Chapter 100

Hiccups POV:

It's been one week since I left my island to head for Greece where Cronus was leading his army in a take over of the land and its people. This week on my ship however has not been spent relaxing in the least since on this trip I had absolutely no time to relax with the upcoming battle against a titan. My days were spent practicing with my weapons for the future fights, flying on Toothless while practicing my archery on some barrels since I would need to fight from above, forging new weapons since I might find help with some people and they'd need weapons to help fight. I had also been marinating arrows in hydras blood to help me take down the larger beasts under Cronus's control like Cyclops and giants. I had also been training up all my dragons using target I had brought with me and I was impressed with how far they'd come with their formations. Besides that nothing much had happened but I knew the peace was something I had to enjoy while I could since the second I set foot in Greece those times were over. I'd be spending every moment looking over my shoulder for any creature ready to bring an end to my life.

Now I was standing on my top deck with my dragons surrounding me with Plutarach while Coral, Zap and Ray swam at the sides of the ship. I wasn't wearing my armor since this way gave me a little more mobility but I did have the pelt of the Nemea lion to help me get used to fighting with it on again since this would help people know who I was and that I was there to help them. My dragons watched as I practiced duel wielding my weapons with my starsword and Anubis Khopesh since chances are I'd need to fight with both hands. It would come in handy for attacking between the legs of any giants and Cyclops to bring them down. I brought both blades down on imaginary opponent and let out a breath before putting my blades down and wiping the sweat from my forehead. I looked around at my dragons that were all looking at me in concern. I just smiled and gave one of the singetails a pat on the nose as I willed my weapons back into my prosthetic before I walked over to a barrel and took the flask of water on it. I brought the flask onto my lips and smiled as the water rushed down my throat cooling my body off after practicing my dual wielding none stop for an hour.

It was at that moment that I heard some girls singing beautifully but the thing was I we were still in the middle of the ocean. I used my eagle eye to look towards where the singing was coming from only to be greeted by three beautiful women standing on a rock out in the middle of the sea singing. I could see through their forms though and knew them to be sirens that were trying to lure me into the rocks but I was immune to their song and my ship was unsinkable so they'd more than likely get curious or frustrated. This would force them to attack me directly but in order to do that they'd have to come onto my ship where I could easily deal with them. I signaled my dragons to get below deck but be ready to come out at a moment's notice in case I needed their help but with what my ship could do I doubted I'd need it. I could tell the sirens didn't like me ignoring them since they hopped into the water and swam towards my ship while singing louder but I acted like I didn't even notice them.

It was then they reached my ship singing loudly at the sides of my ship but I ignored their songs until they climbed over the railing but I stayed in place putting my flask down and letting out a breath. I turned to face them and examined them and saw each of them wearing two-piece outfits that exposed their stomachs while their long skirts had splits in their sides showing off their legs. The only difference between them was the color of their dresses them being green, red and purple in that order from left to right with the one wearing green had her hair in a braided bun, the one wearing red letting her hair flow down to her waist while the one in purple had her hair up in a ponytail. I stared at them since I had to admit they looked beautiful but I knew it was an illusion they were using. The one wearing red walked forward up to me singing but I held still and just stared at her as she smiled at me. She gently caressed my face as I smiled at her making her smile wider before trying to gently pull me towards the railing. I gently took her hand making her raise an eyebrow but she never lost her smile and didn't stop slowly leading me until I said.

"Nice try but your songs have no effect on me."

I then quickly grabbed her arm as I released my starsword stabbing it into her stomach making her let out a shriek before turning into water that splashed onto my deck. I heard growls along with what sounded like blades being released and looked up to see the two remaining sirens glaring at me except their fingers had gotten longer while their nails had sharpened into claws. The one wearing green lunged towards me with her claws raised but I dodged to the side as the one wearing purple slashed at me but I blocked it with my eagle shield. While I was focused on the one wearing purple the one in green jumped onto my back and began choking me. As I struggled to get her off the one wearing purple smirked at me before making a slash at my neck but I jumped back into the pole not only dodging her strike but also slamming the other siren into the pole making her loosen her grip so I could breath for a moment. I quickly put my sword back into my prosthetic and released my crystal spear with the bladed end facing towards my shoulder where the siren was looking over. The result was the head of my spear stabbing into the bottom of her head instantly killing her and making her body turn to water leaving me with just one more to deal with. I stared at the siren wearing purple who was glaring at me let out a shriek that reminded me of a banshee before sprouting crow like wings from her back as her feet turned into crow's feet with talons right before she took off into the sky. I couldn't let her escape and I'm guessing my ship felt my need since before she could get passed my ships railing ropes shot out from around the deck and tied her up while dragging her towards me. I smiled down at her as she struggled before I said.

