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Cronus:

Our men were pouring through the gate. The first wave had done it's job. Hades' men were moving in. I never thought my first born would ever been any use, but when you bewitch him to do your bidding, he has his uses.

I remained at Satan's side. I knew, that even with the walls out of the way, the fight was only beginning. Olympus was no small city and it would take alot of time and soldiers to get to the key monument of Olympus; the high temple at the very peak, over looking the entire world. Could almost sense my son's presence there. The key t victory was simple: no zeus, no resistance. But I knew, that Zeus was not my biggest problem. He was protected by the most powerful mortals to walk this earth, as well as his fellow olympians. There was no getting to Zeus without getting through Jay. I always questioned if I hated Jay more than Satan. There were days when I thought so, but then I come round after remembering what this god of darkness had done to me. Yet here I was, leading his armies for him. Was it really worth it? If Darkness succeeds, I would become his pet for all eternity. And if there would be any king worse than Zeus, it was him. Yet, I remained silent, patient. Waiting for my chance. It was close.

I caught satan's grin from the corner of my eye. He looked at the smoke arising from the city.

"It is time, brother. I believe we have some unfinished business in the white city of the gods." He whistleed for the dragon who came upon the instant. My brother mounted on first, the beckoned me on as well. Not offering a hand, just a nod. I approached the scaly beast, when I felt something.

It was a light tingling in my fingers. It felt like... ...like power. It had been so long since I had felt something like it. I was almost in shock.

"Brother," Satan snapped, "What is it?"

I shrugged, "Nothing," as I mounted behind my brother on that big, smelly dragon.

Neil:

The battle had broken out all over the city, we held strong at the stairs leading towards the temple, but everywhere else, our forces were scattered. Atlanta was nearby. She had abandoned her bow for two deadly blades that cut through the ranks of the enemy like hot knives through butter. Many of the demons from Hades were in the fight. I had now idea where Jay or Archie were, but they were strong enough to take care of themselves for now. I had been a bit out of practice, but my luck had been keeping me strong so far.

I had worked my way back to the main lines outside the stairs, sure enough, Jay and Archie were there. As was Athena. Jay nodded to me.

"Archie, go get to Atlanta, watch her back." Archie rushed into the fray. Jay gave me a stern stare, ready to issue me an order, when suddenly, there was a piercing scream so loud that I'm sure the soldiers outside the walls could of heard it. And of all people, it was athena. She pointed up to the sky. A silouhette of a winged reptile soared towards us. Jay gave the order to scatter as the creature breathed fire down on our ranks. The lines gave way to the enemy, the second barrier was down. We were doomed at this rate. We needed to take out the dragon before it destroyed the entire army. Looking to Jay for help, I saw that he was occupied with fighting. As were the other gods. As a demon approached it, I ducked it's swing and thrust my sword into it's gut. I tried to think of a way to take out the creature. Mirrors were useless, unless it was as narcissistic as I was, then I remember how we defeated Typhon, how Zeus defeated Typhon.

The lightning bolts. They were in the temple. It was a crazy idea, but I had to. I began to work my way there. Jay saw me and yelled at me to come back and fight, but I ignored him. This was critical to do. I managed to reach the feet of the temple, which were guarded by soldiers. Recognizing me, they let me through. I rushed into the temple. I had never rushed so much in my life, I figured that the lightning bolts would be held onto by Zeus. As I came upon the frail body, I noticed that there was a quiver of master bolts behind the throne. I grabbed them and rushed to the rooftop. When I reached there, the battlesite looked grim. The enemy was edging ever closer towards the temple. I had to stop that dragon. I took out o bolt and readied it. I aimed carefully, when I saw who was on the back.

They were coated in heavy armor. One I didn't know, but the other. My heart raced and I shrieked in terror. It was Cronus. I regained my focus and aimed carefully. I threw with all my focus, but I had missed him. I tried again, trying even harder. I missed again. I couldn't beleive it. My luck had run out. I could not hit him. At a time like this when I needed to try so hard to keep hitting but failed.

Trying. That was it. All those times my luck prevailed, I was never trying. It was always by accident or happened with no effort. That was it. If I was going to hit the beast, I needed to stop trying. On;y then would my luck prevail. I readied the last bolt. This was my last chance to kick the dragon out of the sky. I closed my eyes, hoping for the best, and lunged it. As I opened my eyes, I thought it was going to miss, but then the dragon, unaware flew straight into it's path. The lightning bolt struck it in the hearth and the dragon fell out of the sky and landed on the streets. I exhaled with a sigh of releif, I rushed towards the stairs, when my pathwas blocked by a bizzare, yet familiar creature. The body of a woman but the rear of a bird. It was the sphinx.

I drew my sword, ready to fight.

"Hey, long time no see." She spoke with her forked tongue. "You helped that little smart boy solve my riddle, and doomed me to eternity in tartarus."

"Hey, I didn't do it on purpose, and besides, you deserved it." I said.

She smirked. I daringly replied,

"We'll see who is laughing at the end. I lunged at her with my sword and hit her in the chest. Knocked back, she retaliated with sharp claws and a lunge. She knocked me to the ground. Using my feet, I kicked her over my head. Getting up, I saw she was on the edge of the roof.

"What are you going to do? Throw me of the cliff?" She cackled. "I have wings you fool."

"Not for long." I muttered and charged a second time, she dodged my initial impact and I myself stumbled before falling off the cliff. The sphinx jabbed at my back, trying to push me off. As she did so, I grabbed her wings. My grip was so tight, it tore through the membrane that made her wings. She roared in terror as I brought her down with me. Her claws were deep in my spine, but I pulled my arm down her wing, destroying any hopes of her escape from our fate. My mind was rushing. The last seconds of my life consisted of pain, anger, but most of all, pride. I was gone, but the dragon was out of the skies too. I, for the first time in my life, felt like I had accomplished something. I knew in my heart the others would take care of the rest of the battle. My work here was done.

And with that, I departed from this world...