I'm late again! By, hey, it's not a week late, right? That's... um... good? Right? Sorry, I had "things" to scheduled (cough, Smash Bros Tournement, cough) But here is your regularly scheduled update!
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Dark Pit attempted to pry open the bars, pulling them apart with all his might. Nothing happened.
"It won't work," Medusa said, sighing. "I've tried."
"Well, there has to be some way!" Dark Pit said angrily, kicking the door. Ignast and Haizina had been caught a few minutes after Dark Pit left, and were also thrown into the cell. Ignast was attempting to scorch the bars with fire, while Haizina stood in one of the corners, attempting not to draw attention to herself. Haizina and Medusa's powers had been stopped, but not Ignast's. Dark Pit guessed this was because Hades' wasn't 100% sure who Ignast had gained his powers from. Dark Pit had tried to call the Lightning Chariot, with no success.
"I suppose we will have to wait out the war," Medusa said. "How long that's going to last is a different story."
"They don't feed us do they?" Dark Pit asked. Medusa shook her head.
"This prison was made for gods. Gods don't need to eat."
"Right," Dark Pit said, "so is there any hope of me surviving for more than 3 days?"
"I can make food!" Ignast said, summoning an apple. It appeared in the air, then burnt to a crisp. "Oh."
"Great job," Haizina said, "I definitely want you as my cook."
"Shut up," Ignast said.
"Ignast, make a silver bow," Dark Pit said. Ignast obliged, and a bow appeared in Dark PIt's hand. He split it in two and started to hack at the bars. "Come on!" Dark Pit yelled. "JUST BREAK!"
"That won't work, sonny," came a familiar voice. Dark Pit spun around to see Dyntos watching him with mild interest.
"Dyntos!" Dark Pit exclaimed. "What are you doing here?"
"Can you help us out!?" Ignast asked.
"Now, now," Dyntos said. "I'm neutral in this war. I'm not on either side."
"So are you here just to make fun of us?" Dark Pit asked.
"Not even close!" Dyntos said, laughing. "I may not be able to help you out, but I CAN keep a promise."
"A promise?"
"Your staff," Dyntos said, summoning a Dark Pit staff. It looked unchanged. Dyntos tossed it to Dark Pit. "I changed a bit about it."
"Looks the same to me," Dark Pit noted, and Dyntos laughed.
"I expect you'll see why when you fire it," the god said. "Now, I must be going. See you!" And with that, the god of the forge vanished.
"What the-" Haizina said, going over to Dark Pit and looking at the staff.
"Hmm," Dark Pit said. He pointed it at the bars. He fired it. For a second, nothing happened. "Cheap trick," Dark Pit said, "it doesn't do-" suddenly, it emitted a low whirring noise.
"Identity analyzed," came a voice from the staff, "wielder, be prepared for transformation."
"What-" Dark Pit began, before he lost control of his right arm, and it was thrown forward. Suddenly, the Dark Pit staff started to collapse out of itself, encasing Dark Pit in black metal.
"Ready," the staff said, "Great Dark Treasure Activated." Dark Pit was inside a giant mech suit. It was black and purple. The Dark Pit staff was attached to his right arm, while on his left was a giant black sword. He had large black wings with jets on them, and a purple halo over the head.
"Aw yeah," Dark Pit said, and he swung the sword at the bars. The bars broke like butter, falling to the ground. "Let's do this." Dark Pit turned on the jets and flew out of the prison, Medusa right behind him. "Where are we headed?" Dark Pit asked, as Medusa passed him.
"We need to find Hades," Medusa said, "I'm guessing he's not here right now, so we'll find one of the commanders."
"Got it," Dark Pit said, "let's split up, search around."
"Right," Medusa said. She turned to go down a hallway, then stopped. "One question though, Dark Pit."
"What is it?"
"Why are you even helping me?"
"What do you mean?"
"You hate taking orders. You don't have to do anything from here on out. You could leave, and not have a second thought. But instead you wish to risk yourself killing Hades?"
