Chapter 46: Calvin Meets Zeus

Wesker shifted his car into high gear, u-turned in the street at high speed, and sped to where Xenovia told them to. When she told them the address, Damon and Calvin perked up curiously,

"Isn't that where the ORC fought that stray Viser?" Damon asked Calvin.

"Yeah. But why would they be there?" Calvin asked himself. He looked out the window for a millisecond, spotting a flash of red and black, and his senses went haywire. Could it be? He wondered to himself. "Wesker, stop the car!" Calvin said urgently. Wesker looked back, seeing how urgent Calvin is, and slammed on the breaks, making Damon bounce his head off the dashboard. The former hunter began shouting and swearing as Calvin forced himself out of the rear window by Irina. Once out he loomed around, and not too far away, he saw a man in a red and black hooded trench coat, his face shadowed by his hood. Zeus! Calvin thought, and ran after him, only to see the hooded man dash and climb up a telephone pole, surfing on the wires in a flash of red and violet electricity. Calvin climbed up the pole himself, and followed him. Wesker put the car in park, yanked out the keys, and almost chased after Calvin, until Xenovia stood in his path.

"Wesker, if you truly care for your friends, you will go help them before Sellzen kills them!" Said Xenovia. Wesker glared, and turned to Damon who was still nursing his bumped head.

"Damon, can you drive a manual shift?"

"Hell yeah. Why?" Wesker tossed his keys to him,

"Not a scratch, Damon," he warned, "Not a scratch." Wesker then ran after the runaway conduit, almost vanishing in thin air with how fast he ran. Damon looked at the steering wheel, the keys in the ignition, an evil grin spreading on his face...

Calvin kept running, sliding and jumping across the street, powerlines, and smaller buildings, trying to keep up with Zeus, but it seemed like Zeus was always several feet ahead. Before long, Calvin had finally had enough, and sent a shockwave at Zeus as he was jumping between two smaller buildings. The shockwave connected, and Zeus plummeted down into the alleyway below, but as he fell he straightened himself out in midair, and landed on his feet gracefully, all without losing his hood. Calvin used both his wings and electricity to glide down to the ground, landing a few feet away from Zeus, just enough to have a decent range for shooting him with electric pulses. He put his wings away, and shouted at the hooded man,

"Zeus!" Called Calvin. "I've been waiting for you!"

"Oh really? For how long? Just today?" Asked Zeus, pulling a black scarf up from inside his coat, masking what little of his face that could be seen. Calvin pulled his amp off his back, ready for a melee assault if one came.

"Long enough," said Calvin. "And I am prepared to die fighting you." Zeus held up his hands, as if surrendering,

"Hey now whoa whoa whoa! We aren't going to fight here today kid," he said. "I just came to give you a message...and a warning." Calvin lowered his amp, but kept it in his hand.

"Go on..."

"Don't believe Kessler...not on everything he says-!"

"He says you destroyed his world...is that true?"

"Okay that is true, but not for the reason you think-!"

"And that you killed his friends?"

"...That is also true." Calvin tightened his grip on the amp,

"...And that you murdered his family?!"

"Now that is NOT true," said Zeus, speaking honestly. "I destroyed the world and killed his friends because they stood in my way of getting my revenge on him! I never would have hurt them if they simply stood aside! And I never laid a hand on his wife or daughter! They died in an accident...one he blames me for...one HE is responsible for." Calvin shook his head,

"I'm not buying it..." Zeus closed the gap between them in less than an instant, pressed both hands to Calvins' head, and memories began to flood into his brain. He saw a war torn city, specifically Times Square New York, with a man in a red and black hooded trench coat, presumably Zeus, on one end, and a man in white hooded robes, a younger Kessler, on the other. He then heard a loud boom, and Zeus barely managed to dodge a tank shell hurtling from out of nowhere, and was heading straight for Kessler, only for it to be hit with a shockwave from the whote robed man, and made it bounce to the side, and hit a nearby store, which made Kessler stiffen,

"No...NO!!"

BOOM!

The store exploded into a firey blaze, making Kessler fall to his knees, and even Zeus seemed stunned,

"No..." said the past Zeus, and Kessler reached out to the store, mouthing a name, but the present Zeus pulled his hands away from Calvins' head, ending the memory.