"There's no escape from me monster."

With that I raised my sword but before I could bring it down she let out another screech that was louder than the last and was close to making my ears bleed. All it did was make me want to shut her up to bring an end to the shrieking so without hesitation I plunged my sword into her chest through the heart. Her body burst into water before falling onto the deck as I let out a sigh of relief knowing that this small battle was over but there was worse coming.

I called my dragons out from below deck but before I could say anything I heard shrieks in the distance that sounded like rabid birds. I used my eagle eye to see what was going on in the distance and what I saw made me realize why that siren let out that banshee like screech. It was calling in reinforcements in the form of bird like creatures with black feathered bodies, flesh colored bat like wings with holes in the bottoms, long necks and bald heads that had hideous deformed faces. I immediately recognized these creatures as harpies and was glad I brought my singetails, Bellow, and Longshot with the other Shadow wings, Bones and Saber who would no doubt come in handy with fighting the harpies up in the sky with their fire power and thick skins. My other dragons would have to stay and take care of any that got on the ship since harpies were known to steal food and I couldn't risk them getting it. I quickly grabbed my spirit arrow quiver and put it over my shoulder as I turned to Bellow before I said.

"Bellow, you and the shadow wings charge in first to disorient them." He growled and nodded as the shadow wings got beneath his wings while I turned to Sear. "Sear, you lead the singetails in a triangle formation against the harpies and fire at all angles to take them out." He growled and turned to the other singetails while I turned to Bones and Saber. "You two hold back and help take out any harpies that try to break through." They growled and got ready as I turned to my other dragons on the deck. "Harpies are known to steal food so I want you guys to deal with any harpies that are able to make it through." They all growled and nodded as I ran to the side of the ship looking down at Coral, Zap and Ray. "Chances are a few harpies will be knocked into or near the water and when they're in the water take them out anyway you can." They growled and got ready as I walked back to Toothless while releasing my hook and ran it across the now wet deck coating it in the water that was once the sirens before the water solidified against it as I mounted Toothless. "LET'S GO SHOW THOSE HARPIES THAT THEY MADE A MISTAKE IN SERVING CRONUS." My dragons all roared or in Plutarch's case screeched before Toothless and I lead the charge against the harpies.

Nobodies POV:

Hiccup and Toothless flew straight towards the large flock of harpies with Bellow following close behind with the shadow wings holding onto the bottom of his wings ready to begin firing at the harpies. Flying above them in a triangle formation were the singetails and behind all of them were Bones and Saber ready to take on any harpies that made it past them. When they were twenty feet away from each other Hiccup raised his hook and swung it towards them sending a rotating blade of solidified water spinning towards the harpies. The harpies didn't get the chance to react to the solidified water, which succeeded in slicing through four harpies before it evaporated. Hiccup held up his hand and gave his dragons the signal to begin firing at will and no sooner did he do so did the skies fill with fire and blasts of lava explosions along with the shrieks of pain from dying harpies but that didn't mean Hiccup and his dragons were having an easy time.

Right before the two flocks crashed however Hiccup had released his spirit bow and took out a fire arrow to take down some of the harpies. When the two flocks finally collided, he let the arrow fly nailing one in the chest before it let out a final shriek as it was engulfed in flames. As he took out another arrow Toothless let loose a plasma blast at an incoming harpy blasting it back and sending it dazed form into the ocean where Zap and Ray made short work of it with an electric shock. Hiccup launched another arrow this time an ice arrow and launched it at a harpy that was swooping down towards Sear only to be nailed in the side with the arrow. This resulted in the harpy being trapped in ice before falling toward the water where it shattered on impact body and all. It was at that moment a harpy was able to swoop down and grab Hiccup off the saddle that changed to allow Toothless control. Hiccup quickly took out a lightning arrow and stabbed it into the chest of the harpy making it screech and let him go right before it was shocked to death while Hiccup plummeted down only to land on Bellow's back. Hiccup quickly stood up as two harpies came to also land on Bellows back but had yet to notice Hiccup and got ready to attack Bellow. They never got the chance though as Hiccup took two Scimitar throwing knives and yelled.

"HEY YOU UGLY OLD CROWS!" They turned to face him. "GET OFF MY DRAGON!"

