Chapter 66: Consequences

All around the globe various monitors were showing the exact same scene, a mountain region darkened by a large cloud of sand, overshadowed by the very definitive mushroom cloud.

All eyes were glued to these monitors, their anticipation for an answer made time seem to drag on, some even began to start their celebrations early. They thought nothing could survive such a massive explosion of heat and radiation.

It took quite a bit of time for the debris to begin to clear, and once it did, those that had began to celebrate quickly stopped in their tracks instantly. Joy and relief was immediate replaced with fear and apprehension.

Within the large crater of what used to be sand, now had become glass due to the extreme temperature from the massive explosion, floated Aiden. He was unharmed, not even his cape had scorch marks or any ruffling.

"Impossible! Those were one megaton nuclear bombs each, the temperature of that explosion at its core was at least a hundred million degrees Celsius. Nothing can survive that!" A scientist screamed out.

In simple terms that is about four to five times the temperature of the core of the sun which is fifteen million degrees Celsius.

Even Spawn and Angela couldn't believe what they witnessed, both had been at the edge of their seats when the explosion occurred, unsure if Aiden would survive such a massive explosion.

"What the fuck is he made of?" The president of the United States exclaimed desperately as he fell back into his chair.

He was at a loss, but he didn't forget about the man who suggested that they launch the nuclear bombs, the same man who's facility that had just been attacked and is now completely gone.

The president glared at a tall man with slick black hair and a goatee chinstrap beard and brown eyes wearing a black buisness suit, this was Jason Wynn who was sitting on the couch in the oval office, sweat beading on his usual menacing features. He knew things were about to go from bad to worst, not only did his launch site get destroyed, but his systems were hacked.

He had just tried to launch the rest of his Heat-16 missiles but found out that he was locked out of his own network, even if he wanted to notify the bases to manually launch, he can't. It was only a matter of time before the CIA, NSA, and NSC found that they too were locked out.

Just as the president was about to reem a new ass hole into Jason, a woman burst thru the door. Her face showed abject horror and was pale as a ghost.

"Mister President, you have to turn on the TV now. It's bad, really bad."

The president quickly did just so, what he and the other advisers within the room saw caused all to turn pale. On the screen was a news reporter with breaking news.

"A packet of information has just hit the internet showing serious corruption in multiple government agencies across the globe, including our own. Evidence of abuse of authority, terrorism, mass murder, obstruction of justice, corruption, torture, conspiracy, blackmail, weapons dealing, various war crimes, and even treason for various top officials within the US Government has been made public. The names listed in the evidence are troubling to say the least...."

Within the fortress, Spawn sat back and chuckled as he watched the news report, when he saw all the data within Jason Wynn's private and business servers, he knew this would ruin not only Jason's career, but also the many other partners and people he controlled, including the president himself.

Not only would the United States go through major restructuring, but so would various governments around the world. Jason had collected blackmail material on various government leaders around the world. Spawn knew that most other countries wouldn't be effected as much as the US would, but it would still create even more problems in the long run.

Those other contries weren't democratic like the US, but their peoples would still create problems for them even more as they tried to silence those who called for their leaders to step down.

Usually those governments were able to keep many things under the radar and censor the information. Now, due to Kelex using kryptonian coding, no matter what any government did to censor or remove the information, they would be unable to.

Aiden received coordinates on the remaining launch sites and began to destroy one after another with ease. There was no need to do as the first base, they only did it that way to ensure they got the data from the servers, since they already had it, there was no need to hold back.

The repercussions on the data dump was far reaching, it had affected the future plans of both Heaven and Hell greatly. All who had deals with their agents had been ousted from power, many committed suicide out of fear from the people they were supposed to represent or protect, but also out of fear from Aiden.

The president of the United States, Scott Kincain, had it the worst alongside Jason Wynn. Jason Wynn had not only protected the presidents son from being caught by police, but had used him to take out a politial opponent to ensure that not only he remain in power, but that Scott Kincain was electected as president.

William "Billy" Kincain, the presidents son, was a child molester and murderer. He used an ice cream truck to kidnap children, and after assaulting them, he would torture them to death then put their bodies in garbage bags and leave them in alleyways.

Jason had Billy kidnap a senators daughter, to take him out of the presidential race, then after being caught, Jason had changed Billy's name, causing him to not be found to be the presidents son, then got his prison sentance reduced from twenty six years down to only six.

Spawn had already tracked Billy down after he was released and murdered him in a very gruesome manner, he was the worst kind of serial killer after all. When the truth came out about this incident, the American people went ballistic to say the least.

The president was eventually assassinated, along with his wife, before any legal action could be taken to impeach him. Jason Wynn went into hiding, he had many safehouses set up that was off the books, so he had escaped justice. Aiden had destroyed all his Heat-16 facilities, removing any leverage he could use, and now he was being hunted by Spawn.

Many officials in all three branches of government were arrested, as well as several police and government agents. Judges were also removed from office, many of those that were named within the package dump were murdered before official charges could be brought up.

The US and much of the world was in turmoil, but sometimes in order to fix the major issues within, you had to go through extremely tough times. Once you hit rock bottom, then there is no where else to go but up.

Back in Westeros, in Kings Landing, a similar turmoil was happening. Tyrion's plan had worked wonders. A massive riot was happening throughout the city. Chants for Robert's head were loud and clear thru the entire city.

The mob was causing massive destruction within Kings Landing, they were wanting to offer Robert's head to Tywin Lannister. They had been told that if they could offer up Robert to Tywin, then the city wouldn't be sacked again by the Lannister army.

Tyrion also made sure that the people were told that the charges against Queen Cersei were false, that the King had saw the beauty of his sons fiancée and wanted a younger Queen, so made up those charges to ensure he could carry out his wish.

