And here we have chapter seven. Why is the DLC chapter called "Brother of the Slain God" you might ask? Well read along to find out. You already know the disclaimer, so enjoy!
Chapter 7: The Seafloor Palace + DLC: Brother of the Slain God
Music playing: The Seafloor Palace
Pit rushed to the door with the Orb Staff equipped. "Duty calls!" he said. "And Pit answers!" He leaped through, flew into the sky, and began to take down more Underworld monsters. "We need to refocus our efforts on Medusa, so today's target is Tanatos, God of Death," Palutena explained. And we'll deal with Devil Pit later, she added in thought. "Tanatos?!" Pit exclaimed. "You mean THE Tanatos?! Wait... Who's Tanatos again?" Palutena began to explain about him by saying, "Back in the '80s, Tanatos took the form of a snake on Medusa's head. He's quite the chameleon, you see, and that was his 'look' back then." "Great fashion sense," said Pit. "But as God of Death, he must be a big deal in the Underworld Army." "He possesses a key to the Underworld, and he's leading Medusa's invasion of the sea," Palutena continued. "So I'll be fighting his forces in the sea?" Pit questioned. "How am I supposed to do that?" "Just use your gills," Palutena answered. "Tell me, Pit, how are you with branchial respiration?" "Oh, no worries," Pit replied. "I minored in branchial respiration." And then he just realized he he just heard. "WAIT, YOU'RE CRAZY!" he yelled. "OK, just hold your breath then," said Palutena. "For about two hours." "I SAID YOU'RE CRAZY!" Pit repeated in shock. He then continued to take down more Underworld enemies along the way, then he smelled something fresh. "Ahhh, I can smell the ocean," he said. "We're heading to Tanatos' base, the Seafloor Palace," explained Palutena. "You were kidding about holding my breath, right?" Pit asked, worried. "Watch and learn, pupil," said Palutena. "Witness the true power of the Goddess of Light! Ready, set... Dum da da daaah!" And just like that, Palutena split the ocean in half to form a path for Pit to take. "Whoa ho ho ho hoooaaa!" he exclaimed in surprise. "You've outdone yourself, Lady Palutena!" "Next stop: the Seafloor Palace," Palutena said. While in the ocean, Pit continued to take down more Underworld enemies. "This is just one more bullet point on your already-impressive resume!" he complimented. "Heh heh!" giggled Palutena. "What can I say? I'm an overachiever." Just then, they heard an unknown voice. "Ho, now!" he said. "Just one second there, lassie!" "Huh?" Pit wondered. "Oh, heh heh..." Palutena giggled, nervously. "Lord Poseidon!" "Tsk, Tsk, Palutena," Poseidon said, who was not amused of her fun. "Lies don't become a lady." "I'm sorry," Palutena apologized. "But can't a goddess have a little fun?" Pit then decided to question something. "So that sea-parting business was..?" he started. "'Twas obviously my doing, silly boy," Poseidon answered. Turns out that Poseidon was the one that opened the sea, not Palutena. Said goddess decided to confess what he was talking about. "To pull off an attack on the Seafloor Palace, I went to the sea god himself," she explained. "It all makes sense now," said Pit, now realizing the truth. "I wouldn't allow anyone else to part my ocean!" said Poseidon, seriously. "In fact, I've half a mind to put it back together!" This shocked Pit and told Poseidon, "No! Please don't do that!" Pit then continued onwards and took down more Underworld enemies that were standing in his way. "We're going deeper now," Palutena pointed out as Pit dove deeper into the sea. "Despite your mischievous ways, you should know you have my full support," said Poseidon. "Much obliged, Lord Poseidon," appreciated Palutena. "It was bad enough when the dark forces were contained in the Underworld," Poseidon continued. "But extending their reach to the sea and land is completely unacceptable. As the Goddess of Light, it falls on you to destroy them. I have faith that you will." "You have my word," replied Palutena. "Uh, and mine too!" Pit added. Just then, he came across a city that looked destroyed. "I guess this used to be a city?" he wondered. "Yes, but I sunk it long ago," Poseidon answered. "Sunk it?" Palutena asked. "That's a bit...extreme." "Humans consist of equal parts hubris, envy, and deceit," Poseidon continued. "Sometimes one has to put them in their place." Along the way after exiting the sunken city, Pit noticed some coral. "This coral is sooo beautiful!" he said, amazed. "True, but don't forget the old saying that every coral has its thorn," Palutena warned. "I'm pretty sure you're thinking of roses," Pit corrected. "And I'M pretty sure I'm thinking of coral," Palutena replied. After destroying the coral, Pit collected four more Recovery Orbs and proceeded to take out more Underworld enemies. Then he was getting closer to his destination. "We've arrived at the ocean floor," Palutena pointed out. "Only a little longer until we reach the palace! From there, we'll defeat Tanatos and take his key to the Underworld." Pit managed to take down a lot more enemies and then he spotted the palace. "Look!" said Palutena. "So that's the Seafloor Palace," said Pit. "I thought it'd be covered in barnacles and kelp, but it's actually very nice." "I'll be closing up the sea now," Poseidon mentioned. "It should wipe out any Underworld stragglers." But both Pit and Palutena don't want him to do that, yet. "Just give us one more moment," replied the Goddess of Light. "Please!" begged the angel. "I'm not wearing a life vest!" He then flew into the Seafloor Palace as fast as he could, unaware that Devil Pit was behind him. "So it appears that he's about to face another one of my captors," he said. "I wonder if I can be able to see both him and the God of Seas himself. Well, here goes nothing." He, too, entered the palace on the quiet without anyone noticing.