He flung the knives nailing one harpy in the chest and the other in the head sending them both tumbling off Bellows back. Once they were gone Hiccup took a moment to look around at the ongoing battle and saw that despite them being outmatched by the dragons the harpies were putting up a good fight. It was the a few tried to attack a group of three singetails from behind and below but unfortunately for them as expected the singetails saw these attacks coming. They let loose blasts from both their tails and underbellies barely giving the harpies enough time to screech before they were burned to near ash by the flames. Some tried to attack Bellow from his underside but were hit with lava blasts from the shadow wings and sent flying into the ocean. Still there were a lot of them so it wasn't surprising that more then a few were able to get passed Bellow and the singetails only to be met by Bones and Saber who were all too happy to smash the harpies down into the water and if they were still alive they died on impact or were made short work of by Zap and Ray. The dragons that were guarding my immediately killed the few who were able to make it there but the harpies were mainly killed by Angel and Phantom who used their blending ability to catch the harpies by surprise and then spray them with acid. Those that were able to land on deck were swatted off and into the water where Coral hit them with her own acid blast bringing a quick end to their lives.

It was then Toothless swooped down and grabbed Hiccup who was quick to climb back onto the saddle and ready another arrow this time a wind arrow. He took aim and let it fly towards another harpy that was struck right in the chest blasting it straight back into another harpy sending them both flailing towards the water where Zap and Ray were circling in wait for their next victims. Toothless let out another plasma blast into the chest of another charging harpy killing it as Hiccup threw another one of his scimitar throwing knives at a harpy that was flying past them nailing it in the neck. While this happened the singetails let out a combined blast of flames from their mouths towards an oncoming group of five harpies that didn't have the time to dodge so the blast got them all. Hiccup ducked beneath the talons of another harpy that tried to grab him but he quickly took out a forest arrow and tossed that into its talons before the harpy let out a screech when the arrows roots began to grow and wrap around it. It didn't take the arrow long to reach the wing of the harpy sending it screeching down into the water below where the harpy was killed on impact. Hiccup looked to his left when he heard a screech and saw another harpy swooping down towards him before he had time to react but luckily one of the shadow wings reacted for him. The harpy was struck in the back with an exploding lava ball making it let out one last shriek of pain before falling into the ocean. Hiccup smiled up at Bellow before looking around for his next target only to see all the banshees were no more except for one that was flying off into the distance. Hiccup readied an ice arrow in his spirit bow and used his eagle eye to take aim before he let the arrow fly. His face showed no emotion until the arrow landed on the back of its target making him smile as the harpy went falling into the ocean. It was only after the beast shattered on its impact on the water did Hiccup signal his dragons to return to the ship that had never stopped sailing towards its destination despite the battle.

1 hour later

Hiccups POV:

It's been an hour since our battle with the sirens and harpies and in that short amount of time a few things have been done like how I've put on my regular armor on with the lion pelt over it exposing only the two arrow quivers on my back with on holding my spirit arrows and the other my hydra blood arrows. I would've gone with my battle armor but I needed to show civilians I was there to protect them and my battle armor would only scare them, which at this time is the last thing I wanted. I had also armored up all of my dragons and Plutarach for the coming battle but it was after they were already doing something interesting happen. Hermes came to my ship and imprinted the mark of Olympus on their armor claiming it was to show the people the dragons were there to help before he told me should I summon my Anubis warriors' people would know they're on my side the same way thanks to me having their blessing.

After that he told me that the gods had faith in me and that the chest was nearly complete but they still needed time. I told him I'd do the best I could but to hurry since I didn't want to fight Cronus when I knew I wouldn't stand a chance at defeating him. He nodded and would let Hephaestus know but, in the meantime, I'd have to do my best to hold off the beasts. I asked him if there was any place I could get the civilians to for safety while the city was under siege. He told that the island off the coast of Athens would be the safest place to get the civilians until the forces of Cronus were dealt with and then it would be best to have them evacuated to the next city until Cronus was vanquished. I agreed with him and knew I could use my ship to transport the people along with my tidal classes to help protect them so that became the plan.

It was at that moment land came into view but as I got closer I saw something that made my blood run cold and that was the large plume of smoke floating in the air from the same area Athens was located. Knowing what this meant I willed my ship to sail towards the smoke faster so I could help with what was happening making it speed forward. As we got closer I could hear roars, screeches and screams in the distance. Using my eagle eye, I got a better look and was horrified at the sight of multiple buildings in flames while the sound of screams, roars and screeches filled the air. I turned to my dragons and Plutarach as signaled them to be ready as I said.

"Alright guys we've faced some tough odds before but nothing like this so be careful, never take anything on alone and get as many civilians as you can out of harm's way." They all growled before a smile came to my face. "It was then the ship came to a stop at what was left of the dock I turned to Bellow, the shadow wings and Sear.

