Chapter 287: Kill Them All
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(General P.O.V)
"I knew, I'd find you here."
Clark said to the tall man looking out through the glass window of the building.
"Missing the old Gotham view?"
He asked, stepping up to stand next to 'Joe Chill'
"Mmmh." Chill lowered his head in thought.
"I thought I would, but, no. No I don't. This is peaceful. I just wish it wasn't all a lie."
Clark held his shoulder and turned him around.
"It's not, Bruce. This is an opportunity to just...live." The Kryptonian advised.
"Free of our suits, free of worrying our loved ones. Lois and I have some news." He ended with a smile on his face.
"She's pregnant."
Chill told him, unfazed.
Clark blinked his eyes.
"Of course you'd know that."
He shook his head and looked away.
"So how'd you do it? And why?"
Clark questioned, knowing that the other man would understand want he meant.
Chill brought a hand to his neck where a green pendant was hanging off it.
"Zatara."
"And why did you choose the man responsible for the murder of your parents?"
That question went unanswered for so long, Clark thought he would never get a response. Finally, he did.
"To remind myself of who I am. By staring into the mirror and seeing the face of the man who took them away from me, I will never forget what I am."
Bruce Wayne under the disguise of Joe Chill answered.
(Elsewhere)
"Thor, Loki, stand up and follow me."
They did as told, following after Frigga, the Queen of Asgard.
"Where are you taking us mother?"
Thor enquired, ony to get an elbow shoved into him from his younger brother. The former glared at Loki but chose to stay silent after sensing the seriousness in Frigga.
Soon enough they made it through the main wings of the palace, passing through opulent hallways and further in to a tower reserved for their mother's magical practices.
Passing through a magical barrier, Loki and Thor immediately noticed the coven of witches under Frigga. They were responsible for enchanting and healing using a blend of magic and superior technology afforded to them by the presence of Uru.
There were in total six of them, all surrounding a pool of water.
Thor and Loki looked at each other as the coven chanted in low voices.
"What is happening?"
Thor asked Loki, the expert in magic between them. Loki turned his gaze towards the coven and tried to understand the magical formation on the ground, glowing yellow.
"The symbols...they are meant to shield our gaze from something...gah! it's too complex."
He responded with a tone full of frustration.
"You're correct. Though I can see you're not keeping up with your magical practice Loki."
From the middle of the chamber, Frigga commented.
"Sorry mother. I've been too busy taking care of your first born son."
Loki said with a smirk, causing Thor to slap him at the back of his head and Frigga to roll her eyes.
"Stop it boys." She told them before a fight broke out.
"Now come, I need to show you something."
The both of them walked the length of distance between them and soon enough flanked Frigga on both sides as she stared at a huge basin of water. The basin was in the middle of the pool, a lone stone path leading to it.
"My sisters are here to make sure our gaze is not felt by those who remain in the shadows."
She informed them.
"What are you talking about mother?"
Thor wondered.
"Those who remain in the Shadows?" Loki asked.
"Sounds interesting."
Frigga shook her head.
"That's a conversation you're going to have with your father." She looked over to Loki.
"I need you both, especially you Loki, to promise me that you won't try to find them before your father wakes up from his Odin Sleep. Furthermore that is not why I brought you here."
She waved a hand over the basin of clear water and it started to roil around. She then placed a hand inside the pocket of her royal dress and brought out a small vial with a milky liquid.
Loki gasped.
"Those are the tears of a unicorn."
"Wait, Unicorn?" Thor burst out in laughter.
"They don't exist."
"You're both right." Frigga told them as Loki threw a stink eye towards his brother.
"They don't exist now but they did in the past. My brother and I used to run through the fields of Vanaheimr in hopes we would catch a glimpse of one." Frigga explained, pouring the vial of tears into the basin of water. The chanting from the coven increased in tempo and volume.
"The blood and tears of an Unicorn are great magical amplifiers. The spell cast on this water will reveal to us what we want to see, the unicorn tears will reveal to us what we need to see."
