"Hey you." Zeus turned to see the small dragon looking at him. "You dare to speak to me in such a tone, creature?" Spyro started circling him. "Yeah. I want to know something. Are you the one responsible for this?" He gestured towards Blasto's and Fat Princess's bodies. "It was their own fault. They interfered in my battle and paid the price with their lives. This is why mortals should never interfere in the business of the - OOF!" Zeus was taken off-balance by a sudden headbutt from Spyro, who followed up with a relentless assault of charges and fireballs. It wasn't doing much damage, though. Zeus was just getting incredibly annoyed. It would take stronger power to take him down, and Spyro was putting all he had into not getting caught or hit. Fatigue was starting to get to him, and it was only a matter of minutes until Zeus got a proper hit on Spyro. Luckily, Spyro used his wing shield, but still took enough force to stun him for a few seconds. As Zeus approached his foe, a soft meowing reminded him of his other opponent. "I shall deal with you after I finish off this thing." Zeus stood above Spyro, raised his arm to deliver the final blow...
...Only to be hit by large pieces of coal, somehow big and hot enough to burn him. He leaped from the flames, to see Sackboy as the one throwing the coal. Enraged that such a "puny" thing was hurting him, he prepared his counterattack, failing to see the incoming rocks courtesy of Kat. The two-pronged attack was starting to be too much for Zeus, and it did nothing to quell his rage. "This is inconceivable! Mortals cannot defy - " His sentence was left unfinished as a huge amount of coal and rocks piled on him, silencing him for the rest of the battle. Spyro, recovered from his daze, was grateful. "Thanks guys, but we've got injured here. We've got to get him away from the fight and regroup!" As they ran, little did they know that the worst was yet to come.
Kutaro still had a ways to go to get to Knack. He was getting constantly attacked by the hazards and had to defeat them to go on. He was reliving his adventures by fighting the Weavers when he heard a loud yell. It belonged to Knack, who had just finished of the Scissorman, after being disgusted by how much glee he was having at all the carnage. The act was witnessed by Emmett, who came to his own conclusion. "He has obviously lost control. The only thing to do now is to take him down." Preparing his guns, Emmett went in for the kill.
Kratos and Dante were weaving a path of destruction with their battle. Dante's speed and Kratos's relentlessness was bringing their fight all over the arena, cutting down whoever was in their path. Calypso and Gex already fell to their indirect onslaught, and it was when they inadvertently cut down Quark when a certain someone felt like enough was enough. "OK, out of the way, Punk Boy!" Dante had to quickly roll to avoid getting blasted by a shotgun. "This fight is supposed to be between me and Cupcake. You got a problem with that, I'll just kill you." Dante gave off a smug smirk. "Fine by me. There are plenty of other guys to take down." As Dante ran, Sweet Tooth turned. "Finally, I can now make you pay for that ice cream cone." Kratos just snarled as they charged.
"What do we do?" Kat was worried about what might happen, and Spyro and Sackboy were trying to comfort her. "It's ok, we'll think of something. No way are we letting the bad guys win." Kat gave a soft smile as she turned to check on Toro, who was taking a catnap to replenish his energy. But out of the corner of her eye she saw a fast approaching figure, one she knew wasn't friendly. "Incom - " Her warning came incomplete as a big sword came flying at them. As a reflex she floated out of the way, but she wasn't the target. The sword flew by and sliced Sackboy in two. Kat barely had enough time to look in horror as two gunshots took her attention. She turned to the horrible sight of Spyro and Toro killed by headshots, with their killer marching straight towards her. Out of fear and sorrow of what just happened, she fled with all her might. Dante picked up his sword, promising to get her next time. "Without that big guy taking up my time, all these guys fall like flies. Taking them down along with the Gamer will be all too easy. And then whatever he's got will be mine. Let's go beat some demons."