Chapter 32

(For the first time ever, all of my books are updated.)

This form…a form meant for a god of my standing. Olympus, being the special place that it was, is able to handle a gods full power. A divine form in all its glory is something eyes not of divine making would never witness.

True divinity cannot be comprehended by mortal minds and their finite life would corrupt and collapse on itself with only a glance of our true form.

Most gods, when upon Earth, operated at 25% efficiency. So whenever I happen upon Olympus, I know that I could be released in all my glory.

And now I sat in my throne. A feeling- no a burning lust for domination and destruction took hold. To drown the galaxy in tide of blood and bathe in its essence was so overflowing within me. Any and every life taken in anger fueled me, life taken in war and brutality simply pushed at my head.

To let loose savagery incarnate. Words could not comprehend what I felt as I felt as I just wanted Ţ̳͉͚̻͖͙ͪͧͩ̌ͅO̖͔͎̥͖̲͉̞̾͗ͥ͐̿̍͑͞ ̑̈́̐́̔̈́̚̕҉̮̮͔̬͍̬P̺͔͍̫̹͈͈̬ͧͯ͌̄̾́͡R̐ͬ̀͆̅̆͊̋̕҉̦̠̲O͕͕̟̭̼̹̘̫̎ͨ̀̉̕͠L͛̌̆ͦ҉̗̟̫I̤̫ͤ̔ͫ͋̑͗͜F̢̠͈̮̜̙͖ͤͬ͑̾ͯ̃ͬ́E̢͉͓̫̳̘̭͚͐͑́̀ͥ͝R̝͈͔͎ͨ̂͌͒̀ͩ͘A̛͇̝̠͂̍̉Tͪ҉̘̫͈̪Ȇ̙̙̠̳̇̈́̎ͦ͠ͅͅ ̨͔̙̲ͥ́T̲̬̦͈̙̺̃ͫ̎͞H͔̹̻͕̅ͥ͐ͯ͠Eͧͥ͆҉͔̝͡ ̴̪͍͙̽L̛͈̻͓̬̳̱̉̉͝Iͮͩ̈́ͪ̌͐̑ͧ͏͕̘͉̙̞F̯͔̱̪ͮ̿ͮ̀͠E̷͎̮͓͔͉̲͖̺ͬͮ ̡̥͓̩͚ͬ͒͋̈̇͂͘Ó̧̈́͗͋̌ͥ̚҉̥̫͕̻̩̯̩̟F̨̖̗͉̼̫̟ͫ ̛̩̭͓̮̙̱̯͂ͭͨ̔͋̄E̷͖͔̺̹̠͕̥͙̅V̙̤͙̱̳̏̂͡E̵͉̺̮̼̰̙̖ͨ͆̍R̸̻̰͈̯̲̂Y̭͇ͤͧͩ͜T̰̯̝̯͙͔̀̅͟͡ͅH̵̩ͯͯ̃ͫ͡I̧̯̟͕̘͕̊N̷̟̓͑̉͆̓́ͅG̷̟ͤ̏ͤͩ͠ ̧͚ͫ͑̊͂̇̿ͭ̊͜Ä̸̢̺̂́ͯ̔Ǹ̸͖͇̰̘͕̯̖͛ͯD̡͓̆́͂̃̑ ̸̙̟̬̮͎͙̮̇R̤̣̗̺̜̐͜À̹̫̰͆̆̔̾͢Ắ͔̫̜̪̰̦̺̦A̶̢̙̠͉̞̟̹̤̩ͤͩͦ̈̑̾̄Ȁ̵͙͍̬̫͉̱̩ͭAͩ͋̅̄ͧ̈̇ͧ͏̺Ȃͧ̂͛̈́͆͑͘҉͖̝͈̲̠̟̜̹Ȁ̖̙̦͙̪͙̂ͯͮ̒͑̒̚͟A̟̻͂ͤ̄ͫ͠Gͨ̏̌͑ͬͨͩ͏̢͓̹̦͎̹G͉̥͕͕ͧ̂̈̄ͬ͋ͮ͛͝E̗̫͕̯̣͙͗͊ͪ͞E̛͈͖̪͓̩̱̟̔͂͋ͫͯͩ͊E̵̜͍͈̬̰͕̽ͩͤ͞Ě̺̂͑͂̋̽̀͠E̸̥͇̓̐ͯͤͭ̂ͭͪ̕!͈̐͡!̢͕̜̼̤̹̈́̇̑̈́̿!͙̳̲̜͂̉̐̒̐̎ͯ̂͘!̼̖͇͕̊ͩͥͩ̊͗͜!̸̻̘̲ͭ̄ͩ͡!̢̦͔̤̈́̑́!̶͍͍ͣ̋ͣͨͣ͢!̶̛͉̝͍̦̤͙͇͇̆͛̄!͑̒̾ͣ̊ͬͬ͡҉̣͖!͚̪̰͙͔̬̙ͤ̽̐́!ͨ̈͆ͮ̍͏͇͇̖͙̗͔͓!̧̹̘̫͙͕͎͇̣ͩ́!̞ͪͣ̈ͭ́̕!̧̛̦̫̤͓̬̝͐ͫ̃̚ͅ!̸̡̞̦̗̬͋̈̿̐ͤ!̦͔̔ͨͭ̿ͪ͛ͭ͝