"Bellow you take a few of the shadow wings under your wings and take care of the air forces." He nodded as I turned to Sear. "Sear you lead the singetails behind him and watch his back." He growled and nodded as I turned to Longshot. "Longshot you lead three other Shadow wings against the forces on the ground and handle some of those in the alleys." He growled and nodded before I turned to Bones, Saber, Boulder. "You three are going to need to stick to the areas that are more expansive and do your best to stay out of tighter areas since you'll be sitting ducks out there." They all growled before I turned to my changewings. "You two do your best to get the drop on enemies that are busy fighting soldiers and get any civilians you can back to the ship unharmed." They both nodded while I turned to my sand phantoms. "You two take larger groups of monsters in your sand storm forms and use this ability to help civilians escape in the direction of the dock." They growled as I turned to the Coral, Zap and Ray. "You two protect any civilians who come here to try and escape from the city and make sure to help any of those in need onto the ship before getting them to the island." They growled as I turned to the others. "The rest of you handle the enemies on the ground from the air and don't land unless you have to but if you see a civilian collect them and put on the ship." They all growled and nodded before I turned to Toothless. "You watch out for me from above bud while I take down those on the ground." He crooned but I patted his head. "I'll be fine bud." I then turned to my dragons. "Remember guys watch out for each other out there and should I need you I'll blow my horn to call for those nearby." They all growled before nodding. "Now let's show Cronus and his forces what we can do and why you should never mess with us."

They all looked to the sky roaring before they all took off into the city to handle the threats inside. I watched as they did so and prayed to every god I knew to protect them and me in this battle as I got off my ship while looking up at the city now under siege. I then charged into the once great city as I released my star sword to do battle with the beasts inside. I quickly turned into a street I used to walk down only to be greeted by the sight of what looked to be an undead legionnaire with a rusty sword and helmet about to bring its blade down on a woman who was cradling a crying boy. (AN: Picture the undead legionary's from 'god of war') I ran at it with my sword ready as the beast turned to me and slashed the beast in the chest cutting its torso opened while flinging it back in the process. I watched the body for a few seconds but it didn't get back up so I knew it was dead. With the threat now dealt with I turned back to the woman and child who was staring up at me in awe as I kneeled down and asked.

"Are you both alright?" The child ran up and hugged my torso while crying and looking up at me as he said.

"Heracles, I knew you'd come to save us from Cronus." I just stroked his hair.

"Everything will be alright child!"

"But what about my father?" He pointed down the street. "He's still down the street distracting the monsters so me and my mother could escape."

"I'll see if I can save him but right now you two need to get to safety." I looked up at the woman. "Get to the docks where you'll find my ship, board it and wait till I get back with other civilians to take you all somewhere where you'll be safe for the time being."

"Thank Zeus you've come to our aid Heracles."

"It's my pleasure and you might see two creatures in the water don't worry they're mine and won't harm you."

She nodded before picking up the child and running away while I took off down the streets to see if I could save the child's father.I turned the corner only to be greeted by the sight of a man running from a Cyclops so without hesitation I quickly released my Lightning axe and threw it towards the Cyclops. I smiled as it imbedded the blade in the skull of the beast that collapsed dead on the ground. The man turned back to face the beast as I ran towards him before he turned me but before he could say anything I gave him the same instructions I gave the woman and he was quick to obey them as a hoard of undead legionnaires ran down the street towards us. I summoned my axe out of the Cyclops head and ran at the charging hoard before jumping and slamming my axes blade into the ground sending the creatures flying back into the wall killing them. I smiled at the sight until an arrow shot from above went flying inches away from my head. I quickly looked up where the arrow came from and saw an undead legionnaire standing on the top of the building that had a roof that had collapsed looking down at me as it prepared another arrow. I quickly sheathed my axe and ran towards the bottom of the building while dodging another arrow and releasing my hook.

I launched the hook towards the edge of the floor the archer was on and grappled onto the floor before quickly pulling myself up to the floor. The creature roared at me when I reached the top but that was all it got out before I used the momentum to be tossed up and grabbed onto its shoulder and pulling my self forward while throwing it over the edge. I smiled as I heard a satisfying thump below and sheathed my hook until I heard what sounded like an angry bull on the other side of the wall. I looked towards it only to see what I recognized as a Minotaur holding a very large axe and the beast was glaring right at me. It roared and threw its axe at me in a way that it spun sideways but I dropped to the floor dodging it but before I could get back up the Minotaur charged at me with its horns down. Thinking fast I released two of my scimitars throwing knives and threw them towards the Minotaur's legs each imbedding themselves into the legs of beast below the knees. The Minotaur roared in pain as it fell to the ground and went tumbling while I stepped to the side and watched as the Minotaur went over the edge. With that beast out of the way I took out my spirit bow and loaded a fire arrow to see if I could take down any beast from above hear. I ran to the side of the roof and saw a group of undead legionnaires marching down the street and smiled before taking aim and letting the arrow fly. I watched as it struck the middle one that fell back from the impact before exploding with flames that spread to the group killing them all.

