Chapter 24
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LAST TIME ON LOST IN SPAC… PRINCE OF ASGARD
"Who the fuck are you?! What do you want?! You have no idea who you're messing with!" Thalia bellowed
"OOOHHH, feisty just how I like'em." Said the mysterious voice as the figure came into view.
"ARES!" Thalia yelled in surprise
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AND NOW FOR THE NEXT EXCITING CHAPTER
"What the fuck are you doing Ares?! You better let me go now before you get into any more trouble than you're already in!" Thalia hissed at the god of war.
Ares threw his head back laughing, which seemed to irritate the restrained demigoddess. "Now why would I let you go when I'm about to make you mine, just like I did to your bitch sister Artemis," Ares said in a sleazy tone.
"Like Hades, you will! Plus, we both know that it was Athena you were with!" Thalia bellowed as she struggled against the chains that restrained her
"Hey the bitch looked like Artemis, sounded like Artemis, and was in Artemis's palace so as far as I'm concerned I fucked Artemis and now I'm going to fuck you and make you mine as well," Ares replied in a desperate hunger as the flames in his eyes flared.
"That's so not going to happen ass-hole because Percy will come save me and then he's going to kick your ass!" Thalia stated in defiance.
"I hate to break it to you sweetheart but your little boyfriend isn't coming to rescue you," Ares said with a grin as he ran a finger down her cheek, which Thalia tried to bite off. "OOHH HOOO. Just how I like them. You see sweet cheeks your boyfriend is busy reliving his worst fear over and over for eternity."
"Well I hate to break it to you dip-shit but I helped Percy escape that barbaric trap!" Thalia bellowed as she remembered how broken Percy was.
"Bullshit! There is no way any demigod let alone you could have broken through that trap?!" Ares said as he yelled in disbelief
"You see Ares." Thalia said grinning "I'm not just a demigod I am so much more. I am fiancé to Percy and Artemis and I will always be able to reach them and they will always come for me."
"Bitch they will never find you! They will never save you! You…belong…to…me, and I will fuck you, any which way I want, ever how many times I want! Do you understand me!" Ares roared as he smashed his fist down on the large wooden table Thalia was shackled to.
At that Thalia started to laugh uncontrollably.
"What are you laughing at you CUNT?!" Ares demanded to know
Thalia lay there and continued to laugh but finally stuttered out "you…you thin…think that…that you…you're actual…actually going…to fuc…fuck me."
"Yes I'm going to fuck you and there's not a damn thing anyone can do about it!" Ares bellowed in rage
"I…I guess…I…I shou…should tell you…tha…that Aphro…Aphrodite got…got all of the…the females on Olym…on Olympus together…after…after she broke…broke up…with you!" Thalia stuttered out as she continued to laugh. "Accor…according to her…you…you have a…a three inch nee…needle dick…and that us…us virgins shouldn't be…be worried…it…it isn't…big…big or long enough…to…to burst my hymen!" Thalia exclaimed as she continued laughing
"AARRRHHHH! That bitch is next on my list!" Ares screamed his face red with rage
"Wh…what…ar…are you…going…going to do… try…try and impale…impale her with…with your needle…needle dick… while…while she lays there and does her nails?" Thalia asks her face red from laughter
"What the Hades do you mean by that?!" Ares hissed
At that moment in the Olympian throne room, Hades began to sneeze "AH…Ah…ahh fuck it I'm too tired." Hades stated as he sat back and drank some more Nectar.
At that Thalia just grinned and giggled as she said "Aphy…Aphy told us…that…that you're a…a five pump chump." Seeing the look on Ares's face caused Thalia to burst out laughing once again. "She…she said…that she…she can't even…finish one nail…before you're…you're finished and…and have fallen asleep!"
"I'll have you know that I fucked Artemis just fine with my godly sized dick!" Ares blurted out
"Yo…you…mean Athena." Thalia said trying to catch her breathe from laughing so hard.
"Artemis, Athena it doesn't matter who it was I stuck it to them good," Ares exclaimed in pride.
"Alright then, I have a question for you oh mighty Dickmaster G. What potion did you use to impersonate Percy?" Thalia asked sarcastically, as she tried not to laugh
"Dickmaster G" Ares mumbled as he shook his head and then said "I…I got the potion from Hecate. She said that all I needed to do was add a strand of hair stir and then drink the potion. After that, I would be an exact replica of your prissy boyfriend."
"So…so what… you're really saying…is that you fucked Athena… with Percy's dick," Thalia said smirking
"No! It was mine. Shut up about my…my…AAAARRRGGG!" Ares yelled in frustration.
"So it is true?!" Thalia exclaimed in disbelief. "Wait until I tell the girls at camp. I can see Clarisse's face now."
"You will tell NOBODY!" Ares bellowed in rage as he once again started to destroy the room. (Yes I know he did that earlier, but the room is in the volcano which is a workshop of Hephaestus, so if something is destroyed in the room it automatically fixes itself)
"Of course, I will. You can't keep me locked up forever, and once I escape and just to be clear I will escape, everyone will know about Ares and his needle dick." Thalia hissed
"You know what? I think I've changed my mind. I'm just going to kill you. Your just too much trouble to try and fuck." Ares said as a crazy smile came over his face.
"HHMM…I must admit I didn't think of that. But it would solve your problem of me telling everyone. However, you would hate yourself later for not taking the opportunity to fuck me." Thalia said to Ares in a serious tone. "Maybe we could make a deal? What do you say?"
"What kind of deal can you possibly offer me?" Ares asked in interest
"You answer one question for me honestly and I won't complain about your killing me," Thalia replied
"No deal!" Ares hissed
"Whyyyyyy?" Thalia asked
"I can kill you right now and there wouldn't be a damn thing you could do to keep me from doing it," Ares responded
"Oh yeah, I didn't think of that. I hate that your way smarter than I am." Thalia said as she batted her eyelashes at the war god."Well how about this, answer one question honestly for me and I…will maybe…give you…a blow job, let you touch my boob, and then let you kill me." Thalia said trying to sweeten the deal.
"What do you know about blow jobs? A little thing like you probably couldn't handle a real man like me." Ares boasted as Thalia rolled her eyes
"I know enough. I gave Percy a couple of blow jobs and they sent him to la-la land, and well…we both know what he's packing don't we?" Thalia said in a sultry tone.
"HHMM…astempting of an offer as that is, you're gonna have to do a little better than that sweet cheeks," Ares said with a smirk as he thought things were final going his way.
"HHHMMM…well…what if…no that won't work…how about…damn, it that won't work either. Why am I so bad at negotiating?" Thalia asked out loud
Ares just sneered and said, "because negotiating is a man's job, not a job for a small little girl like yourself."
Thalia had to fight to keep her mouth from blowing up at the war god so she just took a few deep breaths and recomposed herself as she said: "I guess you're right but I put myself in this mess so I'll have to come up with something more to offer." After a few minutes of pretending to think Thalia said "alright here it is my final offer, I'll give you a blow job, let you touch one of my boobs, I'll stick my finger up your ass, and then you can kill me. If you just answer one question for me honestly."
Ares stood there contemplating the offer from the young demigoddess. "Although it's a better offer than before it's still not good enough lil darlin. I need more." Ares said with a perverted look on his face.
"More…more…what more could you possibly want? I mean you get a blow job, get to touch my boob which you already said you thought were sexy, a finger up your ass, and then to top it off you get to kill me. What else is there?" Thalia asked in exasperation
"What…I…want is for you…to sweeten the deal a little more," Ares replied
"What do you mean by a little more? Thalia inquired
"I want two fingers up my ass. Take it or leave it." Ares said firmly
At this Thalia almost burst out in laughter but had to keep control of herself as she said "I…I…guess using two fingers will be alright, but before I stick my fingers anywhere you have to go wash your ass first and bring me a condom. Otherwise no deal."
