Son of Odin

The Beginning Of The End

Artemis was deep in thought. Her people knew what the situation was, it was now her time to keep the armies in check and focused. Today they would fight their King, and today they would save his life.

"Heimdallr, lock the bifrost from everything until told otherwise. Selene, go and find Ragnar, tell him what is happening. You two are to rally the generals. Girls, follow Selene, she knows what to do. You'll be leading armies today, armies of men, do not let your deep seated hatred get in the way of what you must achieve today. Apollo, return to Olympus, tell them what is going on." Artemis demanded, with another quick nod she flashed into the halls of Valhalla. A moment later and someone that she never expected to see was kneeling in front of her.

"My lady." Thor said with respect.

"No need to bow, you are still royal blood and I guess now my brother in law. Where is your father?" Artemis asked quickly, rushing down the halls at full speed, she never expected it but Thor was right besides her striding with incredible ease. These Vikings had some extreme physical conditioning.

"He awaits you in the throne room. Be swift your highness. I shall lead your armies today, commanding the generals along the battlefield. I doubt I can stand against Perseus' might, but I will personally start the fight. I understand he needs to release himself of a certain type of energy?" Thor boomed, his hammer was a lot bigger than what the modern day mortals depicted it as, but he still held it effortlessly in one hand, a well-balanced sword in the other.

Indeed, only Chaos can allow us to proceed to her realm, that is where Armageddon has been taken to. Our fallen warriors will immediately find themselves reformed in the halls of Valhalla should they have an unfortunate experience on the battle field." Artemis told him. Thor chuckled before leaving. As Artemis swung around the corner of the hallway she was face to face with the Allfather.

"Artemis, calm yourself. The situation is not as bad as your expect. Perseus was prepared, he and Armageddon had been going over contingency plans, this will go much smoother than you expect. Lead the way our Queen, we shall follow you into battle today." Odin beamed. His staff turned into an immense lance and a shield formed around his arm.

"Odin, do not be foolish, you could be seriously harmed if you fight Perseus. Let Thor and Ragnar handle it." Frigga told him sternly.

"I am sorry my love, but since he was but a boy we have both eagerly awaited this day. He will prove a great challenge. To war Lady Artemis." Odin commented. They each nodded and flashed out.

Line Break

In the void, there was silence, but only because in the void, Chaos was in control, and while she could not directly help Perseus and Armageddon, she could isolate them. And inside that little isolated area, there was not silence at all. There was a scream of rage that would have echoed around the universe for all of time and eternity. A scream of rage and anguish, the apocalypse was delayed and that made it even angrier.

And then, once the screaming was done, there was an armored figure donned all in black chaotic platinum, accompanied by a set of angry black wings, whom stood in complete silence. The bubble of isolation easily visible to him. He extended his arm and formed a gun from his fingers, "Bang, bang." He spoke loudly. Immediately a black energy erupted from his extended finger and shot towards the barrier, shattering against it, yet no damage had been done.

Another internal power struggle had gone down before anything interesting had happened in the void. A bright light had erupted at the edge of the void. A loud sound of thunder cracking overhead was audible throughout the void.

"Brother!" A booming voice caught Armageddon's attention before a hammer smashed through his helmet and took him off his feet.

"I have no brother!" Armageddon answered with a fist striking out at the offender. He caught Thor in the jaw and dropped him like a sack of potatoes before picking him up by the foot and swinging him out of his line of sight. Another series of small crackling sounds caught the God of the Apocalypse's attention. Something seemed familiar. A silver chariot led by a beautiful woman. A huge golden horse with an elderly man on it and... Vikings? Vikings everywhere. What was going on?

"This is more like it!" Armageddon shouted, not caring who these people might be, all he cared about was destroying them, each and every person before him needed to die painfully. The Apocalypse wasn't fair, and neither was he. This was what judgment was about, if they fought against a God, then they were clearly stupid enough to throw away their lives.

"All archers; loose!" Artemis demanded, half of the army glowed a brilliant silver for a split second. Armageddon sized up the incoming volley of arrows, they had obviously been blessed by whoever the silver commander was. That could prove to be quite painful, he couldn't afford to be caught out by that, instead he decided to eradicate the problem at it's source, the little moonbeam herself. He covered the distance in a half second before he had his palm outstretched and facing the Goddess. A bubbling energy snaked it's way around his arm and into a building orb in his hand. Another second and she would be faded from all existence with no trace of who she is.

"No!" Odin shouted in defiance a lance came down with brutal speed and hit Armageddon in the arm, saving Artemis from an untimely fate. Perseus managed to break through for a very short amount of time, taking his helmet off and shouting, "Sorry in advance!" Before Armageddon came back, that purple streak in his otherwise raven hair was a clear indication of who was in control.

"Stop this at once Armageddon! I do not for a single moment believe that you would destroy your future wife!" Odin announced. He was creating time for the five armies to engulf Armageddon's position entirely.

"My... Wife?" Armageddon's voice was strained between his own enraged one and Perseus/Armageddon's normal state. It was working.