killed us, Calliope. My mother wanted to run at first but due to her being clouded in fear of Fárbauti, she wanted to stay in Scandinavia. To be honest I agreed with her when it would mean to the protection of my brothers and sister. Whenever he would approached our house, I couldn't do anything as I saw mother trying to reason with him to leave but he would hurt her as I didn't want to see my family endure such pain as I took it for them like always so they didn't have the suffer the way I suffered. That demon got what he deserved in the end and yet I still think it was my fault for going out to hunt the very day."
"Atreus! It was not your fault. You didn't know that it would happen. You can't blame yourself for that."
"Of course I can, Calliope! I failed my family. I couldn't save them in time!"
"You would've died alongside with them if you were there!"
"You don't know that! I would've used my power to save them!"
"Then why didn't you?"
"...I thought it when I killed the fates, I could've saved them but I thought of you."
"...You thought of me?"
"I'm not much of time travel but I couldn't just let you die from Ares's plan if I went back to that very day. You and Lysandra would've died, I would never have met you. The fates temple was falling apart. I only had to make one choice."
"Atreus...I-I didn't mean to-"
"Know what Calliope, just forget about it. Please. Just leave me be." Atreus replies back with a cold voice.
Calliope sighs with a frown that appeared on her face, she brings her knees closer as they were held against her arms as she puts her face down on her knees.
After a few minutes have passed, Kratos opened the gate in full uniform with Lysandra bu his side as they went back into the chamber using the portal as they were in the underworld again in Hephaestus's cavern.
"Aphrodite. I knew you would return to me." Hephaestus says with hope in his voice but it broke when he saw Kratos and his family, "Kratos."
"Tell me where we can find the labyrinth, Smith god."
"But I thought you sot only the flame? What could you possibly want in- No! Stay away from her. Still away from Pandora, Kratos! You are the reason she is in the labyrinth. You all are the reason that she is in the Labyrinth, the reason I live here in hell."
" We have done you no wrong Hephaestus We will stop at nothing to destroy Zeus." Atreus says.
"But if you- You are right Scandinavian, if it means the death of Zeus I would be happy to help you. Perhaps, yes of course. We will need the omphalos stone, with it I can make a weapon."
"We have weapons of our own." Calliope says.
"Ah but not like this. This weapon with give you the retribution you so rightfully deserve. The stone rests in the pit of Tartarus. Bring it to me and I will help you."
The family opened the gate of Tisiphone which revealed the realm of Tartarus. Nothing but fire and ruins. They were walking along the path as they stood on the hand of Gaia. It began to skake as another giant hand grabbed and it was none other then Cronos.
"The murder of Gaia enters my tomb?" Cronos, the mountain size father of greek gods said as his voice echoes.
"Cronos." Atreus says while looking up at the titan.
"I know it was you who killed her Scandinavian, who else could. I love in torment because of you. After you took the box from Pandora's temple, destroyed the Norse pantheon, The Greeks was consumed with fear. They banished me to the pits of Tartarus."
"It was my own choice to slay Ares and the Aesir."
"You killed them out your need for vengeance but this time, retribution finally come to me, Scandinavian."
Atreus and the Spartans took flight immediately before Cronos brought his fist to Gaia's hand as it crumbled. The Spartans were hovering the air as Atreus charged him in his beast form to strike the titan in the face which through him off balance, Cronos regained his posture as he tried to hit Atreus but it dodged it with luck as the giant fist struck the ground to create an earthquake. Calliope flies towards Cronos as he was looking at Calliope who shined a bright light to blind the enormous titan.
"Ah, my eyes!"
Calliope quickly retreats as Atreus gained the opportunity to fly into Cronos's mouth, when Cronos regained his sight he groaned in pain from his stomach. The tip of the blade of Olympus was appearing through Cronos's side as it was dragged across his stomach as his lungs were showing while Atreus came out with the stone that Hephaestus needed. Cronos held his lungs as he groaned in pain. Atreus wings flapped as he flew upwards above Cronos.
"You have what you came for let me be."
Kratos flew to the blue crystal that resides on Cronos's stomach that's connected with his chians. He broke it as sent it up to Cronos's chin as it impaled through as Cronos's head tilted back.
Cronos yells in pain once again as he tried to remove the crystal but couldn't be able to.
Atreus landed on the center of Cronos's head, "I shouldn't have expected this from a coward such as yourself, a coward who left behind his own kin."
Atreus pulls out the blade of Olympus in anger as he charged it up to impale Cronos's head. Cronos yells in pain as he fell forward to the ground, dead.
The family entered Hephaestus's cavern once again to confront him.
Kratos says in anger, "You sent us to our deaths!"
"No, no, no, calm yourself Kratos. I knew all of you were up to the challenge. I truly need Omphalos stone, you'll see."
Atreus passed on the stone to Kratos who tossed it to the Smith god, "Make it quick old man."
Hephaestus chuckles as it was making the weapon, "A weapon such this cannot be rushed."
Hephaestus was able to make the weapon within seconds. It was called the Nemesis whip, he show it to the family as it was dangling from Hephaestus's finger. Calliope stepped forward as she grabbed took hold of her weapons. Once she grabbed it, it's power was carrying an electricity aura.
"Here is your retribution!" Hephaestus says as with shocked all of them with his electricity ring. All of them were caught off guard as they tried to fight off the electricity. Calliope resisted the power as it left her as her family did the same. Hephaestus grabbed his burning stone to try to smush Calliope with but was blocked by Atreus.
"You will never find her!" Hephaestus yells.
Atreus pushed with stone back with his strength, "We will find her, we will defeat Zeus, AND WE WILL HAVE MY REVENGE!"
Atreus pushed the stone back whiel it flew out of Hephaestus's hand, Calliope quickly impaled her Nemesis whip to Hephaestus's ring to electrocute bis hand next to his sharp mechanism, Calliope quickly impaled her blades to the other mechanism to the raise the sharp pointy object which impaled Hephaestus in his chest.
Hephaestus coughs and softly cries out in pain, "My beautiful Pandora. Please spare her...Pandora, forgive me."
With that being said, Hephaestus gave up his final breath, Atreus calmed himself as he started the body of the blacksmith deity, "Forgive us Hephaestus. But at least you are free."
The family entered Aphrodite's chamber once again, Atreus approached the bed as he grabbed the Goddess of love by the wrist violently, "You betray us Aphrodite!?"
Aphrodite tried to pull her wrist out of Atreus's grip, "There is no denying that you were always good for one thing Atreus but I will stop you from destroying Olympus!"
"I wouldn't have expected this from you Aphrodite, you deserve to be with your husband!" Atreus shouts out as Aphrodite closed her eyes to prepare for the worst.
Atreus stopped what he was doing as he saw the fear in her beautiful figure, the visions came rushing back to his head of his beatings and the screams from his loved ones. Atreus calmly and gently let's go of her wrist and took a few steps back, "You show leave this mountain while you still there is still time."
Atreus and the family left Aphrodite's chamber, they finally move across the broken bridges as Atreus stopped in place as he need to retrieve something real quick. Atreus entered his chamber to spot the one person he had hoped to see, Atreus smirks, "I was hoping you'd still be here."
Mimir smirks at the sight of seeing his friend once again, "Lad, am I glad to see you. What has been happening all day?"
"I'll explain everything later on Mimir. Let's get you out of here."
Atreus held Mimir as he ran to the entrance of the pitanical gardens where the Spartans were waiting for him. Mimir was placed on Kratos's hip they ran into Hera.