Revelations [malexmale]

Chapter Thirty

Chapter Thirty

Kratos attacked hard and fast.

There was no hesitation in his attacks, no lax like there was before. He was in it for real this time, which only spoke volumes of how he felt about this kid of his that was supposedly not his. No wonder I couldn't convince him otherwise. They were threatening the kid, whoever he was.

"Lea," I said, stepping back from another of Kratos's attacks, making her look at me as she fought off the second shadow, "Go get Rowan and Yiuwa and head to Valhalla! Look for an infant half-imp slave working under Thor and bring him to Lucifer!" Lea looked at me bewildered. The first shadow cursed and vanished on the spot, making Kratos pull up short.

"No! Fuck! Hades, you son of a bitch!" Kratos snarled, whirling back to me. I glared at him.

"You're a fucking coward, Kratos," I said, making him stiffen, "If you won't protect the kid, I'll fucking do it on my own.

"You're just putting him in more danger!" Kratos protested.

"Hades, is that even important right now--" Lea started.

"Yes!" Kratos and I exclaimed in unison. Lea threw her hands up in defense, then kicked the second shadow one last time before she vanished on the spot, leaving me with the shadow and Kratos, who drew close to me, ready to attack.

"If anything happens to that kid because of you, Hades, I will never forgive you," Kratos growled. I narrowed my eyes.

"I'll die before I let anything happen to him," I stated. Kratos stopped at that, looking at me in confusion. The second shadow glared at him.

"Don't even think about it, Kratos," he warned, "You honestly think they'll get to him before us? You think they can save him when not even you could save him? If you think what Thor does to him is bad, just wait what the Shifter has in store for both of you if you--"

"Oh, shut the fuck up," I threw my hand out and god blasted the little fucker straight through a wall and into the ocean on the other side. Kratos snapped his head to look after the guy before he whirled on me, clenching his fists and charging up a set of fireballs.

"Do it," I challenged him, making him narrow his eyes, "And just add it to the list of shit you regret." Kratos paused. The flames in his palms dwindled. He looked back out where the shadow was sputtering and floundering in the water, then back at me. He studied me for the longest time.

"For once in your life, Kratos, just fucking trust me," I seethed. Kratos ground his teeth together.

"I can't," he ground out, making me tense and take a step back, "But fuck me, I don't have a choice." Without a word, he spun around and sent the flames rolling through the air, colliding with the shadow that had just managed to get out of the water. The thing screeched in agony, throwing itself back into the water to put out the flames. I approached Kratos, who eyed me warily.

"If anything happens to him, I'm going to rip your heart out," he threatened.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, keep talking like that and I'll think you still have a crush on me," I said, making him roll his eyes. There was another loud crash and we turned to see three more shadows appearing in the doorway. They immediately seemed to recognize what had happened between Kratos and I because one launched an attack directly at him. I blocked the attack and blew back one of my own, sending electricity screeching through the air at them. I managed to catch one, knocking him to the ground, but the other two dodged the attack and went after us.

Cursing, I caught the first one coming after me, flipping him head over heels, but he caught himself and spun around to attack my head. I spun out of the way and sent a god blast careening toward him, except he leapt into the air and dodged it, landing in the rafters above.