2 Chapter 1

Chapter 1:

"Die Merlin!" yelled Kronos as he swung his scythe to the floating figure of Rin Merlin.

Rin suddenly fell down from the air, the air that supported him ceased and the scythe passed over his head. The moment he touched the ground Rin's legs bent, he grabbed a piece of stone off the ground and charged at Kronos.

He pushed his legs and in a dash he appeared right in front of Kronos. Rin slipped under the still extended scythe, he brought the stone and punched Kronos face right in the nose. As Kronos flew backwards holding his nose, Rin slipped his hand onto the scythe and pulled it from Kronos's grasp.

The titan looked up and saw a sight he hoped he would never have. He looked at the form of Rin Merlin holding his scythe Backbiter, but that was not what scared him, it was his eyes. Rin's eyes were like his, bright gold.

There was a reason Kronos's eyes were gold. The amount of power he held was to a level that there was an effect because of how much energy he had inside him. There was a reason it took Hades, Poseidon and Zeus to defeat him and also only by trickery. And now, now Kronos were looking into eyes just like his.

Rin spun the scythe in one hand and swung it downward towards Kronos. The time titan was pushed back with every step he took so did Rin. And just as things looked like they would not end Kronos felt a spear hit his shoulder, it did not pierce it due to the curse of Achilles. Rin brought up the blunt end of the staff and hit Kronos right up the head, throwing him backwards.

Kronos got up slowly and looked back to see who had thrown that , and there he saw him, his son. His first son, Hades.

Rin brought the scythe up while Kronos's back was turned and swung downwards with all his force, the blade swung and hit Kronos on his right shoulder. Due to the special enchantments of Backbiter the scythe broke through the skin, cutting Kronos making the titan scream in pain.

Kronos looked at Rin, staring at him with all the hate he could muster, "Merlin, it's you, it's always you! That's it! I have had enough!"

Kronos grabbed the blade of Backbiter, the blade cutting his palm, and pulled it out of his shoulder. He dropped the blade beside him and decided it was time to end this.

Rin charged lightning into his hands once again but this time when he discharged towards Kronos, the titan caught the blast with his one hand and held the bolt in check. Rin pushed further and further and the air around the blast became ionized, but Kronos held his ground. After a minute Rin ran out of energy and ceased his attack. Rin panting stopped and moved backwards a few steps at a time, whatever Kronos was going to do it was going to be big.

"I'm tired of you Merlin!" Kronos said. His eyes glowed stronger than before and Kronos gathered as much time flux energy he could and released it, he set the time to send the person to several places at random to be forever stuck in the cycle of time. And he put this curse on Rin Merlin.

"Enjoy this hades I have made for you Merlin!" Kronos then released the time flux sending it to the battlefield and it opened itself behind Rin.

Rin felt himself being sucked into the…. the whatever it is, and his grip on the ground was slipping. Rin guessed that this is what a black hole would feel like, only slightly less powerful.

As Rin's grip on the ground began to wear out he did the only thing he could do, he ran. His speed was average for a human, and he kept at it. Suddenly Rin felt something inside him, something changed, he remembered all the times he had ever thought of Hermes and the conversations he had with the god of travels. And then Rin heard it, it was Hermes, and the god said, "Freedom is my wings."

And suddenly Rin felt a burst of speed as he sped away from the portal towards Kronos, Rin drew back a fist and this time he remembered and heard Zeus said, "Law is my power." Rin's fist covered itself in thunder and with one punch to Kronos head he sent the titan flying into the New York skyline.

Kronos flew faster and faster until he impacted himself on Typhoon's body, sending the monster backwards, shocking the gods that were facing him. The gods had just arrived and they were fighting a losing battle against Typhoon. Even with Poseidon's help the king of monsters was just too much. But then they saw Kronos flying through New York and slamming into the beast and that halted the beast's progress.

With that blow deliver, Rin activated his speed again, the words, "Freedom is my wings" rang through his head again and he took off going faster and faster. But still the portal drew him closer and closer to it. For every step he took, the portal brought him closer towards his end.

Poseidon looked from where Kronos had come from and he saw his son , Rin. The god of the seas flew to his son and was met with a strange sight, his son running away from what looked like a portal, and at speeds which made Hermes looked slower.

"RIN!" yelled out Poseidon, "my boy, what happened?"

Rin gritted his teeth, he was running the fastest he ever had, but he had to speak, to talk to his father, "you came dad, I knew you would."

Poseidon was taken back the smile his son then shot him, "Rin, what is that," the father of horses then took a step closer to examine the portal, but then Rin yelled.

"NO dad! Don't come any closer! Kronos created this thing, and I'm only managing to out run it a little, if you come any closer you will get sucked inside!"

"But Rin what about you? You can't run forever!"

Rin smiled again, "maybe that is my destiny huh? Kind of funny actually now that you think about it."

"Rin-" began Poseidon, but before he could finish that sentence he was sent flying away from a blast of golden energy.

"DAD!" Rin yelled, he looked at the direction of the attack and saw Kronos, and this time he looked pissed.

The time titan walked over to the unconscious Poseidon and slipped the scythe under the gods neck, Kronos looked at Rin with a snarl, "stop running Merlin, or I'll make your father fade, you know I can with this blade."

Rin tried to summon Zeus power again, but he felt that if he did Hermes's speed would disappear and then he would disappear into the portal.

And so there was the ultimatum, save his father, or himself. It was an easy choice, the words, "Law is my power," rung in his head in Zeus's voice. His speed reduced but in his final moment Rin shot a blue bolt of pure lighting at Kronos, shocking the god, literally and figuratively.

