Of Assassins and Gods 1: Rebirth

Chapter 12: Harnessing New Skills

I ran around the red track with Hermes, I was way in front of him. I was still wearing my previous

clothes. I crossed the finish line for 7 kilometers in under 2 minutes. Hermes right behind me in 3 minutes.

"Well done," he said.

Next I went to the boxing part. I put on some gloves and took off my vambraces and began to punch a boxing bag. Hercules was punching one as well. I punched the bag and it split open and slid away from me. Hercules looked at me and gasped. He took two large punches before the bag slid away. I was twice as strong as him.

Hades entered and decided to challenge me.

"You and me creature. Middle of the room, duel of magic only," Hades said and removed his cloak and passed it over to Persephone. I walked up and put my vambraces on again and removed the gloves. Persephone hit a gong and Hades began to throw large bolts of fire at me. I closed my eyes and when I opened them, a dome of fire appeared around me. I winced my eyes and they glew a brighter blue than usual. The fire surrounding me formed into a wheel above my head as I drew my hands at my sides with my elbows bent and appearing behind me. I pushed them forward and the wheel let a column of fire towards Hades himself. He put his hand in front of him and absorbed the fire. I drew my hands into the air and the glass above us shattered. The shards hovered around me and I pushed my hands forward towards Hades. The shards cut him and stabbed him until the entire floor was covered in blood. He jumped up and absorbed all of his blood into his wounds and the glass popped out of him and rose into the ceiling. My eyes returned to their icy blue.

I fell to the ground and fainted. When I awoke, Selene sat at my bedside.

I sat up and she pushed my shoulder back down. "Where am I?" I asked before quickly remembering.

"You're safe," she said in a soft voice.

"Are you OK? I heard the show was quite spectacular," she said snidely.

"Oh do shut up Selene. By the way, how are you here?" I asked.

"My father brought me here. You always wanted to know who he was, so," she stood up and walked to the door. She was wearing boots. How was she allowed to walk around Olympus with shoes on.

"Dad, you can come in," she said at the door.

The bearded man walked in. He wore a simple white robe with a gold sash across his chest. He held a staff that closely resembled a lightning bolt.

"Hello, boy," Zeus said to me.

I gasped and fainted again, the power overload pushed me into a seizure.