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Chapter 5:

Lin Chung growled as his eyes scanned the person standing in front of him. His eyes slowly grew accustomed to the darkness. He was in shackles, a metal collar snapped tight around his neck and his limbs chained to the wall. He looked down at the tall dark figure. The room was empty, and the metal door clanged shut as the figure waved his hand. His eyes widened as electricity came from the collar when he started to struggle. He froze, growling at the person.

The person stepped forward. His skin was incredibly pale, his eyes yellow and glinting with malice. He was calm, his long black hair tied back. He smirked at the still boy, who growled at him.

"Aiden. God of Darkness. What do you want?"

Aiden smirked again. "What you can give me." Lin Chung stayed silent. "Tell me. What do you know of Hawk?"

Lin Chung frowned. "He was the Protector and Creator of mortals, and the Mortal World. You disgrace him by joining Twin Masters." Aiden's head snapped to Lin Chung, before he plunged a dagger into his shoulder unexpectedly.

Lin Chung gasped sharply, the dagger stuck in his shoulder. Aiden leaned forward, expression murderous. "Don't you dare think I will betray him. He was my brother!"

"Then why do you join the one who killed him?" Aiden growled.

"He promised me information on Hawk. Something to retrieve him."

"And you believed him? You are colder than the mortals portray you." Aiden growled again. The mortal wasn't easy to interrogate, especially with his sharp tongue. Turning around, he paced quickly in frustration, before he stopped suddenly and turned to Lin Chung. Several dark shadows came prowling to him.

Lin Chung displayed no fear, only frowning at the shadows. The shadows stalked towards him, their eyes glinting with malice like their master. Aiden turned around, not noticing the boy's briefly changing eyes, before Lin Chung called out after him. "And what will Hawk do when he realises that you did this?"

Aiden froze temporarily, but continued on, ignoring the question. He smirked when he heard the sharp snap of the whips and the metal clang of the blades.

It had been a week. A week since Lin Chung vanished, since the Chinese gods' domains started being destroyed. The meeting was tense, especially since most of the gods were missing. The gods and demigods were worried at the supposed feared god pacing around anxiously, his brow creased with worry. "Um, Lord Lëi?"

Lëi turned to Apollo. "This is not good. The Destroyer has struck quickly. He is not taking any chances. He has struck most of us down."

"And you?"

Eagle shook her head, helping her father out. "No, Apollo. Wong Tai Sin, Guan Yu, Erlang Shen, Chi You, all of the others are now being weakened as their domains are being destroyed. Their 'home-ground' is being obliterated as we speak now. Zhu Rong, my father, Bao Qing Tian, Re and I are not affected yet, but, when our domains are struck, we will also weaken."

"Then why don't you get Hawk back?" Hades asked, remembering the whole reason the group that was currently sitting silent in the room were sent here. His mind briefly wandered to the grey haired boy, who had looked familiar. Yet he couldn't put a finger on it.

Zhu Rong sighed. "No. We have searched the realm of the faded. He is not there for some reason. Unless he is there, we cannot search for him, and the one god who had a chance of searching the Underworld is not on our side."

"Aiden?" Nico questioned. "I thought he was looking for Hawk."

Eagle nodded. "Yes, but he is now in league with Twin Masters. The only thing that would make him choose Twin Masters over us…" she sighed, "we think that Twin Masters offered him something that could revive Hawk. That is the only thing that will make him join."

"Then what can we do?" Kowloon asked, worried.

Zhu Rong studied him. "Twin Masters was a strong enemy, but who also had weaknesses. Your friend has defeated him, with your help." The squads nodded, while the demigods and gods looked confused. "He could have defeated Twin Masters single-handedly, but he chose not to accept the power."

"Wait, do you're saying that he could defeat Twin Masters alone but he chose not to? Why not?"

"Because the power can consume. They can take over a person's personality, and strike through the host of the power. The last time it had happened, it had taken nearly all the gods to put a stop to the person. He possesses quite a lot of power for a mortal."

Lëi tilted his head at his son-in-law. "And, what are you heading at?"

Zhu Rong looked up. "Father, this is only a theory, but Eagle and I were thinking. We have not seen such power since Hawk's time, and it was because of the great power, the complete opposite of Hawk's power." Lëi nodded. "And, this human possesses Harmonic energy, a rarity amongst mortals. Chaotic energy is more common. What if, somehow, Hawk had blessed him?"

Lëi stood still. "It is possible." He said at last. "But we do not know how."

Eagle laughed lightly. "And he is known for having odd ways of working. Maybe they are right, father. Maybe, somehow, we can retrieve Hawk. Him summoning Lin Chung could be a hint to helping us."

Lëi sighed, looking out of the window, where the sun was shining brightly. "Then we must get him. He must be in Aiden's domain. It is one of the only ones still intact. Eagle, go with a group of five. Find him, and bring him back here."