Chapter 166: 2.46 The REAL Titan Goddess
Eris wanted more power and she wanted it fast, so as soon as she got into the Underworld she started grabbing souls and shattering them. It didn’t take long for Hades to catch on to what she was doing, so he quickly teleported down there.
"What the hell are you doing?" He screamed.
"I want another set of eyes or I’m not going back to Limbo." She said sternly.
"Fine, fine. Give me two weeks and they’re all yours." Hades said.
Eris grabbed Dionysus by the throat. "What if I want them now?"
Hades snapped his fingers and Eris went limp.
"Sorry Dionyus, I didn’t think she’d go batshit crazy." He said as he grabbed her arm off his throat.
"No worries Master," Dionysus said in his usual lazy tone.
Hades snapped his fingers and Eris was pissed.
"So you put a fail safe in them, I fucking knew it you piece of shit!" She spat Hades.
"I’m fucking done with you." She said as teleported to Paradise.
"Take these fucking things out please!" She begged Athena.
"I’ve been waiting for you," Athena said politely.
With one wave of her hand the eyes were removed and Eris had her regular goddess eyes back.
"How did you know all of this was work?" Eris asked Athena while blinking her eyes in tears and smashing her implanted ones with her heels. She threw them off Paradise into the depths of black that was the Universe of Nova.
"Just needed someone crazy enough to make them believe you’d join their side," she said with a wink.
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"What the fuck?! How is she gone?!" Hades screamed.
He teleported to Lord X who searched frantically for her.
"No luck my Lord," Lord X said as Hades cursed and screamed up a storm.
Helen and Azazel were summoned.
"Where is she?" Hades demanded.
"How the hell should we know? She can’t go to Paradise. You fucking find her. It was your idea for us to break her out of prison. We did as we were ordered. If she’s lost, that’s on you. Let us go back."
"Hell no. That operation is over and done." Hades said as he teleported to the planet with the humanoid Rhinos and obliterated every soul, including the titans.
"No sense bringing those useless fucks.
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Back on Exteria Sasha watched in amazement as the Steele family tried to keep up with their prophecy machine. Too many things kept changing in a short amount of time which really worried her.
The machine finally stopped moving and the Steeles’ had a wide smile.
"We have to go pray, but we will be with you shortly my love," Levi said with a cheeky grin.
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"Xander, now!" Sora said as Xander quickly opened a portal and the five of them began rescuing as many Rhino souls while consuming as many titan souls as the three of them could.
Emery and Emma were only around a year old but they could move and fly around like full fledged gods. The 3 times aging thing helped significantly and they were on "save" duty.
As soon as Hades caught sight of the five, they immediately portaled out, successfully saving ¾ of the Rhino souls and absorbing most of the titan power. They’d been waiting for this day since the prophecy changed.
They weren’t sure how to take it at first. Athena explained to them that Eris had been a spy for her all along but when she received the eye transplants that was too much. She also said she’d be asking too much of them again and risking the lives of their children, but they didn’t bat an eye. They were ready to do what was necessary to save Exteria. The titans were gone. The souls of the Rhinos were mostly saved. All and all, it was a successful day.
"Hey Eris.." Xander said. "Sorry I called you those nasty things. It’s weird seeing you with a faint gold soul now..."
"Well I had to act pretty hard to convince them I was as evil as they thought I was, didn’t I?" She said while attempting to hug him. He was hesitant at first, but eventually ran in and gave her a hug.
"So this was all an act from the beginning? That’s crazy!" Brie said while shaking her head.
"You were really just going to sit in the prison?"
"Yup, until Athena warned me that Helen and Azazel were coming and had this grand plan to wipe out Earth then take over Exteria with my titans. It was easy enough to trick them into thinking they gained so much power when I only took the souls from a few titans on Earth. Sure, some people were lost on Earth, but they were already dead. They just didn’t bother doing a good job of scouting. They never did, " Eris explained.
