Horus is lying in his chambers, sleeping soundly when he starts tossing and turning, seeing a vision of sorts. A loud roar of pain and anger. "RAAAAAAAAAWR!" the sound of chains tussling and jerking. "Let me out! LET ME OUUUUUUT!" It suddenly stops, as Horus sees a gigantic purple snake-like figure with rock-like scales, gigantic fangs dripping with acidic poison, and a tail like a rattlesnake with many glowing purple spikes. He's angry. So very angry. He suddenly stops, dead silent, before his glance shoots to the sky, straight at where Horus is watching from, smiling. "Your end is near… Horus," He says causing Horus to shoot awake just in time for a massive earthquake, Horus leaps out of bed and gets dressed in a mere moment, grabbing his staff and rushing out into the main hall seeing his guards sprinting about.

Osiris passes by and grabs Horus' arm. "Lord Horus! We must go! It's-" "Apophis," Horus interrupts and Osiris nods.

"Yeah… I don't know how. It just… happened. He is free. And he's coming here. To the palace,"

"No… Not to the palace. To me! Take EVERYONE. Take them all and run. Get away from here, Osiris!"

Osiris nods. "But Lord Horus. The Duat is ready. Ready to fight for you!"

"The people of the Duat can exist without me. However, I cannot exist without the people of the Duat. I know what he wants. I will remain here. And I will wait. Everyone else MUST run!" He puts a hand on Osiris' neck lightly shaking him and looking into his eyes making Osiris see a flame he always sees when he treats his subjects during the day. "Do you hear me, Osiris!? This is your last order from your king. And a plea from your friend."

Osiris nods. "Y-yes, Lord Horus."

Horus looks around. "Wait… Osiris…" Horus' face goes pale. "Where… where is Sett?" He asks with a distressed voice.

Osiris looks around the giant hall seeing no sign of the Duat's main guard. Horus runs to his throne, seeing a piece of papyrus. "No. No no no. NO! NONONO!" He says gripping it tightly. "OSIRIS! FIND RA! I need to speak with him!"

"Ra? Why R-" "NOW!" Osiris' eyes widen. He's never seen Horus look… furious before. At least not… THIS furious.

-A few hours earlier-

Sett wakes up in the middle of the night to a strange noise outside his room. He springs out of bed and swiftly puts on his armor. "Who's there?" He walks out, glancing around and seeing a tall figure walking closer. "Hello?" He says seeing Ra as he steps into the light. "Uncle Ra!" He steps up to hug him.

Ra puts a hand on his head, holding him at a distance. He was never much for physical affection. "Sett. I have a bad feeling."

Sett steps back looking up at Ra with a confused look. "A… bad feeling?"

Ra nods. "I would like you to go and check on… Apophis," He explains and Sett gets a flash through his mind of Apophis rampaging through the world.

"N-no! It can't be!"

"Go. Now," Ra orders and Sett nods, rushing to Horus' throne to write a note, Ra smirks slightly as he sees Sett running out, forming a shield of sand on the desert, shooting off using it as a surfboard. "Hm."

Sett arrives at Apophis' seal, a giant hole in the desert, with several large pillars of sandstone each with hieroglyphic markings and a glowing chain of light shooting into the hole, seemingly holding onto the beast within. "Nothing… appears to be wrong. Uncle Thoth made this seal sturdy!" He says, letting out a sigh of relief, and begins to head back. But as soon as he steps away from the hole he hears a roar from behind. He takes a HUGE leap forward, spinning around in the same motion and forming his blades around him just in time to see the base on one of the pillars give in, cracking and breaking and it's pulled into the hole, followed by another, and another, until they're all gone and Apophis rises from the hole, spreading his large draconic wings, attached to his cobra-like body. Sett's instincts tell him a single thing and a single thing only. PRIMAL GUARDIAN! His body morphs, growing his arms longer and he gets his bushy tail and cat-ears. "APOPHIS!" He yells out throwing out his arms as countless sand blades form around him, each pointed at the giant serpent. 'Big brother Horus. Uncle Ra said there might be something wrong with the seal. I have gone to check it out. I know you said I should never go near it, but I have to check. To keep you safe. If he escapes, Apophis is no match for me! So wait for me to return. I will be right back.' He swings his axe around and strikes a battling pose, the sands around the desert floating into the air, forming several blades, shields, and spears.

Apophis laughs. "You DARE stand in my way, little god!?" He hisses slightly on his s's as expected of a snake-like being.

Sett remains silent, standing firm. "... … Yes," he finally answers as Apophis slithers up and makes himself look taller.

"SO BE IT! Your corpse shall make for a good appetizer to your brother!" the two leap for each other, Sett gritting his teeth, tossing up a gigantic Guardian's bulwark, blocking the bite from the serpent, another beneath his feet to leap into the air.

"NOT!" Apophis shoots his clawed arm up to strike him when chains shoot from the ground and stop him. "GONNA!" He swings the axe down, as it enlarges with sand from around him. "HAPPEN!" He slams Apophis into the ground with immense power creating a massive blast of kinetic energy on impact.

