Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters (except the OC's) Percy Jackson & The Olympians, Heroes Of Olympus, or Trials Of Apollo. All of that belongs to Rick Riordan.

This chapter is written by thesuperone342. The penultimate chapter of the second crossover. Hope you enjoy!

(Zane POV)

Well, this was fucking crazy.

But to be honest, it really shouldn't have shocked me. Let's give everyone a small recap on everything, shall we?

First, Luke showed up to Matt's universe with Iapetus, fucked shit up and forced me to save everyone. Then me and Matt hunted him down, killed Iapetus, and failed to stop Luke from making a Heavenly Diamond scythe called Aposynthesi. Luke opened a portal to the multiverse, and tried to escape, forcing us to chase after his psycho ass.

From there, we battled Luke in the in-between dimension of the multiverse, shattered several realities, which unfortunately got innumerable amounts of people killed. We then followed Luke to a reality where everyone I knew was a mortal, including an alternate version of myself. Luke then destroyed Earth in that reality, leveled significant parts of the galaxy, and got into a tussle with me and Matt again.

Which then led to Luke escaping yet again from our grip, which meant we had to search the multiverse for his candy ass. The first universe we checked ended up bringing us face to face with Insano, the fucking zombie version of Matt from another reality, who turned out to be really goddamn powerful. We fought Insano for a bit, which led to me killing him and us leaving immediately after.

We then ended up in a universe that was basically Ancient Greece, where another one of Matt's counterparts was some kind of god-king and was an absolute insufferable evil prick. Me and Matt beat the fuck out of him, and then Matt killed him with Thymos, killing him permanently and confining him to Tartarus.

That scene had actually concerned me a little bit about Matt's mental state. I had been pretty much vibing throughout that entire encounter until the end there, and Matt had been pretty much going through an identity crisis. Seeing himself be an absolute fuckhead in another universe had to mess with him, and I was more than a little worried about the son of Hercules.

Anyway, back to the situation at hand. Me and Matt, continuing our search for Luke, ended up in some kind of reality similar to my original one, one with a Camp Half-Blood. For some reason, the reality gateway had just…called to me. I'm not even sure why, but I knew I had to go through. And now, because of that, we ended up in this situation.

"I-I'm Z-Zane Williams, S-Son of Z-Zeus." The words, for some reason, hit me like a truck. They really shouldn't have, but they did. I've see a mortal version of myself already, along with two versions of Matt. The idea of even more alternate selves of myself out there really shouldn't surprise me at all. But in this situation, it did.

Looking at my alternate self, it was actually easy to see why. Just like Mortal Zane, this version of myself had looked considerably different than me. He was only about five foot seven, and maybe about a hundred and forty pounds. He had no real muscle definition, hell, he almost looked thin. His face was androgynous, just like Mortal Zane's was.

This Zane had no facial hair, unlike the full beard I currently had. He looked more cute than hot or handsome, almost feminine. Hell, he even had painted dark blue nails, just like how mine used to be when I was thirteen. He actually looked at lot like I would if my growth spurt had never happened, and if I never gained a large amount of muscle mass.

His outfit was nothing really to write home about. Just a simple Camp Half Blood orange T-Shirt, along with a dark blue jacket, complete with…black leggings? Okay, this version of me was actually more feminine than I thought. He actually kind of looked like my type.

I immediately shook that thought out of my mind with no mercy, instantly crushing it. I didn't know what to even say to the alternate version of myself. I just found myself standing there, staring at the boy. He seemed to kind of get nervous at my stare. Hm, seems he's pretty meek then.

I turned to Matt, unsure of how to continue. "Uh, Matt? What do I say here?" I was able to talk to my mortal self because the situation was dangerous, but this was entirely different. With my aura sensing, I could tell my alternate self was a demigod, not a particularly powerful one however. It was easier talking to my mortal self for some reason I couldn't explain.

Matt looked at me, confused. "You're asking me? This is something you gotta deal with, since…you know." Thanks for being so helpful, Matt. You're seriously too kind.

I rolled my eyes at Matt's deflection. "Yeah, but Matt, you're the one who has more experience meeting other versions of yourself. I've only met one, and that was the Mortal me. You've met the mortal version of yourself, Insano, and that divine dickhead you just killed."

Meek Zane, which is what I am going to call him because of his nervous attitude and lack of confidence, interrupted us. "I-I'm sorry, sirs, but w-what are you t-talking about? O-Other selves? I-Insano?" He blushed a little bit, as if embarrassed of what he was about to say. "D-Divine dickhead?"

I looked at Meek Zane, unsure of what to say to him. He was so…cute. Especially with the blush. He almost reminded me of…Taylor when I first met him at the bonfire so many years ago. Finally, I sighed and rubbed my face a bit. "Okay, Zane. You might want to strap yourself in. I'm going to tell you a bit of a tale."

"So basically, I'm you. My name is also Zane Williams, and I'm the son of Zeus as well. I'm from another universe, and I'm here on a mission more important than you can really comprehend. Someone is basically going on a rampage throughout the multiverse, doing gods know what. Someone strong. Me and my friend here are trying to find him and put an end to it." I motioned to Matt beside me, who nodded.

Meek Zane looked at me with an expression of complete disbelief, as if I just told him Santa Claus fucked the Easter Bunny on Tuesdays. "W-What!? T-That's gotta be i-impossible. T-There's more than o-one universe? N-No way." He looked at me, a bit of a blush on his face. "A-And you can't b-be me. Y-You're so s-strong and heroic l-looking." He looked down, almost in some kind of accepting sadness. "I-I'm a weakling."

Seeing a version of myself act in such a way was both mind-boggling and almost sad. He had no confidence, no belief in himself or his power. I sensed his aura, finding that it was literally the exact same as mine was when I was eleven, when I first unlocked my powers. Hm, seems he never trained a day after he arrived at camp.

I sighed at his disbelief, although not completely surprised by it. "Look, I know what I'm saying can be hard to believe, but look." I kneeled down on one knee and brought out one of my armored hands. A familiar pulling feeling built in my gut, and a burst of lightning formed around my arm and above my hand. "See. Lightning. Not sure if there is any one else besides children of Zeus who can summon this, huh?"

Meek Zane looked at the lightning bolt with a bit of apprehension, before nodding slightly. "I-I guess. B-But what if y-you're just a-another child of Z-Zeus, like…T-Thalia…" Meek Zane trailed off at our half-sister's name, looking even more sad than when he said he was a weakling earlier. I guess she left him in this universe too, huh?

I'll give him that one, but I had one more little nugget of proof up my sleeve. "That's could be true. But I have one question." Meek Zane looked at me with an expression of questioning. "You can sense aura's, right? It should be an ability all of us children of The Big Three inherit." Meek Zane nodded. "Sense my aura then. I won't hide it from you."

Meek Zane slowly nodded, as if having to summon up a large amount of confidence, and closed his eyes, taking a deep breath. I stopped suppressing my aura, allowing my full base strength to be felt. My blue aura slowly materialized around my skin, not too large like my Heavenly Thunder Form or even my regular Thunder Form.

Meek Zane's eyebrows furrowed as he no doubt felt my aura. "Y-You…do feel like me. E-Exactly like m-me. T-There was a d-difference between m-me and…Thalia. B-But we f-feel the exact s-same." His jaw dropped suddenly. "Y-You're…so…p-powerful! Y-You feel l-like…a million of m-me!" His eyes opened and widened as he saw my aura. "W-What is t-that!? A-Are you a g-god?"

I chuckled at his amazement, waving off the question. "No. I'm not a god, Zane. At least not yet. Maybe someday, though." I said the words with an easygoing tone, but truthfully, I was worried about what Matt would think about what I said. After our run in with King Matt, Matt was probably pretty soured on the whole 'becoming a god' thing.

None of Meek Zane's amazement faded from his face. Hell, he almost looked even more surprised and shocked. "H-How did y-you get so strong t-then?" He looked down at the ground, almost sadly. "You m-make me look p-pathetic."

I looked at my meek self with an expression of pity. I sighed, before giving him a small smile. "I just trained. A lot. The two of us have a lot of divine potential, thanks to who our dad is. We can get really strong. Believe me when I say this, this level of power I'm displaying is the tip of the iceberg. I'm far, far stronger than even this."

Matt coughed, getting both of our attention. "Hey, sorry to interrupt you two, but we really need to get back to our mission. That guy who's messing with the multiverse is still out there, and we need to go stop him." Matt pointily didn't reveal the guy was Luke, as I didn't earlier.

I nodded in agreement. "You're right, Matt. Sorry about getting caught up for that long." My aura disappeared and I turned to Meek Zane. "Maybe you can help us, though?"

Meek Zane almost jumped in surprised as I asked the question. "M-Me!? W-What could I even d-do to h-help you? I-I'm useless." Meek Zane said the words like it was something he told himself a thousand times and ingrained in his mind.

Time to break him free of that. "You're not useless, dude. You're the son of fucking Zeus, the strongest god in the entire Greek pantheon. You have the potential to even be stronger than him one day, you know?" Meek Zane didn't look like he believed me for a second. Time to take a leap of faith. "Here, let me show you."

I put a hand on Meek Zane's head, connecting our minds with my telepathy. I shared my memories with him, and looked at his. And what I saw was…saddening.

Our beginnings were the same. The Laestrygonian Crawford killing Jacob, then the Laestrygonians eating my mother, to the fights with the Nemean Lions and The Elder Cyclops. However, rather than seek more power due to my mother's death, Meek Zane just…stagnated. He didn't really recover. The trauma didn't fuel him to chase power like it did for me. He never trained, never really even talked to Luke, didn't even unlock Thunder Form after the use against the earlier monsters. It reminded him of all the trauma.

After that, well, our paths couldn't be more different. Meek Zane became an outcast. A disappointment. Someone who wasted all his talent and squandered his potential. He had virtually no friends, not even Percy. The only person this Zane had was Taylor.

Taylor in this universe was Meek Zane's only friend, and had pretty much taken his place in all the quests he should have gone on. Meek Zane still urged Taylor to because strong and chase his dreams, and Taylor did so. Taylor became powerful, loved and adored by the camp, while Meek Zane was simply nothing but Taylor's shadow.