"So the people on my planet were already dead or close to it?" Sora asked.
"Well yes Sora. The sun exploded. There was no heat or light. We tried to save as many of the good souls as we could while mimicking a trampling. I never thought they’d go to the extent of taking over 10 planets, though. That’s when I told lady Athena I was having second thoughts."
"And I take full responsibility for the loss of those planets. Sometimes it isn’t clear: do what is right or do what is wrong. Many innocent lives were sacrificed but it was to protect them from getting more of our power. Lox didn’t need to have his soul shattered, nor did the people of Solstice, Vakka, etc need to lose their souls. Fortunately, we’ll be able to recreate the phoenix race one day!" Athena said with tears running down her face.
Emery and Emma didn’t know what the heck was going on, so Xander took them to play with Hope, Skylar and Tej.
"Why Nana Fena crying Xandy?" Emma asked.
"You’ll know when you’re older! Let’s go play!" He encouraged them.
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"So you willingly let millions upon millions of souls die to ensure all planets wouldn’t be wiped out?" Brie asked with a frown.
"I’d understand if you were upset with me. What choice would you make Brianna?" Athena asked, composed as always.
"That’s why you’re our Majesty and I’m not. I stand by your decision. I think if they gained our power, especially Sora or Xander’s and could manipulate time and take all the power for themselves and destroy Limbo and Paradise... I think that would be much worse."
"You have no idea!" Eris cried.
"Just working with them was hard enough. They are truly evil souls. Hades’ only cares about his own damn power and they’re going to bring the fight to Exteria now. I’d be willing to fight on your side." Eris said with a large grin.
"There’s a few souls in particular I’d like to shatter... Helen is all mine."
"That doesn’t explain the recent prophecy, though." Sora said calmly.
"Ah, that would be of my doing," Chronos said as he appeared.
"Chronos?! What are you doing here bud! It’s good to see you." Sora said with a smile.
Brie ran up and gave him her usual hug.
"Making sure everything went according to plan is all. The Steele’s have had a busy day and I know you planned on staying here for 16 years, but I’d recommend heading out sooner than later. That war is coming to Exteria and it won’t be titans. It’ll be Hades and the Underworld." Chronos said calmly.
"Do we leave Emma and Emery here? They’re so young. Even Xander is only 7. Granted, he fights better than any adult on Exteria, but still. Seems kind of wrong to ask him to fight." Sora asked Brie.
"I’m not going back without my entire family. Sorry Sora, you said it yourself, if it was meant to be that we brought children into this world during a war, then that’s what happened. Thank you for all your help, Athena." Brie said while giving her a large hug.
"Well you don’t have to run off tonight. Let’s take a month or so and prepare for your departure. I still have your children to bless and you have to get used to fighting alongside Eris." Athena reminded the group.
"I promise I’m not as crazy of a bitch as I appeared to be," Eris teased.
"Oh, sure," Brie laughed while rolling her eyes.
"Fakes a jailbreak, fakes an Earth planet wipe, actually does 10 planet wipes and hides in Limbo for over a year. What could possibly be suspect about any of that?" She prodded while continuing to laugh.
"Hey, I don’t have a son as a cheat code who can tell me who is good and who is bad at any second. So what do you say, Sora, how about a party seal? If I betray you my soul shatters. Make it short and sweet."
Xander, like he always seemed to know, portaled over with Hope, Emma and Emery.
"Go ahead dad, she’s telling the truth. I can tell." He said with a large smile.
"Alright I never thought I’d be saying this, but the goddess Eris, do you wish to join the savior party under the condition that if you betray any of us your soul shatters? I’ll also include that if you must betray us to save us, your soul will not shatter and you will return to Paradise. Like Athena said, sometimes the best solution isn’t always as straight forward." Sora said while reaching his hand out.
"I accept." Eris said with a quaint smile.
"Sora, you’re always so thoughtful. Thank you for believing in me. Let’s crush the Underworld!" Athena cheered.
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