Chapter 156: To Kill A God

As Zeus struggled to stand after having Whitelight injected into him through his testicles, Damon had turned away, doing his best not to laugh,

"Oh my god...that is the greatest damn thing!" He wheezed. Adrian stepped forward,

"It isn't over yet," said the one eyed devil, and Zeus growled as he slammed the empty needle down on the ground,

"You think you're so damn funny!" He roared, "THEN THIS SHOULD BE HILARIOUS!!" Zeus brought his hands up, and right over everyones head a giant red magic circle appeared, beginning to fill the inside of the Halo ring,

"Uh, Thatan?" Began Adrian, "Exactly what would happen if the God-Slayer were fired in its current state?"

"The 'half destroyed and partially on fire' state? It would self destruct and kill anyone on it," answered the Sangheili.

"Then let's not waste time," said Adrian, "EVERYONE HEAD FOR THE TELEPORTER!" Everyone, except for Adrian and Katrina, headed for the teleporter that brought them there in the first place, and all dashed through, with Issei and Damon both casting one last concerned glance at their friends,

"Guys!! You coming or what?!" Shouted Issei. Adrian and Katrina turned back to their friends, and gave them serious looks,

"Just go! We can handle this!" Called Adrian. Issei glared at Adrian, and stomped over to his friend,

"I am not just going to leave you on an exploding ring of death! If we fight him, we fight him together!"

"You are absolutely right Issei," said Damon, walking up and patting him on the back, "WE will fight Zeus together..." Issei nodded, but he quickly had the back of his shirt and pants grabbed by the white haired devil, and was thrown through the teleporter, quickly followed by Damon drawing out Black Dahlia and shooting the metal base, deactivating it for good, "...just not with you." Adrian, Katrina and Damon then refocused on Zeus, who continued to power up his God-Slayer, and the metal ring began to explode and burst into flame on the opposite side, slowly but surely spreading to the other side where the three devil heroes and villain were standing.

"You're really going to stay and fight, knowing you will die?" Asked Zeus, powering himself up even more in order to fight the three.

"We plan on staying and fighting, but we have no intention of dying today!" Said Damon, drawing out Blue Rose and now dual weilding both guns in his hands. Zeus laughed,

"I may not have my Blacklight anymore, but I know I can still muster enough power to finish you three off!" Zeus then created a battleaxe, made entirely of red and violet electricity, and zipped to the three, ready to fight...

"DIVIDE!"

The battleaxe shrunk and vanished, the rest of Zeus' power following suite as he saw Adrian had his Sacred Gear arm raised, the gemstones glowing bright blue before returning to their normal red. Zeus softly gasped,

"Divine Dividing? That's...that's not possible! My timelines Adrian never had that!"

"This isn't your timeline though, is it?" Asked Adrian. He then ducked, and Damon lifted up both of his guns, opening fire at Zeus, riddling his body with bullets, some of said bullets began to turn the wounds black, no doubt from Black Dahlia.

Zeus stayed on his feet, and only just as Adrian charged for him, landing punch after punch against both sides of the mutated devils head, with Zeus trying and failing to block the onslaught, but as he tried, Adrian caught his arm, twisted it and snapped the bone inside. Zeus shouted from the attack, and fell to his knees, his nose and mouth spilling blood down his face and body, using his one free hand to clutch his broken arm.

"It's over Zeus..." said Adrian, his eye flashing orange and his boneshell returned. Damon did nothing as Adrian reared his Sacred Gear back, "...it is done!" He brought his fist forward at lightning fast speed, causing Zeus to flinch, but he felt no impact. He looked up, and saw Adrian had stopped his fist mere inches away from himself, "...It is done..." repeated Adrian, "...but your life isn't mine to take." Zeus gave him a look of confusion, and Adrian explained, "Despite how much you hurt me, and Damon, there is one who you hurt before the rest..." Right then, he and Damon stepped to the sides, and there stood Katrina, Soul Reaver in hand and ready to strike. Zeus stared at her with pleading eyes,

"Kat...please..." The War Goddess wasted no time, raising the sword up, tip pointed downward, and plunged the blade into Zeus' heart,

"That was for Calvin..." She plunged the blade even deeper, causing Zeus to groan as more blood oozed from his mouth, "That was for Victoria..." She then ripped the blade from Zeus' chest, making him vomit blood down his front, "...and that last one was from me personally." Zeus fell onto his side, still bleeding, choking, and slowly dying.

"So that's what it takes to kill a god," said Damon with a grin. The three then turned their backs to Zeus, ready to find a way off the ring before it explodes, until they heard an odd gurgling sound, making the three turn around, and they saw something truly horrifying; Zeus was laughing.

