Well, that took way to long. I'm gonna blame School for this delay. I had a bunch of final exams, so... yeah. Any way, here it is! Hope you enjoy!
DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING! (except my OC's)
"So where to first?" Icarus asked as the four flew into the air.
"We need to track down one of them," Dark Pit said. "And beat it until it tells us what it knows."
"Do you know where this Kin is?" Icarus asked.
"I've got a bit of an idea," Haizina said. "A bit of the Chaos Kin is still within me, so I can track it, kinda."
"She says it's to the North of here," Ignast said. "So we go North."
"Really?" Icarus asked. "I want to fight! My Icarus Blades have a thirst for power!"
"Not right now they don't," Dark Pit grumbled. "I refilled your wing's with my power."
"Thanks for that, by the way," Icarus said, doing a swooping maneuver for the heck of it.
"Don't mention it," Dark Pit growled. They continued North, passing towns and mountains, waiting.
"FLAMES!" came a voice from below them. A jet of fire rushed upward, nearly scorching Dark Pit's wings.
"Ah," Icarus said, drawing his Icarus Blades. "Finally!" He fired below them.
"Shield!" came the voice again, and a large shield appeared beneath them, blocking the shots. "Wings!" A figure rose from beneath them, flying in front of them. The figure was female, and had large white wings. She wore a red dress, and held a staff. "Hello there, angels," she said.
"Who are you?!" Ignast asked.
"I am the Order Kin," she said, "or Ma'at."
"Order Kin?" Dark Pit asked. "Doesn't that mean you're against the Chaos Kin?"
"You wish, don't you?" She said, laughing. "Even with Chaos, there is order. Why, without some chaos, what IS order, exactly?"
"I'm tired of this," Icarus said. "I need your power." He swapped his pistols into swords. "So give it!" He flew at her, swiping with his both his swords, aiming for her chest.
"Sword!" Ma'at yelled, and her staff turned into a long sword, which she easily parried with. Her sword, however, hit Icarus's shield during the counter attack.
"Get her!" Dark Pit yelled, flying at Ma'at and firing. Iganst and Haizina swooped in from either side, firing and swapping melee once close. Dark Pit stabbed and cut, trying to find a critical place to hit. Ma'at easily blocked anything coming to her head or chest.
"Did I mention?" she asked. "I also have the power of creation! Allow me to demonstrate! SHOCKWAVE!" She yelled, and the a shockwave knocked the four away from her. "PILLAR OF FIRE!" A giant plume of fire erupted from beneath Haizina. Haizina tried to dodge, but her wing got burnt.
"Anything I name I can make real!" Ma'at said, laughing. "What hope do you have of beating me? Order will rein supreme!"
"I like my chances," Icarus said, who had snuck behind Ma'at while she gloated. He sent his sword through her chest, waiting for a response. Ma'at laughed.
"You think that will kill me?" She asked, swatting at him with her sword.
"Dang it!" Icarus yelled, swapping out his other sword for a pistol and firing at her head. She flinched, and Icarus pulled out his sword and flew out of the way, floating next to Dark Pit. "Any ideas, angel?"
"We need to find out how she's staying alive," Dark Pit. "Is she regenerating?"
"Let's find out," Haizina said with a glint in her eye. She flew at Ma'at, bow at the ready.
"Follow her lead!" Dark Pit said, flying towards Ma'at and slicing, only to be parryed away. Icarus swapped his one pistol for a sword, and launched himself at Ma'at, but was parried away as well.
"I got her!" Ignast yelled, trying to slam his pheonix arm into her gut.
"Explode!" Ma'at screamed, and an explosion ripped through Ignast's arm, breaking it.
"What the-" Ignast said, looking at his hand.
"NOW!" Dark Pit and Icarus yelled at the same time, slicing at both of Ma'at's arms at the same time. Two hands fell to the human world below. Ma'at looked at her arms with curiosity. Her arms simply ended, with no blood loss.
"You know," she said, "that was actually a smart move. You may be interested to know this is just the body of chosen. I, the Order Kin, am one force, not a collection of said force. This is just a creation, a fake body."
"So we can't kill you?" Dark Pit asked.
"This body is my body for until I can make a new one," Ma'at informed them. "I can't make it instantly, however. Vessels for godly power are⦠difficult."
"So we beat you?" Haizina asked uncertainly.
"Far from it," Ma'at laughed. "I don't need hands to beat you fools! SPEARS!" At least a dozen spears appeared around her flying at the four. Dark Pit blocked one coming his way, but another impaled itself into his arm.
"Argh!" Dark Pit grunted. The spears hit the angels, but bounced off Icarus's shield.
"How can you stand working with the other Kin?" Icarus asked. "This is not order! Since when is it ORDER for the Kin to fight angels and humans?" Ma'at snorted.
"Perhaps I shall enlighten you," she said. "Viridi is the only god to notice the change, though on a smaller level. She realized something was wrong, and blamed it solely on the humans. But it isn't just them!" Ma'at put on a crazed expression, staring daggers into Icarus.
"Everything, everyone is at fault in this world! Nothing is follow the natural order of things! Look here! We have three angels without gods to follow, a human that flies! Further, two of you have the power of gods, and the human an impenetrable shield. The gods kill each other, killing humans, human's have their own meaningless wars, all the gods of the underworld are dead, so the souls have nowhere to go! EVERYTHING IS WRONG! WE MUST FIX IT."
"Thanks for the exposition," Dark Pit said, leveling his bow to her face with a shaky left hand, still bleeding. "Now die for us will you?" Ma'at barely had time to turn around before the arrow fell on her, and she exploded into a shower of hieroglyphs.
"Dark Pit!" Icarus yelled. "I needed her power!"
"Sorry," Dark Pit said, "I didn't want to give her a chance to fight back. Icarus groaned.
"Fine," Icarus said. "Refuel me, there's plenty of other Kin to take down, right?"
"Yep," Haizina said, walking over to them as Ignast summoned a drink of the gods.
"We have an idea of their goal now," Dark Pit said. "We're one step closer to taking them down."
"Like heck," Icarus said. "We only know they think that something is wrong with the world."
"Yeah," Dark Pit said. "But we know they're killable, so we can fight them. Not only that, but we've hit the hornet's nest. They'll all be after us soon.
Once again, sorry for the HUGE delay! I should be back to weekly chapters, what with summer here. Ma'at is, in fact, the Egyptian goddess of creation and order. For those who care, her powers work similar to that of the magicians in The Kane Chronicles. Her personality was completely made up by me. If you enjoyed, favorite and follow! It really means a lot to me- despite the wait! If you see a grammatical or canonical error- tell me through PM! Thanks for reading!
