God of War: Daughter of War

Kratos and Flurry stood in front of the mirror for a few more moments, surveying the scene that was unfolding right before their eyes, before they decided to face Zeus and stepped into the past, tearing open a familiar portal in time and space as the life faded from Past Kratos' body. In the following moment Flurry understood what she had seen before blacking out during the battle of Rhodes, the tear she had seen was them actually succeeding in their quest, returning to the point that Zeus revealed his intentions to her, her father, and everyone else. If they failed to deal with Zeus she knew that this would set their past selves down the path that would bring them to this point, but instead of focusing on that she turned her focus towards the King of the Gods after making sure her past self was unconscious. Following that her father barreled into Zeus before he even understood what was going on, pushing him towards the edge of the area while leaving the Blade of Olympus stuck in his past self's body, while at the same time Flurry gently removed it and winced a little as she saw just how bad the wound really was.

As she thought about that, however, she felt the power of the Blade welcoming her once more, like it really enjoyed her being the one to use it in battle or something, and she even extracted her father's stolen godhood out of it as she carefully channeled the power back into his body.

"WHAT?! What treachery is this? How can you... be... here?" Zeus asked, though in that moment he spotted the rift in time and space that the pair had come out of, where something clicked in his mind, no doubt recalling the times that he had spoken to the Sisters of Fate and seeing their powers in action, "So, the Sisters of Fate have aided you, in an attempt to change your fates. This is... unexpected, even for you two."

"The Sisters are dead... and you will share their fate soon enough." Kratos stated, where he paused for a moment as his godly power flowed back into his body, completing one of their objectives as he focused on the god that was watching him and Flurry, though it was good to see that Zeus was shocked by this new discovery, "War and Death stand before you, Zeus, and this time there will be no escaping your death."

"It would seem that I underestimated you two. Very well, allow me to show you the power a true god wields!" Zeus said, a statement that was followed by him and Kratos rushing at each other, surprising everyone that was still around, since there were soldiers and people who were observing this series of events unfold as Past Kratos' body was seized by Hades and dragged into the Underworld.

Flurry found that Zeus grabbed onto her father's arms as he rushed into the air, where she followed after them without wasting time, only to discover that he brought them to what appeared to be an ancient stone peak that had a couple of stone pillars nearby, along with marks that seemed to be from Cronos taking his kids to swallow them whole. Following that Zeus dropped her father on the peak and disappeared into the clouds, only for them to be disappointed as their foe grew into his giant form, much like what they had experienced when they fought Ares all those years ago, causing both warriors to raise their weapons without delay. What furthered their immediate disappointment was the fact that Zeus had to start off with a cowardly move, summoning sirens to attack both warriors, where Flurry beckoned for her father to go towards their main target as she rushed at the lesser enemies, slashing through one with the Blade of Olympus before it even had a chance to fight back. Her reasoning for this was because she wanted to make sure that she remembered how to wield the blade that was in her hand, though the first movements confirmed that fact for her without delay, where she wasted no time in slicing one into four pieces while blasting a hole through the last one, surprising that siren for a couple of seconds before it perished.

Zeus, on the other hand, raised a hand towards the air and hurled a lightning bolt at Kratos, who shifted his stance of the attack struck the Golden Fleece, allowing him to redirect the attack back at the King of the Gods, who was surprised by that fact and raised a hand to block the lightning bolt. As that happened Kratos noticed that it was raining quite a lot, no doubt because this was Zeus' arena and he wanted it to give him all of the advantages it could, causing him to jump onto their foe and hack into his side with the Blades of Chaos, causing him to growl in annoyance. Such a thing caused him to glance up at their foe's face for a moment and found that Zeus was focused on Flurry, or the Blade of Olympus to be more accurate since it held the power to end the war with the titans in a moment, meaning he wanted it back so he could bring both of them down and lock them away in a prison of some kind. That, combined with the power he had seen back when his daughter first used the blade, caused him to realize there was a way that they could deal with Zeus in a productive and empowering way, causing him to wrap both Blades of Chaos around Zeus' right hand, jump back to the peak, and yank the god forward.

His plan seemed to work quite well, as Zeus' fist collided with the side of the peak and, when their foe tried to pull his fist back, Kratos jumped into the back of his hand and stabbed the Blade of Artemis into his flesh, with enough force to pin his land to the peak for a time, allowing Flurry to stab her blade into Zeus' arm and start to siphon his power, even though he forced them back with his other hand.