This Zane's journey was boring and sad. He'd never really even been in a fight after his initial introduction into demigod life and never did anything besides simply exist at camp and be Taylor's friend. There were a lot more differences, like everyone being much weaker, Nico not being found in the Lotus Hotel by me, and Luke not fusing with Kronos here and many others, but the main difference was simply that I was a weakling and a coward.

On my end, I showed Meek Zane everything he could be. I showed him my power, I showed him all my time on my quests, even the bad parts like me killing innocents. I showed him everything after my beginning at camp to this very moment, just show I can prove that he does have the potential to be powerful.

The mind link ended with a snapping sound, bringing both me and Meek Zane back to reality. Meek Zane fell back on his ass to the ground, breathing heavily. He looked up at me wildly, complete shock written all over his expression. "I-I could have d-done all that!? O-Oh my God!" He was completely stunned, as if his entire life had been completely changed in a few seconds.

I nodded, a grin building on my face. "Yeah, man. You really could have." I stood up back to my feet. "And it's not too late to make your own path, even now. It's not too late, and the war over here hasn't started just yet. Taylor can help you."

Matt, a knowing look on his face, looked at me. "You showed him your memories, didn't you? And you saw his?" I nodded, and Matt looked at Meek Zane. "What could have possibly been different for you to be so…meek?"

I sighed and looked at Matt. "It's honestly really sad, but I'll tell you about it later." I looked back to Meek Zane, who was still having a semi-panic attack on the ground. I crouched down beside him. "Hey, man. Breath. You're good." Meek Zane calmed down, and his heavy breathing stopped. "Now, as I said before, maybe you could help us. Have you seen Luke, my Luke, the one you saw in my memories, here in this universe?"

Meek Zane shook his head and stood up. "N-No. I haven't seen h-him. But…" He trailed off, looking down in thought. "B-But I did hear something weird over here. Like s-some kind of weird, r-ripping sound and a b-bright flash of orange l-light. I-I came to check it o-out, and then I ran i-into you two."

My eyes widened and my stomach dropped. "Orange light?" I felt a flare of aura down at the camp below the hill, a familiar twisted one. "Oh shit." An eruption of orange energy burst from the camp below, creating a massive shockwave that heavily damaged the camp buildings and nearly floored me and Matt.

Meek Zane was thrown to the ground from the force of the blast, hitting the dirt with a thud. He shakily stood up, groaning slightly. "W-What the hell w-was that!?" His eyes then widened in realization and fear came up on his face. "The orange e-energy I s-saw in your memories…" Meek Zane trailed off, almost whispering. "I-Is that-?"

Both me and Matt knew it was time to get serious and get serious right now. Both of us erupted into our awakened forms, Thunder Form for me and Red Aura for Matt. I turned to Meek Zane as I drew Thymos and Prometheus' Sword from their sheathes. "Get the absolute fuck out of here right now, Zane. We'll deal with him."

Both me and Matt vanished with a blur, appearing right in the heart of camp. But before we could even process a single thing, we were both immediately overcome by an immense force. Orange energy surrounded us and trapped us in place, rending us completely unable to move. Right in front of us and standing in the heart of camp, was Luke.

A dark smirk was on Luke's pale, cracked face as he stood there with his left hand outstretched and his right clutched around the shaft of Aposynthesi. He stood in the middle of this universe's camp, which was basically all but completely destroyed, a sight that has become too familiar at this point. Several dead demigods lined the damaged ground around Luke, ranging from just having their necks broke to being mangled corpses.

Nearby Luke, familiar figures on the ground could be seen. The Percy of this universe and the Taylor as well. This universe's Percy looked quite a bit like Matt's Percy, same hairstyle and clothing choice, and similar level of strength before the latter's training. Taylor here was much like the Taylor from my world, nearly identical appearance and level of power. Both of them were still alive, although Taylor was on the ground completely defeated, and Percy was also trapped in Luke's energy like me and Matt.

Luke laughed as he saw both me and Matt in his grip. "Ah, Zane and his goody two-shoes friend Matthias. You finally caught up to me here in this reality. I was simply gathering information about this universe for the past few days within this universe, and then I felt a familiar annoying aura appear here in camp. I just had to be here to welcome you here to this universe."

Luke motioned back towards the hill where Meek Zane no doubt still was. "I see you've met you even more pathetic self here. The version of you that was too weak to adapt and grow stronger after your mother's death. Honestly pitiful and really not even worth killing."

I glared at the new Titan of Time, hatred clear on my face. "You won't be killing anyone else, Luke." I was about to draw chaotic power from Thymos and merge it with my Thunder Form, but Luke knew exactly what was coming.

Using his energy, he simply blasted the Heavenly Diamond Morningstar several dozen feet away. Shit. Luke shook his head smirking. "None of that bullshit chaos form of yours this time, Zane." His eyes darted towards Matt, who had subtly been trying to summon the Master Bolt after seeing my failure to ascend. "And none of your bullshit lightning bolt either, son of Hercules."

Luke blasted the watch that contained my father's weapon away as well, stopping Matt's attempt to ascend. Luke paced back and forth, throwing Aposynthesi between both of his hands. "No, you two won't be resisting my will today. Instead, Zane, I'll be showing you just how useless your friends are in the grand scheme of things. Just like I said when we last met."

I struggled against Luke's energy containing me, but without the power of Heavenly Thunder Form, Luke was far too powerful for me to contend with, even just scraps of his energy. Luke raised a hand, which lifted this universe's Percy off the ground, still confined in the energy. "You remember Percy, right Zane? Your best friend. The man who sacrificed himself for you and the man you would return the favor for in a heartbeat, yes?"

A dark grin appeared on Luke face and he closed his hand. The energy surrounding this universe's Percy seeped into his body, causing him to grunt in pain. Suddenly and slowly, the energy started to rip out of his body. Blood started to erupt from every inch of his body as it began to grow more and more mangled by the second.

This Percy's hands and feet slowly erupted into gore, causing him to scream in agony and terror. "AHHHH!" More and more of this Percy's body started to tear apart and explode, causing his screams to become more frantic. "WAIT! PLEASE, STOP! LUKE, PLEASE!" This Percy's arms and legs were torn to ribbons at this point, with them being reduced to splatters of blood and mangled gore on the ground.

Luke didn't stop however, and continued to tear this Percy to pieces. The energy was starting to erupt more from his torso and this Percy's screams reached a new high. "LUKE, PLEASE! STOP!" This Percy's torso was nearly halfway gone, completely torn apart by Luke. "FATHER! HELP M-!" Percy's horrifying screams were finally silenced as his head exploded like a watermelon, spilling his brain matter and head gore all on the ground.

All that was left after this Percy's dead was a pile of gore that used to be the son of Poseidon and deafening silence. Luke then broke into a slight chuckle, which developed into complete maniacal laughter. "HAHAHAHAHAHA! This Percy screamed like a pig! The last few I killed died either in complete silence or defiance. This one actually begged!"

He was laughing. He just murdered someone who was pretty much still a child, and he was laughing. I felt red hot rage boil in my veins, and I saw red. "You fucking monster." I said in an almost deadpan and calm voice, before I growled and struggled against Luke's restraints. "YOU FUCKING MONSTER! I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU!"

Luke simply watched me struggle against his energy with a shit eating grin. I unleashed my aura all round myself, trying with everything I had to break free. Luke's energy buckled from my power, however it suddenly strengthened tenfold. "Whoa. You're pissed. I thought goody two shoes over there would be mad, but not as mad as you are now."

Matt was indeed incredibly angry, as I could tell by the infuriated look on his face, however, he didn't go berserk like I did. I guess his rage was somewhat tapped out after his altercation with his divine dickhead self. Luke turned back to me, that fucking smirk on his face. "You see now, Zane?"

Luke walked over to the pile of gore that was once this universe's Percy Jackson, before spitting on it. I growled at the complete disrespect, but as much as I struggled against Luke's energy, I couldn't move at all. "His existence was pointless. He was part of this big prophecy to save Olympus and defeat me, and blah blah bah. So were the last fifteen Percy's I killed in the previous universe's I've visited."

Luke turned back to me, his face serious. "That is why Zane, you and your friends, in the grand scheme of things, don't matter. You're worthless. I could go to thousands of other realities and find carbon copies of you. Hell, even I didn't matter until I gained this." Luke motioned to Aposynthesi. "With this, I can defy fate. Ouranos told me it was my fate to perish on Olympus at the end of the war. But now, I can change that. I cannot be stopped now. As my control of this weapon grows, so does my power. Eventually, not even Zeus could defeat me."

I didn't care about Luke's insane villain speech, I wanted him dead right now. I was struggling against Luke's energy like a rabid animal, but truthfully, that was nothing but a distraction. I was reaching out with my telekinesis, trying to find Thymos and return it to me so I can break out of Luke's energy. However, his energy was making it difficult to concentrate, not to mention the absolute blinding rage filling my very core.

Luke noticed my struggling and smirked. "I see my explanation hasn't gotten through to you just yet, Zane. How about hammering my point home more by offing one of the ones you love?" Luke looked at this universe's Taylor, and my blood ran cold. My eyes widened, and Luke's smirk deepened. "Now I bet you're thinking that despite being from another reality, Taylor is still Taylor, right? He's still irreplaceable as the one you love?"

Luke turned towards this Taylor and raised a finger, and small ball of orange energy appearing slightly away from the tip of his finger. "Well, tell that to the other dozen Taylor's I've already killed." Luke flickered the energy towards this universe's Taylor, and the small ball of energy went hurdling towards him. The ball was filled with basically no strength, but it was enough to turn this Taylor into a puddle of mush. Something I could do nothing to stop.

But suddenly, something that would be a blur to normal demigods appeared right in front of the ball, taking the impact before it could eradicate this Taylor. The figure grunted in pain and skidding back several feet, but righted itself before it could fall down. They quickly ran in front of Taylor, standing over their downed form.

It was Meek Zane, looking decidedly not so meek. His face was completely ferociously, and his eyes were bright blue. Lightning danced around his body and off of him, and despite the injury the energy ball had actually inflicted on him, he was standing in a fighting stance. "Y-You…won't do anything to him."

