Chapter 136: Adrian vs. Zeus

Adrian sped for the murderer of his friend and mother, locking claws to claws with Zeus, causing the Devil God to smirk while sending a powerful blast of electricity into Adrian through their claws. The now out of control Stray Devil simply gave Zeus an unphased glare, and shoved Zeus back with a growl.

"Okay...usually that works," Zeus said with a hint of concern. Adrian kept silent as he reverted his claws, stomped over to Zeus, gripped the front of his jacket, and threw him once again, leveling more of the forest as Zeus was sent crashing. Zeus began to lift himself up, and quickly found a set of claws exiting his chest, then found himself lifted into the air, and to his own disbeleif he was ripped to shreds, with Adrian heaving from the adrenaline rush. Zeus head simply blinked, rolled his eyes, then in a flurry of Blacklight tendrils he quickly put himself back together without so much as a trace of injury, "You do remember I can heal, right?" Zeus asked the Stray Adrian. The skull faced Adrian grinned,

"I was counting on it!" He then created a bone encased Whipfist, cracked it at Zeus, wrapping it around his waist and began to whirl him around in the air, smashing him onto the ground over and over again until blood was spraying across the forest floor. He then pulled Zeus towards himself, holding him by the ankle and keeping his head at eye level to see his bashed in face. Zeus instantly healed, slammed his hands against the sides of Adrians' head, created a pair of small magic circles, and shot dark energy at point blank range. Adrian dropped Zeus, clutching his head in pain,

"So I guess that bone shell isn't as indestructible as we thought," said Zeus with a smirk.

"I can still feel pain, even with my new form," said Adrian, "just like you're going to feel pain from me!" Zeus gave a bellowing laugh,

"Adrian, has it not registered to you that I am a god? I have the powers and memories of Alex Mercer, Lord Raiden and Sirzechs Lucifer running through my veins! Any one of those would easily overpower you on their own! Do you really think you stand a chance? Do you really believe you can inflict that much pain on me?"

"Oh! You'll feel pain alright..." said Adrian, sliding one hand inside his jacket, drawing out his Whitelight syringe, and for the first time in a long time, Zeus was afraid, "...you'll feel pain!"

"Where did you get that?" Zeus asked.

"Doesn't matter," said Adrian, "what matters is that you took everything from me...and now I'm going to take everything from you...starting with your Blacklight!" Adrian then charged for Zeus, keeping the syringe low and aiming for the heart, but the mutated Devil blocked the attack, and the two were then locked in a fast paced give and take fight, ranging in an assortment of fighting styles from karate to kung fu to boxing and even technical wrestling, all while Zeus was avoiding getting stuck with the Whitelight needle. The false god then struck the syringe out of Adrians' grasp, sending soaring hundreds of feet into the deep dark woods. Adrian then landed a backhand on Zeus, shattering his jaw and sending the villain stumbling back as Adrian quickly chased after the needle. Soon he was quickly followed by Zeus with a rapidly healing jaw, enraged and determined to not let Adrian retrieve the Whitelight.

The two dashed through the woods with Adrian in the lead, quickly finding the Whitelight syringe with his Hunter Sense, and darted for it, coming to a clearing with a large blue truck with a white tanker on the back. Adrian sensed the Whitelight was under the truck, but before he could reach for it he was spun around, and recieved two distinctive claws to his eyes, blinding him as Zeus grabbed him by the neck and belt and threw him away as far as he could. Zeus then reverted one of his claws to normal, and formed the other into a set of tendrils under the truck, quickly snatching the syringe up and bringing it into his hand. He chuckled as he turned away from the truck, but stopped as he heard a metallic whine,

"Batter up motherfucker!"

WH-BANG!!

Zeus was sent flying, dropping the syringe as Adrian, fully healed, smacked the Devil God with the truck, using his Blacklight strength to lift the vehicle like it were paper. He then slammed the truck down, causing it to explode in a firey blaze, yet Adrian trudged through the flame, undeterred, ripping his flaming jacket and shirt from his body, revealing his torso, which was also encased in the Stray Devil Boneshell, complete with a firey orange eye in the center of his chest. He picked the syringe up off the ground, then stalked Zeus' scent, leading him to a large shower house building, a blood trail leading inside, but ceasing right at the doorway, almost as if Zeus was beconing him inside.