Ȟ͖̯̆͒́͜Ȃ̴̙̞͎̞̩͑ͨ̓T̟̣̖̯͍̮̤̬ͤͬ̂̐͋͋̃̄͠E͕̲͖̫̠̋ͩͦ̽ͫ͝ͅ ̩̘̭̟̹͕̝̀ͭ̃͝F̬̱̤ͮ̌̃͢Ỏ̧̝͈̯̯̝̮̒̓ͯ̌R̢̼̰̼͈̼͙̟̍̉́ͭͧ͟ ̶̱̗͈̫͉̒ͯͨ͝ͅL͕͍͙ͧͦͣ͋͗ͧͩͧ͜I͍̭͚̳̥͊̅̿͘͞V̵̨̩̂ͪ̌ͤȄ̶̫̗͓̫͙͇̯̙͌̐̐̍͗̒ͦ ̟̣̆̆̐ͨͦ̽͢Ȧ̞̣̗͍ͭ̀̋̋̚͠ͅŇ̡͚͙͗ͩ͒̓ͅD̨͚͇̟͙ͥͭ͞ ̷͈̺̪̳̻̙̙͇ͥ̌̒ͥ̎̓ͧḐ͎͆͑͋̇͘É̴̫͙̩͈̲̺̳͡ͅA̫̙͖̱̤̮͊͆̅̅ͬ́T̵̡̪̝̻͚ͬ̓̉ͭͬ̈̚̚H̽́҉͈̥͇͕̰͞ ̛̼͕̰͉͕̭̘̩ͧ͛̃̎̀C̢͍̱͍̦̩̻̈́̎ͯ̍̓ͅA̢̺̺̦͇̜̪̼̋̈̏͊̍M̭̫̼͖̠ͧͣ̄͘E̖͎̽͑̏ͭ̎̑̐ͧ͠ ̸̭̜̞̀͌ͩͣ̍T̞̘̉ͦͩͯͭ͌͟Ǫ̦̼̺̫͎̖̦̟ͯ̈́̈ͨ̾ ̶̻̼ͪͩ̒̇̀̚M̸̸̖̜͛ͧͭẺ̷̯͝ ̧̟͔̦̖̲̥̟͒L̗̹͉̩̤͔͂̒́́̚I̛̯̟͇̘ͪ̽ͮͮ̇̀̿͡K̸̦͈͖̦̈́̌ͦͨͣ͐̈́̀͡Ë̙̤͔ͦ̃͜ ̷̢̩̹̼̦̆Ả̷̢̟̎̔͆̃ ̪̤̤̫̈́̓͑̃́͟S̸̵̬̹ͯͦ̿͌̎̂T̡̢̤̖̥͊͆̽̅Ỏ̘͉̫̩̜̒͊̈́̈̿ͤ̕R̡̠̼͈͂̔͟M̵̲̠̥̤̟͔̎ͪͥ́̈ͧ͂̾͢ͅ,̢̛͚̫̣͈͉̻͂̏ͧͪ̓̓̀̈́ ̧̬͎ͮ̓͐̾͐͂̚͜H͖̞̱͔͔̤̉͟Ã̯̦̹͎͔̝̝̥͐̓͗͐̔̇͜T̵͉͈͇̩̲͎ͥ͛̅̈͒E̷͔̱͇̯͚̖̓͗ ̴̥̝̗͓̲ͯ̊̽̏̑ͩ̎̾Ǒ̹̪̹̜ͫ͢ͅF̴̤͓̯̼̦̥͚̃̊͢ͅ ̱͚̹͚̲͔͆ͭ͡L̨̝̎̌̍̓̋̽̅̿͝Ò̈́̍ͤͩ҉͓V̷̫̫̻͎̅̃̌̓ͮ͆͌E̴ͧ̈ͥ́͗̐ͮ͏̤͓̠̳̻ ̶͔̟̿A̡̜͙̩̝̟͚̘̿̇͒̾͒̈́͜N̤̅̓͟ͅD̴̨̺͚͔̲̱̮̎̎ͧ̅͆̀ͅͅ ͎̬̝̄̃̈́͌͝Ė̴͂̽ͭ̾ͣͬͅVͨ̍ͯͩͯͦ҉̨̮E̾͐̊ͪͭ҉̭̻͎͝N̴̖̭͔̻͕ͧ͌̈́͟ ͐̂ͩ̓ͬ͗͏̻̪̤̜̤̜͖ͅH̸̠̬͎̯̙̀ͪ̒̋͘ͅA̠̩̼̞̬̥ͪ͂ͭͥͪͦ̀͐͠Ţ͓͆̈ͥ̂̑E̷͕̗͇̞̦͖̺ͦ ̵̨̰̠͚̾͂ͧ̒Ö̸̧͉̞̳̖̺̈ͮ̇̆ͦͤ̔Ḟ̶͙̪͌̀ ͍̤͓̭͓̏̽̉ͦͩ͆̀ͅH͉̟̊ͤ̓͘Ḁ̡ͦ̐͂͊̕T̾̋ͪͥ͏̢̝̱̬̜E̵̺͇̣̪ͩ̔̈ͥ̂̆̒͌,̡̧̰͍͖̗̘̪͂ͯ̅̿͐̔ ̷̨̙͙̼͔̗͕̙̠̀T̶͍̄ͯ͋̚͞O̵̥̱̠̦̒ ̟̭̘̹̜̺͙ͩ͜S̢̠̘̳̮̱̜͙͈ͤͭ̓ͤͭ̒͡Į͚̺̪͗͘M̶͍̮͓̣̬͙̞̽ͩ̄̉ͨͮ͘P̵̦͎̦̎ͥͤ̓L̶͈̠̥͙͔ͩ̏͗̒͊͌͑̐́Y̑̄ͦͩͥ҉̪̲̝̼͖̝͞ ̗̱͖͕͒̃ͯ̂̈̒̆͒͞͠L̠̝̥̐ͤ͋̇ͦ̈̋͒͞O͔̞̗̗̲̖͖ͬ̒̓̊ͪͫ̉̕Ả̧̜̓͛T̴̴̜͕̥̭̐͊̈́̎̒ͪ̆̇H̶͕̣͓̼̭̖̥̽͠ͅË̵̗̦̻͔̥͈̘́͐ͭ̂ͤ͠ ̝̜͖̱̥͚̭̩ͮͪ͋̿ͤ̚͢A̷̜̮̼̟̥̜̞ͬͥ͛͋ͪ̈́̿͒͡T̼̖̺̼̓ͮ̆̅̏̈͘͝ ̥ͯ̕͡T̯̘̘̱ͩͦ̔͗͐͘͡H̵̤̮ͮ͜E̷̻̹̫͙̼̹͗̋͊ͅ ̴͖̤̹̞̜̥̳̬ͥ͋ͫ̾͒̃̒̂B̶̠̬̘͔̭̻͇̐̉̀͊̔ͮ̄Őͥ̑̽̓̓̾̿͏̙͈̥͇̥͔͚Ţ̲̗̋̀͑̾ͥ̂̏ͅT̴̴̼̥ͫ̇O̼̫̙̝̪̊̓͊͆̋̐̚͞͞M̸̱̠̮͙̉͂̈͐̔ͩ̌̚͡ ̶̗̔ͫ̒͞Ȍ̶̜̺ͥ̍̏͑͝F̧̳͖͓̱͓̽̐ ̙͈̪͓͍̝̔̓̂̀S̗̝̖͈̝͈̙͛ͮ̍͆͢O̧͈͖͋̉̀͘ͅŪ̎̄͐̈́̏͆̍͏̵͔͚̭͉͚L̺͌͂ͧ̑̀͜ ̄ͩ͏̼̞̜͈̰̙̹̘́Ȁ͉̄ͤ̅ͫ͛͡͞N̆̊́͋̉͋̀̚̚͏̗̞̭̭̦Ḍ͚̼̪̻̺͇̍̈͑͗ͥ̓ͬ͢ ͔̜̟̜̪̠͊͐́ͅS̪͚̞͙̼͛̒̓ͬ̆̕P̸͕̬͈̱̆ͪ̈́͗Ȅ̸̢͙͕ͯ̒͑̏ͨͤͅW̡͔͖̎͒̽ͫ͐̋ͬ͆ ̵̵̘̈͛̽̓̒̆O̝̹̠̠̝͕̒̽̍͢U̪ͦͣ͐͞ͅT̳̣̟͖̳̐̿ͯͦͮ̎͟ ̇̏҉̨̪̳̱̤̞U͕̟͍̟̎͑͊̂̕͞Ņ̛̼̬͎̙͙̳͗̉ͩH̋҉̗͓͖O̸͚̮͖̮̖̠̠ͬ̄͆̾͢L͋ͦ̽̾̾͏̲̱͕̩̳̜̦Ÿ̨̠́̎ͭ̋̉͌ͨ ̵͈ͮ̐̽̂̋ͧ̑͌Ä́̄͏͔͍͇̩̝͡T̶̩̥̞̟͓̔̐ͪ͛R̗̺̘̼̊̋͜O̢̩̖͎̤̼̰͚ͤ͠Cͭ̾̀̈̀ͪ͊ͤ҉͎I͑̈́ͨͩ҉͈͇̝͓̣̟͍T̸̜ͣ͞I̬͔͙̠̮ͯ̇̀͞Ȩ͕͇ͫ̌͠S̨͖̬̫͍̼͖̀̓ͪͥ ̨̍̿̌̔͏̗͔Ą̪͐̾̅ͤ̒̍͆͛ͅT̟̰̺ͩͬͯ͂̈̈́̈́͡ ̨̩͕̝̜̆̀ͭA͍̬̻̓̽͋͆̆̚̚͟ͅN̶̫̑̀Y̧͔̫̤̜̯̭͉͂̽ͪTͩ͑̽̓̅̒҉̵̯͎̥̖͙͉ͅͅH̻̤̤̫̬̩͋͂̇͝͝I̴͈̪̫̮̦̠̊͗ͨ͋͌̚ͅŅ͙̗̟͓͍͉̝̼͌̒̀͋̈́̇G̤ͧ͞ ̷͉͇ͤͤ͛͊͗̾ͣ͘T̡̬͔͖̤̒͊ͬ͜H̢̧̤̙͖ͩͧĀ̷̰͖͈͍̭̝̂͊̏ͮ̃T͕͓̪͓̽͛̿̔͗͟͝ ̨̖͙̬ͪ́̈́̂͞H̶̻͍̺̼̜̮̥ͯͯ̋̿ͣͫ͋̚A͚̠̞̖̓̇͢͝Ḋ̴̥̦̩̃͛ͅ ̴̧̰͎̥̱͕̉̓̽Ầ̶͙̎ͨ́͘Nͯͫ̉̓҉̪̥̟̥̣̹̦͝Ỷ͙̺̤͐̒͒̂̀͆̈͠T̋͐̌̒̂ͨ̌̒͡҉̖̗̖̦̲H̴̼͕̮͙̆̉͆̌̓̃ͮ̚I̴̓ͤ̾̍ͦ̄ͮ̚͏͍̦ͅN̛̺̝̙͉͓̲̭̱ͪ͐̇̊̂̉ͫG̵̤̟͍͚̀̓ͮ͘ ̥͔̹̙̉̈́ͤ͞