"What! Are you insinuating I have a stinky ass and why do you need a condom?" Ares asked in surprise of the demigoddess's conditions
"Your damn right I am. I don't know how good your hygiene is when it comes to that big ass you carry around I mean look at those nasty jeans your wearing, I doubt your underwear is any better, and as for the condom; I don't know what else has been in there. The last thing I want, is to end up at DOA with an anally transmitted STD on my hand and have to listen to all of those dead people tease me about it for eternity (for those of you wondering, yes there is such a thing as an anally transmitted STD. I know surprised me to). Take it or leave it!" Thalia exclaimed implying these conditions had to be met.
"Fine! Have it your way! Now let's get this started.I can't wait to feel your mouth around my c…." Ares was saying before being interrupted
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Who said you were going first? If anyone is going first it should be me!" Thalia hissed
"Bullshit!" Bellowed Ares "how do I know I can trust you?!"
"How can you… trust me? You're kidding right, duh it was my idea to do this. I mean either way I go, I'm dead anyways right?" Thalia asked only for Ares to nod. "So why would I lie. If you go first you could kill me before I get to ask my question and I'm not having that."
Once again Ares stood there for a few moments contemplating what the daughter of Zeus had just said until finally, he said "fine. But if you even think about welching on our deal your death will be painful. You got that?"
"I got it," Thalia replied as she began to think of how to phrase her question. "When I woke up and started bitching, the first thing I did was scout the area like they teach us to at Camp Half-Blood. Well, what I observed was a number of chains hanging on the walls, you know much like these." Thalia said as she tried to raise her hand. "Then I noticed all the weapons hanging and laying around as well, but what truly gave away our location is that I can still feel the enormous heat being generated from somewhere. So once I put all of those clue's together I came to the conclusion that we are in a secret room somewhere inside the volcano Hephaestus uses as a forge."
At this Ares just nodded impressed by the demigoddess's deductive prowess.
"Now imagine my surprise when I noticed something in the corner that had absolutely no business being in a forge," Thalia said in an evil tone with a smirk that would scare Hades.
At this Ares place his hand on his forehead and just shook his head all the while silently repeating "gods no, not that, anything but that."
"Since you're a godly stud I know that it could not have been yours but what the fuck I'll ask you anyway," Thalia said with glee as she watched the expression on Ares' face turn red in embarrassment. "It looked like a 2x4,4x8 or an 8x12, I'm not really good with wood plank size's unless we're talking about Percy's piece of wood. Now the really strange thing about this massive piece of wood (at this Thalia giggled) is that there was a rope tied to it and the other end of that rope was tied to a harness, and that got me thinking about that meeting with Aphrodite. Besides telling every female present about you being a needle dick she also told us that you have a phobia. And this particular phobia is caused by your…ahem (Thalia raises her pinkie and wiggles it). Aphrodite said you were so intimidated by your lack of…well, you know that you were afraid of falling into whatever pussy you tried to put it in. So you started using a wooden plank with a harness tied to it so you wouldn't fall in. So my question is, was the plank and harness that I observed, for you to wear when you tried to fuck me because you thought you…you wou…would fall…fall into… my pussy!" Thalia asked as she finally started laughing at the furious war god again.
At this Ares exploded with rage as his aura resembled fire as hair and eyes seemed to burn like a wild fire and he then began punching the walls until he finally summoned his symbol of power which he used to blast the door off of the secret room all the while yelling "gods' damn smartass cunt, fucking bitch, I'll kill them all! You know what?! Fuck the blowjob and fingers in my ass I'm going to kill you now!"
"You're…you're… not going…to kill…kill me." Thalia stuttered out as she continued to laugh at Ares.
"Really! Really bitch! Just watch me!" Ares bellowed as he raised his sword with the intent of impaling Thalia.
"Oh, Ares you aren't even smart enough to know when you've been caught monologuing." Thalia giggled as she watched a look of confusion come over the face of the god of war.
"What! There's no such thing as monolith…mononucleosis… aaarrrrggg whatever the fuck you just said!" Ares exclaimed as he began to raise the sword one more.
"By the gods, I can't believe that the god of war doesn't know what monologuing is, that's pathetic," Thalia said as she looked on. "Have you ever watched the Pixar movie the Incredibles (Pixar owns all right to The Incredibles and we get nothing from this, unfortunately)? No surprise there, it's probably too sophisticated for you, well it's about these heroes who are basically like gods in this movie and Mr. Incredible is the strongest out of all of the heroes. Like all heroes Mr. Incredible has his fans which included some stalker types (you know like you). Long story short Mr. Incredible sent the little guy home and told him he would never be his partner. This pissed the little guy off and he started to plot his revenge. Many years later, the unwanted sidekick returns as a villain to kill the other heroes and destroy Mr. Incredible while making himself out to be the hero."
"What the fuck does this have to do with me!" Ares hissed
"Geez hold on for a moment Dickmaster G I'm almost to the point. Anyways Mr. Incredible is confronted by Synergy who is the pissed off side-kick wanna be and starts him talking about his plan and what he hopes to achieve. This is what is known as monologuing. Keep your enemy talking long enough to foil their plan or delay them just long enough for help to arrive and beat the shit out of the villain. You wanna guess which one you're going to receive?" Thalia asked with a sarcastic smirk.
"You're lying, there is no way they could find you here!" Ares bellowed
"That is where you're WRONG! There are a few ways for them to find me and the first way is being used by them now. Just listen" Thalia instructed
Suddenly a loud thunderclap could be heard, a thunderclap that signifies the opening of the Bi-Frost.
"HHHHHeeeeee'ssssss here," Thalia said with an eerie tone
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On the Rim of the Volcano
The immortal figure exited the Bi-Frost only to find his or herself on the rim of a volcano. Quickly the immortal put its plan into action as he or she knew that their presence would soon be enough not, more than a few seconds later a flash appeared on the rim of the volcano.
"You're too late! I fucked her tight little pussy until she passed out and then woke her up when I fucked her in the ass! It was pathetic, she kept screaming for you to save her, and now that you're here you hide from me!" Ares yelled boasting of what he had supposedly done to Thalia.
Each word spouted by Ares made the immortal angrier and angrier; however, the immortal was hopeful that Ares was using this as a psychological ploy to make him or her reveal where they were hiding. He or she knew that as a god of war Ares was a master of psychological attacks as well as that of physical attacks. Quickly the immortal finished the preparations for the plan he or she has devised. It was at this point Ares once again started to boast.
"What's wrong Prissy, you a pussy now?! That's what I'm gonna tell that little bitch, that Prissy the Pussy refused to fight me to save her!" Ares boasted insultingly
"Now" the immortal thought to his or herself as the plan was put into action.
"Since you're too much of a coward to come out and fight, I'm gonna go back and make sure there's a new baby Ar…" Ares was saying when a "slunk, slunk, slunk" could be heard along with a pain in his back. "AARRGG! What the fuck!" He exclaimed as he pulled one of the blades from out of his back. The blade was unlike anything he had ever seen before, it almost resembled a feather but was bladed. Suddenly the neigh of a horse echoed around the volcano, Ares quickly looked around unable to find the source of the sound. Finally, Ares looked up and saw what looked like a dot in the distance, but the bright light of the sun kept him from actually seeing what it was. Suddenly Ares jumped backwards as three more blades landed where he was just standing. "You won't catch me the same…" Ares was saying when a "thwump" was heard and he yelled out in pain once to his shoulder Ares observed an arrow sticking out of it. A noise caught Ares attention as he looked up and observed a black Pegasus landing on the rim of the volcano as the immortal jumped off. "YOU!" Ares said seething with anger
"YES ME!" Hissed a pissed off Artemis as she notched an arrow and prepared to attack.