"Oh Zeusy!" Taunted the madness consumed Adrian, "C'mout, c'mout, wherever you are!" The Stray Devil slowly trekked inside, keeping his Hunter Sense up so he could find the murderer of his friend and family, "Are you going to hide like Damon did after I caught him filling my shampoo bottle with moose semen? Or like Issei after Katrina caught him messing with her underwear?" Adrian then sensed a quickening pulse and a rise in body temperature close to him; Zeus was getting angry. "Oh I'm sorry! Did I strike a nerve?" Adrian asked mockingly, "Does the mere mention of the girl whose lover you killed get you riled up still?Adrian then had an idea, and his skull face twisted into an evil grin, "Then the mentioning of what me and her did not too long ago should drive you insane..." Zeus kept dead silent, but Adrian knew he was listening, "...the other night, I had a bit of a moment with Katrina...a romantic moment..." Adrian lied, his sense of Zeus growing as the rage of the mutant devil increased, "...my lips on hers, my hands roaming her flesh, my...husbands bulge only millimeters away from her hot wet hole..." That's when Adrian heard it, just barely above a whisper,

"...Liar..." Adrian drove his fist through the wall behind him, grabbing what he was looking for, and tore Zeus out from behind the wall, causing him to land roughly on the floor,

"You're right," admitted Adrian holding his arms out to his sides, "I did lie about Katrina..." he then formed his Hammerfists, attempting to smash in Zeus' chest, only for the Devil God to slide back out of the way just in time and just out of the way of the slamming fists, and when he was up against the wall, Adrian brought a fist back, bringing it to the wall with such a force that the wall shattered, allowing Zeus to step outside just out of range of Adrians' Hammerfists. "...I lied about Katrina," repeated Adrian, "but I can tell you something that isn't a lie. You destroyed everything I cared about: my home, my hive, and you murdered my mother." Zeus blinked, stopping in his tracks,

"Victoria?"

"Don't act as if you don't know," said Adrian, "I saw the lightning." Zeus' eyes widened, and he looked down at the ground as if hit with a realization,

"Adrian...I really hate to tell you this...but I didn't kill your mother." Adrians' eyes widened,

"DON'T FUCK WITH ME ZEUS!! I SAW YOU LEAVING MY BURNED DOWN HOME!!"

"That wasn't me Adrian. That was one of my associates." Adrians' expression softened for merely a moment, and his hard expression returned,

"What associate has the same power to teleport with red and violet electricity, Zeus?! If not you, then who?!" Adrian then grabbed Zeus by the front of his jacket, holding the syringe to Zeus' neck, "TELL ME WHO!!!" The Devil God simply shook his head in shame,

"My one associate you were never supposed to find out about." Suddenly, black tendrils were wrapped around Adrians' wrists dragging him away from Zeus and making him drop the Whitelight. Before Adrian could fight, however, the same loud ringing from before could be heard, and he saw two white hands grab his shoulders, black tendrils wrapping around his arms and legs, keeping him restrained. Zeus dusted off his shoulders, and made sure a certain talisman hanging from his neck was still intact, to which Adrian noticed was a glass circle full of blood with an X going through it,

"A binding talisman...no doubt stolen by Salem from the elven world," deduced Adrian, "and clearly used to keep your faceless friend loyal."

"Loyalty is a fickle thing for me," said Zeus, plucking the Whitelight off the ground, "especially thanks to my timelines version of you." Zeus then approached Adrian, almost nose to nose as the false god whispered to him, "I'm actually glad what you said about you and Katrina wasn't true, otherwise I'd have to really hurt you." Adrian scoffed,

"Bitch please, you couldn't even get past the boneshell." Zeus smirked, resting a hand on Adrian, right where the shoulder met the neck,

CRUNCH!!

"AAAGH!!" Shouted Adrian, with Zeus now holding part of Adrians' boneshell in his hand, leaving part of Adrians' neck and shoulder exposed,

"I could have destroyed you at any time Adrian," informed Zeus, "but I had to see just how strong your Stray Form was, and you didn't dissappoint..." Zeus, inspected the Whitelight in his hands, "...but you will..." Adrian didn't even see Zeus move, but he quickly found the Devil Gods' arm extended, the Whitelight needle stuck to his neck, and for the first time in ages, Adrian felt the firey barbwire that was the Blacklight extinguish in his blood stream as the Whitelight washed it away...