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Athena POV

The true being of a god, is a state of will and emotion. Divinity unleashed from its shackles and given form. And yet my brother was a very apotheosis itself. He strolled with untold confidence and calmness at every given second, he was stiff in emotion and stubborn to a fault.

But…nothing quite scared me like he did when he assumed such a form. He was chaos incarnate a very ruin to all that exists was my brother. Ideas, plans and strategies formed and disintegrated at a rate of infinite instantaneousness.

It was like his soul roared in triumph at his unleashment. He is malice made manifest, a mind of terrible intent that would see all even us, torn down in his name. Zeus chattered on in mock acceptance, acting as if Ares wasn't a problem.

We could all feel his bloodlust radiate and even physically change his surroundings. I prepared myself for battle just in case he attacked and I could feel the other gods do the same.

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3rd POV———

On dark and rainy day in the city of Gotham, police helicopters are swerving in the air, following a chase, between a man in a costume and a cloaked figure.

"We have Batman in our sights!" In the helicopter, GCPD is aiming at Batman as he chases the cloaked figure.

On the radio the GCPD are communicating with each other.

< He's running after someone. >

< Man? Woman? What? >

< I can't tell, The face is covered. >

< Is it one of them? >

< The way they're leaping, twenty feet at a time? I'd say yes. >

A voice interrupts with authority, < Then take them both down. >

The GCPD in the helicopter look at each other. "You heard the commissioner." The pilot says.

*BRATATATATATATA*

*BRATATATATTATATATA*

The helicopters start firing at Batman, however his training comes in hand as he leaps out of the way.

Because of his leap, when he lands he starts to roll. Tossing smoke bombs after coming to a stop and then looking back at the cloaked person.

*CHAK*

A grappling hook finds its way in the figures leg, piercing through it.

*ZZZZZZHHHHHHHEEEEWWWW*

Rocketing to the figure, Batman tackles the figure. "What were you doing at the docks? Talk before I-"

*BWWWWOOOOOSSSHHHH*

Red energy burst outward from the cloaked persons body, blowing Batman back.

"Hnf!"

From the rubble of the attack, the previously cloaked figure stands up and once the smoke dissipates, it is revealed to have a monstrous appearance. Green skin with a mouth of jagged and sharp teeth lined in a fearsome snarl.

"REEEEE!" The monster rears its armored fist back and strikes Batman in the face, making blood spill out of his mouth. Preparing another strike, bright emerald light suddenly illuminates from above the monster and Batman.

"What?!" Batman exclaims.

A green firetruck rams straight into the monster, launching it into a wall of bricks.

Batman, now hanging off the roof because of his need to dodge the sudden truck, looks up at the bright light. A humanoid figure floats down in front of the hanging Batman.

"Batman?" The man asks.

Batman notices his features, Caucasian male with brown hair wearing a green half mask and a full body suit with green and black torso and legs, while his hands are white.

"You're real?" The glowstick asks.

"And you're too damn bright. Turn down the light before they see it."

"Before who sees us?"

{PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR!!!!}

The helicopters begin shooting at the superpowered people on the roof.

"Put my hands in the air? So they can just shoot me?" The green man raises his hands and constructs of swat with riot shields block any bullets from hurting the duo.

Batman takes cover behind the green swat men. "Welcome to Gotham, 'Green Lantern'."

"They're waisting their bullets. This force field can stand up to…well anything!"

"I've read about your 'conflicts' with the Air Force out west so I know you know the drill."

"Yeah, I know the drill, they dont like us."

"The world's afraid of us."

"You say that like it's a good thing."

"..It's necessary."

