"Talk"
'Thought'
"Do you see SCP-076-2?"
Multiple black helicopters, with a white symbol on the side, could be seen soaring across the sky, above the large landscape of forest, trees and green
"No, but we do know that his last known location is here, around this area."
Inside the helicopters, multiple MTF Soldiers, also known as the Mobile Task Force, were either looking out the vehicle with pairs of binoculars to search down below, or checking out their advanced techno equipment that scans the lands, hoping to find something, anything
"Good thing 076-2 is at a place where no one could get hurt, I would've felt pity for those that crossed his path…"
Meanwhile, down below at the forest, more specifically at a place with a more open area, and said area had a homemade log cabin, along with other belongings and items that shows signs of someone living here, there were two certain individuals standing side to side with one another, and appears to be doing something together, something that involves one of the two pulling on a bow and then quickly shooting a arrow at a marked tree, hitting a perfect bullseye
"Father! I did it!~"
The one wielding the bow and arrow was a young boy, probably around 7 or 8 years in age, has a fur vest, brown light fuzz mohawk, and some scar like marking on his cheeks, this child was Atreus, and was very happy to have gotten a perfect shot
"Boy, do not get excited with each shot you make, never forget that missing is just as hard to avoid as it is hitting your target, calm yourself and stay focused."
The one that stood tall and seemed to be teaching the child was none other than Kratos himself, the Father of the boy, and was stern when it comes to making his Son learn from him
"Yes Sir."
Even though Atreus would listen to and keep his Father's advice close to his heart, he couldn't help but still feel proud of himself for making the shot
"Good, now load up your bow again, we will continue to train for 15 more minutes before dinner."
The Boy nods and listens to Kratos, quickly he loads up another arrow and pulls on the string, he takes a deep breath and was about to release it, but before he could stop, he was suddenly stopped by his Father, who placed a hand on his shoulder
"Get behind me."
Kratos spoke with a cold serious tone, which made his Son confused, but quickly understood when the tree they were shooting was effortlessly cut down, which startled the child while the Father pulled out his Leviathan Axe, ready to fight and defend, when the tree fell to the side, it revealed a adult male, who is physically perfect, body covered in old ancient tattoos, wore a brown piece of cloth around his waist, and was holding a large, sharp and deadly obsidian sword, his presence alone screams 'DANGER!'
"What business do you have with us?"
Kratos, while clearly ready to kill when need be, it was not his first option, clearly he prefers to avoid fighting or needless death if possible
"V zaklyucheniye! Dostoynyy sopernik! Voin! YA izvesten kak Eybl, BOYSYA SO MNOY!"
The Stranger spoke in a very unfamiliar, and seemingly ancient language that the White Warrior did not understand at all, though, as for his Son
"He said that his name is Able and he recognizes you as a strong Warrior."
Atreus was not only able to understand completely what was being said, but was also even able to translate the unknown language to his Father, much to surprise, even the Stranger, now known as Able, couldn't help but be shocked lightly by this
"Vy v sostoyanii ponyat' moy yazyk?"
Able, now looking a bit calmer and lowered his sword, now seems to specifically look and talk to the Boy, the tone of his voice suggests that he was asking him a question
"I've been reading my Mother's book, a lot of them come in different languages, I can show them to you if you like?"
Despite the situation, Atreus tried to be friendly and even offered to show the Unknown Warrior the book that helped him understand him, though his Father only responded by gently pushing him behind his back, shaking his head lightly to that idea, the Stranger lets out a small hum, before turning his attention away from the child and back at the Old Spartan
"I shall spare your child, no matter the outcome."
Able spoke in a language that the White Warrior could understand, and what he was able to understand made him glare and clench his Leviathan Axe tightly, then the Ancient Fighter stabbed his sword on the ground and beat his chest with his now free arm
"WARRIOR! I ISSUE THIS CHALLENGE TO YOU! FACE ME WITH HONOR OR WALK AWAY AS A COWARD!"
Able was now issuing some kind of 'Warrior Challenge', and while said method of challenging someone was different, the Retired Fighter understood what this meant and frown from it
"... I accept, but may I have a word with my Son?"
The Stranger nods at Kratos request, who just sighs and kneels down before his Boy, who was a bit surprised by his Father's decision
"I may have trained you to defend yourself, but not as a Warrior, so there is no shame or dishonor if you decided to refuse any kind of challenge from anyone."
Kratos gave his Son advice when it came to fighting, and how he is not obligated to battle anyone, no matter what, to which he nods in understanding, though he couldn't help but thought of something
"Is that why you accepted his challenge? Because of your 'Honor'?"
Atreus was a bit more curious on what his Father was and what he used to be back then, who could only hum slightly and stood back up
"I will tell you that part of myself when you're older…"
Kratos sighs, walking and then standing a few feet from the Unknown Warrior, tightly gripping the Leviathan Axe, which gave a soft white blue glow, the Boy quickly walked away and stood at a more safer distance, clearly eager to see what happens and was obviously rooting for his Father to win
"You may begin when ready, Stranger."
