Daughter of the Gods Book 3: The Final Battle

Chapter 18: Atlantia

When I took my last breathe, I felt peace for the first time. I was vaguely aware of my recorded message playing for my new found family but I just ignored it deciding to walk down the black path that was in front of me. I found myself in a waiting room with hundreds of souls just waiting around. I see Charon and I realize my soul could actually reach the Underworld. I step closer to Charon.

"Hey Charon." I say. He looks up from his paperwork and his mouth falls open.

"Atlantia, you're actually dead." He says shocked.

I shrug,"Gave my life for someone who deserved it." Charon just nods and beckons for me to follow him. I get in the boat and he takes me across to the entrance of the Underworld.

"Will you be trying for rebirth?" He asks as the boat moves across the River Styx.

"No." I reply," There is a man I fell in love with and I told him I would wait to see him in Elysium. If he is able to find another true love than possibly, I would rebirth." Eventually we reach the end of the River Styx. I summon some drachma.

"Thank you Charon." I say smiling at him before getting out of the boat. I was making my way to stand in the line of judgement when my father appeared.

"Atlantia, what are you doing here?" Hades asks shocked.
"I died father. Is it obvious?"I say sarcastically turning my attention back to the judgement line. He looks upset and shocked at the news before disappearing. I snort.Typical. Eventually I do make my way to the front of the line but when I arrive the Furies stop me from being judged

"You do not belong here, Atlantia" Alecto says to me.

"You are begin recalled back to your original life." Megaera states.

"It was not your time to die nor should it ever. Go child and return to your life and live happily with Peter." Tisiphone says pointing at the Doors of Death.

"Make sure you bring him around sometime. I would love to meet him." Alecto calls at me as I walk toward the Doors of Death. I wave at them before stepping through the doors. I feel my soul slam back into my body and I immediately feel pain and I take a shaky breathe in response but I can't open my eyes.
Point of View Change: Peter
I see Atlantia take in the shaky breath and I look at her parents in amazement.

"It is up to you now to make sure she survives," Zeus says," We have put her soul back in her body but her injuries can easily lead her back to death's door. Hurry." When he finishes the Olympians flash out and we have to cover our eyes. Once they were gone, I turned to my teammates.

"We need to get her to a medical bay." Steve picks her up while Carol picks up the gauntlet with the stones. Strange opens a portal that leads us back to Wakanda. Shuri and T'Challa immedietly understood and they beckon for Steve to follow as they run toward the palace and toward Shuri's lab/medical bay. I run after them with everyone else following us. When we get to Shuri's lab, she beckons for Steve to follow but pushes everyone else away.
"No." She orders," I don't want any distractions." She closes the door and locks it but it unlocks a moment later when Steve is thrown out of the lab.

"Your sister is scary." Steve says to T'Challa.
"Don't I know it." He says. We walk away from the lab because even though I want to keep standing there as Shuri works, I know Atlantia would want me to continue working instead of worrying over her. We meet outside where everyone who fought stationed themselves to clean up after the battle.

"Any casualties?" Steve asks Rhodey who was taking a head count.

He shakes his head," None. Atlantia made sure everyone lived. How did this happen? A nineteen year old girl almost and could still be the only death in this war." Rhodey states shaking his head in disbelief.

"I think if she survives, we should give her a childhood that she deserves. A life she deserves. I need to honor my promise that I made to her in Sokovia." Steve said.

"If we make it that far," I begin," I will make sure if I become immortal with her that she is protected and not fighting for life anymore. That is the promise I am going to make to her." Steve and Rhodey smile at that. T'Challa approaches us.

"You have any casualties?" I ask him when he is close-enough.

"None. If Atlantia didn't summon those skeletons soldiers, then that might have been a different story." T'Challa said looking thanful toward the palace where his sister worked to heal her. T'Challa began to set up room those who want to stay until Atlantia's condition is known which is pretty much everyone. We all sat around outside and began to tell stories of Atlantia to those who didn't know much about her.

"Wait-Wait." Peter Quill said," You are telling me that she has the power to kill a primordial like Tartarus but wasn't able to stop Thanos?"

"Her fault and Thanos pointed it out is loyalty. Thanos used that against her. He would hurt someone she cared about and then she would save he or she causing her to lose power because most of the time he either kills her love one or causes a life-threatening injury. She uses her power to save them draining her power. Thanos can now easily overpower her." I explain. Then we hear someone approaching. We all turn and see Shuri approaching our talk group with Atlantia in a wheelchair. She's alive. I rush to her and give her hug. When I hugged her, I could feel everyone of her ribs so I knew she needed food.

"She'll survive but she's gonna have a high metabolism for the next month or so until her powers return. She'll stay in the wheelchair or crutches until her body can fully heal the broken bones in her right leg." Shuri states giving a run down on her injuries. We all feel relieved that Atlantia will survive.

"We all survived." Tony says," I think this calls for a celebration." We all cheer and after getting necessary supplies for the party, we party through the night.