Immediately after Batman gets done saying that, the monster from before, whips out a pair of wings, hitting Green Lantern in the back, pushing him forward into his constructs while Batman dodges.

*KAAAASSSSSHHHHHH* the monster shoots a beam of red energy from its mouth, hitting the helicopters and sending them into a spiral downwards.

"Move." Batman says, about to save the survivors.

"No need, Green Lantern's got this!" Giant green constructs of bats grasp on the helicopters and carry them down safely.

The monsters jumps from the building onto the ground, crushing cars from its weight. The monster morphs into a 6 legged monstrosity and rushes into the city.

"What is that? A transformer? It just changed into some kind of dog."

"Take your flashlight and go home. Gotham is mine. Coast city is yours."

"No this entire space sector is mine."

Batman launches a grappling hook to chase the dog monster.

Green lantern flies after him.

"Space sector?"

"Its my beat. Im not the only green lantern out there. There's thousands of others patrolling the universe. A whole corps-"

"Uh, huh."

"I'm serious. I was alerted to a unauthorized extraterrestrial presence in Gotham."

Batman follows the thing into the sewer with Green Lantern behind him.

"Extraterrestrial? Witnesses spotted this thing trying ti plant some kind of bomb downtown. When the cops confronted it, it spewed fire from its mouth."

"Yeah don't worry about the fire. Note to self, Batman: Green Lantern can handle anything. What are your powers anyway, you can't fly?"

"…..No."

"…Super strength?"

"….No."

They continue traversing the sewers with Batman leading.

"Hold on a second…You're nog just some guy in a bat costume, are you?" Green Lantern asks Batman.

Batman looks at him and gives a small smirk on his face.

"ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME???!!!!"

"Whats this do?" Batman holds up Green Lanterns ring in his hand. Startled at this, the now NOT Green, Green Lantern says, "My ring?!"

"I dont see any buttons so im guessing concentration."

"How the hell'd you get it off?"

"You weren't concentrating." Batman gives another small smirk.

"You wont do that again!" The ring flies back towards the now green, Green Lantern.

"Unless I want too."

"You really want to pick a fight with someone who can make anything he thinks of?" Green Lantern becomes a little mad.

"I'd be worried if I thought you could think." Batman effortlessly shoots back.

"You're about to see exactly whats on my mind-"

"Quiet!" Batman hushes him.

"What?! What are you-"

Batman points behind him, looking back Green Lantern sees the monster fusing something to the wall.

*PING!*

"Het did you hear that, if thats a bomb, he just armed it." Green Lantern rushes at the monster.

"Lantern, wait-"

"FOOOORRR DARRRRKSEIDDD" the monster growls out before-

*BAAABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSHHH*

A mass explosion goes off, blowing up the large room that the 2 superheroes were in.

The smoke clears and a green bank vault is revealed to be the reason the heroes are safe. "Dark Side? What is that, a band?"

"It sounded like a death cry."

"But it combusted into fire."

"On purpose."

"How do you know that?"

"It was trying to take us with it."

Green Lantern walks over to the box fused with the wall.

"Ring! Scan and Identify."

{Unable to Identify.}

"W-what?-"

"It doesn't look like a bomb. More like a alien computer."

"Alien..maybe that guy in Metropolis knows about this?"

"..Superman?"

"Yeah..they say he's an alien."

"He is, and he's dangerous."

A surprised look shows up on Green Lanterns face. "You've meet Superman?"

"No, but I've…researched him..his power-"

"Wont be a problem for me!" Green Lantern states as his ring glows brighter.

"Hey-!"

"Come on Batman, we have a alien to meet."

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"A NEW FORCE HAS VISITED ITSELF UPON OUR LANDS! DARKSEID AND HIS LEGIONS DARE TO INVADE OUR LANDS!!!!!" Zeus spoke in all his thunderous fury. "ARES, ATHENA, GATHER OUR FORCES, WHEN THAT DOG IS SENT BACK TO APOKALYPSE, WE SHALL DESTROY HIM AND HIS PUNY PLANET!!!!!!!!"

(Greek gods are about to face Darkseid, in all his power, who will win?)