The people believed this, which isn't a far stretch, Robert's lasciviousness was no secret amongst the realm. When they were promised that Tywin would retake his position as Hand of the King, the people felt that revolt was the right things to do.

The kingdom was prosperous the last time he was the Hand, so this made the people want such a change, they were poor and starving daily, they watched as the nobles got richer while they got poorer.

Not even the Sept of Baelor was spared, their treasury had been raided, various Septons and Septas were assaulted by the mobs due to their support for King Robert. Fires sprang up in various locations, the City Watch soldiers who were caught outside the Red Keep were beaten to death, their bodies hung from buildings like ornaments.

While all this was happening, a large force of Lannister men made their way through the hidden passages into the Red Keep. They easily made their way undetected thru the castle, they could hear the shouts of the guards as they rushed around the castle towards the main entrance.

At the head of the group Tyrion led the way through the castle's hidden passages, he was the most experienced in navigating the Red Keep so he directed them to where they were headed, the king's chambers.

It was important that they take Robert hostage, or kill him, to ensure that the defense of Kings Landing wouldn't be able to muster against Tywins incoming army which was just a day away. With Robert and Barristan taken out of the picture, all the rest of the pieces would fall into place.

But what was most troubling to them was a single man, Barristan Selmy. He was the third best swordsman in the land, just behind Arthur Dayne and Aiden. It was one thing to meet him in an open field where you could easily overwhelm him with superior numbers, but that isn't where they were. They would be meeting the man in hallways and corridors, it will be difficult to surround him.

They could only hope that he either wasn't on duty, or had been sent elsewhere. As they made their way thru as quietly as possible, Tyrion suddenly halted, causing Daven to raise a fist to stop his men.

"This is the hallway that leads to Maegor's Tower, we will have to cross the open courtyard then the drawbridge that leads to the stairs to the royal rooms. We will need to be quick in order to at least make it across the bridge before they can raise it, once it is up, there will be no getting in. So I suggest a squad of your fastest men to get across and secure the windlass above the gate, that way they can lower it back down in case it is raised." Tyrion stated in a hushed tone.

"Aye, I have just the team." Daven stated in a tone matching Tyrion's own.

Daven proceed to use his hands to signal over several men to came forward. After relaying what the plan was, the team quietly made their way out of the hidden passage, coming out behind a false wall built into the hallway.

These men were scouts, they wore leather armor rather than full plate like most of the other men, this allowed them to move quickly and silently, unburdened by the weight and noise plate armor made. They quickly dashed from cover to cover, trying to stay out of view as much as possible as they made their way thru the hallway leading to the courtyard.

They moved with experienced ease, once they reached the courtyard that led to the tower where the royal bedrooms were located, they increased their speed after taking note of any guards that may be lingering in the area.

The courtyard was empty, but they knew there would be at least two guards within the gatehouse that controlled the drawbridge that led into the tower. They knew they had to be quick in order to at least get into the tower before the bridge was raised, otherwise all would be lost.

Each left their swords shealthed and only brought out daggers, a sword would be too cumbersome, not only during the run but also in close quarters combat. As they dashed forward, halfway through the open courtyard they heard the shouts from the tower.

"Attack! We are under attack! Quickly raise the gate!" One of the guards shouted from within the tower.

Not long after the shout was heard, arrows began to rain down on the men that were running across the open area. Luckily for the men there weren't many arrows, it also gave them a chance to know how many defenders were near the main entrance.

The men picked up speed, that was also when the main group exited the hidden passage, they needed to defend the courtyard from any reinforcements that may have heard the shouts.

Daven began to bark orders to his men, pointing out several areas that needed to be held, "Split off into your squads, hold the line till the gate is let back down. Show no mercy, I don't care if it is a guard, maid, or a child, kill on site. We can't afford them to warn others and bring reinforcements until we are within the tower. Once we gain control of the bridge and get it lowered, it will be raised back up, so make sure you pull back as soon as you hear the command, you'll be on your own if you don't get in."

Tyrion watched with anticipation as he saw the bridge beginning to raise, he was worried that none would make it in time. A few had been shot with arrows by the guards defending the tower, but none of the others slowed down to help.

Tyrion let out a breath he had unconsciously held when he saw three men jump onto the bridge as it was raised, this slowed the bridge enough for a few others to grab on the edge adding weight to the bridge as their fellow runners pushed them up onto the bridge allowing them to also slide down the other side.

Arrows flew as the guards on the tower tried their best to kill as many men as possible, there were only six guards on duty due to the rest being pulled to defend the main entrance to the castle. Unfortunately the ones left behind were the least experienced of the guards, the more experienced were pulled to help at the front lines.

Tyrion and Daven both could only pray that enough men got through to get the bridge lowered back down, otherwise they could lose more men. It wasn't long till they could hear the sounds of battle within the tower walls, the arrows stopped as the men tried to defend the drawbridges control area.

Sadly, due to lack of experience, the guards drew their swords rather than going with their daggers, thus their swings within the corridor were limited, so the attacking forces held the advantage of mobility and full range of attacks.

Out of the seven men who made it over the bridge before in got too high, two were injured as they crossed the bridge and three were killed in the resulting battle with the defending guards, leaving only two left by the time they made it to the lever to lower the gate. They used berzerking tactics, rushing the guards to ensure they could gain control of the bridge as quickly as possible.

The two quickly lowered the bridge back down, allowing the rest to quickly make their way into the tower. Daven and Tyrion rushed across followed by the rest of the men. The tower was theirs, now came the hard part, taking Robert.

Robert was also a warrior in his own right, but they felt confident since his hammer wouldn't do him much good fighting inside the tower.