That was all Kratos had to say before the Ancient Fighter lets out a loud war cry and started charging forward with extreme speeds and battle craving eagerness, all the while reaching into some kind of pocket dimension and pulling out his own Battle Axe, once he had a weapon in hand, he wasted no time swinging it at the White Warrior, who quickly blocks it with his own Leviathan Axe, the first attack was all that was needed to officially start the fight, the two basically had some kind of sword fight with their Axes, swinging and blocking each other with the blade part of the weapon, though while they had enough speed and strength to make strong winds to almost push the spectating child down, the way they fight was completely different, the Retired Fighter, each time he swings and blocked with his Leviathan Axe, he did so carefully, strategically, and with strict perfection, right now, he was learning about his enemy during their scuffle, though as for the Stranger, he was full on bloodlusted, but not in a angry uncontrollable way, while he did not fight with any form of strategy in mind, he was not just a mindless brute, he is a true warrior, and a efficient killer, he strikes with amazing strength, aiming at the moment the opportunity present itself, and always blocking at the last second, he was very relentless and bloodthirsty
"Come On! I Know You Can Do Better Than This! Give Me More! Show Me More!"
Able clearly was craving and wanting more from this fight, to which Kratos only responded with a grunt and decided to respect his wishes, when they clashes with their Axes again, the White Warrior wasted no time using his free to then suddenly punch the Unknown Warrior, with enough strength to break his nose and send him sliding back on the ground, though he was able to use his own strength to did his feet into the ground to stop himself, he used his own free hand to touch the blood from his destroyed nose, he looks at it and started to chuckle excitedly
"Heh, that's more like it~..."
Able smiles wildly and then lets out another battle cry, swinging his Battle Axe, which was once again blocked by Kratos, though this time he also slammed his knee into the Retired Fighter stomach, which made him wince in and stumble back, to which the Ancient Fighter took this chance to slash at his chest with the axe, making blood spray on his face
"FATHER!"
Atreus instantly got worried and was about to get up, but stopped when his Father gestures at him to stay there and not get involved
"Do not move Boy!"
That was Kratos only warning, before quickly dodging another axe swing by Able, before punching his stomach with enough strength to make him cough up blood, though that didn't stop the Stranger from kicking the Old Spartan in the face, both momentarily stumble backwards, but quickly dashed back at each other, the way they now fought each other has completely changed, the two still swings and blocked each other's axes, but now each time they attack with their weapons, they then attempted to hit each other's with either some punches or kicks, both were equally smart fighters, knowing when and where to strike, though the Unknown Warrior choose quantity when hitting the White Warrior, quickly hitting and overwhelming all of the vital areas whenever he gets the chance, it was effective, enough so that it allowed him to even land in a few hits with his Battle Axe whenever his opponent made a mistake due to the many attacks at once, though despite this, the Retired Fighter did not take the same approach, him choosing quality over quantity, he patiently waited, took and block most of the blows given, and just search for any perfect moments or opportunity that was given to him, and after a few rounds of punches, he found it, firstly he grabbed both of Ancient Fighter wrists, crushing them with enough force to make him drop his Battle Axe, then he pulled him hard and fast towards himself, which allowed him to deliver a strong headbutt, nearly shattering his enemy skull completely, once the Stranger was now extreme disorganted and stunned, the Old Spartan quickly wasted no time used a full power punch to hit him straight in the chest, basically destroying his entire rib cage and sent him flying back into a nearby boulder, which broke both his spine and the rock due to the force, after all that, Kratos decided to end it by throwing his Leviathan Axe towards Able, though despite having a nearly broken body, he still had enough strength to move anyway the thrown axe, only letting it take his side of his face, ear and some hair, and not his life
"T-This… This is… O-One of… The best fight… I've had in… I-In a while…"
Even though Able was completely bloody and messed up, he still continue to move forward, the desire to fight on never left him, all the while attempting to reach into his personal pocket dimension and tries to grab another weapon, the White Warrior could only hum in response before reaching out a hand, which made the Leviathan Axe glow lightly and quickly started fly towards the hand, though since the Unknown Warrior was in front of the weapon and didn't realize it had this kind of ability, not only did caught him by surprise when it stabbed into his back, basically cut his heart into two, but also forced him to fly towards and into the hands of the Retired Fighter
"E-Even if… Y-You were holding… Back…"
Able gave one last happy and very satisfied smile, before finally dying, which made his victorious opponent sigh from what he said
"Every Warrior deserves to enjoy his own battles…"
Was all Kratos had to say, even if he did not like nor regret killing Able, he would never disrespect another true warrior, soon the corpse slowly started to turn into dust, which made him drop the body, which suddenly became a pile after hitting the ground, he then turns away and walk back to his Son, summoning his weapon along the way
"Wow Father! You were amazing!"
Atreus wasted no time rushing towards his Father after the fight was over, hugging and smiling at him, both from winning and being safe
"... Thank you…"
Kratos didn't know how to react to his Boy affection and praise, if he didn't have his beard, his Son might've noticed some new 'Colors' on his face, though before the Father could be awkward or the child could describe how cool he and the fight was, a very loud sound interrupted them, and then all of a sudden, a bunch of Helicopter and heavily armored vehicles surrounded the two, as bunch of MTF Soldiers came or drop out of their vehicle, as they all begin to block the escape options and had their guns pointed at them, Atreus was extremely confused and slightly worried on what was going on, while Kratos made sure his Boy was behind him and had his Leviathan Axe ready to do more battles, one of the Soldiers held up a radio near his mouth
"SCP-076-2 was eliminated… Though we have found a new type of anomaly…"
Takes place 3 years before they meet Baldur, not entirely sure how I'll mix these two story when it comes to that, but I'm very up to suggestions and ideas when it comes to that~
(BTW, Baldur, who is basically cursed to be immune to nearly everything, vs SCP 682, who can adapt to anything, what type of immortality is better?~}