This universe's Taylor looked up at Meek Zane standing over him, the completely desolate expression that had been on his face now gone after Meek Zane's appearance. "Z-Zane? You…saved me?" Shock and awe was laced in this Taylor tone, as if they couldn't believe it.

Meek Zane smiled down at Taylor. "Yeah. I did." Meek Zane looked at Luke with the same determined expression that had been on his face. "I don't care if you're apparently the new Titan of Time or something. I don't care if you're trillions and trillions of times stronger than me. I don't care about how weak I am. I'm not going to let you kill the ones I love!" Meek Zane yelled at Luke, his words now having no stutter.

Luke stared at Meek Zane as if he was looking at an insect. "Hm. I guess naïve heroism is multiversal when it comes to you. Whatever. Die." Luke raised an arm, presumably to atomize Meek Zane, however, I didn't give him the chance.

The entire time Meek Zane had been standing up to Luke, I had been reaching with my telekinesis trying to find Thymos. I had been able to sense where it landed thanks to it giving off chaotic energy, but due to my concentration being skewed, summoning it too me was hard. However, just as Luke was about to end Meek Zane, I finally was able to do so.

Thymos flew into my hand, and I instantly shifted into Heavenly Thunder Form. I broke out of Luke's restraints as if they were made out of paper and immediately charged the new Titan of Time. "LUKE!" I appeared right in front of Luke, who just barely turned around in time to blow a strike from Thymos with the tip of Aposynthesi.

Luke grinned at my escape, although he was clearing struggling to stalemate my strength. "Heh, you certainly took your time getting out of there, Zane. Now, are we going to do the boring fighting part again or are we going t-" Luke didn't get a chance to finish his taunt as I headbutted him right in the nose, sending him flying back thousands of feet into the sky.

I didn't give him any time to recovered, immediately appearing right in front of Luke's trajectory. I swung Thymos right at Luke's head, which he barely reacted in time to block once more. "I'm GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU, LUKE!" I flipped Prometheus' sword into reverse grip, swinging it at Luke's neck. "YOU HEAR ME!?" Luke barely avoided the slash, and he was quickly on the back peddle from my immensely fast barrage of attacks. "I'M GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU!"

I slammed both Thymos and Prometheus' Sword down on the shaft of Luke's weapon, creating a massive shockwave in every direction. Luke's arms nearly buckled at the force of my attack, and he grunted in exertion. I quickly took advantage of Luke's momentarily faltering, kicking him right in the side. After kicking Luke, I momentarily glanced back down at camp, only to find a barrier of red energy all around it. Matt was protecting everyone, which meant I could go all out.

Luke went flying away with a roar of pain, but I didn't give him time to even hit the ground. I appeared right above him, slamming the flat end of Prometheus' Sword right into his gut. Luke went hurling towards the ground at incredible speed, smashing against the hilly grass and creating a massive crater. Luke struggled to his feet as fast as possible, but I practically appeared in front of him.

Octillions of times faster than the speed of light, I swung Prometheus' sword in an arc right at Luke's torso, trying to bisect him diagonally. Luke jumped back just in time to avoid being turned into two havles, but not quick enough to avoid injury. My massive blade slashed right through the cuirass Luke was wearing spilling ichor all over the ground.

Luke grunted in agony, but he quickly recovered. He tried to swing Aposynthesi right into my throat, but I quickly brought up the flat end of the massive blade of Prometheus' Sword to stop Luke's attack. Faster than Luke could even react, I smashed Thymos directly into the center of his torso, completely caving in his sternum and shattering his cuirass. Ichor erupted from Luke's mouth and his brown cloak fell away with his armor as he stagged back, leaving him completely shirtless.

Before Luke could even think about even trying to recovering, I reached out with my telekinesis, trapping Luke in place. Luke struggled against my telekinetic grip, however, my current heightened power from my rage and Heavenly Thunder Form was enough to keep him still.

"Let's see how you like being tore to pieces." I deeply focused with my telekinesis, focusing around Luke's atoms down at the atomical level. I started to slowly pull them apart, staring with his hands and feet. Luke's left arm and both of his legs erupted into ichor and golden gore, causing him to roar in pain. Terror quickly filled his face, as he realized what I was doing to him.

"ARGHHH!" Luke shouted in agony, but I didn't even flinch. I started to pull him apart like he did to this universe's Percy, starting from bottom to top. I started to unravel Luke like a balloon, with ichor and golden gore spraying everywhere. I made it to about halfway through his torso, before he muttered out. "No….I…won't fall…to some…one…so…PATHETIC!"

Aposynthesi, which Luke's remaining arm still clutched around, suddenly unleashing a massive burst of orange and blue-black energy that nearly blinded more. And faster than I could even comprehend, an incredible force slammed into my chest. My armor absorbed the front of the blow, but the force still sent me skidding back on my backside.

I looked at the source of the throbbing pain in my chest, only to see that the Universal Titanium armor cuirass I wore now had a solid cut right where the sternum was. Not quite enough to pierce all the way through, but enough to damage the armor. What just happened.

My answer came to me in the form of Luke, now back in completely perfect health, not counting a crackled sternum still very much visible on his torso. His limbs and torso were now back in mostly perfect condition. Luke was breathing heavily and looking around almost wildly. "….my powers are back…" He whispered to himself.

Luke's time powers had returned, which was an absolutely terrifying realization. He could now kill me in an instant, and I wouldn't be able to do a goddamn thing about it. However, instead of doing so, he simply looked at me in apprehension and fear, before creating a portal with Aposynthesi and completely vanishing once more into the multiverse.

I stood up from ground, my chest continuing to throb as I dropped Heavenly Thunder Form. Luke had gotten away. Again. Anger and irritation filled me as the thought set in. "FUCK!" I slammed my foot into the ground, creating a web of cracks all around me within several dozen feet. I felt rage simmer throughout me and I floated into the air. I needed to get back to this universe's camp and find Matt

I appeared in the middle of camp in a burst of speed in a near instant, with Matt's energy barrier no longer around it to impede me. The camp was still practically fucking leveled, but campers were starting to clean up nearby. I found Matt with my aura sense, and found that he was talking with this universe's Chiron and several other campers, most notably Taylor and Meek Zane.

I walked up to them, my chest still throbbing in slight pain. The injury wasn't healing, and I knew that the Heavenly Diamond that Luke's weapon was made out of was causing that. Ambrosia or Viribus would be enough to heal the injury, as they were both stronger than my natural healing factor. Matt turned back from Chiron to me, a tired look on his face. "He got away again, didn't he?"

I nodded grimly. "Yeah. Yeah, he did." I turned to Alternate Chiron, who Matt had been talking to. "I assume Matt filled you in on everything, didn't he?" Alternate Chiron looked the exact same as the Chiron from my universe, literally no difference in attire or aura.

Alternate Chiron nodded at my question, a solemn expression on his face. "Indeed. You are Zane Williams from another universe, and this here is a future camper, Matthias Beckett. Matthias indeed filled me in on your goal and what has happened." His face turned even more grim, if that was possible. "To think that Luke could become so vile…and here we thought he was corrupted in our universe."

I nodded in agreement with Alternate Chiron. "Yeah, our Luke is a huge piece of shit. He's literally responsible for the destruction of several universes and he only did it to prove a point. He's a monster." I looked at the destroyed camp, seeing several of the clean up campers dealing with the bodies. "I'm sorry we weren't able to stop him from doing this to your camp. And especially what he did to Percy."

Alternate Chiron simply sighed. "If what young Matthias says is true about this Luke, how he has perfectly fused with The Crooked One, it is astounding that you are able to even confront him at all. He is the mightiest of the Titans. I do not blame you for failing to stop him."

Matt chimed in. "We still should have been able to stop him. We shouldn't have charged in so recklessly." Matt was definitely right about that one. Neither of us ran in with our highest forms immediately, which caused us to get trapped in Luke's energy. "We're going to hunt him down and make him pay for what he did. Don't worry."

Alternate Chiron simply nodded, looking more tired and stressed than I'd ever seen him, and that was saying something. "See to it that you do, young heroes. In the meantime, I have a camp to repair….and campers to bury." Alternate Chiron then trotted off, the campers that had been speaking to Matt with him following behind.

Matt sighed, stress clear on his face as well. "Alright, let's go. We'll go outside of camp and make a portal. Don't need to bother anyone else in here any further." I nodded in agreement with the son of Hercules, and the two of us began to march out of camp. But before we could make it two steps, someone tapped on my shoulder.

I turned around, only to find that it was Meek Zane. "H-Hey." The alternate version of me waved, a small smile on his face. He was no longer banged up like he had been after tanking Luke's tiny energy ball, so he'd likely had some ambrosia. This universe's Taylor stood a few feet behind him, smiling at Meek Zane.

I gave the alternate version of myself a smile, despite how desolate I felt inside. "Hey." I turned to him fully, putting a hand on his shoulder. "What you did back there, standing up to Luke and saving Taylor's life, well, that was pretty fucking brave of you."

Meek Zane smiled a bit and gave a little chuckle. "I-I guess. It was really scary, but I couldn't let him just kill Taylor." I didn't even need my telepathy to feel the love my meek counterpart held for the son of Ares behind him. Meek Zane looked back up to me, a hopeful expression on his face. "Are you sure I can get as strong as you one day?"

I chuckled at Meek Zane's question. "Absolutely. I got this strong through training my ass off, but my parentage did play a part. You have that exact same potential within you, all you gotta do is find it." I looked at him seriously. "You really do need to start training, big time. With Percy gone, you're the child of the Prophecy in this universe. The fate of Olympus, and the lives of your friends, that rests in your hands now."

Meek Zane looked nervous for a few seconds, before a look of determination came up on his face. "R-Right! I'll make sure I save everyone, like I'm sure you will." He looked at me with an expression of appreciation. "Thanks, Zane."

I ruffled his hair with a smile. "No problem, Zane." Meek Zane started to turn back around to walk towards this universe's Taylor, but I caught his arm. He looked at me in confusion, but I quickly elaborated. "One more thing." I leaned over and whispered in his ear. "I can tell you're in love with Taylor."

Meek Zane's eyes widened in surprise and his jaw dropped, before he quickly recovered. "Right, the emotion sensing…" He whispered to himself. He looked back to me. "W-What do I do about it? He probably doesn't feel the same way, and e-even if he did, I don't stand a chance with him."