It was then I heard the screams of some people from the street across the other building and ran to the other end before jumping over the gap to the other roof. I ran across it towards the side where the screaming was coming from and looked down to see a small group of people running from two giants each armed with clubs. I jumped off the roof as I released my starsword just as the second giant was passing and plunged my sword into its head killing it instantly making it let out one final roar as it fell to its knees and then the ground. I rolled off the body and stood up while placing my starsword in my real hand and releasing my khopesh blade as I charged towards the remaining giant that had stopped after hearing its fellow giants roar. I held the blades out as I ran between its legs cutting them open, making the giant roar in pain and fall to its knees. When it was down I ran up its arm and stabbed it below the throat with my starsword bringing an end to its life as it held its hands over the bleeding hole only to succumb to death as I ran to the people who were watching me in awe. When I reached them I just told them to get to the docks where my ship was waiting for them but the leader of the group stepped forward and said.

"I thank you for saving us but what if we run should into more beasts?" I looked down in thought until my eyes landed on my khopesh and then it hit me.

"Don't worry I have a few troops of my own." He raised an eyebrow as I kneeled to the ground and held my hand to the ground. "Soldiers of Anubis come to my aid for I am in need of your strength and the innocent are in need of your protection." Sand appeared before rising and taking the form of fifteen Anubis warriors but I saw they each had a pendant with the symbol of Olympus on it which I knew how they'd show they were on our side thanks to my blessing of the greek gods as the leader of the group stepped forward and said.

"What is your bidding master?"

"I want these people onto my ship along with any other civilians you find along the way, kill any monster you find and once they're safely on the ship come back into the city and look for more civilians and do the same for them." He nodded.

"As you command." I turned back to the leader of the civilians who was looking uneasy.

"Don't worry they obey me and I've given them orders to escort you all to the dock."

"Alright I trust you Heracles."

They then took off back to the docks while I summoned the remainder of my Anubis warriors and gave them the same orders I gave my other warriors when they've gotten the group to the dock. Once I finished giving the order they all spread out across the streets searching for civilians while I took off down the street searching for more people. As I ran I looked up and smiled at the sight of my singetails blasting some harpies trying to attack them from behind. I was brought out of my thoughts by the sound of a roar from around the corner. I ran to see what it was only to find a manticore walking down the street looking for its prey so I quickly unfolded my eagle shield and released my crystal spear, which sadly made a sound that drew the beast's attention to me. It took one look at me and roared before launching its spines towards my upper torso but I quickly held up my shield blocking the spines but I also succeeded in enraging it to the point that it charged at me. As it ran towards me I stood my ground and held my spear up and threw it straight at the manticore with the metal part facing the beast. My spear impaled itself into the back of the beast just behind its neck and it fell to the ground with its body sliding across the ground kicking up dirt. The body came to stop in front of me before turning to dust as I pulled my spear out and looked down at what used to be a fierce beast.

I was brought out of my thoughts by the sound of hardened clay crashing against the ground. I turned towards the direction of the sound only to find it came from inside a store to my right side. The door slowly creaked open as I readied my spear to fight until the door opened wide enough for a face to peak out before quickly shutting the door. I walked up to it and pushed it open with my spear before walking into the building with my shield ready. I looked around the store that was in shambles before I heard a whimper from the back and turned towards the sound and began walking towards it. As I walked however I heard a blade silently being removed from its sheath from behind me and quickly turned around just in time to use my spear to block a blade being brought down on me. I kicked the wielder back into the wall and prepared to bring my spear down upon them but stopped my blade in mid stab as I recognized the one as one of the Greek soldiers I'd met. He looked up at me as I pulled my blade away before he asked.

"Lord Heracles?"

"I'm not a lord but I am Heracles." He looked up at me and smiled before bowing.

"My sincerest apologies Heracles but from the back I thought you were one of the beasts attacking the city."

"We can go over that later, are there any others in this store besides you?" He nodded.

"My wife, son, daughter and sister are hiding at the back while I stood guard."

"Go and fetch them while I stand guard before we leave."

"But my lord where would we go?"

"I have a ship docked and its prepared to take any survivors I find away from Athens while the battle rages." He nodded and walked to the back of the store while I watched the door until he came back before I turned back to him. "Keep your sword out since you're more than likely going to need it for what's waiting out there."

He nodded as we made our way outside with his family behind us but I kept my guard up as I looked at the burning buildings. This place reminded me so much of Berk during the dragon raids except this time the beasts were far more dangerous since unlike the dragons they were ready to kill. We quickly made our way down the streets only to come to a quick stop as a Cyclops rounded the corner and its eye landed on us. I held my hand up towards the soldier and said.

"Get behind me and protect your family!"

"But what about you?"

"I've dealt with his kind before."

