Battle Royal

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The two groups stood on either side of the street, their view of each other completely uninhibited. While the Agents of Zeus only had four members while the Demigods had five, the former was clearly more powerful being full Gods instead of Demigods. Tracy knew she would just get in the way of the divine showdown, so she got inside the house as quickly as she could.
"So, Athena's got you all under her thumb, now?" Nate asked while still holding his blade at his side "To be honest... I can't even remember who any of you are."
"They are Zeus's most trusted Gods," Beth told him "If they are here, then we have clearly irritated my grandfather."
"No, Lord Zeus has instructed us to follow Mistress Athena's command for the time being," Zelus replied to Athena's daughter "As loathsome as Athena may be, our loyalty lies with Zeus, so we do whatever our king tells us."
"You think we give a shit?" Mikayla asked while cracking her neck "Come on, all you're doing is putting off a fight you idiots know you'll lose."
"Oh, you half breeds believe yourselves worthy of doing battle with us Gods?" Bia asked.
"Gods... in a very loose sense," Eden mumbled under her breath.
"What was that!?" Cratus exclaimed, his voice shaking the entire street "Are you saying we are not Gods?"
"Has anyone ever prayed to you?" Nate asked casually while leaning on Gulltoppr "Ever worshiped you, huh? The Hel do you even know of Godhood?"
"As if your parent was ever worshiped," Bia scoffed.
"Uh... his father is Heimdallr," Mikayla told the four "Ya know... scion of the All-Father? Guy who's gonna blow Gjallarhorn? His dad's kinda a big deal."
"That one is starting to annoy me," Bia told her allies while she glared at Mikayla.
"Hey, if you want to fight her, go ahead... the Aesir is mine," Zelus told her.
"Welp, they're clearly getting ready to attack," Nate sighed as he stood up straight "What's the plan, Ellie?"
"Well... judging by our track record? What do you all think?"
"I think we are going to fight them," Kenneth sighed "Come on then."
They began to walk toward Zeus's Agents, so mirrored them in kind. As they left the sidewalk and entered the road, Nate swung himself up onto Gulltoppr. Zelus and Bia rose up into the air with their wings and Mikayla used her magic to blast herself into the air. As the two sides met, Nate brought up a wall of Bifrost to block an attack from Zelus. The wall barely slowed him down and Nate was tackled off of Gulltoppr. Mikayla landed and sent a blast of magical energy at Bia. She missed, but definitely got the winged Minor God's attention. Cratus swung a punch at Beth's nose, but she ducked under the attack, spun, and swung a hook punch across his jaw. Eden jumped up at Bia and tackled her out of the air. Bia threw Demeter's daughter off, and chased her through the city as Eden pulled herself along, using roots to make her faster than any human could run.
Nate blocked an uppercut from Zelus and yelled "Enough!" He punched him in the chest, which knocked the four winged Minor God backwards.
Cratus swung a punch into Beth's jaw, so she spun around and backfisted him across the jaw, then Mikayla yelled "Beth, heads up!" She tossed her a magic dagger, which Beth stabbed into Cratus, and they were both launched backwards by the explosion.
Nate had gotten back up on top of Gulltoppr and faced down Zelus, then asked "So... whatcha got?"
Gulltoppr raised himself up and tried to slam himself down on top of Zelus. He just jumped back and summoned a spear from Olympus, then tried to stab Gulltoppr with it. The lion's armor was strong enough for the spear's tip to bounce off and Nate conjured a Bifrost flame in his left hand. He slung the flame at Zelus, but he jumped to the side, and let it burst on the ground. The street was infected with Bifrost and Zelus pointed his spear at Gulltoppr. He sent a blast of lightning out of its tip, Zeus having upgraded all of his agents' weapons with some of his power. The lightning did very minimal damage to Gulltoppr's thick hide and he took a swipe at Zelus. His paw struck the Minor God and his claws cut into his face, drawing some golden ichor. While Zelus was trying to regain his composure, Gulltoppr dashed to the sidewalk. Zelus looked back and used his spear to block another burst of Bifrost, then stabbed it down at Gulltoppr's head, however all Zelus's attack struck was the ground.
Kenneth had gone back into the house to check on his mother, but found Nike just drinking some tea and he said "You..."
She took another sip and said "Mortal houses are so primitive."
"Get out of my house!"