Music stops and switches to: At the Seafloor Palace
Both the angel and the Devil entered the palace on either sides just in time before the sea closed. "The sea is closed now," Palutena pointed out. "My work here is finished," said Poseidon. "Good luck, you two!" "Thanks for your help!" Pit replied and then he decided to eat the food that appeared. Then, he heard another voice. "Oh, goody—guests!" he giggled. "Protecting an impregnable fortress can get awfully lonely." "Is that you, Tanatos?" Palutena wondered. "Actually, I go by Thanatos now," the God of Death responded. "The extra H is for hamazing." Pit is utterly confused if the God of Death really is him. "...Have we met before?" he asked. "I'm wounded, truly I am." replied Thanatos. "I know it's been awhile, but surely you haven't forgotten your old foe?" "Sorry..." Pit apologized. "There are just so many foes and only one of me." "You know we've crushed Medusa's other commanders, Thanatos," said Palutena. "Just give us the key to the Underworld, and we won't be forced to harm you." But Thanatos wasn't going to make it easy for them. "Hoo hoo hoo!" he giggled. "Impatient as always, I see! But since you've come all this way... Wouldn't you like to stay and catch up for a bit? Oh, pretty please?" "So you're not going to give up the key," said Palutena. "No need to get all huffy now," replied Thanatos. "I'll have you know that I much prefer honey to vinegar. And I prefer witty repartee to any condiment!" (A/N: In case you haven't noticed, Thanatos is trying to change the topic.) "This is getting nowhere," said Pit. "Our goal here is to track down Medusa, right?" "Yes," answered Palutena. "Thanatos is basically Medusa's right-hand man. That's why he has the only key to the Underworld." "I have no such thing!" Thanatos lied. "None whatsoever! Honestly. HONESTLY." "How did THIS guy get to be Medusa's second in command?" Pit asked, clearly ignoring Thanatos. "Beats me," answered Palutena. "Seniority?" "Helloooo?" Thanatos called. "It's rude to exclude!" "OK, if Thanatos won't give up the key, we'll have to take it from him." said Pit, still ignoring Thanatos. "The longer we wait, the more we have to lose," replied Palutena. "We need to strike soon. We only have a little way to go, so buckle down." "I'm buckled and ready!" said Pit, determined. "Yoo hoo!" Thanatos called out one more time. "Can you hear me? I'd like to be a part of this conversation please!" "Shut it already!" shouted Pit. "Me?" Thanatos countered. "But you've been talking this whole fanfic story!" Devil Pit was on the other side listening to their conversation and was disgusted by facepalming. "Ugh..." he groaned. "Why do these idiots have to break the fourth wall like that. I hate it with a fucking burning passion." Back to Pit, he unlocked and entered a Level 9 Intensity Gate where he was in a room with shallow water. "It seems like there's an electric current running through the water here," Palutena explained. "Oh, my," said Thanatos. "An excess of frizowatts must have overloaded the dooziestat." "Riiiight," Pit said, unconcerned. "Hurry over the water when the current stops, Pit," Palutena instructed. Pit managed to do so, defeated more enemies, and collected more loot and food. He then continued onwards to took down more enemies. Then he noticed three more Grind Rails. "The Grind Rails run parallel with each other, so you can switch between them," explained Palutena. "Stay focused on what's coming up!" He managed to switch out different Grind Rails in order not to fall down and took out a lot more Underworld enemies along the way. He then took a lift and was confused about something. "Weren't we here already?" he asked. "Yes, but there's good news!" answered Palutena. "A new path has appeared. Follow it to move forward." Pit took out more enemies and entered the next room. Unfortunately, the room appeared to have an icy floor and it was slippery. "Whoa!" he gasped. "It's slippery!" "Hoo hoo!" giggled Thanatos. "Isn't skating just delightful?" "I wish MY domain had a skating rink," said Palutena. "Yeah, it's really...great," stuttered Pit. After