Bane La Mortis lives on the streets, every day being a battle for survival. But meets a man in a black cloak, he finds out that he is the son of Hades, King of the Underworld, Lord of the Dead and God of Wealth. But will he be able to prove himself...
All throughout the city, monsters poured through the streets. Some of the Gods and their children were forced to retreat to a more defensible position while others held their own against the enemy.
The Hundred-Handed Ones launched boulders, fifty at a time, at the army. Artemis and Apollo shot arrows into the sky, knocking Harpies and Griffons out of the sky. Hephaestus ran through the city, repairing weapons and defences, but also smashing his war hammer into enemy giants.
Bane looked up to see a tube of water run through the city like a slide. Inside it was Poseidon with the tail of a fish, he swam around the city, stabbing monsters with his Trident. In the sky, Zeus stood on a thundercloud, throwing bolts of lightning at Typhon, who deflected them by waving his hand. Hades roamed around the city with his Helm of Darkness on.
Monsters would charge before stopping and running away in terror of some unseen threat. When any of them tripped, the ground would open up and send them to the depths of Tartarus.
Athena fought Arachne, the spider-lady throwing webs at the Goddess. Athena batted the webs away with her shield before charging and jabbing at the spider's body.
Hecate and Persephone faced against Medusa, protected by Hecate's magic. Even though the Goddesses wouldn't be turned to stone, Medusa could petrify others, which meant she had to be killed quickly.
Bane fought with Cerberus against the Manticore. Bane had already sliced the tail off, but the beast could still do serious damage with its claws and teeth. Cerberus leapt upon the monster, forcing the creature onto its back. Bane charged up and plunged his sword into the Manticore's human-looking face.
As the monster dissolved into dust, Bane started to believe they may be able to win this war. But The Fates must have been listening to his thought because Typhon reached the mountain, placing a hand on the side of the cliff.
Up close, Bane realised that Tyhpon was a living natural disaster. He was a walking mountain with mudslides and landslides running down his shoulders. The hand that clasped the mountain was made of volcanic rock that spewed geysers of lava. Instead of legs, Typhon's bottom half was a raging storm of hurricanes, tornadoes, electrical arcs of power and cyclones.
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Just touching Olympus caused tremors to course through the city, making buildings that have stood for thousands of years to cave-in on themselves. Typhon howled a challenge at Olympus, his breath causing a blizzard to sweep through the streets. From the third level of the city, Bane saw that the Saytrs and Nymphs right in front of him at the time froze over, their bodies encased in ice.
Poseidon shot a blast of water out of his Trident but Typhon just caused a drought in the air that evaporated the water into steam.
"We can't stop him," Hades said from behind Bane, making his son to jump from nerves.
"Maybe they can't," Bane told his father, "But we have the power of the dead. Look! Typhon can cause droughts that stop Poseidon, tsunamis that can stop Hephaestus and winds that blow away any plant that Demeter or Dionysus can create".
Even as he spoke, Tyhpon countered the powers of all of the Gods that fought against him.
"But we have a different power," Bane continued, "While Typhon kills and destroys, we grow stronger with every death. And when we're strong, we destroy and kill just as much as he could".
"That could work!" Hades exclaimed, his eyes shining with a light from within. He paused before holding his Helm of Darkness out with one hand. He pointed to the shadow with the other hand. Using the darkness, the God moulded a replica of his Helmet. But where Hades' Helmet was made of black Stygian Iron with a blood-red plume, the new Helmet was silver with a purple plume.
Hades held the new helmet to Bane, saying "You should have one if you are to fight by my side".
Bane took the Helmet, marvelling at the images depicted on the side. It showed the important events of Bane's life. His birth, the orphanage, the dumpster and him playing his violin. He saw himself living in the Underworld and falling into Tartarus. He saw himself standing in front of the Olympian Council and Cerberus' death. He saw him and Kaleb fighting through Tartarus and meeting Brontes and Cottus. The images circled the side of the helmet, somehow fitting comfortably next to each other. But there was a spot in between his birth and him meeting Brontes and Cottus.
"For when we either die or win this battle," Hades told his son before turning to face Typhon. The Lord of the Dead donned his helmet and disappeared. Bane took a minute before doing the same.