He began to run at her and she dropped her cup before running ahead of him. At the speed they were moving, it was like every other fight was completely stopped. They ran out of the house and rushed past Mikayla's standoff with Bia. Their speeds were beyond anything anyone but Heimdallr could've seen as they ran all around the town in a matter of milliseconds. They ran around frantically, running up and down buildings. Every now and then they ran through people and walls. Every now and then, Bia would kick Kenneth so the Demigod had to bounce from any wall he could reach before falling to the ground. The two ran over and around everything they came across that they had time to get out of the way of. They ran up a house and both jumped up into the air. Nike punched Kenneth in the sternum twice, so he returned with a knee to her stomach. Nike grabbed him by the throat and pulled him into a headbutt. Kenneth's glasses snapped in half and he kicked her away. She turned and began to run down the nearest building, but Kenneth could barely see anything. He only found a place to land when he slammed against a house. He shook it off and dug his fingers into the wall of the house. When he finally got back down to the ground, he began to run after her, still being able to see her sonic afterimages from her running.
Cratus had broken into the house and found Tracey in one of the rooms so he told her "First the mother, then the son!" He raised his massive, double ended club over his head, and swung it down at her head.
"I will not let you kill her!" Beth yelled as she brought her spear up and blocked his attack.
"What the- where did you come from?" Cratus asked her.
"Through the door... okay, seriously? I saw you come up here and I followed you."
"Fine, then I will just take you out first."
Cratus swung the back end of his club up at her chest, but Beth jumped out of the way. The head of the club almost struck Tracey, but the mortal managed to limp out of the way just in time. She jumped back again when Cratus swung his club down at her head, then brought her spear up to block the next crushing blow. She pushed against his weapon, then jumped away and swung the other end at her back. He pulled back and swung his club up into Beth's chin, sending her flying. She crashed through the window and tumbled down to the garage. Beth bounced off the roof of the garage and fell down into the neighbor's yard.
"Aurgh... what the- oh, holy Jesus!" Cratus jumped down at Beth and she barrel rolled away from his attack, which destroyed most of an entire room in the neighbor's house, then she got back up and summoned her spear again, using it to block an incoming strike to her face.
Bia was getting tired of this entire fight and just wanted to get it over with, but as she was creating a ball of pure power, someone yelled "Hey! Angel bitch!"
"What!?" She looked down from her place in the air and she saw Mikayla glaring up at her "You came back for more!?"
"You did say I was getting on your nerves, would've expected you to wanna prove your strength, oh holiest of... mommies? Ma- mother! Mother. Wanna show me your power, mother?"
"That is... wow. The level of ignorance and disrespect that a pathetic mortal mind of yours can spew is almost impressive." Bia raised her sphere over her head "I will enjoy expunging your mortal blood from our divine lineages!"
She threw the sphere down at Mikayla and the daughter of Circe yelled "Katastrofikí désmi!" She sent a massive blast of sorcery power at the sphere and stopped it in mid air.
"You will never defeat me, you filthy half breed!!!" Bia screamed over the sound of the clashing powers, then she siphoned more power into the ball.
Mikayla struggled for a moment, then yelled back "You're not beating me!!!" She let out another yell and pushed her sphere back a little bit, the power flying everywhere in sparks.
Back with Nate and Zelus, Gulltoppr had the Minor God pinned against a tree in front of a house and Nate stomped down on his head while saying "God, I love doing this to you Olympians." He took his foot off Zelus's head and the Minor God pushed Gulltoppr off of him.
Nate fell off of Gulltoppr and the animal charged at Zelus again. He grabbed the animal's horns and tried to twist his spine to the point of breaking his neck. Nate saw this and saw his companion being able to keep himself from being killed. Nate cracked his neck and looked down at the stub of arm he had left from his battle with Athena. He took a breath and gritted his teeth as he recreated his arm, then ran to Zelus, and swung a punch into his chest. The Minor God had not been expecting this and was sent flying backwards into the house behind him.
"This operation has not gone the way the others expected," Nike told Kenneth before she ducked around an elbow to her head "However, after what Athena told us about all of you, I had not expected this fight to be as easy as the others did." She rolled underneath a hook punch and got up behind Kenneth, then jumped over him, and stopped "But, then again. In a race, I would have expected a son of Hermes to be much faster than this."
