Showdown 1

Holly swished her sword menacingly through the air, her eyes narrowing at Glorficus.

" You won't win Glory. Artemis's going to survive."

Glory laughed.

" What now he no longer has to follow your instructions. No longer having the split second movement. He didn't understand Holly, Artemis didn't understand the collar for what it really was. I did, you did. We saw it as his shield, his biggest protection against me. It's gone Holly."

Holly tried to mask her fear that stemmed from that, trying her best to look unaffected. Artemis meanwhile had never felt so stupid in his entire existence. If Holly died he would never forgive himself, yet again if Holly died then he was a dead man walking. He struggled hopelessly against the tape. He saw Holly's eyes flash as she caught his movement. Her body tensed, readying to slash Artemis free and then hopefully lunch her blade through the God's heart, effectively ending this torture, Artemis's torture.

It didn't go as planned, Glory had already anticipated Holly's move and as soon as Holly had lunched forward towards Artemis, Glorifcus leapt forward and with powerful force behind her sword, lunched her blade through Holly's chest.

Holly let out the most awful sound, it wasn't a scream, her face didn't even look pained. It had been the horrible rasp intake of air that had made Artemis' entire body cringe, and the look of surprise that seemed firmly planted on Holly's face seemed to burn his eyes.

Glory jerked her sword from Holly's chest and Holly let out another rasp and fell to her knees. Glory let out a victorious laugh and placed the edge of her blade against Holly's neck, intending to slice right through...

" NO !!!!!! NO !!!! PLEASE !"

Glory paused, keeping the blade in place she turned to Artemis, her pale eyes gleaming coldly at him, as if she had known all along what he was about to say. That unnerved Artemis to say the least, and under other circumstances would have made him reconsider what he was about to say, but these weren't ordinary circumstances.

" Take me. I'll go, I'll come with you freely, if your just spare her life. Please.."

Glory let out a cruel laugh and surveyed Artemis arrogantly.

" Darling you'd come with me willing or not ! But as you asked so nicely..."

She drew back her hand and hit Holly hard over her right temple, Holly fell to the floor slumped. Glory laughed at the Artemis' horrified face.

" She'll survive sweetie, can't let her see where we're going now can we. "

Her eyes gleamed again and she took great pleasure in telling Artemis that now the collar was gone he was virtually undetectable. Glory tugged the black tape from Artemis's hands, but just as Artemis tried to run as caught hold of one and held it in a bone crushing grip. Artemis clenched his teeth, if her grip increased anymore she was going to break the bones in his arm.

" Uh uh you made a promise Sweetie, a proper gentleman always sticks by his word."

She tightened her hold, relishing in the pained gasp that came from Artemis.

"You've got such beautiful hands, real artist hands... And I'll break them, I'll break every finger, unless you do as I tell you."

She felt Artemis's struggle stop and she pulled his form into her's.

" I'm a god Artemis, why do you think as a mere mortal you could beat me ?"

Artemis felt her fingertips gently glide down his face, despite the touch it's self being pleasant Artemis felt sickened by it. His struggle did him no favours as the gentle touch turned nasty as Glory dug her fingernails into his skin, bring blood to the surface as it trailed down his face Artemis felt her tongue lap it up.

A fierce determination awoke in Artemis, he was going to die and he knew it, but if he was going down then he was dragging her down with him.

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