Apophis darts his tail over his head, striking Sett head-on with the glowing spike on the end, but Sett throws up a bunch of shields in good time getting shot back and he slides across the desert. "Impressive strike for an insect like you!" He screeches

"And so it began. The clash that shook Heaven itself. From Mt. Olympus to Shinto, it could be felt everywhere. For three days and three nights. For those nights his brother waited for the outcome. Would it be his death walking through that door? Or his brother. The answer… was not what he expected."

Horus is sitting refusing to move, resting his head in his hands. "Please be alive, Sett… please… don't die for my sake. Please… please…" He mutters to himself. Suddenly the doors blast open and sand shoots into the room. Horus' gaze shoots up, seeing a small figure in front of him. "Sett? SETT! SEEEEETT!" He springs up before a different noise speaks up.

"Sett will be here shortly," Ra says stepping into the room as the doors slam shut again.

Horus' eyes widen as he runs down the steps, grabbing the much taller Ra by the collar angrily. "Ra! What the HELL did you do!? You sent Sett to fight Apophis?! ALONE!?"

Ra puts a hand on Horus' head and pushes him back. "I sent Sett to CHECK on the seal. How could I have known it was breaking? Don't accuse me so frivolously 'king'," He says, Horus stumbling back a little.

Horus grits his teeth. "I… yeah. You're right. Is… everyone safe?"

"..." Ra steps forward a bit and walks up Horus' stairs to his throne. "They got out. Sobek hit on my wife. Typical of him is it not?" He says sitting on the chair and leaning on his fist as he so often does.

Horus grits his teeth and clenches his fist. "RA! How can you be so calm about this!? I don't… I can't… I want Sett back. But I can't bear to send anyone to fight Apophis! Ra! Go help my brother! I beg of you!" He pleads, not looking much like the king right now.

Ra simply shakes his head. "There is no need."

Horus opens his mouth to ask what that means when the door to the palace suddenly shoots open and sand BLASTS in like a sandstorm. "W-what the!?" Horus is blown back a little but steadies himself as he sees Sett walking in, covered in blood and sand hearing him whimpering with his khopesh in his hand still. "Sett!? SETT!" Horus runs up to him not noticing his primal form. "Sett… I'm so happy… that you made it back! I thought… I thought Apophis. Oh, Sett!" He says tears flowing down his cheeks as he tightly embraces his brother. "N-no need to cry okay? You're safe…"

However, he slowly seems to realize something. Sett is not crying… He's… "Kyaa… hahaha… I did it Horus… It was… so much fun. I killed Apophis. He's gone. Kyaaaahahahaaaah!" He says and Horus grabs his shoulders to look him in the eyes, seeing his pupils are dilated.

"Sett?! Sett!? Are you listening to me?" He asks looking Sett in the eyes, Sett looks behind Horus seeing Ra approaching the pair.

"I told you it was fine. The Duat… is in good hands," Ra says and Horus smiles gently standing between the two. "Say, Sett. How did you kill Apophis exactly?" He asks and Sett grins widely.

"How did I kill him? Kyaahahah! I did it! Like THIS!" He says raising his khopesh slightly, Horus' eyes going wide as Sett suddenly stabs him in the stomach, his blood splattering on the two of them as well as Ra who is standing JUST out of range of the khopesh behind Horus.

Horus grabs hold of Sett's arm as Sett's eyes go wide as well, the smile never disappearing from his face. "S-Sett? W-why… w-what…?" He asks as he falls backward, Ra stepping aside and letting Horus fall to the ground.

Sett grins widely. "Kyahaha. I don't know! It just seemed… like a fun thing to do! KYAHAHAA! Fighting and killing is so fun!" He calls out, his eyes beginning to cry tears of blood which drip down on Horus.

Horus reaches up to his face, gently caressing it. "I-I'm… Sett… I'm glad you had fun. Please just…" He sees Sett starting to laugh again. "S-stop laughing… please…" He mutters as Sett cackles loudly grabbing his own head.

"KYAAAAHAHAHAAA! KYAHA! KYAHA! KYAHAHAAAAA!" He screeches out as Horus' eyes start welling up with tears.

"W-what… happened out there, Sett?" He asks as Sett looks down and moves closer.

"I killed him, Horus. It was amazing! The most fun I have ever HAD!"

Horus coughs up blood a little. "Sett… my dear brother… it's okay. I don't… know what happened," He forces himself up on his elbow gritting his teeth and pressing his forehead against Sett's transferring the symbol to Sett, making a perfect shape of the two upside-down Vs. "It's not your fault…"

Meanwhile, Ra has simply walked away and is sitting on the throne menacingly staring down at the two of them. "Pathetic…"

Sett's eyes tweak. "I'm not pathetic, lord Ra! I promise I will still be useful! KYAHAHAAA! I am the STRONGEST IN THE DUAT!" He says laughing off the top of his lungs. "I'm the strongest! I'm Horus' brother! I killed him! But don't worry Horus! Dying is fun! IT HAS TO BE!" He looks down at Horus seeing Horus' limp body in his arms, making him tremble in his entire being. "Hahahaa… Horus… Horus is dead… I killed him…" suddenly the doors blast open again, Sobek storming in along with the people of the Duat, Sobek's eyes widen as he sees Sett sitting there. "I KILLED YOU HORUS! IT WAS SO MUCH FUUUUUUN!" He calls out blood streaming down his face.