Kenneth ran at her and swung a hook punch at her jaw, but she just jumped to the side. He turned to Nike and ran at her again, but the Minor God just ran away, and swerved behind him. She ran back around in front of Kenneth and tried to uppercut him, but he just barely managed to lean back. He jumped backwards and she punched at him again, but he just ran away. She followed him quickly and they clashed again. They slid away from one another before Kenneth ran at her with a punch to the nose. She ran away from the attack and swung a punch at the back of his head. Kenneth ducked underneath the attack, then got up, and swung a hook punch at Nike's head. She ducked and slid under the attack, then ran away again. He followed her and swung a punch at her head, but Nike ducked underneath the attack. They continued running and he ate a punch to the jaw. He stumbled a little, but still kept running, and he swung a wild hook punch at her. Nike blocked the attack, then swung a punch of her own. Kenneth blocked the attack with his forearm, then countered with a punch to her jaw. His attack landed, but didn't do much damage. She grabbed him, and ran him through several walls and trees.
"Your friends will all be killed, and while the others are taking them out, I will deal with you!" Cratus yelled.
Beth rolled out of the way of a crushing downward swing to her head from his massive club. She got back up to her feet and blocked another swing from the other end of the club. She had to brace herself a bit better for her next movement as Cratus was stronger than almost anyone she had ever fought. She grunted as she pushed his weapon up, then flipped her spear into her underhand, and stabbed him in the stomach.
She pulled her spear's tip out, kicked him backwards, and told him "Cratus, you talk too much."
Mikayla was still struggling with Bia, and the arrogant Goddess yelled "You blasphemous cretin! You would continue to defy your God?!?" Bia continued pushing against Mikayla's beam and increased the size of her power sphere to the point where it could light up the entire country, even though it was about ten thirty at night.
"Bitch... shut up!!" Mikayla roared at her "Mégisti apódosi!!!" She put every ounce of power she had left into her magical beam, causing it to increase in size and strength.
Her beam began to push its way through the sphere and Bia could see something changing. When she finally noticed what was happening, it was too late to try and stop it. The beam shot up into her and encased her in burning, white hot magical energy. Bia screamed out in pain and her sphere was pushed up into her as well. When the sphere collided with her, a massive explosion erupted in the sky. Scientists all over the world were on top of it within minutes, but no one could discern its origin. From the blast, the charred body of Bia fell to the ground, her wings being burned to ash.
"I... I killed a... ugh-" Mikayla fell to her knees, then down onto her stomach, completely exhausted.
Nate was still fighting Zelus and had seemed to get his groove back, dodging around the Minor God's attacks. Zelus ran and jumped at him with the spear, but Nate just jumped to the side. Zelus landed and swung the butt of his spear at Nate's head, but he just ducked underneath the attack. Nate got up and leaned away from another slash down at his head. Nate palm struck Zelus in the chest, which knocked him back, then ducked under a horizontal slash to his chest.
Zelus backed up and asked "What the... how are you!?"
"Maybe, I'm stronger than we both thought," Nate told him while taking an odd stance, shifting his weight onto his right leg.
Zelus growled and spun around, then slashed up, sending sparks from the ground when he struck the ground. Nate just stepped back and to the side. He jumped at her and swung down at Nate's head, but he just jumped back.
"Alright, enough of this!" Zelus snarled as he threw the spear at Nate.
"Really?" Nate asked as he casually caught it "You really think a throw like that's gonna-" Zelus used his mind to blow the spear up "Argh! God fucking damn you Olympians!" Nate yelled as he was caught with the same move Athena had used on him during their first fight.
Zelus grinned and ran at him, then swung a punch at Nate's jaw, but he just sidestepped the attack. Zelus looked at Nate again, then threw a heavy haymaker at Nate's nose. He ducked under the attack and walked behind Zelus. Nate got back up and instantly swerved under a hook punch to his jaw. Zelus snarled as he swung another hook punch at Nate's chest. He just stepped back to avoid the strike, then ducked under another hook punch. Nate got back up and blocked a hook punch, then jumped away from an uppercut.
"Damn, Zelus. You gotta pick up the pace," Nate told him.
Zelus ducked away from a flying hook punch and retorted with "I am still more powerful than you, boy."
"We'll see about that- ow!" Zelus uppercut him in the chin, then spun around, and hook punched his head into the ground, knocking him out.
Beth stabbed Cratus in the chest, blocked a club swing, and stabbed him again, but then, Athena pulled him, Zelus, and Nike into a Quick Thought state, and she told them "Men, come back to Olympus. Nike... I have an assignment for you."

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