It was then the Cyclops began charging at us and I in turn charged at it as well with my spear pointed at it but when we were close I stabbed the end into the ground and vaulted at it while letting go of my spear. The beast stared at me as I flew before I grappled onto the bottom of its open mouth with my prosthetic hand and swung myself onto the top of its head. It raised its head to try and look up at me as it roared but I held my prosthetic hand over its open mouth as I channeled a green crystal making acid drip down into its throat and onto its eye. It let out a roar of pain and began to struggle but I held on and kept pouring acid down its throat. It let out one final roar as it dropped to its knees and then fell to the ground dead while its throat slowly melted open. I ran back to the family who were staring at me in awe while I picked up my spear and said.

"We have to keep moving now since more might be on the way."

They just nodded and we kept running down the roads until five arrows hitting the path in front of us stopped us. I looked up to see five undead legionnaires standing at the edge of a roof preparing to fire more arrows. Deciding it best not to give them the chance I quickly put my spear back into my prosthetic and released my spirit bow. I took out an earth arrow and let it fly towards them, hitting the edge they were standing on. The edge crumbled with them still standing on it making them fall to the ground below followed by large chunks of rubble that crushed them. After that I put my bow away and released my star sword and continued to lead the family to the dock where my ship was. When we got to the dock I found a giant doing battle with Coral who was doing her best to fight it off but wasn't as fast in the air as she was in the water. I quickly signaled Toothless down who was quick to come down before I mounted him and we took off towards the giant with him letting loose two plasma blasts at its back. The giant roared in pain and turned to face us just as we reached it before I slashed at its throat cutting it open bringing an end to its life. We came back to land in front of the family as the soldier stood in front of them with his shield raised and his sword at the ready but I held up my hand and dismounted him as I said.

"He's not with Cronus, he's with me so get on the ship and we'll get you to safety soon."

I could tell he was about to protest but a harpy chose that moment to swoop down and grab his son who screamed as it took off. Before I could react however Toothless reacted first and took off after them blasting the harpy in the back with a plasma blast making it let go of the child while sending the beast itself falling headfirst into the window of a burning building. The boy screamed as he fell only to be caught by Toothless who quickly brought the child back to his parents before the boy's mother pulled him into a hug as she cried her heart out. After that the soldier gave a nod to both me and Toothless before boarding my ship that I could see was nearly full but it was then three of my Anubis warriors ran out of the city leading a group of six people towards my ship. They got the group onto my ship as I gave them a nod of acknowledgment that they accepted before running back into the city to find more people. I knew it was time to start evacuating people and quickly boarded my ship before willing it to set sail to the island where they'd be safe for now. It didn't take long to get to the island before I ordered everyone to disembark the ship. Once everyone was off I looked around at all of them and announced.

"YOU'LL ALL HAVE TO STAY HERE TILL THE BATTLE IN ATHENS IS OVER BUT DON'T WORRY THE MONSTERS SHALL NOT BE ABLE TO GET HERE, YOU HAVE MY WORD ON BOTH THIS AND THAT CRONUS AND HIS FORCES WILL NOT BE THE VICTOR IN THIS WAR!" They all cheered at this as I boarded my ship and took off back to Athens to find more people and kill more of Cronus's forces but as I did I wondered how I could stop all this.

2 hours later

It's been two hours since I dropped off the first group of survivors and in that time, I had killed another ten Cyclops, eight giants, three manticores, five minotaur's, four harpies and I've lost count on how many undead legionaries I've had to face. I've also however sent six more ship full of survivors off to the island who were grateful for my protection and my evacuation of them. I'd also been able to see my dragons in action against some of the monsters such as my changewings getting the drop on a minotaur and giving it a face full of acid or Heatwave striking down a giant with one of his spines to the back of the head. There were some difficulties I had to help out with like when a Cyclops was able to grab Reaper by the tail and pull him down but before it could do anything I got it in the eye with one of my Scimitar throwing knives making it let Reaper go right before Reaper used his tail to cut the Cyclops neck open killing it. All in all I think things were going well as far as we were going, I think we were even able to push Cronus's forces back since I could barely find any more of them in the section of the city with the dock.

Now I was in the middle of the city in a large empty space that used to be an open market but was now nothing more than a battle ground, as looking around at the bodies of the giant and two Minotaur I just killed. One Minotaur had its horns stuck into a wall leaving its severed head stuck there while its decapitated body lay below it after I separated them using my sword. The other Minotaur lay closer to the middle of town except this body was burned all over thanks to the fire arrow I hit it in the chest with. Finally, the giant was buried up to its waist in the ground thanks to the earth arrow I shot at it while its head now had my axe imbedded in it after I threw it. While I fought these beasts Toothless had been sent back to the ship with a woman and her baby boy since I didn't want them to be caught in the crossfire of this battle and I most definitely didn't want a baby to see such violence.