"What... have you... done!" Zeus stated, where Kratos found that Flurry had targeted a specific power that Zeus had used upon reaching this area, the giant form he was currently using, causing them to watch as he started to shrink before their eyes, to the point where he had to lift himself into the air so he could touch down on the peak with his human form.

"I took away your giant form. Now we can fight for real." Flurry remarked, all while she and her father shifted their stances as they focused on Zeus, who held up his hand for a moment as the wound healed, as if he was showing them that their attacks didn't matter in the slightest, but she knew that, if they applied enough pressure, he would die like everyone else they had fought so far.

Zeus glared at them for a few seconds before calling forth more lightning and hurling it at them, where Kratos and Flurry dodged out of the way and rushed at their foe, causing him to flash out of the area before appearing somewhere else on the peak, showing them that he had his own intense speed, even if it was weaker than Hermes'. It seemed that he tried to use it against Flurry while getting away from Kratos, once more confirming that he was after the blade she carried, but she was fine with that as she faded into the shadows for a few moments, reminding him of one of her habits, especially since an eerie whistle was heard a few seconds later. While he was distracted Kratos lashed out with the spear and moved into a series of thrusts that Zeus did his best to avoid, as it was like the whistle had disrupted the King of the Gods' movements, though he wasn't about to complain as he noticed where his daughter wanted to appear from and moved their foe over to the area in question. Unfortunately Zeus caught on and dodged out of the way to the best of his ability, where Flurry cut into his side for a moment as he stood up on the other side of the peak, staring at both warriors as they stared at him, like both sides were waiting for the other to make the next move.

This time around Kratos and Zeus rushed at each other and their fists collided, causing the air to shake as their powers came into contact with each other, all while the sky split in half, which explained why Zeus issued the rule to make sure all of the gods didn't go to war with each other.

As that happened the King of the Gods decided to ignore the God of War as he rushed over to Flurry, his hand reaching for the Blade of Olympus so he could use it's power against both of his foes, where she moved to the side and thrust the tip of the weapon at him, only to find that it barely touched his chest as he grabbed onto the blade. It was interesting to see that he was trying to hold the attack back so it didn't stab him, especially since he knew that she understood how to use the siphon power of the blade against her enemies, though she decided to surprise him as a bolt of energy tore from the blade's tip and slammed into Zeus' chest. Kratos realized that it was the same move that had torn a hole into the Colossus of Rhodes, allowing his daughter to enter the construct's chest, and as Zeus collided with one of the pillars he made his own move before it was too late, as he stabbed the King of the Gods in the chest with the Blades of Chaos. Zeus stared at him for a few seconds before he was hurled up into the air, only to find that Flurry had moved into the air before he had even noticed, though this time she had both of her sickles in her hands, glowing with dark magic, as she slashed at him, forming an 'X' shaped energy wave that came at him.

Zeus was unable to dodge the attack as it collided with him, causing a massive explosion to fill the air above the peak as he emerged with a wounded chest, heavily marked from tanking that attack, before he noticed an error in Flurry's attack, she had left the Blade of Olympus off to the side, causing him to rush towards it, but as Zeus grabbed it, however, he found that it was an illusion as Flurry pierced his chest and knocked him to the ground.

"You idiot! Did you really think I'd leave the Blade of Olympus out in the open?!" Flurry remarked, as she wasn't sure if this was due to Zeus being arrogant in believing that he could have obtained the weapon while she was using it, or insanity for trying out of pure desperation, but at the same time she didn't mind as the Blade started to devour Zeus' power.

"ATHENA!" Zeus called out, where the air shifted as the storm shattered, allowing them to see Athena appearing near the edge of the area the King of the Gods had picked for their arena, though neither warrior bothered to turn their weapons on her as Flurry pushed the Blade deeper into her foe's chest, "Stop them!"

"...No." Athena replied, something that caused Zeus to pause for a moment as he heard that, as if he couldn't believe that she, one of his most trusted allies, had decided to turn on him in his moment of need, though Kratos and Flurry weren't at all surprised, not since she had been helping them since the events of Argos, "Zeus, the madness that you have inflicted on Olympus, the sheer division you have caused among our ranks, has to stop, before you bring about the advent of the Marked Warrior prophecy. I have tried countless times to convince you to step off this path, but it would see that all of my efforts have been in vain... and my life's work, wasted in a matter of seconds... so no, I won't stop them. Kratos, Flurry... do it before the others arrive."