She concluded just as the water turned milky like the tears.
Then the milky color gave way to the image of a man both Thor and Loki gasped upon seeing.
"It's him."
Thor muttered.
"Keep on watching."
Frigga ordered and her two sons turned their attention back to the basin.
Aden looked up as if he could sense them before turning his attention to his front. The image in the water panned to reveal more of his surroundings.
"Those are gods. I recognize Osiris."
"Not just the Enead either. The huge figure made up of clouds is Shango, I remember pranking him that one time father took us to Omnipotence city."
Loki commented.
The liquid in the basin turned back to normal water as the image faded away. Frigga was left with a thoughtful look on her face while the two Princes begun arguing.
"How could I forget, due to you Lord Olurun pushed for both of us to be denied attendance to the yearly Orgy for 300 years."
Thor complained.
"Oh get over it. It's been a century since then."
Loki rolled his eyes.
"Boys, please pay attention."
Hearing the slight admonishment in their mother's voice both of them went quiet.
"There's a reason I brought you here."
She turned to them with a grim face.
"Midgard is going to get destroyed and there is nothing we can do."
(Elsewhere)
There was a groan from the huge piece of rock suspended in the air.
Easily the size of an entire football stadium and weighing in more than 100000 tons, it cast a purple glow on both Aden and the gods. Not to mention the macabre light it seemed to wash over the corpse in Aden's hands.
Bast was dead.
Sekhmet blinked, trying to reach out to the divine bond she and her sister both shared.
"You...you bastard..."
She whispered, forced to watch her sister's head and a section of the spine still attached to it dangle from the alien god's hands.
"You never used to be this bloody. What has changed?"
Chaos asked.
Aden looked at the gathered gods and felt the pulse of his divine power increase within them. They eyed the rock piece behind them with ravenous hunger before looking back at him, the only thing standing in between Geb and the gods who wanted to devour him.
"Everything."
Aden answered, letting Bast's head fall into the darkness.
Panic had not yet set in. Still shell shocked from the drastic turn of events, the gods present could do nothing except watch. As if in slow motion, Bast's head disappeared into the depths of the deep and wide cavern left behind, after the entire chunk of Vibranium ore was lifted to the sky by Aden.
Being this close to Geb, the strain of holding over 100,000 tons just by Earth bending alone was no existent.
"Hold on Geb, I am about to take you somewhere else. Someplace safer."
Aden told his son. A feeling of uncertainty and worry was coming off the young spirit.
"What about Shuri? Dad, you need to keep her safe."
His son adamantly said. Realizing that now was not the time to argue, seeing as he was facing a large group of gods after Killing their leader, Aden decided to recklessly accept the request. He also noted that different from his older brothers and sisters, Geb was more composed.
"Don't worry," Aden assured. "None of these gods will make it out of here in one piece."
The last part was said out loud as a challenge to his enemies.
"You...bastard."
Sekhmet whispered once more, divine power brimming inside of her, ready to blow like a pressure cooker.
"Hanuman, hold her back! We cannot afford to carelessly move in!"
Osiris, the god of the Underworld, told the Gorilla god of the Jabari tribe.
"Careful Osiris, do not presume I'm under your command."
Hanuman rumbled as he bunched up and enclosed his huge arms around Sekhmet. The Lion Goddess tried to fight the hold but failed.
"Everybody! move back!"
Osiris ordered once more. This time with more urgency than when they had first retreated, the whole group made distance between them and Aden. The latter watched them with a far away look, an idea had just occured to him.
Almost 100 meters away from the edge of the deep cavern left behind, Isis turned to her husband.
"Osiris, we will need more than just a few major deities and dozens of minor gods to stop him from taking the child away. We need more assistance."
Osiris shook his head.
"No, if we bring in the other Pantheons, then we will lose our influence. It will be tantamount to admitting we failed. They were content to let us handle this. Let us show them the Enead are not to be trifled with."
Her husband replied stubbornly. Isis knew he couldn't see the bigger picture. She just hoped that he wouldn't come to regret his decision.
