A/N The anticipation must be killing you! Here's the next chapter!!
GOD OF WAR:FATES' DECREE
Kratos' eyes slowly opened. Blood was stuck to the right side of his face where the hammer had struck. Pain was all the Spartan could feel within his head. He attempted to move but found himself chained and bound to a stone pillar. He ached from his wounds and look around the room. He and the others were in a massive hall with an opening in the ceiling. The sky was dark and the snow had ceased. Kratos could see Hellboy standing in front of another stone structure. This one had two round holes in it, the size of Hellboy's stone arm. Rasputin stood there with his woman smiling. The blond then led Liz and the other man out. He heard a muffled sound and immediately saw Hellboy's horns regrow and a crown of fire hovering above his head. He began to glow a deep red and his breath could be seen. Kratos struggled to stand up and was barely able to.
"Rasputin," he called out.
Rasputin turned.
"Ah," he said slowly walking away from Hellboy, "It seems our other guest is awake."
"Release me at once!"
"I'm afraid I cannot do that just yet. You see, first we must awaken the Ogdru Jihad. Then we're going to sacrifice you and give my Gods the powers of Time itself."
"Why not just sacrifice yours?!"
"Because, we need a blood offering as well and you would suit for both. Now, we prepare for the coming of our new Eden! Release the lock!"
Hellboy lifted the mighty stone arm and inserted it into one hole. He turned it and let out a breath. The stone began to shake and a large beam of dark red energy shot out into space. The beam shot through the full moon above and opened a gateway into the deepest reaches of space.
"And now, the final lock," Rasputin said, "Open it!"
Kratos struggled hard to get out of the chains as Hellboy began to insert the other hand into the other hole. Kratos moved harder against the chains and began to feel them loosen.
"Hellboy, stop!"
Hellboy slid his arm into the hole. Kratos broke free of the chains, spun one length of it around and lashed at Hellboy, harming the devil man and causing him to pull his arm out of the keyhole. Hellboy turned and stared at Kratos who swung the chain around and smacked against Hellboy's face. Hellboy got angry and charged at Kratos.
"C'mon big boy," Kratos shouted as Hellboy crashed into him and they both went through the stone pillar Kratos had been chained to.
Kratos began to punch Hellboy in the face with his left hand as he tried to force the monster off with his right. Hellboy took each hit and then retaliated by bringing his stone hand down on Kratos' chest like a hammer. The Spartan spit up blood with each hit before kneeing the demon in the crouch and forcing him off. Kratos got up, pulled a sword off his back and threw it at him. Hellboy knocked it away, grabbed the chain and pulled him forward. Then he did a swift uppercut with his stone hand knocking Kratos high into the air and landing through a statue. Kratos dragged the chain back to him and holstered his sword. Hellboy came through the statue's dust and hit Kratos in the gut with his left hand. Then he kneed him in the face, grabbed him, and threw him. Kratos rolled on the ground and stood up, quickly drawing both blades.
"C'mon devil! Let's see what you can do," Kratos said, challenging the demi human.
Hellboy began to charge and as he neared Kratos, Kratos drew back both blades and struck, severing the horns from Hellboy. Hellboy's body crashed into Kratos and they both went back wards onto the ground. Hellboy stood up and the red glow began to fade. He looked at himself as the power he had faded. Kratos struggled up, still holding the blades. He looked at Hellboy.
"Thank you," Hellboy said.
Kratos smirked and the turned to Rasputin.
"No, no! This is not meant to happen! You must awaken the Ogdru Jihad now!"
Kratos walked right up to him and swiped a blade across his long neck.
"Eat it Rasputin," Kratos said calmly.
Instead of blood coming out, Rasputin made this loud gurgling sound and three tentacles began to wriggle out of his severed throat. His body began to jerk and shake and tentacle outlines could be seen in his skin moving. Soon his head completely shot off the body and a legion of arms began to emerge. Kratos went wide eyed.
"What the Hades is that," Kratos yelled.
One of the arms grabbed him and hurled him into a wall. It began growing larger and tear out of Rasputin's body. Hellboy grabbed a fallen sword from the statue that was broke and began to attack the arms. Kratos stood up and hurried off to battle the evil being that was coming from Rasputin. The creature began to get bigger and bigger until it was the size of the very room they were in. A large tentacled arm grabbed hold of Kratos and started flinging him around, smashing him into the ground and walls. Soon Hellboy was snatched up and joined him in the air, trying to fight off the tentacles. Kratos turned and saw the gateway energy beam.
"That's it," he yelled.
Kratos freed an arm and hacked through the tentacle, falling to the ground. He then ran to where the stone was. Kratos then threw both blades into a tentacle and struggled to pull it towards the energy beam. Hellboy fought hard and slowly pulled the tentacle open and fell through. He came up next to Kratos.
"What are you doing," he asked.
"Sending this beast back to where he belongs," he said pulling harder.
The tentacle he was pulling pulled back, trying to steer away from the beam. Hellboy immediately lept into the air and grabbed it, pulling with all his strength to the beam of energy. The monster roared as the pulled with all their might. Finally the tentacle intercepted the beam and it immediately began to pull at the entire creature. Kratos ripped the blades from it and sheathed it as he and Hellboy stood back, watching the sheer energy of the beam pull at the creature. Hellboy turned to Kratos.
"Thanks for your help," he said extending his hand.
Kratos just looked him up and down, then extended his hand and shook Hellboy's hand. Suddenly, a tentacle shot out and grabbed Kratos by the leg. He was jerked off his feet and pulled with the rest of the creature into the beam and disappeared in a blinding flash of light.
"Kratos," Hellboy called.
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Kratos and the tentacled beast shot through the gateway and upon entering there was an enormous explosion. The tentacled beast was torn apart by the cosmic blast, blood splattering throughout space and Kratos was plunged into a nova of cosmic radiation. He screamed but no sound formed from his lips. He tried to move, but was constricted by unknown pressure. Soon he found himself free falling through space once more, surrounded by infinite darkness. No sound could be heard anywhere as he was plummeting through the nothingness. Finally he hit something hard. He slowly stood up and found himself standing in the very universe he was falling through. There was nothing under his feet for support and he just remained there. He tried to speak but only the soft sound of nothing was heard.
Where am I, he thought to himself.
"Kratos," a loud voice echoed.
He turned and looked in each direction but found not the source of the voice.
"Kratos, you have arrived at last," the voice continued.
"What are you," Kratos called out, suddenly able to make a noise.
"We are time itself," the voice sounded in three different tones, "We are it's keepers and we are it's creators!"
"No, it's impossible," he said to himself.
"WE ARE THE SISTERS OF FATE!!!!!!"
A/N Dun Dun Dun!!!! What's going to happen next?? Will Kratos survive an encounter with the sister's once again? Or is his "time" finally up? Read and Review!!!!!