Lightening lit up the sky and the wind caused my hair to whip across my face blurring my vision. Without warning I was thrown off my feet by Ares. I felt it as Ethrak sliced through my arm like butter and groaned in pain as I hit the ground. In he trying to protect me, Ares had thrown me right into the path of my brother's blade.
"Poseidon, please stop." I begged. I was back on my feet as I watched them fight. Po looked at me and Ares used that moment to wound him. I watched the blood seep through the leg of Poseidon's robes and anger crept into my body. I ran forward and blocked Ares' next blow with Ethros. The impact of our blades hitting caused the fire engulfing my blade to shoot flames everywhere. "Athena, you will removed yourself." Ares' commanded. I shook my head and pushed him away from Poseidon. "You will not hurt him." I said.
Poseidon had found his feet again and wrapped his arm around my waist before putting me behind him. "You have no self control. you attack your mate in thrice and yet she still tries to explain herself to you. She is a god. one of higher position and power than you, she does not bow to you!" Po said. Ares' growled and the ground shook from the force of it. "You, one who has bed MY mate thrice, speaks to me about her submission?" he growled. "I have never laid a hand on her. any advance I made was rebuffed and she gave her kiss with permission. I did not steal it." Po said. That is why Ares had burned Athens in the first place.
Ares growled again at this reminder and I grabbed Poseidon by the arm. "Poseidon, please, just stop." I begged softly. The weather was still out of control and freezing rain had started to fall. He adjusted his blade and removed my hand as if he had not heard. Then as I blinked against the lightening, Po dove towards Ares. I screamed and tried to get them apart but Ares' blade sliced my stomach open as he swung it towards Po. A cry of pain left my lips as we all twisted and fell onto one another in a pile. as I hit the ground I screamed louder than I had ever before.
As if the difference in my cry could be heard, the weather stopped and both Poseidon and Ares froze in what they were doing. "Athena!" came Aphrodite's cry as she came toward me. I coughed up blood and moaned in pain as the action caused more damage. Ethrak was buried hilt deep in the middle of my chest, just barely missing my heart but pinning me to the earth. My blood bubbled up around the sword and I coughed again as I struggled to get air. I could no longer hold myself to the conscious side of the world and I sighed as I blacked out.