Still, she couldn't let it go. If they couldn't depend on the other Pantheons, it was time to bring out the big guns.
"We cannot wait any longer. We need that thing's help."
Isis told him in a grim tone.
Osiris sighed, turning his attention To Horus.
"Your mother is right." The armless god told the god of war and the sky next to him.
"Open the gates of the Celestial Heliopolis. Anubis will take it from there."
Not just Horus, even the gods present all looked astonished by his decision.
"Father...are you thinking of releasing it? What...what about grandfather?"
Osiris stared at Aden. The threat he posed was too much.
"Do it. Father will understand."
Aden seemed content to wait, not even concerned with them as he was in a deep conversation with Chaos.
"You seem sure it will work."
Chaos commented.
"It makes sense, don't you think?"
Aden shot back, looking at the mutilated body of the Panther goddess dripping red and gold blood.
"They stole from me through Geb. Most likely because a, they couldn't actively deal with me and b, they didn't know my location."
"Then how did Geb get to Earth?"
Chaos asked, prompting Aden to look down into the deep darkness.
"Below us, there is... something down there. I think we'll get our answers sooner than we expect, right now," he looked up.
"We need to focus on ensuring none of them leave."
Horus ascended to the sky, the image of a falcon appearing behind him. The other gods seemed to cover the way towards him.
"They're planning something devious."
Aden narrowed his eyes.
"I think I know what it is."
Chaos replied.
Realization dawned in Aden's eyes as he came to almost the same conclusion.
"Fuck. Let's get Geb and Nagini back to Energia."
He snapped his fingers and the chunk of earth he had held aloft was immediately swallowed up by a yellow portal.
"What just happened?"
Shu enquired to no apparent answer. The entire Vibranium ore was simply...gone.
"Fuck!"
Osiris cursed out.
"Don't worry, as long as we deal with him, we will get it back."
He told the restless gods who were immediately discouraged upon seeing their payday get taken away. Aden reached out to space and locked it, preventing them from teleporting out.
"None of you are leaving here alive! Say your last prayers to...well I guess yourselves."
He declared, his voice ringing out across the entire country.
T'Chaka looked up from where they were setting up camp in the Jabari mountains. He could see dust and smoke rising up from the capital city.
"Ramonda, get Shuri inside."
He addressed his wife who complied wordlessly. However before she could fully leave, T'Chaka spoke up again.
"I felt her presence leave me. Bast is dead."
Ramonda was surprised for a bit, tightening her hold on Shuri. Okoye and the rest of the Dora Milaje surrounding the royal family, also showed different reactions.
"You do not sound heartbroken over the news."
The Queen answered.
"I know. Bast is dead...and all I can feel is immense relief."
The words which would have been blasphemous at any other time rang true with everyone gathered.
"Our people will endure." A new voice stated, T'Challa walked towards them with the Jabari tribal leader, M'Gonda and the rest of the council members. Behind him, the armies of each tribe were in formation, ready to go to war for their nation.
"The sons and daughters of Wakanda have survived much worse. Wakanda Forever."
There was a cry of agreement from the gathered forces.
"Now how about you lead us to take back our home, Black Panther?"
T'Challa offered with a smile.
(Elsewhere)
Aden knew what they were planning and if it became a success, then the world would be in great jeopardy. That's why he had to stop them. There was no more wasting time. No more time to talk. No more nothing.
With a pressure blast that both propelled him towards the gods and devasted the surroundings, he set upon the first of the gods, a group of minor ones who happened to block his way. Equity flashed through the air. And like a hot knife through butter, 7 heads came flying out. He tagged the rest of their bodies, storing them inside his infinite inventory space and continued.
Most of the gods tried to fly away. He pushed out his hand and gravity begun to act upon them in a horizontal manner.
"Shango!"
Osiris shouted to the god made up of clouds while trying to get away from the force beginning to pull them towards the death machine.
Shango roared, a sound that was not only heard through Wakanda but had devastating effects throughout the world.
"He's a big one."
