----------Chaac's Perspective---------



Bellona catches me off guard stabbing her sword into my shoulder. A dark portal opens behind her. "Let's go Chaac." I didn't want to do this. . . I grab her hand and unleash lightning upon her. She screams in pain and the dark portal vanishes. "Chaac. . . I'm going to make you pay for that."



"I don't know what's possessed you Bellona but I will free you from it!" She rips her sword out of my shoulder and swings for my neck. I duck under and press my hand against her stomach shocking her again. I see a chunk of the darkness fade off her.



She drops the sword in pain and catches my jaw with her fist. I stumble to the side and she comes at me again barraging me with punches. I grab one hand and then the other. Shocking her again. She headbutts me to make it stop and I stumble backwards. "Damn you!"



She summons her hammer and runs straight for me. I don't want to hurt her anymore. I have to end this. I gather all my energy rising off the ground. "Thunder and Lightning!" I hit her with a wave of lightning, the shadows that covered her all fly off and she's left standing in her armor. She's staring up at the sky she seems, shocked. Heheh. . .



---------Bellona's Perspective----------



I can't hear Izanami anymore. I don't feel her power. I don't have the lust to kill. . . I'm completely free. Chaac's staring at me, his eyes aren't electrified like they usually are. Overcome with joy I run at him and wrap my arms around his head, planting a kiss upon his cheek. "Chaac. . . I'm sorry."



He wraps his arms around me. "I don't know what you're apologizing for. I don't even know how you got like that."



"It's a bit of a long story."



He pets my head and I don't want to let go of him. "I was worried I wouldn't be able to get you back."



"It's a good thing you did. If Izanami corrupted you too I don't think anyone would be able to stop her. There's a lot we have to do now."



"Right now. . ?" He sounds exhausted.



"No." I nuzzle him and to my surprise he falls over backwards with me on top of him. "Chaac?!"



He's laughing. "I love you Baellona." I really do wish he'd say my name right, but I don't mind him mispronouncing it. It's sort of cute. . .



I kiss his lips. "I love you too Chaac."



----------Izanami's Perspective----------



"Dammit! Dammit! Dammit!!!" I release my power in every direction. "How?! Simple electricity can't break my grasp!!!"



Amaterasu is still shaking and covered by my darkness, but there's a light in her eyes. She smiles with defiance. "You really can't tell mother. . . Chaac used more than just lightning to free Bellona."



I apparate in front of her. "What did you do?!"



She giggles weakly. "I did nothing. Bellona and Chaac are lovers. . ."



I can feel my face twitching with anger. "So you're trying to tell me. That he freed her, with the power of love?"



Amaterasu says nothing but nods. With that infuriating smile.



"Of all the asinine things!!!" I push Amaterasu against a wall with my specter. "You're going to get Bellona back for me, and you will get me Chaac too!"



"I'm not good enough for you mother..?"



"No! Not while you still defy me. . ." I drop her to her knees and grab her face. "You will submit."



She bites my hand.



----------Nemesis' Perspective----------



After I finish stitching myself up I leave Tyr to rest. I run into Thoth right outside. "Fancy seeing you Nemesis. What are you doing here?" I can tell he's staring at me.



I try to ignore it. After all I may just be imagining it. "Shouldn't you already know why I'm here, oh god of Wisdom."



"I do, but I enjoy conversation. So humor me with your tale."



I sigh. "Tyr's injured, and weak. I don't want him to die stupidly on my account so I'm letting your healers treat him."



"I can see why you wouldn't want anything to happen to him." He's smirking, I know he is.



"What is that supposed to mean?" I consider summoning my blade. I wonder how I'd fare against a god who knows everything.



"Well, considering what he means to you. Now."



"The last person who insinuated that-"



"Was Skadi, and you left her mostly uninjured. Because it's true what she was saying."



"I didn't do anything with Tyr-"



"Then perhaps you have a better explanation."



"Explanation for what?!"



He takes a step back. "Do you really not know. . ?"



"Know what???"



"Nemesis, you're pregnant." I summon and swing my sword for his throat, stopping myself before I make contact. Surely he knew I would as he doesn't even flinch.



"You can't tell anyone." Why am I shaking. . . "I'll admit it okay. . . Tyr and I had sex. Only because I thought he was going to die! I didn't want his last memories to be a poorly scavenged meal."



"So do you do this for every dying friend?"



"What?! No!"



"So then Tyr is special to you."



"Now he is!"



"He always was."



"No he wasn't!" I'm lying to myself. Thoth knows the truths that I can't admit. So why am I even trying to keep any of it from him. I clench my sword. Letting it disappear. I turn away from Thoth.



"I understand what you're doing Nemesis. What I don't understand is why?"



"Because I'm supposed to be feared by the gods. If I show feelings for one of them. If I show feelings for anything. . . Then they'll know how to break me. They are why. . . No one must know this child is mine."

I touch my hand to my abdomen.



"I will keep your secret safe. If you wished to stay here, I could conceal you from the gods and you could hide amongst the mortals. Live a normal life for a while."



"I can't stay long. As soon as my daughter is born I must return to my duties. I'll find someone who can raise her."



"How do you know it will be a daughter?"



"I just do."



"I wish you luck Nemesis."



----------Hermes' Perspective----------



It's the last point of the match. I have to stop that bird from touching our flag. I'm not going to hold back this time, her wings will be mine. Just as I had hoped the bird girl flies into our base from the skylight just as she did before. She stays far above the ground looking down at me. "Hey Hermes!"



"What?!"



"What happened to not letting me score another point? Did you know I'm about to win this thing?"



"Not in your wildest dreams birdie."



"Nike can't keep up with me. There's almost no way I can lose."



"Is that what you think. . ." I dig the ball of my foot into the ground before dashing for the nearest wall. She's moving in slow motion to me as I run up the wall and leap for her. I grab her by the neck and slam her against the ground. "AHAHAHAHA! Give me these!"



"No please!" I grab hold of her wing and start to pull. I can feel the frail bones snap as I tear the right wing clean from her body. She shrieks in beautiful pain. I let go of her to watch her squirm and try to crawl away



"Might as well even you out!" I stomp on her back and rip her left wing with one big tug. "Now I can't even call you birdie! I think I'll just call you Bi-"



"Jing Wei has taken Nike's flag!" WHAT?! Apollo is messing with me right?!



"Hey Hermes!" I look up and I see the damn bird girl flying above me with both flags, and both wings. I look down and Eris lays under my foot. Laughing.



"You!" I can't focus on her I can still catch the bird girl. "Agh!" My foot! Eris has pinned me to the floor with her knife.



"You shouldn't be so mean to a little girl Hermes." She punches me across my jaw. "Oh and by the way. . ."



Apollo announces over a thunderous applause. "In an absolute landslide. Team Jing Wei is victorious!!!"



Eris' wicked smile is burned into my mind. "We win."