I chuckled. "You gotta quit thinking like that, man. Have some confidence and don't worry, everything will go alright for you in the end. Trust me, I know." I looked at him seriously again. "Don't ever break his heart. You saw my memories and you saw what I did to him. Be better than me."

Meek Zane nodded at me, not a trace of his usual nervousness on his face. "Right. I won't." Meek Zane brought out a fist, a smile on his face. "Thanks for everything, man. Seriously."

I gave the smaller version of myself a fist bump, a smirk on my face. "No problem, dude. I'll see you around." With that, both me and Matt vanished away from camp, appearing several miles away in an instant in the woods. I drew Thymos from my belt and charged my aura through it, shifting into Heavenly Thunder Form in a near instant. "Let's get out of here."

Matt nodded and I turned towards a small opening in the forest. I unleashed a blast of chaotic power right into the clearly, instantly ripping open reality to create a portal to the multiverse. Reality tore apart, revealing a familiar sphere of an infinite kaleidoscope of color. I dropped Heavenly Thunder Form and me and Matt flew through the portal without another word.

(000)

Me and Matt floated through the in between realm of the multiverse, with infinite amounts of gateways to other realms and realities all around us. I took out a small piece of ambrosia, munching on it to gain my stamina back. I had to be careful with the amount I was eating, as if I ate too much of it, I'd end up like Malachi.

I looked to my side, noticing that Matt was quiet. "You alright, man? You haven't said anything in the past few minutes." Matt's face was serious and his brow was furrowed. His eyes looked tired, although I could tell he probably had days of stamina left.

Matt sighed rubbed his face as we floated through eternity. "I don't know man. I'm just so mentally exhausted. First, the whole thing with Ouranos and Atlas happened recently, and that took a lot out of everyone back home. Then, Luke shows up and nearly kills everyone and then we have to go on a wild goose chase throughout the multiverse to find him." Matt sighed again. "This has got to be unhealthy."

I nodded in agreement with the son of Hercules. "Yeah, I understand, bro. You've been through a lot recently, and it's gotta be taking it's toll on your mind. I mean, first your zombie self, and then that god-king version we met not even ten minutes ago. This is all happening very fast." I looked at Matt, who had gone quiet again. "Meeting that last version of you really messed you up, huh?"

Matt's face was still serious but looked even more stressed. "Yeah. He was…such an asshole. You heard him, he literally killed our father and enjoyed it. He didn't even try to listen to me when I explained the situation. He also didn't even care about Luke at all, and you saw how quickly he tried to kill us." Matt looked off into the infinite realities of the multiverse. "I'm just thinking, could I have turned out like that?"

Time to give Matt some words of wisdom. "Yeah, you could have." Matt looked at me in surprise. "But you didn't. You're stronger than that motherfucker was. Both mentally and physically. You've gone through some serious shit in your life, faced foes that bastard couldn't even dream of fighting and won. You're the son of Hercules, not that loser. He couldn't even handle what you've been through. So yeah, maybe you could have ended up like he did, but you were stronger than that." I gave Matt a smile. "So cheer up, man. You're a lot better than you give yourself credit for."

Matt gave me a smile, and some of the stress around his face faded away. "Thanks, man." With that, we said no more continued to fly through infinity. Thousands of portals passed us as we continued to search, trying to discern where Luke could have once again fled to. Matt's eye fell on to a portal. "What about this one?"

I raised an eyebrow at Matt's seemingly random choice. "You sure about that, man? What's so special about this one?" I knew my question was a little hypocritical, as I had literally done the same like twenty minutes ago, but we were pressed for time, especially after Luke reunlocked his powers.

Matt shrugged. "Just have a feeling about this one, just like how you did earlier. And who knows, we might find Luke in this one just like the last universe we were in. I mean, you had the same feeling and it apparently worked."

I conceded to Matt's logic. "Yeah, you're right. I mean, can't really hurt exactly going through. We don't really have anything else to do, besides randomly go into every portal we see." That would take months probably, and we'd likely be no closer to finding Luke at all.

Matt nodded. "Right." He floated to right in front of the portal and took a deep breath. "Okay, on three." I floated beside the son of Hercules and he grabbed my wrist. "One." I tensed, drawing Thymos. I was going to be ready for any of Luke's bullshit this time. "Two." Matt took Viribus out of it's necklace form and tightened his grasp around the club. "Three!" Both me and Matt flew through the portal, the now all too familiar sight of infinite colors filling our vision.

(000)

After me and Matt passed through the long hallway of eternity that came with passing through portals the two of us slammed into the ground hard, creating a crater in the ground. I groaned slightly, more at the movement rather than the impact, which didn't really hurt. "Ugh, where are we now?"

Matt pushed himself of the ground, and then dusted himself off. "Looks like we're in hell." That we were. We had apparently smashed directly into a battlefield. Thousands of monsters of all different kinds clashed against what seemed to be Olympic forces. Demigods, automatons, friendly monsters and even armed mortal fought side by side against a monstrous horde, although it seemed to be a losing battle.

I looked around at our surroundings, looking past the battlefield. "We're in New York." Our surroundings were very similar to the universe Insano had inhabited, with it looking practically post-apocalyptic. Destroyed buildings, landscape, dead mortals, everything. The sky, however, wasn't red like Insano's word. No, it seemed to be a permanent thunderstorm.

Matt nodded at my words. "Yeah, we are. I think this is the Battle of Manhattan. Percy told me stories about it a few months ago, although this looks pretty different from what he described. That makes sense, though. It is a different universe." Matt shook his head. "Nevermind that. You sense Luke anywhere?"

I closed my eyes, reaching out with my aura sense. As soon as I did so, my eyes widened. "Whoa. Matt, do you feel that?" Matt looked at me in confusion, prompting me to elaborate. "About a mile from here, I can feel six beings that are far more powerful than the monsters that surround them. It's probably the main camp for the Titans, and those auras are the Titans still alive. But the seventh…"

"Feels very familiar. Almost like Luke. Except weaker, but I can tell they're holding back. He might even be stronger than our Luke." Matt finished for me, looking very concerned. "I know Heavenly Diamond apparently makes you passively more powerful, at least as an immortal, so maybe that's what happened?" Matt was confused. "But the other auras…who are they?"

I focused on my aura sense, reaching into my memory to discern the familiarity of them. "One of them is Hyperion, definitely. I don't think either of us would forget him." Matt nodded in agreement, the memory of the burning Titan clear on his face. "The other two are Koios and Krios, the ones from my reality. I'm pretty sure than makes this an alternate reality of my universe."

Matt nodded in agreement again. "Yeah, I think so, too. Especially if you think that Krios aura is familiar. It's quite a bit weaker than the Krios I know. I think one of them is Iapetus as well. Feels quite a bit like him." Matt's face scrunched up in confusion. "Who's the other two then? One of them is pretty strong, while one is insanely powerful."

I sighed a bit, feeling the incredibly familiar auras. "Prometheus and Atlas. I would know the two of them anywhere." My mind flashed back to the times where the two of them nearly killed me on multiple occasions, especially Prometheus. Before I mastered my Heavenly Thunder Form, those two were the only foes I'd never beaten one on one without any help. "What's the plan, man?"

Matt shrugged, before looking in the direction of the powerful auras. "I'm not really sure. That seventh aura feels like a stronger, but different kind of Luke." His eyes closed and opened. "There's no traces of chaotic energy in his aura, unlike Luke. Maybe it's this universe's version of Luke? One that never got a Heavenly Diamond scythe and fought us?"

I grunted a bit. "Maybe." I weighed our options. Leave this universe now and keep looking for Luke with absolutely no leads, or seek out a potential alternate version of Luke for maybe a small possibility of a clue. It was pretty much a no brainer. "Let's try and talk to him."

Matt looked at me in surprise. "What? Why would we risk that? Do you sense how many Titans are there? I'm pretty sure you've fought and killed everyone of them at least once." Matt honestly had a point, but I had counterargument.

I nodded at Matt's points. "You have a point, Matt. Hell, we'll probably have to kill everyone of them just to get to this version of Luke. But we can either go back to the multiverse and continue to search for nothing, or get some possible information out of this Luke and then do the same. We don't really have anything else to do anyway."

Matt didn't like it, as he definitely knew we could be changing fate in the reality, then again, that didn't exactly stop us with Insano, King Matt or Meek Zane. Well, they had forced us into those situations. We didn't exactly choose to fight. "Alright, fine. The Olympians look like they're losing anyway, maybe killing the main Titan generals here can turn the tide."

Matt was right about that, as the Olympian army around us was being pretty much decimated. The monster horde of the Titans was proving to numerous and strong, and they were being picked off one by one. "Alright, then. Let's go." Me and Matt vanished from the crater, moving towards the auras faster than the speed of light.

In a near instant, the two of us appeared in front of a large stockade wall made entirely out of some kind of dark metal. I couldn't see inside, as the walls were several stories tall, but two Scythian Dracaenae stood outside the gate. The two monsters jumped as me and Matt virtually appeared in front of them. "AH! Who are you two!? State your business!"

Me and Matt didn't even flinch at the two Celestial Bronze spears that were pointed at our faces. "Yo. We're here to see your boss. I'm pretty sure he goes by the name Lord Kronos now." Both of the Dracaenae looked at each other for a second, before they both busted out laughing.

The monsters laughed for a few seconds, before the one on the right wiped a tear from their eye. "Very funny, demigod. Lord Kronos doesn't just see anyone, especially on the battlefield. Because you've given us a good laugh, we'll let you walk away and never mention it to him, maybe he'll spare you whenever this world is his again."

I rolled my eyes at the monster's stereotypical words. "So, we're going to do this, huh? I'll skip the part where I threaten you, you don't take it seriously, and then we kill you." I drew Prometheus' Sword from it's sheath on my back and sliced both of the snake women in two at the speed of light, turning them into pile's of dust before they could react. "Sound good?"

Matt chuckled at the manner I put the monsters down. "Brutal, dude." Matt rolled his shoulders and cracked his neck. "But let me show you how it's done." Matt pulled Viribus out of its necklace form and slings it up on his shoulder. Matt then swung the tip of the club into the gate of the stockade, smashing the gate open with a massive shockwave.