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Back on Olympus
"What the Hades just happened?!" Hermes exclaimed with a look of shock on his face.
"I…I…do not…know." Zeus responded equally as shocked "Apollo check on Perseus, make sure that he is alright."
With a nod, Apollo leapt from his throne kneeled beside Perseus as he began to examine him. Suddenly Perseus's body shook for a second and then crumbled into dust. At this Apollo fell on his ass and screamed "what the fuck!" as he scrambled backwards trying to get away from the now pile of dust that was once Perseus.
The gods sat there in shock as they stared at the pile of dust when then an echo of laughter permeated the throne room, and from out of nowhere (actually he was somewhere we just don't know where) Perseus reappeared rolling on the floor in laughter. "You…you…shou…should have…see…seen the…the looks…on…on your faces!" Perseus stuttered out.
"WHAT IN CHAOS'S NAME DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?!" Zeus bellowed with the power of a thousand lightning bolts
Perseus sat there on the floor trying to catch his breath and finally replied "wh… who me?"
"YES YOU!" Zeus hissed
Still giggling somewhat Perseus looked up at Zeus and said pantingly "I…am…I am doing…wha…what must be…be done."
"What in Hades name does that mean?! What is it exactly that must be done?!" Zeus asked loudly
"If everyone will turn to the screen, the answer will appear in just a moment," Perseus responded finally having recomposed himself.
As the gods turned to observe the screen once again they noticed a flash on the rim of the volcano as Ares appeared and began yelling. They watched in interest as Ares kept calling for Perseus, however, Perseus was here on Olympus with them. Suddenly Ares was struck in the back with what could only be described as three feather blades.
"Damn that's badass" Apollo blurted out with a grin as he turned to Hermes and gave him a high five.
The gods continued to watch as Ares jumped backwards as three more blades landed in the spot he had just occupied. They listened as Ares began to brag when unexpectedly an arrow sprouted from his shoulder, a silver arrow. At this Perseus turned to the gods and said: "this is what must be done."
"Wha…what…does…does Artemis…have…to do with this?" Asked a stunned Zeus
Perseus looked up to Zeus and answered "as much as I want to be the one to fight Ares, I cannot. It has been and will always be Artemis that fights him so that Thalia can be saved."
"I…I do not understand…how…how can…can it be thrust upon Artemis like this?" Zeus asked in worry of his daughter.
"Listen closely for there is not much time for me to go over this. Time can be said to be in a state of flux. This means events that have happened in the past, present, or future can be changed. However, there are moments in time that are known as fixed points. A fixed point is an event in the universe's timeline that must happen or there will be disastrous repercussions. This fight between Artemis and Ares is a fixed point and must happen, I do not know why just that it must (thank you Dr. Who Wikia)." Perseus explained to the gods.
"Wha…what…woul…would happen…if…if a fixed…fixed point was changed?" A shocked Athena asked
"To be honest, any number of things could happen, such as different eras could all merge into one or the timeline could collapse, and those are the best possible outcomes for messing with a Fixed point," Perseus replied
"Al…alright, I can kind of understand what you are telling us about why Artemis is fighting Ares, but why use such as elaborate ruse with her knocking a clone copy of yourself unconscious?" Zeus asked in confusion
"Elaborate ruse?...No, no, no…you misunderstand that was not a ruse, as the god of time I knew that Artemis would strike the back of my head so that she could go in my place. The reason I did that, was because the blow she would have hit me with would have hurt like Hel!" Perseus exclaimed.
"AAAHHH is Perseus afraid of a little boo-boo?" Apollo asked in a babies voices as he and Hermes started laughing afterwards.
"A little boo-boo? You think with the weapon she used it would have been a little boo-boo?" Perseus asked as he reached into his boot and pulls what looks like a baton out, "if you want to see what type of boo-boo a similar weapon leaves, then please come forth."
"Not no but fuck no! With your strength, it would be easy for you to knock me out!" Apollo bellowed.
"Oh my apologies, I forgot to tell you that I am not the one that will be hitting you," Perseus said with a slight smirk.
"Then who will it be?" Apollo asked skeptically.
At this Perseus walked over and stood in front of the throne of …Aphrodite. "Milady, would you assist us in this little… experiment?" Perseus asked with a smile.
"I…I don't know…I don't want to hurt him." Aphrodite replied reluctantly
At this Apollo and Hermes burst out laughing as Apollo stammered out "hurt…hurt me…more…more like she's afraid to…to break a nail!"
Hearing this Aphrodite turned red and took the baton from Perseus and hissed "I have changed my mind! I believe it is time for someone to teach this bastard some manners."
"Oh no, she's gonna teach me how to sit and drink tea!" Apollo cackled out as he got up from his throne and walked to the middle of the floor. Apollo was still laughing as Aphrodite daintily made her way over to him with the baton in hand. "Now don't be upset if I don't fall" at this Aphrodite swung the baton and an enormous 'WHAM!"was heard as Apollo fell to the floor as he had begun to say the word "over."
"Hmmm didn't even break a nail," Aphrodite said with a smile as she twirled the baton in her hand.
"What the fuck!" Hermes exclaimed as he watched Apollo lay on the floor unconscious. "Ho…how…did you…do that?"
Aphrodite turned towards Hermes and said, "to paraphrase dear old Arty, men are idiots." And then turned to make her way back to her throne
"HMMPH! Probably a lucky shot anyways!" Hermes grumbled loudly.
Unfortunately, for the messenger god Aphrodite heard his comment and quickly turned and hurled the baton with such force that a whistling sound could be heard. Before Hermes knew it a "WHAM!" was heard as he had been struck by the baton on the head and joined Apollo on the floor unconscious with drool coming out of his mouth.
Aphrodite summoned the baton back to her and asked with a smile "does anyone else have anything they want to say? No? Oh well, I guess we're through with the entertainment portion of our meeting." Aphrodite giggled as she made her way back to her throne.
As the remaining gods and goddess's watched Aphrodite retake her throne Perseus spoke "now as you can see when using a weapon made of Uru and with sufficient enough strength it can render even the most idiotic of god's unconscious. This is not a slight on the strength and power of Aphrodite, but at this point, she is not as strong or powerful as Artemis is at this time."
At this Zeus and Poseidon had a look of confusion on their faces as Zeus went to say "what do you mean as…" but was interrupted by Hades.
"By Tartarus brother's do the two of you dumb ass's ever pay attention?!" Hades exclaimed "like Artemis and Thalia, Aphrodite upon approval of the Lady Sif which I believe has been given, will be Thor's second wife. This means the bonding process for them has begun, increasing Aphrodite's power and strength, just not to the levels of Artemis at this time!"
The god's all looked at Hades like he had grown another head.
"Thank you Lord Hades, that is indeed correct. It is nice to know that someone is paying attention." Perseus said as he looked around the room stopping his gaze on Athena before shaking his head in annoyance.
"Perseus, may I ask a question?" Aphrodite asked.
"Of course, what would you like to know?" Perseus responded.
"I noticed that Artemis was riding Blackjack, yet the last time I saw the two they were fighting. How is it she is able to ride him now?" Aphrodite asked in curiosity.