As Kratos joined Flurry, so he could also drive the Blade of Artemis into Zeus' chest and end him that much faster, both of them were pushed back by a surge of magic that came out of nowhere, though as the smoke cleared they found that two gods had shown up, Hades and Poseidon, and before they could react the three brothers left without a word, though to stop them from pursuing Helios flew overhead and bombed the area with large fireballs, forcing them back as Zeus was taken out of their reach.

"Damn it, you almost had him..." Athena commented, as the prophecy had almost been fulfilled in a way that would stop what was going to happen next, and she had been hoping that the pair could have done the deed before the other gods showed up to spirit Zeus away, before she sighed and faced both Kratos and Flurry, "I saw what happened in Rhodes... and, judging from the portal you stepped through, you two are from the future, one where the Fates are dead."

"Yes, and we have recovered both my godhood and the Blade of Olympus... but failed to kill Zeus." Kratos replied, though as he said that he knew that she and Flurry understood what needed to be done next, even if they didn't want to do it in the first place, causing them to stand there for a moment as they considered exactly what needed to be done next, but he knew Athena had something to say, given how she was standing, "Athena, is something on your mind?"

"I... have a confession to make, Kratos, and that is that there is one last secret I have yet to share with you: Zeus is your birth father." Athena said, a fact that surprised the pair as they heard it, though at the same time Flurry found that all of the pieces they had discovered and learned over the years finally locked into place, now she understood why Zeus had this bone to pick with Kratos and his family, "You see, Zeus has long been plagued by fear that one of his children would bring about the advent of the Marked Warrior prophecy and end not only his life, but destroy Olympus as well, which is why he went beyond reason to try and stop it from happening, but... well, after you opened Pandora's Box the Evils that were sealed inside it infected some of the Olympians, and Zeus got hit by Fear. Since the death of Ares the King of the Gods has become a total stranger, letting his fear rule his every decision, and instead of working with you to bring an end to the prophecy, like I hoped, he turned against you two at every turn."

"Zeus... is my father?" Kratos inquired, where he leaned against one of the pillars for a moment as he brought his hands to his face, because this was information that wasn't needed right now, in fact he wasn't too sure what he could do with this bit of knowledge, and while part of him really wanted to deny this fact, to return to being fatherless, the other part of him finally understood some of the things that had happened throughout his life, "I... will consider this later. For now, we must focus on how we are going to assault Olympus, as the gates will be sealed and there will be a host a gods standing in our way. We have no army or forces to use against them."

Athena knew that he and Flurry could ask the Spartans to do such a thing, they would do so gladly if it meant an end to all of the disrespect that their gods had suffered, but in her heart she knew neither warrior would do such a thing, not after all of the time and effort they spent in keeping their people safe from Zeus and his plans.

"Father... what about the titans?" Flurry asked, as it made sense to her, despite the fact that they had told Athena, or their Athena, that they wouldn't do such a thing in the first place, but now she knew why the Goddess of Wisdom had been so worried by what she and her father had said before departing from Rhodes, and both figures turned to look at her for a few moments, "We want to get to Zeus, but he'll be guarded by the other gods as he regains his strength... the titans are the best distraction we could ask for, since they have a bone to pick with them as well. I figure that we can use the Threads of Fate to call them back from the past, replacing their modern selves so they'll have enough power to stand up to the rest of the Olympians, and while they fight Hades and the others we can focus on cutting our way to Zeus."

"What about Thera, Atlas, and Typhon?" Athena asked, because what Flurry was suggesting was dangerous, especially with the fact that some of the titans the pair had encountered were stuck in places that were important and taking them out, like removing Atlas from his post, might cause the destruction of Greece.

"The ones we've encountered will have to stay in their modern prisons, least we change the course of history." Flurry said, all while she could see that her father was considering this plan, because both of them had thought about this idea before even reaching the Sisters of Fate, it was why Gaia was so interested in the others helping them reach this point, even if this was an insane idea to even think about, "From a tactical perspective, this makes the most sense. We cannot ask the Spartans and our allies to throw themselves at the rest of Olympus, as they'll be wiped out before we even get close to Zeus... but Gaia and the titans can take more hits than anyone else and there's the loss they suffered during the Great War. They'll fight the Olympians as long as they possibly can, giving us time to get into Olympus, track Zeus down, and kill him while the others are distracted by the fight."