"You know," Dark Pit sad. "I asked myself the same question a while ago. He sliced a few enemies in half. "I want to stop this stupid war with the gods. As long as they fight, I'm likely to be recruited. And I won't stand for that. I will kill Hades. I will stop the wars."
"That makes sense," Medusa said, "but you realize I must kill Palutena?"
"Yeah," Dark Pit said, "but that means I'll be fighting Pit and that's what I want. Now, let's hurry." He sped off down one of the hallways. More enemies appeared, but he beat them with ease. Slice through the closer ones, snipe the ones further away. Suddenly, he wasn't in a castle, he looked around to find himself in the Chaos Vortex. "Great. Just what I wanted. To be here again." Looked around, trying to find an exit. And then, he heard a gleeful laugh.
"Is that Ptooey?" came a voice.
"What do you just call me!?" Dark Pit yelled, and turned around to see a god with green skin and eyes like X's. "Who the heck are you?" Dark Pit asked as he shot at the god, who quickly dodged out of the way.
"I'm Thanatos!" the god said. "Now, I've been told by lord Hades that I have to kill you. Nothing personal! Now just stand there are I-" Thanatos had turned into a sword, and attempted to stab Dark Pit, but Dark Pit quickly dodged to the left, turned, and sliced the sword in half. Thanatos reappeared in his usual form. "Ow! Ow! Ow! That really did hurt you know! you should try to be nicer!" Thanatos turned into a foot, and attempted to stomp on Dark Pit. Dark Pit simply held up the sword. Thanatos impaled himself on the sword.
"Now then," Dark Pit said, as Thanatos changed back and wailed in pain. "Where's Hades?"
"Can't tell you!" Thanatos said. "I'm not supposed to reveal my leader's location. Besides, I don't know, honest!"
"Are you sure about that?" Dark Pit asked, as he leveled his sword at Thanatos's head. "If so, that means I no longer have a use for you." Dark Pit slowly moved the sword toward him. Thanatos squeaked, then changed into a swarm of bats. Dark Pit sliced at them, killing off half. Thanatos once again returned to normal form.
"He's here!" Thanatos said. "Lord Hades is right here! I swear!"
"What do you mean right here!?" Dark Pit said, putting his sword closer to his neck.
"Hello, there Pittoo!" came a voice. Dark Pit turned around, to see a giant hand. Dark Pit slammed his sword into Hades's hand, causing Hades to pull back. "That wasn't very nice!" Hades yelled, and he shot a barrage of bullets at Dark Pit. Dark Pit dodged a couple, and sliced the rest in half.
"Medusa!" Dark Pit yelled telepathically. "I've got Hades right here!"
"Got it," Medusa replied, "I'm on my way."
"Come on Hades!" Dark Pit said, flying towards Hades's head. "I'll take you down right now!" Dark Pit sliced across Hades's face who recoiled, then rose his hand to punch Dark Pit. Dark Pit dodged it, then sliced it off by the wrist. Hades grinned, then held up the stump, which a hand of blue fire grew out of.
"I knew that health insurance plan was worth it!" Hades said, preparing to punch Dark Pit. Dark Pit shot at Hades head, then used the shots to mask a swoop behind Hades, and sliced through Hades's back. Hades roared in anger, and turned around, grabbing Dark Pit. "Now then, let's just take you out!" Hades began to squeeze Dark Pit. He could feel the armor around him breaking.
"NO!" Ignast's yell rang out. Ignast and Haizina both flew at the arm, attacking it with all their might. Dark Pit used the distraction to break free, then slammed his sword into the god's arm.
"Let's finish this guy off!" Dark Pit said, and Ignast and Haizina nodded. "I'll cover you guys," Dark Pit added telepathically, "circle around and attack him from behind." Ignast and Haizina nodded their understanding, and Dark Pit looked up at the god of the underworld. "HADES!" He screamed, flying up to Hades's head. He shot at the god, while trying to avoid any hits. Just trying to become the most annoying fly he could think of.