"Well as I am sure you remember the last time we were all on Asgard, well I tried to get Blackjack to forgive Artemis for what happened; however, being the stubborn jackass that he is he refused to. Artemis even apologized to him but Blackjack said, that no bitch that hurt his boss would ever ride him. Well, to make a long story short while I was busy arguing with him, Artemis disappeared from view. Suddenly Blackjack coughed and his voice rose several octaves. Then he asked bos…boss…why…why does…does it feel like…there…there's something bring held…held against my dick? At hearing that I looked towards the back end of Blackjack and found Artemis with her silver hunting knife pressed against Blackjacks (ahem) horse-hood. Once he heard that Blackjack began to beg for Artemis not to cut off his (uh you know), so Blackjack had me tell her that he would do anything she pleases as long as he doesn't lose that part of his anatomy and disappoint all of the Phillies. So I told Artemis what he said and she said that he has to let her ride him without him giving her any trouble and that he is to come when called. Of course, Blackjack, being Blackjack mumbled and grumbled about it until Artemis lifted the knife a little higher causing Black to agree while calling her a bitch. So if she calls him, Blackjack comes running because she will cut his horse-hood off otherwise." Perseus said answering Aphrodite's question.
At this, a loud booming laughter echoed throughout the throne room. Everyone turned towards the sound only to find Zeus rolling on the ground laughing in stitches at the story told by Perseus.
"Lord Zeus please I beg of you do not laugh at this, it will cause him further irritation," Perseus said in a serious tone.
"Wh…why…it…it's not like…he…he can…hear me." Zeus stuttered out still laughing.
Suddenly a small portal opened in front of Zeus's throne and three feather-like blades embedded themselves in the floor causing Zeus's laughter to stop. A loud neighing sound was heard as everyone turned to the Iris message and observed a very annoyed looking Blackjack staring into it as he if could actually see and hear what was happening on Olympus.
"Actually, he can." Perseus replied, "Blackjack please go back and await orders from Artemis."
Blackjack shook his head angrily as he continued to stare at Zeus with evil intent.
"Blackjack, need I remind you that if you do not return to follow her orders, you will no longer be Blackjack the stud of the universe but Bluebell the mare," Perseus said with a smirk.
At this Blackjacks eyes went wide as he turned to await orders from Mrs. Boss; however, Blackjack quickly sent three more bladed feathers at the foot of Zeus's throne and neighed in laughter as the portal closed.
The council sat there astounded and in stunned silence until Hades tried to say "how…how…how did… he…he…"
"Honestly, I have no idea how Blackjack is able to do that. The only possible explanation I have come up with is that The Presence gifted him the power to do things such as this as a way to pay me back for my…uuummm…rather rambunctious behavior at times." Perseus replied as he shook his head at the antics of his so-called noble steed.
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Brief Interlude
Unknown to those in the realm of Midgard, laughter could be heard echoing throughout the remaining realms as Odin and his council were all on the floor laughing at what had just occurred in the Olympian throne room. Elsewhere on the Bi-Frost, the Lady Sif was beyond being pissed off as the antics of the prince and that fucking horse of his has once again incapacitated Heimdall forcing her to stand watch over the nine realms.
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Brief Interlude Over
"Please watch the fight, I can assure you it will be well worth it. I should return shortly." Perseus said to the council
"Where…where are you going?" Hera asked
"I am going to save Thalia of course," Perseus replies as if the answer were simple.
"But…but you said that you could not interfere. So how will you save Thalia without violating this fixed point nonsense?" Zeus asked in concern.
"It's simple really, I am not violating the fixed point by saving Thalia. The fixed point is the fight between Artemis and Ares. Yes, Artemis could save Thalia afterwards but why put more on her than is necessary. So Hephaestus and I will go and free Thalia and bring her safely back to Olympus." Perseus explained the confused council.
"What! Why must I go?" Hephaestus asked in surprise
"Well you did send them to the volcano and you know where your secret rooms are located and you will be able to remove the chains keeping Thalia restrained very easily, plus you actually know where the volcano is and I don't." Perseus replied.
"Oh…yes I do see your point. Alright, let's go and get this over with." Hephaestus said in a gruff tone.
"Yes, we will in just one moment," Perseus responded as he walked towards Hestia and whispered something in her ear. Once he finished he looked at her only to find a smile on her face as she said: "of course Perseus I shall tend to it as soon as you leave." Perseus smiled and made his way over to Hephaestus who placed on hand the son of Odin's shoulder and flashed away.
At this multiple flashes could be seen in front of each throne as a tub of popcorn and a soda was sitting at the foot of each. The gods turned to look at Hestia who was already enjoying her popcorn and asked "what? Perseus thought we might enjoy some refreshments while we watch the fight."
The gods just looked at each other shrugged their shoulders and picked up their popcorn and soda and started watching the fight.
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Back at the Volcano
"YOU!" Ares bellowed with a sadistic grin on his face
"ME!" Artemis hissed as she notched three more arrows in her bow
"Where's your sissy boyfriend? I was told that he was coming to try and save his now ex-virgin fiancé." Ares said with a sneer
"By Odin's beard besides being a needle dick you really are a dumbass." Artemis replied "I can sense Thalia from here and as the goddess of Chasity, I know that she is still a virgin. Oh and as for Perseus, he is at my palace cooking dinner, we agreed that I would handle his light work." Artemis finished explaining with a smirk.
"How…how do you…you know about that!" Ares yelled in frustration
Artemis just laughed as she said four words "why Aphrodite of course."
"That's it! I'm just gonna kill all of you bitches and be done with it! Ain't no pussy worth going through all of this shit for!" Hissed an embarrassed Ares as he summoned his sword and shield.
At this Artemis fired the three arrows she had notched in her bow.
As expected Ares raised his shield and blocked the oncoming arrows. "You should know by now sweet cheeks you can't beat me with a bow and arrow," Ares said trying to taunt Artemis.
Artemis just smiled as she fired another arrow at Ares, however, this arrow landed about a foot in front of him. When this happened Ares began to laugh as he stuttered out "and…and I thought…thought you were…were the goddess…of…of…" was as far as Ares got when the arrow went "pumh" releasing a cloud of smoke. Correction a cloud of fowl smelling smoke. It was at this moment Ares realized that Artemis had used a fart arrow. "You…you…don't…don't use…fart arrows." Ares stuttered out as he was coughing.
"Let us just say I borrowed one from Apollo without him knowing it," Artemis responded with a smile as she stood there watching and waiting.
"Bitch! Using Apollo's trick arrows, and here I thought you were some type of badass warrior goddess! It seems you're all bark and no bite!" Ares shouted out in a condescending tone.
"This is why I always favored Athena over you, at least she understands the need for strategy in a battle where as you just rush in and expect to win with brute strength," Artemis replied as the arrow began to glow.
"Wha…what…is that?! It's another one of Apollo's trick arrows, isn't it?! Well, you won't catch me off guard again!" Ares bellowed as he carefully watched the glowing arrow.
"I assure you that this" Artemis said as she held the glowing arrow up "is not a trick arrow; however, it is an arrow unlike any you have ever seen and there is nothing you can do to stop it," Artemis warned with a devious grin.
"Oh yeah! Well, bring it bitch!" Ares yelled in defiance as began to summon energy to his sword and fired an energy blast at Artemis.
At this, Artemis smiled as she released the arrow which flew straight into the energy bolt. As it hit a bright light flared up and Ares assumed it was the arrow being destroyed as he said: "I told you it wouldn't work."
"Look again," Artemis replied
Looking again Ares saw movement coming from out of the light and quickly raised his shield just in time as the undamaged arrow hit his shield and exploded upon impact. The explosion hit Ares so hard that it knocked him back about 25 ft. and almost into the volcano itself.