Chaos commented, seeing the lightning streaks fall from the sky towards their position. The gods had a reprieve and most of them scattered in every direction to escape the massacre. The ones who were left behind knew their only chance to live was to support Shango and end the threat of Aden once and for all. Or at least wait until Horus did what he needed to do.
Aden allowed the attack to land and simply blew past it. His body was so powerful that this level of lightning did not and could not hurt him. Not even his clothes were singed. His chromatic eyes flashed as he managed to make it past the lightning bolts and land a blow on Shango.
"My god..."
Isis muttered, seeing the god of Thunder and Lightning get split from head to toe, as Equity extended into a massive size and shape. A shockwave blasted out, the clouds and winds making up Shango blowing away across the sky.
"Yes? You called for me."
Aden told the goddess, Isis as he appeared before her. The latter pulled her hands back in panic, then pushed them towards him. Rings of mystical fire surrounded Aden, seeking to scorch him more than the winds and heat of the Sahara.
"You are no match for my magic, alien!"
She yelled out in resolve as the rings surrounding Aden doubled in number and size, extending to encapsulate him in a ball of flames.
"Mother!!! Get back he's..."
Horus' next words were cut off as a tremendous explosion rippled out that drowned both Isis and a multitude of river and forest gods under it. A zone of 50 meters all around burned with silver fire.
"Isis!!!"
Osiris shouted with a broken voice as he found himself carried away by Shu's winds.
Aden stopped, swiping out his sword and aiming it at Osiris.
"Using elemental attacks to deal with me? I am the god of every element you know of. Now prepare to die."
He addressed Osiris before flashing towards him through the sky at speeds that were not even a percentage of his true ability, but still fast enough to astound the gods present.
"I give that speech a 4 out of 10. No intimidating factor at all."
Chaos told him just as he arrived near the first few gods standing between him and Osiris. He wanted the god of the Underworld to rejoin his wife in...wherever the gods went to after death.
He threw Equity to the side, turning it's shape from a generic katana to several flying daggers that managed to land on Shu. The god of wind had formed his body out of the air next to Aden, seeking to hit him with a sneak attack but was instead completely destroyed by him. A shockwave rang out as Aden pulled a hand back and threw a simple fist. The air crackled and the gods on the other end of the fist saw death approaching them.
"Oh shit..."
One of them muttered knowing they couldn't escape the blow.
Bam!
The first had her body completely pulverized into a bloody mist that obscured the other's sights.
"Don't destroy their bodies!"
Chaos yelled in urgency.
"Remember, we need them dead but intact."
Aden ignored him. He was too far gone in his bloodlust. All the pent up emotions from being so far away from his family just came rippling out and the result was a massacre of untold proportions.
Aden slashed out his hand and space split apart 10 more gods closest to his position. Body parts fell from the sky and rained towards the ground in a shower of blood, limbs and guts.
"Or you can you know, just completely obliterate some, it's fine."
Chaos told him, understanding that there was no stopping him.
The path to Osiris was free. Aden smirked and blinked, teleporting through space to appear next to the unarmed god. Literally. Osiris had no hands. And with a shove of his palm through the ribcage, Aden made sure that Osiris was missing a heart as well. He looked into his eyes, pulling him closer as Osiris choked on his blood.
"You guys fucked up. I'm not someone you can challenge and just walk away." Aden shook his head.
"I'm particularly harsh to anyone who calls themselves a god."
His other hand came up and blocked Horus' desperate attack. There was a pressure blast at the contact.
"Horus...No."
Osiris coughed out, wishing that his son had not abandoned the task given to him.
"Damn you!"
The falcon headed god shouted in Aden's face trying to push him.
A shield of air blocked the spittle spraying towards Aden. Then his hand snaked out and grabbed onto the Horus' neck. On one hand he had the father and the other, the son.
"Please..."
Osiris struggled to say, coughing up more blood. He was asking him to spare his son's life.
Aden crushed his heart. Literally and figuratively. Wild screams rang out as silver flames washed down Horus' body, burning his wings to a blackened crisp and turning his body into ash that drifted in the open air.