Monsters of all kinds were sent flying back from behind the now destroyed gate, roaring and screeching the entire time. The monsters that weren't sent flying away mobilized and grouped up. Snarling and growling. Matt and I sauntered into the camp without a care in the world. "Not bad, Matt. But I can do better."

Before any monster could even think about charging me, I threw out both of my arms, trapping each and every monster with my telekinesis. Every monster froze instantly, and they were all at my mercy. "May I have your attention, my dear monstrous compatriots? I would like to speak with your lord, if he would have us?"

Before any monster could even think about saying a word, a deep, familiar voice bellowed out. "And why, boy, would he speak with you?" I turned my head, find someone I honestly never thought I would ever see again. Ten feet tall, short brown hair, thick beard, wearing a blue toga that showed a figure that made bodybuilders look tiny. The Titan that nearly killed me with a flick. Atlas.

All around him were the other Titans we had felt. To Atlas' right was Hyperion, who was far. Far stronger than when Matt and I had defeated him over a year ago when we had first met each other. He had like returned to his full power in this universe. To the left of Atlas was the familiar sight of Prometheus, adorned in his nigh-invincible Universal Titanium mech-suit, along with a copy of the massive blade I held in my own hands.

Behind those three were the sight of Iapetus, Krios and Koios. Iapetus looked the exact same, crazy hair and spear, although he now wore a set of silver armor rather than a janitor's jumpsuit. Krios and Koios were exact copies of the ones from my reality, with Koios being a purple being filled with stars and galaxies, and Krios being the same only gold and yellow.

Unlike the last time I faced down the Titan of Endurance, I wasn't afraid in the slightest. "Because, Atlas, if we kill all of you, maybe that'll gain your lord's attention. I can't blame him if he's not interested in us even after slaughtering all these mooks." I clenched both of my hands into a fist, destroying every monster inside the camp with telekinetic pressure, turning all of them into golden dust in an instant.

Alternate Hyperion, who like Alternate Atlas, didn't even flinch at my casual disposal of the monsters, laughed out loud. "Is that supposed to scare us, demigod? A little show of telekinesis? Please, anyone of us here could do that in our sleep." Seems Hyperion is the same here as he's in my universe. Hyperion gripped his spear. "Let us dispose of you quickly."

Alternate Prometheus, however, was not so dismissive. He placed an armored hand on Hyperion's shoulder. "Don't be so quick to underestimate a foe, Hyperion. Just from his aura alone, I can tell he and his friend are immensely powerful, and they're holding back their true strength. Not to mention at his side he carries a weapon made of Heavenly Diamond…and a sword very much like mine…who are you two?" Alternate Prometheus whispered that last part, clearly shocked.

Alternate Hyperion was about to rebuke Alternate Prometheus, however, a new, eerily familiar voice rung out. "I would listen to Prometheus if I were you, Hyperion. If you fight these two, you will die almost immediately." Behind all of the Titans, a new figure appeared. His aura was strong, stronger than every Titan here, except Hyperion and Atlas.

Hyperion's bluster instantly fell apart in the presence of this new figure. "M-My lord! I-I did not mean to offend!" Ah, so this was this universe's version of Luke. He looked pretty similar to ours, same armor, same brown hooded cloak over his face, obscuring his features, although the golden orange eyes were very visible. The only different thing was that this Luke had two weapons, one very similar to the scythe Luke currently welded, sans Heavenly Diamond, and…a very familiar looking Celestial Bronze axe on his back.

Alternate Luke held up a hand. "Silence, Hyperion. I do not wish to hear your groveling today, I've grown sick of it." Alternate Luke appeared in front of us, standing about ten feet away. He was about as strong as our regular ascended forms, so nothing too powerful. Although, Matt did say he was holding back. "You two seek my attention? Very well, you have it. Who are you and what do you want?"

Alternate Luke's voice was completely different than how it normally was. Hell, it was incredibly familiar, although I couldn't place it. Hell, this Luke was also taller than the one we knew, a little bit taller than me, in fact. He also was even more built than I was, maybe having about ten or fifteen pounds more muscle.

Despite the possible stronger version of Luke sitting in front of me, I wasn't afraid at all. "I'll cut right to the chase. My name is Zane Williams, the son of Zeus, and this is Matt Beckett, son of Hercules. We're from another universe, and we're looking for another version of Luke Castellan, who also fused with Kronos. He's been going on a rampage throughout the multiverse, killing people left and right for almost no reason."

Matt backed me, finishing my words for me. "We have to stop him. I know you're probably enemies with our versions in this universe, but this is for the good of everyone. Have you seen another version of yourself wielding a scythe made out of diamond?"

Alternate Luke was completely silent, regarding us with his golden orange eyes from under his hood. "Another universe, you say? Well, considering who you claim to be, and who he is here, that can only be the case." Alternate Luke crossed his arms. "I haven't seen Luke Castellan here in a long time. He's been dead for over two years, dead by my hand."

Alternate "Luke's" words hit me like a truck. What the hell did he mean by that? "What the hell are you talking about? Aren't you Luke?" If this guy wasn't this universe's version of Luke, then just who the hell was he? My eyes traced the very familiar axe on his back, and then they quickly widened. It…couldn't be.

Alternate 'Luke' smirked at my facial expression. "Heh, seems you've realized who I am, huh?" He threw back his brown hood, and I quickly found myself looking directly in a mirror. It was…me. Only different. For one, this alternate version did not have a beard, but he did look about the same age as I did, if not a little older.

This Zane also looked like Luke somewhat, with the cracked skin around his eyes and forehead, along with the golden orange eyes that was signature of the Titan of Time. But instead of Luke, it was me. This definitely evil version of myself grinned darkly at my look of absolute shock. "Things just got out of hand, didn't they?"

I nearly took a step back in pure shock. "W-What the fuck!?" What the hell was going on? That was me. Apparently in this universe, I was Kronos. Did I fuse with Titan of Time in this reality, or was something else amiss here?

Sinister Zane, which is what I was going to call him because of that creepy ass smile, chuckled at my shock. "It seems some context is in order. I'll show you everything." Before I could even react, Sinister Zane grabbed on to my hand with his gauntleted one and my brain immediately began to spin. Before I could say another word, images and visions filled my mind.

I saw myself back at the Sea of The Monsters, facing done my friends after I murdered Chris Rodriguez. Instead of the familiar memory where Percy called me out and I flew away in guilt after we clashed, my alternate self continued to attack Percy in the memory. They fought a titanic battle, where he eventually struck down the son of Poseidon, decapitating him with Keravnos.

Afterwards, Luke along with Koios and Krios found my alternate self and while he was weakened and heavily exhausted after the fight with Percy, knocked him unconscious. My alternate self was then spoken to by Luke, who had not fused with Kronos yet in this universe. Luke spoke with my alternate self, brainwashing him on the actions of my friends, who apparently grabbed the Fleece and left while he fought Percy.

My alternate self then joined the army of the Titans, quickly becoming Luke's right hand man. My alternate self did several missions for the Titans, committing several atrocities such as killing innocents mortals, to even other demigods. After a few months, my alternate self then challenged Luke as leader, killing him in battle and taking over as head of the Titan army.

My alternate self then entered Kronos' coffin like Luke said he did, fusing with the Titan Lord's essence and essentially becoming him. Later, on Atlas' mountain during the events of that mission, my alternate self murdered all of my friends, which included Thalia, Grover, Zoe, Nico and Taylor. He killed everyone of them

Sinister Zane then would later go on to acquire Adriane's String from Daedalus in The Labyrinth, and destroy Camp Half-Blood, wiping out all the demigods there, as well as Chiron and even Dionysus. Sinister then gathered the Titan army, and waged war on Olympus, which brought us to now.

On the other end of the spectrum, my entire journey was shown to Sinister Zane, even all the multiverse stuff from recently. From my battles with Luke, to my stuff with Matt, to my new forms, and everything else. With a snap, the mental link ended, which sent both me and Sinister Zane staggered back a few feet.

Sinister Zane looked up from the ground, looking at me with a look of interest. "To think that I could have grown so powerful simply by following the path of Olympus…Extraordinary." Sinister Zane looked at me in disgust. "But you being such a sappy naïve hero…disgusting."

I was still breathing somewhat heavily from the mental link, as I was not used to having it done on me. I glared at Sinister Zane, drawing Thymos and holding Prometheus' Sword in my other hand. "You, the one who murders his friends for power and enjoys it, calls me disgusting." I transformed into Heavenly Thunder Form in an instant, the massive dark blue aura enveloping me along with the chaotic lightning. "Luke can fucking wait. I'm killing you and destroying your soul, you sick piece of shit."

Sinister Zane smiled wildly, before hanging out both of his arms. "Very well. But first, let's skip the preliminaries. Titans. Your lord wants you to give my opponent here a sufficient warm up, and you will do as he commands." The Titans behind Sinister Zane snapped to attention. "Atlas."

Atlas, with a tone of respect and obedience, nodded. "Yes, my lord." Atlas turned his head towards the other Titans around him. "Alright, weaklings! Our lord commands us to fight, so we're going to do so! Come on!" The Titans around Atlas seemed nervous, except Prometheus and Hyperion, as they no doubt sensed how powerful I was.

Beside me, Matt brought out the Master Bolt, channeling it into his aura. His power shot up, equaling that of Hyperion's from across us. "Matt, we're not playing around with these clowns. Full killing intent right from the beginning." Matt nodded, channeling lightning through Viribus.

Atlas, Hyperion, Prometheus, Koios, Krios and Iapetus all charged at us, moving at their full speed. The only ones who weren't frozen were Atlas and Hyperion, but even they weren't exactly fast. This would be a cake walk. Matt blurred towards the Titans in a burst of speed, smashing Viribus into Krios' faceless head.

Krios' head exploded into Ichor and his corpse faded away in starlight. I appeared in front of Koios before he could even move, slicing his head clean off with Prometheus' blade. I unleashed a blast of chaotic aura on his remains, completely atomizing him and killing him permanently. Atlas and Hyperion jumped back in surprise, and I knew they had to go.

