Prometheus

Chapter 27: Hemorrhage

Okay before we start, I wanted to say more about those other story ideas I mentioned before. Codenames:

1. Frontier. Just an Owl House fic akin to this one.

2. Vixen. One of the crossover ideas. Specifically, with Pokémon. It'd involve Luz coming from the Pokémon world and the Demon Realm having Pokémon native to it as well, inspired by the drawings Dana did of Luz, Gus, and Willow with Pokémon teams.

3. Ichor. The other crossover idea. It'll be a relatively minor one, but crossed with the Percy Jackson verse. There was a random idea I had thought of the one day that I thought would make things interesting.

There's the extra info about the crossover ideas that I'm willing to reveal, partly because I still would have much left to work on regarding the ideas. So let me know which catches your intrigue more. Now, back to the story.

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Chapter 27: Hemorrhage

Deep within the Emperor's Castle, the Emperor stood before a door. Upon close look, the door in question was the portal door, its fragments having been recollected and pieced together. The frame was replaced with metal, and there was a large metallic ring with a set of wing-like protrusions on its sides connected to the frame, possibly as a way to expand the size of the portal.

Tubes connected to the door, and Belos inserted another one to connect to the keyhole beneath the doorknob. Nearby sat a book a set of blueprints for a key reminiscient of the portal key, a book talking about something called a 'Grimwalker', and most notably, Belos' mask.

The Emperor of the Isles raised his hand with a gesture to a nearby and improved Abomaton. Shortly after Amity annihilated the one from the demonstration, the Abomatons were upgraded. However, Odalia would never get the chance to sell them publicly, as the Golden Guard had swept in under orders, declaring that the Abomatons were to be privately made for the Emperor himself.

Seeing the gesture, the Abomaton proceeded to turn a wheel on another gadget, causing a glowing green substance to flow through the tubes laid across the floor, eventually reaching the door and energizing it. The door glows brightly in response as Belos pulls out a constructed key, attempting to put the key in the keyhole on the doorknob. However, the key is instantly vaporized upon his attempt to turn it. In response to the failed attempt, the energy stops flowing and the light radiating from the door dies.

Nearby, Hunter can be seen peeking from the entrance to the room, watching the entire test go down until the cardinal palisman appears. After he had returned to the castle to report his failure (and gleefully taunt Kikimora), the cardinal had come to his window, choosing Hunter as his partner. It was a very risky thing for him, especially given what Belos does to palismen. Hunter had been doing his best since then to keep the little guy a secret.

The cardinal flew by and landed on Hunter's left shoulder, letting out a chirp to try and talk to him. Unfortunately, this was not a bright move on the bird's part, given that Hunter couldn't understand him yet and that Belos is right freaking there what are you doing?!

"Shoo!" Hunter quietly tries to shoo away the cardinal, only for it to fly behind him and land on his other shoulder.

"Would you like to see how it works, Hunter?" Belos stated, turning back over his shoulder to look toward Hunter's hiding spot.

Hunter gasps as the cardinal reverts to his inanimate form, letting the boy quickly hide him within his cloak before stepping out of the shadows.

"I didn't mean to hide, Emperor Belos." Hunter apologized.