The titan was sent flying away, and finally with one last step Rin stopped running. The portal took him, pulling him backwards. As he left he saw Harlin trying to run after him, but the prince of the underworld was held back by his father.

Rin heard Winter and he saw the silver hunter fighting to get to him, but all the monsters blocked her path.

As Rin reached the edge of the portal, Rin's eyes closed, the yellow light of the portal illuminated his eyelids. Rin thought of all the people he was going to leave behind. His mom, his dad, Willard, Sara, Winter, Harlin, hell even all the Olympians, even Ares, somewhat and also that man hating goddess. He was going to miss all of them, but this was it, this was what he was meant to do, what he always was meant to do. And so the hero of Olympus disappeared from this time.

As Rin disappeared into the portal, the yellow light died down and the portal closed.

The entire battle field was silent, and then a cry broke out, "RIN!" yelled Harlin. He broke out of his fathers hold on him and ran.

The clearing on the road where Rin disappeared still buzzed with energy and Harlin felt static electricity going through his entire body. But he still stared at that spot as if staring would have brought Rin back to them, to him.

Harlin fell onto his knees and let himself go, his tears flowed like a river. The dam of emotions he held inside himself broke, and all the feelings he had been holding in was realised.

He cried, for his friend, for his sister, for the people that died and for himself. He punched the ground again and again, and soon his fist was covered in blood, the skin on his knuckles cut wide open.

Winter broke through the line of monsters and ran to Harlin's side, she stopped beside him and saw his torn fist. As Harlin raised it in the air to hit the ground again, she grabbed it. Harlin turned and looked at her, "he-he's gone Winter."

Winter, kneeled down and pulled Harlin into a hug, and the prince of the underworld cried on her shoulder. The two cousins held each other in their arms and time seemed to slow down. Soon they were surrounded by hunters and Hades and several skeleton soldiers.

"HAHAHA! FINALLY! I almost thought that sea spawn was immortal judging by how many times he escaped death!" yelled a voice.

The people gathered looked up from their mourning. The looked at the source of the voice but they already knew who it was, there standing with a torn t shirt and a torso covered in burn marks and blood, was Kronos.

"That brat got me good though I must admit, even the curse of Achilles couldn't stop his last attack!" the titan walked slowly into the group, Hades turned and looked at his father, "enough of this farther! Minions attack!"

The skeletal soldiers turned and all charged at the titan. Kronos was faster, or at least the skeletons were slower. The moment the skeletons got close to him, Kronos slowed them down with his powers. He swung his scythe at the slowed down underworld soldiers and cut them into dust.

Before Hades could move, Kronos rushed to the god's side and knocked him unconscious with the blunt of his scythe, Kronos had plans for his eldest son.

The hunters all readied their bows, but Kronos was getting stronger by the second, all he did was swing his arm and all of the hunters bows and arrows was banished away from them. Then in two minutes Kronos took all of them out. Several he gutted with his scythe, some of the prettiest one he kept alive to have some fun with later. But soon the group of highly trained female hunters were taken care of.

Winter and Harlin were the only ones left. The daughter of Zeus stood with her shield and spear ready. She charged her spear with electricity and threw it at Kronos. The titan grabbed hold of the spear's shaft before it struck him, but the electricity still went through him.

"Hehe that tickles compared to Merlin," the titan said, he spun the spear around threw it back at the hunter. The spear stabbed Winter in the shoulder sending her to the ground with the force behind the throw.

"And then there was one," Kronos said as he walked up to Harlin. the son of Hades stood tall with his stygian sword. He charged at Kronos and they fought. Harlin swung his sword down at the titan. Kronos simply blocked it with the shaft of his scythe, he pushed the blade and the kicked Harlin to the ground.

Harlin skidded on the ground, his back being torn by the rocks on the damaged road. Kronos walked to the son of Hades, he recalled him being friends with Merlin, that gave him an idea, "Since you loved that sea spawn so much, I'll help you met him, he should be dead by now I think."

Kronos brought his scythe up high into the sky and swung it, tip pointed down at Merlin. But just as the blade was about to make contact, a sword blocked the blades path.

The blade was black as midnight and thin, but it looked strong and stable. Kronos looked at the owner of the blade and saw it was a figure in a brown tattered cloak.

Before the titan could say a word, the figure kicked him in the gut, and the moment his leg touched Kronos's body, the titan knew that it was going to hurt.

Kronos was sent flying away at a speed which would make Hermes jealous, at one point Kronos broke the sound barrier with a bang, but he gave no indication of slowing down as Kronos's host body kept flying and flying putting human sized holes in all the building in his path.

Harlin looked up slowly at the figure above him, the man slid his sword under his cloak and looked down at Harlin. The son of Hades could not see this man's face as the sun was glaring down at him.

But just then the man pulled down and his hood. Harlin's eyes grew twice as wide as his saw the man's face, he asked "Rin?"

And then Rin felt his rear hit itself on the ground. Rin got up slowly and rubbed his back, it was hurting, like real bad. But when he looked up expecting to see New York, the only thing he saw was him surrounded by a forest.

'Great', he thought, 'no where am I?'

Just then he heard a crack, he turned around and saw somebody in the shadows of the trees. the figure moved fast, and Rin couldn't keep up. But then he felt somebody poke his back with something very sharp, luckily it was just a few inches above his point of mortality.

"Turn around slowly and I won't gut you boy," said a voice.

Rin turned around slowly and as he did, he met a sight he thought he never would have seen, in front of him was Artemis, only she wasn't wearing her silver parka, she was wearing what looked like ancient greek clothes, and she looked 18.

"Artemis?" asked Rin.