Looking around at the destruction I sighed while wondering if these beasts would ever stop coming as I summoned my axe back into my hand before I heard a slow clapping coming from behind me. I quickly turned towards the sound of the clapping to see a woman walking out of an alley slowly clapping and smiling at me but I knew this woman wasn't normal and more than likely one of the furies. She had dark claw hands with a golden fury chest plate that perfectly fit the midsection of her body and outlined her stomach area, so it would protect her chest and stomach, golden knee guards above her sharp feet that come up to her knee-bone and a golden fury helmet that had a mask on it that she slowly lifted it to reveal a beautiful smiling face. Despite all this the thing that caught my attention the most was the glowing green gem imbedded in her armor right above her chest since there was something about it that just didn't feel right. I glared at her as I raised my axe and shield in defense before I said.

"Let me guess, you're one of the furies." She smiled.

"Indeed, I am Megaera of the furies young Heracles or should I call you Hiccup?"

"Let's skip the formalities and go to the part where you tell me what you want." She frowned.

"So, you're a man who likes to get right to the point?" She then smiled. "I like that." I just glared at her while silently telling her to tell me what she wanted. "I sensed a disturbance in my troops attacking this place but when I came to investigate I find a large pack of Anubis warriors and a flock of dragons being lead against my forces by none other than the great hero Heracles and immediately went to inform my master Cronus who asked me to deliver a message to you."

"And what would this message be?"

"He wishes to meet you and offer you a place among me and my sisters as a general in his army and with it you shall have command over an unstoppable army that you shall lead into battle and conquest over every mortal land in the world." She then smiled. "When the world belongs to lord Cronus you shall be well rewarded with command over your own land and all its inhabitants." She slowly stepped forward. "You shall be a king with your own subjects to rule over along with your pick of women to take with you into your bed chamber, unimaginable riches, power beyond your wildest dreams, worshipped as a god and so much more."

"Is that his offer?"

"Indeed, it is." I got into my battle stance.

"Well I'm afraid I'm going to have to turn down the offer on account of I already have most of those things being offered and I don't serve tyrants bent on conquest." She then gave a cold smile.

"Then you're of no use to us and shall die." It was then much to my shock four jade colored appendages that reminded me of a spider sprung from her back. "Time for you to meet your end."

She then lowered her mask and used the appendages to launch herself towards me but I threw my axe sideways at her nailing her in the torso and sending her flying back into a building and smashing through the wall. When the dust cleared I saw her glaring daggers at me while my axe lay on the ground behind her. I quickly released my crystal spear and got ready for a fight as she charged at me using her spiderlike appendages to carry her. She growled as she once again launching herself at me with her claws extended and ready to strike me. I stepped to the right to avoid a slash of her claws and then used my shield to block a slash from her other hand before I stabbed the crystal end of my spear into the ground. As expected crystals burst from the ground around me while throwing Megaera backgiving me a bit more room but as soon as the crystals she came at me again with her claws bared. As she did so I readied my spear and had the metal end facing her. When she was close enough I stabbed my spear forward only for her to dodge to the left but I took the opportunity to swing my spear into her side. I succeeded in throwing her off balance but she was quick to regain it and pushed herself forward slashing her claws at me but this time she was successful in scratching my armor, luckily it not a deep scratch and was actually barely touched the surface.

I didn't get the chance to dwell on this for long since Megaera used one of her spider appendages to swat me to the side but I kept my grip on my spear as I slid across the ground. She quickly used her appendages to jump at me and landed above me but used her appendages to hold herself over me. She smiled down at me before raising her front left claw and brought it down at me to stab me but I rolled to the side avoiding the appendage that pierced the ground. She quickly raised her front right claw and brought it down as she raised her left claw while I rolled to the side again to avoid the blow. She growled and raised both her front appendages before bringing them both down towards where my head was but I quickly threw my legs back making me roll back barely avoiding the appendages. I quickly got back up and slammed my spears crystal end towards her making crystals sprout out of the ground towards her knocking her back but she quickly recovered and before I could react she launched herself back at me and slammed into my body. While I was dazed she stabbed one of her limbs into the sleeve of my armor pinning my real arm down while using her other front limb to knock my spear out of my prosthetic hand before pinning it down as well while using her back limbs to hold herself over me. She smiled down at me as she said.

"I have to admit you put up a better fight than most mortals would have but as expected I was the victor." I didn't reply and kept focusing on one thing. "Oh what no last words?" I kept quiet as I kept focusing but I'm guessing she wasn't happy about it since she quickly lifted her two front claws for a second and then slammed them back down as she growled. "Why aren't you speaking?" I looked up at her but never let my focus waver as I answered.