I appeared right in front of Atlas in a burst of speed, taking him by surprise. I tried to slam Thymos directly into his skull, but he created a barrier of purple energy as a defense. I channeled more energy into Thymos, increasing the power of the hit exponentially, and shattering Atlas' barrier in an instant. Atlas staggered back, surprised and off balance. I channeled chaotic lightning into Prometheus' sword, slamming the tip of the massive blade into Atlas' chest.

Ichor exploded everywhere as the huge sword pierced all the way through Atlas' torso, causing even more to shoot out his mouth. Atlas' aura and power significantly decreased, allowing me to be even stronger and faster than he was already. With Atlas weakened, I smashed Thymos into his forehead, causing his skull to explode into ichor and golden gore, killing him instantly and permanently.

Matt, knowing that Hyperion was the next threat, focused on him. However, unlike the power difference that was somewhat substantial between me and Atlas, Hyperion and Matt were completely even. Matt was faster, but that didn't really change too much, just giving him the advantage.

I took this opportunity to clear out the rest of the Titans. Prometheus was the next strongest, and Iapetus was a complete non-issue. I blurred in front of Prometheus, who still had never moved from his initial spot due to how fast the big hitters like me, Matt, Hyperion and Atlas were. I charged my left fist with enough chaotic energy to kill Hades ten times over, and punched Prometheus directly in the chest.

While Prometheus' armor on the outside was still completely undamaged, the chaotic energy that went past all of his defenses and fried him to atoms immediately inside his armor. Prometheus' armor flew back with nothing inside, crumpling into the dirt. To my left, Matt and Hyperion were still going at it, with neither of them giving any ground. Matt had the upper hand, as he was the same strength, just significantly faster.

I appeared behind Hyperion in a burst of speed, surging more chaotic energy through Prometheus' sword. I shoved the massive blade directly into Hyperion's spine, piercing through his armor and out the other end with a massive explosion of ichor. Hyperion yelled in pain, and was completely immobilized. Matt charged Viribus with the Master Bolt's lightning and smashed the Adam Tree club directly on top of the Titan of Heavenly Light's skull.

Hyperion's head popped like a grape, spilling ichor and golden gore everywhere. Hyperion's corpse hit the ground like a sack of potatoes, before fading away into a blast of bright light. Me and Matt stood side by side, not even caring about the fact we had just completely destroyed the main Titans like a bunch of chumps.

Iapetus, who had stood there in shock the entire time, looked at us with his eyes as wide as dinner plates. The exchange hadn't been longer than ten seconds, and he probably barely even saw anything. I barely even regarded him and simply captured him in a telekinetic grip with a fist. Iapetus floated in the air, flailing around for a bit. I extended my hand, stretching his atoms, and Iapetus instantly exploded into golden gore and ichor, staining the ground with what used to be his body.

Both me and Matt looked at Sinister Zane, who had simply been watching the exchange with a smirk on his face. He began slowly clapping and walking towards. "Bravo. Bravo. You just demonstrated to me just how completely useless my generals were, but I must admit, I'm surprised. You killed even Atlas and Hyperion relatively quickly. You're even stronger than I expected, even after looking through your memories."

Matt scoffed at Sinister Zane's bravado. "Yeah, sure. You just underestimated us, plain and simple. Just like you're going to when we fight you, which is what's going to cause your downfall." Matt was probably right, because that's usually what happens with villains like Sinister Zane.

Sinister Zane turned his gaze on Matt for the first time, regarding him with a slight smirk. "Matthias Beckett, right? I saw you in my weak counterparts memories." Sinister Zane's smirk turn into a sadistic grin. "Tell me, how did it feel watching your father die right in front of you, simply because you were too weak to save him?" Matt's face instantly turned cold and seriously, which only made Sinister Zane's grin even wider. "I'm going to make you feel the same thing when I kill my alternate self here, before I crush your skull with his weapon, like he should have done when he fought you."

Matt looked at Sinister Zane with one of the most serious glare's I'd ever seen him give someone, one even more severe that the look he gave King Matt when he revealed he'd killed Hercules. Matt took a deep breath. "Zane, we're going to kill this bastard with your Morningstar, then we're going to the underworld to find him in Tartarus to do it again."

I nodded at Matt's words. "Agreed. Time to die, motherfucker." Before me or Matt could even think about charging the alternate evil version of me, both of us blasted in the torso by an incredible force before we could even react. We both sprawled on the ground, before rolling back to our feet. I looked up, only for my eyes to widen due to what I saw.

There stood Sinister Zane, with orange lightning glowing all around him. His eyes were flashing a glowing orange gold, not a single trace of the normal eye, much like my own Thunder Form. A sickly orange aura also covered his frame, very similar to Luke's. He had Keravnos unsheathed, as we as his scythe, which from what his memories told me, was called Harpe like Kronos' scythe. Sinister's Zane's memories told me he still called this his Thunder Form, but it was more…corrupted.

Sinister Zane grinned at us again. "It looks like the playing field has been evened." That it had. Sinister Zane's aura was now even more powerful than ours. Hell, it was actually stronger than Luke's now, which was really saying something. It was shocking, but Sinister Zane was actually the strongest enemy I've ever actually seen in person.

I didn't let that fact intimidate me. No, it actually excited me. For the first time since meeting this evil version of myself, I smirked. "Well, fighting foes even more powerful than myself isn't exactly anything new. So bring it, you two-bit copy of someone who is a two-bit copy." With that, both me and Matt charged at Sinister Zane.

Sinister Zane met both our attack with one of his own. His Harpe against my Prometheus' Sword, and Keravnos against Viribus. The attacks that met created an absolutely massive shockwave, which completely leveled the entire camp and shook the entire planet. The armies around us that clashed were either blown backwards, or even were destroyed by the force.

Sinister Zane grinned as we struggled against his aura coated weapons. That meant he knew he was at a disadvantage in that regard. Both me and Matt could theoretically one shot either of Sinister Zane's weapons with our own, as ours were stronger. "This is going to be fun." With that once more, the three of us disappeared into blurs.

Octillions of times faster than the speed of light, me and Matt clashed against Sinister Zane. Slashes from Prometheus' Sword, swings from Thymos, bashes from Viribus, punches, kicks, any type of attack you can even think of were thrown. Reality itself was starting to break apart from our battle, and even multiversal gateways were starting to open up just from the chaotic energy being channeled in such a titanic clash.

Matt tried to take Sinister Zane's head off with a slash from Viribus, but Sinister Zane simply ducked under the attack, kicking the son of Hercules in the chest to knock him away. I raced towards Sinister Zane, dual wielding my weapons just like he was with his. Sinister Zane coated both his weapons in his aura, and tried to stick me in the side with Harpe.

I simply let the attack him me, the scythe clanging off my Universal Titanium armor despite being enhanced with aura. This allowed me to get inbetween his guard, and let me smash an armor covered elbow against his cheek. Sinister Zane staggered back slightly, spittle flying from his mouth. I brought Thymos up into the air, charging a bit of aura into it. I slammed Thymos down towards Sinister Zane's head, however, he brought up Keravnos in response.

Heavenly Diamond met aura enhanced Celestial Bronze, creating an absolutely massive shockwave filled with my dark blue chaotic energy and Sinister Zane's sickly orange energy and lightning. More gateways and realities opened by complete accident, likely being created just from the offshoots of Thymos' power.

Sinister Zane tried to kick me away from him to create some space, but I used my telekinesis to freeze him in place. He tried to fight against my telekinesis with his own, however, my mind was more trained than his seemed to be. Despite his greater power, he was inferior to me when it came to our minds. "Let. Me. Go!" Sinister Zane shouted as he struggled against my mind.

That definitely wasn't happening. I had to put my full concentration into keeping Sinister Zane in place, so I couldn't capitalize on the advantage, but that's why it pays to have friends. "Matt! Hit him with everything you've got!" Matt materialized out of nowhere, a small Red Beam Cannon formed in his right hand. He only had a few seconds to charge it, so it wasn't going to be too strong.

But it didn't need to be. The lightning bolt of The Master Bolt disappeared from Matt's left hand, being channeled directly into the one handed Red Beam Cannon, massively increasing it's power. Everything was silent for a brief millisecond, before Matt unleashed the one handed Red Beam Cannon over Sinister Zane's frame. The blast lasted a few seconds, unleashing an absolutely deafening noise that seemingly shook the entire planet we were on.

Smoke and ash was seemingly all that was left from the blast cleared, showing Sinister Zane still standing. He was hunched over slightly, his arms guarding his face and torso. He was covered in cuts with ichor oozing out of them, and his outfit was slightly damaged. Harper and Keravnos were covered in his aura, so they weren't damaged either.

Sinister Zane, despite his injuries, chuckled. "Well, I can't say I was honestly expecting that. I guess even seeing your memories of him didn't prepare me for the son of Hercules, my dear counterpart." Suddenly, Sinister Zane was completely fine. All of his injuries seemingly didn't exist and his outfit was no longer damaged either.

Ah, fuck. Matt's eyebrows furrowed at the incredibly familiar sight of an enemy using time powers to fix themselves. "Well, this is certainly going to be a hell of a lot harder than I thought it was going to be, and that's saying something." Matt suddenly looked a little confused. "Wait, if he can use the same abilities Luke can normally use, why doesn't he just kill us immediately?"

Sinister Zane answered Matt's question for me. "And where exactly would the fun in that be? Killing your enemies, especially ones as strong as you. Yes, I could stop time and cut your head off in an instant, but why play on easy difficulty when I can play on the hardest but have the most fun?"

I saw a little flaw in Sinister Zane's stupid logic. "Well, not exactly playing on hard difficulty when you're using your cheaty abilities to heal yourself, huh?" I glared at the monstrous evil version of myself. "Don't even try to seem like you have even a shred of honor. You murdered all of your friends and enjoyed every second of it."

Sinister Zane simply grinned at my words. "I never claimed to be honorable, my pathetic counterpart. I simply only enjoy the fun of a good fight. We have that in common." Sinister Zane's grin widened. "Considering what I saw in your memories, we have a whole lot in common, like the lives of those insects you ended."

I snarled at my monstrous counterpart. "Shut up!" I blurred towards him at full speed, clashing both of my weapons against his. "I am nothing like you! Just the thought of your existence makes me sick!" We both strained against each other's strength, both of us nearly evenly matched. "Only your death would be the cure for that illness." I growled at my evil counterpart, who simply smirked once more.