"What are you laughing at you psycho son of a bitch?" Asked Damon. Zeus, unable to move from his spot on the ground, turned his eyes to the three devils,

"You three...have truly failed...in your mission...!" He coughed. "...You didn't stop me!"

"What are you talking about? We destroyed your God-Slayer, and you're currently powerless and dying. How did we not stop you?" Asked Katrina. Zeus laughed, and looked at Katrina,

"See for yourself," he raises his broken arm, covered in the blood that he was covered in, "you yourself spilled Blood of Fury all in the grass, but I already harvested enough for what I need...as well as the other parts of the spell."

"'Spell?'" Asked Katrina.

"'Parts?'" Repeated Adrian.

"'Blood of Fury?' Sounds like trashy metal group," commented Damon, catching Zeus' eye,

"Big talk coming from the Mouth of Strife," Damon raised an eyebrow at Zeus, who turned his gaze to Katrina, "and this is where I explain to you why Vaas retrieved one part of the Hand of War from you," Katrina looked down at her missing finger, and she began to piece together what Zeus was saying,

"Oh no..."

"And you, one eyed snake," spat Zeus, "you were the final part of the spell; the Eye of Death!" Adrians' one eye widened, and he brushed his fingers against the eyepatch covering the empty socket,

"You stole from us...this whole thing with the God-Slayer...it was just a distraction!" Zeus chuckled,

"You could say I learned from the best...especially after that rating game with Riser..." As Zeus continued to laugh, a faint, familiar red glow began to appear, "...and the best part of all this? Imagine the wrath...when the Child of the Apocalypse finds out...that one of the Horsemen that brought them to life...was killed by the remaining three?" Zeus began to laugh even harder, the glow becoming brighter, "And that wrath shall come...not today...not tomorrow...maybe not even years from now! But you will feel their wrath soon enough!" Zeus gave one last triumphant cackle, and in a flash of red, Zeus had vanished, leaving nothing but a glowing red pawn piece behind.

Damon reached down and grabbed the pawn piece with his Devil Bringer arm,

"Fucking finally," he grumbled, and with that being said, he crushed the piece in his grip, making sure there was no more Zeus.

"'Child of the Apocalypse,'" Katrina said to herself, "just what has Zeus done?"

"What has Zeus done? Or what I allowed him to do?" Adrian asked, running a hand through his hair. "If I never left he never would have taken shit from us and made whatever this 'Child of the Apocalypse' thing is."

"But he couldn't have it all," said Damon, "he said that he needed an Eye of Death from you, Hand of War from Kat, Blood of Fury from pixie dust here," he briefly gestured to the crushed pawn piece in his hand, "and finally Mouth of Strife from me, and I don't remember him taking any part of my mouth. I still got my tongue, lips, cheeks and..." Damons eyes widened, "...OH SHIT!"

"What?" Asked Adrian and Katrina in unison.

"When I was fighting my dad back in my world, he almost made it a point to knock one of my teeth out! My back one, where it conveniently enough is far back enough to not be noticable."

"So he did get his Mouth of Strife, is what you're saying," said Katrina, placing a hand on her hip.

"Yeah I guess so," said Damon, rubbing the back of his head. A deafening boom was then heard, and the three were quickly reminded of the Halo exploding all around them, the fire and explosions no more than few hundred feet away and closing the distance quick, "Maybe we should continue this conversation back on Earth, huh?" Adrian and Katrina gave their nosies of agreement, and the three dashed for the side of the Halo, closest to Earth as the three say the blue planet in the distance, almost resembling the moon in how far it was,

"Anyone got an idea how we get there?" Asked Katrina as they were running.

"I got one, but it isn't exactly a good one," said Adrian. He activated his Scale Mail, and held his arms out to the sides, "Both of you activate your Balance Breakers or Devil Triggers and hold on!" Katrina let her flesh turn electric blue while Damon retrieved Yamato, letting his Devil Trigger loose, and both of them grabbed onto Adrians' arms, "Now, to the stray devil side of me! I need you to unleash everything you got, just like when we fought Richard, Vaas and Salem!" Katrina looked at Adrian with concern,

"Can you control that?"

"Guess we'll find out!" Said Adrian, willingly letting the boneshell return as his eye turned orange and his teeth became razor sharp once more, and Adrian began to grow, growing and changing until he resembled the large skeletal dragon, quickly lifting up Katrina and Damon into his arms as he kept running to the edge of the Halo, towards Earth, and with one last bound he jumped off the Halo, right as the remainder exploded behind the three devils, launching them into the empty space between the destroyed weapon and the blue planet...