" He hid his wife and daughter in that store. Still think I'm lying?" Zeus askes Calvin, and the conduit glared at Zeus,

"What did Kessler do to you that deserved an ending of the damn world? Huh??" Zeus glared right back at Calvin,

"That son of a bitch killed MY-!" He could not finish his sentence, for gunfire began to ring out, making him force Calvin to the side, and backflip away, sending a red and violet shockwave at the shooter, revealing it to be Wesker as he was thrown into the air, slamming into the pavement. Zeus approached the downed devil, using some sort of electrical telekinesis on Weskers' guns, throwing them away. "Allen Wesker..." Zeus stated, "...The former fallen angel." Wesker tried to stand, but was wrapped in red and violet electricity, levitated by Zeus and brought face to face with each other. "I was hoping I didn't have to kill anyone beside Kessler this time. But it seems I have no choice but to kill you again..." Zeus raised a fist, encasing it in electricity, but his head was jerked to the side as Calvin slammed his amp against the side of Zeus' head, freeing Wesker. Wesker, now on his feet, brought his hand back, and landed a powerful palm strike to Zeus' chest. He was sent flying back, and landing in a heap a good distance away. This was followed by Calvin raining a lightning vortex down upon the red and black clad conduit, shrouding him in lightning and smoke. Calvin stopped his barrage, and allowed the smoke to clear, and to both his and Weskers' shock, Zeus had vanished. Both of them looked about, seeing no trace, but they both heard a whistle, and they finally spotted him atop of the building right in front of them.

"Dammit Zeus! Come back down here and fight!" Shouted Calvin.

"Another time, I promise. And hopefully by then there won't be any distractions..." He glared at Wesker upon finishing that sentence, and finally turned and walked out of sight, vanishing into an electric cloud. Calvin swore under his breath, and casted a glare of his own to Wesker,

"Why the hell did you shoot at him?!" He yelled. Wesker glared back at Calvin,

"What exactly did he mean 'kill me again', Calvin?" The conduit sighed, and slowly began to recount what Zeus had told him, and Wesker intook all the information carefully.

"He was about to say something about Kessler killing someone...someone important to him...but I guess I won't know now since you shot at him," said Calvin, glaring. Wesker held up his hands,

"Once again I apologize, but this time you must understand that our friends need us. In case you have forgotten, they are fighting Freed Sellzen, and he has a Holy Sword. I know fighting Zeus is important to you, but I think it would be better if we all fought him together! Especially if he is as dangerous as you say he is!" Calvin then relented,

"You're right. I shouldn't have jumped out of the car like that, I'm sorry." Calvin held out his hand for a handshake, and Wesker accepted it,

"Now let's go help the others."

The two stepped onto a magic circle, and Wesker brought them to the same abandoned house where Calvin and the ORC fought Viser.

"This is it!" He said, and sure enough, right in front stood Issei, Koneko, Sagi and Damon, but they were not alone. Right on the doorstep was Rias, Akeno, Adrian, Katrina, Sona and Tsubaki. Calvin cursed under his breath once again.

"Sorry Calvin," said Katrina, "But I can't keep a secret from Rias."

"Understandable..." said Calvin, and Wesker stepped forward, but before he acknowledged Rias, he approached Damon, who bore a smile on his face,

"Before I plead our case to Rias, I would like to get my keys back, and I would like to know where my car is." Damon kept his smile up, and it was then that Wesker realized that the smile was forced. "...Damon...Where is my car?" Damon paused, and finally spoke,

"You ever watched Dukes of Hazard?" Wesker blinked, and his faced turned to stone,

"Damon, there are three things I care for more than anything else in this world. One, Sona Sitri, because I find her both interesting and attractive. Two, Rias Gremory, because despite my past she gave me a third chance at life. And three, my car, because I cared for that car like it were my child, now Damon, tell me right now...WHERE...IS...MY...CAR?!" For the first time since they have all met him, Wesker lost his composure, and even Damon let a bead of sweat roll off his brow. He stepped aside, and looked up at the roof of the abandoned house,

"Let's just say your car has officially put the General Lee to shame...but it didn't quite stick the landing." Wesker followed Damons' eyes, as did Calvin, and even Adrian grew curious, and walked out to get a better look, and to the surprsie and disbelief of those who looked up, (save for Issei, Koneko and Sagi, who already witnessed it happening), they found Weskers car, the rear end sticking out of the roof at an odd angle. Weskers' jaw dropped, and he fell to his knees, stammering,

"Wh-wh-wha-?! H-how?!"

"Yeah, there was this billboard on my way up here, and I told the church girls to bail out last second, and I shot down the billboard, and I just ramped that shit and made it fucking fly!" Laughed Damon. He quickly ceased when he saw Wesker standing up, cheeks stained with tears and a desert eagle in hand.

BLAM!