Chapter 3: Memories of Hell on Earth

Zeus quickly recovered from his wife's piercing scream, and rushed quickly to her side.

"Hera!" Zeus called hoping to draw her attention away from the ash covered warrior at their feet. He was only mildly successful in his attempt, however. After a quick glance in his direction, she resumed staring at the dying warrior and trying to back as far back away from him as possible.

Out of the corner of Zeus' eye he saw Athena speaking to Apollo, and then the Sun God leaned down and places his hand on the mystery man's forehead. None of which Zeus particularly cared about, considering his wife was having a break down from looking through the warrior's mind.

"Hera! What is wrong, love?" Zeus questioned grabbing the queen's hands and holding her in place. However, she was still visibly shaken and when her husband glance into her eyes he saw fear very clearly. Such a realization shook Zeus to his very core.

Not once in his long life had Zeus ever seen fear in his wife's eyes. It was not a look he ever wanted to see again.

The look on Zeus' face must have betrayed his thoughts, because after starring into his eyes for a few moments, Hera sobered a little a pointed to the stranger on the floor and began to speak.

"Th- this Man… h- he… he is evil; P-pure evil!" Hera explained vaguely. Then her face gained a murderous look upon it. "He's one of your children!"

Zeus looked at the warrior puzzled. He had never had a child that looked like that. And despite what people thought of the king of the gods, he loved all of his children and kept watch over all of them. To hell with the Ancient Laws, Zeus made sure his children had help if they asked for it. Not that many of them asked.

"Are you sure dear? I do not doubt you, but I do not recognize him as one of mine." Zeus questioned.

Hera just looked at him with narrowed eyes, causing Zeus to look away and mumble, "Ok then, sorry for asking."

Rising his voice to speak across the throne room to ask Athena, "What do you advise to do with him daughter?"

Hera speaks up from beside him, "Kill him! That thing is a danger to all of us!"

Athena ignores Hera's venomous outburst and replied, "Let Apollo keep the mortal in a coma like stasis while we view his memories for ourselves. Then we can make an educated decision with the help of the council. I believe Hephaestus still has the Memory Viewer he invented a few centuries ago. Once we know who he is and what he has done we can decide if he is a threat or a potential ally."

Hera just glared at her step- daughter and replied coldly, "He could never be our ally. He is an even greater threat to us than all of the Titans combined."

The wisdom goddess just looked at her with a look of incredulity, disbelieving what she had heard. After all, how could a mere mortal demigod be an even greater threat than the Titans? Looking toward the door in which Apollo had carried the unconscious warrior threw, Athena planned to watch the man and learn what exactly made him so special. Knowing that it was her curiosity getting the better of her, she turned to the Queen of the gods and told her, "I'll get Hephaestus to make chains to hold him until we know all we need to learn about this man, and decide his fate."

Hera scowled and replied, "Fine, but be warned what you will see will frighten you. Perhaps once you know what I do, you'll just kill the beast."

As she was turning away, she stopped and looked back before telling the wisdom goddess and her husband, "The things' name is Kratos, the bastard son of Zeus, and the former god of war!"

(A/N): At long last Chapter 3! Next chapter is the last chapter before Kratos reawakens! I can't wait! Anyway, It's gonna be great! So if you've stuck with me so far, please stay tuned! Speaking of which I am also writing a Darksiders II/ Percy Jackson Crossover story called The Death's Champion! So, check it out and review to let me know what ya think! So far the votes for the Pairing for this story are: Thalia/ Percy- 3, and Annabeth/ Percy- 2. Once I catch up to when Chapter 1 is taking place (meaning around Chapter 4 or 5) the votes will be tallied, and which ever pairing looses on this story, that will be the pairing for The Death's Champion. Anyway, Like the Chapter- review! Don't like it- tell me why! Any Questions? - Ask away! Like always I own nothing and thanks for reading!