"I'm not speaking because I'm concentrating." As soon as I finished speaking my axe came flying while spinning into my prosthetic hand right after it sliced through the limb that was pinning it down making Megaera scream in pain. "You forgot about my axe that slammed you into the wall when our fight first began." She glared at me as she rubbed the stump where her limb was severed. "I figured you'd remember it but it looks like you forgot the number one rule in a fight." I quickly put my axe down and pointed my fist up at her. "NEVER LET YOUR GUARD DOWN!"

I then launched my fist as spikes popped out of the knuckles and nailed her in the gem above her chest making it shatter while also sending her flying back. I stood up while pulling my fist back into the slot and summoning my axe back into my prosthetic hand as I walked over to her as she slowly got back up while glaring. She then noticed the pieces of the gem on the ground and a look of fear immediately came onto her face as she dropped to her knees trying to gather up the pieces while chanting no. I stared at her confused and said.

"You could get another one." She paused and glared up at me.

"Do you know what you've done?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Broken a piece of jewelry that you apparently had some sort of unhealthy attachment to." She roared and pounced at me with her claws extended towards me only to be cut off by some sort of bubble with a glimmering blue shine as a feminine voice said.

"I believe I can explain what you've done." I turned to see who the owner of the voice was and immediately dropped to my knees at the sight of the goddess Athena walking towards me. "Please rise Hiccup for what your deeds have more thane earned you the right to stand in my presence." I stood up and looked at her. "That jewel was the one thing keeping me along with the other gods from touching her and now that it's destroyed we can take care of rest." It was then a creature with the torso of a woman, snakes for hair and from the waist down was the body of a black dragon with four legs, two wings coming out from where her human waist met her dragon torso and the tail of a scorpion, walked up behind Athena with a smile that almost made me wet myself as Athen gestured to her. "This is Kampe, the jailer of Tarturus who is here to collect Megaera and take her to be imprisoned in Tarturus for a few millennia." The bubble vanished dropping Megaera to the ground before she quickly began to try and crawl away only for Kampe to chuckled and raise her clenched fist and release a whip made of flames that she swung Megaera before it wrapped around her arms making her scream as Kampe said.

"Don't worry, I have a nice cell ready and waiting for you." The whip withdrew dragging Megaera towards her before Kampe's attention fell on me with a smile. "Excellent work on capturing this one Hiccup and don't worry about the other two since I have cells waiting for them as well." She and Megaera were then engulfed in a burst of flame blinding me before the spot where they once were was empty aside from a scorched ground before Athena said.

"That takes care of Megaera." She then turned to face me.

"Excellent work Hiccup but there's still her sister to deal with and with Megaera captured thanks to you they will no doubt wish to bring an end to you while in service of Cronus."

"I'll do my best to handle them but may I ask if there is anything that can be done about Cronus's forces that are still roaming the city." She simply smiled and held her hand up before waving it, sending out a wave of light across the city while also blinding me until the light dimmed.

"The beasts that have been dealt with now as have their bodies." I smiled but then frowned.

"What about the bodies of the citizens who were killed." She frowned.

"No civilian was killed and those who went missing were actually captured as were the Amazons but for what purpose only Cronus knows."

"I have a bad feeling about this since when citizens are kidnapped it's never good."

"Rest assured Hiccup, we're doing everything we can to find out what's happening to them but for now you need to help evacuate the people who weren't captured to the next city where Hermes has already informed the ruler that he must take them in until Cronus is dealt with." I nodded.

"How's the chest coming along?"

"It is near completion but we still need more time if it is to be able to hold Cronus."

"Take as much time as you need then since it's better to do it right the first time then get it wrong and risk Cronus being freed in the future."

"Wise words Hiccup Haddock, I wish you luck in your future fights for if you fail then the world shall suffer."

"Rest assured Hera I will do everything in my power to stop Cronus and his forces."

"I shudder to think of what should happen if you do." With those final words there was a bright white flash and she was gone as I let out a sigh.

"I'm beginning to think she has as much faith in me as my father did before I met Toothless." I then looked around at the bare streets. "I really have to stop talking to myself." I then walked out of the clearing to get to work on evacuating everyone from the city.

AN: And I am back from vacation meaning I'll be writing more so hopefully I'll be able to update faster but it depends on how things go at work and how much inspiration strikes me. Also lots of thanks to my friend 'Red dragon 112293' for all his help as he's the one who came up with the idea for Cronus in this Greek piece. By the way if you're having trouble picturing the furies just look up the ones from God of war since I'm using their images. Till next time have a nice day and keep your reviews kind unlike my sister who insists I live on a diet of chocolate despite only having one chocolate bar and one bowl of ice cream a day.