Sinister Zane was about to say something else, probably about to spout about some more shit, but a lightning surrounded club smashed him in the jaw, shattering half of his teeth and definitely breaking it. Matt appeared by my side with his club on the backswing, the Master Bolt once again materialized in his left hand. "Forgot about me?"

Neither me or Matt gave Sinister Zane any time to breath, immediately attacking him once again. Matt and I worked in perfect synch, fighting alongside as if we'd known each other for years. Sinister Zane, despite being even stronger than Luke, was starting to struggle to keep up. He met each and every one of our attacks with ones of his own, but he was starting to falter slightly.

Sinister Zane was being pushed back inch by inch, as me and Matt combined our strength and skill together. Matt smashed Viribus into his guard with one powerful swing, which sent Sinister Zane, who was currently blocking two strikes from me. Sinister Zane went flying back, having being hit dead on by one of Matt's powerful attacks.

Sinister Zane went flying through one of the several open gateways, entering one of the several universes that had been connected to this one. Both me and Matt flew after him, knowing the only way anybody could be safe with this horrible bastard in their universe was when he was dead. Me and Matt crashed against the ground, skidding against several rocks.

Sinister Zane, who had been laying in a crater Matt had sent him into, pulled himself to his feet and glared at us, his bravado gone. "You two work very well together. You're actually quite the formidable opponents." His serious face then faded, showing us a dark grin once more. "More! Give me even more of a fight! Fight with everything you have!"

I scoffed at Sinister Zane's clear insanity. "Alright then, you sick fuck." Me and Matt once again blurred towards Sinister Zane's form, intent on reducing him to nothing but atoms. Matt attacked from the left while I came in hard from the right, both of us with our weapons drawn back.

Matt met Sinister Zane first, smashing Viribus against an aura coated Keravnos. Sinister Zane's arm bulged with muscle as he held back Matt's attack, and he tried stick Harpe into Matt neck with a furious slash. Matt brought up the Master Bolt to deflect, creating sparks of lightning as Sinister Zane's scythe smashed up against it.

Now that Sinister Zane was vulnerable, it was time to take advantage of that. I pressed on of the many buttons on the large hilt of Prometheus' sword, coating the weapon in a cage of yellow, magic infused lightning. I tried to bisect Sinister Zane in two, however, he blew Matt away with an aura burst of sickly orange lightning and turned to block my massive blade with Keravnos.

I was banking on that, as Prometheus' yellow lightning covered blade smashed against the aura coated axe blade of Keravnos. The magical yellow lightning passed through Keravnos like a bronze coil, slamming directly into Sinister Zane's form. "Argh!" Sinister Zane yellow in pain as the lightning trapped him in place.

Matt took advantage of this, charging Viribus with both the Red Aura and energy from the Master Bolt. Matt slammed Viribus into Sinister Zane's cheek, slamming him back several feet with a grunt from the evil version of me. I kicked Sinister Zane in this nose with an chaotic aura enhanced boot, breaking his nose with a burst of ichor. Matt was about to smash the Master Bolt into Sinister Zane's forehead like a hammer, but Sinister Zane clearly had enough.

"ENOUGH!" Sinister Zane blew us back with a massive burst of sickly orange energy and bright orange lightning. In an instant, all the damage we had dealt to Sinister Zane was completely gone, except for the broken nose. I raised an eyebrow at that fact. Why hadn't his nose been reverted? "I will not be beaten so easily!"

Sinister channeled his sickly orange aura in Harpe, coating the entire weapon in a massive surge of color. He spun around in circle, channeling even more energy. "DIE!" Sinister Zane swung Harpe so quickly I barely even saw it. A massive slash of pure orange energy mixed with sprinkles of lightning erupted from Harpe so quickly I only saw a flash.

However, my instincts saved both me and Matt. I created a barrier of telekinetic energy around both me and Matt, infusing it with as much mental strength as I could. Sinister Zane's energy slash smashed through my barrier in a near instant, but it saved both mine and Matt's life. Both me and the son of Hercules were sent flying back several hundred feet. However, I didn't get a second of rest or time to recover.

Sinister Zane was on us immediately, attacking both me and Matt like a savage monster, roaring the entire time. Unlike before where me and Matt had Sinister Zane on the backstep with our assault, both me and Matt were now on the defensive. Sinister Zane's movements were blurs, and his weapons were whirlwinds of death.

I just barely avoided being decapitated from an aura covered Keravnos slash, only for Harpe to slam directly into my shoulder. I grunted in pain as my shoulder dislocated underneath my armor, and my left hand's grip around Prometheus' sword loosened. Sinister Zane growled like an animal and brought Keravnos back once to slice my head off.

I quickly thought of something to save me from being decapitated. I closed my eyes real quick, focusing on Sinister Zane's atoms with my telekinesis. I tried to pull him apart on the molecular level quickly, just doing something to hopefully to get him off him. Sinister Zane yelled in pain as ichor exploded from his skin, but he stayed in relatively one piece, unlike Iapetus who had literally exploded earlier.

I pushed Sinister Zane back with a telekinetic burst of energy in all directions around me, sending the evil counterpart of me several feet back. I pressed a button on the hilt of Prometheus' sword, coating the blade in a green poison hue. I quickly lunged forwards, intent of slicing Sinister Zane in two.

The monstrous version of myself brought up an arm to defend himself, although being destabilized on the molecular level disorientated him quite a bit. Prometheus' sword passed through Sinister Zane's arm like a hot knife through butter, cutting through his arm on the molecular level. Ichor exploded everywhere from Sinister Zane's stub as his arms flew off. Matt blurred in from behind me, intent on turning Sinister Zane's head to mush with a hard strike from Viribus.

Before Matt could kill the monstrous version of myself, he was instantly healed, no damage done to him, except his still broken nose. Sinister Zane blurred out of the way of Matt's attack, slamming a harsh knee into Matt's armored gut with a cracking shockwave being generated by the force. He grabbed Matt by the neck and squeezed, causing Matt to gurgle.

I rocketed towards Sinister Zane at full speed, intent on saving Matt's life. However, Sinister Zane threw Matt at me even faster than I was flying, causing the son of Hercules to crash into me head first against my forehead. I grunted as cracking pain shot through my nervous system, but my eyes widened as I saw Harpe three inches away from my face.

I narrowly avoided the scythe, before pulling back Thymos and trying to bash it into Sinister Zane's face. Sinister Zane brought up the aura covered Keravnos, blocking my strike with a deft parry. Before Sinister Zane could counter attack, Matt recovered from being thrown earlier and appeared right beside the evil counterpart of me. Matt smacked Sinister Zane across the face with the Master Bolt, sending him flying back with a massive shockwave.

Sinister Zane caught himself mid flight, throwing out Keravnos and channeling his aura with it. Sickly orange energy and bright orange lightning erupted into a single beam from the tip of the axe, hurdling straight towards us. I brought up Thymos, shooting out a quick beam of chaotic blue energy mixed with the dark lightning of Heavenly Thunder Form.

Both mine and Sinister Zane's blasts clashed together, creating a massive beam struggle that created shockwaves and wind pressure simply just by existing, let alone their power. I struggled against Sinister Zane, our attacks being evenly matched due to his greater power, but my greater weapon. My arms strained, my veins bulged and teeth gritted against Sinister Zane's power, but luckily, I wasn't fighting alone.

Matt blurred behind Sinister Zane, obviously not content to simply stand there and watch us clash against one another. Matt smashed Viribus into Sinister Zane's back with one mighty, aura infused swing, shattering the evil counterpart's back with one massive shockwave. Sinister Zane's energy blast from Keravnos faded away and my blast flew straight towards the bastard.

Sinister Zane wasn't just going to let that be the end of him, however. He instantly appeared beside Matt, completely fine and uninjured. He elbowed Matt in the throat, causing the son of Hercules to immediately choke. He then appeared behind Matt in a burst of speed, kicking Matt into the trajectory of my blast from Thymos.

My eyes widened. "Shit!" I angled the blast upwards in order to not erase Matt from existence, but the move made me vulnerable. Sinister Zane appeared right beside me, trying to slice my head clean off with Keravnos. I barely ducked under the axe blade, just in time after dispelling my blast. I flew backwards a couple of feet, quickly parrying a swing from Harpe with Prometheus' Sword.

Matt came to my aid quickly, appearing beside Sinister Zane and slamming Viribus into his side, cracking his ribs. Sinister Zane went flying away with a grunt of pain and a spurt of ichor from his mouth, right into another one of the several adjacent portals being formed by our fighting. Me and Matt quickly flew after him, ending up in yet another universe.

This reality was once again New York City, and once again, was completely leveled and destroyed. Only this time, it was completely flooded with water, and two very distinct and familiar energies were clashing with each other. However, I didn't have any time for that. Me and Matt had to kill Sinister Zane.

Sinister Zane smashed threw one of the last standing skyscrapers in the water flooded Manhattan, completely destroying it and causing the remains to crumble into the ocean. He didn't stay down for long, as he quickly flew from the water to meet us once again in combat. Me and Matt smashed against Sinister Zane's guard again, creating another massive shockwave that level what completely leveled what remained of New York.

The evil counterpart traded blows with me and Matt again, with us once more moving at octillions of times faster than light itself. The force created by even the first blow leveled the entire planet, which from what I briefly felt had no life left on it in the first place. Earth crumbled to dust underneath us almost immediately and with each blow traded, the stars around us started to disappear quickly.

I avoided a slash from Harpe by Sinister Zane, allowing me to slam the flat end of Prometheus' sword against his chest. Sinister Zane went flying through yet another portal, quickly being followed by me and Matt. This reality seemingly was a high tech future one, as some kind of space battle above the skies of a planet that seemed to be Earth was going on.

Matt quickly flew in Sinister Zane's trajectory, smashing the Master Bolt into his jaw, breaking it once more with a shockwave that shook several ships in the sky around us. I appeared behind Sinister Zane with Prometheus' sword drawn back, intent on killing him once and for all. I imbued Prometheus' Sword with chaotic energy, as I noted that both Luke and Sinister Zane seemed to be unable to revert the damage caused by it with their time abilities.