Sobek sprints in, transforming into his crocodile form, and grabs Sett as he laughs, slamming him against the stairs to the throne. "SETT WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING!? Have you gone insane!?" He screams as Osiris covers his mouth, tears streaming from his face, the other gods of the Duat, all breaking down seeing their kind king lying at the base of the stairs to the throne, Osiris leaning against Thoth's chest weeping.

"Lord Horus... no... this... this can't be," He mutters, Thoth looking up at the throne, seeing Ra simply observing the scene.

"Hahaha! Lord Sobek! I'm the strongest in the Duat! I defeated Apophis! It was so much fun! IT WAS SO FUUUUUN! KYAAAAAHAHAHAAA!" Sobek holds him down, confused and worried, looking up at Ra.

"L-Lord Ra! What happened!?"

Ra speaks up. "During his battle with Apophis, something appears to have clicked in his mind. His true nature has been revealed. He has always enjoyed battle too much. And Apophis' presence only brought this to light. What you're looking at… is the true Sett," Sobek angrily beats Sett's face into the ground as Sett laughs and laughs, holding an arm out towards his brother.

"Dying must be so fuuuun! KYAAAAHAHAHAAA!" He screams as his first tear of blood drips from his eyes.

-Present day-

Beethoven's song has been fittingly playing along with Thoth's story, Pandora watching in silence as all of humanity felt their feelings forcibly swell up for some reason.

"It is said that no one truly knows what happened during their battle. Some say Sett had always been too hungry for battle and his fight with Apophis made him finally unleash his primal form, driving him insane. Others say he was cursed when Apophis died, which drove him to commit this act. But no matter what was the case… Ra… that BASTARD…" He grits his teeth angrily stepping away from the table. "I took that fucker at his word… As a result of what happened that day, it allowed for Ra's takeover of the Duat," Thoth finishes as the sand takes the shape of the throneroom with Ra on the throne and the other gods next to him, except Thoth himself.

Giza gasps, holding her hand over her mouth. "Sett… killed… Horus?"

Thoth's eyes go wide as he slams into the table, the sand falling from its predefined shape into the bowl. "NO! NO, HE DID NOT!" he angrily says, trembling. "Certainly, Sett dealt the final blow to his brother. But it was Ra. That tyrant. That monster… Had he not been there. Then I'm certain… I'm certain Sett would not have attacked. Sett acted on pure instinct. He lost his ability to think about his actions! Getting asked how he killed made him kill! Even if it was Horus…" Giza steps back a little as Thoth's aura is getting menacingly strong. "But Sett could have been fixed! Instead, Ra exiled him to wander the deserts for EONS! On his own. Becoming known as a monster until Ra was ASKED to lock him away! Which he happily did. Deemed Sett a monster! A TOOL!" He takes a deep breath before he slams the wall. "And I trusted him. That this was for the best,"

Giza steps back as Thoth is TRULY fuming. "I-I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. Is this… is this why? Why you and Ra stopped being friends?"

Thoth takes a deep breath and calms himself as best he can. "Enough questions," He takes out a page from his large book, labeled 'cure for Sett' and he folds it, handing it to a sphinx who floats by. "Place this in the 'unfinished research' section." he looks back to Giza, as the two of them float into the air again. "... We go back to work."

Giza gulps as Thoth goes back to his usual self, but his fist is angrily clenched. "Which… is it?" She asks and Thoth raises an eyebrow questioningly. "You said… no one knows what happened. But I know the answer is in Babel somewhere. You have seen it. Which was it? Was he cursed? Or did he go insane?"

Thoth sighs as he begins working again sorting through a detailed manuscript of Ivar Ragnarsson's fight with Cthulhu. "Babel is the hub of all information from all realms, and countries through all of history both Heaven and Earth. I take great pride in my work of remaining impartial. There is, however, a single piece of information I have destroyed from this place. That is the page containing the answer to your question."

Giza's eyes widen. "B-but why!? W-would it not be better if people knew the truth!?"

"Of the two options… one suggests that Sett killed his brother of his own volition, and laughed about it, in pure joy. The other suggests he was manipulated into doing it. Either option is not satisfying. So I will leave it up to you Giza. To draw your own conclusion. You may not understand, but this is my last favor to Sett. The only thing that is certain about Sett's condition… is that he became incapable of feeling anything but joy. Even in death. That is no different than despair…" He looks into his book. "The Duat lost a great deal that day… Not least of which was the true face of Sett…"

Beethoven taps the final note and looks to the sky, a single tear dripping from his eyes. "..." Rest in peace… Sett.