A/N: Pat-reon: HelloDarkness07
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With the Power Stone held in my fist, and keeping my left hand on the shield, I lean on my right side. Yelling at the sisters to get away from me, I punch the Shield of the Vishanti.
BOOOOM!
The shield starts moving away from me with a boom, and pushes the Cosmic Energy beam, which was enough to destroy the planet 12 times over back towards the Celestial. With another mighty boom, the shield crashes into the Celestial, throwing him out of the planet's atmosphere completely.
Exhilaration filling me, I look at my purple glowing hand, and then at the billowing energy from the Celestial.
I know that beheading a Celestial works in Killing them, but I can't do that while I'm this small. Moving the Power Stone's energy through my body, I clench my fists, and once again grow.
Only this time, I don't stop until I am as tall as the Celestial, who's glaring at me with glowing red eyes.
He says, "No tiny immortal can survive me, let alone when I'm being powered by my Lord Knull! You're.. a Celestial! You dare betray your own kind?!"
Taking Astripa in my right hand, with the energy of the Power Stone coursing through it, I whisper, but it sounds loudly even in Vacuum of space. I say, "I am Theos, the Son of Jord! An Elder God of Donna! And I am Celestial Theos the Guardian, Son of Madonna! And you, Json the Exterminator, are dead!"
I'd already used my Technopathy to block out his connections to the other Celestials. Even if they're in E-4280, I can't risk them coming here for revenge. But, even if they do, I'll be ready.
With a burst of power, I teleport right in front of the Celestial, Json, and before he can put up a defence, I swing my Axe, which was now glowing purple, and in a flash of purple, Json's head separates from his body.
The purple slash of the axe continues to float away from me, stopping only when it destroys a small meteor that was revolving around the yellow star of this planet.
The Energy blast that erupts from the body of the dying Celestial causes craters to appear all around the planet, with Earthquakes accompanying them. Volcanos erupt, and the tide of the seas get really high, bordering on Tsunamis.
Slowly, white flames erupt from the neck, and the head starts floating away. The body and the head, who's eyes were still glowing red with the Cosmic Energy, start losing their life, and within a minute, the lights dim completely.
The Celestial was dead. But it wasn't over yet. Before the Symbiote can escape, or Queen forbid, possess someone after staying with a Celestial, I touch the bubbling black body of Json with the Power Stone's energy.
I didn't even need to directly touch the Symbiote, when the Purple corrosive energy of the Power Stone kills it, directed by my mind, and turns it to ash.
And now, the Celestial was red and green in colour, the black having gone away with the Celestial. There were wounds still on the body, from before he had been possessed, making me once again wonder, what the hell could have injured a Mad Celestial's armour, and inhibit the natural repairing that the armour goes through.
Sighing, at the job done, I keep the axe back on my back, and look at the Power Stone in my hand.
The Power Stone. An Infinity Stone, and the one with the most deadly Energy. It was trying to destroy my body, I could feel it. It wasn't working exactly as the Stone wanted, however.
The cells of my arm were constantly being destroyed by the Power Stone itself, while my slowly returning Magic, and my own Cosmic Energy, was healing them, making it so I can definitely hold it without any issue in the future. It wasn't even hurting anymore. Closing my fist, I look at the Celestial, Json's body and frown.
I am not a pure blooded Celestial, nor am I exceptionally powerful. And I understand the fact after fighting this Celestial.
I'm strong for my age, but that's not much when it comes to the grand scheme of things. I was.. weak. But now, I could feel it. My strength, it has increased. A lot. How much, I'll only know when I test it. But there's enough time for that later.
Back to the point, Json wasn't the strongest Celestial, not even close. He was probably amongst the weakest. And I almost lost to him when I wasn't using my Cosmic Energy. Granted, he was enhanced by Knull, so there's that.
Shaking my head, I mumble, "No use doubting my strength now. I won, he lost."
With my right hand holding the Stone, and nowhere to keep it, for now, I point my left to the Celestial body. Golden bands of pure Cosmic Energy erupt from my hand, and surround the body of the Celestial. Once done, I point my hand towards the head of Json, which was moving even further away from me, and do the same.
With both, the body and the head of Json the Exterminator bound by my Cosmic Energy, I look towards the planet, and start floating down. It does not take much time, thanks to the fact that I don't get burnt when entering any atmosphere.
Once I'm about to land, I see a tiny Chhaya and Kali approaching my position, so I start shrinking in size. With a small crash, the dead Celestial lands on the ground, not too roughly. The Cosmic bands disintegrate, their work having been finished.
Within a few seconds, I'm back to my height of 6'7, and the two sisters land in front of me, looking at the giant Dead Celestial in wonder, and a huge amount of fear.
Kali gulps, and asks, "Is He..dead?"
Chhaya snorts, and pointing at the head, she says, "I don't think, even Sky Gods can survive being beheaded, sister." Turning to me, she asks, "Did you have to kill him, though? He's a Sky God! And as you said, he was possessed by something."
Sighing, I sit down on the ground, already having thought about this. I say, "This particular Celestial is not from our world. Our Universe. The one he's from, is called E-4280, and it is very, very far away from this one. Basically, he and his brethren, the Celestials of E-4280 want to rule over the entire Multiverse, make every being their servant. Not follower of their religion, their servant. The rest of the Universe's Celestials literally call them the Mad Celestials, and they're the ones who named themselves judge, jury and executioner of the Multiverse. So, yes. I had to kill him."
If the already God-complex Celestials of the Multiverse call someone Mad Celestials, then they're definitely bad. I cannot do anything for E-4280, at least not yet. But I can make sure Json never turns this Universe into another 4280, and I did.