"I'll swat you, gnat!" Hades yelled, and started to shoot lasers out of his eyes.
"Laser eyes?" Dark Pit asked. "Come on, think of something original!" Dark Pit easily dodged the lasers and shot Hades's eyes. Hades roared in pain and stepped back, just before he gave another roar of pain and was thrown forward. Haizina and Ignast had managed to damage him from behind.
"Dark Pit!" Hazina yelled telepathically. "Switch places! If you hit him in the back of the head, it'll hurt him REALLY badly!"
"Got it!" Dark Pit replied. He flew around, as Ignast and Haizina came in front, attacking Hades. Dark Pit stabbed at Hades's head, which caused Hades to stagger, before falling over. "Is he down?" Dark Pit asked.
"Dark Pit!" Ignast yelled. "Come down here!" Ignast was flying near the god's head. Dark Pit flew down, looking at Hades. Suddenly, Hades disappeared, morphing into Thanatos.
"You!" Dark Pit said angrily. He leveled his sword at the god of death. "Now, where is-"
BOOM.
"Never mind," Dark Pit said, looking around distractedly. "What was that!?"
"Dark Pit!" Medusa yelled. "I know where Hades is!"
"Where is he?" Dark Pit asked. He sliced at Thanatos, killing him.
"He's locked in a battle with Pit, he's going to the human world."
"Great," Dark Pit said, as Medusa appeared next to him. "I don't suppose you could just teleport us there?" Medusa shook her head.
"I can teleport angels and mortals TO me, but somewhere else is… difficult."
"Any chance of catching up to him?"
"Maybe, but it would require going incredibly fast."
"Well, can we just let Pit take care of it?"
"No," Medusa said bitterly, "I just 'met' with a seer. I, er, persuaded, him to tell me how the fight will end."
"And?"
"Pit will be killed if we don't do something," Medusa said.
"OK," Dark Pit said. "I bet I can get there, but you?"
"What if I were to transform myself into a bullet for your staff?"
"That'll work," Dark Pit said. "It's up to me then."
"Dark Pit!" Ignast yelled, flying up to him.
"We want to help!" Haizina said, flying as well. Dark Pit thought for a second. He held up his hand, and the lightning chariot appeared in front of him.
"See if you can keep up," Dark Pit said, smirking. Medusa disappeared, presumably turning into a bullet, and appearing inside his staff. Dark Pit let some of the armor fall, turning into less of a mech, and more of an exoskeleton. His wings remained unchanged. He flew straight through the ceiling, and shot out of the Underworld.
"Where is he," Dark Pit asked himself. He closed his eyes, and focused on Pit. He couldn't see anything, but he felt where Hades was. He flew there, going as fast as he could.
"Dark Pit," Medusa warned, "ten seconds to when Pit will die."
"No way!" Dark Pit groaned. He could feel he was, even at his fastest, thirty seconds away. "Fine," Dark Pit said. "I'll go fast." He activated the thrusters, willing himself to go faster. He devoted everything he had into the thrusters, the rest of the armor falling down to who knows where.
"Two seconds," Medusa said, he willed himself to go faster, and faster, he was going so fast that at this point, the target Pit was focusing on was his only guide. An inch off, and he'd miss it completely. "One second!" Dark Pit pointed the staff, aiming right at the place Pit was focusing on.
"FIRE!" Dark Pit yelled, shooting the staff, the shot came out, morphing into Medusa, who slammed into Hades. Dark Pit gave a yell of delight before he realized where he was going. Too late. Dark Pit slammed into the water with the force of a bomb.
For anyone who doesn't know, hitting water fast enough is the same as hitting concrete. Aaaaanyway, I just want to personally shout out Roy-Desu13. Your reviews put a smile on my face! Don't forget to review, there's nothing better then waking up in the morning to someone posting about your work! PM me any questions, or errors you notice, whether grammatical or canonical. We're approaching the end, my friends. I hope you've enjoyed. Two chapters left! (Or I may fit them into one, not sure yet.)