taking down more enemies, Pit entered an elevator to go up. "An elevator!" he said. "Well, that's convenient." "Going up," said Palutena. She then decided to be like an actual elevator annunciator. "Now approaching...the second floor," she said. Pit wasn't all that amused. "This play-by-play really isn't necessary," he said. Then it was Thanatos' turn to be one. "Now approaching...the third floor," he said. The angel and goddess became silent after hearing that. "Are you two ignoring me?" asked Thanatos. Devil Pit, meanwhile, is still on Pit's trail from the other side who also appeared to hear their conversation. "Ugh..." he groaned. "Thanatos is such a clown. I don't even remember him acting like that ever since he and Pandora captured me." Back to Pit, who came out of the elevator and ate more food. He proceeded onwards and took out more Underworld enemies. He then fell into a ditch where an enemy was waiting for him. "Watch out for that Pluton," warned Palutena. "If it steals items from you, defeat it and take them back." Luckily, Pit managed to take it down before it could steal anything from him and ate more food that was in the ditch. He then used a Jump Pad to bounce him back up. Then he saw more Treasure Chests, but they were actually traps. One of them was a Mimicutie. It revealed its disguise and tried to take down its foe with its big kicks. Luckily, Pit managed to take it down before it can become a sever problem. He then ran towards another chest, but it was instead a trap door. "Gah!" he yelled. "Just your run-of-the-mill trap door," said Palutena. "Shake it off and keep moving." Pit then continued to take down more enemies and proceeded onwards. Just then, he entered a room with an enemy that has an ability like a vacuum. "See that mollusk-like enemy?" asked Palutena. "It's called a Vakloom." "So what's its deal?" replied Pit. "It absorbs the energy of ranged shots and then fires it back at you as a laser,: Palutena explained. "Until it fires at you, though, it remains protected by an armored shell." "Well if it's hungry for shots, the only thing to do is shoot it," said Pit. "I'll get it out of that shell any way I have to!" After he defeated that and other enemies, he hopped onto a moving platform. "What's this?" he asked. "Looks like a moving platform," explained Palutena. "Stay on it." Then Thanatos decided to tell the angel and goddess something. "Let me jazz things up for you a smidge," he said. "We do have to keep things interesting! Hoo hoo hoo!" Pit still made sure to stay on the platform while avoiding and taking down more enemies. "Keep on trooping, little trooper!" said Thanatos. "I'm curious about something, Thanatos," wondered Palutena. "Yes?" asked Thanatos. "You are the God of Death, are you not?" Palutena started. "And if the Underworld is the land of the dead, why don't you outrank Medusa?" "I'm not really interested in climbing the corporate ladder," answered Thanatos, though he was avoiding the question. "You wouldn't believe the amount of overtime you have to put in. Plus, that sort of strict hierarchy isn't the Underworld style." "You're avoiding my question," replied Palutena, unconcerned. "What was that?" asked Thanatos. "You seem to be cutting out! La la laaaaa la! I can't heeeear you!" "It's hard to get a good read on him..." said Pit. "I can't tell if he's weird or just dim." "A-wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-wa." Thanatos babbled. (A/N: Not gonna lie, but Thanatos is such a silly enemy when it comes from him.) Devil Pit, meanwhile, heard the conversation and facepalmed at Thanatos' silliness. "Why can't these idiotic morons take their enemies seriously?" he groaned. "It's like they're doing it on purpose. Not me. I'M not one of those idiots." Back to Pit, who continued onward and was also closer to Thanatos. "Thanatos should be in the next room over," Palutena pointed out. "Oh, goody!" said Pit, doing a "Thanatos impression." "Then do let us get to the fisticuffing." After taking down all of the enemies, Pit drank another Drink of the Gods and entered the boss room to find Thanatos waiting for him.