"You know, there are times where I hate it when you are right." Kratos remarked, because it made sense, there was no way Flurry could get them close to the edge of Olympus, even while carrying him, and the gates would have been locked to keep them from using Sparta's Olympian Gate to invade the domain of the gods, so a distraction was necessary, especially one of this magnitude, causing him to get up as he headed for the edge of the peak, "We had best get moving, before the rest of Zeus' allies come to attack us."

"One second, I have something else to do. Athena, if you would?" Flurry said, where she beckoned for the goddess to come with her for a moment, as there was a piece of information that only Athena needed to know, and she found that Athena was interested in what she had to say as she lowered her voice, "You cannot say anything about this to us when we awaken in Rhodes. We need to assume that Zeus has fled with the Blade of Olympus, a weapon that, to our past selves, will hold my father's godhood and godly power, a fact that will force us to seek the Sisters of Fate and repeat this process."

Athena nodded as she understood what Flurry was saying, that if the Kratos and Flurry from this point in time knew that they had succeeded in their mission they would become arrogant as they faced the dangers of the Isle of Creation, which could bring about their demise and change the course of history, so by keeping her mouth shut she could ensure that the pair went on their grand quest. With that done Flurry wished her well and returned to her father, where they glided down to Rhodes once more as Athena went about her own efforts to get ready for when their past selves regained themselves, before eventually passing through the rift in space and time as they returned to their own time. The fact that nothing was crumbling upon their return confirmed her thoughts, what she had thought she had seen after her father had died had been the truth, she and her father had returned from the future to fight Zeus, just like they had just done, completing the circle and ensuring that events played out the same for their past selves. With that in mind Flurry gathered her magic and latched onto the various threads and items that were all around the chamber they were in, where Kratos watched as she started shifting everything and the mirror behind them changed to match what his daughter was doing.

Of course they had no idea how to actually work the various devices of the Loom, but somehow, against all odds, Flurry's attempts seemed to be bearing fruit as the time window shifted again, going beyond everything they had been through as she delved even deeper into the past, before eventually stopping at the Great War.

In that moment a crackling bluish-green energy washed over Flurry as she finally made contact with her target era, where Kratos could hear the voice of Gaia resonating from the other side of the rift, who understood that she and her kind had allies in the future that were willing to pull them into the future. Kratos watched as the various threads in the chamber lit up before his eyes, as the threads of the titans, save those that he and Flurry had encountered during their adventures in the past, started to unravel a little, as she was bringing them in their full power to the present, skipping the fact that most of them had been locked away by Zeus. The window rippled, like it was made of water, as strands burst out of it, rushed all over the chamber, before slamming back into the portal as he found that the scene had changed, displaying the titans, in all their glory, climbing up the side of Olympus with Gaia at the head of the pack. Kratos could see that the areas that Gaia and all of the other titans had been imprisoned in were now empty, leaving the three they had mentioned and Cronos, as he carried Pandora's Temple and was needed in the past, before finding that his daughter was gathering even more of her power, far more than she really needed right now.

Before he could react, however, she slammed her hands against the ground and a surge of magical energy rushed out into all of the walls, where Kratos felt like something important had changed, only to find that Flurry huffed for a moment as she picked herself up and faced him.

"I sealed the Threads of Fate away, so only we can access them... wouldn't want Zeus or someone else to undo what we're doing right now, would we?" Flurry stated, though she had to admit that what she had done had taken a good portion of her magic to do, but she was satisfied with the fact that her spell had locked this place away, meaning their foes wouldn't be able to undo what was coming up next.

"Good point. Now then, are you ready for the last step?" Kratos asked, because if she was too exhausted he didn't want to push her too much, since that was an impressive display of magic, even for her, though in response to his question she got up and waved her hand at the window, opening a portal into the present, right on Gaia's back.

The pair walked through the portal and found themselves right on Gaia's back, where the titan quickly acknowledged their presence as she climbed up the side of Mount Olympus, something that was followed by him raising Artemis' blade while Flurry did the same with the Blade of Olympus as they focused on the peak of the mountain.

"Zeus, your son and granddaughter have returned! We bring the destruction of Olympus!" Kratos stated, finding that his voice was carried on the wind, a declaration of war that was targeting the King of the Gods and those that dared to follow him, all while hoping that the other gods would allow them passage and not get in their way.

Flurry knew that neither of them wanted this, not after everything she and her father had been through, but this was the path they had to use so they could get at Zeus and stop him before something terrible happened, and she could only hope that this wasn't the start of another long quest to reach their final target.