Sinister Zane then instantly appeared behind me, no doubt using his time stop to do so. He kicked me in the spine, sending me flying through one of the gateways this time. I smashed against the ground of another universe, smashing through several odd shaped pillars of orange rock. I slid against the ground for several feet, creating a large crater.

After a couple of seconds, Matt came crashing down beside me, making another crater around the same size as the one before. Matt staggered to his feet, breathing heavily. Using the Master Bolt to charge his energy for this long has been taking it's toll on him. "How are we supposed to beat him? Every time we do any meaningful damage, he just reverts himself back to his previous state."

I was breathing heavily too, as Heavenly Thunder Form was also taking it's toll on me. My aura felt almost strained, as I'd being using the chaotic form quite often since I traveled to Matt's reality. "Well, I'm sure you've noticed he can't revert damaged done by Heavenly Diamond, but the problem is, we can't really hit him critically because he keeps stopping time."

Sinister Zane came flying through the portal, floating down to the ground around thirty feet away from us. He looked completely fresh, not counting his nose injury. Matt looked back at me, a concerned look on his face. "You got any ideas, man? We won't last too much longer like this."

I did have one in fact, but we couldn't let Sinister Zane know about it. "Yeah, I got one, but it's pretty risky." I reached out to Matt's mind with my telepathy, connecting our two minds. 'Destroy his scythe. It's his symbol of power, and without it, his powers should be fucked up for at least a few minutes. Then, we can kill him.'

Matt, clearly hearing my telepathic message, nodded. Sinister Zane held out both his weapons, a smirk on his face. "Giving up already, boys? I was just starting to have some real fun. But you both seem like you're running on fumes."

I turned to Matt. "Matt, charge a Red Beam Cannon. Use several of the universal portals around us as an energy conduit." I pointed to the portals around us, which had continued to follow us throughout the multiverse. "I'll take him on mono e mono." Matt nodded, already pushing both of his hands out in front of him to channel energy.

Sinister Zane chuckled. "Whatever the two of you are planning won't work. I'm too powerful and the two of you are too exhausted. I've already won this." Sinister grinned savagely. "But you're welcome to try." I didn't say a single word more to the monstrous evil version of myself, simply charging at him at full speed.

The two of us clashed in the air, our weapons colliding and fighting form dominance as we used every once of our skill. I was more skilled and experienced than Sinister Zane, surprisingly, although he very easily made up for that with just how strong and fast he was. Sinister Zane blurred out of the way of a slash from Thymos, kicking me across the face several hundred feet away with a massive shockwave.

I smashed against the rocky ground once more, which was starting to remind me more and more of some kind of wasteland. I groaned as I started to pull myself to my feet.

Sinister Zane smirked at me. "Ready to get back into it, my pathetic counterpart?"

I rolled my eyes. "That nickname is pretty stale, dude." I immediately elbowed him in the face, sending him flying back after catching him completely off guard. I appeared in Sinister Zane's trajectory once more, slamming my knee into him, sending the evil counterpart of me flying through another portal. 'Matt, you need to follow us, now. Keep the Red Beam Cannon charging.'

I didn't wait for response from the Son of Hercules, not that he was capable of giving one thanks to him not having telepathy. I chased after Sinister Zane, flying through yet another multiversal gateway. The universe I flew into was a planet that was dead, and lifeless, with nothing but sandy dunes and rocky mountains.

I flew into the atmosphere of the planet, following Sinister Zane's disgusting aura. I met him in the dry, arid sky of the dead world, smashing my forearm against his. We glared at each other as I hissed in pain, feeling the force even through the Universal Titanium armor. Sinister Zane then threw me off of him, floating away a few feet.

I floated in the sky a few feet away, breathing heavily. I had been using Heavenly Thunder Form for a while, and I knew I might have only a minute left at the very best. If I couldn't destroy Harpe within that time, I was absolutely dead. I then suddenly rushed at Sinister Zane, swing Thymos directly at his head. He deftly avoided the attack, trying to stick me in the neck with Harpe.

Now was my chance. I quickly sheathed Thymos as fast as possible and dodged under Harpe with a limbo, grabbing the shaft of the weapon halfway through it's arch. Harpe stopped in it's track and I closed my eyes, focusing on it's atomical shape with my telekinesis. I didn't want to try and rip it apart on the molecular level while it was in Sinister Zane's hand, as I wasn't sure it would work.

But things were differently now that I had my hand on the scythe. Using my telekinesis, I willed for it to come apart. It was difficult, as the scythe was filled with Sinister Zane's aura and power, but it first cracked all along the shaft, and then shattered into millions of pieces like a shard of glass in both of our hands.

Harpe exploded with a shockwave, sending both me and Sinister Zane flying away from each other. Sinister Zane shook off the explosion, now only holding Keravnos. He looked at the hand that had held Harpe, complete shock on his face. "What the hell did you do!?" For the first time I'd seen my evil counterpart, he looked terrified.

I smirked at him, returning the gesture he had been using so long throughout the fight. "Killing you, bitch." I only had about thirty seconds left in Heavenly Thunder Form before I started to rapidly lose energy, so I had to make it count. I sent out a telepathic message to the Son of Hercules. 'Matt, get over here and fire it, now!'

Thankfully, Matt was listening. He appeared right in front of me, an absolutely massive Red Beam Cannon charged in-between his hands. "Red Beam Cannon!" Matt unleashed a massive blast of pure red and blue energy, one far stronger than even the one he used against Luke earlier, which was about to completely envelop Sinister Zane. Sinister Zane's eyes became wider than dinner plates.

However, he wasn't out of the game just yet. He threw out both of his hands and created an energy barrier made up of sickly orange energy and bright orange lightning. The Red Beam Cannon smashed against Sinister Zane's barrier, pushing the evil counterpart of me back.

Sinister Zane, even without his symbol of power, somehow could still stand against Matt's Red Beam Cannon. Sinister Zane roared against Matt's blast, somehow stalemating it's power. Matt grunted, his hands starting to burn up. "He's somehow standing up to the Red Beam Cannon! I can't keep this for much longer!"

I knew if I stood here and let Matt do all the work, we would both be dead very quickly. I pulled back both of my arms, in the same exact position that the short spiky haired man from behind used. Energy crackled off me in droves, dark blue aura and dark blue lightning. I closed my eyes, feeling all the energy from the various gateways still encircling us. I felt their auras, the very lifeforce. I just had to…take it.

Energy poured into the blast held into my hands like a waterfall, as ethereal white auras erupted from the portals. Matt's eyes widened as he saw me perfectly replicate his Red Beam Cannon aura stealing. "Z-Zane? Did you just-?"

I grinned directly at Matt, nodding. "Been through your memories twice, man. Only a matter of time before I figured out the little trick behind it." I stared at Sinister Zane, who was still fighting with everything he had to stay alive against Matt's Red Beam Cannon. "As for you, this is for everyone you've mercilessly killed. This is their fury. Their vengeance. Their…wrath."

I thrusted forwards both of my hands, yelling at the top of my lungs. "HEAVENLY WRATH!" Dark blue energy surrounded by the signature dark lightning of Heavenly Thunder Form erupted from my hands, surpassing even Matt's Red Beam Cannon in power. The second beam slammed into Sinister Zane's energy sphere, cracking and shattering it.

The Heavenly Wrath completely enveloped Sinister Zane, and started to chip away parts of his form. "No, no, no, no, no, NO!" Sinister Zane yelled at the top of his lungs as I put everything I had into the blast, including the chaotic power of my Heavenly Thunder Form in it. It only took a couple of seconds, but the evil counterpart of myself completely disintegrated, being either erased from existence or confined to the Underworld for eternity.

Reality couldn't even handle the raw power of both mine and Matt's immense blasts, as rips and tears started to form in almost every imaginable place in our vision all across the dead planet and the stars above. Everything started to crack, rip and shatter as our blasts exploded in all directions, and all I saw was white.

(000)

I awoke with a start, coughing up a small amount of sand. The injury in my chest had never gone away, and I had fought Sinister Zane with it the entire time, and the pain was starting to get to me slightly. I pushed myself off the sandy ground, taking in my surroundings.

Wherever the hell we had ended up was not pleasant at all. The entire landscape was nothing but gray sandy dunes, looking even more dead than the last planet we were on. The sky was an ambient yellow green, and filled with innumerable storm clouds. A few feet away from me in the sand, was an axe.

I walked over to the halfway submerged weapon, pulling it out of the sand by the handle. A familiar, old weapon of mine stared back at me. Keravnos. Or at least, Sinister Zane's Keravnos, I assumed. Using my empathy sensing, I could feel the terrible and evil atrocities he'd committed with the weapon, all the innocents and friends he'd murdered.

My grip tightened on the axe handle. I swore to use the weapon for the exact opposite purposes than what my evil counterpart used it for. The echoes of screaming innocents and betrayed friends would always echo at my soul, always to remind me of what I could become if I strayed too far into the dark. I promised myself that the axe would never be used to kill another innocent soul. Also, I missed the axe from my universe, and this would be a sufficient replacement.

Throwing up my newly acquired Keravnos on my shoulder, I looked around for Matt, suddenly concerned as I remembered the last universe crumbling to pieces as we killed Sinister Zane.

Matt was a few feet away from me, laying in the sand. He pulled himself back to his feet, groaning the entire time. He was clearly exhausted, and his hands were incredibly burnt. He took Viribus out of it's necklace form, healing himself. He looked at me and then at the landscape. His eyes widened. "This place…" He whispered to himself.

I looked at him in confusion, wondering what the hell he was talking about. But suddenly, seemingly from nowhere, a massive figure appeared behind us. Both me and Matt quickly turned around, jumping into a fighting stance, but both of us went still when we saw who it was.

Old Man Matt, the same future version of Matt that he met when chasing Hendricks I saw in his memories, stood before us, looking bewildered. "Didn't you just leave?" The divine version of Matt asked us, or more specifically Matt. His eyes traced on me. "Zane Williams? What the hell are you doing here?"

We had a lot to explain.

(000)

Quite the fight, huh? thesuperone342 killed it with this one, and it looks like I have to follow the act. I'll do my best. Next chapter is the final chapter of the second crossover, and it's going to be a big one, so get ready!

Until Next Time.