Ares lay there grunting and groaning as he tried to recompose himself; however, one look to the left and Ares eyes widened as one of his arms and legs were hanging over the side of the volcano. At this Ares yelled "Fuck!" as he quickly scrambled away from the edge of the volcano to regain his feet. "I knew you would use another one of Apollo's trick arrows! I never thought I would see the day when the mighty goddess of the hunt would stoop so low!" Ares hissed as he finally cleared the cobwebs out of his head.
At this Artemis just laughed as she replied: "that was my arrow, not Apollo's."
"Bullshit! There is no way that you can make an arrow do that?!" Ares bellowed
"Oh Ares, I can make my arrow's do that and so much more, but that is something you no longer have to worry about. Here to make the fight a bit fairer, I will refrain from using my bow." Artemis responded as her bow flashed away only to be replaced with her hunting knives.
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Meanwhile on Olympus
"That's not fair!" Apollo bellowed in a pouting tone "the sun is my domain and I can't make an arrow do that!"
A loud "SSSSHHHH!" came from around the throne room as the gods continued to watch the fight and eat the popcorn provided by Hestia.
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Back to the Fight
"You see Artemis, that is the difference between a little girl like you and a man like me. I would never give up a weapon that gave me the advantage during a fight." Ares said with a cocky tone.
"If my fighting you with my hunting knives bothers you I can always switch back to my bow," Artemis replied with a confident tone.
"No! For some reason, you thought that you could defeat me in close quarter combat so it will be you and your knives against me and my sword and shield." Ares said in an intense tone
"Once again you have proven how idiotic the male species can be!" Artemis hissed as she held her hunting knives in an ice pick position and began to concentrate once again "you look at my weapons and believe them to be incapable of inflicting damage upon you. It is for that very reason I chose to use these weapons, so you would underestimate me once again!"
"Less talking more fighting!" Growled Ares as his eyes flamed at the thought of the fight he was about to have.
At this Artemis ran towards Ares who grinned in anticipation as he raised his sword. Once Artemis came within two steps of being a sword lengths distance from Ares she noticed he had begun to swing his sword. On her next step, Artemis firmly planted her feet and jumped in high arc enabling her to avoid the swipe of Ares sword while doing a flip over his head. As she rotated through the flip she swung one of her knives at Ares's head which he was just able to block. However, as she quickly continued her rotation she threw her other knife which landed between the shoulder blades of Ares's back. Ares grunted in pain as the knife stuck in his back, unfortunately, for him, Artemis was not yet done. As she landed Artemis quickly jumped again and hit Ares with a mule kick that sent him flying. Ares finally rolled to a stop grunting each time his back hit the ground as the knife was driven deeper and deeper into his back. While Ares was attempting to regain his footing Artemis summoned another pair of hunting knives and prepared herself for her next attack.
"Are you ready to give up now Ares?" Artemis asked the war god snidely.
Ares turned to face the moon goddess and wiped some ichor from his busted lip and then smiled and said "are you kidding me this is the most fun I have had in a long time. Well except for that time I fucked you that is." Ares replied with a sadistic smile trying to rattle the confidence of Artemis, as his sword began to glow slightly red.
"You have never or will ever fuck me you vile pig! We both know that it was my man stealing whore of a sister Athena you defiled my temple with!" Artemis hissed in anger, fortunately, she was just able to notice the blade of Ares's sword glowing red giving her just enough time to take a defensive position as he unleashed a blast of energy from his sword.
Artemis crossed her hunting knives just in time to keep the continuous blast of energy from hitting her. The force from the stream of energy seemed to increase which was confirmed as she observed Ares slowly walking towards her. "I knew if I pushed the right buttons you would go all emotional on me which would give me an opportunity to take control of this fight!" Ares bellowed
At this Artemis cursed as she thought herself "damn it to Tartarus, how could I have let him manipulate me like that? I have to keep better control of my emotions or I will lose." Lost in her thoughts Artemis was unprepared for when the stream of energy stopped forcing her to stumble forward. It took less than a second for her to regain her balance, unfortunately, that was more than enough time for Ares to flash behind her and deliver a swipe of his sword at her undefended back.
Fortunately, for Artemis the cut from the sword was shallow due to the fact that her stumbling forward put her right at the edge of the swords ability to reach her. Unfortunately, the cut caused her to straighten up in pain very quickly thus allowing Ares the chance to deliver a hard kick to her back.
"UUUHHHH!" Artemis grunted as she went flying before finally hitting the ground rolling. "I told ya, babe, you can't beat me; this is what I live for," Ares said as he stalked towards her slowly, smiling like a demon from Tartarus.
'Fuck that hurt!' Artemis thought to herself as she went to stand; however, as she got to her knee's she was hit again with another kick…this time to the chest. She instantly fell back arms crossing her chest hoping to alleviate some of the pain. "I told ya girlie, you got no business being in a man's game," Ares said in a condescending tone as he approached the feet of Artemis and kicked them apart and stood in-between them. Artemis looked to where the war god was standing, as she spits the dust out of her mouth, her eyes starting to glow a bright silver in anger. "How dare he think he can approach me like that!" She hissed in her head.
"I always knew I would get between your legs someday; I just didn't know I would have so much fun doing it!" Ares said bellowing in laughter.
Hearing this Artemis gave a primal scream as she quickly brought both of her knees to her chest and thrust them out and upwards as fast and as hard as she could. This accomplished two things; the first thin it accomplished was kicking Ares in the chest and sending him flying, the second is that she had put so much force into the double kick that she did a kip-up allowing her to regain her footing at the same time. Artemis then flashed into the oncoming path of the currently flying Ares and planted both of her hunting knives in his shoulders causing a two-foot-deep crater as she drove him into the ground. And with her anger at an all-time high, she began to yell as she beat him further into the ground "how dare a piece of minotaur-shit like you ever think you will get between my legs!"
'Wham' 'wham' echoed around the volcano as Artemis continued to beat on the god of war. Artemis suddenly paused as she heard "calm down Little Moon. You are letting your emotion get away from you." Artemis gasped as she thought in her mind "Perseus?" After a small chuckle, the voice answered "yes little moon it is me. You must calm yourself, your anger is causing you to absorb too much power if you continue on this path you will make Ares fade before we are prepared for it to happen. Remember what Lady Chaos told us? Please calm down for us."Perseus said in a soothing voice.
Artemis stepped back and to a deep breath trying to regain control of her emotions.
At this, a visibly bloody and bruised Ares coughed and spit out a glob of golden ichor as he said "I…I…knew tha…that you…you were to…too weak to finish the job."
Artemis almost attacked him again but realized that he was baiting her, wanting her to attack him. For if she forced him to fade before a successor could be found, chaos (pun kind of intended) would reign and he would win. Finally, a small smile graced her face as she summoned a small bag and threw it on Ares's chest and walked about ten feet away and reset herself for battle.
"Wha…what's…this?" Ares asked in confusion. As he looked at the small bag.
"Eat it, it is Ambrosia it will heal you," Artemis replied
"Are you stupid?! Why would you give me Ambrosia, you know it will heal me?!" Ares bellowed at the waiting goddess of the moon.
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Interlude Olympus and Camp Half-Blood (the war room.) Forgot about them didn't you?
"WHAT THE FUCK IS SHE DOING! SHE HAD HIM BEAT!" Screamed Apollo
The other gods looked on stunned at what they just witnessed.
"Trus…trust…that…that your sister…knows…knows what she is doing." A bewildered Zeus replied.
Camp Half-Blood
"Milady no! What the fuck is wrong with you?! She had him beat Chiron why would she do that?!" Zoe bellowed as she watched her mistress toss a bag of Ambrosia to Ares.