"Lord Horus!"
"Osiris!"
The Enead were stumped and shocked. Aden turned towards them as he stashed away Osiris' body in his inventory.
"Any last words?"
"Die! you bastard!!"
Sekhmet managed to break past a shocked Hanuman's grip and fell upon Aden with her two divine weapons flashing out.
Some of the other gods, those who had wildly underestimated the difficulty of the mission, tried to fly away from the scene after trying and failing to teleport away. Multiple comet like figures escaped to the ends of the world and even past that as they run away.
"I'm not getting left behind either, so say hi to my dear sister, Death, for me will ya?"
Chaos told them as Equity multiplied from one dagger into hundreds and then thousands, each dozen dedicated to the cowards who were fleeing. They cut through the air following after each and everyone of them. Some tried to trick the daggers by shape shifting and failed, others tried to block them and similarly failed. All of them met their end.
All over the world, people saw shooting stars that were quickly extinguished before they could land, by a black flash. Over 20 gods died without even knowing what it was that killed them.
Back on the scene, Aden dodged the sickle in Sekhmet's hand by merely leaning to the side. His right hand came up and a thin plasma beam tore through another god's head. Then he broke apart into flames under Sekhmet's second attack.
"Horus that fool! Had he simply been patient and opened the gateway for Apophis, the serpent of Chaos and darkness, none of this would be happening!"
Hanuman yelled, jumping towards Aden, knowing that death was coming for him but still too brace to flee.
Equity appeared out of nowhere, blocking Sekhmet's next attack and pushing her away.
"Bad Gorilla."
Aden chided, blasting Hanuman off the sky with a telekinetic blast delivered by a mere wave of his hand. The god fell from the height of several hundred meters, smacking very hard onto the ground and promptly going unconscious.
"We kill everyone and you decide to spare the bloodthirsty Gorilla?"
Chaos wondered, perplexed.
"I like Gorillas. Plus the Jabari are cool."
Aden shrugged.
"Don't Ignore Me! You bastard!!"
Sekhmet growled out, her fury causing light, white fur to sprout all over her arms.
"Shit, she just went super Saiyan 4."
Chaos commented as the sickle strikes flashed out faster than before. Any attack Aden dodged went on to fly through the air in a white slash before disappearing, or landed on the ground further devastating the landscape.
Aden looked deep into her eyes as their weapons clashed. Sekhmet leaned into the attack with all the strength she could muster. Aden pushed her away easily, not even budging from his position.
"Alright, you want me to give you all my attention? That is exactly what I am going to do."
Equity was dismissed back into his soul space. Aden cracked his knuckles and his neck.
"Are you mocking me?"
The lioness goddess exclaimed. Did he think her undeserving to fight with his weapons? Aden gave no answer except for cracking his fingers.
Sekhmet's body turned more and more animalistic, her teeth grew longer and her fingers sprouted sharp looking claws. Her anger had gone past fury and was now in the rage category. She pointed her sickle towards Aden.
"I..."
Thwack!
A backhand caused her to spit out most of her teeth. The rage instantly vanished giving way to to pained surprise.
Aden grabbed onto her face and fell to the ground, smashing her down onto the rough terrain, hard. Her ribs shattered along with her spine. He threw her to the sky and then kicked her on her midsection with a mule kick. Before she could fly too far, he was there at her back, delivering another bone crushing attack that completely folded her chest to the left, destroying most of her vital organs.
Sekhmet hit the ground and curved a groove under it, her body in too much agony for her to react as she saw something fell towards her from the sky.
"Sister... I'm so..."
Her next words were cut off as Aden landed on her head with his knee, splitting it apart like a pumpkin. Sekhmet was gone before she even knew it.
"Brutal."
Chaos commented once more.
"Well, they didn't leave me a choice."
Aden responded, feeling queasy about the bloodshed but also knowing it was necessary.
He got up, Equity appearing in his hands.
"Now, who's left?"
He asked, looking around.
There was no one however, he had killed them all.
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