Music stops and switches to: Boss Fight 1
Thanatos slowly started to stand up. "Oooah!" he groaned. "I must have dozed off there." And then he stretched to get him worked up. "Hooah." he continued. "Waiting around is such exhausting work!" "Heroes always arrive late on the scene!" Pit replied and did a battle stance to begin the battle. "Thanatos is a skilled chameleon," Palutena explained. "Don't be surprised if he changes into a spider or scorpion or cockroach or tick... Or a moth or lizard or leech or tapeworm or centipede or bat or snake or...cat." "But a cat...would be kind of cute, right?" asked Pit. "I'm tempted to reach for my book of snappy comebacks, but..." Thanatos started. Maybe I should just show you? And a one, and a two... And a ONE, TWO, THREEE!" He then began transforming into one of his forms. (A/N: Okay. To keep this fight really interesting, I'm putting in ALL of Thanatos' forms. Here we go.) He started by transforming into an urn. "I'm just going to catch a few z's here," he said. "By the way, your attacks are useless." "There must be some way to hurt him," said Palutena. "Why don't you try hitting those skulls back at him?" Pit did so and managed to take Thanatos out of the urn. The urn shattered to pieces after so many hits. Then Thanatos transformed into a bat. "Keee keee!" he screeched. "That's not even what a bat sounds like!" Pit yelled. "Woop woop woop woop woop!" Thanatos yelled out. "And neither is that!" shouted Pit, annoyed. "This is getting really annoying really fast!" Pit wasted no time and proceeded to take down Thanatos. By the time Thanatos lost against him in that form, he then transformed into a sword. "Slicety slice!" he sang. "Dicety dice! Stabbity stab stab stab stab!" "No need to sound so gleeful!" replied Pit, unamused. "Maybe you can get the sword to hit the spears when they're in the ground," explained Palutena. Pit did so and managed to deal damage on Thanatos. Since Thanatos took too much damage in that form, he decided to transform into a nestling doll. "What's this?!" Pit asked in shock. "It looks like he turned into a doll," said Palutena. Then the doll opened up to reveal a smaller doll of him. "There's something inside of the doll!" Pit exclaimed. "Wait..." wondered Palutena. "Inside Thanatos...is a mini Thanatos? I wonder if they sell these in the gift shop." Soon enough, all of the dolls opened up to reveal a smaller on each time until Thanatos came out of the last one. "Ah ha!" Pit shouted. "There he is!" He then proceeded to take him down, until Thanatos decided to transform into a giant foot. "A foot?" Pit exclaimed. "Really, how much harm could—" Palutena began. "Ever heard of athlete's foot?!" Thanatos interrupted. Thanatos tried to stomp on Pit with the foot transformation, but Pit wasted no time and managed to take Thanatos down. Thanatos returned back to normal and Pit took him out with endless shots and melee attacks. "Crushing victory!" he yelled in triumphant. "Crushing defeat!" Thanatos sighed in defeat. He then spun in place and disappeared. "Fareweeeeell!" he cried. After his defeat, he dropped some kind of gem. "Pick up that gem, Pit," said Palutena. "This is our key to the Underworld." Pit picked it up and began to observe it. "And I just have...to hold it?" he asked. "More or less," answered Palutena. "But first, we have to get you geared up for the final battle." She then opened up a light pillar and whisked Pit back.
Music stops and switches to: (M)TMB ARC Extended Music: Athenaeum Riba's Theme (A.K.A. Devil Pit's Theme)
Devil Pit arrived at the boss room and was surprised to see that neither one of his enemies were here. "Huh," he began. "It appears that the angel managed to take down that clown of a god, Thanatos. Good riddance I say. Considering that he deserved it for what he did to me. But that's not why I'm here. I'm here to see somebody else." Devil Pit then approached the stairs on the throne that appeared to have a hidden door and used his powers to forcefully open it and entered inside. Inside the room, he noticed that everything is dark. "There's no use hiding from me," he called out. "I know you're in here." When he received no response, he threatened, "If you don't come out, Poseidon, I will slice you to pieces and then you'll see your brother again!" "FINE!" boomed a voice and it came from Poseidon who just came out of the darkness. "There you are," Devil Pit said. "I was wondering where you were after you opened the sea." "How did you even get here?!" Poseidon shouted. "I thought I closed the sea so that no other intruders would get in." "I managed to enter the palace from the other side by bashing down the brick wall," Devil Pit explained. "Never underestimate the Devil who became stronger throughout the years." "You are nothing more than a monster!" Poseidon boomed. "You killed my brother a long time ago! Do you have any idea what you've done?!" "Why can't you just get over it already?!" Devil Pit fought back. "It's like you don't WANT to let the past go." "That's because I CAN'T!" Poseidon yelled. "I ought to kill you for what you did to me!" "As much as I would like to fight you, Poseidon, I'm afraid I have too much work to do," said Devil Pit. "But don't worry, I'm only leaving with a warning. If you do manage to encounter Pit and Palutena again, give them a warning that I'm still coming after them. In the meantime, I got to call my minions to slow them down. Until then, I bid you adieu." As soon as he said that, he teleported away from the palace from a fiery aura. "I can't believe he was responsible for killing my brother, Zeus," Poseidon sighed. "I better warn the other gods about this." He then left his hiding spot to warn other gods about the situation.
Music stops
Wow. Another chapter done. Now, if you don't know who Zeus is from Kid Icarus, he was a friendly god from the original game. I will say that his form from that game were his last remains. You'll see how he became that way very soon. But until then, stay tuned for chapter eight, review, and have a great day.