"I…I…do not know child. She…she must…have a reason. Believe…in…in your mistress." Chiron replied in confusion at the actions of Artemis.
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Interlude Over
"That is the point. It is no fun kicking your ass when you are all broke and bleeding. Besides, I'm just getting started. Eat up pig for as the mortal say the main event is about to start." Artemis responded as her eyes glowed in silver flames
"Dumb bitch! You never give the enemy a second chance, let alone heal them!" Ares hissed as he pulled the hunting knives out of his shoulders and then ate the Ambrosia. "Ahh…much better. Time to go to school" Ares said as he stood and stretched, rolling his shoulders to make sure they healed properly. "Now I think in a turn of bitter irony I'll use your own hunting knives to beat you to a pulp before we join the other bitch for some fun," Ares said confidently
"Keep them" Artemis replied. "I was through using those as I am about to beat the living Tartarus out of you with my new weapon."
"A new weapon? OOOHHH I'm scared what is it now a sling and a pebble?" Ares said in a sarcastic tone trying to get under Artemis's skin.
"No. My new weapon is this." Artemis said as she bent over and pulled something from out of her boot and held it out for Ares to see. "Meet Dusk-Bringer it is the last light you will see before you're overcome by the darkness."
Ares grabbed his stomach as he laughed at the weapon Artemis has chosen to use. Every time he tried to say something he would like at the weapon and continue to laugh finally he was able to stutter out "yo…you hav…have to…to be…kidding me…right? A…Escrima…that…that is the…the weapon you're…you're going to kick…my ass with?"
At this, Artemis threw the weapon now known as Dusk-Bringer straight at the head of Ares.
Ares was still laughing as he heard the loud sound of something whistling through the air. He looked up and observed the Escrima was about to hit him square in the head. Without thinking, Ares dropped to the ground instantly. He sighed as he had hit the ground in just enough time for the Escrima to pass over his head. Ares lay there in awe as he felt the strength of the throw by the wake of the air flow it left as it passed by. 'Gods damn that would have hurt if it had hit me.' He thought to himself as he stood up. "Damn fine throw girlie it, would have hurt like hell had you hit me but you didn't, and now you're left without a weapon," Ares said as he smiled at Artemis.
Artemis just smiled in return as she thrust her hand out and waited.
Ares was confused by as she possessed no weapon and she did not fire or throw and type of energy bolt. As he went to step towards Artemis a loud 'WHAM!" was heard as Ares was hit in the back of the head. He lay on the ground motionless for a moment before finally stirring 'UUUUHHH…what the fuck hit me?' he asked himself as he struggled to regain his feet. Suddenly he looked up as he heard "do you need help standing up oh mighty war god" a smiling Artemis taunted. It was then that he noticed in her right hand was the Escrima. "What? How?" Ares asked in confusion as she was weaponless a moment ago.
"Oh did I forget to mention one of Dusk-Bringers special abilities? My apologies, she returns to my hand when thrown, just like Storm-Breaker does for Perseus." Artemis said as she seemed to press a button and the Escrima was now a three-quarter staff.
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Meanwhile in the volcano
Hephaestus flashed into the now destroyed forge and workshop with Perseus. Quickly, Hephaestus closed his eyes and held his hand out and began to concentrate. Suddenly he opened his eyes and said "follow me" as he walked through a cleverly concealed passageway.
"What was all that about?" Perseus asked confused at the actions of the smith god.
"I have magic wards placed on all my forges, I set special wards around the secret rooms so I know if one has been used or searched. I examined all of the wards of the secret rooms and found that only one has been tampered with. I have to assume that is where Ares is keeping young Thalia." Hephaestus explained.
"That is very sneaky and clever Lord Hephaestus, you remind me very much of the dwarves of Nidavellir. Maybe someday I can introduce you to them, I am certain it will be an experience for everyone involved." Perseus replied
"That sound like fun, I look forward to meeting them. Ah…here we are. Step back please." Hephaestus said as he pressed what looked to be a piece of rock but sunk into the wall causing a door to open.
"Who the fuck is it now?! I'm gonna kick your ass when I get loose!" The violent sounding voice yelled
"Sparkles is that you?! Perseus exclaimed in happiness
"PERCY! Thank Odin's beard it's you, I'm in here!" she said out loud in a happy and relieved tone
As Perseus and Hephaestus entered the room to free Thalia the volcano shook cause dust and minor debris to fall.
"Percy what the fuck was that? Asked a surprised Thalia
"That, that is our cue to leave and leave now," Perseus responded with urgency.
"WHAT IN POSEIDON'S UNDERPANTS IS GOING ON!" Thalia yelled
"Short version, Artemis is kicking Ares ass and is about to blow up the volcano! Time to go!" Perseus exclaimed as the shaking increased and now the sound of boiling lava could be heard.
"Wha…what! I thought you were whipping his ass?" Thalia asked confusingly
"Later when we have more time," Perseus said as he helped her off the table once Hephaestus removed the last chain. "Hephaestus take Thalia back to the throne room. Ask Hestia if she can sit with her."
Hephaestus nodded and placed a hand on Thalia's shoulder and flashed away as she went to say but was cut off "I'm not leaving you dumb son of a bi…."
Perseus just shook his head and grinned as he thought 'I am really in trouble once we get back. I need to get her a gift that will make her forget about this.' Clearing his mind Perseus concentrated on finding who he was looking for; at this, he opened a portal and stepped through it as lava seeped into the room.
Stepping out of the portal Perseus "what's up Blackjack!"
At this Blackjack jumped as he went on a tirade yelling various obscenities "what the fuck boss, you can't just sneak up behind a stud like me and make him piss himself. I should kick your ass again. Would you like that boss? Huh would ya?"
"Blackjack relax it was an accident, I will get you some more of those Midgard treats you like. What are they called blo-nuts, slo-nuts, oh to Hel with it I just know where to get them." Perseus said trying to convince his trusty steed (yeah right) not to kick his ass).
"Yeah, boss I'll take some blo-nuts!" Blackjack replied laughingly
"Whatever. How is she doing?" asked Perseus
"I hate to admit it boss but you got a keeper there, she even impressed me. And that was without a knife on my balls." Blackjack replied
"Uh Oh looks like she's about ready to end this, so hold on and I'll be right back," Perseus said as he teleported out.
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Back on Olympus
"…tch! Came out of Thali's mouth as she realized that she was now in the throne room. "Gods damn him, wait until I get my hands on him, he will be sorry that he ever met me!" Thalia bellowed as her power flared and a small bolt of lightning that were blue outlined in black skirted all over her body.
"Thalia! My baby girl are you alright?! Did Ares do anything to you?!" Zeus exclaimed in a combination of joy and concern as he jumped off his throne to hug her only to recoil "What the fuck! That hurt! How did you do that?!"
"Sorry, that is part of the increase in power I'm getting from my bond with a soon to be Cajun Crispy god of time!"Thalia hissed as she was thinking of ways to make her errant lover and fiancé pay for sending her away. "But otherwise, I'm fine dad! I'm pissed off, but I'm fine!"
"Why? Wha…" was as far as Zeus got when a loud "SSSSHHHH! Fight now talk later." Zeus sent an evil glance to the god that said that but was just ignored. At that Zeus just nodded and sighed as he retook his throne.
Hephaestus then escorted Thalia over to Hestia's throne who just smile as she nodded and summoned a chair for Thalia along with some popcorn and soda.
Thalia's facial expression turned from mad to confused when she saw the popcorn and soda. She looked around the throne room and observed all of the other gods except for the missing Artemis had popcorn and soda and was watching something on an Iris portal. Thalia's face palmed as she fell back into her seat amazed at how mortal like the gods were the aroma of the delicious smelling popcorn overwhelmed the demigoddess who thought to herself 'to Hades with it I'm hungry anyways' and reached down grabbing her tub or popcorn and soda and started watching the fight.