Chhaya nods, accepting the answer, and even Kali nods. As if suddenly noticing the purple glowing hand, Chhay says, "Oh, here! I brought the Containment Orb."
As she hands me the Orb, I frown, and look at the Power Stone. This is an excellent opportunity, getting to keep the stone. I also might need the extra backup in case I need to fight more Celestials. But.. I don't want anyone to know that I have the stone. Not even the sisters.
Gratefully taking the orb from Chhaya, I place the Power Stone in it, and lock it up. I'll replace the Stone with a replica soon enough anyway. The Stone having disappeared from my senses, I place the Orb back in Chhaya's hands.
Kali, who was poking the dead Celestial with a stick, suddenly asks, "What are you going to do with his?"
I frown, not having thought about it, and answer, "I actually have no idea. I might-" stopping speaking suddenly, I look up, and mumble, "For fuck's sake. Give me a break!"
Chhaya asks, "What happened?" and gets into a fighting stance, looking up at where I was looking, while Kali joins me on my other side.
Kali looks up, and says, "A ship just appeared in the system. It's.. not from around here. I don't recognize the make of the ship."
While I didn't know she could see this far, she was right. The ship just.. appeared in the system, and was thankfully still near the next planet in the system. But it was approaching the planet, fast.
Opening a portal to my own ship on Donna, I speak out loud, "Sonny? Please tell me you recognise the ship."
The girls look at me weirdly, thinking I'm speaking to myself. I just shake my head, not explaining anything.
Sonny's voice appears in my ear again, after some 30 minutes of silence, while I was fighting. He says, "Negative, sir. I do know that the ship is not from our Universe, nor any Universe known. It's Quantum frequency is not in any records kept by Celestial Eson."
"Great. Just what I needed. Some other outer Universal being." I mumble. Ignoring the shocked faces of the girls, I say, "Well, the ship is definitely not here for a fight, because they would have already fired upon us if they were. But be ready to defend yourselves."
The sisters nod, and we then patiently wait for the planet to approach. It doesn't take long, barely a few minutes, before we see a small ship descending from the sky. It was not that big, probably only big enough for a few hundred travellers, but definitely not a Celestial.
It stops a few hundred meters above us, and a light beam drops down from the ship. When the light recedes, I see a few figures, standing there, looking at us.
Their leader was a grey skinned woman, who wore just enough clothes to hide the essentials. Not to be sexist, but damn the bitch is too ugly to wear revealing clothes. She had spikes on her arms, and shoulders.
She also had a glaive in her right hand, while her head was covered in some type if pointy helmet.
On each side of her, were three.. headless Hulk dogs? They look like muscle bound dogs, like Hulk level muscles, but they had no heads. Instead, their necks had an opening, with a lot of teeth, and no eyes, or nose. They also had similar spikes on their back.
Done looking them over, I ask, "Greetings. What can we do for you?"
The woman ignores me, beyond a single glance, and turns to the dead body of the Celestial. Still looking at it, she asks, "Who killed him?"
I and the girls simply share a weary look, and get ready to fight, if it comes to it. Taking a step forward, I answer, "I did. What of it?"
Turning away from the giant body, she looks at me, really looks at me, and then asks, "Huh? You're a hybrid? Didn't think your race had it in them."
Okay, she's definitely way above my paygrade. Summoning my axes to my hands, Ànemos flying from somewhere miles away from me, I ask, "How do you know that?"
This woman ignored my hold on Cosmic Energy like it was nothing. She still sensed it.
Waving her hand, the woman says, "Relax, child. I am not here for you.. not yet. I was here for this fellow, but you already took care of him." She points her Glaive at Json's body, and starts walking towards me.
Squinting her eyes, she looks me up and down, and I just feel her looking over my entire past life, all 260 years of it. She hums, and says, "Huh, you're already claimed by someone higher than me. Didn't know the Queen was active again. Well, anyway. My trip was not that useless, I guess. See you around, Theos Jordson."
"Wait!" I yell, as she turns her back to me. Turning around, she just raises her eyebrow, so I ask, "Who are you? Who is this Queen? And why has she claimed me?"
The lady chuckles, and turns back to walk towards her dogs again. She says, "My name, is the Griever. As for the other two questions, she will tell you when she thinks you're ready. I think. Anyway, toodles! Thanks for Killing this Mad one. Pray that you don't see me again, Hybrid. Pray."
And with that, a light beam drops down on her, and takes her away. The ship stays there barely a few seconds, before it too leaves the planet, leaving me with more questions than I needed.
This Queen, she's claimed me? And Madonna somehow knew of her. Who is she? Did she bring me here? If so.. why? Why me?
"Theos?" Kali asks, bringing me out of my musings. Turning to her, I look into her concerned eyes, and nod. She asks, "Are you alright?"
Smiling, I nod at her, and say, "I am. Just.. this Griever gave me more questions about.. everything."
Clapping my hands, I turn around, and ask, "Now, how would you two like to become Gods?"
"What?!" the girls simultaneously shout, making me grin. Oh yes, this plan is perfect. Why abandon a planet, when I can add it to my collection.
Yup, this idea is good. Plus, I won't have to face mother so soon. But that's just the side benefit. Not the main one.
Now, let's turn immortals, into Gods!
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A/N: Google "The Griever at the End of Everything." And she's the one.
Every mortal has a little bit of Divinity in them, and Gaea has the capability to awaken it. This is how Ororo Monroe became a Goddess, and this is how the Young Gods came to be.
While in canon, that's probably only in places where Gods existed and mingled amongst mortals, I'm using my fic to make it so that every Mortal can become a God, even if their planet never had any Gods.
Any questions?
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