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Mt. Othrys
In a Ceremonial Chamber on Mt. Othrys a shocked and worried demigod burst through the doors.
"Lord Kronos! Lord Kronos! We have a problem!" Exclaimed the demigod.
"Why?! Why is it always a problem with you Luke?!" Kronos hissed as his sarcophagus began giving off a golden glow.
"It…it…it was not…not our fault." Luke stammered out as he knelt before the sarcophagus and gulped.
"It never is." Said a voice in amusement coming from a corner covered in shadows.
"Loki! You are not here to berate my subjects!" Kronos hissed.
"Forgive me, Milord, that was not my intent. Although I did warn you about using weak mortals for an important task such as this." Loki replied sarcastically as he bowed to the sarcophagus.
"Gods damn Asgardian!" Kronos mumbled to himself in anger. "Tell me what has happened now that you could not handle my supposed right hand!"
"We…we were…in the arena, negotiating for safe passage with Antaeus when a small group of captured demigods was brought into the arena." Luke explained.
"I really do not understand how you could not have handled this!" Kronos bellowed.
"The group consisted of two unknown demigods, Anna…Annabeth Chase, the hunter Zoe…" Luke was saying when Kronos interrupted him.
"Impossible she is dead! Atlas killed her himself!" yelled out an irate Kronos.
"Impossible? Maybe for you, but for my brother it is entirely possible." Loki said smirking as he continued goading the King of the Titans.
"Be quiet Loki! Continue, Castellan!" Kronos commanded.
"And…and Thalia was there as well," Luke whispered out but was heard by Kronos.
"And just how did these five demigods manage to overwhelm the supposedly greatest swordsman in the past three hundred years as well as the army of monsters at his disposal and the all but unkillable Antaeus?" Kronos asked in irritation.
"It…it…it was…most…mostly…" Luke tried to say when Kronos bellowed "spit it out you impudent demigod!"
"Thalia! It was mostly just Thalia Milord. She…she was different." Luke finally got out as he was shaking in fear of what Kronos might do to him.
"Calm down Kronos, the poor mortal is about to soil himself. Remember anger causes rash actions which lead to defeat." Loki said with a smirk.
"I was not talking to you Asgardian! You would do best to remember who is in charge here!" Kronos hissed.
"Yes, and you should best remember that without me you would not have the time stone. I have stolen it once do not force me to do so again." Loki replied with disdain in his voice.
"Are…are… you threatening… me the King of the Titans?!" Kronos bellowed.
"Heavens forbid that I, Loki would ever threaten the all-powerful Lord Kronos. No, I am just reminding him of exactly who his benefactor is and what will happen if he fails because he cannot control his temper." Loki responded with a sharp tone to his voice.
"We will discuss this later!" Kronos exclaimed, "And just how was this bitch demigod so different that she disrupted our plans?"
"She…she looked older and seem to be more powerful. She was able to destroy Antaeus with little to no problem." Luke replied still fearful of what his Lord might do.
"Explain! What do you mean by looked older and possessed more power and how in the fuck did she kill Antaeus who is all but unkillable?! Kronos questioned.
"When I last saw her here on Mt. Othrys, she…she looked to be 16 years old, but in the arena, she looked older like she was 18. As for her increase in power, she had challenged Antaeus to a duel and after a few minutes of fighting Thalia summoned a lightning bolt but it was different as it glowed blue outlined in black. She threw the bolt and hit Antaeus in the chest, at first nothing happened but then he started to change to glass. After the transformation was complete he shattered and did not reform." Luke said as he told them Titan king what has happened.
"That cannot be! I placed a time curse on that wretched daughter of Zeus. There is no way she can be eighteen as she is cursed to remain trapped in a sixteen-year-old body!" Kronos hissed. "and this power, not even her damned father can do that with lightning. What is going on here?!"
"Are you really that much of an idiot, that you cannot decipher the facts placed in front of you?" Loki asked in amazement. "It is no wonder the Olympians defeated you."
"You shall not insult Lord Kronos!" Luke yelled as he pulled his sword moving towards the Asgardian god.
"Puny mortals, so weak and stupid," Loki said with a sneer as he waved his hand causing Luke to disappear.
"Watch yourself Asgardian, I have only allowed your impertinence because you are needed. If you continue your current attitude I will curse you as well!" Kronos said bitterly.
"Please as if a curse from the great and powerful Kronos is scary, I would be more fearful if the curse were cast by Athena. At least the curses she cast actually last, Medusa and Arachne chose curses' have lasted many millennia but you cast one curse and it doesn't even last a year. Yes, I fear a curse cast by you, Milord." Loki said laughingly.
"FUCK YOU ASGARDIAN! FUCK YOU!" Kronos yelled so loudly that the mountain seemed to shake.
"And that is why you will lose. That temper of yours is and will continue to cause chaos throughout your army. You look at the small immediate picture when you need to look at the big picture." Loki replied confidently.
Kronos remained quiet for a few moments as it was evident he was still seething as smoke could be seen rolling off of the sarcophagus. Finally, he said, "if you're so smart and see this big picture tell how did the daughter of Zeus break my curse and get so powerful?"
At this Loki face palmed as he whispered to himself for a moment before saying "before I tell you, I want you to know if my father did not know of my involvement with you I would switch sides but unfortunately he does so I cannot. That being said you really are a stupid motherfucker. Everything you need to tell you why what happened, happened and yet you want someone to spoon feed it to you as if you are a baby. So for the sake of everyone I will give you the Poseidon version. It's Perseus. Perseus freed her from the time curse and Perseus is most likely responsible for her power increase. I have warned you time and again NOT to underestimate my brother and yet you continue to do so with promises of you will destroy him. But every time we turn around your plans are being foiled because of him and yet you do nothing to try and stop him. I would hate to be in your sarcophagus when your other benefactor finds that out."
Just as Kronos was about to respond a small group of Telekhines came into the room bowing "forgive…forgive us Lord Kronos, but there has been a problem with your symbol of power."
"WHAT! WHAT DO YOU MEAN A PROBLEM? WHERE IS IT?" Kronos bellowed.
"As…as you know…we…we were reforging your symbol of power in the forge of Hephaestus known as Mt. St Helens, when we were spied upon by three demigods. We chased after them even rendering one unconscious as we were about to kill the demigod a fourth one appeared out of a lightning bolt and began to slaughter us. We did surround her friends but the daughter of Zeus appeared to open some type of portal which the others quickly escaped through. The daughter of Zeus then proceeded to blow up the forge where your symbol still lay causing it to explode and your symbol of power to fall into the lava and melt away." The Telekhine explained with his head on the floor.
"THE DAUGHTER OF ZEUS DID WHAT?!" Kronos screamed as his sarcophagus shook with so much power, that it disintegrated all of the monsters and mortals in the room. "I will kill her and this Perseus myself! They are less than nothing to me! I am King of the universe and they will bow to me before they die!"
As Kronos continued his tirade Loki calmly walked towards the sarcophagus and said "as I said you are a stupid motherfucker" and promptly turned the sarcophagus over letting it fall to the ground and then teleported away to a local bar for a drink.
"Loki! How dare you do this to me! Do you know who I am?!(No he is not a Dudley boy for you WWE fans). Answer me!" Kronos yelled but did not receive and answer "Hello...helloooo is anybody there? Can anybody hear me? Fucking great, I hate sleeping on my stomach."
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Not bothering to respond to her taunts, the war god dashed at Artemis falling into a baseball slide hoping to knock the moon goddess's legs out from underneath her, but he met nothing but empty space. The goddess that had occupied that spot just a nanosecond ago, was currently high in the air, having pushed off the ground with Dusk-Bringer. Artemis wasted no time in falling back down and catching Ares's foot with Dusk-Bringer, causing said god to cry out in pain as his has broken due to the blow.
However,Ares was determined to have the last laugh and quickly swung his shield around hoping to hit Artemis in the head, unfortunately, for him she noticed the blow coming with seconds to spare and quickly brought her arm up blocking the shield, but the force from the hit made her grimace as pain shot throughout her arm.
"Hurt didn't it?!" sneered the war god.
"Tickled is more like" Artemis quickly snapped back with a smirk, quickly ducking as Ares slashed at her with his sword causing her to jump back. "Did I hurt your feelings little boy?!" The moon goddess teased.
"Fuck off!" Shouted the enraged god whose eyes had begun to glow a ruby red at seeing Artemis standing before him smirking. Although he would never admit it,Artemis was beating him like a red-headed step-child. As his anger and frustration increased a faint red outline began to surround him as his failures began catching up with him.
Readying his sword once again, Ares immediately launched an attack, as he aimed a slash at Artemis's head forcing her to duck, before swinging his shield around and catching her in the arm he had previously struck once again. A shallow cut opened up from the second hit. The sight of Artemis's ichor urged Ares on as he quickly hit her with his shield again deepening the cut before he was thrown off by a boot to the face as the moon goddess quickly jumped to her feet and stabbed down with Dusk-Bringer but struck nothing but ground as Ares had rolled away.
"What's the point of having a shitty Escrima stick if you can't even…" Began Ares before being cut off said Escrima stick hit the side of his knee making an unholy snapping sound. "Ahhh…you fucking bitch!" fumed Ares who was staggering backwards on his other leg. "I'm gonna…"
"Enough with the 'I'm gonna's' you foolish pig of a man. Your childish threats do not bother me and your inability to shut up during a fight is really starting to piss me off!" Screamed Artemis as she began twirling Dusk-Bringer before running forward, meeting Ares sword with a clash. Unfortunately, for Ares thanks to Artemis's choice in weaponry, she knocked Ares sword arm to the side leaving him open to an uppercut from the other end of Dusk-Bringer (remember it became a three-quarter staff) and a nice hard kick in the balls for good measure eliciting a squeak from the god of war who moved back as quickly as possible after been kicked in the testicles.
"That's a dirty move!" hissed Ares in a high pitched voice, as he was crouched over holding his jewels with his sword hand whilst holding his shield in a defensive manner.
"Is there really such a thing in a fight?" Artemis asked condescendingly.
"Touché" muttered Ares as he moved to stand wincing only slightly. However due to his shield position Artemis was unable to see Ares reach behind his back and draw the hunting knives that he had taken from her.
"Take your time…" Artemis began before quickly snapping her weapon up to block a knife aimed for her face but was unable to block the second one which buried itself in her thigh. "Well, I suppose that was a good shot, I'll give you that" Artemis smirked as she pulled the knife out and brought it closer to her face and watched as golden ichor dripped off the weapon, then as fast as lightning threw the knife back at Ares who blocked it just in time with his shield nearly knocking him off near the rim of the volcano. Artemis wasted no time in plunging back into the fight with Dusk-Bringer twirling in her hands, she met Ares strike for strike, neither god gaining the advantage. Knowing that this was taking too long, Artemis whose eyes were like a molten silver, gathered more power from the sun and condensed her power in Dusk-Bringer, making its strikes land with even more raw power causing the war god to stumble from each hit.
"Is that all you've got…" began Ares with a sneer before being cut off by Artemis who slammed the butt of her weapon in Ares' face which was followed by a horrible cracking sound.
"Ahhhh…you fucking bitch…you worthless, insignificant, slut!" shouted Ares in pain, ichor flowing from his nose.
"Really, I was always told that the god of war could handle a bit of pain…clearly, I heard wrong" Artemis said as she ducked just in time to avoid Ares's sword which caught just the top of her hair, trimming off a few strands. She wasted no time in returning her own strikes which were met with Ares shield but Artemis was undeterred as she slipped her weapon under the shield and flicked it up, exposing Ares arm allowing her to land a kick in the elbow joint, rendering the arm practically useless due to the force behind it.
Biting back a cry of pain, Ares let his arm fall to his side and slashed wildly at the moon goddess in a desperate attempt to end the fight. His efforts, however, were pointless, from the combination of the injuries, sustained earlier in the fight and now with his shield arm hanging practically dead, Artemis skill and power began to overwhelm Ares even more.
With another powerful strike, Artemis, using Dusk-Bringer hit the injured war god with a powerful uppercut almost shattering his jaw from the power behind the hit (although a few teeth did come close judging from the white objects on the ground). Smirking down at the war god who was lying on the rim of the volcano, Artemis held her weapon horizontally by her side and shot a beam of energy from its tip (like Odin in the movies) hitting Ares knocking him down into the volcano. Walking over to the edge of the volcano rim Artemis looked down and spotted Ares who had landed on part of Hephaestus forge, barely conscious from the energy beam which had just struck him.
"Your time is nearing an end war god" shouted Artemis "now let me show you the true power of this 'puny Escrima stick'." Turning her head slightly to the sun which had descended quite a bit since the start of their fight. Artemis held up Dusk-Bringer which seemed to pull the dying daylight into itself until it was glowing almost as bright as the sun before positioning it on her shoulder like how the mortals held some of their weapons and with a cry unleashed the pent up energy which pushed her back slightly, Artemis watched mesmerized as the energy hit and seconds later she yelled "OH SHIT!" as the volcano erupted with the force of 24 megatons of TNT (evidently a megaton is equal to one million pounds. So that's 24 million pounds of TNT).
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Back on Olympus
The light from the energy Artemis was gathering almost blinded the council except for Thalia who just sat there enjoying her popcorn as Artemis beat the living Hades out of Ares.
"How can she do that?!" Yelled a jealous Apollo.
"Oh, my gods!" yelled Hera as Artemis fired the blast from Dusk-Bringer and seconds later the volcano exploded in an eruption.
"Artemis!" Zeus yelled as he shot out of his throne with a look of disbelief on his face.
"No sis, no!" Apollo bellowed with tears running down his cheeks as the other gods all reacted to what they just watched all hoping against hope that Artemis had somehow survived the blast.
While the throne room was in chaos because the other gods were expressing their shock, and commenting that they hoped that Artemis survived some very peculiar behavior was taking place. Thalia Grace who many would expect to be crying her eyes out in grief at the loss of her soon to be wife, sat in her chair smiling eating popcorn while watching the gods make such a spectacle of themselves
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Back at Camp Half-Blood
"YES! SHOW THAT PIG HOW A GODDESS…NNNNNOOOOO! MILADY PLEASE NNNOOOOO!" Zoe exclaimed first in joy and then in horror as she had just watched her goddess utterly devastate Ares the god of war with her new weapon and increased powers, unfortunately, it was these powers that caused the volcano to violently erupt with her on its rim.
At the same time, Zoe was mourning her mistress Annabeth had other concerns as she bellowed "THALIA!" and began to weep. "Pl…please…Chiron…tell me…that she…she's still alive! She can't be dead! Not again, not after everything she's been through!" The daughter of Athena begged.
With a stunned expression, Chiron turned to the demigoddess's and said "I…I do…do not know. All…all we…we can do…is hope…for the best, and…and pray to the gods…that they are alright." As he watched the pure destruction unleashed by the volcano.
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